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Can’t we too break the wall?
Posted by dd Aug 10, 1998 01:16 am
Dear Yousof;

It is a well written article and may be given serious thoughts. In my view, your dream coming true is not possible due to the following reasons:

(I am not a historian, so forgive me about details etc....these are just my analysis);

(1) east/west german anology is not suitable in case of Pak/India because Germany was divided as a result of war and before the war it was a one nation with same culture, religion etc. However, a totally different situation led to crreation of Pak/India; people themselves chose Pak/India, though, there were people against the divide.

(2) Islamic culture is altogether different than Hindu culture and at this time, i strongly think, that neither Muslims nor Hindus in subcontinent are tolerant towards each other. this was not the case for east/west germany.

(3) You may also find the answer to your dream not coming true by answering the following question; Why can`t all arab countries in arabian/gulf region merge into a big Islamic country or form one country given that all of them share same religion, same culture, same traditions etc?




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