\\\\\ This was the fateful night of Jan, 19, 1990 ///// The night witnessed macabre happenings, the like of which had not been witnessed by Kashmiri Hindus. For future generations, it will be a constant reminder of the brutality of Islamic radicals, who had chosen the timing very carefully. Though curfew was imposed to restore some semblance of order, it had little effect. The mosque pulpits continued to be used to exhort people to defy curfew and join Jehad against the Hindus. As the night fell, the Hindu community became panic-stricken when the Valley began reverberating with the war-cries of Islamists, who had stage-managed the whole event with great care; choosing its timing and the slogans to be used. A host of highly provocative, communal and threatening slogans, interspersed with martial songs, incited the Muslims to come out on the streets only to kill Hindus. Hindus were presented with three choices — Ralive, Tsaliv ya Galive (convert to Islam, leave the place or prish). Tens of thousands of Kashmiri Muslims poured into the streets of the Valley, shouting ‘death to Hindu Kafirs. All male Muslims, including their children and the aged, wanted to be seen to be participating in this Jehad. Those who had organized such a show of force in the middle of a cold winter night, had only one objective; to put the fear of death into the hearts of the already frightened Hindus. In this moment of collective hysteria, gone was the facade of secular, tolerant, cultured, peaceful and educated outlook of Kashmiri Muslims, which the Indian intelligentsia and the liberal media had made them to wear for their own reasons. Most of the Kashmiri Muslims behaved as if they did not know who the Hindus were. This frenzied mass hysteria went on till Kashmiri Pandits’ despondency turned into desperation, as the night wore itself out. Kashmiri Hindus found themselves abandoned to their fate, stranded in their own homes, encircled by rampaging mobs.Through the frenzied shouts and blood-curdling sloganeering of the assembled mobs, Hindus saw the true face of intolerant and radical Islam. The pusillanimous Central Government was caught napping and its agencies in the State, particularly the army and other para military forces, did not consider it necessary to intervene, in the absence of any orders. The State Government had been so extensively subverted that the skeleton staff of the administration at Srinagar decided not to confront the huge mobs. Delhi was too far away, anyway. The Hindu could see the writing on the wall. If they were lucky enough to see the night through, they would have to vacate the place before they met the same fate as Tikka Lal Taploo and many others. The Seventh Exodus was surely staring them in the face. By morning, it became apparent to Hindu that Kashmiri Muslims had decided to throw them out from the Valley. Some of the slogans used were: ***“Zalimo, O Kafiro, Kashmir harmara chod do”. (O! Merciless, O! Kafirs leave our Kashmir) ***“Kashmir mein agar rehna hai, Allah-ho-Akbar kahna hoga” (Any one wanting to live in Kashmir will have to convert to Islam) ***La Sharqia la gharbia, Islamia! Islamia! From East to West, there will be only Islam ***“Musalmano jago, Kafiro bhago”, (O! Muslims, Arise, O! Kafirs, scoot) ***“Islam hamara maqsad hai, Quran hamara dastur hai, jehad hamara Rasta hai” (Islam is our objective, Q’uran is our constitution, Jehad is our way of our life) ***“Kashmir banega Pakistan” (Kashmir will become Pakistan) ***“Kashir banawon Pakistan, Bataw varaie, Batneiw saan” (We will turn Kashmir into Pakistan alongwith Kashmiri Pandit women, but without their men folk) ***“Pakistan se kya Rishta? La Ilah-e- Illalah” (Islam defines our relationship with Pakistan) ***Dil mein rakho Allah ka khauf; Hath mein rakho Kalashnikov. (With fear of Allah ruling your hearts, wield a Kalashnikov) ***“Yahan kya chalega, Nizam-e- Mustafa” (We want to be ruled under Shari’ah) ***“People’s League ka kya paigam, Fateh, Azadi aur Islam” (“What is the message of People’s League? Victory, Freedom and Islam.”) #ExodusDay #KashmiriHindus
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 07:45:00 +0000
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