Farah Pandith on Bridging Cultural and Religious Divides

Farah Pandith (Senior Advisor on Muslim Engagement, U.S. Department of State) speaks about US Post 9-11: Bridging Cultural and Religious Divides

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[jackwell48]

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

[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.

[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.

[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

[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??

[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)

[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.

[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.

[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...