What Pakistan Schools Teach about India/Hinduism
Jaideep Surya
par...@aol.com (PARAS47) wrote:
>From soc.culture.pakistan:
>I obtained a copy of the History book which is prescribed
>by the Govt of Pakistan for the 9th grade students. I got
>this book thru my Pakistani friend. I am giving below
>excerpts from the book; note that these are actual
>sentences from the book - none of them has been modified by me. I published this about six months back in the
>soc.culture.pakistan and many Pakistani nationals replied
>to me saying that Pak schools indeed teach such things.
>However, they also cautioned me saying that many Pakistani
>have Indian/Hindu friends and the book does not reflect the thinking of all Pakistanis. One even commented that
>Pakistan does not even teach Islam properly and so how can
>one expect Pakistan to teach Hinduism right!. The book is
>Pakistan Studies for secondary classes published by the
>Sind Textbook Board of Hyderabad. With that introduction,
>here are the excerpts:
>
>* In ancient times INdia was called Arya Varta; the people of Arya Varta treated the present areas of Pakistan as foreign countr=
ies. The Aryans treated the people (in the areas of Pakistan) as law-breakers, heathens and noseless.
>
>* Mohammad Bin Quasim treated the inhabitants of Sind
>liberally. He granted complete religious freedom to the
>Hindu Society. The people of Sind were deeply grieved by
>his departure and to preserve his memory they placed idols
>of Quasim and placed it in the temples.
>
>* The rulers of Ghazna always routed their enemies. Since
>Mahmud's designs were not aggressive he only annexed Punjab and the frontier provinces and made them permanent parts of his kingd=
om . He never tried to convert Hindus and showed moderation in religious matters. (There is no
>mention of him destroying Hindu temples like Somnath).
>
>* Shankaracharya under the inspiration of Islam followed
>Muslims and preached the onness of God
>
>* Under Muslim state the condition of Hindus improved
>considerably. TheHindus were mostly illiterate and there
>was hardly any education worth the name until the advent of Islam. Muslims gave Hindus knowledge and made them real thinking hum=
an beings. In spite of all this, the Hindus remain hostile to the Muslim state. In 1226 AD one Hindu landlord after slaying 120,=
000 Muslims proudly
>declared that he wanted to clean Indian soil of unclean
>Muslims and restore the land to Aryans. Thus Hindus
>always wanted to keep themselves from the Muslims in
>spite of all the generosity they had received from them.
>Hindu landlords were very hard on the Muslims and they
>extorted many taxes from them such as the tax for the
>worship of Durga.
>
>* According to an English author, the intrigues of the
>Hindus stood in the way of Siraj-ud-Daula; otherwise he would have driven the British out for ever. The East
>India Company patronised the Hindus. Any post that was
>vacated by a Muslim was given to a Hindu. Hindu familes
>of average means had accumulated fabulous wealth through the patronage of the Nawabs as the accounts of the government were kept=
by the Hindus. But still the Hindus
>were not happy. The British saw through the game and
>established relations with the Hindu money-lenders.
>
>* The Hindus killed several hundred Muslims in cold blood
>in Kanpur in 1931. They would play musical instruments in front of mosque exactly at the time of evening prayer.
>
>* Whenever Gandhi' s attention was drawn towards
>Hindu-muslim riots he used to keep quiet. Some Muslim
>leaders requested him to use his influence on the Hindus
>but this had no effect. Congress was only trying to
>establish a Hindu raj in India.
>* Gandhi claimed to represent the whole country but he was
>completely in the hands of the Hindu Mahasabha. At one
>time, the truth slipped out of his tongue as he openly
>said that to bring round the Hindus to accept the demands
>of Muslims was as difficult as conquering Everest. (Lots
>of pages devoted to how Hindus only sided with the
>British; and only the Muslims and Quaid-i-Azam/Musim
>league worked for Independence from theBritish)
* The Islamic society guarantees fullest measure of
protection to the minorites and they enjoy
political/religious freedom which is unparallel in world
history. In Pakistan you are perfectly free to go to your
temples, mosques and other places of worship. The flag of
Pakistan is a shining example of this tolerance as the
white strip represents minorities of Pakistan.
>
>Throught this book there is not even a single word about
>Muslim destruction of Hindu temples! Further, there is not even a single word in praise of Gandhi; he and the Hindus are portrayed=
as agents of the British. NO WONDER, THE PAKISTANIS HATE INDIANS AND HINDUS!!
>
>Paras
>
>
>
Marvin Moriarty
Jaideep Surya wrote:
>
> par...@aol.com (PARAS47) wrote:
>
> >From soc.culture.pakistan:
> >I obtained a copy of the History book which is prescribed
> >by the Govt of Pakistan for the 9th grade students. I got
> >this book thru my Pakistani friend. I am giving below
> >excerpts from the book; note that these are actual
> >sentences from the book - none of them has been modified by me. I published this about six months back in the
> >soc.culture.pakistan and many Pakistani nationals replied
> >to me saying that Pak schools indeed teach such things.
> >However, they also cautioned me saying that many Pakistani
> >have Indian/Hindu friends and the book does not reflect the thinking of all Pakistanis. One even commented that
> >Pakistan does not even teach Islam properly and so how can
> >one expect Pakistan to teach Hinduism right!. The book is
> >Pakistan Studies for secondary classes published by the
> >Sind Textbook Board of Hyderabad. With that introduction,
> >here are the excerpts:
> >
Aryans treated the
> >
> >* Mohammad Bin Quasim treated the inhabitants of Sind
> >liberally. He granted complete religious freedom to the
> >Hindu Society. The people of Sind were deeply grieved by
> >his departure and to preserve his memory they placed idols
> >of Quasim and placed it in the temples.
> >
> >* The rulers of Ghazna always routed their enemies. Since
never tried to conv
> >mention of him destroying Hindu temples like Somnath).
> >
> >* Shankaracharya under the inspiration of Islam followed
> >Muslims and preached the onness of God
> >
> >* Under Muslim state the condition of Hindus improved
> >considerably. TheHindus were mostly illiterate and there
In spite of all
> >declared that he wanted to clean Indian soil of unclean
> >Muslims and restore the land to Aryans. Thus Hindus
> >always wanted to keep themselves from the Muslims in
> >spite of all the generosity they had received from them.
> >Hindu landlords were very hard on the Muslims and they
> >extorted many taxes from them such as the tax for the
> >worship of Durga.
> >
> >* According to an English author, the intrigues of the
> >Hindus stood in the way of Siraj-ud-Daula; otherwise he would have driven the British out for ever. The East
> >India Company patronised the Hindus. Any post that was
> >vacated by a Muslim was given to a Hindu. Hindu familes
agents of the British.
> >
> >Paras
> >
> >
> >
Very touching account of Hindu historical martyrdom here. That must be
so frustrating to be falsely accused of so much injustice. All those
lies...ooof! Interesting how you forgot to include any excerpts from
this book on the past and present treatment of Dravidian untouchables by
the Brahmins. Now you don't suppose that would get in the way of undying
love and admiration of the Hindu religion by Pakistani students do you?