Burden of denial: lessons from BB murder:: Tavleen Singh

[Guest dada_rocks]

http://www.indianexpress.com/story/255694.html In a chilling coincidence, it happens that on the day Benazir Bhutto was so tragically assassinated last week, I read of an earlier plot in which the ISI conspired with Osama bin Laden to kill her in 1989. She was PM then and interfering in the jihadi foreign policy that the Pakistani army was following in Afghanistan and Kashmir. She wanted peace not jihad, so the infamous Hamid Gul, who was then head of the ISI, resolved to get rid of her. This is what he did, according to a new book called Deception, written by two American journalists, Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark: “Gul wanted Osama to pay for the overthrow, preferably with Benazir finished off. There was a huge war chest assembled, with Osama bin Laden raising $10 million, against which he set one precondition. Nawaz Sharif, who would take over as prime minister, was to transform Pakistan into a strict Islamic state, administered solely by sharia law . . .’ Al Qaeda now claims responsibility for killing her, saying proudly that they have got rid of the biggest symbol of the American infidels, or something equally stupid. Was it the old plot that was activated? Was General Musharraf involved, as Benazir predicted he would be after surviving the assassination attempt in Karachi in October? Were the Taliban participants? Are the Islamists who have caused so much terror and violence on the sub-continent no longer in control of those who bred them? Worrying questions for us. As the country with the largest number of idol-worshipping infidels, we are already a target of the jihad. We are Enemy Number 1, along with the United States and Israel, and with jihad central in Islamabad, our only hope is for Pakistan to find itself a secular, civilian leader. We have always had our biggest problems with Pakistan when it was ruled by some general. Under this particular general we have the additional complication of the jihad. Under the aegis of General Pervez Musharraf we were forced into the Kargil war and brought to the brink of a nuclear stand-off. When that attempt to conquer Kashmir failed he admitted openly at the Agra summit in July 2001 that he saw the violence in Kashmir as a freedom movement and not terrorism. After 9/11, when he was coerced into America’s global war against terrorism, he ostensibly changed. But in India jihadi violence continues to spread across the country and has ISI stamped all over it. As the country with the second-largest Muslim population in the world, Islamism is a clear and present threat to India. There is evidence of the radicalisation of Indian Muslims, which manifests itself publicly in the form of anti-Americanism and privately in more disturbing ways. As someone who spends a lot of time travelling and chatting to strangers, I notice a worrying increase in the number of Indian Muslims who feel alienated and victimised. Under the ‘secular’ policies of the UPA government, this sense of grievance has been encouraged by the Sachar Report-type effort. Instead of addressing the educational and economic backwardness that the Sachar Committee claims to have found among Muslims, we get dangerous tokenism that usually leads to further alienation. When you announce that 15 per cent of future government spending will be reserved for Muslims, it causes Hindu hackles to rise and more alienation. Combine this with lack of action against Islamist bodies and educational institutes for fear that this might alienate the Muslim vote and we have a situation in which India becomes the ideal battlefield for the jihad. So it was with considerable eagerness that we were watching the Pakistani election. Everyone agreed that Bhutto would emerge as leader of the single largest party and this would make her prime minister again, especially because she had America’s blessings for sharing power with Musharraf. It is as much a tragedy for India as it is for Pakistan that she should have become the latest victim of the jihad. Her sacrifice will have been in vain if India does not now take the lead in openly discussing the Islamist problem with Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. We have so far been far too politically correct when it comes to talking about it. We need to say loudly and clearly that things have gone too far and India can no longer put up with Islamism or Islamists. We need to speak firmly to our own Islamist organisations, led by the Dar-ul-Uloom in Deoband, and tell them that they will no longer be allowed to spread the poison of Wahabi Islam in India.

[Guest dada_rocks]

If parties bring themselves to say in no uncertain terms they will fall in line for sure.... This is not 60's 70's India whether idiocy and moronic behaviour was one community's fiefdom .. They know there are consequences for their action in modern India.. Godhara:post-godhara Bombay riot: counter bombay riots Bhagalpur-city riot: Bhagalpur-rural riot In all these places riot has not returned since that unfortunate seismic event Sounds callous but works always. You can always talk peace with an F16 in your pocket whoever said that must be genius. You can always look into the eys of criminals hooligans and say no to the blackmail if u have ur hooligan/goon gang ready. Mumbai used to be riot-city today u will never hear any riot happening there go figure why, certain Thackerey may be the answer.. महाकवि तुलसीदास लिखते हैं "रामचरितमानस" में ----- भय बिनु होई न प्रीति |

[Guest dada_rocks]

BTW they do realize Modi is right as he claimed in that lecture against terrorism thatin close-room informal chat they all pat him on the back saying u have guts don;t care aboout ur image and tell it like ti sud be but the monent camera is switched on they change their tune..:hysterical: In fact in this election one major advertisemnt of BJP sshouted these words.. "You know he (modi) is right so vote for him and well they did "