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Dilip Hiro says that "extracts of this speech were widely disseminated" in order to abort the communal violence in Punjab and the NWFP, where Muslims and Sikh-Hindus were butchering each other, which disturbed Jinnah on a personal level, but "the tactic had little, if any, impact on the horrendous barbarity that was being perpetrated on the ...
What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era is a non-fiction book by Carlos Lozada, published in 2020. [1] [2] [3]In this work, Lozada critically examines over 150 books written about Donald Trump and the political, social, and cultural dynamics of his presidency.
Raja Dahir of Sindh had refused to return Arab rebels from Sindh [6] [7] and Meds and others. [8] Med pirates shipping from their bases at Kutch, Debal and Kathiawar [8] during one of their raids had kidnapped Muslim women traveling from Sri Lanka to Arabia, thus providing a casus belli [8] [9] against Sindhi King Dahir. [10]
The Fourteen Points of Jinnah were proposed by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in response to the Nehru report.It consisted of four Delhi proposals, the three Calcutta amendments, demands for the continuation of separate electorates and reservation of seats for Muslims in government services and self-governing bodies.
Although Sindh had a culture of religious syncretism, communal harmony and tolerance due to Sindh's strong Sufi culture in which both Sindhi Muslims and Sindhi Hindus partook, [110] both the Muslim landed elite, waderas, and the Hindu commercial elements, banias, collaborated in oppressing the predominantly Muslim peasantry of Sindh who were ...
The Federal Advisory Board was created in 1940 to fill the need for an organisation which could initiate, supervise and promote the publication of material in Sindhi language. In 1950, a more powerful executive committee was constituted, and in March 1955 the Sindhi Adabi Board was brought into being. [citation needed]
This period is known as the classical period of Sindhi literature, although Persian remained the administrative language and Arabic remained a religious language. The Soomra dynasty ruled Sindh for over three centuries. The Sindhi language expanded and new literary ideas were expressed in Gech (گيچ) and Gahi (ڳاھ). [10]
The Class VII (ages 11–12) book (Sindh Textbook Board) on Islamic Studies reads: "Most other religions of the world claim equality, but they never act on it." The Class VIII (ages 12–13) book (Punjab Textbook Board) on Islamic Studies reads: "Honesty for non-Muslims is merely a business strategy, while for Muslims it is a matter of faith."