Whereas Kashmiri Overseas Association and All India Kashmir Samaj have noted that Omar Abdullah Chief Minister has admitted that he was misguided in his administration’s handling of the Kaunsar Nag yatra which has provoked Global outrage among the Kashmiri Pandits specifically and Hindus generally. Whereas there has been no action taken against those officials and
Read moreThe Board of the Indo-American Kashmir Forum (IAKF) held a meeting to discuss the outcome of the extraordinary Indian elections and its likely impact on US-India relations. The Board noted with great satisfaction that the world’s largest democracy had provided its peoples – irrespective of their religion, linguistics, caste and creed – an opportunity to
Read moreAfter today’s Eid Namaz an armed mob of 20,000 Muslims marched toward Hindus & attacked them. Many Hindus were severely injured & some are critical. While this was happening, a mob attacked & burnt shops & housed owned by Hindus. Serious arson, looting & murders went on for long since the morning Namaz. Until afternoon
Read moreJuly 4th, 2012 Boston, Massachusetts Source: Indo-American Kashmir Forum (IAKF) For Immediate Release: IAKF condemns Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s Xenophobic statements The Indo-American Kashmir Forum (IAKF, www.iakf.org) strongly condemns Hurriyat (Geelani) leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s statements wherein he has shown his true colors as a xenophobic demagogue by setting conditions for Kashmiri Hindus’ return
Read moreBeginning in 1989, a systematic campaign by Islamist militants cleansed nearly 400,000 Hindus from the Kashmir Valley. Many of these Kashmiri Hindus (Pandits) continue to live in squalid refugee camps with no hope of returning home. On August 1, 2011, Congressman Frank Pallone introduced H. Res 387 which recognizes and condemns the religious persecution and human rights violations faced by Kashmiri Hindus. The resolution is currently pending before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The briefing will provide an overview of the historical background and delve into the modern-day complexities of the region.
Read moreJuly 19, 2011 Boston, Massachusetts Source: Indo-American Kashmir Forum (IAKF) For Immediate Release: IAKF Commends the FBI for exposing ISI’s covert lobbying operations in the US Indo-American Kashmir Forum (IAKF, www.iakf.org) takes a strong note of FBI’s arrest of lobbyist Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, the Executive Director of the Kashmiri American Council (KAC) and the
Read moreThe Indo-European Kashmir Forum’s seminar on 30 March was attended by the following British Politicians and the Parliamentarians and the representatives of the various Hindu Organizations :- Baroness Emma Nicholson,a life Peer, the Rapporteur of the kashmir Report of 2007,chair of APPG for Business Development in Iraq and a former MEP.
Read moreIAKF welcomes and supports Senator Brown’s contention that Kashmiri Pandit culture is at the verge of extinction and can prosper only in its native land of Kashmir valley. IAKF agrees with Senator Brown’s position that “it is imperative that the minority community of Kashmiri Pandits be included in any regional dialog concerning the future of
Read moreThe demonstration supported and attended by a large number of Indian groups and displaced Kashmiri Hindus strongly resented and protested Government of India’s soft-attitude and appeasement policies towards Kashmiri Muslim secessionists and terrorists operating in the Kashmir valley. More than 150 protestors rejected Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s overtures to grant more autonomy to the
Read moreIAKF also condemns some sections of mainstream Indian media that have adopted appeasing policies towards the forces whose agenda is the total balkanization of India. It is shameful on the part of the media to abuse the freedom of press by promoting secessionist agenda of Kashmiri Muslim separatists and terrorists while ignoring the plight of
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