Thanks Wahid: Is Berelvism similar to Sufism? What about Sunnis. Are they a minotity elite class in Pakistan like that in Iraq? What do you think are the relative percentages of Islam in India? Overall, what do you think is the role of Pakistan in the Arab/Middleeast/Oslamic equation? Is it somewhat the role model intelectutal center with the Atom Bomb etc? Where does Iran (Sia HQ?) stand? I know I need to study a lot and hope your links will give lot of information. Rajen
----- Original Message ----- From: W.Saleh To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'Rajen & Ajanta Barua' Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 2:33 PM Subject: RE: [Assam] Nat Geo: Pakistan's surging fundamentalism vs education Dear Umesh, Thanks for the link. It is an interesting article. I have my doubts about the percentage o Sufi's. Rajen, if your interested in the Sufi's of Pakistan you can check the following links: http://web.archive.org/web/20030728213311/http://www.ncsu.edu/tsac/Rozehnal.doc http://www.geocities.com/pak_history/sufi.html http://www.sachalsarmast.org/index.htm In the Pakistan army if I am not mistaken it is mainly Sunnis. Pls check the following: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/intro/islam-barelvi.htm The non-Pakhtun population of Pakistan is predominantly Barelvi. The stronghold of Barelvism remains Punjab, the largest province of Pakistan. By one estimate, in Pakistan, the Shias are 18%, ismailis 2%, Ahmediyas 2%, Barelvis 50%, Deobandis 20%, Ahle Hadith 4%, and other minorities 4%. The Ahle-e-Hadith is a small group of Sunni Muslims in India who do not consider themselves bound by any particular school of law and rely directly on the Prophet's Sunnah. By another estimate some 15 per cent of Pakistan's Sunni Muslims would consider themselves Deobandi, and some 60 per cent, are in the Barelvi tradition based mostly in the province of Punjab. But some 64 per cent of the total seminaries are run by Deobandis, 25 per cent by the Barelvis, six percent by the Ahle Hadith and three percent by various Shiite organisations. According to CIA fact books of Pakistan Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 3% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html#People Greetings, Wahid ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens umesh sharma Verzonden: donderdag 6 september 2007 18:48 Aan: Rajen & Ajanta Barua; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Onderwerp: Re: [Assam] Nat Geo: Pakistan's surging fundamentalism vs education 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? 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