Despite the constant accusations against Westerners of being “intolerant,” “racist,” and “Islamophobic,” everywhere Islam is found, Islamic supremacists are lording it over innocent people, oppressing them, murdering them, and seeking further conquest and further Islamization. This occurs even in majority-Muslim countries where Sharia is not fully implemented. For example, there is a drive to further Islamize Indonesia, and Sharia parties are constantly pressuring Pakistan to implement more of Islamic law.
Then there are the people of Balochistan. These are Iranians spread across the southeastern edge of the Iranian plateau in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. They are resisting Pakistani jihadists whose organizations have been created and are sustained by Pakistan’s infamous Inter-Services Intelligence Agency. These jihadists, funded by Saudi Arabia and influenced by the Iranian regime, have created madrassas in their villages and are determined to Islamize all of Balochistan. They deem its people to be an infidel resistance. The Baloch people recently thanked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his stance against Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. As the report outlines below:
Baloch patriots across the world urged the Indian government along with the US and UK, to extend supports to their freedom movement against Islamabad, as the country has slowly turned into a breeding ground of Islamist militants that would finally destabilize the security and peace of the entire region, where Baloch people continue following the spirit of secularism even though they are Muslim by majority.
“When Baloch people call for India’s help against Pakistan,” Asian Tribune, November 23, 2019:
The appeal was fervent from thousands of freedom-aspiring Baloch people and the message was clear that India should support their struggle for attaining an independent Balochistan. After a series of public discourses, social media interactions and seeming an inclined regime in New Delhi, the Balochis have made it official that they need hardheaded supports to defy the decades-long occupation of Pakistan.
When a group of vigorous Baloch people observed the Martyr’s Day on 13 November 2019 in London, the international media outlets including those of India grabbed their contents for fast disposal. Making a straight call to India, members of Baloch National Movement, Baloch Students’ Organisation and other pro-Balochistan organisations argued that New Delhi should help the Balochis as it had supported the Bangladesh Mukti Judha in 1971.
Baloch patriots across the world urged the Indian government along with the US and UK, to extend supports to their freedom movement against Islamabad, as the country has slowly turned into a breeding ground of Islamist militants that would finally destabilize the security and peace of the entire region, where Baloch people continue following the spirit of secularism even though they are Muslim by majority.
The Indo-Baloch relationship came to a stronger base, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned Balochistan in his 2016 Independence Day (15 August) speech from the courtyard of historic Red Fort in New Delhi. The people of Balochistan (also residents of Gilgit and Pakistan occupied Kashmir) have acknowledged India showing goodwill to its billion-plus populace in different occasions, which PM Modi returned back with heartiest thanks.
Baloch people, who are on a warpath against the Islamic Republic of Pakistan since 1948 for their liberation, claim that they got independence from the imperialist British forces on 11 August 1947, which was in advance to Pakistan and India (14 & 15 August ’47 respectively). Balochistan remained a sovereign nation till 27 March 1948 and since then Balochis are under the forceful occupation of Pakistan resulting unleashed atrocities over them.
“After enjoying nine months of independence, Balochistan was treacherously occupied by the Pakistani forces,” claimed Baloch nationalist leader Hyrbyair Marri and also the president of Free Balochistan Movement, who continues to believe that Pakistan would cease to exist once Balochistan becomes an independent nation….
Infidel says
None of the countries being appealed to – US or India – should touch this w/ a 12 mile pole! Like in the case of the Kurds, Balochs are unapologetic Muslims, and a hypothetical independent Balochistan would still be a Muslim state. There is nothing in this for either the US or India, and despite the tempting allure of weakening Pakistan, both US and India should stay out of it.
Muslims persecuting each other, and whining when they are at the receiving end, is par for the course
peter says
While India and US should offer material support to the people of Baluchistan in their struggle against Pakistan , they should be very careful about committing t troops !
Infidel says
Balochistan is a fringe province of Pakistan – is culturally even less influential than Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. It doesn’t even have the population that means anything. Its only importance to Pakistan is having their nuclear test sites at Chagai. East Pakistan had more people than West Pakistan in 1971, and despite losing that, Pakistan survived. Assuming hypothetically that they lost Balochistan, they’d do just fine.
The lands that really matter in Pakistan is mainly their Panjab and Sind cities – Lahore, Karachi, Multan, Faisalabad, Peshawar. By contrast, even Quetta – Balochistan’s capital – is more a Pathan city and a satellite of Kandahar, rather than a city filled w/ Balochs, which one would expect of a Balochistan capital
Nabhnil says
We Indians freed the people of Bangladesh. We shall free the people of occupied Balochistan and Tibet too !! Just a matter of time.
Infidel says
And what do you have now? Parasites from Bangalistan freely crossing your borders and upsetting demographic balances in Assam and Left Bengal. So much so that all non-BJP parties in Bengal are opposed to the NRC and CAB. Mamata Banerjee sounds like a cross b/w Ilhan Omar and Julian Castro – supports open borders w/ Bangalistan.
Bangalistan would have been better off remaining a part of Pakistan: India would have had to build a wall along that entire border, and we wouldn’t have that many more Muslims flooding India, which already has 200 million of them.
Granted, Balochistan won’t have a border w/ India, but there’s no reason to support them.
gravenimage says
Grimly true, Infidel.
Angemon says
Secularism in muslim-majority societies will not last forever…
Infidel says
Already demonstrated in countries like Turkey, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Iran and probably destined to be repeated in the ex Soviet ‘stans’.
peter says
Islam and Democracy are incompatible with each other . There is only Allahcracy in islam!
Infidel says
Like that word – allahcracy (I generally refrain from capitalizing allah in order to deliberately dis him)
gravenimage says
Iranian Baloch resistance calls for help from India, America and the UK
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I’d be *very* cautious here–there is no doubt that these people are being oppressed–but they themselves are all pious Muslims, and may not be any better than the others in the region.