stayed for one night in a students’ hostel in Kashmir, where I shared
a room with one of the students. When I woke up in the morning,
this student told me he had had a dream relating to the monthly
Al-Risala
. He said ‘I saw an old man with a grey beard. He was not
educated, but was crying out loudly, asking repeatedly to be enrolled
as a member of the Al- Risala. In this dream, it appeared as if the
old man symbolized the soul of Kashmir. The soul of Kashmir was
screaming out that it was sick of the negative thoughts that were
being spread across the valley. It totally disapproved of this and said,
“Spread the monthly Al-Risala and its positive thoughts instead.”’
The militant movement started in October 1989 in Kashmir,
during which Kashmir suffered immeasurable losses of life and
property. The self-styled Jihad brought to Kashmir nothing but
destruction.
Now there is only one way to rectifymatters, and that is to spread
constructive thinking in Kashmir. Only the message which has been
repeatedly conveyed in the monthly
Al-Risala
can bring back normal
life to Kashmir. Anything other than this can spell only death and
destruction. The so-called Kashmir militant movement may benefit
certain leaders, but Kashmir and the Kashmiri people have nothing
to gain from it. Now, the final hour has come to review this whole
situation. Emotionalism must be abandoned in favour of realism.
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The Dawn Over Kashmir
