The India-Pakistan problem is more deep-rooted than Kashmir, and incidents like the Indian Premier League (IPL) snub are merely small ulcers in a body vitiated by mutual hatred.
Like Israel and Palestine, India and Pakistan can never live in peace with each other because the distrust and hatred stem from the most powerful tool invented by humankind — religion.
The current problem of terrorism threatening to destroy India, Pakistan and Afghanistan is religion’s marriage to America’s dirty policies. In the 1970s and 80s, Americans pumped arms into Pakistan for the Afghan mujahideen fighting Soviet Union, and opened madrassas all over Pakistan inviting jehadis from the Muslim world.
America used Islam to defeat the Soviets, and then, conveniently abandoned the Muslims in the region. With nowhere to go and no-one to fight, the jehadis produced by America are targeting America.
 | | Describing the IPL snub, Pakistani paceman Sohail Tanvir said that the Hindu nature is like that only | Today’s jehadi believes the Muslim world’s problems are a result of the America-Israel-India nexus. Kashmir is just one reason; if that gets resolved, some other issue will come up.
In Pakistan, many of the educated, the middle-class and the elite believe the Indians are out to destroy them.
To give you an example, three highly reputed Pakistanis vented vitriolic religious hatred on air describing India post IPL snub. In a TV show hosted by a lady named Farah — Pakistan’s highest paid anchor — the guests were paceman Sohail Tanvir and a journalist named Zahid Farooq Malik.
Now, Tanvir became famous, and rich, only after his exploits for Rajasthan Royals in the first edition of the IPL. And here he was, saying on air, “Hinduon ki zahaniyat hi aisi hai (the Hindu nature is like that only)” while describing the IPL snub.
Hello, here’s a cricketer who’s driving a car and living in a house bought out of money he earned in IPL I, and he’s unabashedly bringing in religion in the whole issue!
Here’s a person, who as a cricketer is supposed to bring the aam aadmi from India and Pakistan together, talking absolute rot!
The journalist sitting next to Tanvir then calls Indians “baniyas” and goes on to say, “Unki bagal mein chhuri hain aur muh par Ram Ram” even as Farah smiled demurely.
The discussion then takes a ridiculous course, with the journalist saying “Hindus” — remember, not Indians — are responsible for Pakistan not hosting matches in 2011 World Cup. This particular episode has become a rage on YouTube.
Pakistani TV shows are full of stories that claim that Ajmal Kasab’s real name is Arun, he lived in the slums of Dharavi and was trained by RAW to carry out the Mumbai attacks at the behest of Bajrang Dal!
The problem with Pakistan is, every single of its leader — dictator or democratic — has used religious extremism and hate-India card to woo the public. Now, they can’t afford to lead the population on the path of religious tolerance.
Just to give you an idea of the kind of brainwash Pakistani populance is subjected to daily, a popular talk show host, Aamir Liaquat Hussain, said on the hugely-watched Geo TV that Pakistan cricket team was whitewashed in Australia because of the green-coloured soles of players’ shoes.
Hussain said, “Green is the colour of Pakistan and this colour being rubbed on the ground is a derogatory act. Hence, divine retribution had affected the fortunes of the Pakistani cricket team.”
There are enough extremists in India as well, who for the sake of votes won’t stop at wiping out thousands of innocent lives.
Till India and Pakistan continue to give such people a free hand, there cannot be meaningful solution. Sadly, both the countries lack a leader of the masses who can show the people a sensible path. http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/61/2010020220100202020403402473aa85d/Pak-rightly-snubbed-in-IPL.html
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