LAHORE: (Parliament Times) Two-nation theory is as important today as it was in 1947, said President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Sardar Masood Khan, while addressing a conference to celebrate the works and contribution of Mujaddid Alf Sani on Islamic thought, organised by Alami Idara Tanzeem-ul-Islam.
The President said that Mujadid Alf Sani had led the first wave of Islamic renaissance in South Asia and thus laid the foundation for the two-nation theory.
Sardar Masood Khan said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir were being punished by Indian zealots because of their adherence to the two-nation theory. In 1947-48, some 250,000 Muslims were killed in Jammu at the best of the Mahrajah of Kashmir, and with the collusion of RSS extremists, the Indian Government led by Pandit Nehru and the Viceroy of India. Since then, the President said, the Indian occupation forces in the Occupied Kashmir have never stopped killing Kashmiris and torturing.
“They were being chastised for being Muslims”, he said adding that the occupier had also been giving permanent residence to non-Kashmiri Hindu to change the demographics of the region.
The President of AJK said that Indian Hindu supremacists, mainly comprising Brahmans, too believed in a two nation theory, but without admitting it publicly. Their insidious agenda was to subjugate Muslims in India, kill them in Kashmir, and suppress the rising Muslim nations in the neighbourhood, especially Pakistan.
India’s bias against Muslims is evident from the fact that it is backing the Myanmar government killing Rohinga Muslims and it has closed its border to the Rohinga refugees fleeing murderous spree in Burma.
The President appealed to the audience to express their solidarity with the suffering people of Kashmir through practical steps such as telling the world about the horrendous situation prevalent in the occupied Kashmir and informing world opinion about persecution of Muslims in India.
The President said that instead of following the path of being defensive or aggressive, the Muslims should fight off persecution by practicing and spreading the true spirit of Islam: peace, amity, tolerance, co-existence and welfare. In this context, a dialogue with all nations and civilisations is important. “The onus is on us”, he said.