Across continents and contexts, colonialism may wear different masks, but its core impulse remains the same: to displace the native
- It is time for all residents of Sindh — native and settler alike — to unite in rejecting hatred, division, and supremacist ideologies
By Dr. Mohammad Mataro Hingorjo | Ireland
Across continents and contexts, colonialism may wear different masks, but its core impulse remains the same: to displace the native, rewrite history, and claim moral superiority in doing so. The Zionist occupation of Palestine and the Panahgir-Mohajir settler claims over Sindh are not merely historical accidents or regional tensions — they are reflections of the same colonial mindset.
The people of Palestine, indigenous to their land for centuries, have been systematically dispossessed since 1948 — a process called the Nakba, or catastrophe, that continues today. Israeli settlers, backed by Western powers, justify their actions through a mix of mythical entitlement, racial supremacy, and religious nationalism, insisting that their presence is a “return” to a “promised land” — even as they bulldoze Palestinian homes, desecrate cemeteries, and bomb refugee camps.
This same dangerous logic echoes in Sindh, a historically tolerant, pluralistic land that became a forced host to millions of migrants after the 1947 Partition. While the people of Sindh opened their arms with compassion, what they received in return from certain self-proclaimed Mohajirs or Panahgirs was not gratitude, but entitlement — a colonial attitude cloaked in victimhood.
Instead of integration, a vocal and increasingly aggressive minority within these communities has pushed a narrative that Sindh owed them — not just shelter, but submission. They claimed political dominance, demanded urban strongholds, denied the cultural and historical identity of Sindh, and treated Sindhis as outsiders in their own homeland. Just like Zionists refer to Palestinians as “Arabs” to erase their identity and claim the land as “empty,” this Mohajir supremacist rhetoric often labels Sindhis as “uncivilized locals” who should be thankful for the so-called “blessed colonization.”
However, it is vital to clarify that this regressive mentality is not shared by the majority. Many among the educated, enlightened, and younger generations of the migrant communities openly reject such baseless, racist, and divisive claims. They understand the value of coexistence, mutual respect, and integration, and are actively pushing back against the poisonous narratives spread by a handful of criminal gangs, political mafias, and ethnic warlords. These elements survive only by fueling hatred, by creating fear of the native, and by clinging to outdated ideas of segregation and supremacy.
Just as the world is beginning to see through the lies of Israeli apartheid, so too must we in Sindh call out this soft colonialism, which hides behind slogans, distorted history, and selective victimhood. The myth of a “blessed arrival” must be replaced with a mature, inclusive, and decolonized understanding of history.
It is time for all residents of Sindh — native and settler alike — to unite in rejecting hatred, division, and supremacist ideologies. True dignity lies not in claiming dominance, but in sharing the land with respect. Any group that denies this principle — whether in Tel Aviv or Karachi — must be answered with clarity and courage.
Resistance is not hatred. Memory is not bigotry. Standing for our homeland is not extremism — it is survival.
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Dr. Muhammad Mataro Hingorjo is a Family Physician originally from village Dhandhi Hingorja, Tharpakar, Sindh, currently residing in Limerick Ireland.
