Badshah Khan und Mahatma Ghandhi waren Allierte in einer Revolution des menschlichen Geistes, Pioniere einer Kultur des Friedens.“ (Eknath Easwaran)
„Es ist meine tiefste Überzeugung, dass Islam ‚amal, yakeen, muhabat‘ – selbstlose Handlung – Glaube und Liebe ist.“ (Badshah Khan)
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Links:
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Das Vermächtnis Gewaltlosigkeit. Willi Germund, 12.01.2009, Kölner Stadt Anzeiger und Berliner Zeitung
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Bibliography (in English, Deutsch, Afghanisch, Urdu, Arabisch, Italienisch, Türkisch …)
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Abdul Ghaffar Khan: Pionier der Gewaltlosigkeit von Nasim Saber (=> qantara.de), En
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Abdul Ghaffar Khan: Pioneer of Nonviolence by Nasim saber (=> qantara.de), De
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Film on Ghaffar Khan (The Frontier Gandhi: Badshah Khan, a Torch for Peace)
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The Gandhi and Khan Petition for Peace urges the Nobel Committee to posthumously award the Nobel Peace Prize to Mahatma Gandhi and Badshah Khan.
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Die Armee gewaltloser Soldaten: Abdul Ghaffar Khan und seine “Rothemden” Von Sebastian Niesar (Lebenshaus Schwäbische Alb – Gemeinschaft für soziale Gerechtigkeit, Frieden und Ökologie e.V.)
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Die Kommune von Peshawar 1930: Die Rothemden-GandhianerInnen des Abdul Ghaffar Khan (graswurzelrevolution)
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Ghaffar Khan: leader of the world’s first nonviolent army By Brad Knickerbocker (The Christian Science Monitor)
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Ghaffar Khan: My religion is truth, love and service to God and humanity. (Everything2.com )
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Mohandas Gandhi, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, and the Middle East Today by Rajmohan Gandhi (Worldpolicy.org, pdf)
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Die Geschichte der „Khudai Khidmatgar“ in Afghanistan: Hoffnung gegen den Fundamentalismus? (Asiapolis Asien Perspektiven)
„I have one great desire.
I want to rescue these gentle, brave, patriotic people from the tyranny of the foreigners who have disgraced and dishonored them.
I want to create for them a world of freedom, where they can live in peace, where they can laugh and be happy.
I want to kiss the ground where their ruined homes once stood, before they were destroyed by savage strangers.
I want to take a broom and sweep the alleys and the lanes, and I want to clean their houses with my own hands.
I want to wash away the stains of blood from their garments.
I want to show the world how beautiful they are, these people from the hills, and then I want to proclaim: ‚Show me, if you can, any gentler, more courteous, more cultured people than these.'“
Source:
Nonviolent Soldier of Islam. Badshah Khan, A Man to Match His Mountains.
Badshah Khan & Mahatma Ghandhi Allies in Revolution of Human Spirit Pioneers in a Culture of Peace
By Eknath Easwaran. Nilgiri Press California, USA 1999
„The more I see him the more I love him. I know of the greatness of Abdul Ghaffar Khan“
(Mohandas Gandhi){:}
