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Category Archives: Fanatics
Suicide Missions: Nothing Islamic About It
What is common between Kiyoshi Ogawa, Hossein Fahmideh and Andrew Joseph Stack III ? They all died on a suicide mission for a cause they strongly felt about. Thanks to media and some groups, Suicide missions are projected to associate only with Islam. It is forgotten that neither Muslims are the first one to use it or will be the last one. The data show that there is little connection between suicide terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism, or any one of the world’s religions. One of the largest ever opinion poll conducted by Gallup in Islamic world found out that the overwhelming majority of Muslims – 93 percent – condemned the Sep 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. Among the seven percent who viewed the Sep 11 attacks as “completely justified “not one gave religious justification” for their views. As per Gallup, “Politics, not piety, differentiate moderates from radicals” in the Islamic world. Continue reading
Posted in Fanatics, Guest Article, News & Analysis, Terrorism, World
Tagged Suicide Missions
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David Cameron Was Right On “Islamist” Extremism
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s speech against “Islamist extremism” delivered recently at a security conference in Munich sparked an unnecessary controversy in the U.K., particularly among Muslims. Their reaction was perhaps based on newspaper reports which sensationalised the issue – maybe to capture the attention of Western audiences – by saying that Mr. Cameron wanted Muslims to adopt British values. There was nothing in his speech that extolled the supremacy of Western values over Islamic values. To be fair to Mr. Cameron he took pains to distinguish “Islamist extremism” from Islam which he called a peaceful religion. And he attacked European “right-wing fascist” parties saying that they were fuelling Islamophobia by seeking the forcible expatriation of Muslims and a ban on their mosques. Continue reading
Talibans: Thugs Or Torch-Bearers Of Islam?
There are many who argue that Taliban does not represent true Islam. Definitely yes, they do not represent the common Muslim of the subcontinent. But unfortunately they have been made to appear as the face of real Islam in this polarized world. They are the ones who get the media attention and most unfortunately they are the ones who think that THEY represent Islam in their own brutal way. Continue reading
Helping Terrorists, One House At A Time
Real estate agents and brokers in Surat are initiating an illegal and dangerous move to not to rent out apartments or shops to Muslims in Surat. It is an off-hand response to a complex problem and plays directly into the hands of terrorists. Continue reading
Posted in Fanatics
Tagged Babu Bajrangi, DesiPundit, Gujarat, Gujarat Violence, Gujarat2002, Mumbai Attacks
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Vinaash Kale Vipreet Budhi
Bharat Karnad, a Professor at Council of Policy Research (CPR) India, calls for “overt and covert policing of the minority community in India†to address the issue of terrorism. It seems a classic case of vinaash kaale, vipreet buddhi. Continue reading
Posted in Fanatics, News & Analysis
Tagged Indian Response, leadership-problems, mumbai, Mumbai Attacks, political_leadership, Terrorism, Think Tanks
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Lies of the Lashkar
The terrorist’s claim of being an Indian Muslim was a blatant lie to create more trouble among Hindus and Muslims Continue reading
Posted in Fanatics
Tagged Hindutva, Islamic Terrorism, Islamists, mumbai, Mumbai Attacks
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Terror In The Name of God
Each of us need to question the extremists on our own side instead of the other and start a new way of tackling terrorism. Continue reading
Deadly Foes, Inseparable Partners: Reflections on Symbiotic Religious Chauvinisms
Conversations with two firebrand adherents – one Muslim, the other Hindu Continue reading
Posted in Fanatics
Tagged Doda, Extremism, Islamists, Jammu, kashmir, Religion, South Asia
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Crafting An Antidote For Extremism
Indians’ search for a suitable image. Continue reading
Posted in Fanatics
Tagged Extremism, freedom struggle, hindu cause, Hindutva, indian history, indian nationalism, Modi, Mughals, Sangh Parivar, Vision India
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Many Rams – Many Ramayanas
RSS wants everyone to believe in a particular Ramayana narrative glossing over the reality. Continue reading