Islamic terrorists attack police academy in Pakistan

The day terror revisited historic Lahore

Pakistan says arrested suspect in police school attack is Afghan

Militants attack police academy near Lahore
Nirupama Subramanian, The Hindu, Tuesday, Mar 31, 2009
8 trainees killed; security forces establish control over centre

A quick operation: Pakistani paramilitary soldiers arrest a suspected militant near the site of the Manawan police training school on Monday, hours after armed men seized the premises.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces took control of a police training school in a grim eight-hour gun battle with armed militants who seized the premises on the outskirts of Lahore early on Monday after killing at least eight recruits and taking others hostage.

The training school at Manawan is a mere 10 km from the Wagah border with India.

Contrary to fears of a high death toll, government officials said eight police trainees were killed and 95 injured in the attack. At least one civilian bystander was also killed in militant fire, while two others were injured.

Interior Ministry head Rehman Malik said that of an undetermined number of gunmen who captured the school and tore through it with grenades and automatic weapons, three blew themselves up during the siege. None was captured alive from the premises. But one suspect was arrested outside the school, with police saying they found two grenades on his person.

Mr. Malik told journalists that the man was from Paktika district in Afghanistan, close to the Pakistan border. The bearded Pashto-speaking man, whose capture was seen live on television, was an associate of the South Waziristan Taliban commander, Beithullah Mehsud, Mr. Malik said, adding that the “whole planning was done there.”

He said two others were also detained and being questioned. Following successful operations against militants in FATA (tribal areas) and in the NWFP, terrorists were turning to other parts of the country, Mr. Malik said. “We now have two choices: to hand over the country to the Taliban, or to fight them.”

The media deliberated on the “Indian hand” and the closeness of the location to the Indian border, especially after another remark by Mr. Malik that “foreign involvement” was a possibility, although he did not name any country.

The incident shook Pakistan for the brazenness and apparent ease with which it was carried out within a month of the March 3 terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team. Mr. Malik and other officials refused to comment on a possible link between the two attacks.

The attack began at 7.30 a.m., when an estimated 850 unarmed recruits at the school were assembled for the morning parade. The gunmen, said to be at least 10 in number, jumped over the 6-foot wall, threw grenades at the assembly and fired indiscriminately. All the personnel who were killed fell victim in this first assault.

The attackers were in their 20s, dressed in salwar-kameez, had beards and carried backpacks, in which they were apparently carrying a huge stock of arms and ammunition. Media reports said some were wearing police uniforms. They quickly took control of the buildings.

When it became clear within an hour that the situation was beyond the local police force, the government called in the paramilitary Pakistan Rangers and the Army. Television footage showed troops closing in on the school, while some terrified looking police trainees, including those with injuries, were seen scampering or crawling out.

It was 3.30 p.m. when troops emerged on the roof of the building, showing the victory sign.

Pakistan split from within by terrorist threat
By David Blair, Diplomatic Editor
30 Mar 2009, telegraph.co.uk

THIS was not the first victory that Pakistan’s security forces have achieved over gunmen striking an urban target, but it was certainly among the quickest and least bloody successes in recent history.

Compared with the brazen assault on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore on March 3, when all the attackers managed to escape and only a handful of police fired a shot against them, the security response was far more effective. But it could scarcely have been worse. And the fact that the gunmen chose to raid a police training centre, surely one of the toughest targets on offer, showed their confidence.

More than anywhere else, the struggle against Islamist terrorism in Pakistan has some of the features of a bitter civil war. Many of the extremist groups were once nurtured by the security forces, not only to resist the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan but also to fight what Pakistanis regard as a just war against India’s “occupation” of Kashmir.

In Lahore, barely half an hour’s drive from the Indian border, the Kashmir conflict looms larger than Afghanistan. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the armed group which executed last year’s raid on the Indian city of Mumbai, has its stronghold in Lahore.

LeT was founded to wage “jihad” in Kashmir and once enjoyed the full support of Pakistan’s security forces. By promising to shut down groups such as LeT, the Pakistani state has made itself a legitimate target in their eyes. But many Pakistanis passionately support LeT’s ambition to force India out of Kashmir, which has a Muslim majority, and unite this territory with their own country.

If they are forced to choose between their government and LeT, many Pakistanis would support the self-styled “liberators” of Kashmir. This struggle splits Pakistani society from top to bottom, rendering the country acutely vulnerable. In Afghanistan, 62,000 Western troops limit what the Taliban and its allies can achieve.

Pakistan has no such insurance and the country is split from within. At present, it is probably more vulnerable than Afghanistan.

SC rejects Muslim’s plea to sport beard, says no ‘Talibanisation of India’

Muslim student approaches apex court on keeping of beard

SC rejects Muslim’s plea to sport beard, says no ‘Talibanisation of India’
30 Mar 2009, 2309 hrs IST, PTI

NEW DELHI: Rejecting the plea of a Muslim student that he should be permitted to sport beard in his convent school, the Supreme Court on Monday
observed secularism cannot be overstretched and that “Talibanisation” of the country cannot be permitted.

“We don’t want to have talibans in the country. Tommorow a girl student may come and say that she wants to wear a burqa, can we allow it,” Justice Markandeya Katju speaking for a bench headed by Justice Raveendran observed.

Asserting that he was a secularist to the core, Justice Katju however said religious beliefs cannot be overstretched.

“I am secularist. We should strike a balance between rights and personal beliefs. We cannot overstretch secularism,” the judge known for his incisive remarks said.

Justice Katju passed the obsesrvation while dismsissing the petition of the student. Mohammad Salim of Nirmala Convent Higher Secondary School, a government-recognised minority institution in Madhya Pradesh, has sought quashing of the school regulation requiring students to be clean-shaven.

Challenging a Madhya Pradesh High Court verdict that had earlier dismissed his plea, Salim submitted that every citizen was entitled to follow his religious principles and that no one should restrain him from doing so in a secular country like India.

Salim’s counsel Justice (retd) B A Khan argued before the bench that sporting beard was an indispensable part of Islam.

But Justice Katju was apparently not impressed with the argument and quipped “But you (Khan) don’t sport a beard?” the judge asked the counsel.

The apex court then said that a minority institution has its own set of rules and rights provided by Article 30 of the Constitution and the same cannot be breached by any person.

“If there are rules you have to be. You can’t say that I will not wear a uniform I will only a burqa,” the bench observed.

The court further said if the student was not interested in following the rules then he has the option of joining some other institution.

“You can join some other institution if you do not want to observe the rules. But you can’t ask the school to change the rules for you,”Justice Katju observed.

Appearing for the student, senior advocate B A Khan said that Article 25 of the Constitution guaranteed protection to Salim to pursue his religious practice of keeping a beard and the regulation providing for shaving it off was violative of this provision.

He said the act of the principal to force the student to leave the school for keeping a beard was against “his religious conscience, belief and custom of his family”.

Pointing out that Sikh community members were allowed to keep a beard and sport a turban, Salim alleged there was a clear discrimination on part of the school to force him to be clean shaven and this rule was violative of his fundamental rights.

J & K police, relatives assault Muslim girl converted to Hinduism

“A court here on Friday asked the Delhi police to provide protection to a girl who was allegedly assaulted by Jammu and Kashmir police and her relatives at a shelter home here for marrying her Hindu neighbour. “

J&K girl in city gets cop cover
28 Mar 2009,

NEW DELHI: The drama surrounding a Muslim girl marrying a Hindu boy and the Jammu & Kashmir police looking for the boy on Friday reached a trial  court where the girl sought protection.

A trial court on Friday asked the Delhi Police to provide her protection after she moved an application stating she was allegedly assaulted by Jammu & Kashmir Police and her relatives at a shelter here for marrying her Hindu neighbour. Station house officer of Hauz Khas police station is directed to provide protection to the girl, metropolitan magistrate Saurabh Kulshreshtha said.

Anjum Hussain alias Bhavani, a resident of Jammu who had taken shelter in a hostel being run by V Mohini Giri, former chairperson of National Commission for Women, had alleged Jammu & Kashmir policemen M K Khatana and Mohd Arif and her relatives assaulted her and Giri on March 26.

The J&K Police, which had lodged a FIR against Khemraj for allegedly kidnapping the girl, had sent its personnel to arrest the man who recently married the girl.

The couple, fearing for their lives, had fled from their native place after her relatives came to know about their affair, V K Ohri, counsel appearing for the duo and Giri, told the court.

Earlier, metropolitan magistrate Ravinder Singh ordered that the statement of the girl be recorded by another magistrate under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code to ascertain the truth in the case. “The J&K policemen be arrested forth with as the girl, who is a major and Giri, chairperson of NGO Guild of Service, have identified them in the court,” S Ohri said.

An FIR was registered by Mohini Giri with the Hauz Khas police station against unnamed persons on March 26 under the IPC provisions relating to trespass, assault and outraging the modesty of women.

Bhawani, who converted to Hindusim, and married the boy, was sent to the shelter home by noted scribe Nalini Singh, the FIR said. However, the relatives and J&K Police knew their whereabouts after tracking their mobile phones and allegedly trespassed into the shelter home, assaulted and attempted to take them away. The court has fixed the matter for further hearing on Saturday.

Marriage against parents’ will, police to protect J&K girl
PTI Friday, March 27, 2009

New Delhi: A court here on Friday asked the Delhi police to provide protection to a girl who was allegedly assaulted by Jammu and Kashmir police and her relatives at a shelter home here for marrying her Hindu neighbour.

“Station house officer of Hauz Khas police station is directed to provide protection to the girl,” metropolitan magistrate Saurabh Kulshreshtha said.

Anjum Hussain alias Bhavani, a resident of Jammu who had taken shelter in a hostel being run by V Mohini Giri, former chairperson of National Commission for Women, had alleged Jammu and Kashmir policemen K Khatana and Mohd Arif and her
relatives assaulted her and Giri on March 26.

The Jammu and Kashmir police, which had lodged a FIR against Khemraj for allegedly kidnapping the girl, had sent its personnel to arrest the man who recently married the girl.The couple, fearing for their lives, had fled from their native place after her relatives came to know about their affair, VK Ohri, counsel appearing for the duo and Giri, told
the court.

Earlier, metropolitan magistrate Ravinder Singh ordered that the statement of the girl be recorded by another magistrate under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code to
ascertain the truth in the case.

“The Jammu and Kasmir policemen be arrested forth with as the girl, who is a major and Giri, chairperson of NGO Guild of Service, have identified them in the court,” Ohri said.

A FIR was registered by Mohini Giri with the Hauz Khas police station against unnamed persons on March 26 under the IPC provisions relating to trespass, assault and outraging the modesty of women. Bhawani, who converted to Hindusim, and married the boy, was sent to the shelter home by noted scribe Nalini Singh, the FIR said.

However, the relatives and Jammu and Kashmir Police knew their whereabouts after tracking their mobile phones and allegedly trespassed into the shelter home and assaulted, attempted to take them away.The court has fixed the matter for further hearing on Saturday.

Muslim cleric bans music in West Bengal village

December 06, 2006

Music fatwa at home or out
The Telegraph, Calcutta

ALAMGIR HOSSAIN

Jangipur, Dec. 5: A maulana in Murshidabad has banned listening to music at home or in concerts and playing songs in public.

The “fatwa”, written in bold on walls on both sides of the approach road to Kanpur village in Raghunathgunj, bears the stamp of the local club and the Mazaar and Madarsa Committee.

“Music is prohibited in this village,’’ reads one.

From the tea stall owner to residents, everybody has been served with the notice, asking them not to play music or watch a dance performance on stage or on television.

Members of the Kanpur Nabajagaran Club are even visiting households to keep a check. The penalty for defying the order: Rs 1,000.

Lutful Sheikh, the secretary of the club, about 280 km from Calcutta, said Rajjak Sheikh, who deals in children’s toys at the local market, was fined for playing a CD in his shop.

A religious leader from Uttar Pradesh first imposed the ban. “Sayed Ahmed Kalimi from Katra Sharif in Shahjahanpur visits us every year being the peer sahib of our village and the head of the local madarsa. He imposed the ban in May,” the club secretary said.

Mohammad Safiullah, the head maulana of the village madarsa, said: “Shariyat does not permit Muslims to enjoy music.”

“I declared the fatwa after consulting the senior people of this village. In the past seven months no one has dared to challenge my directive but for one businessman,” Safiullah said.

Hyder Ali, a member of the Kanpur village panchayat, said: “The villagers have supported the fatwa as it has helped develop the moral character of the present generation. Present trends of music and other forms of entertainment affect the upbringing of a child.”

However, Sukhchand Sheikh, who owns a tea stall, said his business has suffered because of it. “I had a TV set in my stall and everybody enjoyed music and other programmes. Now that it is switched off, the number of customers has declined.”

The inspector in charge of the Raghunathgunj police station, Subhendu Banerjee, was, however, “not aware of any such fatwa”.

Kashmiri Muslim women forcibly married to Islamic terrorists and living in hell

These suffering Muslim women should renounce the jehadi religion and embrace the Hindu  religion of  sage Kashyapa after whom Kashmir is named.

“‘I was studying at that time when they abducted me,’ she said.

‘They took me to their hideout in the nearby forest where they beat me and tortured me for eight days. They hit me with rods on my thighs and threatened to kill my family if I did not marry Hashim Ditta,’ she said.”

Married to militants and living in hell: Kashmiri girls
Sat, Mar 28

Jammu, March 28 (IANS) Not all marriages are made in heaven. Some are solemnised at the point of a gun – as many women and teenaged girls in Jammu and Kashmir will tell you.

Forced marriage to militants has wrecked their lives in the insurgency-wracked state. Fatima Bi, now 16, who belonged to Chatroo, a mountainous village in Kishtwar district, told IANS over telephone that she was just 12 when she was abducted by militants.

She was studying in Class 7 in a local government school when one day a group of four militants led by Sher Khan, then divisional commander of Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HUJI), barged into their house and kidnapped her.

‘I was studying at that time when they abducted me,’ she said.

‘They took me to their hideout in the nearby forest where they beat me and tortured me for eight days. They hit me with rods on my thighs and threatened to kill my family if I did not marry Hashim Ditta,’ she said.

She said Ditta was a close friend of Sher Khan and a helper of HUJI.

‘She was forced to marry Ditta at gun point,’ said a police officer in Kishtwar.

Fatima wanted to study and become a teacher. ‘But my dreams were shattered after they abducted and forcibly married me to Ditta,’ Fatima said. Ten months after her marriage she gave birth to a son and her ‘childhood was snatched away when I delivered this baby’.

A ‘happy moment’ for Fatima came when Sher Khan along with his two associates surrendered before the security forces last year.

‘Except for bearing Ditta’s child I never took him as my husband and there never was any such feeling as it was a forced marriage that ruined me,’ she said.

Sher Khan was sentenced to imprisonment for eight years. Fatima took this as an opportunity and fled Ditta’s house along with her infant son.

Ditta’s parents, however, lodged a missing person report with police. Fatima went to her relatives in an adjoining village and fell in love with a farmer.

Her second chance at life was however not so easy as the local clerics said even if it was a forced marriage, Fatima would have to live with Ditta until they got legally separated.

Similar is the story of 18-year-old Chana whose nightmare started in early 2007.

A Harkat-ul-Ansar (HUA) militant called Farid fell for her when he saw her grazing cattle in the Chicha area of Kishtwar district. She too was forced to marry at gun point.

‘I too had dreams of getting married to a well-to-do person with all the rituals,’ said Chana. ‘But in forced marriages like ours it is just a couple of militants and a maulvi who form the marriage gathering.’

A few months later, a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant, Khalid, operating in the area, wanted to marry Chana and asked Farid to divorce her. But when Farid declined, the LeT militant shot him dead and also shot Chana in the left leg.

She was forced to marry Khalid and now lives with him along with her and Farid’s infant son.

(Binoo Joshi can be contacted at binoo.j@ians.in)

-Indo-Asian News Service

Karnataka Mohammedan fascists pelt stones and bottles at Hindu activist’s car

“Surendra later took the initiative to file a complaint against the miscreants, duly identifying the miscreants as Ubaidulla, Abdul Rahiman, Sanaulla and Iqbal, at Bantwal police station in relation to the said incident.”
Bantwal: Miscreants Pelt Stone, Bottles at Hindu Activist’s Car
Report by Mounesh Vishwakarma, Monday, March 09, 2009
Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (SN/SP)

Bantwal, Mar 9: A case was filed against four miscreants for pelting stones and cool drink bottles into the moving car of a Hindu activist late night on Sunday March 8.

Surendra Bantwal, the Hindu activist who was moving towards Bantwal Kelaginapete in the car, was allegedly intercepted by the miscreants, who reportedly damaged the car. The activist who was inside the car shielded himself from being injured.

Surendra later took the initiative to file a complaint against the miscreants, duly identifying the miscreants as Ubaidulla, Abdul Rahiman, Sanaulla and Iqbal, at Bantwal police station in relation to the said incident.

Subrahmanyeshwar Rao, district superintendent of police visited the spot in the morning on Monday March 9.

In the wake of the above incident, shops and establishments remained closed in the morning and tension prevailed all over the town.

Nanjunde Gowda, circle inspector and Madhav Koodlu, town sub-inspector have beefed up security in and around the town in order to control the situation and as a precaution against disturbances, in view of the scheduled celebration of Eid -Milad in the town on Tuesday.

Saddam a comrade in Kerala

Saddam a comrade in Kerala

11 Mar 2009, 0126 hrs IST, Amita Shah, ET Bureau
 
NEW DELHI: Among whatever is left of the pan-Arab Left, ageing comrades remember Saddam Hussein as the despot who single-handedly decimated the  communist movement in Iraq. However, back in Kerala, a state which lives on the remittances sent back by its million-plus emigres in the Gulf countries, local communists hail Saddam Hussein as the Arab Saladdin who held out against American imperialism.

For a decade now, the Kerala Left led by the CPM — with its core base coming mostly from lower-caste Hindus — has been trying to make inroads into the Muslim-majority district of Malappuram and neighbouring Kozhikode.

At the heart of a heated debate within the Left is the Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency where Muslims make up 25% of the population, a traditional bastion of Congress ally, the Indian Union Muslim League. Emboldened by the sweeping gains that the Left made in the two northern districts in the last assembly elections, the junior partner in the Left Front, CPI, has been nurturing hopes of wringing the seat. However, the CPM, which has been cosying up to the firebrand People’s Democratic Front (PDP) leader Abdul Nasser Madani — acquitted in the Coimbatore blast case after several years in jail — wants to field an indpendent from the seat who is agreeable to the PDP.

The CPI, which is trying desperately to hold on to the seat to ensure that its vote share does not drop further, is averse to the PDP calling the shots. Mr Madani still faces around 20 cases in Kerala, which includes spreading communal hatred. The war-of-words that ensued culminated in a slanging match between the all-powerful CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan and CPI state chief Veliyam Bhargavan, as widely reported in Malayalam media.

Up north, the CPM has also decided to put up its candidate in the communally-sensitive Azamgarh seat hoping to capitalise on the electorate’s perceived disillusionment with the ruling parties at the Centre and the state. In the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attack, protestors from Azamgarh shouted slogans “Azamgarh Zindabad!” and “Ulema Council Zindabad” in the heart of the Capital.

Protesting police “harassment” of Muslims, they said “we are students, not terrorists”. The Ulema Council is also likely to field a candidate in the constituency, which is seen as a terror hub after the Batla House encounter.

In Assam, where illegal immigrants from Bangladesh have a say in several seats, the CPM was trying to tie up with the Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF), which had won ten assembly seats. The party is eyeing seats in the Lok Sabha by wooing over the Muslim voters. It’s another matter that the CPM walked out of the alliance following deadlock in seat-sharing arrangement in the state. However, the CPI is still part of the NCP-AUDF-Left front in the state.

CPM’s political organisational report finalised at the recent Coimbatore Congress said more efforts needed to be made to recruit Muslims, following a drop in Muslim membership over the past seven years. While in Kerala the LDF has managed to win over a section of the American-wary Muslims by striking the right chords, in West Bengal the steady drop in the Muslim membership have given cause for concern at Alimuddin Street.

The Left had the backing of around half-a-dozen Muslim groups in Kerala, as was evident from the assembly elections of 2006. The LDF got a taste of the Muslim backing when it stole a large share of the minority vote from the Congress which had fallen from grace in the eyes of the Islamists because of the Indo-US nuclear deal. The CPM’s central leadership explained its affiliation with the minority groups by saying there was a difference between accepting support and forming an alliance with a religion-based party.

In West Bengal, where it sensed that the Muslim votebank was slipping, the CPM tried to make amends—the Taslima Nasreen episode was a clear indication.

But it was too late. The CPM felt the pain of the Muslim backlash in the panchayat polls. The Muslims had started to distance themselves disillusioned with the Left Front in the wake of the Sachar Committee report. Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya’s utterances about clearing Madrassas did further harm. What made matters worse was the state government’s land acquisition in Singur and Nandigram, in which the community was affected severely. The Muslim population is over 50% in some districts of the state, including Murshidabad and Kishanganj.

Muslim youths pelt stones at Ambedkar statue in Haveri Karnataka

Tension in Haveri, peace meet today

Express News Service

12 Mar 2009 HAVERI: The town witnessed some tense moments when miscreants pelted stones at the Ambedkar statue and Ambedkar Samudaya Bhavan on Wednesday morning and the tension prevailed till afternoon at Ashok Circle, Sulamatti and Ambedkar Nagar localities.

Dalit leaders and youths alleged that Muslim youths were involved in the act and demanded their arrest. The police, who rushed to the spot, caned and chased the miscreants.

There were verbal clashes at Ambedkar circle and in Sulamat ti between two groups after Id celebrations on Tuesday evening, when people of a community tried to hoist their flag. Some youths allegedly beat drums and created nuisance in the Muslim-dominated area late at night.

On Wednesday morning, all schools, petrol bunks and business establishments in the main areas of town were closed. Deputy Commissioner P S Vastrad said that the district administration had ordered the removal of all cutouts, buntings and flags from open public places.

Later, talking to reporters, the DC said that heavy police force has been deployed in sensitive areas of the town and prohibitory orders have been clamped till night. A peace committee meeting has been called at 12 noon on Thursday, he said.

SP Vikas Kumar told reporters that the situation is under control and no one has been arrested. On Wednesday afternoon, a peace committee meeting was held at the Assistant Commissioner’s office, in view of Rang Panchamai festival on Saturday.

Deputy Commissioner P S Vastrad, Superintendent of Police Vikaskumar, leaders of various political parties and elected representatives attended the meeting. Many leaders alleged that Muslims went around the streets on Wednesday afternoon uttering anti-national slogans like ‘Pakistan Zindabad’. But Muslim leaders denied the allegations.

The meeting witnessed some heated arguments. To end the altercation and tension, officials asked the gathering to repeat ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’. The Assistant Commissioner’ office meeting hall echoed with the slogan.

NSG warns of Muslim women suicide bombers

NSG women terror alert

NISHIT DHOLABHAI
Manesar (Haryana), Feb. 11: National Security Guard chief J.K. Dutt today warned that al Qaida could use women suicide bombers and biological weapons against India.

Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, an al Qaida leader believed to be dead, threatened in a video made public yesterday that India could expect more Mumbai-style strikes if it attacked Pakistan.

India sees the Mumbai attacks as a convergence of al Qaida, Taliban and the Lashkar-e-Toiba.

Dutt told a seminar today that al Qaida’s reported training of 80 women suicide bombers should raise the question if any of them could be sent to India. Later, the director-general linked this to the need for a bigger role for women in security agencies.

Recent videos publicised by the Iraqi media showed a woman confessing she knew of al Qaida having used 28 of the 80 human bombs.

Officials discussed their experiences in Jammu and Kashmir with burqa-clad terrorists shooting at security forces. “We did not know if they were men or women,” said an NSG commando who was posted earlier in Kupwara.

Sources said the Intelligence Bureau and Research and Analysis Wing had been alerted on these potential threats alongside warnings about possible use of biological weapons.

“The Mumbai attack was an audacious attempt by the Taliban-al Qaida-LeT combine to shape policies of three sovereign nation states that include the oldest democracy and the largest democracy,” Dutt said.

The NSG chief said it was evident after the 9/11 attacks in the US that at least one group would stop at nothing. “This thought process has been reinforced with the terror attack in Mumbai on November 26, 2008,” he said.

Dutt also expressed concern about the threat from biological weapons, last known to be used in 1995 in Japan when over 10 people were killed in a Sarin gas attack in a subway by a domestic terrorist group.

Why you cannot trust Indian Muslims?

Indian Muslims can they be trusted?
Written by Amit on Tuesday, March 24, www.littleabout.com
 
 The recent Israeli aggression in Gaza has revealed the true nature of Muslims around the world and in India. Major Muslim Organizations in India held protest rally in Delhi to condemn the attacks on Gaza.

Even Pakistan who actively supports in-direct terrorism in India and also a tourist spot for terrorist has started protesting the Israeli actions in Gaza.

The truth however is far different from what we know. Read the post on Why Children Die in Gaza ?!

Having read that India itself has a lot of internal problems and especially a bad neighbor Pakistan. The Israeli action was in retaliation for the attacks first started by the Hamas and there by ending the ceasefire.

Muslims when they kill others its ok but when they get killed because the one they attacked suddenly fought back, is wrong. It is these double standards followed by most (if not all) Muslims, will Islam to the brink of extinction.

The fact- you cannot fight terrorism with Gandhigiri, you need a tough stand like what Israel is doing. They have the right to self defense so does India.

The politicians in India are responsible for giving special attention for the Muslim community and completely ignoring the majority Hindus. The media is also in a way responsible as they highlight more of the Muslim community and show them as suffers.

Highlighting Muslim casualties it seems have become a trend in Indian news channels. Be it the Gujarat riots or the Babri masjid, Muslims are always shown as suffers. You will find more dead “Muslim” photos in newspaper from the Gujarat riots, or any riots in India, but hardly any images showing the people who suffered (especially the non-Muslims). Another double standard by the Indian government ” Showing a picture of a dead Hindu will cause riots where as showing a dead Muslim is no problemo”.

Muslims can never be trusted. Muslim organizations in India are protesting the attacks on Gaza, but they seemed least interested in the thousands of Hindus who were killed by terrorist in Kashmir. The Muslims did protest the recent Mumbai attack but it seemed more like “they had no option but to”.

The gaps between Hindus and Muslims are increasing and it’s high time that Hindus realize the problems and unite or India may soon become an Islamic country.

Uniform law for all is a must in India and Muslims in India need to be tamed.

Had Pt. Nehru initiated the concept of uniform law, or even if the subsequent PMs had done so, then we would have never faced these problems. Our current politicians can think only in terms of vote-banks at the cost of the nation. The Muslims are a pampered lot, with more rights and privileges than their Hindu compatriot gets. The uniform civil code would have been the only key to solve the problem. Today it may be a little too late as the total Indian Muslims population far exceeds that in Pakistan.