Nation & Nationality First

This was sent as an Email by me to all my friends when the then Australian PM John Howard said the following sometime back.... Thought it would be apt sharing it with you all... Subject: India needs a leader like this. Indeed this is the need and call of the hour!!! India Needs A Leader Like This!!
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The views of Patriotic Australian Prime Minister John Howard... 

Prime Minister John Howard, Australia: Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told recently to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks. This was said by the then Prime Minister Mr.John Howard. Separately, the former Prime Minister Mr.Howard angered some Australian Muslims by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques. 'IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT'. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali , we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians.' 'This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom' 'We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society, learn the language!' 'Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture.' 'We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.' 'This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this.. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom, 'THE RIGHT TO LEAVE'.' 'If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.'
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Imagine when a nation like Australia claiming to have been found 200 years back with Christian Men and Women and with Christian principles, a Great nation like India with a history beyond human knowledge and documented history of atleast 5000 years should emphasize on protecting the original culture and values and not get into minority appeasement. None of us want to bully the minorities, at the same time, we just don't want anybody to play the minority appeasement card and fool the whole Billion-plus population. Let there be UNIFORM CIVIL CODE as demanded by a person as highly held in the hearts of our people as our Former President Mr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam. Let there be no Quota system within the Nation based on either religion, caste, language, color or any other distinguishing factor. May all of us wake up to the fact that once you step out of India, you will be only known as Indian and not Muslim, Christian, Hindu etc. No Muslim will get citizenship in Arab countries just because he or she is a muslim and no Christian will get citizenship of America or Australia (founded with Christian as claimed by its Prime Minister) just because he is a Christian. Every one of us will remain INDIAN whatever the status enjoyed by us or wherever we live on Earth irrespective of the Religion followed by us. After all, every one of us, Indians, were one large family as the Puranas like Ramayana and Mahabharatha tell us. Islam and Christisnity came with the invaders at various time points spread over the last few centuries. Islam came with invasions at different points of time at different parts of our Motherland between Eight and Five centuries back. Christianity came with European invaders Five-Six centuries back. None of this belong to our land or people. Every Indian, irrespective of whether he/she is a Hindu, Muslim or Christian was a Hindu few centuries/generations back and thereby has Hindu ancestry. Religious Conversions happened due to circumstances under external pressure among a peace loving community that never showed agression towards an alien land be it neighbours or far away places. Therefore, every Indian is a Hindu by blood. If somebody denies that and claims he/she was born for an Arab father and/or mother, then he or she should pack and leave this land to where they belong to. We don't have any problem with friends of different religions with whom we have grown up from childhood. That's their belief and we need not criticize that in anyways as long as they practice their faith within their limits and do not try to score upmanship against another community. Blind and radical faith is what that creates trouble and initiates a chain reaction leading to communal frictions. An example of such offensive attitude towards other beliefs is a comment by a Muslim friend, a close friend who also happens to be a Central Government officer, criticized the ritual of tying up the banana trees in front of a house or wedding halls as a tradition in Hindu culture as a "waste" and he cited the culture. I asked him about the Millions of animals they slaughter for Bakr-Eid and he was speechless. That is the problem. If you stay put with your beliefs and don't try to enforce your blind faith on others, you are safe and every other co-inhabitant of this holy land is also safe. A lot of my Muslim friends in the Gulf agree that though they share the same religion as an Arab, they are looked down only as Indians first and the basis of their religion next by the locals. This should help understand reality for the religious fanatics among our fellow citizens based on their religion. For example, a big problem with Islamic belief, as per my understanding, is that Religion gets priority over Nationality which is utter nonsense. I am sure all of us realise that none of these terrorist attacks in the name of the ill-conceived concept of 'Jihad' can take place if every Muslim in India swears to be a law-abiding citizen and a true Nationalist. There are families falling prey to such evil designs of the few. Many such families are not just driven by fanatic principles, more often they are only driven by the lure of money. May GOD bless this Great Nation of Hindustan. May all of us rise to the occasion, realize reality and say JAI HIND in absolute unity and ONE tone.

Jai Hind!!