Source: pakobserver.net
Tuesday, April 01, 2014 – Recent attacks on Hindu temples and killings of Ahmadis in interior Sindh must ring bells for Sindhi nationalists. The Province which has so far been a peaceful part of Pakistan for minorities, is now slowly falling into the hands exclusivists. Sindh has been known for its inclusive, humanistic religious social traditions, evolved as result of traditions continuing over a period of centuries. People like Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Sachal Sarmast and Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai immensely contributed towards making Sindhi society a tolerant one based upon high moral value of acceptability. Sindhi society has never subscribed to any faith-based narratives emerging out of the corridors of power.
The attackers have raised some very fundamental and challenging questions for the forces of nationalism blended with Sufism that has long been the custodians of inter-religion harmony in Sindh. Are these forces weakening under the pressure from systematic state backed by radicalisation through religious seminaries?
What would be the future of Sindhi nationalism which… read more at pakobserver.net
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