kalu_miah
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@airmarshal asked me a question about why Partition was a mistake for Muslim leaders in 1947. So I wrote a small write up, but before I could answer it, the thread about Bhutto and 1971 was closed. So I am posting it in this new thread. To mods, if this is out of line or becomes a troll thread, please close it. Its just for fun anyways. So here goes:
What if Partition did not happen in 1947, this is a what if scenario for a completely hypothetical situation, that did not happen and will not ever happen in the future, so please take it with a grain of salt as some kind of fantasy land:
- Muslims were 25% of South Asian population then, but in 60 years have grown to become almost 33% (500 million out of about 1.5 billion)
- in another 50 years Muslims could become at least 40%
- this increase in population is mainly due to higher birth rate of Muslims (womb jihard)
- just like in the US whites are becoming minority in 2050, in the same way twice born Hindu's could become minority long before that time
- Muslims initially would be at a disadvantage in 1947, socially, economically and militarily, but using its Muslim majority areas as leverage, they would learn to use their power of vote and using democracy to further their cause, specially by building coalition with other disadvantaged minorities, such as Dalit, Shudra, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jain etc.
- South Asia as a country would be a tolerant democratic place, there could be occasional communal riots after 1947, but in no way it would cause as much disruption (uprooting of communities) and loss of lives as the partition in 1947 or the war in 1971 have caused
- as a nuclear power, this imaginary country would compete head to head with China, reach actross Central Asia and South East Asia to fight for influence in these two spaces
- this imaginary country would weild unusual influence on the Muslim world just like the Mughal empire did in the past, may be more so than in the past, since 30% of Muslims of the world would live in the country, more than twice than the next biggest Muslim country, Indonesia
- it would potentially be a Hindu-Muslim super power, instead of this Ram Rajya we see today which has a dream to become super power but at best can become a regional power and two struggling Muslim states trying to make ends meet
What if Partition did not happen in 1947, this is a what if scenario for a completely hypothetical situation, that did not happen and will not ever happen in the future, so please take it with a grain of salt as some kind of fantasy land:
- Muslims were 25% of South Asian population then, but in 60 years have grown to become almost 33% (500 million out of about 1.5 billion)
- in another 50 years Muslims could become at least 40%
- this increase in population is mainly due to higher birth rate of Muslims (womb jihard)
- just like in the US whites are becoming minority in 2050, in the same way twice born Hindu's could become minority long before that time
- Muslims initially would be at a disadvantage in 1947, socially, economically and militarily, but using its Muslim majority areas as leverage, they would learn to use their power of vote and using democracy to further their cause, specially by building coalition with other disadvantaged minorities, such as Dalit, Shudra, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jain etc.
- South Asia as a country would be a tolerant democratic place, there could be occasional communal riots after 1947, but in no way it would cause as much disruption (uprooting of communities) and loss of lives as the partition in 1947 or the war in 1971 have caused
- as a nuclear power, this imaginary country would compete head to head with China, reach actross Central Asia and South East Asia to fight for influence in these two spaces
- this imaginary country would weild unusual influence on the Muslim world just like the Mughal empire did in the past, may be more so than in the past, since 30% of Muslims of the world would live in the country, more than twice than the next biggest Muslim country, Indonesia
- it would potentially be a Hindu-Muslim super power, instead of this Ram Rajya we see today which has a dream to become super power but at best can become a regional power and two struggling Muslim states trying to make ends meet
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