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Rethinking Religious Conversion in Kashmir

By : Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikandar   Kashmir has been a Muslim majority region since many centuries now. Islam was spread in Kashmir by peaceful Preachings of Sufis and Rishism. In the words of eminent historian Prem Nath Bazaz "Politics had dehumanized the kashmiris, Islam made them men again. Just as the Muslim rule was established in Kashmir without much bloodshed, so was Islam spread throughout the length and breadth of the valley by Peaceful preaching and lucid persuasions of Mir Sayyid Ali and hundreds of the Sayyid missionaries who came from Hamadan and other parts of Persia".  Thus the Islam in Kashmir has its own indigenous character. The majority of Muslims deeply revere and love their faith, at times quite fanatically. There had been attempts to reconvert Muslims of Kashmir to some other faith, as they had been Hindus and Buddhists at various times, even by Maharaja Gulab Singh, the founder of the present State of Jammu & Kashmir and Dogra dynasty, who

Floral tributes were paid to the Neta Ji At PCCS HQ

GNS Jammu  :  Floral tributes were paid to the Neta Ji Subash Chander Bose on his 115 th  Birth Anniversary today at PCC HQ. Shaheedi Chowk, Jammu. The function was organised by District Congress Committee Jammu Urban. Senior Vice President PCC Shri Dharam Pal Sharma-Ex-MP presided over the function. The DCC President Om Chopra, Ex-MLA, D.S.Langeh, S.R.Sudhir, S. Kirtan Singh, Inder Sehgal, Mansa Ram, Kulbushan Sharma, B.S.Mastana, Madan Lal Malagar, Moh. Saleem Khan, Hussian Bukash, V. K. Sethi, Sukhdev Singh, P.S.Chouhan, S. Gurdarshan Singh, Kamal Kishore, Opinder Karihuloo, S.S. Shingari, Sunil Kumar, Sanjeev Sharma, Santo Devi, Kuldip Sharma were prominent among those who attended.  Shri Dharam Pal Sharma in his address said that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was born on 23 January, 1897 in Cuttack (Orissa) to Janakinath Bose and Prabhavati Devi. Subhash was the ninth child among eight brothers and six sisters. His father, Janakinath Bose, was an affluent and successful l

Shoe thrown at Rahul Gandhi during a rally in Dehradun

GNS Dehradun: A shoe has been thrown at Congress General Secretary and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi during an election rally in Dehradun. One person has been detained for throwing the shoe.Rahul Gandhi said that such attacks were not going to deter him."If some people think that throwing a shoe will deter me and force me to run away, them they are mistaken. Rahul Gandhi will not run away," he said.