Partition of India did not happen suddenly. It was planned much before the Balfour declaration. It was planned in the same year when Indian National Congress was formed.
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:37 AM, qar <qrahman@netscape.net> wrote:
Pakistan was created as an Islamic crescent around the Soviet Union, also to thwart the rise of Indian Nationalism. The crescent turned into a 'crescent of troubles' as dubbed by Zbignew Brezinski.
>>>>>>>> I am not exactly a fan of Pakistan for many reasons. But we should stay factual on important issues. Brezinski was in charge of foreign policies during Carter and relationship with Pakistan was "Very warm" during that time and the decade followed it ( Under Ronald Regan). In fact CIA, ISI, Mosad and Saudi government worked as a team to spawn Taliban around that time.
[ Source:Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History ]
It is convenient for Brezinski to distant himself from Pakistan but most of the problems Pakistan faces are created by the US state department. Regan even invited the Taleban leaders ( Known as Mujahideen back in the 80's) to the White house and compared them with the founding fathers of America. Most of the "Trouble" was inserted by players outside of Pakistan.
In Bangla we say, " Kheya par hole majhi shala.." [ Which roughly means after using someone you point fingers at them]
It was also created to compensate the Islamic world against the creation of Israel, so wrote A. J. Moore in his 'Escape from the Empire' Now that the land has become an epicenter of militant Islam, is the West planning to split the land into different nations?
>>>>>>>>>> Creation of Israel was a work in progress for long time and partition of Sub-continent happened all of a sudden. The partition was mostly a domestic issue but Israel was an international issue and still remains that way. People who are unaware with these subjects may accept it as such but that is not the case at all. The Zionist movement was a political movement which took a religious tone sometime after the initiation. Now it is well known to be overtly racist towards non-Jewish native population.
Now Pakistan became an "Epicenter" of violence in the name of Islam. I totally agree. However if we read the narrative without related background, we may end up with a misunderstanding the whole situation. In fact an American academic Akbar Ahmed wrote a great deal about transitions of Pakistan. Which was not a well planned but merely a product of time. When the time expired and it suffered an identity crisis, we broke away from it. Because we could not identify with goals of Pakistan anymore.
Islam Under Siege: Living Dangerously in a Post- Honor World (Themes for the 21st Century Series
Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity: The Search for Saladin
Pakistan was exploited by many nations. It was also supported immorally by certain nations, we all remember OUR story of 1971 and how many "Pro-democratic" countries were willing to help us out. Even in our darkest hours we were merely pawns of Global "Cold war". Pakistan had solid backing from the very people who are picking it apart. The same way Saddam was used and then taken apart.
Now "Pundits" are saying a lots of things because they "Talk" to make a living. Today Pakistan is the bad guy and tomorrow it may turn out to be the best "Friend".
If you do a dispassionate analysis there are very few similarities between Israel and Pakistan. Despite "Unique" situation Israel faces, it has global support from "Friends of Israel". Pakistan on the other hand is a puppet and cannot even plan it's own future.
The so called "Islamic" world did not even exist during creation of Israel. Until very recently Islamic countries (With majority Muslim population) failed to address Palestinian human rights abuses unitedly. So the "Islamic world" is still a "work in progress" and consists of mostly former colonies of western nations ( Except few countries like Saudi Arabia). It will take few more years before most Islamic countries can work effectively. Muslim Bengalis know that, except few countries most "Muslim" countries failed to even speak on our behalf. So the premises of the statement is flawed and misleading. It gives too much credit to Muslims countries and I don't feel credit can be given to most Muslim countries for the things they have done during 1948. ( Which is next to nothing!)
Shalom!
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From: Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com>
To: mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
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Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: THE PARTITION AND TODAY'S PAKISTAN
Pakistan was created as an Islamic crescent around the Soviet Union, also to thwart the rise of Indian Nationalism. The crescent turned into a 'crescent of troubles' as dubbed by Zbignew Brezinski. It was also created to compensate the Islamic world against the creation of Israel, so wrote A. J. Moore in his 'Escape from the Empire' Now that the land has become an epicenter of militant Islam, is the West planning to split the land into different nations?
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 4:51 AM, Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com> wrote:
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:26:20 +0100
Subject: THE PARTITION AND TODAY'S PAKISTAN
I would like to share this review of a book that my friend, Prof Ishtiaq Ahmed, had been working on for many years. I have not read it yet, but I know it is an important book that attempts at uncluttering the understanding of the pain and disaster of Partition. Away from Punjab, on the Eastern front, it may even help us understand the 'conspiracy' of the War Criminals of 1971 that we are finding so onerous to prosecute in Bangladesh. Thank you Ishtiaq, and congratulations!<< There is yet another book added to the long list dealing with the Partition of the subcontinent. But this book is different. Entitled Punjab Bloodied, Partitioned and Cleansed, it is written by Mr. Ishtiaq Ahmed, a Pakistani based in Sweden. Mr. Ahmed is a professor of political science at the Stockholm University. He spent 15 years of research to write this book. The long endeavor is visible in the book. The result is rewarding. >>The Partition and Today's Pakistan
By Rajinder Puri
Please click here or copy & paste the link given below to view it.
http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=11524
Regards
Farida Majid
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