Ch. Rehmat Ali on Brahmanical Myths
Kulbir
Ch.Rahmat Ali (16th Nov, 1897 - 3rd Feb, 1951)
by
Nasim Awan
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3rd Feb, 1998 will mark 47 years since the death of one of the least
known Muslim intellectuals of the past century, namely CHOUDHARY RAHMAT
ALI. (16 Nov 1897 - 3 Feb 1951).
In the years preceding the end of direct colonial rule in South Asia,
CHOUDHARY RAHMAT ALI was virtually alone in proposing a future for the
region and its people, based on historical facts and Islamic principles
as opposed to imperial and nationalistic views.
Ch. Rahamat Ali argued that since South Asia came under colonial rule
many distortion, lies and myths have been perpetrated about what is
called `India'. The main falsehoods are:
1. India has existed from the beginning of time as a UNITARY state. NOT
TRUE - it only became a unitary state under the British Empire. Prior to
British rule, no-one ever had full control of the Continent - not even
Alexander of Macedonia, nor the Muslims including the Afghans and
Mughals, etc. This is confirmed by the Eleventh Edition of Encyclopedia
Britannica (Volume 14) (HUS to ITA) (page 375) which states "the natives
of (British) India can scarcely be said to have a word of their own by
which to express their `common' country." Thus, 'India' became the
arbitrary name of the British Empire in South Asia. In any case readers
should consult maps showing Borders of all empires between the Arabian
Peninsula and `India' from 1500BC onwards. Words can be written to
mislead but rarely maps.
2. India is a country or a subcontinent. NOT TRUE - both geographically
and historically, India (Dinia to be more accurate) is a CONTINENT
having seas and mountains that are more stupendous than those of other
continents and consisting of nations, tribes, civilisations, languages
more diverse than even the continent of Europe.
3. Pakistan was a territory carved OUT of India. NOT TRUE - most of
present day Pakistan did not even form part of 'India' until Britain
seized the territory and made it an administrative region of their
British Indian Empire. In doing so, they 'Indianised' the Muslim
population, making them a MINORITY of the British Indian Raj. Moreover,
much of Northern and Central Dinia were dependencies of the Islamic Pak
Nation - that is the Muslim territory that was once the UNDIVIDED
EASTERN FLANK to the heartland of Islam which included Iran, Afghanistan
and Central Asia.
4. The events of 1947 are described as 'Partition'. NOT TRUE - the
original aim was INDEPENDENCE from Imperialism, Indianism, Indian
Federation and Hindoo Nationalism and reversion to the original
Fatherland and Federation with ancestral homelands from where Islam
first came into India, that is, from the Arabian peninsula, through to:
Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia.
5. Muslims were a minority in India. NOT TRUE - for over a thousand
years, Muslims from the Pak Empire [that includes Iran, Afghanistan,
Central Asia and present day Pakistan] had ruled parts of the Continent
of India. Those areas in 'India' that came under Muslim control were
considered as Dependencies of the Pak Empire. A comparable example is
the Ottoman Empire - where the Turk Nation is Turkey and its
dependencies were Yugoslavia, Romania, Greece, etc. Similarly, the
British Empire no longer exists but the British Nation still does.
EMPIRES are short-lived but not NATIONS!
It should now be apparent that the history of South Asia has been told
from an INDIAN bias by the former colonial power, and not from the Pak
or Islamic perspective (see how Islam progressed from the Arabian
Peninsula eastwards and the Islamic homelands that were built on the
eastern flank of the heartland of Islam).
Ch. Rahmat Ali saw the dangers of these falsehoods to the Muslims of
South Asia and surrounding territory and to address these dangers, he
developed the name and concept of P.A.K.I.S.T.A.N. (not to be confused
with the present day entity which he called Pastan).
In 1933, he published a 392-page book called `P.A.K.I.S.T.A.N., THE
FATHERLAND OF PAK NATION', in which he proposed an Islamic federation of
all contiguous Islamic territory that lay on the eastern flank of the
heartland of Islam.
On pages 223-224, he provided a detailed explanation for the name:
P - Punjab. C.R. Ali asked for territory proportionate to the Muslim
population.
A - Afghania. The real name of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP)
is Afghania. NWFP is a gross distortion because it is the British
designation for the North western region of their Indian empire that no
longer exists. Also, NWFP is not a Frontier as far as the indigenous
population, the Pashtoons are concerned. How an earth can one have a
frontier between the same people with one-half living in Afghanistan and
the other half in Afghania ?
K - Kashmir
I - Iran. When Alexander of Macdeonia attacked the Persian Empire, he
invaded up to the area of what is today Pakistan, because in ancient
times, Pakistan was part of Ancient Persia. He did not attack India
proper because he was not at war with India - only Persia! Until 100
years ago, Farsi was the language of the educated. Many poems by
poet-philosopher, Mohammad Iqbal are in Farsi.
S - Sindh
T - Tukharistan. This name is not used anymore but the area exists as
Turkmenistan and parts of the other contiguous Central Asian states.
A - Afghanistan
N - BalochistaN - the other half of Balochistan is in south-east Iran!
Balochistan makes up 44% of the landmass of today's Pakistan (Pastan)
More than half of present day Pakistan (Pastan), in particular Afghania,
Balochistan, Rojhan in Sindh and Dera Ismail and Dera Ghazi Khan in
Punjab were hardly ever part of India until the British seized the
territory and incorporated it as part of the British Indian Raj. Those
Paks living in Afghania and Balochistan e.g. Pashtoons, Balochs, Farsi
speakers, etc have never regarded themselves as 'Indian', though they
may have been unwilling subjects of the Crown Colony of British India.
C.R.Ali also formulated demands for Muslim states in the Continent of
Dinia (India's true name), namely Usmanistan in Hyderabad Deccan and
Maplistan in South India to avoid massive population transfers (read
'ethnic cleansing' and brutal rapes and killings in the name of
religion). He advocated that Bangladesh should be a separate Muslim
state called Bangistan. These Muslim states would then form a Pak
Commonwealth of Nations. He even called for the Sikhs to have their own
separate country called Sikhia in 1942 i.e. the Continent of Dinia
should be a continent of different nations and faiths, NOT a single
country dominated by Hinduism and Indianism which had already dominated
all the countries of South Asia and defeated the efforts of their
peoples to improve their lot (see oppressive caste system - ancient
aparthied, sheer scale of poverty of the masses, etc).
Dr. Prasad Tata
Bara Baje... MamaMayya You don't kinow a damn thing bout Brahmins better
you behave in a propoer way... In telugu there is saying that a dog in
the well can not differentiate its enemy or a friend who wants to
reascue it You... Rehmath Ali's and Kulbir Luccha's (pardon my language)
don't kbnow the greatness of Brahmins.... DO YOU GET TJHE MESSAGE YOU
BARA BAJE...
Need Some More.....
OUT OF SCIT this is not KHALISTAN
You KNow who this is .....
Kulbir Singh
Dr. Prasad Tata (tat...@erols.com) wrote:
"If a shudra (untouchable) calls people from other castes harshly
then put an eight inch long iron, red like fire, in his mouth. If a
shudra in pride, instructs a Brahmin in Dharma then the King should put
hot oil in his mouth and ears." (manu ch8, s.270)
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This is the second attempt
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Kulbir Singh
"If a shudra (untouchable) calls people from other castes harshly
then put an eight inch long iron, red like fire, in his mouth. If a
shudra in pride, instructs a Brahmin in Dharma then the King should put
hot oil in his mouth and ears." (manu ch8, s.270)
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third attempt
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