unflinching idealism ... since 1997 archivessitemapabouthelpfeedback
where paths intersect
  • Home
  • InFocus
  • Themes
  • Columns
  • Articles
  • Fiction
  • iLogs
  • Gallery
  • Unplugged
  • Writers
  • Interactors
  • Tags
Sign in | Join Chowk
web chowk
  • Article
  • Interact
  • read writer comments
  • add to favorites
  • get rss feeds
  • print
  • email this link

The Islamist and Hindutva Politics: Identities of Outlook and Objectives

Hassan Gardezi December 30, 2000

Latest comments   flat   threaded   latest   oldest   all
listing 144-160   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

#285 Posted by tahmed321 on January 16, 2001 10:36:33 am
Harimau #267 #268 #269 #270 #....aaaaaargghhhh

Your use of disgusting language with people who disagree with your views indicates that you grew up in a gutter where abusive language was the norm. So excuse me if I refuse to engage in any serious discussion with you.



reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#284 Posted by harimau on January 16, 2001 10:36:33 am
Descendants of rapists and invaders, answer this question. Hindu-apologists, try if you can.

With increased mobility and communication, with mosques blaring out the Prophet`s love for all humanity as opposed to Hinduism`s social discrimination, how many Dalits of India (they are supposed to be around 30%) of the population have converted to Islam? You still expect me to believe in the nonsense about illiterate peasants falling for sophisticated religious talk from fakirs and sufis and converting en masse to the invader`s religion?

How come among the evrybody-is-equal Islamic society in Sindh, you have castes? How come you have Jats, Rajputs among the Muslims? Isn`t everybody equal?

How come among Christians in India caste is still practiced?

So, in what way the lower castes liberated from their Hindu oppressors by becoming the followers of the One True Faith?



reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#283 Posted by MaheshG on January 16, 2001 10:36:33 am


Harimau, I don`t understand what you want. Do you want the Temple to be built in Ayodhya?

Is it okay with you if you were the target of the revenge for the anti-sikh riots in 1984. After all the sikhs are entitled to their pound of Hindu flesh.

I am not talking about affirmative action (it is required and is NOT an injustice against upper castes). I am talking about the dalits destroying temples because they were not allowed to enter them for a millenium.



reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#282 Posted by ali1 on January 16, 2001 10:36:33 am
Harimau # 267

Harimau, I fully understand where you are coming from. I dont grudge you for what you have said and here are the reasons.

- In a country like India which has been conquered over and over again, it must be difficult for the Hindus to get over their sense of inadequacy.

- It must be devastating to ask yourself: Why couldn`t you stop a few thousand Afghans or Brits from ruling over your sorry arses? Are you eunuchs? Is it bad genes or a protein deficient diet?

- Nothing can be worse than not being sure about your ancestry. What did the barbaric Afghans do to your grandmother? Where did your brown eyes come from, was it a turk or a mongol? green eyes? the rapist must be a Brit or a Portuguese then!

I am sure these questions enrage you and I am sure you curse your forefathers for rolling over for every barbarian who crossed the Khyber. I have nothing but sympathy for you.



reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#281 Posted by ali1 on January 16, 2001 10:36:33 am
wisecomments #262

I dont have a problem if muslims hand over a mosque or two to hindus to promote harmony etc. in India. I am not sure if this is religiously all right but would think it is based on my limited understanding of the religion.

However, please keep in mind that the dispute was in court and the litigants were engaged in negotiations on the sidelines when the mosque was pulled down in 1993. You neeed good faith to negotiate which I dont think is there on part of the Sangh Parivar and Muslims regocgize that very well.

I think more than building the temple the BJPites need to feel that ``we are not eunuchs`` (Khusha Bhai Thakre). Tearing down the mosque and killing muslims was the real kick for them! Handing over mosques will not solve this problem.



reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#280 Posted by shankar on January 16, 2001 10:36:33 am
Harimau,

{{Where the hell is Farzana Versey? Moved to Kabul to work for Afghan women`s welfare? Where the hell are the Pakistanis who have been calling us Hindus penis worshippers? Gone to harvest opium?

Where the hell are the Hindu apologists? Why don`t you respond except to say we need to turn the other cheek? Do you have the guts to say that Muhammed is a child molester?}}

All of us have gone to the bathroom to puke after reading your rantings.



reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#279 Posted by Ras Siddiqui on January 16, 2001 10:09:31 am

Reply #: 260 shankar wrote:

``At the same time, he says any peace agreement signed by Musharraf will be tantamount to him signing his resignation.``

Nothing could be further from the current situation. Musharraf is not coming out swinging these days and is very much in a negotiating mood in spite of pressure from the ``armies of God``.

you added:

``If that is the case what is the point of talking to Musharraf? Obviously, there will be a big show of peace talks which will be deadlocked.``

If all three parties come to the table with an open mind, a solution to this promblen can be found.

And finally:

``At which point both sides will go back & proclaim to their respective nations (& the world) that the other is not interested in peace & the same damn thing is going to go on & on.``

Nobody has the luxury of maintaining this bloody status quo. There is no sane alternative to peace
in Kashmir. There will be rocky days during the negotiations but the matter is urgent and explosive enough to warrant that nobody leaves the table permanently. That is the only reason I am optimistic.

Ras






reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#278 Posted by Harpreet on January 16, 2001 5:56:53 am
Harimau,

And will you join others in promoting retribution to the people who were involved in the murder of innocent Muslim women children and men post Ayodhya. Your beloved Fascist politicians who want to sow hatred?

You dont give a toss about 1984, because you happily walk a path that will lead to more pain and death.

The point I was making was that your mindset leads to people getting killed today and now for the sake of your inadequacies, these Muslims have nothing to do with what Aurengzeb and his ilk did.

I will suggest to you Harimau that when you feel the lick of cool steel against your neck or the heat of your mothers/fathers/wifes/sons/daughters body combusting or smell the decomposing corpse of your brother or sister from those who seek retribution for past injustices rendered by ``your type``, in that moment you will realise the utter moral depravity of what you are saying.

It is random isnt it? And if it happens it will happen because of YOU.....

But of course, it isnt your fault, you just want the innocents to pay for your inferiority and inadequacy.

You are pathetic.

Get over it Harimau



reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#277 Posted by harimau on January 16, 2001 4:52:26 am
Ref MaheshG #: 245

[are you an upper caste Hindu?]

None of your business, but you can guess the answer.

[How would you feel if all the lower castes got together for revenge against the upper castes for all the unfair treatment meted to them over the centuries? Do you want the descendants of upper caste Hindus to pay for what their ancestors did?]

When I have been denied admission to professional colleges because of my caste, when my children are now being denied admission to professional colleges, I can very well say that I have, willingly or unwillingly, paid the price. And if the affirmative action continues for another 1000 years, I wouldn`t have a problem with it. That is because I do not accept defeat at the hands of those lesser than me. (Before you misinterpret this, I mean the politicians by this. Jeez, there are times when you have to spell out EVERY single thing.)



reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#276 Posted by harimau on January 16, 2001 4:52:26 am
Ref Harpreet #: 256

[I personally as a Sikh would like to take a Kirpan and chop off a load of Congressite Hindu heads in retaliation for the 1984 riots.]

I shall cheer you for rendering justice to the innocent victims of the 1984 riots. My reaction when I heard of Indira Gandhi`s death was: `She had it coming`.

[You scoundrel, you insult their religion]

What did I do? Did I call them penis worshippers? If I did, they should be upset because they obviously aren`t. You mean I referred to Ayesha, the 9-year-old wife of Prophet Muhammad? That is a historical fact. The major debate at Al Azhar University is at what age the marriage was consummated. Don`t believe me? Ask the resident experts on Islam.

Everybody, including Sikhs, get so annoyed but nobody has an answer to one single question I have asked.



reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#275 Posted by harimau on January 16, 2001 4:52:26 am
Ref dost-mittar #: 263

[Are you a Pakistani agent planted on Chowk?]

Ha, ha, ha. The typical `foreign hand` evoked by India everytime their incompetence causes a major tragedy. You have learnt well at the feet of the leftists.

[Your rants are worse than those of the worst of the lunatic fringe of the Sangh parivaar.]

But you have no answer to my questions, do you? Because it is so uncomfortable to face questions that will produce answers that you don`t WANT TO KNOW?

[If India follows your proposal, it will be in a civil war much worse than anything ISI can dream of. And will soon dengenerate into talbinisation of the country.]

Read my posts with a cool head and tell me what I have proposed. Bilal Ahmad is the only person who could see that I have proposed NOTHING and asked what it is that I want. You all have your typical knee-jerk reaction of `let us not hurt the sentiments of those who historically have killed us and raped our women`.

[BTW when you send all muslims to Pakistan, how will you make sure that Dr.Kalam doesn`t take all your nuclear secrets and missile plans with him?]

Identify ONE post where I sent all Muslims to Pakistan?



reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#274 Posted by harimau on January 16, 2001 4:52:26 am
All of you Hindu-apologists and Muslim moderates, read your good brother`s statement on what Allah has commanded.

-----Begin Quote-----

adnan_672 #: 261

take time out to read thru the quran

most of wht u have criticized

as ideological consensus of the Islamists

are the commands of allah

ignorant pseudo intellectuals speak without sound knowledge of religion are as bad as mullahs who speak on science without knowledge of science

spare us from ur half baked ideas

-----End Quote-------

Yes, kill the kaffirs, take their women as your concubines, marry 9-year-olds. The heavens belongs to those who destroy places of idol worship. While you are at it, kill the Shias and the Qadianis. Allah also commands you to grow and sell opium.



reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#273 Posted by harimau on January 16, 2001 4:52:26 am
Ref tahmed321 #: 265

[Harimau: I feel your pain, brother. You expected Pakis to get mad, but not fellow Indians as well, I bet.]

I knew damn well you Pakistanis had no answer to any of my questions. And I had no doubt that the Hindu-apologists would come out in larger swarms to wring their hands, try to ``reason with`` me, and point out the error of my ways. Instead they should send their sisters and daughters to get raped by the thugs called Islamists and derive joy from it.

[Too bad for you, and one strike in favor of goodwill and good sense in the sub-continent.]

What is good sense? Sending armed thugs to kill pilgrims? Of course I know the answer: they are not true Muslims. Well, let me tell you, they got educated in the best madrassahs you guys can provide.

[Would you think it is time for some introspection and soul-searching? (our mullahs could use a lot of that too, incidentally).]

And time for Muslims to vacate Ayodhya, Mathura and Benares and go live some place else. No, they are Indian citizens and have all the rights? What rights did these guys provide Hindus during 1000 years of their rule?



reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#272 Posted by harimau on January 16, 2001 4:52:26 am
Ref ali1 #: 248

[Advani, Vajpayee, Murlimanohar Joshi, Uma Bharti and Narsihma Rao should have their behinds whipped to pulp at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground.

Once done, they can come sit on some side walk in the Jamia Masjid area so that people passing by can spit on or kick the pulp to complete the atonement.]

Jinnah`s bones should be dug up, mixed with other food and fed to dogs. The dog excrement should be re-buried in the mausoleum in Karachi for Pakistanis to worship and to serve as a reminder that their country is worth just that.

It took an immigrant Sindhi like Advani to destroy the structure erected by that invader. No namby-pamby Indian had the b_lls.



reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#271 Posted by krashid on January 16, 2001 1:18:47 am
Shankar #260

This is real problem.

As long economic condition and opportunity does not increase in Pakistan, the lower middle class with deep religious feeling and reward in this world and hereafter is going to recruit more and more more people.

In India also I think, the poverty alleviation and economic opportunity is needed. (Although I have much less knowledge on India).

The problem of Kashmir in my opinion needs to be seen through the eye of Kashmiri, rather than Pakistan or India.

But as saying goes that in the fight of elephant it is the field which suffers.



reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#270 Posted by tahmed321 on January 16, 2001 12:29:21 am
Harimau: I feel your pain, brother. You expected Pakis to get mad, but not fellow Indians as well, I bet. Too bad for you, and one strike in favor of goodwill and good sense in the sub-continent. Would you think it is time for some introspection and soul-searching? (our mullahs could use a lot of that too, incidentally).

Pankaj: That is a great quote from Tagore ``the clear stream of logic losing it`s way in the desert of dead habit``. I`ll try to remember it. It could come in handy with some folks on chowk...



reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
listing 144-160   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Interact Index

    #430 rsridhar
    #429 Nacheez
    #428 WiseComments
    #427 harimau
    #426 shankar
    #425 harimau
    #424 rsaxena
    #423 rsaxena
    #422 ylh
    #421 rsaxena
    #420 harimau
    #419 harimau
    #418 harimau
    #417 krashid
    #416 harimau
    #415 ylh
    #414 harimau
    #413 harimau
    #412 shankar
    #411 Pankaj
    #410 harimau
    #409 krashid
    #408 shankar
    #407 Harpreet
    #406 ylh
    #405 ylh
    #404 Harpreet
    #403 harimau
    #402 sadna
    #401 Harpreet
    #400 Harpreet
    #399 Akash
    #398 ylh
    #397 ylh
    #396 Pankaj
    #395 Pankaj
    #394 krashid
    #393 Pankaj
    #392 xxabbu
    #391 Humsab
    #390 Humsab
    #389 krashid
    #388 ahmadb
    #387 Pardesi
    #386 harimau
    #385 Pankaj
    #384 WiseComments
    #383 macgupta
    #382 dionysus
    #381 sadna
    #380 harimau
    #379 harimau
    #378 harimau
    #377 harimau
    #376 Harpreet
    #375 shankar
    #374 sadna
    #373 harimau
    #372 krashid
    #371 fairdinkum
    #370 sadna
    #369 harimau
    #368 sadna
    #367 dionysus
    #366 harimau
    #365 sadna
    #364 sadna
    #363 ali1
    #362 sadna
    #361 harimau
    #360 sadna
    #359 harimau
    #358 harimau
    #357 harimau
    #356 harimau
    #355 MaheshG
    #354 sadna
    #353 fairdinkum
    #352 krashid
    #351 sadna
    #350 JSandhu
    #349 harimau
    #348 Pankaj
    #347 harimau
    #346 JSandhu
    #345 sadna
    #344 Brat
    #343 Brat
    #342 Brat
    #341 Brat
    #340 dionysus
    #339 harimau
    #338 harimau
    #337 MaheshG
    #336 harimau
    #335 Harpreet
    #334 krashid
    #333 krashid
    #332 harimau
    #331 harimau
    #330 harimau
    #329 ali1
    #328 JSandhu
    #327 ali1
    #326 harimau
    #325 sadna
    #324 tahmed321
    #323 harimau
    #322 harimau
    #321 Harpreet
    #320 dionysus
    #319 harimau
    #318 ahmadb
    #317 fairdinkum
    #316 tahmed321
    #315 harimau
    #314 harimau
    #313 rsaxena
    #312 harimau
    #311 harimau
    #310 harimau
    #309 harimau
    #308 harimau
    #307 harimau
    #306 ali1
    #305 xxabbu
    #304 Humsab
    #303 Harpreet
    #302 krashid
    #301 krashid
    #300 krashid
    #299 cheraym
    #298 harimau
    #297 ali1
    #296 ali1
    #295 dionysus
    #294 fairdinkum
    #293 fairdinkum
    #292 tahmed321
    #290 rsaxena
    #289 sadna
    #288 sadna
    #287 harimau
    #286 Harpreet
    #285 tahmed321
    #284 harimau
    #283 MaheshG
    #282 ali1
    #281 ali1
    #280 shankar
    #279 Ras Siddiqui
    #278 Harpreet
    #277 harimau
    #276 harimau
    #275 harimau
    #274 harimau
    #273 harimau
    #272 harimau
    #271 krashid
    #270 tahmed321
    #269 WiseComments
    #268 Pankaj
    #266 adnan_672
    #265 shankar
    #264 Ras Siddiqui
    #263 JSandhu
    #262 Brat
    #261 Brat
    #260 Harpreet
    #259 ahmadb
    #258 Brat
    #257 Brat
    #256 tahmed321
    #255 tahmed321
    #254 Brat
    #253 Brat
    #252 MaheshG
    #251 Brat
    #250 Brat
    #249 ali1
    #248 harimau
    #247 harimau
    #246 MaheshG
    #245 krashid
    #244 krashid
    #243 tahmed321
    #242 harimau
    #241 harimau
    #240 harimau
    #239 harimau
    #238 sadna
    #237 ahmadb
    #236 Brat
    #235 Brat
    #234 WiseComments
    #233 macgupta
    #232 Pankaj
    #231 ahmadb
    #230 harimau
    #229 WiseComments
    #228 harimau
    #227 WiseComments
    #226 Brat
    #225 Brat
    #224 harimau
    #223 Urstruly
    #222 WiseComments
    #221 WiseComments
    #220 ylh
    #219 tahmed321
    #218 gymnosophist
    #217 sadna
    #216 sadna
    #215 ahmadb
    #214 krashid
    #213 ahmadb
    #212 krashid
    #211 shankar
    #210 Prem
    #209 UzmaMarouf
    #207 sadna
    #206 ahmadb
    #205 Ras Siddiqui
    #204 fuzair
    #203 Faruk
    #202 Rdesikan
    #201 krashid
    #200 krashid
    #199 ahmadb
    #198 shankar
    #197 gymnosophist
    #196 gymnosophist
    #195 Faruk
    #194 shankar
    #193 gymnosophist
    #191 ali1
    #190 ali1
    #189 gymnosophist
    #188 gymnosophist
    #187 Rdesikan
    #186 Harpreet
    #185 krashid
    #184 ali1
    #183 krashid
    #182 krashid
    #181 PM
    #180 ali1
    #179 ali1
    #178 ahmadb
    #177 Rdesikan
    #176 gymnosophist
    #175 Rdesikan
    #174 Rdesikan
    #173 egalitarian_bra
    #172 krashid
    #171 krashid
    #170 krashid
    #169 fairdinkum
    #168 ahmadb
    #167 rsaxena
    #166 gymnosophist
    #165 ahmadb
    #164 ylh
    #163 Rdesikan
    #162 gymnosophist
    #161 fuzair
    #160 Urstruly
    #159 Harpreet
    #158 ahmadb
    #157 krashid
    #156 sb
    #155 gymnosophist
    #154 ylh
    #153 Tibor
    #152 fuzair
    #151 ahmadb
    #150 ali1
    #149 rsaxena
    #148 ali1
    #147 fuzair
    #146 ahmadb
    #145 ali1
    #144 ali1
    #143 fuzair
    #141 rsaxena
    #140 gymnosophist
    #139 gymnosophist
    #138 Urstruly
    #137 krashid
    #136 fairdinkum
    #135 krashid
    #134 krashid
    #133 ahmadb
    #132 sac
    #130 gymnosophist
    #129 Rdesikan
    #128 ylh
    #127 ali1
    #126 Tibor
    #125 krashid
    #123 SameerJB
    #122 ylh
    #121 ali1
    #120 SameerJB
    #119 macgupta
    #118 Urstruly
    #117 dullabhatti
    #116 ahmadb
    #114 sadna
    #113 SameerJB
    #112 ylh
    #111 sac
    #110 latif chappu
    #109 ylh
    #108 ylh
    #107 friend
    #106 Layman
    #105 latif chappu
    #104 ylh
    #103 Rdesikan
    #102 gymnosophist
    #101 krashid
    #100 R. Sivaraj
    #99 jntuece99
    #98 Layman
    #97 Chowk Staff
    #96 Pankaj
    #95 latif chappu
    #94 ylh
    #93 friend
    #92 ylh
    #91 ylh
    #90 latif chappu
    #89 friend
    #88 Layman
    #87 Layman
    #86 SameerJB
    #85 SameerJB
    #84 rsaxena
    #83 ylh
    #82 ylh
    #81 ylh
    #80 gymnosophist
    #79 ylh
    #78 gymnosophist
    #77 ylh
    #76 ylh
    #75 Viking
    #74 krashid
    #73 krashid
    #72 krashid
    #71 fairdinkum
    #70 ahmadb
    #69 fairdinkum
    #68 ylh
    #67 SameerJB
    #66 gymnosophist
    #65 ahmadb
    #64 ylh
    #63 ylh
    #62 ylh
    #61 Omarphoenix
    #60 scout
    #59 amit
    #58 Omarphoenix
    #57 Humsab
    #56 ahmadb
    #55 rsaxena
    #54 fairdinkum
    #53 tahmed321
    #52 gymnosophist
    #51 ylh
    #50 ylh
    #49 shankar
    #48 ylh
    #47 ali1
    #46 ahmadb
    #45 ylh
    #44 ylh
    #43 rsaxena
    #42 sadna
    #41 sadna
    #40 harimau
    #39 ali1
    #38 ahmadb
    #37 tahmed321
    #36 tahmed321
    #35 ussa
    #34 fairdinkum
    #33 amit
    #32 Faruk
    #31 Faruk
    #30 Rdesikan
    #29 SAN
    #28 concerned
    #27 concerned
    #26 Humsab
    #25 kabuliwallah
    #24 vanguard
    #23 sadna
    #22 krashid
    #21 Layman
    #20 rajanjua
    #19 anil
    #17 ussa
    #16 Rdesikan
    #15 WiseComments
    #14 macgupta
    #13 taikonaut
    #12 rajanjua
    #11 SameerJB
    #10 sundarcs
    #9 Prem
    #8 solitude
    #7 Rdesikan
    #6 Layman
    #5 mohajir
    #4 shankar
    #3 fairdinkum
    #2 ahmadb
    #1 Ras Siddiqui

Latest Interacts

  • ahmedmadani: Re: # 14 I... The Jehadi Frankenstein
  • SureshM: Re: # 36 God Bless... Uneven Democracy : The
  • SureshM: Re: # 59 "kuwait... I Want Jinnah's Pakistan
  • ahmedmadani: Re: # 35 this... Uneven Democracy : The
  • jayp: Re: # 55 Good muslim... I Want Jinnah's Pakistan
  • jayp: Re: # 53 thanks madani... I Want Jinnah's Pakistan
  • Pardesi: Breaking News for ahmedmadani... Uneven Democracy : The
  • a_r_j_u_n325: #94 Posted by... The Strange Case of

THEMES

  • Pakistan's Struggle for Democracy
  • The Indian Story
  • Indo-Pak Relations
  • Personal Narratives
  • Religion Today
  • War on Terror
  • Role of Media
  • Call for Social Change
  • Hold Them Accountable
  • Environment and Us
  • Way of Life
more »

Top 5 Articles This Week

  • Popular
  • The Strange Case of the Indian Channels That Did Not Air the 26/11 Documentary
  • I Want Jinnah's Pakistan
  • Why MQM Wants To Enter Punjab?
  • Uneven Democracy : The Cry from Chhattisgarh
  • The Jehadi Frankenstein
  • Featured
  • There are a Lot of Monkeys
  • White Charade
  • Words of a Woman
  • FOX News and the Smelly Shoes
  • Dilemmas of Creative Children
  • 10 Years Ago
  • Pakistan: Rapprochement with India ‘unstoppable’
  • Gardens of Stone
  • No Call the Next Day
  • Another Hope Killed
  • After the defeat

Write on Chowk Interact Guidelines Privacy policy Terms Contact

Copyright © 1997 - 2009 chowk.com. All Rights Reserved
Reproduction of material on any www.chowk.com pages without prior written permissions is strictly prohibited