Shame indeed,especially,on those, who are of age, & who know the actual facts, shame !
Naveed, anyone would guess where the 'shame' is aimed at, but since we are ( at least I am) talking of peace I would not retaliate against you (who is still not of age) with the same coin.
Trains were not only coming from Delhi, ask your dad or some other elder alive to tell you what happened to the trains of Hindus and Sikhs going to India near Muridke and Kaka Shah Kaku in 1947. And, if you can find some Indian history not raped by the so called scholars like Dr. Safdar Mahmud, you will find the havoc played by Aurangzeb - the Mujadid of his time and giver of the Islamic Jurisprudence - Fatawa-e Alamgiri - with the non-Muslims especially Sikhs. Hope you read about the Mahmud Ghaznavi's 17 invasions of India ransacking Hindu temples and dragging bare footed or in torn shoes or whatever hundreds of thousands slaves and concubines tied in chains and ropes over the mountains of North West under the extreme vagaries of weather that killed most of them and earned the mountain range the name Hindu Kush, and Mahmud the name of "But Shikan and not But Farosh", which was surprisingly eulogised even by none other than Iqbal also! But the same But Shikan could not spot 52 feet tall Bamiyan idols only 200 miles away from Ghazna!! No, Sir he knew of them ver well, only they were not laden with gold and diamonds and were made of clay only. Let's go a little further, remember the faithful victors killing the non-believers in the morning and marrying their widows the same night?! ( Khalid bin Walid and Laila Malik). Also imagine, Shahr Bano – daughter of Hurmoz the Iranian Emperor being auctioned in the city square of Medina?! The daughter of the greatest Emperor of his time and being auctioned?!
Naveed, history is replete with such instances. Everyone who had the better used the power to the detriment of the loser. It is not only the Sikhs or the Hindus who did it or doing it in Kashmir. We did it too, though on a much smaller scale than propagated, in erstwhile East Pakistan. For how long will man keep killing the man, rape the poor helpless women and lance the tossed up children ? It is time savagery ended somewhere.
So, my dear Naveed, KNOWING IT ALL - Shame or no shame - I still salute Khurshid for offering penance for the wanton killing of Jaspal Singh in his province KPK.
Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
----- Original Message -----From: Naveed TajammalCc: col jafriSent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 4:44 PMSubject: Re: Re Pakistan's Deputy Attorney General polishes shoes of devotees at Delhi Gurdwara - The News, Lahore
Perhaps jafri sahib,should read my article,''prelude to Indian mindset (Kashmir) and the role of Akal fauj,of Sikhs,who did the maximum, murders & mayhem,,of women and children & What of those in womb,one would not like,to, give accounts off.And would Col.Jafri,elucidate on the subject of the fate of trains,which came from Dehliand here we have a KPK fellow,gone nuts,yet being applauded,what a SHAME.Shame indeed,especially,on those, who are of age, & who know the actual facts,shame !
Naveed Tajammal,
Mobile : +92-308-5551646
--- On Wed, 3/28/12, YASMEEN AFTAB AFTAB <yasmeen.a.9@gmail.com> wrote:
From: YASMEEN AFTAB AFTAB <yasmeen.a.9@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Re Pakistan's Deputy Attorney General polishes shoes of devotees at Delhi Gurdwara - The News, Lahore
To: pakpotpourri1@googlegroups.com
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 11:11 AM
He deserves a kick in his ass.What about the thousands of muslims killed?YAA
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Riaz Jafri <jafri@rifiela.com> wrote:
I salute Khurshid, a GREAT and NOBLE man. May Allah (SWT) reward him for his Sevadari, ameen.May we learn from him to love humanity and not kill each other, ameen summa ameen.Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)----- Original Message -----From: mian saleemSent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 3:40 PMSubject: FW: Re Pakistan's Deputy Attorney General polishes shoes of devotees at Delhi Gurdwara - The News, Lahore
Pakistan's Deputy Attorney General polishes shoes of devotees at Delhi Gurdwara
NEW DELHI: A man in a maroon kurta sits hunched on the floor on Sunday afternoon, polishing the shoes of devotees at a room in Delhi's Gurdwara Rakabganj, reports Times of India.
It's a common sight in gurdwaras, except that this man is Pakistan's deputy attorney general, Muhammad Khurshid Khan, who had requested he be allowed to perform seva (community service) at the shrine.
Khurshid, 62, is an eminent lawyer and a devout Muslim from Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. He is in Delhi for a judicial conference. "I have been more keen on visiting various places of worship here to promote harmony between India and Pakistan," says Khurshid.
Khurshid's tryst with temples and gurdwaras began in 2010 to "heal the wounds of minorities in Pakistan by becoming their sevadar (performer of service)". For him, it was a "penance" for crimes committed by the Taliban.
In February that year, the Taliban had kidnapped three Sikhs from Peshawar and demanded a $235,000 ransom. Pakistan Army rescued two of them, but the third, Jaspal Singh, was killed by the captors. After the killing, Khurshid performed service at a gurdwara in Peshawar. "I seek harmony among all religions," says Khurshid, citing Pakistan's pluralistic heritage. "I am a Muslim, not a terrorist; I am a Khan, not a terrorist; I am from Pakistan, but not a terrorist."
This is Pakistani deputy attorney general Muhammad Khurshid Khan's humble submission as he visits gurdwaras across New Delhi and performs seva (community service).
The Taliban, he says, has plundered Pakistan's pluralistic heritage. "But I want to tell the world it's unfair to tarnish a whole community for the sins of a few," says the Pakhtun who ran for Pakistan's National Assembly twice.
In Delhi for a conference, Khurshid, accompanied by Surinder Singh, a Delhi based businessman whose father was a comrade of Subhas Chandra Bose, has polished shoes at Gurdwara Sisganj and visited Birla Temple and Hanuman Mandir.
Khurshid told TOI that he turned to other faiths after the Taliban beheaded a Sikh, Jaspal Singh, in Peshawar in February 2010. "When I visited the house of Jaspal, I was filled with remorse." The killing weighed on his conscience. He was perturbed that violence in the name of Islam brought a bad name not only to Muslims and Pakistan but also to his people, the Pakhtuns.
The next day, he went to Gurudwara Bhai Joga Singh in Peshawar and sat on the steps. He could hear the chants wafting out of the shrine. "I felt peace," he says.The lawyer started reading about Guru Nanak and approached a member of the gurdwara management committee to allow him the opportunity for seva. After discussions, the gurdwara management committee allowed him to perform seva.
"For two months, I went to the gurdwara daily before the maghrib azaan (call to prayer at sunset) and polished shoes of devotees. "Sevadari is ibaadat (worship)," he says.
In Delhi, Khurshid also went to Jantar Mantar in the hope of meeting Anna. He sent his visiting card and waited for close to an hour but could not meet Anna. But he left the place "charmed". "It is amazing. This is democracy," he said.
On his way back to Pakistan, he will visit the Golden Temple at Amritsar for the 'Jora Ghar Seva (polishing shoes of devotees). He had written to PM Manmohan Singh last year to allow him a chance to perform seva at Amritsar. "I am yet to get a reply," he said.
He has performed similar service at Hindu temples and joined church prayers every Sunday in Pakistan. "I live in a rigid society. But the ulema have never criticized me. The Hadees says anything good must be spread all around," said Khurshid. His gesture has been appreciated by Muslims and minorities in Pakistan.
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Yasmeen Ali
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