@article{al-Ahsan_2017, title={THE NEVER-ENDING KASHMIR DISPUTE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND PEACE}, volume={22}, url={https://journals.iium.edu.my/shajarah/index.php/shaj/article/view/586}, DOI={10.31436/shajarah.v22i1.586}, abstractNote={<p>The Kashmir dispute is one of the oldest unresolved conflicts in the<br>annals of the United Nations. India has concealed its duplicity<br>behind “democracy” in this dispute. As a result of the romantic<br>fascination for his ancestral land, the first Indian Prime Minister,<br>Jawaharlal Nehru, wanted to retain Kashmir as a part of India which<br>turned out to be one of the deadliest international conflicts of the 20th<br>century. On the surface Nehru wanted to demonstrate India’s “secular” character by incorporating Muslim-majority Kashmir into<br>India. The Delhi administration has consistently manipulated this<br>dispute in India’s favor through political, diplomatic, emotional and<br>intellectual means and has successfully used the media and<br>think-tanks to solicit support for it. Pakistan, on the other hand,<br>although initially committed to the idea of self-determination for the<br>people of Kashmir, has been inconsistent and undiplomatic in<br>supporting the cause. Clandestine agencies have created groups<br>among Kashmiri people, and occasionally made them fight against<br>one another. The conflict in neighboring Afghanistan contributed<br>to the deteriorating situation in Kashmir. Overall, Kashmir has<br>become a source of constant intimidation within the Muslim society<br>today.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)}, author={al-Ahsan, Abdullah}, year={2017}, month={Jul.}, pages={1–27} }