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Peshawar: Hi sir, after a long time, I used to write in your forum but I lost the ID. I am from Pakistan and I used to discuss things in 2005 and you appreciated.
William: Yes, indeed I remember
William: You sent me photos of Pakistan which looked like the North
East of American in the Fall… with pine trees
Peshawar: I am safe and sound among bombs , blasts, aggression, foreign or internal, and and unprecedent situation, haha howp sir u wll be safe and sound, yes sir
William: well, safe in NYC for right now
William: you are surrounded by much war activity…
William: are you near Lahore, what is your city
Peshawar: Same person , at that time I was student , now teacher or
lecturer in the university and college, so bit professional but still
need your benign shade and kind words.
William: Which city are you near so I may visualize on a map
Peshawar: Peshhawar, and personally belong to area,where recently
Taliban and govt fought interim war and people were displaced
William: Aha, you are near Peshhawar… or did you move
Which languages are you fluent in besides English and I
assume Urdu
Peshawar: not so unprecedent like Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Cuba,
and Mexico
Peshawar: I speak Urdu and Pushto
William: One acquaintance long ago in Lahore told me she must both
filter and then boil drinking water… how is your water situation?
must you filter and then boil
Peshawar: Sir I am looking forward for Phd now, will take admission very soon in mphil in Pakistan or outside Pakistan if God wills
William: aha you speak Pushto
William: do you know very many who are sincerely practicing Islam…
What is your position… must you come regularly to Masjid? I have
friend in Tehran who never goes
Peshawar: Sir we have good quality water in Peshawar, and my village,
there are springs, pure drinking water,
William: Do the people that you know seem to hate America? It is ok to
tell me negative things I shall not be offended. What do they think of
Obama. Do you know of many people who are in favor of Taliban? Or
are many there against Taliban
Peshawar: Sir, I do believe that one must have religion, irrespective,
Islam, Christainity or Judiasm Hinduism or any..
William: Regarding Islam, I was simply curious if there is a social
pressure for people to attend mosque…. in Tehran it is possible to
never attend, as long as one does not break rules of dress code in street. In Tehran the morality police inspect to tear down forbidden
satellite TV dishes… and the people just put them back up
Peshawar: once Stalin the president of ussr was depressed he asked a
doctor to prescribe medicine, the doctor asked him, do you believe in God, if so it will release your pressure, but Stalin said I am an athiest, and I do not believe on doctor,
William: in Peshawar, during Ramadan, are people punished if seen
eating or drinking during the daylight hours
William: Stalin is interesting because he died of old age in bed, ..
he was not assassinated, executed. So Stalin was successful in his exercise of power
Peshawar: the doctor said , then do believe in Satan, it wll decrease
your pressure, and Stalin said from now forward America is my Satin,
I am not personal, just believe on some thing
William: Is there a big problem in Peshawar with AIDS/Hiv infection?
Is the news suppressed…. can you ever read Al Jezeera news?
Peshawar: sorry I could not convey my point proper, but I believe
Peshawar: no sorry, no big problem like big cities
William: is there a black market in alcohol where you are…. is there
any problem with alcohol or drug addiction
William: in Tehran, the alcoholics are punished more severely than the
heroin addicts because Qur’an forbids alcohol but not heroin
(explicitly)
Peshawar: Drug addiction very common and cheap, even sitting next to
my home,
William: yes, because the opium is produced in nearby Afghanistan i
suppose
William: I spoke to a store owner in Brooklyn who is from Yemen… he
said in Yemen there is ONE thing you cannot get EVEN on black
market….. PORK (pig)
William: but you can get whiskey/vodka in black market illegally
Peshawar: i do not know about that, here too we have laws but not so
sever, never never compare iran with pakistan though we faces terrorism and malign names but here people are western in thier style
William: interesting
William: I am very glad to hear from you… I sometimes think of you
Peshawar: yes of course so common, available easy, but more common
herion opium etc
William: how do you access internet? by telephone dial up? by
cable…. how?
Peshawar: thank you to remember me,
William: can you access Facebook? I am on facebook all the time…
William: Facebook is banned in Tehran by my friend gets it through a
PROXY
William: IT IS good that you made progress and are an instructor
headed towards PhD
Peshawar: Do you know internet facility is most cheapest among the
world, just imagine, for one dollor, mite be 20 hours, wirless phone ,
through mobile, through optical fiber
William: wow
William: I did notice that there are inexpensive internet providers
located in Pakistan… if i remember
William: do many people in your town greatly dislike India
Peshawar: and imagine mobile phone talk for one hour on just 4 rupees
now one dollor equal to 86 rupees
William: In India, when Paki cricket team scores, the Indian Muslims
cheer… even though they are Indian and not Pakistani
William: what do people in your town think about the New York Ground
Zero Mosque dispute?
William: what is your best email contact
William: do you have gmail
Peshawar: i think it is beacuse of mentallity made by course books,
and plus media and govt but thnk very positvely about China and Iran
William: well, yes, positive attitude towards Iran is most
understandable
William: ah, good I will write that down in my address book
William: and what is your full name also
Peshawar: sir, humanism is the first religion, we are safe only if we
start believing on humanism
William: i wite it now
William: i write down your address
William: I just sent you test email from my blackberry
Peshawar: west is the not the problem , problem is the extreme of both ends , and secondly we are Sunni and they are Shia, as Christainity has Protestant , Lutheran, Catholic, and Anglican
William: yes, I am very familiar with differences between Sunni and
Shia
William: they physically pray THREE times per day, but they claim that
they combine two prayers into one, so they feel they pray FIVE times a
day
Peshawar: thank you, I hope you will not find me in the list of
pessimistic people
William: dont worry… be yourself… I enjoy candid truth… you do
not have to worry what i will think about your opinions
William: there are many understandable reasons why people around world might dislike america or europe… or prefer Islamic culture
William: in Iraq, there was gathering of Shia and Sunni and someones
cell phone started to play Shia religious music, and a fight broke out
Peshawar: thank time is about 9pm, and power will go for an hour,
just imagine, one hour power break in boston, or newyork, what will
happen, but nothing wil hapen here haha, thanks keep smiling and have
nice day
William: in Iraq, passport papers require TRIBE, and some people forge
papers to hide their TRIBE to avoid persecution
William: in your city, to people list their tribal affiliation?
William: what is the youngest girls you have seen married…. in
Tehran, one may see 13 year old, but in nomadic tribes… one may see
nine year old bride
William: same age as Ayesha
Peshawar: no problem at all, media very free anc cable available for
hunderd channel, just for 3 dollar per month, star movies, hbo, sky
news, cnn, bbc, star worlld etc
William: wow
William: i go to Egyptian diner in NYC, and they have cable with many
romantic song channels
William: very worldly… the Iranians would disapprove
William: very western, decadent, sensual
Peshawar: not big problem but some people of specific area are more
close eyes
William: do you go to Mosque every Friday?
William: just curious
William: do you know many people in your city who have done proper
Hajj to Makka
Peshawar: I think I go some time, but u know in Islam says that
blindly follow your faith, and no room for doubt, difficult to imagine
who made the world, believe in science
William: I gave up all tobacco and alcohol over two years ago because
of my health, i am age 61
William: yes,… i spoke with engineer in Saudi, and he said ONE MUST
NEVER QUESTION
William: ARE YOU ON SKYPE
William: i rarely use skype but i do have it
Peshawar: I think I studied both literature western and been a born
Muslim , I have a moderate view, do believe in science, and think
religion personal thing, not necessary to impose on some one
William: do many in your city use Ubuntu Gnu-Linux operating system
Peshawar: ya , i studied Linux in 1992
William: let me know if you got my test email to your hotmail
William: email me any time
Peshawar: do not know about Ubuntu gnu
William: just curious about Ubuntu in Peshawar
Peshawar: william in america is also called it bill
William: yes…. bill billy willy will
William: many nicknames for william
William: it is some kind of german for wilhelm = will’s helmet
William: something about protection, power
William: not certain
Peshawar: ok dear light (power) about to go, thinks
Peshawar: good explanation
William: ok…. email me
William: tell me about life
William: i can blog it anonymous… life in Peshawar
William: i did not know, interesting
William: email me your thoughts about Peshawar, and world,… i will
blog without mentioning your name
Peshawar: thanks we will share views
William: so you may be confidential
William: but, it will be valuable for world to hear your
thoughts/opinions concerns
William: i will always keep your identity confidential
William: i have school friend who works in Egypt
William: he tells me interesting things about Egypt
Peshawar: good , egypt is the mother of all civilization, visit sir,
pyramids
Peshawar: has signed out. (10/10/2010 12:08 PM)
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