Rajen-da,
About 80% follow - as per the first page of the article .
Umesh
Rajen & Ajanta Barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >It is surprising that
most Pakistanis follow Sufism
Umesh:
Is this a fact? What percentage are Sufis? Can you furnish some resource for
this? I am just wondering. If it is it is good since Pakistan is our neighbour.
Rajenda
----- Original Message -----
From: umesh sharma
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:11 PM
Subject: [Assam] Nat Geo: Pakistan's surging fundamentalism vs education
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0709/pakistan/pakistan.html
see this cover story I read for a job application this weekend
I had just applied for a 15 day position in Pakistan's Baluchistan province
though I had reservations about whether I would make it alive - having a
penchant to send emails to AssamNet about the living conditions of that area
and exposing myself as an open target to Jehadis/Talibanis in the area. I
have a feeling my application suffered some setback becos I wrote as if I
was local guy from that area and not an outsider going for a cursory visit
from US. Sindh also on the trip is just across the border from Gujarat and
Rajasthan. A local guy perhaps is more likely to have local links which
could sometimes turn out to be dangeorus to others in the visiting party
from US etc
It is surprising that most Pakistanis follow Sufism and that Jinnah wanted a
secular nation where muslims could grow in peace - it is true that despite
having ruled India for centuries muslims are still less educated than an
average Indian - but what about muslims in Pakistan -- is it because of
tradition ( I won't call it religion - even Catholic South America bans
abortion and divorce). Whatever Jinnah might have said ( I don't believe it
though it comes from Nat Geo - he never seemed committed to it - otherwise
why Hindus would have had to migrate at the time of British withdrawl).
any comments?
Umesh
Umesh Sharma
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Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005
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Class of 2005
http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info)
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