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People of Gilgit Baltistan Waiting to be Heard

Syed Ali April 20, 2008

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#1 Posted by harish_hyd on April 28, 2008 4:09:19 am
Forget it Ali Sahib. Human rights etc. apply only to the people of Occupied Kashmir. Muslims oppressed by "purer Muslims" is not really oppression; it is ghar ki baat.
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#2 Posted by Ras on April 29, 2008 7:28:48 am

It is time to officially merge Gilgit and Baltistan
into Pakistan.
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#3 Posted by tahir on April 29, 2008 10:50:20 am
Re: # 2
It might be uselful to ask the Agha Khan first, these folks have steadily been converting the Gilgit-Hunza locals to the Ismaili faith since long.
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#4 Posted by majumdar on April 30, 2008 2:46:47 am
Tahir sahib,

Are Ismailis Muslims?

Regards
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#5 Posted by tahir on April 30, 2008 5:15:33 am
Re: # 4
When they explain it themselves first, then I'll shed some light on the matter. But don't ignore what I said about Hunza.

:)
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#6 Posted by peonofthewest on April 30, 2008 5:26:16 am
Re: # 4 and # 5

majamidar saab and Tahiri saab,

our nation's father Quaid-i-Azam Muhammed Ali Jinnah was Ismaili saab

they are Muslims saab

what do you think saab?
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#7 Posted by majumdar on April 30, 2008 6:06:02 am
Tahir sahib,

Are you implying that Ismailis may not really be Muslims. In that case there wud be a peculiar situation (as Peon bhai points out) that the father of a Muslim nation is a non-Muslim.

Regards
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#8 Posted by tahir on April 30, 2008 9:08:30 am
Re: # 7
Maj sahib,
I'm not implying anything right now, let the Ismailis explain. And I don't like communicating with the peon-class.
Regards.
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#9 Posted by pacifist on April 30, 2008 12:29:52 pm
I rquest my friends to dehyphenate the issue of Gilgit Batistan from its sectarian and strategic dimension and analyse the whole issue in the light of the sufferings of the residents of this area who are a perfect example of a nation without any legal identity. The question of ismailis being Muslims is totally irrelevent to a debate on our constitutional dilemma.

Syed Ali
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#10 Posted by peonoftheeast on May 1, 2008 1:18:46 am
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#11 Posted by treetop on May 1, 2008 1:47:37 am
Gigit and Baltistan should be a part of independent Kashmir
or a part of the union of greater Pakhtoonistan and kashmir.We need to get rid of dravidian injun and semi-dravidian pakis.
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#12 Posted by ISlamIslam on May 1, 2008 3:53:16 am
Ref tahir #8

[Re: # 7
Maj sahib,
I'm not implying anything right now, let the Ismailis explain.]

If the Ismailis are NOT Muslims, shouldm't those kaffirs be handed over to India along with their land?
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#13 Posted by harish_hyd on May 1, 2008 4:22:34 am
Pakis cry rivers for the right to self-determination of Indian Kashmiris, but when it comes to the so-called Azad Kashmir and more specifically Gilgit-Baltistan, they do not have the slightest amount of sympathy. And this fool Tahir mian first is more concerned about whether they are Muslim or Ismaili and not whether they are human.
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#14 Posted by treetop on May 1, 2008 5:36:13 am
Re: # 13harish
Shall i take your post as a vote for independent kashmir?
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#15 Posted by majumdar on May 1, 2008 11:08:03 pm
Treetop,

(Shall i take your post as a vote for independent kashmir? )

No. Merely that POK and Northern Areas shud be reunited with J&K as integral parts of India.

Regards
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#16 Posted by harish_hyd on May 1, 2008 11:28:09 pm
#14 by treetop

Shall i take your post as a vote for independent kashmir

Kashmir's accession to India was never in question. While we'd be willing to forego the whole of "Azad" Kashmir, not the least because the AJK Kashmiris are mentally more Paki than Pakis themselves and having them is a threat to India's security, the part that we have is absolutely non-negotiable.
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    #10 peonoftheeast
    #9 pacifist
    #8 tahir
    #7 majumdar
    #6 peonofthewest
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