English: Map of the Muslim Population by Percentage in the World (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Syed Jamaluddin Afghani, one of the greatest Muslim born in Kunar says:
In the present, foreigners have divided up Eastern lands, whose backwardness must have a cause. If we examine realities philosophically, we find, for our backwardness, only two basic causes: prejudic (ta`asub) and tyranny (istibdad). The only thing that will help us emerge from our present difficulties is zeal. Zeal is possessed by only some citizens who know that their honor is only in their race (jins), that power is only in their community (Ummah) and their glory is only in their fatherland (watan)
Afghanistan (Photo credit: Ricymar Fine Art Photography)
Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani was an Islamic scholar who worked towards Muslim unity, modernization, and stressed resistance against European colonialism. He was also an advisor to many Muslim rulers of his time, and even today, his ideas are very influential. Afghani was born in 1838 in Asadabad, Kunar. He died in 1897. In late 1944, his remains were taken to Afghanistan and laid to rest in Kabul near Ali ‘Abad, a mausoleum was erected for him.
What he said yesterday is so very true today:
“Today the religion of Islam is like a ship whose captain is Muhammad (peace is with him) and all Muslim are passengers of this holy ship and this unhappy ship is caught in a storm and threatened with sinking, and unbelievers and free thinkers (ahl-i-zandaqah) from every side have pierced this ship. What is the duty of the passengers of such a ship threatened with sinking and its inhabitants close to perdition? Should they first try to preserve and save this ship from the storm and from sinking or instead bring the ship and each other to the verge of ruin through discord, personal motives and petty disagreement?”
Jamauddin Afghani dedicated his whole life to the defense of the Islamic commonwealth, and moving restlessly throughout the Muslim world, Al-Afghani appealed to the rulers of the Muslims to gather their subjects against Western imperialism….
….Comparing the Ummah to a living organism, all Muslim groups to the body parts of that organism and Prophetic order to its soul, Al-Afghani divided that soul into its prophetic and philosophic parts.
See what Afghani says about unity of all Muslims:
“It will be gathered from this brief summary of his life and deeds that the goal towards which all his actions were directed and the pivot on which all his hopes turned, was the unanimity of Islam and the bringing together of all Muslims in all parts of the world into one Islamic Empire under the protection of one supreme Caliph. In this endeavor he spent all his energies and for this end he abandoned all worldly ambitions taking to himself no wife and adopting no profession.”
…Comparing himself with Abu Muslim and regarding the Ottoman Sultan as central to Muslim unity, he expressed great enthusiasm in accepting the challenge of uniting the Ummah Islamiyyah under one supreme Caliph and in liberating Muslim lands from western control.
http://islamicencyclopedia.org/public/index/topicDetail/id/73
The nasty cliché about Pakistan was written in Bharat and propagated by the Bharatis
The Americans know the area as AfPak. The world has recognized the unity
The Indus Valley has existed for 5000 years. Punjab has existed for 5000 years in the valley of the Indus. Afghania (Khyber Pakhtunkhawa) has existed for 5000 years in the valley of the Indus. Kashmir has existed for 5000 years in the valley of the Indus. Iran/Baloch and Sarhad area have existed for 5000 years in the valley of the Indus. Sindh has existed for 5000 years in the valley of the Indus. Balochistan has existed for 5000 years in the valley of the Indus.
Pakistan is an acronym for Punjab-Afghania-Kashmir-Iran-Sindh-Balochistan and has existed for 5000 years.
Your temple indoctrination is as flawed as your misrepresentation of history. Pakistan as a resurrection of the nation state has existed since 1947, but as a geographic and political entity has existed for thousands of years.
There are Hazara, Pakhtun, Uzbeks and Tajiks–all areas of neighboring states cobbled together in a manufactured buffer state called “Afghanistan”. It was an en experiment to keep the Indus Valley (Pakistan)–at the time occupied by the British– separated from mother Russia.
That experiment has failed. The world is sick of Afghanistan, and the super-powers are sick and tired of trying to hold it together. The super powers and Bharat think that the best solution is to bifurcate it–allowing Northern Alliance to form their own country and the Pakhtuns to secede to Pakistan. The various tribes are proud to be Achakzai, and popalzai and Hazara, not proud to be “Afghan” a term imposed by the British. Another decade of civil war awaits the tribes. There is no central language, Persina, Darri, Pushto, Tajik, and Uzbek is spoken in the diverse land of the Hindu Kush.
Pakistan has opposed the bifurcation of Afghanistan.
It is amazing that you think that Hindustani muslamans reside in Hindustan. Hindustan changed its name to Bharat 60 years ago.
For Pakistanis Jamaluddin Afghani and Iqbal our our heroes.There are no Hindustani Musalmans, or Afghai Muslmans, or Pakistani Musalmans–there is only one ummah and it is Musalman period.
Neel keh sahil se laikar kab aKashgar–aik houn Muslim haram kee pasbani keh liyeh (your regional model)
King Zahir Shah had agreed to a union of Afghanistan in 1956, with King Zahir Shah as the king–when Liaqat Ali Khan was to announce the merger — he was assassinated–and the dream was put on hold.
From 1998-2001 Afghanistan and Pakistan functioned as one country.
50,000 Afghans cross the border with Pakistan everyday without any visas. 6 million Afghans were born in Pakistan. 3 million Afghans live in Pakistan today.
It was Pakistanis which liberated Afghanistan from the Russians–a fact acknowledged even by Mr. Karzai (the Mayor of Kabul). It was East of the Indus people who fought the British at Maiwand and Gandawak giving the British their biggest defeat.
“They” can try to scream from the rooftops–but Pakistan and Afghanistan exist as one entity today. After 2014 they de facto relity of AfPak will be de jure.
Inshallah this dream of Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani will come true.I remember one ex CIA guy has advise Obama to focus on Pakistan and forget Benghazi as this country will become the biggest Muslim country overtaking Indonesia. I wonder he knew that AfPak will be one country soon.
Bharat will then soon look like a small country and eventually split.We have not forgotten the major role played by Bharat in creating Bangladesh.We will deal with her Inshallah soon.
Akhbar
Stop giving nightmares to Gangakush and Jamnakush pee cola drinkers. Let them live in pieces so the world can watch porno Kumba Mela.
Don’t you know that their scriptures encourages and tolerates homosexuality, as evident from their fine porno temple statues. They are so pieceful that they even worship bull or cow droppings. Killing little cute innocent girls are different issue, so please do not bring the issue up.
If you keep on giving them more nightmares. They will increase their war budget and start buying more flying coffins and heavy land and sea vehicles to move inside for cover. Then we will not be able to watch their porno Kumba Mela.
I wonder if they have Porno Kumba Mela for Hindu Women also?
I know that the western women and the homosexual community gets kick out of it. But what about straight men?
No I did not make an error in writing pieces or pieceful.
Assalamu-Elekum
LOL!
Funeeeeee
It is inevitable.
If 500,000 Russian soldiers couldn’t prevent it and 300,000 ISAF and mercenaries could not prevent it, then how will Bharat or the remaining 10,000 “soldiers” prevent it.
50,000 Afghans and Pakistanis cross the Torkham border every day. If all traffic is included it reaches 100,000 per day — all this without passports or visas or passes.
10 million Afghans were born in Pakistan. All these and millions of others speak Urdu. Afghans are entrenched in the transportation system in Pakistan and millions live in Karachi. There are millions of Afghans living in Balochistan.
I say let the bha rat ies come to Afghanistan,it will be a turkey shoot for us.
Islamic unity, mullah’s trump card or opium.
In this equation we see Mr jamal uddin afghani sahab,speaking on behalf of indo-pak mullahism that had “HATED” and still hates modern scientific education. I see him representing ‘ ottoman’ Sultan, supported by British CIA-to propagate a continuity of ‘orthodox-obscurantic-madarsa’ oriented education that was deadly opposed to ” modernist” educationist Sir syed, a contemporary. In visiting india he had allied with ” deobandi” mullahs, Shibli types–all opposed to modernity. Afghani’s movement continued and then opposed the ” ataturk” moderinist movement ala sir syed.
We clearly see a great battle between Mullahism and Modernism–an ongoing war. Thank Allah that likes of Sir syed, Ataturk,Iqbal, Jinaah had prevailed. Afghani had his role to play that has to be opened up.We see his later incarnations ‘ khilafat’ movement of indo-pak mullahs, maulana Jauhar and company plus their champion MR Gandhi creating trouble at Aligarh campus in 1920s when CONGRESS stood up opposing Aligarh to support Mullahs and funded ” Jamia-millya-islamia”–now a central university. Aghani’s ghost lives on in TALIBAISM that shot poor young girl ” Malya “.
True indeed. This weekend, I met a student – born in Karachi, Urdu speaking, of Pashtun lineage, travelling on an Afghan passport. I was confused about his nationality, but he definately wasn’t.
Apparently, the term “AfPak” was coined to expand the war zone…
How great it sounds now with such dreams!
Indeed it is best if Afghanistan that is a curse joins big brother Pakistan thereby forming a greater nation with massive potential. The current situation with a lady living in Afghanistan with her husband working in Peshawer can not last for too long!
Karzai sitting in Bharat can make all promises of rolling out the red carpet for them that will never come to pass. Better if he shuts his mouth and quits before being put in his place.
Correction it was the West of The Indus who defeated The British.
A great tenacious and beautiful people who have build nations, civilisation and been part of great Empires while resisting the unwanted, a historic region, a historic people not to be confused with the East of Indus people.
Folks East of the Indus, but West of the Baes were equally involved in defeating the British at Maiwand and Gandawak! In fact Ayub Khan was born in Kunar but lived in what is today called Pakistan
You can give the inevitable whatever you call it. The war zone is now turning into a peace zone.
Jamaludding Afghanis, Kushal Khan Khattak, and Alam Iqbal all believed in AfPak.
Pakistan was a dream for a greater purpose–which is inevitable
Hamza: It the same “nationality”. Dont give it a name. Its the same. Its the same ummah
Chaudhry Rehmat Ali, Jamaluddin Afghani, Alam Iqabl and Kushal Khan Khatak were not confused
Lord Mauculay would be proud of this piece. He would be so happy that his educational policy has indeed created WOGs who think like them but look like Desis. This is British indoctrination done in all “Convent” schools.
It is only Bharati historians which think of Sir Syed as “secular”. You guys have invented the “secular” Syed–he was anything but–a firm believer in the Two Nation Theory and his institution created the Pakistan Movement. I have written many articles about this.
Never heard of Jamia Milliya Islami. The three major Muslim organizations were Jamat e Islami, Jamait Ulama he Hindu (created by Farangi Mahal and later became Jumaiat Ulema Islam in Pakistan).
By that token Iqbal would also be lumped with Afghani. Who is responsible for Malala’s death?
It is amazing that Malala opposed the British while Ayub Khan was fighting and defeating the British at Maiwand. Malala was a hero of the West in the Post-Talib era ’till she began opposing the occupation in Afghanistan. This new Malala is the only one which was created by the BBC and then supported by the British and now the US too.
Which one is a hero– time will tell
You Punjabis need to go to India and be with your own kind. There is no place for you in Afghanistan. If Afghans according to you cannot accept eachother what makes you believe they will accpet millions of dirty black punjabis?
Thank you Raj uf “Muhal”. Only a Bharati would immediately dive into race and color. No Afghan would ever do that.
So you repudiate Khushal Khan Khattak and Jamaludin Afghani? Which nationality was he? If you had the ability to read you would have read what Jamaluddin would have said. Spoken like a true Bharati! His masters voice also say the same.
All Afghans don’t think like you–only those who support Karzai or are supported by Delhi.
True Afghans
Will ever be possible for entire world to be a global village where everyone dependent on each other for everything? Will ever be possible for muslims to think beyond the walls of religion and rise to the level of humanity? Are muslims credible to bringing peace in this world? What has Pakistan given to its own people and what they try to give Afghanistan when they got an opportunity after the Russians? Pakistan offers shelter for Afghanis but does Afghanis regard Pakistan as their saviour? Does Pakistan command any respect in western world or even in Muslim world?
Jamaluddin Afghani never new that Pakistan wish to make servant’s quarter at their backward. Jamaluddin Afghani never dreamt his brothers in faith will try to control his real brothers destiny. Jamaluddin Afghani never new Pakistan is a nation under grip of evil brains and entire population brain drained.
Pakistan has given Pakistanis freedom from Hindu domination.
@Akhbar Navees ” Pakistan has given Pakistanis freedom from Hindu domination”
Ya….. to be discriminated and called Mujahir even after 60yrs, to be exploited by few big landlords, to live under Punjabi domination, religious bigotry, to be called citizen of a failed nation, international condemnation, no security for life.
Ask Indian Muslims if they would like to live in Pakistan or stay under so called ” Hindu domination”. See some Javeed Akthar’s interviews to Pakistani media.You will get the answer.
What about the Pakistan that holds control over entire the northern India… up to Bangladesh… “The Urdu Muslim region” (from Delhi to Laknow) has yet to be part of Pakistan ;)
Pakistan Awwal, Pakistan Aakhir, Saya-a Khud-a Zuljilaal, Aamiin.
Zionist-India better watch out, for its days are numbered. Pakistan has played a magnificent role in bringing down the former USSR, now financially & militarily the USA & its poodles & next in its sights is India & its callous tyrannical allies… can you guess who else?
May ALLAH SwT fulfill all the legitimate dreams of our forefathers & those who aspire for Islaam to conquer every corner of the world, aamiin.
Pakistan Zindabaadd, Paendabad. ALLAHU-AKBAR!
The New Sindhis are the most affluent, most educated (100% literacy) professionals in Pakistan. Their brothers live in all four provinces and are embraced by the population. They are all Engineers, Doctors, businessmen. Your flame-bait has no reason to be of any logic. What about the Sindhi Hindus who left Pakistan, shunned out of Maharashtra and hounded in Guajrat. Both Modi and the dead Thakaray hate them!
Lets ask the Kashmiris whether they want to be “Indian”?
Read Sachaar report on condition of Bharati Muslims!
Delhi was a Muslim majority area! Most of the Muslims were kicked out and today it has a Non-Muslim majority
This has been said several hundred times. Obviously you don’t have the ability to read
The New Sindhis are the most affluent, most educated (100% literacy) professionals in Pakistan. Their brothers live in all four provinces and are embraced by the population. They are all Engineers, Doctors, businessmen. Your flame-bait has no reason to be of any logic. What about the Sindhi Hindus who left Pakistan, shunned out of Maharashtra and hounded in Guajrat. Both Modi and the dead Thakaray hate them!
Lets ask the Kashmiris whether they want to be “Indian”?
Read Sachaar report on condition of Bharati Muslims!
Delhi was a Muslim majority area! Most of the Muslims were kicked out and today it has a Non-Muslim majority