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Assalamualaikum and adaab arz brother from a muslim brother in Srinagar…

I feel your emotions. I understand your pain. I share with you a few lines..

we have lived together in tradition of harmony . i studied with pundits they were just like my brothers. we had pundits in neighborhood we used to be at each others home. i never felt the difference between the two homes. their and mine. then who attacked pundit brothers who killed about 100 innocents ? some miscreants probably. a few psychos who wanted to damage the fabric of communal harmony. I condemn those culprits and i condemn those closed minded inhuman people who carried out attrocities against our pundit brothers. I would tell you frankly that they had nothing to do with islam and the holy prophet ( may peace be upon him. A verse in holy quran says that if you killed one innocent human it is as if you killed the entire humanity. if you saved one is as if you saved the entire humanity. then how can its follower kills innocent in cold blood ? It is sheer ignorance nothing else. it is contrary to the quran and its teachings. WE MUSLIMS CONDEMN SUCH MISCREANTS AND WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR HOMES AND HEARTS OPEN FOR OUR PUNDIT BROTHERS. WE WANT THEM TO RETURN AND LIVE IN HARMONY WITH US AS WE LIVED BEFORE.

That is one side of it. What i said is crystal clear view of most of muslims. Now we see the other side is that indian armed criminals in the display of worst example of state sponsored agression killed more than hundred thousand kashmiris in cold blood, looted and torched billions worth of property, molested raped and humiliated thousands of women and elderly. equal number of people are languishing in indian infamous jails.
I can see it is not a matter of bata or musalman. We need to come to common terms between us. We are sons of the same soil. We need to understand that leaders of both india and pak are not in our favour. We need to share each others grief and sorrow. Together we form a country where we maintain our traditional values of humanity and live together in harmony and maintain each others honour and dignity.

Without going into further details i wish to tell you that we need to sit together and support each others common concerns. We have to look forward. Let us leave the extreme views of both sides.Let us not bang our heads in criticising each other which will leade us nowhere. As i see there are some who want to exploit our weaknesses on both sides for their political motives. They are both hindu and muslim. I would call them brainless fanatics. Let us follow the example of people like brother Sanjay Kak , Professor Tikoo and get together and talk about peoples voice. We dont talk about Pak or India we talk about Kashmiriat. What do you say ?

With prayers and best wishes

Rehaan Bhat
Srinagar, Indian Occupied Kashmir

Telegram of Indian prime minster to prime minister of Pakistan Telegram No:-402/primin/2227 Dated 27 october 1947 “I like to make clear that the question of aiding Kashmir in this emergencey is not designed to in any way to influence the state to acceed to india. Our view which we have repeatedly made public is that the question of accession in any disputed territory or state must be decided in accordance with the wishes of people and we adhere to this view.
Telegram NO:-225 dated 31 october 1947 from prime minister of India to Prime minister of Pakistan. “kashmir accession to India was accepted by us at the request of Maharajah’s government and the most numerously representative popular organization in the state which predominently Muslims. Even then it was accepted on the condition that as soon as law and order had been restored, the piople of Kashmir would decide the question of accession. It is open to them to acceed to either dominion then.
In this radio on 2nd november 1947. Indian prime minister Jawahavlal Nehru said. “we are anxious not to finalize anything in a moment of crised and without the fullest opertunity to the given to be given to the people of Kashmir to have their say. It is for them ullimately to decide and let me make it clear that it has been our policy that wher there is dispute abouth the accession of a state to other dominion the accession must be made by the people of that state. It is in accordance with this policy that we have added a proviso to the instrument of accession of Kasmir

In other broadcast to the nation on 3rd November 1947. Pandit Nehru said. “We have declared that the fate of Kashmir is ullimately to be decided by the people. Taht pledge we have given not only to the people of kashmir and to the world. We will not and can not back out of it.”
In the letter NO:- 368 Primin dated 21 November, 1947 addressed to the PM of Pakistan, Pandit Nehru said. “I have repeatedly stated that as soon as peace and order have been established, Kashmnir should decide of accession by Plebicite or refurendum under international auspices such as those of United Nations.”
The statement delivered in Indian consituent assembly on 25th November 1947, Pandit Nehru P. M of India said: ” in order to establish our bonafied, we have suggested that when the people are given the chance to decide their future, this should be done under the supervision of impartial tribunal such as the United Nations Organisation.”
In this statement to the Indian Constituent assembly on 5th March 1948, Pandit Nehru said: ” even at the moment of accession, we went out of our way to make a unilateral declaration that we would abide by the will of poeple of Kashmir as declared in plebicite or referendum. we insisted further that the government of Kashmir must immidiately become populer government. we have adhered to that position through out and we are prepared to have a plebicite with every protection of fair voting and to abide by the decision of the people of Kashmir,,”
In this press-conference held in London on 16th January,1951, as reported by the daily ” Statesman” dated 18th January 1951,Pandit Nehru said . “India has repeatedly offered to work with the United Nations reasonable safeguards to enable the people of Kashmir to express their will and os a;warus tp dp sp. We hav always right from the begining accepted the idea of the Kashmiri people deciding their fate by referendum or plebicite.
In his report to All Indian Congress Committee on 6th JUly, 1951 as published in the statesment, New Dehli on 9th July,1951, Pandit Nehru said. ” Kashmir has been wrongly looked upon as a prize for India or Pakistan. People seen to forget that Kashmir is not commodity for sale or to bartered. It has an individual existance and its people must be the final arbiters of their future.It is here today that struggle is bearing fruit not in the battle feild but in the mind of men.”
In the letter dared 11th september,1951 to the United Nations representative, Pandit Nehru wrote> ” the Government of india not only reaffirms its acceptance of the principal that the question of continuing accession of the state of Jammu & Kashmir to india shall be decided through the democratic method of free and impartial plebicite under the auspices of the United Nations but is anxious that the conditions necessary for such a plebicite should be created as quickly as possible.”
As reported by the Amrita Bazar Patrika Calccutta on 2nd January, 1952,while replying to Dr. Mooker Jee’s question in the Indian legislature as to what the cogress government is going to do about 1/3 of territory still held by Pakistan, Pandit Nehru said. ” is not the property of either India or Pakistan. It belongs to the Kashmiri people. when kashmir acceeded to India, we made it clear to the leaders of the Kashmiri People that ultimately abide the verdict of their plebicite. If they tell us to walk out i would have no hasitation in quiting, we have taken the issue to united nations and given our word of honour for peacefull solution to the people of Kashmir and we have determined to abide by their decision.”
In the statement in Indian Parliment on 7th augest 1952, Pandit Nehru said ” let me say clearly that we accept the basic proposition that the future of Kashmir is going to be decided finally by the goodwill and pleasure ofher people. the pleasure and goodwill of this parliment is of no importance in this matter, not beacuse this parliment does not have strength to decide the question of Kashmir but any kind imposition would be the against the principals that this parliment holds. Kashmir is very close to our minds and hearts and if by some decree or adverse fortune, ceases to be part of India, it will a wrench pain and tomant for us. If however, the people of Kashmir do not wish to remain with us, let them go by all means. we will not keep them against their will, however painfull it may be to us. i want to stress that it is the only people of Kashmir who can dcide the future of Kashmir……….. However sad we may feel about leaving we are not going to stay against the wishes of people. we are not going to impose overselves on the on the point of “bayonet.”
In the stement in Loke Sabah { Parliment}on 31st, March,1955 Published in Hidustan Times New Dehli on 1Ist april 1955, Pandit Nehru said.” Kashmir is perhaps difficult of all these problems between India and Pakistan. we shoul also remember that Kashmir is not a thing to bne bandied between India and Pakistan but it has soul of its own and individuality of its own, Nothing can be done without the goodwill and consent of the people of Kashmir.”