Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai
\nWashington
\nThe Ummah is exceptionally grateful for your unwearied efforts in advancing the cause of Palestine for the last more than five decades. You have been consistent in pleading the case of \u2018two-state solution\u2019 for Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
\nDuring an interview with Nikkei Asia in Tokyo, on October 17, 2023, you said about Gaza, \u201cI\u2019m sick of this hypocrisy. It\u2019s not politics.\u201d. \u201cThese are humanitarian issues. I would say such hypocrisy is [happening in] many of the so-called countries that promote democracy and human rights.\u201d
\nSouth China Morning Post reported on March 7, 2024, that you slammed the West\u2019s inconsistency with international laws in Israel-Gaza war. You also called out the West\u2019s hypocrisy in condemning Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine but not supporting a ceasefire in Gaza
\nYou said at Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) think-tank in New Delhi on August 22, 2024, that, \u201cI think what we try to do is just to at least give a message, a very clear message, that this hypocrisy must end.
\nI mean, you can\u2019t talk about genocide in Ukraine because bombings of some villages. And 40,000 people killed, well, this is the impact of war, we can condone that. This is shocking, and I call it sheer hypocrisy but not standing to fight it has to end.\u201d
\nMr. Prime Minister, in their struggle against the tyranny of foreign occupation and to regain their rights, the people of Kashmir look for support from leaders of conscience and concern like you who stand for freedom and human dignity.
\nKashmiris realize that the natural sympathy for their cause and suffering has been inhibited by the perception of the Kashmir problem as either a separatist issue or a territorial dispute between India and Pakistan. The truth is that it is neither.
\nThe issue involved is first and foremost the issue of self-determination of a people with a defined history and national character of their own, inhibiting a territory which belongs to neither India nor Pakistan. Their right to determine their future has been explicitly recognized by the United Nations These UN resolutions are not of a routine nature.
\nTheir text was meticulously negotiated between India and Pakistan. The assent of two governments was conveyed in writing to the United Nations.
\nThey thus not only embody a solemn intentional agreement but have been endorsed repeatedly by the Security Council and by successive UN representatives. These resolutions explicitly recognize the right of the people of Kashmir to determine the future status of their homeland. This right remains unaffected by the non-performance by either side of the provisions of the resolutions.
\nWe are baffled that while the leaders of conscience like Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim criticize the world powers for their double standards and hypocrisy in the case Gaza, the case of Kashmir which is as old as the case of Palestine pending on the agenda of the UN, has been consigned to oblivion.
\nHonorable Prime Minister, it is reported that you said during an interview with \u2018India Today Exclusive\u2019 on August 22, 2024, that \u201cI still consider Kashmir purely domestic issue of India.\u201d Given your expertise and knowledge of international affairs it may be a misquote.
\nWhile we appreciate the positive elements of your position on Gaza, we feel we would be remiss in our duty if, with our knowledge of the Kashmir problem, we fail to draw your attention to the following important points. We are not aware of the considerations at the United Nations that has led you to believe that Kashmir is an integral part of India.
\nOn the face of it, however, it seems to run directly counter to your widely applauded statements that we must end double standards and hypocrisy in dealing with international conflicts.
\nWe are mystified that Malaysia is detaching from the UN a problem such as that relating to the status of the territory of Jammu & Kashmir.
\nA problem which has figured on the active agenda of the UN, and which has been the subject of fourteen substantive resolutions of the Security Council would not seem to be a problem which deserves the attention of the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
\nIt is worth mentioning here that Prime Minister Michelle Bachelet, former United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights issued a 49 pages report about the situation in Kashmir on June 14, 2018, wherein she recommended to both India and Pakistan to \u201cFully respect the right of self-determination of the people of Kashmir as protected under international law.\u201d
\nAnd Mr. Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary General said on August 8, 2019, that Kashmir issue has to be resolved under UN charter and under applicable UN Security Council resolutions.
\nDato Seri Anwar Ibrahim, we are by no means unmindful of the fact that, in your capacity as the leader of Malaysia which has over 10 % population of the people of Indian origin, you have to be impartial between the parties concerned and perceived to be so.
\nHowever, it is on the ground of the recognized principles of the Charter of the UN and respect for international agreements and for the resolutions of the UN Security Council that we approach you with the appeal that you exercise your good offices to urge India, Pakistan and the genuine Kashmiri leadership to explore a solution of the Kashmir problem in accordance with the wishes and aspiration of the people of all zones of the State of Jammu & Kashmir and also to the satisfaction of both India and Pakistan.
\nYou were also quoted to have said during ICWA press interview that \u201cThis is the country that produces leaders like Gandhi ji, who, of course, is unique in his battle for freedom, justice, for humanity.\u201d
\nMr. Prime Minster, let us listen to Gandhi who said on July 31, 1947, \u201cThe people of Kashmir should be asked whether they want to join Pakistan or India. Let them do as they want. The ruler is nothing. The people are everything.\u201d
\nGandhi again said on October 26, 1947, \u201cIf the people of Kashmir are in favour of opting for Pakistan, no power on earth can stop them from doing so. But they should be left free to decide for themselves. The people cannot be attacked and forced by burning their villages.\u201d
\nThen Mahatma Gandhi said again that \u201cKashmir\u2019s real rulers were its people and not its Maharajas. Maharajas were servant of the people. Kashmiris should be left free to decide for themselves.\u201d (Gandhi\u2019s Passion by Professor Stanley Wolpert, Page 247).
\nLet us not forget what British historian, Bertrand Russell said in 1964, \u201cThe high idealism of the Indian government in international matters breaks down completely when confronted with the question of Kashmir.\u201d
\nMr. Prime Minister, now, more than ever, we need the support from Malaysia when according to Dr. Gregory Stanton, Chairman, Genocide Watch, \u201cKashmir is at the brink of genocide\u201d, according to New York based, \u2018Committee to Protect Journalists\u2019, \u201cNews media in Kashmir is at the brink of extinction,\u201d and according to the New York Times, \u201cInside Kashmir, Cut off from the World: \u2018A Living Hell\u2019 of Anger and Fear.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai Washington The Ummah is exceptionally grateful for your unwearied efforts in advancing the cause of Palestine for the last more than five decades. You have been consistent in pleading the case of \u2018two-state solution\u2019 for Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During an interview with Nikkei Asia in Tokyo, on October 17, 2023, you said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-427017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n