AFTER WORD

We are writing our history with our blood, each day digging graves with tearful eyes for our valiant sons nay planting evergreen trees for posterity, and with each martyr everyday, we add a new chapter of discovery to our national chronicle. It is the Islamic sense of humanity, which makes/made history of Islam and Muslims. It is the Jehad and Hijrat which Allah / Prophet (P.B.U.H) ordained and Muslims generation after generation upheld it for the case of humanity against oppression.

I request my esteemed readers to treat my articale as a tribute to the present memorable and marvellous uprising of Kashmir, which has surprissed India / Pak and U.N.O. perhaps they never thought a day will ever dawn when 47 year old commitments of the united nations will get nourisment from the blood Kashmir.

The upsurge of Kashmir has moved the inhabitants, disturbed people and societies and compelled the world to talk on Kashmir problem with seriousness and concern. India in return is raining bullets on our people but also sending apparently avertures of peace and consititutional packages to Kashmiris. Here I will quote a thousand times valuable saying of an Algerian freedom fighter, who asked France in 1960 in these words.

"Our people have not eaten grass and roots in order to obtain a new statute given as a concession:"

"Savage war of peace"
      by Alistair Home

Today, at a critical time of our history we face enimies within also, who are selfish people, rotten eggs and wolves in lambs skin. Such elements have always tried to sabotage national movments for their personal ends. It is du to this fact that the same people who adored the leaders of the present movment as heroes and gods, now face increased danger to their life honour and property. But, still there are true patriots pivot of hopes and torch bearers of light amid dark nights of this garden. People look to them and not towards actors or accidental characters.

This is not our aim to create an artificial/shallow leadership and impose favourite parrots on the people. Islam has totally a different aim before it and Muslims of Kashmir have rightly a message of truth and hormony. Kashmir are an undaunted people. They do not fear any earthly god. No goddess of wealth/power can allure them. Nor old wine in the new bottles could ever satisfy them. Look! How beautiful Napoleon Bonaparte defined the goal of mankind on earth:

"There are only two powers in the world the sword and the spirit. In the long run, the sword is always defeated by the spirit"

Let every Indian ruler / politician understand and accept the message quickly.

• (Monday 13-03-1995 Muhammad Farooq Rehmani)