Word: moslem
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been an invigorating one for that patient group of diplomats which meets at Lake Success. At last they have seen two nations come before the United Nations with a seemingly insoluble problem, with diametrically opposed viewpoints, and consent to arbitrate their differences. A speech by the Indian delegate charging Moslem aggression, a five and a half hour talkathen by the Pakistan Foreign Minister Mohammaz Zafrullah Khan indicting India for "genocide," a quick vote and the discussion moved into the offices of M. van Langenhowe, Chairman of the Security Council...
Neither side is likely to underestimate the difficulty involved in reaching an agreement. India feels that Kashmir is rightfully hers despite an overwhelming Moslem population--the Hindu ruler preferred to stay out of Mohammedan Pakistan. She claims that the invading Punjab tribesmen have the backing of the Pakistan, Government and points out that the raiders have recently used light artillery and are singularly well equipped. Pakistan naturally feels that Kashmir is wrongfully in the enemy camp, but at the same time claims that the fault lies not with her, but with an Indian which is charged with trying to ruin...
...Qureshi, charged the prosecution, was a Moslem League hothead who not only led the mob outside Dr. Joshi's hospital, but fired the shot which killed the Hindu doctor. Furthermore, the prosecution produced six witnesses to prove it. All of them were Hindu or Sikh...
...Moslem witness could be found to support the prosecution; no Sikh or Hindu witness would support Dr. Qureshi's alibi. When the testimony concluded last week, the judge decided matters for himself: "The accused is sentenced to death." The judge was a Hindu...
Nothing more might have been heard of Dr. Joshi's death if he had not been a friend of Mohandas Gandhi; when he expressed his outrage, Indian police set forth to track down the murderer. Ten days later they arrested Dr. Joshi's neighbor, Moslem Dr. Abdul Qureshi...