My appeal to the Bangladeshi Brothers.

[KhalidMBhattiHelsingor]

Khilari, as I have said that am call me bangladeshi, pakistani, nepali or indian these are secondary things first of all I am muslim and a muslim should not be compelled by the trifle accusations against him to turn himself non-muslim.

Originally posted by Khilari
"We the East and West Pakistan have use of one another"



these are inflammatory remarks, brother. calling bangladeshis 'east pakistanis' brings up painful memories of a terrible time of failure by muslims, and the deaths of many many muslims (most whom were bangladeshi).


please refer to us as bangladeshis, we do not like to be called east pakistanis.


or if you have no problem with it then you may want to refer to yourself as a 'west bangladeshi'.

regards.

[naquib]

my dear khalid, while your insistence of a muslim identity blind of national affiliations does carry a noble ideal, it completely ignores the reality of the multifaceted character of the islamic mosaic and the reality of its varied ethnic make up. Our shared faith is not an impenetrable monolith of homogeneic beliefs and doctrines, and the attempt to rationalize political exegencies along theological lines is both dangerous and detrimental to the continued evolution of religious precepts to changing contexts and conditions. while the original teachings are immutable, their application is not. They offer a base to further understand the contemporary context through a clear set of interpretive idioms.

You must be able to clearly differentiate the political facts of the 1971 war from the self-serving rhetoric that inflamed the emotions of misguided sections of society and set up the conditions for the subsequent atrocities. the past conflict was not a result of a religious schism , but on the right of one group, in this case the majority, to determine its cultural and linguistic vocation. The war only further made evident the inconsistensies on which the geographic fallacy of our former two-state nation was founded upon.

Cultural divergence can only be bridged by a willingness to discover the innate differences and implicit commonalities between people. Dismissing them to a secondary role under a cloak of misrepresented universality will continue to fuel a debate along tribal lines.

[Khilari]

Originally posted by KhalidMBhattiHelsingor
Khilari, as I have said that am call me bangladeshi, pakistani, nepali or indian these are secondary things first of all I am muslim and a muslim should not be compelled by the trifle accusations against him to turn himself non-muslim.

Salaam,
I shall call you by whatever you wish. However you avoid the point I made: don't call Bangali people "East Pakistanis" as it is offensive


in the same way a Palestinian may be offended by calling him an "Israeli".

I agree with your point, but the way you make it is also an important part of obtaining 'sawab'; you will not succeed in making an effective point if you alienate those you are making it to.

Jzk

[jodyraye]

Originally posted by KhalidMBhattiHelsingor

I am a muslim and a muslim is not restricted to boundries?
I am the dream of Mohammad Abda of egypt, Jamal-u-Din Afghani and illama Mohammad Iqbal.

Khalid, if you are a dream then you are a nightmare. The question was, "Are you a pakistani or Banglaseshi???"
Just answer the question honestly. Why are you afraid of the truth being known?
A true Muslim is not afraid of the truth--to stand in the light and be known for who he is. You will see the Qur'an tells you to say
what is true even if it is displeasing to others. So why do you hide from the truth?

[KhalidMBhattiHelsingor]

Jodyraye, I am absolutely not afraid of showing me of! Because people who are used to read my post know it very well, who am I? There is just need to use ones own imagination it is vivid in many posts.

Originally posted by jodyraye

Khalid, if you are a dream then you are a nightmare. The question was, "Are you a pakistani or Banglaseshi???"
Just answer the question honestly. Why are you afraid of the truth being known?
A true Muslim is not afraid of the truth--to stand in the light and be known for who he is. You will see the Qur'an tells you to say
what is true even if it is displeasing to others. So why do you hide from the truth?

[jodyraye]

All we ask for is the Truth. This was another opportunity for you to state the truth. Evil always hides--its one of the characteristics of true evil.

[jaanam]

What "evil" you talking about???