Frontline, a publication of the Hindu, has a great article on the rise of Saudi-US inspired Islamic militancy in Pakistan, which needless to say will have serious implications in the region in the future. This is the part that caught my eye:
Persian, the language of Mughal India, had once been taught as a second or third language in many Pakistani schools. But, because of its association with Shiite Iran, it too was dropped and replaced with Arabic. The morphing of the traditional “khuda hafiz” (Persian for “God be with you”) into “allah hafiz” (Arabic for “God be with you”) took two decades to complete. The Arab import sounded odd and contrived, but ultimately the Arabic God won and the Persian God lost.
Do you suppose the Israelis and Saudis are above using these backward militant movements against Iran at some point?
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