Ferdowsi was a Tajik (Persian) Greatest Personality in the World from Khorasan "The Land of Sunrise" now known as Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Samaqand, Bukhara and most parts of Iran... Khorasan is a land that is today known as Afghanistan, Afghanistan means the land of Afghans, Awghan, Patans or Pashtoons also spelt as Pashtun. These names are variants of one name, Afghan. It should be noted that Afghans are a great people however, the modern day Afghanistan is a mosaic of various ethnicities and the name Afghanistan is misleading and possessive. It is not representative of all. The name issue has become a fault line through which foreigners have divided our people and managed to used one group against the other. Today Many Muslims wonder why other ethnic groups are not fighting against the current occupation. I went to the north of the country and put this question to many people. The answer was that in the past we fought against the soviets and when the war finished a large number of Afghans (Pashtoons) did not want to fairly share power with us on the ground that this is Afghanistan the land of Afghans, Awghans or Pashtoons, not the land of Tajiks or Uzbeks or Hazaras. So they say this time we are not going to help in the fight, we have our area under our control and that's what matters. As you can see my dear brothers possessiveness (انحصار طلبی ) has caused trouble amongst us, this situation has prolonged occupation. We have to bridge this gap and restore everyone's confidence in the future of the country by making all the people a share holder in our land. Therefore I propose a radical solution, at first it looks difficult but with fair mindedness and love of Islam we could over come our long held prejudices and see the logic of this proposal, Insha'Allah. I advocate a name change that is to go back to the neutral and inclusive name of Khorasan which was once the name of this country prior to the rise of nation state. Khorasan means the land of sunrise it does not belong to any single ethnic group. Remember that the companions of the Prophet (pbuh) knew our land by the name Khorasan. Therefore I support Khorasan and this is its future emblem and flag. Let's pray to Allah that we be that nation which rises from this region who invite people to righteousness and warn of vice. Let us embrace unity and diversity, let's not think that unity means singularity of culture, language and ethnicity. We must be united in purpose, in believing that Allah is one and that Islam is the religion chosen by Allah for humanity, and that justice is the underlying principle of Shariah and governance. We can do well by creating a system of federalism that fits our situation. Let's resists occupation, invasion and interference. Let's rise as Muslims of Khorasan and be a beacon of light for humanity and the needy people of the world. Let's not think that Islam is a religion of Muslims. Islam is a religion of humanity. Let's be developed and progressive, let us embrace revolution in the face of stagnation, let us embrace martyrdom, in the face of humiliation and let us embrace knowledge in the face of ignorance. Let's read as the Quran has commanded us and let's speak as the Quran has commanded us. These two methods are our primary method and when logic is blocked by the mountains of arrogance and ignorance we shall call to arm. This is the method of our beloved Mohammed (pbuh) the final messenger of Allah (swt)to humanity, and this is the method that was acted upon by his companions under the leadership of the four rightly guided Caliphs.

• published: 28 Dec 2013
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