Farah Pandith on Bridging Cultural and Religious Divides

[seerapple]

Her ancestors are kasmiri pandits ( brahmins) who were forcibly converted to islam few centuries agao but her family back home is a liberal family and she has retaiined her kasmimri brhaminic values on the other hand most of the muslims in kashmir behave as Arabs and not as as kashmiris

[onnable]

your appointment is a great achievement for the whole muslim world try to create good relations with other countries God blees you!

[arunkt]

Why would Indians be disappointed by her appointment? This is what she has to say about her Indian heritage, if you have not read so far.

'I was actually very overwhelmed with the response in India,' said Pandith. 'I really have to say it was really special for me as somebody of Indian heritage.'

So you see she herself is proud of the Indian background.

[Ktrisal]

What I understand from your talk there is radical Islam and soft Islam. But reading through your religious books quran or hadith and even the very life of muhammad. I come to simple conclusion that Islam has the very fundamental issues, when its prophets have openly taught violence. How will you change that part of Islam.

I am also Kashmiri but a Kashmiri Pandit like ur ancestors who probably converted because of the Islamic atrocities. 1989 our lives changed when Islam sent us in exile. G-LUK

[kenwooo]

JAGMOHAN

[kamrazi]

hinduism is voilent, Ashoka killed 4 million innocent people, your baghwaan hanuman ( monkey God of hindus) set all the sri lanka on fire thus killing millions of people. kindly react to this, your book mahabartha is story of war. ramayan is also story of kidnaping, all voilence and voilence in hinduism

[Ktrisal]

How will she fight the fundamentalist religion or will she change hadith and quran.

Keep the world map in front of you and get a green marker and go through world news about wars people killing people and put a green star in the area if ISLAM is involved and red star if it is not. You will be surprised to see reality for yourself.

We are kafirs and will stay that way, and I am sure neither farah nor your good self can change ISLamic view towards us. That is a real shame where Humans change...

[aafromusa]

Hi Ktrisal

It is interesting that every religion has this separation of others for example, for Jews everyone else is Gentile, For Christians others are antichrist, for a Brahman like yourself everyone else is untouchable, so when talking about Islam and asking what view does it has and would change it towards you, how sincere it is.

[Anotherkashmiri]

@kamrazi

"Hinduism is violent..Ashoka killed..."- HAHA. Are u honestly gonna talk abt violence under HInduism/BUDDHISM (Ashoka was a Buddhist u fool). Dear, we've all heard stories abt how that religion of yours was spread LOL..There is a saying: "People who live in glass houses should not throw rocks at others." I hope u understand this..Lol. Anyway, I was delighted that a Kashmiri (Pandit) was given such an important post. She is same ethnicity as me though now a diff religion. God bless her.

[bluemonday2020]

the common bond that kept this country together all this time it is not freedom, if that was the case we have never had a civil war war , slavery, ethnic cleansing of native people, annexation of Texas , Florida and california, all these adventures around the globe to please the military complex, the common bond with all these so called citizens from different faiths was and is "money", with the lack of money right now , it will self distract.

[bluemonday2020]

she is not the right choice!

[ovaistauheed]

well all u people talk negatively if america is bringing muslim in frontline what is the problem,we should applause them if they dont pick any muslim we will call them racist. etc offcourse nor to forgget their crimes on humanity,theu r doing it to wash their hands of blood

[21bears]

She is the wrong appointee. She gives praise to the USA for religious freedoms without explaining that these and most citizens and justice benefits came to the USA through its Christian beginnings. She also says that Muslims are citizens first and religious second, this is not what the Korean says, she also says that violence is a corruption and abuse of Islam, one has to wonder if she has read anything of the Korean or hadeith.

[naqlinawab]

US congress approved 4bln dollars to interfere in Irans political process. Has anyone of these so called good moderate American muslims have ever talked about it but all they talk about extremist Islamic forces frainwashing and all that why don't tell the truth. This not about Kashmir woman or whatever, I am myself a Kashmiri someone has have a courage to tell the truth.

[naqlinawab]

S missiles are fired at Muslim funeral in Waziristan. That is the fuel to extremism not what this stupid woman is programmed to say. US is occupying Muslim countries and justify the innocent killing of Muslim who resist as terrorist against democracy. How anyone in a sane mind takes this woman serious about American intentions. US policies have fundamental flaws in dealing with Islam and Muslims until someone has courage to point them, nothing will change.

[kamrazi]

We are very proud that this sopore Kashmiri girl made it to UD department. She is from a very respectable businiss family of sopore , her family property which included a famous cinema hall was burnt to ashes by indian army in 1991, in that massacre 25 people were burnt alive by indian army near farah pandiths property.

we are proud that this kashmiri girl will address to the human rights voilations by indian army. recently two kashmiri girls were raped by indian army an

[kenwooo]

What family u r talking about man.His family had opened SAMAD TALKIES a place for obscene movies and etc to corrupt kashmiri muslims.

[kenwooo]

HER

[kamrazi]

all indians and indian agents are sad that why a kashmiri girl from sopore has been selected for kashmir affairs by US govt. Indian govt totally didnt report this international news.

she proved her mettle and reached to a place where one can only dream to reach, all indian and NC workers and indians are irked by her appointment

[kenwooo]

I'm not a political activist or a stooge of India or Pakistan but a Muslim.For me Her family means nothing as I remember Abu Talib being uncle of Rasool(A.S) yet will be in the Hell.If she is good by heart and is god fearing then only Kashmiris can hope some help from her.Rest we should always rely on GOD who when approached with repentance always rewards the needy.Allahs help is always near.

[nokrani]

Abu Talib (a.s) wont be in hell becoz he was a muslim...and brought up Prophet(pbuh)..and he also read Nikah for prophet....a good dded for prophet is never in vain...and Prophet()pbuh said my relatives are mine in here and the hereafter ...so fear Allah and...make sure u donot say bad things about the people that prophet(pbuh)loved and those who prophet(pbuh) loved...and it was abu lahab...not abu talib(as)

[nokrani]

Beware of Allah's wrath...It was Abu Lahab who will go to hell...Abu Talib raised, protected and carried the marriage rites(NIKAH) of prophet(p.b.u.h)...read Sahi Bukhari..Til-mazi Shareef...what is wrong with u??

Prophet(pbuh) said my family is mine in here and hereafter...If he were not a muslim would prophet(pbuh)allow him to do his Nikah??

[naqlinawab]

what extreme ideology she is talking about? why can't she say boldly without being diplomatic that there are certain reasons for muslim youth to take extremist ways to make their point known and US and west's discriminative foreign policies are root cause to that.

[jackwell48]

she is really shuited on this post on which she is appointed to(very intalegent)

[OHRABA]

Stop man!! I am proud of her she is Kashmiri as I am ! No Indian and No Pakistani!

[kaziabdal]

another front for bp shell with blood dripping from their fingers in Nigeria hiring fake Muslim women to wear makeup and no hijjab to look like a zanni. sickening.

[USIndian51]

In your picture you have no beard, you have no business to be criticizing if Farah is muslim or not. It sound like you are a fake Muslim man.