From: Sanjeev Dahiwadkar, Coordinator, IndiaCause

Dear Mr. Francis B. Coombs Jr.

We are extremely disappointed with your above article and would like to state the facts on Kashmir in this letter on behalf of a million strong Indian community in USA.

We are shocked to read this baseless article which has the most objectionable statements: ""In a place where more than 50,000 people have been killed in the name of God, it could be assumed that religion is a dangerous word."…."While most of the violence has been perpetrated by Hindus and Muslims on each other, the rise of Christianity could add another dimension." What a way to describe a grim war against terrorism by India!

First of all we would like to mention the fact that the entire world knows about J&K (surprisingly your editors do not seem to be aware of these details)

It is well accepted by the world, including USA that the killings happening in Jammu and Kashmir are the part of "JIHAD" by Islamic terrorists supported by Pakistan. The victims are inevitably the local Hindus and Muslims opposed to Pakistani terrorism. More than million Hindus have been displaced from J&K and they are living in the refugee camps in their own country. Thousands of Hindu Pandits have been killed in last several years.

We can provide several more details about the Pakistan sponsored terrorism in J&K if you need.

Your article is a gross insult to the citizens of India that maintain a more free and democratic society despite being right inside a region full of bigots and terrorists. The policemen and soldiers trying to protect democracy in India are just as precious as the firefighters of New York and Washington, and the soldiers, sailors and flyers risking their lives fighting terrorism.

The author is living in fool’s paradise if she thinks that there would be peace in J&K by making it ‘Christian Kashmir’. We have given below couple of interesting responses we received from American citizens (Christian) after we informed about this baseless article in WT to our members.

IndiaCause, therefore expects to see an immediate correction in this article based on the FACTS provided to the Washington Times.

By publishing this article your portal has offended the Hindus and Muslims that have been the victim of terrorism in Kashmir. We would appreciate if you can employ editors that have basic knowledge of South Asian region.

Hoping to receive response to this letter and to see the correction in the article.

Thanking you.

Sincerely,

I am not Indian. I am 2nd generation Irish-American and 2nd gen. Greek-American. However since I was about 4 years old I have had an enthusiastic interest in hinduism and Eastern thought. Being from the west I would of course never really be able to understand it without the Christian-Western slant no matter how I try to disregard it. Surely those from the east could never really understand, say, Baseball. With all of that in mind, I consider myself more of a Hindu than Christian and the disrespect I see towards others especially Hindus in this part of the world is appalling. I am really sick of Christian (so-called) missionaries settling around the world and "freeing" those poor, ignorant Hindus, Heathens and Devil Worshippers. I hear and read about it all the time. Take for instance the missionaries a couple of years ago who were sentenced for disobeying the laws in, was it Afghanastan? I know enough about Christian cultist to assure you that they were indeed trying to convert and not simply just "taking care of the sick and hungry". I have gotten a bit off the subject, pardon me. My point is I too was outraged at this Washington Times article by Janaki Kremmer. How dare she assume that anything Christian missionaries do is going to make the situation better. Thank you for bringing this article to my attention.
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