A Letter to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

05.08.2007

A Letter to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace   Dear Sir As a political and social worker, with great concern, I would like to inform you that we Baloch are being pushed into a religious circle by Pakistani military junta and Iranian theocratic regime in Balochistan in a unusual way: Promoting Islam among Baloch and thereby the killing of Baloch nationalism and turning it into a greater part of Islamic world. Fanatic Mullaism is proactively being promoted by the collaboration of discarded local mullahs in Balochistan against the Baloch nationalism which seeks the restoration of its national sovereignty over Balochistan. Yesterday on July 31, a “tabligi ijtama" that is, promotional gathering for Islam, has started its gathering in Gwadar, a coastal port city in Balochistan, Such religious activities are always taking place in all over Balochistan, and this phenomenon suggest a new conspiracy against Baloch and is seen by nationalist  as second force of Pakistani government after its arms forces. After the failure of Paki army in crushing the Baloch Resistance movements, now it wants dilute the intensity of Baloch nationalism by mobilizing the religious elements in our society. All these activities are funded by I S I and spearheaded by Mulana Sherani of Jumayat Ulme Islam. He is a member of Pakistan national assembly and he heads JUI in Balochistan. The striking concern is that Iran is also involved in promoting mullahs among Baloch people. for example a common Baloch who wants to visit his relatives on the other side of the boarder the irani occupied Balochistan, has to go through harsh scrutiny by Pasdarane Inqalab, the Revolutionary Guard. But on the other hand those who want to participate in a religious gathering in Pakistani held Balochistan have to face no restrictions, they can pass the boarder without any document or "Rahdari" permit. All these activities can be seen through satellite. The gathering is still underway for another two days. Archen Baloch Thanking you for your kind attention