IPakistan ithuthukisa ubuningi bezenkolo ngokunciphisa imikhawulo yama-visa kanye ukugqugquzela ezokuvakasha ezenkolo ukusekela ukubandakanywa kwezenkolo. Lokhu kuchazwe yiNxusa lasePakistan eMelika, uDkt. Asad Majeed Khan izolo emcimbini we-IFtar obuse-US.
Isithunywa sibambe i-Iftar yezinkolo ezixubile eNxusa LasePakistan eWashington DC, samukela abaholi bezenkolo abaqavile baseWashington. Wahlanganyela isibusiso sikaRamazan futhi wakhuluma ngesidingo sokuzwana kwezinkolo ezihlukahlukene, ukubekezelelana, nokuqonda phakathi kwezinkolo ezihlukahlukene.
Ekwamukeleni abaholi bezinkolo zobuKristu, abangamaJuda, amaSikh, amaMuslim, ubuBuddha namaHindu, wathi: “IPakistan iyaziqhenya ngokuba nezinkolo eziningi. Kuyikhaya kwezinye zezindawo ezingcwele kakhulu, ezihlanganisa ubuBuddha nobuSikh… Izakhiwo zethu zingomlando kakhulu emhlabeni.”
UDkt. Asad wakhuluma ngokubaluleka kokubekezelelana ngokwenkolo emhlabeni ohlukahlukene futhi wagqamisa ukuthi kungalesi sizathu uNdunankulu u-Imran Khan azinikezele futhi azibophezele ekukhuthazeni ukuzwana kwezinkolo. “Ngalo moya lapho undunankulu athatha khona isinqumo esiyingqopha-mlando sokuvula umhubhe waseKartarpur kulo nyaka, ukugubha iminyaka engu-500 kaBaba Guru Nanak.” Wachaza indlela uhulumeni wasePakistan owawusebenza kanzima ngayo ukuze uvimbele inkulumo enenzondo futhi ukhuthaze inkululeko engokwenkolo nokubekezelelana.
Ngemva kwamazwi okwamukela enxusa, abameleli bemiphakathi yamaSulumane, amaKristu, amaJuda, amaHindu, amaBuddha, namaSikh bagcizelela ukubaluleka kokuzwana kwezinkolo. Abaholi bezinkolo ezihlukahlukene bathandazela ngezilimi zabo ukubekezelelana, ukuzwana, ukuthula nokwamukelwa ngezilimi zabo. Abanye baqokomisa ukufana phakathi kwezinkolo ukuze zikhuthaze uthando nobuntu emhlabeni.
Abaholi benkolo bahlanganisa uDkt. Sovan Tun, uBaba uDon Rooney, uDkt. Alok Srivasta, uRabi Aaron Miller, uDkt. Zulfiqar Kazmi, noSatpal Singh Kang. Abahlanganyeli bahlanganisa amanxusa, izikhulu eziphezulu zoMnyango Wezwe, izintatheli, nabaholi bomphakathi nabezenkolo.
Bangaphezu kuka-200 abantu abebebuthene engqungqutheleni yaminyaka yonke yezinkolo i-Iftar.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Asad spoke about the importance of religious tolerance in the diverse world and highlighted that it was for this very reason Prime Minister Imran Khan was dedicated and committed to promoting interfaith harmony.
- It is home to some of the holiest sites, including Buddhism and Sikh… Our architecture is the most historic in the world.
- “It was in this spirit that the prime minister took the historic decision to open the Kartarpur Corridor this year, to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak.
