Good on ya Bangladesh!

#7 abu safwan: please read carefully what I have written, and you will see that far from calling for medal of honors i am saying that "should have investigated and tried any individuals suspected of war crimes (i.e. killing of unarmed civilians)". Yes, I am distinguishing between guilty individuals and the entire community, and I hope you dont think that is an invalid distinction.

Tahmed: r u seriously griping at bangladesh for not giving medal of honors to the community that was inherently against the inception of there country not just only on theoratical level but actually fought to prevent it? R u really this dense or r u pretending?

and just to add to #5: you cant brand an entire community to be traitors or berate them in any way. the bangladesh government, if it wanted to do the right thing, should have investigated and tried any individuals suspected of war crimes (i.e. killing of unarmed civilians), rather than tainting the entire community and leaving it in limbo.

as for mohajirs in Pakistan, i dont have a problem with what anyone among them chooses to call himself. my problem is with the mqm-types among them - individuals who berate other ethnicities in Pakistan and individuals who support the dictatorship on the basis of ethnic affiliations.

vanguard #4 agreed. i was just questioning whether 36 years late deserves these accolades.

#3
Bangladeshi government needs to be applauded for accepting the traitors (which is a soft word)_ those who sided with Pakistan Army in pillaging, murdering, killing, and raping of the bangladeshi nation. It take a big heart to forgive and accept them.

Unlike the Mohajirs of Pakistan who have yet to become a part of this country and still call themselves Hindustani. I think anyone calling himself hindustani ( i am myself part of the community) should be sent to India to live in camps along the lines of stranded Pakistanis.

Ahmer: For 36 years, Bangladesh refused to give nationality to individuals living on its soil, virtually all of them born in Bangladesh and having spent their entire lives there.

So, please tell me why you are applauding the Bangladesh government?

this is good news...now that the unfortunate soles are accepted, soon the legs will follow.

I was about to write a similar post but you did a much better job. Great piece of writing. If only we could that same chain of events right now.

Ibrahim M Khalil