when will you guys stop going nuts with each other! So you like floods?

India should invite sikh to settle in india

this is not new, it's coming since so many years,perhaps it's there in kashmir since 20yrs,only our rulers have failed to see the truth....people have to take action

The common sense of the matter is that the Pakistan government is too scared to call its Taliban to account because they were its own created, even if at US behest and with US money to begin with. Of late, Taliban have been an instrumentality of the implementation of Pakistan’s policy objectives. Now, Taliban are getting too big for their shoes. But the Pakistan government (including Pakistan army and ISI) dare not move in an effective manner against the Taliban: the so-called action against Taliban in some parts of FATA is merely cosmetic, designed to convince the US paymasters during Mr Zardari’s US visit next week.
Even the demand of jaziya from Sikhs in the Swat area is hardly surprising. This should have been expected. It is axiomatic that the Pakistan government will do nothing in the matter, because it cannot do anything. Quite to the contrary, the Pakistan government may even approve of the demand of jaziya, just to show that the Pakistan government is really only applying what it regards as an Islamic practice. The reply of the Pakistan government to the communication of the Indian government in this matter has been met with the stock reply that this was an internal matter of Pakistan: but there is a limit beyond which internal matters do not remain internal matters of a sovereign government, e.g., when it assumes the aspect of genocide, as it is fast assuming in the present case. But, of course, UNHCR will take a long time before moving in the matter: it should have been the first to raise its voice.
The point is not many non-Muslims thought that they would be treated with consideration once the Pakistan government came into its own in the immediate aftermath of the 1947 partition. Most of them took the earliest opportunity to make for the Indian climes (among them, yours truly, then a boy of 7, along with several other family members and many others). The experience that I have had in India and the atmosphere of freedom in which I have thought and moved in all the years since independence leads me to think that if I had remained in Pakistan, I would probably suffocate very soon: discrimination against me would have been deep seated and persistent. Now, 62 years after the Sikhs of Swat chose to remain there, they are finding that they are being asked, in the style of Aurangzeb, to pay jaziya because they are living in an ‘Islamic’ country.
V. C. Bhutani, Delhi, India, May 2 2009, 1605 IST, vineycb1@vsnl.com

Taliban should also make sure that all the muslims should pay jezziyah tax who live in non muslim countries. When human beings hold some old dogmas written for the people who lived 1500years back what else can we expect.

Dear Sir
These Barbarians (cavemen) should be dealt with very strongly. Military might is the only answer. Bombard this scum before it engulfs others

am i getting admission in kg 1.According to my infrmation the sikhs moved to nankan saheb Hasanabdal for reasons of security where they are being well looked after.it is not jazia.I remember Ayab khans manipulated victory over miss jinnah.The pashtuns brought out a procession with Mr.Gauhar Ayub leadin the same.As they passed lalukhet--a muhaji locality--who supported miss jinnah,there was a clash.the pushtuns came armed with all sort of weapon,set a house on fire.chief editor Dawn karachi Altaf husain wrote a lengthy article.Ayub khan chastised the refugees in strongest terms and warned there is Arabian ocean ahead of you(the muhajirs).Incidentally Altaf Husain was a Bengali.I am eye witness to that incident.There has not been peace in Karachi.MQM is a later development.

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book by air martial retired Asghar khan ---pakistan and military power---and my feed back"the book is a welcome addition to the books that have already been published on the subject.Asghar khan traces pakistans pollital history from dissolution of the constitunet Assembly,dismissal of khwaja Nazimuddin etc.Needless to say the Establishment has been the bane of the country over the years. It has not learnt anything from all these events.The aspirations of the people of punjab,sindh,Baluchistan and the NWFP should be addressed if the remaining Pakistan has to be saved"

someone has commented above that he would have suffocated in pakistan.Tha author of AAG KA DARYA Q urrattulain haider although a muslim felt the same and went back to india.sofar people like me are concerned"itne maanoos sayyad se hogai-Reaai mili bhi to marjaange.

JYOT SE JYOT YA TO JOT SE JOT JAGATE CHALO SAB KO GALE DHUT RASTRA KI TARAH LAGATE CHALO

This is the beginning of the end of Pakistan which will restore this theocratic State to pre-1947 geographic position! Ever since its birth,Pakistan has seen only exploitation of the muhajirs and Pathans by the Punjabis of Pakistan.Now the talibans have pushed the country to 15th century by imposing JAZIA on the Sikhs and in due course on the hindus as well. I expect my compatriots,the indian muslims, to come out in protest against this evil, anachronistic and discriminatory practice of Jazia imposed by the talibans on the Pakistani sikhs to be replicated in due course on the Pskistani hindus
A K SAXENA(A retired civil servant) DELHI,INDIA

First, Imposing jaziya on Muslims in non-Muslim countires would mean that the governments of these non-Muslim countires show themselves to be no different from the Taliban themselves. Remember, we live in a pluralistic society and by accepting diversity amongst ourselves, we only strengthen and now weaken ourselves. It is not exactly the easiest thing to allow Sikhs or others into our country just like that, but it should be not be totally written off completely. But my guess is that we are going to have a whole lot of refugees coming into India if the Taliban do take over. Another Bangaldesh may be in the offing, this time round it is going to be Sindhudesh, with Karachi as its capital.Next, Indian Muslims do not buy the idea of Jaziya at all. Speak to reasonably well-educated Muslims and they will tell you that it is not right to tax some one just because they belong to another religious group. Jaziya is anachronistic and discriminatory. Finally, my last comment is that the Pakistani Punjabi Establishment cannot be trusted, not by any yardstick. The sooner the Americans and the rest of the world realise this, the better.

So the Taliban get together with the LET, and then the games will begin against India.... then our pm mental mohan, s l u t sonia, foriegn c u n t lkr rahul gandhi will welcome taliban to share booty that is india

First of all we the people of India should reamin united otherwise our so called idiotic politicians will take advantage of the situation in pakistan and they will create differences within the Indians by the name of religion.
And also we need to make sure that India should use its influence internationally particularly in the Arab world to put pressure on Pakistan. We need a stable Pakistan in what ever the case whether it will remain as a single country as it is today or will it be splitted into 4 independent states.

"Indian-origin Pakistanis" ? That term does not have any meaning at all. There are few resident Pakistanis who are Indian citizens, and all Pakistanis are of "Indian origin", meaning that their great-grandparents were ALL legally "Indians". The title of this article should be Non-Muslim Pakistanis feel Taliban heat.

In Islamic countries for eg Pakistan, Muslims pays zakat to the govt. and non-muslims pays jizya. So whats the problem. A govt has to run with people taxes. My friend who is Pakistani Candadian and have money in Pakistani banks. The zakat tax comes out from his savings account from his bank.

One more thing I want to add that besides zakat in Pakistan ppl has to pay income tax as well.

this is what I theorize. Baluch will become independent, nwfp/swat/wazirsthan would be part of afghanistan, sindh will be separate entity and pakistani punjab will be the one remaining or will merge with india.

Mr. Saxena, we stand by you. But please note that Taliban gaining control over the entire Pakistan is a li'l too much stretch on the imagination. More importantly, I hope everyone will realize that the Taliban do not "represent" the Muslims, they have their own vested & twisted interests, please do not associate "us" with the Taliban ideology.
Mr. Shaleel .... great views. Thanks for your positive support and outlook. The entire world, (Muslims included) oppose this bohemian imposition. Again, let's keep in mind that Taliban is a militant organization ... they are not the legal government. Therefore, their actions (read warped actions) do not merit replication in the rest of the world.

I think, I am concerned. We cannot imagine peace in region if Pakistan is in trouble. I wonder how could Prez agree to taliban demands. Pakistan is a strong nation, and should protect its sovereignity at any cost. Else the very purpose of the creation of pakistan is defeated. How can the govt turn a blind eye to this. It is a democracy there, and people must question the govt about its intention. wake up guys before its too late !! If the Govt cannot do anything, will you let your life get ruined. There is no life and development with violence.

Jizya is a tax paid in an Islamic state for exemption from military service by healthy non-Muslim adults who are free to follow their vocations without restriction or fear, and that there is no other tax payable by them after paying this tax, unlike Muslims who have to pay various taxes including Zakat and have to perform military service as well.
Jizya was payable by non-Muslims only in lands conquered by Muslims like Egypt, Syria and Iraq but not in unconquered areas like Madina where during the time of the Holy Prophet no Jizya was ever imposed on non-Muslim citizens who enjoyed equal rights and duties under the Constitution of Madina. For many centuries Jizya has not been levied by Muslim states and today even the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Islamic Republic of Iran do not levy Jizya on non-Muslims for the simple reason that non-Muslims in these states pay all taxes payable by others. Prominent Islamic scholars of the modern times like Shaikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi are of the view that Jizya should not be imposed now as non-Muslims are equal citizens of Muslim states and pay all taxes paid by other citizens and shoulder all the duties.
Imposition of the so-called Jizya is nothing more than extortion by an armed and lawless gang which does not constitute a sovereign government or state or even an organ thereof. Moreover, Pakistan’s tribal areas are not “conquered lands” as their non-Muslim population has been living there for centuries. These areas were part of the British India and became part of the new State of Pakistan.

As regards the huge amounts in millions reported to be demanded, these are arbitrary and exorbitant as the amount of annual Jizya paid by non-Muslims in early Islam was merely one to one and a half dinar, which is 4.24 gram to 6.36 grams of gold. Moreover, this tax was payable only at the end of the year and not in advance.

We regard this as an act of injustice incompatible with the letter and spirit of Islam and the international covenants accepted by all Muslim states.

We demand that the Pakistani authorities must take earliest steps to retrieve the extorted sums and pay them back to their affected non-Muslim citizens and facilitate their peaceful return to their homes and properties in their traditional homelands and give them all due protection.

Entire Pakistan is Indian Origin - so what we should worry about entire Pakistan.

Even if we accept the argument on Indian origing - it makes no sense - the people decided to stay in that country and there were developments since past 60 years which should have been considered and such people should have relocated long-before.

Pakistan is making fool whole world and Americans too,bcaz they have all strength to war with India but they are being weaken against some militant who even don't have sophisticated weaponry systems!!!! it is not believed to be ?

Can India come to the rescue and bring back all non Muslim Pakistani's into India. There are many Hindu,Sikh and Christians that are living in constant fear in Pakistan. I think on humanitarian grounds we must do that.

The 100 million + public of India has rejected communal, caste based politics. Mr.L.K.Advani's dream of becoming the priminister of India can never be fulfilled now. The only place where he can become the P.M is in Pakistan, let him go back to his mother-land where he was born and raised for 22 yrs of his life before migrating to India.

The 100 million + public of India has rejected communal, caste based politics. Mr.L.K.Advani's dream of becoming the priminister of India can never be fulfilled now. The only place where he can become the P.M is in Pakistan, let him go back to his mother-land where he was born and raised for 22 yrs of his life before migrating to India.

First of all, we cannot categorize all Muslims as fundamentalists like the Taliban. Such radicals represent only a small minority of the population. In every society, we see radical extremist groups. in India, the VHP, Bhajrang Dal etc and in the USA the KKK and other extreme groups.
What I do not understand is that...Why does the majority of the good Muslim population simply keep quiet when a few radicals cause an uproar ??
For example, all of the Muslim world was up in arms when Israel killed 80-100 people in Gaza ( and rightly so), but why is the Muslim world quiet when the Taliban beheads hundreds of people in Swat or the Saudi religious police oppresses the ordinary Muslim men and women in that country !
It is time the average good Muslim stood up to the radicals.

let me ask a simple questions,

how many people (from outside of tabliban) have seen baitullah mahsud or mulla umar. these names are all imaginary. created by usa.

osama bin laden is not fake its reality but nobody knows whether he is still alive. i am dead sure he died long time ago. otherwise usa with all its modern technology would have called him ages ago.

usa is fooling the whole world and the only reason is that there is no other superpower existing. ex-white house chimpanzee lied along with his tail wagging dog tony blair about iraqi wmd. almost 5 years have passed not a single wmd has been found.

thats all i have to say.

Its time to impose all kinds of tax on these demons who talk about jijaya and zakatand see how they feel, it should be a joint effort of all the like minded countries to punish these destroyers of humanities. these are kalyug demons which are needed to be destroyed.