More to the point, he's a *Hindu* Indian, as you can tell both from his name and from the way his wife dresses (there was an episode when his family and the Simpsons had dinner together). Pakistan and Bangladesh were both intended to be part of India when India was given its independence, but Ali Jamnah [sp from memory], who would later become the first president of Pakistan, was afraid that Nehru would not be able to guarantee Muslim rights in the proposed secular state and insisted on a separate Muslim state. The result was thousands of deaths as many Moslems left India and practically all the Hindus left Pakistan. And eventually, of course, the East Bengali Moslems separated and formed yet a third country, Bangladesh. India has pretty well kept to its secularism (despite the rise of the BHP) and ironically remains the world's largest Muslim country (in terms of raw population numbers), whereas Pakistan, and to a lesser extent, Bangladesh, have become hotbeds of Islamic extremism, and even Pakistan's historical Christian communities (part of a community which claims to date from the Apostle Thomas's time) have come under quite a bit of persecution.
India is an incredibly complex and heterogenous country. Jon Spencer wrote: > Jim Cobabe wrote: > > > > > Jon Spencer wrote: > > --- > > I have come to the conclusion that Marc was cheated by the Pakistani > > owner of a convenience store in his neck of the woods! :-) > > --- > > > > Sounds like a Simpsons episode. > > Actually, teh convenience store owner in the Simpsons is an Indian, but they > sort of look alike, so what's the difference? Opps! Now I guess I have to > pull a Lott. I wonder if I can get in IET (Indian Entertainment TV). > > > > > Come to think of it, perhaps we could draw some interesting and > > instructive parallels between Homer and his Canadian > > counterpart-apparent. :-0 > > Homer drinks beer, so he could never be a Bishop. At least I thikn so. > Marc, you don't drink beer, do you? :-) > > Jon > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland “Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on” – Winston Churchill Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
