I am very sensitive and aware of how detrimental it is lose your ancestral links to any of the 'blood religions' I don't know which is more brutal to the soul, the Christian or Islamic crusades to consume identity. As an African/Creek Indian man I feel these things, and know in a generation or two the grandchildren (enough of them) will clamor for the connections to their homeland, their people and their ways. It is an indescribable sorrow... - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 1.18.13
 |
| Protect the Kalash tribe in Pakistan from assimilation into Islam. |
The Kalash (or Kalasha) is an ethnic non-Muslim group that exists in the Hindu Kush mountain range located in the Chitral District of North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Although their numbers were quite significant before the 20th century, they have however, gradually dwindled over the past century. This is very unfortunate and is in large part due to the fact that they have been assimilated by the larger Muslim majority of Pakistan. Today, more than half the Kalash people have been made to convert to Islam thus losing their ethnic and historical originality in the process.
It is, therefore, absolutely vital and imperative to save and protect this ancient culture and, therefore, we implore you to assist us in having the Kalash territory declared as a protected World Heritage site.
Thank you.Mohammed Bugi-
No comments:
Post a Comment