Most of the Kashmiri Muslims treat J&K as an Islamic State in a ‘secular’ India, and treat Hindu pilgrims to Amarnath as tress passers. Kashmiri Muslims opposed this allotment of land since it was meant to provide shelters for Hindu pilgrims. The government capitulated before the violent protestors and revoked the allotment. This outrageous action shows pathetic plight of Hindus in their own country. Though ‘secularism’ implies separation of religion and State, and though a ‘secular’ State cannot reward or punish the people on the basis of their religious affiliation, ‘secularism’ practised in India means anti-Hinduism. With sub-zero temperatures, heavy rains and stormy weather during Amarnath pilgrimage, some basic facilities like shelters for the pilgrims on way to shrine are a must. The holy cave is accessible only during a short duration every year. Due to lack of basic amenities, hundreds of pilgrims died in a snow storm during this pilgrimage in 1996. Besides, many Amarnath pilgrims have been attacked and killed by terrorists in Kashmir. Fallacious pretensions advanced by Kashmiri leaders that the said lease of land would change the demography and “eco-cultural character” of the state are absurd. It is ludicrous to imagine that provision of temporary shelters to Amarnath pilgrims would reduce Muslims to a minority in Kashmir, or would destroy the environment. On the contrary, genocide and eviction of Hindus has made Kashmir a Hindu-less region. Opposition to allotment of land for Hindu pilgrims is described by Kashmiri leaders as ‘Kashmiri Nationalism’ thereby implying that Kashmir is meant only for Muslims. Most of Kashmiri leaders support pro-Pakistan demands like joint Indo-Pak control of Kashmir, demilitarisation of Jammu & Kashmir, legalizing Pakistani currency and open borders.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 02:35:07 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015