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December 18, 2011, the missed opportunity, for a Government of National Unity. Book. Hon. Trotman esq.
Amazon book “From Destiny to Prosperity”- Raphael Trotman, Page V, “What NINETY NINE PERCENT of Guyanese, are unaware of, is that in 2011, after the elections results were announced, on the afternoon of December 18, 2011, the LEADERS of PPP, APNU and AFC met, that very afternoon, at the Public Buildings to discuss the way forward. At that meeting, Mr. GRANGER PROPOSED to MR. DONALD RAMOTAR, PRESIDENT ELECT, that we should all come together to form a GOVERNMENT of “NATIONAL UNITY”, rather than have a “HUNG PARLIAMENT.” Mr. Ramotar, to his credit DID NOT REJECT THE IDEA OUTRIGHTLY, but instead, responded that it would be difficult at that late stage to enter into such a Government, because his party the PPP, neither campaigned for, NOR SOUGHT and OBTAINED a MANDATE for a NATIONAL UNITY Government. THE REST IS HISTORY.”
This book is very informative with the LIVED EXPERIENCES, with the Leadership, Management and Strategic Planning for OIL Revenues now almost two Billion USD this year. Do highly recommend reading by Kindle or paperback edition.
Https://www.amazon.com/dp/9769566039?Ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_K0604N8C2FBV859CZNSJ
Pakistan and Muslims from India, caste practices
“Pakistan caste, any of the units of social stratification that developed among Muslims in India and Pakistan as a result of the proximity of Hindu culture. Most of the South Asian Muslims were recruited from the Hindu population; despite the egalitarian tenets of Islam, the Muslim converts persisted in their Hindu social habits. Hindus, in turn, accommodated the Muslim ruling class by giving it a status of its own.
In South Asian Muslim society, a distinction is made between the ashrāf (Arabic, plural of shārīf, “nobleman”), who are supposedly descendants of Muslim Arab immigrants, and the non-ashrāf, who are Hindu converts. The ashrāf group is further divided into four subgroups: (1) Sayyids, originally a designation of descendants of Muhammad through his daughter Fāṭimah and son-in-law ʿAlī, (2) Shaykhs (Arabic: “Chiefs”), mainly descendants of Arab or Persian immigrants but also including some converted Rājputs, (3) Pashtuns, members of Pashto-speaking tribes in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, and (4) Mughals, persons of Turkish origin, who came into India with the Mughal armies.
The non-ashrāf Muslim castes are of three levels of status: at the top, converts from high Hindu castes, mainly Rājputs, insofar as they have not been absorbed into the Shaykh castes; next, the artisan caste groups, such as the Julāhās, originally weavers; and lowest the converted untouchables, who have continued their old occupations. These converts of Hinduism observe endogamy in a manner close to that of their Hindu counterparts.”
Islamic caste | Indian society | Britannica
The Indian Haj Quota for 2023 with 2.5 million Muslim Pilgrims on June 27, 2023, at MOUNT ARAFAT, Mecca, all day, until SUNSET
The Indian Haj quota was fixed as 175,025 for the year 2023, tweeted the Indian Consulate on Monday. Jeddah: In a significant move, Saudi Arabia increased the Haj quota for India for the year 2023 where a total of 175,025 Indian Haj pilgrims will be able to perform Haj, reportedly the highest in history.
Over 2.5 million Muslim Pilgrims from 160 Countries on Tuesday June 27, 2023, were at MOUNT ARAFAT, Mecca, all day, until sunset. Eid Al Adha was the next day Wednesday June 28, 2023 with Prayers, Takbeers, Sacrifice, Sharing, Charity, Best Clothes, and Meals with families and friends.
Saudi: 1.75L Indians to perform Haj in 2023; highest in history (siasat.com) Saudi: 1.75L Indians to perform Haj in 2023; highest in history (siasat.com)
Malcolm X’s Letter From Hajj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
“ Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality and overwhelming spirit of true brotherhood as is practiced by people of all colors and races here in this ancient Holy Land, the home of Abraham, Muhammad and all the other Prophets of the Holy Scriptures. For the past week, I have been utterly speechless and spellbound by the graciousness I see displayed all around me by people of all colors.
I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca. I have made my seven circuits around the Ka’bah, led by a young Mutawaf named Muhammad. I drank water from the well of the Zam Zam. I ran back and forth seven times between the hills of Mt. Al-Safa and Al-Marwah. I prayed in the ancient city of Mina, and I prayed on Mt. Arafat.
There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, from all over the world. They were of all colors, from blue-eyed blonde to black-skinned Africans. But we were all participating in the same ritual, displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood that my experiences in America had led me to believe never could exist between the white and non-white.
America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, and even eaten with people who in America would have been considered ‘white’; but the ‘white’ attitude was removed from their minds by the religion of Islam. I have never seen sincere and true brotherhood practiced by all colors together, irrespective of their color.
You may be shocked by these words coming from me. But on this pilgrimage, what I have seen, and experienced, has forced me to rearrange much of my thought-patterns previously held, and to toss aside some of my previous conclusions. This was not too difficult for me. “
Malcolm X’s Letter From Hajj | Muslim Memo
Race Relations Programmes by AFC, FOUR to date, towards solutions/improvements
With due respect to all, Quote from GUYANESE Global Expert on Race Relations, Professor, Dr. Kimani S.K. Nehusi, Department of African American Studies, Temple University, Pennsylvania, USA, said “We tend to know so little and understand even less about ourselves.”
The Alliance for Change Party, AFC, at the constant urging of New Jersey Diaspora’s Bernard Rollins, Engineer, New Jersey Institute of Technology, was able to present for general viewings, FOUR one-hour RACE RELATIONS Programs, on Saturdays 8 PM to 9 PM Dave’s TV 8, for “Alliance on the Move” on December 31, 2022, January 7, 2023, January 28, 2022, and May 27, 2023.
It is hoped that more such programs should continue in 2023, and beyond, so we learn on your individual and collective past, starting with OURSELVES, and our experiences with RACE. Are we continuing to PRACTICE RACIAL CLASSIFICATIONS? If YES, with due respect, it is time for CHANGE. Quote USA President Barack Hussein Obama. “YES, WE CAN.”
National Truth and Reconciliation Team of Global Experts
We are now in our 58th. Our Year of Independence, and our political parties, in its history have used race and race baiting to hold and expand their membership. We must, as a matter of urgency, write our own history, records, story, books, narratives, and dialogue to ensure we know ourselves, individually and collectively.
It is time for a NATIONAL TRUTH and RECONCILIATION TEAM of GLOBAL EXPERTS to review, discuss and recommend the way forward, utilizing the NEW textbooks, schools, Universities, social media, print media, Ai, and Chat GPT, facilities, to assist with improvement with our racial hostilities, marginalization, an inequity.
IF the PPP Current Government do not embrace, this, then ALL Guyanese should make their voices heard with their BALLOTS at the 2025 General Elections, so the NEW Government will have this item as one of its main priorities with its USD Billions in Blessed Oil Revenues, to be shared with EQUALITIES.
Swastika: the 5,000-year-old History of Swastika an Indian Symbol
Unfortunately, the abuse of the 25-year-Nazi rule outweighs the much older and richer history of the swastika. A history of Swastika that can be traced to a highly evolved civilization in India. Perhaps it’s time we reclaim the swastika symbol for love, brotherhood, and light that it originally stood for.
Https://www.artofliving.org/in-en/culture/amazing-india/secrets-of-swastika-symbol
Around the World, SWASTIKA was/is used by 10 Countries, UK, USA, Canada, Finland, Russia, China, Mongolia, Lebanon, Turkey, and Indonesia.
UK
There are many swastika signs all over the United Kingdom:
* signs put up by the Celtics many centuries ago, on walls, floors, rocks etc.
* signs were put up on buildings and floors in public spaces between the 1800s and 1900s but before the second World War.
* signs put up in Hindu temples and other places of worship even after the wars but as a religious symbol.
* it is only after the second world war that Britain stopped using this symbol in its public and private spaces.
USA
In America too, the swastika sign can be found, associated with the military as well as a luck charm to drive away evil and bring good luck.
* The Navy Office Building in California in the shape of swastika.
* 45th Infantry Division of the US Army National Guard established in 1775 –distinguished by its emblem.
* Swastika on the shoulder badge of this division.
* Swastika insignia on US Army Boeing Planes – 55th Pursuit Squadrons in the 1930s.
* Matilde Moisant of the Hill Air Force Base, a pioneer aviator and the second woman in the USA to get a pilot’s license wearing a swastika badge in 1912.
* Swastika bridge at Gila Gravity Main Canal, Colorado, was constructed in 1907, as a tribute to Native Indians.
Canada
* Mining towns in Canada came to be called swastika, perhaps to invoke good luck in hitting the jackpot.
* British Columbia had a hockey team called the swastikas
* Road sign board
* A share certificate of a mine dated April 1914
* Label of Swastika Drug Co. Ltd
3 Quotes on Race
Hindu- “No one is superior, noninferior. All are brothers marching forward to prosperity.” — Rig Veda V.60.5
Christian- “Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they must meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.” ~Rosa Parks
Islam- “There is no superiority for an Arab over a non-Arab, nor for a non-Arab over an Arab. Neither is the white superior over the black, nor is the black superior over the white — except by piety.” – Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s Blessings, and Peace be upon him.