Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Understanding Kashmir problem through status quo

“In the light of today's lecture of status quo acceptance leading to peace and eventual development, one can try to understand the ongoing Palestine problem and bloodshed. But how do we understand the Kashmir problem and the alienation of the Kashmir people towards Indian state till today? What is your comment on this?”Asked by Miss Radhika Khajuriah, دلی

He answers at 1:10:30 in Importance of Peace · 2 min 53 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:10:30
Maulana, agla sawal Delhi se hai, Miss Radhika Khajuriah ne kiya hai. aur unhon ne likha hai: "Moulana sahib, in the light of today's lecture of status quo acceptance leading to peace and eventual development, one can try to understand the ongoing Palestine problem and bloodshed. But how do we understand the Kashmir problem and the alienation of the Kashmir people towards Indian state till today? What is your comment on this?" dekhiye, Kashmir ka jo problem hai woh yeh hai ke history ne jo status quo banaya tha, us ko nahi mana unhon ne. woh history se lar rahe hain.
1:11:19
dekhiye, 15 August 1947 ko ek history apne end par pahunchi. bohat dinon se insan, India mein azadi, freedom pe struggle chal rahi thi. bohat dinon se. to is ka culmination tha 15 August 1948. woh culmination tha. jab barah baj kar aik minute par Voice Raya Maud Button ne ailan kiya tha radio par "Today India is free. Today India is free." That was announcement by history. woh Maud Button ka announcement nahi tha. ke jo struggle chal raha tha muddaton se, jis mein hazaron hazar log mare gaye, kya hua, kya hua.
1:12:02
is ka end aa gaya. is ka culmination aa gaya. lekin Kashmiri log is se lar rahe hain. aap historical status ko badal nahi sakte. Impossible hai. It requires again to create a new history to change the status quo. yeh impossible hai. ek history ka process tha, chalte chalte 15 August 1948 ko khatam hua. ab aap ko ek nai history chalani pare gi.
1:12:37
woh pata nahi sankron saal chalti rahe. ya pahuncha ya nahi pahuncha kahin pe. to Kashmir mein main samajhta hoon koi wahid aadmi paida nahi hua, wahid leadership, jo bataye ke yeh to history ka verdict hai. mano. jaise Palestine mein jo Balfour verdict tha, that was verdict of history. aise hi Kashmir mein jo hua, woh hua tha, woh tha verdict of history. to aap history se lar nahi sakte.
1:13:12
Palestine mein larein, tab bhi nakam honge. Kashmir mein larein, tab bhi nakam honge. You have to accept the verdict of history. You have to accept the verdict of history. yeh maine is mamle mein bohat socha hai. meri kitab maujood hai, aap parh lijiye. "Dawn over Kashmir" woh parh lijiye aap. Maulana, agla sawal Bhuvaneshwar se aaya hai, Salman sahib ka.
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