[Assam] Nat Geo: Pakistan's surging fundamentalism vs education

[Rajen & Ajanta Barua]

>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: assam at assamnet.org 
  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

  Washington D.C. 

  1-202-215-4328 [Cell]

  Ed.M. - International Education Policy
  Harvard Graduate School of Education,
  Harvard University,
  Class of 2005

  http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info)

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  www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used )




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