This may be symbolic but good start. The locals have to support such efforts and tell the militants to piss off. We have had too much trouble being created by fanatics under name of Islam. Hope Pakistan takes out their support too.
The "lost tribes of Israel" are the Muslims of Afghanistan and Kashmir -- Proved from the Bible and History -- Afghan and Kashmiri cities mentioned and documented:
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by anayat ahmed on Oct 23, 2007 05:02 PM Permalink
i totally agree with u.u will still see lot of people in kashmir called khoja,thats actually a jewish term.the namea joo,kav,dar etc. are all jewish castes.but since we converted to islam long back and it was not forced,we are happy that we converted to islam as it shows the right way.
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by anon anonymous on Aug 14, 2009 04:45 AM Permalink
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I wholeheartedly agree. The indo hebrews were smart enough to know they must do the right thing and turn back onto the right path (Islam) which is exactly what they did. If we take a look at the world today god forbid we could have ended up like the white european christians and no one needs to spell out the deep cultural mess there in. I feel we can look back and safely say with a smile that we made the right desicion :-)
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by ram on Oct 23, 2007 05:04 PM Permalink
Lieutenant-Colonel H.D. Torrens: %u201COn legends%u2026 a supposition that the Kashmiris are descendants of the Jews has been built %u2013 a supposition which is borne out by the personal appearance of the race, their garb, the cast of their countenance, and the form of their beards.%u201D (H.D. Torrens, Travels in Ladak, Tartary and Kashmir, London, 1862, p. 268)
Sir Younghusband, who for many years was the Representative of the British Crown to the Court of the Maharaja of Kashmir, wrote: %u201CHere may be seen fine old patriarchal types, just as we picture to ourselves the Israelitish heroes of old. Some, indeed, say%u2026 that these Kashmiris are the lost tribes of Israel and certainly, as I have already said, there are real Biblical types to be seen everywhere in Kashmir and especially among the upland villages. Here the Israelitish Shepherd tending his flocks and herds may any day be seen.%u201D (Sir Francis Younghusband, Kashmir, London, 1909, p. 112)
There are many more accounts of which I haven%u2019t even read yet. Vidyarthi%u2019s book cited above, and which is the source of all this, recommends reading Jesus in Heaven on Earth
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by ram on Oct 23, 2007 05:02 PM Permalink
The Jesuit father mentioned here was Catrou. He wrote his General History of the Moghal Empire in 1708 C.E. and stated that %u201Cthe Kashmiris are descendants of the Jews.%u201D (F. Catrou, General History of the Moghul Empire, (trans. Alex. Moore), London, John Murray, 1836, p. 195)
George Forster, in his famous Letters on a Journey from Bengal to England, described his visit to Kashmir: %u201COn first seeing the Kashmirians, in their own country, I imagined from their garb, the cast of their countenance which was long and of a grave aspect, and the forms of their beards, that I had come among a nation of Jews.%u201D (George Forster, Letters on a Journey from Bengal to England, London, 1808, vol. 2, p. 20)
H.H. Wilson writes: %u201CThe physical and the ethnic character, which so sharply marks off the Kashmiris from all surrounding races, has always struck observant visitors to the valley and they have universally connected them with the Jews.%u201D (H.H. Wilson, Travels in the Himalayan Provinces%u2026, London, 1841, p. 129. Reprinted by Sagar Publications, New Delhi, 1971)
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by ram on Oct 23, 2007 04:27 PM Permalink
"It was formerly one of the puzzles of history to know what became of the ten tribes. There were several theories, because of the fact that some Jewish monuments were found in China, some writers tracked them to that land. Others found their descendants in India... The general consensus of scientific opinion, however, is that the tribes became absorbed, as subsequent vanished traces have, in neighboring nations, and thus were not lost in the real significance of the term.. Dr. Giles Fletcher (1548-1611) identified the Tartars with the lost 10 tribes; consult his 'The Tartars' printed in 'Israel Redux,' edited by S. Lee (1667). Dr. Francois Bernier (1620-1688), French physician for 12 years to the Great Moghul of India, in 'Les voyages de Bernier contenant la description des Etats du Grand Mogul de l'hindoustan' (1699), speculates on the Kashmiris as descendants of the lost 10 tribes from certain customs and rites, and the prevailing type of facial features, as also of the neighboring Afghans and the Tajiks of Badakhshan, being distinctly Hebraic." (The Encyclopedia Americana, 1956 ed., art. %u2018Lost Ten Tribes%u2019. Vol. Xvii, p. 632.)
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by ram on Oct 23, 2007 04:26 PM Permalink
There had been only two kings who are called kings of Israel: David and Solomon. After Solomon, in the time of his son Rehoboam, the Israelites broke into two pieces. Only the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin remained under the suzerainty of Rehoboam, whereas the remaining ten tribes rose up in revolt and went over to Jeroboam, who was, during the lifetime of Solomon, his building-engineer. The ten tribes of Israel, were cut off and forever separated from the Israelites and were immersed into idolaters and they again began to worship the Golden Calf. They raised their own kingdom in Samaria. In contrast to Judah and Benjamin, they constituted a much bigger fraternity among the Children of Israel. Their rule lasted for 200 years; and then the King of Syria (ancient Assyria) defeated them in 722 BC, scattering and dispersing them. Where this huge horde went is a puzzle that has baffled and bewildered the writers of history. Some surmise, that by means of a tunnel in the earth they reached China; others presume they reached Mongolia and settle there; yet another hypothesis is that they went to some place in Europe. From the Encyclopedia Americana, under the heading 'Lost Ten Tribes':
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by ram on Oct 23, 2007 04:21 PM Permalink
The purpose of this essay is to show how some of the prophecies with regards to the %u2018lost tribes of Israel%u2019 from the Old Testament as well as the New Testament were fulfilled through the Prophet Muhammad. That the %u2018lost tribes of Israel%u2019 are Muslim today has important implications, and serves well to support Islam%u2019s case. The Old Testament prophesied that the Promised Prophet, or %u2018that one%u2019 in the New Testament, would unite the lesser and fragmented tribes of Israel. Our Christian friends, I%u2019m sure, overlook this point and are quite content not knowing what happened to these tribes, because to discover that these men are today Muslims, would imply that Muhammad was that prophet, and not Jesus. Everything below can be read in various parts of the book %u2018Muhammad in World
We feel pain always when any body mets with accental and unnatural deth in Global basis.
Only because of hatred and enimity human beings are forced to kill others. Hhuman have to throw away their weopons at first and see others with mercy and love.
RE:What is the reason that always we are quarreling one to other in the name of Religion & Caste?
by Pradip Parekh on Oct 24, 2007 01:37 AM Permalink
perhaps you can preach that in a mosque - and to missionaries.
We feel pain always when any body mets with accental and unnatural deth in Global basis.
Only because of hatred and enimity human beings are forced to kill others. Hhuman have to throw away their weopons at first and see others with mercy and love.
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RE:what a shame
by javaid shah on Oct 22, 2007 10:46 AM Permalink
Y R are u blaming kashmiri muslims for this. If they had stopped them , then how come they are thankig the majority community for supporting them. Pundits were able to celebrate Dussehra by Local support only. Now the question why was not it being celebrated for all these years is becoz of millitancy. People were afraid of millitant attacks. Now as the millitancy is on decline, ppl could gather courage to celebrate it. Now on Hindu-Muslim relations in kashmir, i would like u to ask any kasmiri pundit living in kashmir about it. Then u will come to know about it. One more point, Never in the history of kashmir hindu-muslim roit has been reported. That is y we call it kasmiriyat. But the problem is that, u dont understand or cant differentiate killing by millitants ao a mob. About 1 lac muslims died in the last 20 years due to millitancy related incidents. Also , during these years some hindus wre targeted by millitants, but not by kashmiri locals. U shud know difference between a millitant and common man.
