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2009-08-06 India-Pakistan

Pakistani Christians express anger over killings

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Posted by Fred 2009-08-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 I really don't understand why, when India and Pakistan became independent, some Christians chose to go with Muslim Pakistan instead of a secular India. One of life's great mysteries. Was it really that hard of a decision?

Posted by sludge 2009-08-06 09:25|| 2009-08-06 09:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Taqiya, sludge?

Eternal optimism?

Posted by rhodesiafever">rhodesiafever 2009-08-06 12:24|| 2009-08-06 12:24|| Front Page Top

#3 The Christians are deliberately kept poor. Perhaps they couldn't afford the move.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-08-06 13:38|| 2009-08-06 13:38|| Front Page Top

#4 When you've lived in the same place as your parents and grandparents for eight or nine generations, it's very difficult to cut those ties, even under the oppression of Islam. Eventually Islam will have to be hammered into a box and the top nailed shut. Cede them the territory from Morocco to Afghanistan/Pakistan, from the Bosporus and the Med to about 10 degrees North, and REQUIRE EVERY MUSLIM to live within that area.
The rest of the world could trade or interact as much or as little as they choose, but no Muslim could ever leave that geographic area. Let them fight among themselves, and leave US out of it.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-08-06 16:28|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-08-06 16:28|| Front Page Top

#5 I really don't understand why, when India and Pakistan became independent, some Christians chose to go with Muslim Pakistan instead of a secular India. One of life's great mysteries. Was it really that hard of a decision?

Under the rule of the British Raj, the specific demography of a given area made no difference - British law (with a bit of local flavor) applied to all. The propaganda of the Indian independence movement was that all of the India's ills came from oppression and exploitation by whitey. According to this worldview, once India became independent, Indians would become rich as Croesus. When that failed to materialize, South Asians began to blame their poverty on the aftereffects of and a global economic system based on whitey oppression and exploitation.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2009-08-06 22:17|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2009-08-06 22:17|| Front Page Top

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