You say Pakistan has managed to lure Kashmiris with the help of Hurriyat? Nope! Not by a long shot!
Check it out below, an extract of the answer I wrote in the
Quora Digest. The question was........
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Why are Kashmiri people against the Indian army? Don't they want to live in India?
I’ve answered part of your question in another similar thread. However, I’ll reproduce portions as well as add some so you know the truth, as well as the hype and politics being played out at the behest of Pak and its agents in Kashmir. Here are the facts:
Separatism: Hype vs the Truth
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Separatist are present in only 5 districts out of 22 which is 15% of Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh and they are all Sunni Muslims.
2. The Shias, Sufis, Hindus, Buddhists and Christians are not separatists.
3. Two of the three regions of J&K are not Muslim majority areas. 85,000 square kilometers are not. When you talk of separatism,
there haven’t been any protests against India in these 17 districts out of the 22 in J&K.
4. There’s only one section of community—Kashmiri-speaking Sunni Muslims who have a separatist agenda. When you see a TV debate on Kashmir, who do you see? Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti, Yasin Malik, Shabbir Shah, Gilani, Asiya Andrabi, Lone etc. All Sunni Muslims only from these
5 districts out of 22!!
5. J&K has around 12 per cent Shia Muslims, around 12-14 per cent Gujjar Muslims and around eight per cent Pahadi Rajput Muslims, Sufis Christians, Buddhists and Hindus.
None of these communities have any separatist leaders.
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. When Afzal Guru was hanged, the media made it appear as if the entire state was out on the streets.
The reality was that out of 22 districts, there was not a single demonstration in 17 districts and only these five districts in the Valley faced mild demonstrations.
7. Poonch has 90 per cent Muslims but this district is dominated by powerful Sikhs. Kargil has 90 per cent Muslims, Kargil city has more than 99 per cent Muslims but there was not a single protest in those areas.
8. Our perception about J&K is that a battle between nationalism and separatism is going on for past 68 years. Nationalism has neither been lost nor will it, because in most areas of the state, majority of the people are nationalists.
9. There is no dispute over J&K and the only issue relating to the state is how to get back areas that are under the illegal occupation of Pakistan and China.
10. 'Separatism', 'dispute' and 'autonomy' are three myths associated with the state. The common perception is that J&K is a separatist state. This is because J&K is perceived first as just Kashmir - a Kashmir which is a Sunni Muslim Kashmir, a Muslim Kashmir which is a separatist Kashmir - basically a Kashmir where the Indian tricolor is burnt down and Pakistan’s flag is unfurled but only in five districts.
The State should be considered as one entity like Jammu (with maximum of the ground area), Ladakh and only thereafter Kashmir.
Here is a map of the Kashmir Valley marked in orange, consisting of areas where the separatists have an anti India agenda prodded on by the Pakistani Establishment which has been trying to infiltrate terrorists since the past three decades to create mayhem and also provide massive funds to the Hurriyat gang and their cohorts for anti India protests and stone throwing.
As can be seen in the map below, the Kashmir Valley is but a small area of J&K.
Here’s the other side of J&K
Hundreds of Kashmiri youth (below) join the Indian Army after training at the Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry Regimental Centre in the state’s summer capital, Srinagar.
A proud sister congratulates her brother after the passing out parade
Recruitment test for the J&K Women's Police Wing in Srinagar, Kashmir
A section of youth being selected for recruitment in the Indian Army from the Kashmir Valley
Here’s a video you should see on one of the Indian Army’s Goodwill Schools in kashmir. While some misguided youth in the Valley pelt stones at the security forces at the behest of their Pakistani sponsors for monetary considerations, these Kashmiri children seen in the video below are the future of Kashmir.
And the Pak media and their so called analysts and commentators keep belting out that familiar garbage that there’s a ‘genocide’ going on in J&K!! The propaganda and lies dished out by their ISPR and the Mullah brigade to brainwash the sheeple, is breathtaking in scope and intensity. But now you know!
Mike
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So do you really think that Kashmir is a lost cause? Far from it. The Hurriyat and their yahoo 'army' are in a small minority.
What the media shows are just scenes of stone pelting and Paki flag waving which is just one miniscule portion of J&K. The media never highlights the other side.