Re: Shab Barat Divali, Diye Patakhe
IMHO, the subserviance and sycophancy to the Arabic culture amongst the Indic Muslims is more due to their insecurities rather than strength in their faith. In countries like Turkey,Iraq, Eygpt all reminders of preIslamic antecedents have been wiped out or preserved in museums so they do not mind taking pride preislamic heritage. Even in Pakistani newspapers one often reads articles that Pakistan should reject barbaric invaders like Qasim and Gaznavi and ‘reclaim’ its iVC and Buddhist heritage.
Another example: in the abovementioned countries the first name is often ‘Muslim’ and the second name indicates preislamic heritage. In Afghanistan names like Amhadzai, Karzai, Poplazai, etc. indicate tribal affiliations. But Indic Muslims have completely adapted arabic ‘Muslim’ names. They are constantly reminded of their Hindu roots by the very existence of living breathing neighbours. There are more ‘Sheikhs’ and ‘Syeds’ in the Indian subcontinent than the whole population of Saudi Arabia. One hardly ever hears of a Ahmad Patel or Javed Anand. Allah forbid, they be mistaken as idol worshippers
Have you ever heard last names of memon muslims?