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Submitted by salman (United States), Dec 30, 2006 at 20:12

1) At the time (~1500 years ago), there was no Urdu, nor a Pakistan. The language of Pakistan, Urdu, is based on arabic, farsi, trukish, and (I believe) french and, as a result, came about much later.

Mohammad (PBUH) spoke arabic because that's where he was born -- he was not, however, simply a prophet for the arab/middle eastern region of the world. According to some of the trade stories that I've read, I would have to state that arabic was more widespread in the world at that time, than now, as many merchants and traders spoke the language -- as such, the message of Islam was spread further. Of course, this is only my assumption, I can't really say what was God's plan.

2) You keep mentioning the 'brutalization' of my 'ancestors', but I'm lost as to what you're basing this on. From my knowledge of history, those that lived in the post-1947 india were 'brutalized' but that was at the hands of 1) the british empire, and 2) due to the civil war which errupted when India and Pakistan were forming. If you're going to make such claims, please, at least, provide some documentation to backup your claims.

3) Lastly, your statement of 'Allah, the God of Arabs,' is incorrect -- I assume you know what the word 'Allah' means, as you appear to be versed in Arabic well enough -- Allah is God. The same God that jews worship, the same God (catholics being the exception, I believe) that christians worship, the same God that muslims worship.

I get the feeling that you do not really have a real basis for that which are you stating over and over, and simply want to carry on a biggoted, uninformed, argument. As such, this will probably be my last reply.

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