“Iron wills never bend” by Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur

“Iron wills never bend” by Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur

den 7 februari 2014 kl. 08:01

“Iron wills never bend”

     by Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur       First Posted: 02-06-14

On February 4th, a day before Pakistan closes down ostentatiously for the rights of Kashmiris, Pakistani intelligence agencies’ personnel harassed the Voice of Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) Long Marchers with intimidation and questions. They didn’t stop at that they even harassed a Baloch family which stopped to greet the Marchers by asking them for their National Identity Cards (NIC) numbers, telephone numbers address and the purpose of greeting the Marchers. They also harassed their host at 7 Chak Raowan Wala for that night with questions and threats. They took their NIC numbers, telephone numbers and asked how they knew these Baloch. This place was arranged by Comrade Irfan Ali of Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party (CMKP), who has now joined the march. This nuclear power is so scared out of its wits at these handful but brave and defiant Baloch that it is harassing not only them but even who come into their proximity.

Talking about Kashmir and rights is convenient and it is really doubtful if it is the Kashmiris whose rights Pakistan is anxious about or is it establishment’s desire to ensure that it gets to exploit all of Kashmir for all it is worth. In the National Assembly session on the 3rd there was uproar when Mahmood Khan Achakzai, the leader of the government-allied Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, sounded a discordant note when he said that the internationally recognised right to self-determination should not mean only a choice between India and Pakistan but also a third course like an independent Kashmir. He added that neither those describing Kashmir as the “jugular vein” of Pakistan – nor those calling it an ‘atoot ang’, (integral part) of India were Kashmiris so it is for the Kashmiris to decide. But Maulana Fazlur Rehman came up with a lame plea that the plan for the partition of then British-ruled subcontinent at independence in 1947 and resolutions passed later by the UN Security Council following the first of the two India-Pakistan wars over Kashmir gave the people of the Himalayan state the only option of choosing to accede to either of the two countries. So they are unwilling to give right of self-determination to Kashmiris; those who occupy Balochistan and ravaged Bangla Desh cannot be expected to give justice to Kashmiris. For Pakistan the only Kashmir worth existence is the Kashmir under its rule.

I digressed, The march by redoubtable Mama Abdul Qadeer Baloch, Banuk Farzana Majeed and other brave Banuks and Warnas (young man) is indeed historic as no one before has walked so long and so far for a political cause in the sub-continent. The march is for the recovery of the missing Baloch, the Baloch killed after abduction and for a life of freedom and dignity for Baloch in their own land. This solemn and dignified protest has irked the Pakistani state to no end because this small band of Baloch has taken the battle to the home turf of establishment and state in a manner that no one had ever before. This defiance has made the establishment jittery and it has now resorted to threats and intimidation not only of the marchers but also of those who have the audacity to host these brave Baloch or even greet them.

Expecting anything else from Pakistan would sheer naivety because from 27th March 1948 onwards Pakistan has relentlessly pursued the policy of persecuting Baloch with intention of intimidating them to acquiesce to the spurious ‘national interest’ which has been bandied around since 1947. The Baloch do not identify with the Pakistani ‘national interest’ and Pakistani establishment is bent upon making them do just that. The interests are irreconcilable but because the legatees of the British colonialism had accepted the British national interest due to the more stick and a little carrot policy employed by Britain they believe that this will work with the Baloch too and although they have miserably failed so far yet persist with it. Albert Einstein defined insanity thus: “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” This exactly what Pakistani establishment has been at since forcibly annexing Balochistan. Call it insane, call it asinine, call it arrogance this is what it has been doing and continues to do and will continue with.

The recently imposed Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (PPO) simply reiterates the policy of suppression that has been working here de facto and will only make it de jure. In Pakistan the culture of impunity is deeply entrenched since its creation as the war against the Baloch, Bengali Sindhi and Pashtun people proves. The ravages against the Bengali people put the barbaric blood thirsty hordes of Nadir Shah and Ahmad Shah Abdali to shame but not a single person was persecuted. In Balochistan thousands have gone missing and more than a thousand killed after abduction, this number could jump after the discovery of mass graves in Khuzdar as there may be many more mass graves. The Supreme Court has had hundred plus hearings on the missing persons issue and all that has come out it is the hot air in a quantity which would have lifted even the biggest hot air balloon. The state and its institutions are hand in gloves in the crimes against humanity. The PPO will only help the pusillanimous institutions like the SC to use it as an excuse for their uselessness.

Expecting Pakistan to change its attitude towards Baloch even when it doesn’t hesitate to harass a small group of Baloch women and boys led by a septuagenarian is a dream only people like Dr. Malik and Co can dream about. But then it is not the Baloch welfare that they seek they seek their own welfare even if it comes at cost of dignity and self-respect. Then again anyone with an iota of self-respect or dignity would not become a tool for those who have persecuted the Baloch relentlessly and ruthlessly.

States too like people are incorrigible and the incorrigibility of Pakistani establishment and immutability of its policies and attitudes always remind me of a wonderful qatta of Sheikh Saadi; it goes thus:

Haich Saikal Nako Na Danad Kard

Aahanay Ra Kay Bad Gauhar Bashad

Choon Bood Asal Johari Qabil

Tarbiat Ra Dar o Asar Bashad

Sag Ba Darya i Haftgana Bashoi

Kay Cho Tar Shud Paleed Tar Bashad

Khar e Essa Garish Ba Mecca Barand

Choon Bi Aayad Hanoz Khar Bashad

Translation

The best whetstones will useless be

If the swords of pig iron sharpened be

Training and tempering serves only those

Honourable of soul and mind if they be

A dog bathed in seven seas isn’t a whit pure

For the wetter it gets the uncleaner it turns out to be

If Essa’s ass for a Makkan trip taken be

An ass it was and an ass it will always be.

It is absolutely certain that Pakistan will not change its policies and attitudes of relentless and ruthless persecution of Baloch but they should also not be in any doubt that Baloch too are steadfast in their commitment to their struggle. If anything which shows the unfaltering resolve, determination and iron-will of Baloch is the VBMP long march which in spite of overwhelming odds has set new benchmarks for those struggling for Baloch rights. This march like the fight by the Sarmachars in the mountains is expression of invincible Baloch resolve which is committed to fight till the very end and final victory. The iron-will of Baloch is unbendable and indestructible; neither the brave VBMP Marchers nor the ordinary Baloch are going to be cowed by the atrocities or harassment by Pakistan.

The writer has an association with the Baloch rights movement going back to the early 1970s. He tweets at mmatalpur and can be contacted at mmatalpur@gmail.com

Illustration: S.Baloch

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A black hole for media in Balochistan

Journalists face major difficulties in reporting from Pakistan's troubled southwestern province. Karlos Zurutuza Last updated: 05 Feb 2014 08:25

London, United Kingdom - "It is, by far, Pakistan's most hermetic province, even more than several among the tribal areas," said Pau Miranda, a correspondent for Spain's EFE news agency. "Being caught in Balochistan without permission almost means being automatically expelled from the country." Miranda, who has been based in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, since 2009, was only able to set foot in restive Balochistan after last September's earthquake in what he described as "a very rare occasion to travel south". Balochistan is Pakistan's biggest yet least populated province, sharing borders with Iran and Afghanistan. The territory, roughly the size of France, boasts enormous reserves of gold, gas and copper, as well as untapped sources of oil and uranium. In addition, Balochistan has enormous strategic importance as a hub for future oil and gas pipelines and for its 1,000km coast at the gates of the Gulf. Since Pakistan's independence, ethnic Baloch separatists have launched a series of armed uprisings against the central Pakistani government, which has often responded harshly. Groups such as Amnesty International have frequently denounced what they describe as forced disappearances and "kill and dump" policies directed against the Baloch. In its 2013 annual report, Amnesty claimed that the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances made its first ever visit to the country in September 2013, but that key officials refused to meet with them. Crossing the line Declan Walsh, an Islamabad-based correspondent for nine years with The Guardian and The New York Times, is among the few reporters who have ever dared to cross that red line and report on the brutality allegedly suffered by the Baloch people at the hands of the Pakistani government. Two days before Pakistan went to the polls on May 11, 2013, policemen handed Walsh a letter ordering him to leave the country within 72 hours due to his "undesirable activities". "The Balochistan story is one of the most difficult to cover in Pakistan," the Irish journalist told Al Jazeera from his temporary home in London. "The authorities don't like foreign journalists entering the province unaccompanied and rarely give permission. They say this is for security reasons. But they also don't want reporters snooping around in an area where so much militant activity is taking place - Taliban, sectarian and nationalist - and where the security agencies either lack control, or have historical ties with some of these groups." Yet Walsh was lucky compared to his predecessor. Carlotta Gall, who also worked for the Times, was badly beaten in Balochistan's capital, Quetta, in 2006 - by men who identified themselves as members of a special branch of the Pakistan police and who accused her of "being in Quetta without permission". "One agent punched me twice in the face and head and knocked me to the floor. I was left with bruises on my arms, temple and cheekbone, swelling of my eye and a sprained knee," Gall told reporters after the incident. Her mobile phone, computer and notebooks were also seized. 'Self-censorship' It's crystal-clear that foreign journalists are not welcome in Balochistan. But what about the local ones? Ahmed Rashid is a best-selling Pakistani writer and renowned Central Asia commentator who was an activist on behalf of Balochistan in his youth. "You have to consider the precarious conditions under which local reporters are working in Balochistan province," he told Al Jazeera. "Many of them do not even receive a salary, and there are several newspapers [and] television [stations] that do not even bother to have a stringer there... Moreover, reporters are threatened from almost every side: the secret services, the Baloch movement, the groups targeting Shias… often we don't even get to know who is behind an attack." Abdul Razzak, a reporter for the Balochi-language Daily Tawar, went missing in March 2013. His body was discovered in Karachi on August 21. Reporters without Borders reported that Razzak's body was so badly mutilated that it took the family 24 hours to identify it. The Paris-based NGO ranked Pakistan 159th on itsWorld Press Freedom Index, labelling it as "one of the most difficult countries for journalists". Rashid cited "self-censorship", saying some journalists "tend not to report on the issue for sheer survival. And if it's not in the Pakistani media, it will hardly reach the outside world, as Western media basically relies on Pakistani sources". Ignored by world media Malik Siraj Akbar is a Baloch writer and the editor of the first online newspaper in English on Balochistan's issues. It's been banned in Pakistan since 2010. Many of his editorials touch on the dire situation of local reporters, and highlight the hurdles Balochistan faces in being discussed by foreign media. "The Western media covers the whole Aghanistan-Pakistan region with a special focus on the 'war on terror', Islamic fundamentalism and issues of religious terrorism. There is scant realisation that the Baloch nationalist movement is absolutely different from the Taliban movement. In fact, the Baloch movement is the antithesis of the Taliban and Islamic movements," said Akbar, who today lives in exile in the US. Akbar added that the Western media often sees the Baloch movement as a "byproduct" of the war in Afghanistan, or treats it as a domestic Pakistani issue. But since the recent discovery of mass graves in his native province, he is among the many journalists calling on the UN to send a fact-finding mission to investigate. The Asian Human Rights Commissionreported that more than 100 bodies have been recovered from the graves. Pakistani officials, however, deny these claims, arguing that the total number of bodies is only 15. Nevertheless, last Friday, Abdul Qadir Baloch, the minister for states and frontier regions, announced that the government would launch an inquiry into the mass graves. "It's outrageous: The mainstream national media has systematically snubbed the story. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have not issued statements," complained Akbar. "There is widespread anger among us, the Baloch, and those who believe in human rights, over such brutal acts - as well as over the silence of the Pakistani government authorities and the media. Unfortunately, all this comes as no surprise for us." Follow Karlos Zurutuza on Twitter: @karloszurutuza Click through our slideshow below for more images from Balochistan.

Source: Al Jazeera

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TØFT: Pakistanske soldater i Baluchistan beskyldes for grove overgrep mot sivilbefolkningen. Nå er det funnet nye massegraver, men militæret har stengt av området der de er funnet. Foto: Banaras KHAN, AFP/Scanpix

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Norske Ehsan Arjemandi har vært forsvunnet i Baluchistan i nesten fem år:

– Frykter for Ehsans liv

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drap: Nye massegraver viser at ­Pakistan fortsetter sin politikk med forsvinninger og likvideringer i Baluchistan. – Norge må gjøre mer for å finne min bror Ehsan, sier Mohammed Arjemandi.

Pakistan

7. august var den norske statsborgeren Ehsan Arjemandi på vei med buss fra Mand, en liten by i Baluchistan på grensen mot Iran, til havnebyen Karachi. Han skulle søke legehjelp i Karachi og deretter reise hjem til Norge. Men bussen ble stanset av pakistanske sikkerhetsagenter som tok ham med seg.

– Nå er det fire år og sju måneder siden Ehsan forsvant. Jeg har reist verden rundt for å få hjelp, og ruinert meg økonomisk for å forsøke å finne ham, sier broren Mohammed Arjemandi på telefon fra De forente arabiske emirater.

Der bor nå Ehsan Arjemandis kone for å få hjelp fra storfamilien med sine to epilepsisyke barn. Både Mohammed og Ehsan Arjemandis familie er norske statsborgere.

For to år siden fikk familien via hemmelige kilder høre at Ehsan Arjemandi var sett i live i et fengsel i Malir i Sindh-provinsen i Pakistan.

– Seinere har vi fått høre at han blir holdt i det pashtunske stammeområdet Malakand, forteller broren.

OPPDAGET MASSEGRAV

Mens oppmerksomheten er fiksert på Tekrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) i den nordvestre provinsen Khyber Pakhtunkhwa og de autonome stammeområdene langs grensa til Afghanistan, pågår det en skitten krig i den sørvestre provinsen Baluchistan, som grenser til Afghanistan og Iran.

Forrige lørdag ble det avdekket en massegrav i Tutak i Khuzdar-distriktet, med femten lik som har gått i oppløsning, ifølge flere pakistanske medier. Likene har ligget der i vel én måned og er ennå ikke blitt identifiserte.

Khuzdar ligger på den sørlige hovedveien gjennom Baluchistan fra provinshovedstaden Quetta til havnebyen Karachi, og er det mest urolige området i provinsen. Det er der det foregår flest forsvinninger og drap, utført av de mange ulike militære og sikkerhetstjenestene som opererer i området.

Ifølge Asia Human Rights Commission har det nå blitt avdekket 169 lik i tre ulike massegraver i distriktet, melder Deutsche Welle.

Menneskerettsorganisasjoner har bedt FN sende etterforskere til Khuzdar og å granske menneskerettsforholdene i Baluchistan.

FRYKTER LIKENE ER BORTFØRTE

Nestlederen i Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP), Nasrullah Baloch, frykter at likene er personer som familiene har meldt forsvunnet etter at de har blitt arrestert av sikkerhetstjenesten.

Mange av likene er fulle av kuler og bærer spor av grov tortur.

Khuzdars visekommissær sier til Express Tribune at de leter etter flere massegraver i distriktet.

Statistikken for 2013 viser at det ikke har skjedd noen endring i politikken etter at Pakistans People Party (PPP) tok over etter generalpresident Pervez Musharraf i 2008.

Praksis har åpenbart ikke endret seg etter at Nawaz Sharif fra Pakistan Muslim League tok over som statsminister i juni, eller etter valget i mai som ga Baluchistan ny provinsregjering.

Ifølge VBMP ble 160 personer drept i utenomjuridiske likvidasjoner, 510 er fortsatt forsvunnet etter arrestasjoner og femti oppløste lik var funnet før de siste tre massegravene i Khuzdar ble avdekket.

Baloch Republican Party (BRP) hevder at militæretterretningen Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) drifter Taliban-gruppa til mulla Shafiq Mengal, Muslah Difa Tanzeem, som drepte Rais Qudoos Mengal, organisator for Balochistan National Party (Mengal) i Khuzdar 31. desember.

BRP anklager ISI og den lokale dødsskvadronene i Sui for å stå bak kidnappingen av Ali Hussain Bugti i Mat 29. desember. Bugti-klanen er kjente nasjonalister i Baluchistan.

FRYKTER FOR BRORENS LIV

Mohammed Arjemandi har fulgt nøye med på nyhetene om de nye massegravene som er oppdaget.

– Frykter dere at din bror kan være en av dem som er funnet i gravene?

– Det gjør vi sjølsagt. Vi tenker at muligheten for at han er i live eller drept er 50/50 prosent, sier Mohammed Arjemandi.

Han etterspør større engasjement fra norske myndigheter i saken.

– Vi synes at norske myndigheter har vært vage i denne saken. I andre situasjoner, som i Kongo-saken, er de høyt på banen med en gang, mens vi føler at vi er blitt nedprioritert. Om det er på grunn av hudfarge eller at vi er sett som andrerangs statsborgere, veit ikke jeg, sier han.

– Det er vanskelige forhold for å finne savnede i Baluchistan?

– Det hjelper ikke. Norge veit godt at denne delen av Pakistan er dominert av Storbritannia, mens andre halvdelen er dominert av USA. Norge bør be sine britiske venner om hjelp. De bør be om DNA-test av likene som er funnet nå, eller be Pakistan slippe til nøytrale aktører, som Internasjonale Røde Kors. Slik det er, har militæret stengt av området rundt gravene og slipper ingen til.

Arjemandi mener at det ikke er skygge av tvil om at det er pakistanske militære som har bortført broren hans, og mener at Norge bør gå tungt på Pakistan for å få vite hva som har skjedd med den norske statsborgeren.

– Norge bør også ta opp saken i FN og bruke alle kanaler som finnes, sier Arjemandi.

– Utenrikstjenesten har lagt ned mye arbeid i denne saken og jobber aktivt med den på flere fronter, sier Kristin Enstad, talsperson for utenriksministeren, til Klassekampen.

– Vi benytter enhver anledning til å ta opp Arjemandi-saken, og vil fortsatt arbeide aktivt for å få fram mer informasjon i tida framover. Disse nye opplysningen vil vi ta med i det videre arbeidet, forsikrer Enstad.

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اعدام مخفیانه 15 زندانی بلوچ در زندان چابهار 15 balocher avrättades under sveriges utrikesministers besök i Iran!

اعدام جنایتکارانه ١۵ زندانى دیگر بلوچ در چابهار
فعالان در تبعيد: ١۵ زندانى بلوچ زندان چابهار، صبح روز چهارشنبه ١۶ بهمن ١٣۹٢، به طور مخفيانه اعدام شدند.

07/02/214

بنا بر اطلاع “کمپين صلح فعالان در تبعيد”، اتهام برخى از اين زندانيان، بمبگذارى روز ۲۴ آذر ۱۳۸۹ مصادف با تاسوعا در شهر چابهار، اعلام شده است.

بمبگذارى چابهار، طى حملات انتحارى در ميان گروهى از عزاداران شيعه و نزديک مسجد امام حسين چابهار به ‌وسيلهٔ دو بمب‌گذار انتحارى انجام شده بود.
خبرگزاري‌هاى رسمى در آن زمان از کشته‌شدن حداقل ۳۹ نفر، از جمله يک سرباز وظيفه و سه درجه‌دار نيروى انتظامى خبر دادند.

کمپين فعالين بلوچ اما اتهامات وارده به زندانيان اعدام شده، را رد کرده و گزارش مى دهد که خسرو ريگى يکى از اين اعدام شدگان، در زمان بمبگذارى تاسوعاى چابهار در کشور قطر به سر مى برده است و پس از بازگشت به ايران بازداشت شده است.

طبق گزارش اين کمپين، يکى از اعدام شدگان از اهالى لوتک زابل به نام خسرو براهوى است و دو نفر ديگر از اعدام شدگان دو برادر از طايفه ريگى بوده‌اند و دو نفر ديگر که بازهم نسبت برادرى با يکديگر داشته اند از تيره مير بوده اند.

تا اين لحظه مقامات رسمى جمهورى اسلامى ايران در خصوص اعدام اين ١۵ تن اظهار نظرى نکرده و از جزئيات اتهامات و اسامى اين ١۵ نفر اطلاع دقيقى در دست نيست.

ايران از سال ١۹۷۶، به ميثاق بين المللى حقوق سياسى و مدنى ملحق شده است و به موجب ماده ٦ آن، نسبت به الغاء مجازات مرگ، تعهد بين الملى دارد.

اما بر خلاف تعهدات بين المللى، همواره اصل “لغو مجازات اعدام”، توسط مقامات جمهورى اسلامى ايران ناديده گرفته شده است.

بر اساس آمار مرکز اسناد حقوق بشر ايران در سال ۲۰۱۳، بيش از ۵۹۴ نفر در ايران اعدام شده‌اند که از اين رقم، ۳۱۷ نفر در ۵ ماه دوران رياست جمهورى حسن روحانى بوده است.

٢٨در همين خصوص، ٢٨ آذر ١٣۹٢، مجمع عمومى سازمان ملل متحد، با صدور قطع نامه‌اى نسبت به “نقض جدى و مستمر حقوق بشر” و “تداوم هشداردهنده اجراى گسترده احکام اعدام در ايران” ابراز نگرانى کرد.

اما صادق لاريجانى، رئيس قوه قضائيه جمهورى اسلامى ايران در جلسه مسئولان قضايى، با انتقاد از “مخالفت” با اعدام گفته است که مخالفت با اعدام، در واقع مخالفت با حکم اسلام است زيرا قصاص نص قرآن کريم است.

صادق لاريجانى در سالگرد تشکيل شوراى عالى انقلاب فرهنگى سخن ميگفت، اضافه کرد: “در برابر نصوص اسلامى مانند حکم قصاص نميتوان گفت که کدام قرائت چه ميگويد؟ زيرا ما يک اسلام بيشتر نداريم که مرجع معتبر و صحت تفسير آن هم، فهم ‘روشمند و مضبوط’ مراجع تقليد و علماى دين است.”

نامه جمعی از زندانیان اهل‌سنت رجایی شهرنامه جمعی از زندانیان اهل‌سنت رجایی شهر

خبرگزاری هرانا – ۵۴ تن از زندانیان اهل‌سنت زندان رجایی شهر کرج طی نامه‌ای می‌نویسند: «آقای یونسی بابیان اینکه گروهی شیعه تندرو به مقدسات اهل سنت توهین می‌کنند مسبب و علت اصلی نا‌آرامی‌ها و عکس العمل مبلغان اهلسنت در دفاع از عقیده خود را معرفی می‌کند تا بار دیگر مظلومیت اهلسنت و بالاخص زندانیان اینبار از زبان یکی ازمسولان بلندپایه حکومت برای مردم روشن گردد.»

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Protest outside the UNHRC building in Geneva.

Khuzdar mass graves: Balochistan govt's report in SC

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Published 2014-02-04 10:27:49

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ISLAMABAD: District Coordination Officer (DCO) Khuzdar Abdul Waheed Shah on Tuesday presented the Balochistan government's report on the discovery of mass graves in the region in the Supreme Court, DawnNews reported.

A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Tasadduq Hussain Jillani, heard the suo motu case relating to the unearthing of 13 decomposed bodies from the mass graves.

The report said DNA samples had been collected from the bodies, adding that the bodies were being kept in Civil Hospital Khuzdar for identification.

It further said that two bodies found in the mass graves had been identified — one of Qadir Bakhsh and the other of Naseer Ahmed. Both bodies were handed over to family members.

Also during today’s hearing, Home Secretary Balochistan Asad Gilani told the bench that the inquiry tribunal formed to probe the matter and comprising Justice Noor Maskanzai would complete its workings in a month's time.

The provincial government has also constituted a special medical board comprising four members in this regard.

The bench later adjourned the hearing to March 7.

http://www.dawn.com/news/1084876/khuzdar-mass-graves-balochistan-govts-report-in-sc

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"Mannen säger: Du kan också få jobb på en juristfirma - om du inte ser ut som en terrorist"

 

Nadia N Sultana

KRÖNIKA - av Nadia N Sultana, snart färdig jur.kand

Sverige år 2012. Ett demokratiskt land. Ett land där man blir respekterad för den man är - oavsett religion, kön, etnicitet, politik, färg och så vidare.

Sverige är mitt land. Min nationalitet. Mitt hem. Personligen är jag dock lika mycket bengal som jag är svensk. Jag har mitt ursprung i Bangladesh och lever mitt ”nu” i Sverige. Jag är inte mindre svensk för att jag har ett annat ursprung. Jag är inte heller mindre svensk för att jag är muslim.

Kungsholmen – hjärtat av Stockholm i mitten av oktober. Det är sen höst och staden vilar i en gråskala. Jag går på gatan tillsammans med min vän och mitt hjärta fylls av kärlek. Stockholm är en så otroligt vacker stad!

Vi letar bland gatorna och ser lyktor lite längre bort. En gammaldags byggnad. Det är här som ett möte ska äga rum – med mingel och diskussion kring ämnen som ekonomi och juridik. Vi är inbjudna som juriststudenter. Jag har bara en termin kvar av studierna och sedan är jag en av dem! 

En man vid ingången tar våra kavajer, ger oss en broschyr och hälsar oss välkomna. Det bjuds på fika och jag träffar många intressanta personer. Vi har livliga diskussioner kring juristens liv och vardag.

Sedan kommer en man fram till mig. Han står med ett vinglas i handen och säger:

”Jaha – skulle det finnas muslimer här, det visste jag inte”.

Han skrattar till. Innan jag hinner svara småler han och säger:

”Du kan väl svenska? Do you speak Swedish? How long have you been here?”

Jag ler brett mot honom och säger: ”Hej, hur står det till…”

”Jo det är bra, det är bra… Men du svarade inte på frågan om hur länge har du har varit i Sverige? Hur kommer det sig att du är här? Känner du någon här?”

”Jag har varit här ett tag. Jag har nog samma anledning till att vara här som alla andra – att ha en trevlig kväll tillsammans med er alla. Eller är du här av någon annan anledning?”

Han svarar hastigt:

”Nej, nej, samma för mig... Jag tänkte på att du är muslim. Därför frågade jag vad du gör här. Hur kom du in?”

Jag skrattar till:

”Visst är jag muslim men jag är inte något spöke. Jag kom in genom dörren precis som alla andra.”

Han skrattar och säger:

”Du pratar ganska bra svenska, nästa lika bra som en svensk.”

”Nästan?” frågar jag.

Han fortsätter oberört:

”Jag förstår inte varför en söt tjej som du ska ha slöja. Ta av dig den. Det finns så mycket rasism överallt och i den här branschen är rasismen som mest extrem. Folk pratar inte öppet men de är rasister.”

Han fortsätter:

”Titta på mig... Jag är också invandrare - och muslim faktiskt - men jag ser inte ut som en terrorist för det. Idag arbetar jag på en juristfirma och har det jättebra i livet. Du kan också få det så. Jag säger inte det här för att kritisera dig utan som ett råd för hur du ska lyckas i livet.”

Nu har mitt leende försvunnit. Mitt hjärta fylls av tårar och jag vet inte om jag ska bli arg eller börja gråta.

Jag tar ett djupt andetag och säger:

”Jag är inte bara muslim. Jag är en stolt muslim. Det här är min religion, min livsstil och min personlighet. Professionellt sett är jag jurist och jag är säker på att jag kommer att lyckas i livet. Den här tygbiten – min sjal – kommer inte hindra mig utan snarare leda mig till framgång, om Gud vill.

Jag fortsätter:

”Jag är en tjej med invandrarbakgrund – en muslim och jurist från Stockholm. Mitt blod är rött, jag har två ögon, en näsa och en mun och om du anser att det här utseendet är samma sak som att vara terrorist så kryllar Sverige av terrorister. Är det så du menar?”

Jag märker att folk börjar samlas omkring oss. Han säger att han egentligen inte vet hur en terrorist ser ut, att han bara vill mitt bästa. Sedan kommer en man, troligtvis hans vän, och för bort honom.

Andra människor kommer fram till mig och säger att de tar avstånd från honom. Under kvällen kommer flera advokater – som ser ut som ”helsvenskar” – och säger att de skulle ha smällt till honom om de hade varit i min sits.

Jag såg inte mannen mer men det ska tilläggas att det faktiskt blev en trevlig kväll trots allt.

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