Khamosh Kashmiri خاموش کشمیری

Sheeraza Akhtar, Kellar, Shopian District, Kashmir. 4 April 2009: RESHMA BEGUM (60) 31 May 2009: SAIFUDDIN KALLAR (48) 3 June 2009: NAGEENA AKHTAR (18) 17 July 2009: PARVEENA AKHTAR (17) 23 July 2009: MOHAMMAD ASLAM AWAN (?) & SON (3) 16 Dec 2009: SHEERAZA AKHTAR (21)* None of the above assassinations in Kellar by Jamaat-e-Islami and Hurriyat linked terrorists evoked any protest in 2009 or cry for justice. Their deaths were carried in a couple of local newspapers as a small news item, like "Fyi, unidentified gunmen kill a woman, police is investigating." That's all, folks! They never really explore it for obvious reasons. No editorial. No condemnation. No outrage. No cry for justice. None at all, except in * #SHEERAZA's case... When Sheeraza was killed by terrorists, NC's ex-CM Farooq Abdullah made an attempt to take political mileage of the killing, because the people of Kellar comprised of Jamaat-e-Islami cadre who were pro-PDP: h...

Family members of Nageena, who was killed inside her house by terrorists at Keller. Many in Kashmir would recall the names of the two unlucky women NEELOFAR and ASIYA who drowned in a flashflood in Rambi Ara river in Shopian district in 2009, an accident that was exploited by separatists, multiple political interests, human rights vultures, corrupt doctors who forged evidence, and other beneficiaries of the conflict industry, who hope for a bloody summer each year in Kashmir. But how many Kashmiris would remember NAGEENA and PARVEENA? It's a rhetorical question: outside of their near and dear ones, the answer is Zero. Here's about them, the Unmentioned Malalas of Kashmir... ........ GIRLS PAY WITH LIFE FOR GETTING EDUCATION Kumar Rakesh Tribune News Service Keller, July 20, 2009 Nageena (18) and Parveena Akhtar (17) were the most educated members of their families who hoped that would one day land jobs and pull them out of their impoverished existence. Both...

Muslim Kashmiris are often questioned about their silence on separatist terror, without understanding the all-pervading fear that still exists in the valley. Many feel that just a couple of hundred militants operating in the valley means that things have returned to normal, without understanding how terror works. Here is an explanation of the silence of the majority and why separatists still imbue us with fear, despite a reduction in militancy: THE KKK OF KASHMIR, OR HOW RARE ASSASSINATIONS KEEP THE MAJORITY PERPETUALLY SILENT The recent assassination of Maulana Showkat Ahmed Shah of Jamiat-i-Ahl-e-Hadees showed the lengths intolerant hard-line separatists go to silence those who, despite being separatists as well, differ slightly with their violent and destructive methodology. Maulana Showkat’s fault was that he had criticised stone-pelting and has espoused a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir conflict. Such assassinations occur once in a blue moon in the valley, but...