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An Islamic Solution...

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... to Islamic extremism in India ______________ Surajit Dasgupta ______________ This article is not to suggest that the only security problem India is facing at the moment owes to the intolerant part or interpretation of Islam. For sure, the Hindutwa movement, increasingly turning violent in several parts of India, is a cause for concern. And so is the Christian evangelical zeal that entails abusing Hindu beliefs, which is being practised largely in southern India, providing ample provocation to those who would have us believe that Hinduism is facing the threat of extinction. But there is no dearth of counsellors teaching lessons of restraint to Hindu extremists. As for Christian extremism, which has stayed away from bombing the country so far, mercifully, it is a subject matter of a separate article. Let us first look for solutions within the religion that has produced most of the terrorists and for the longest period of time. For, sane voices from Muslim moderates are not being able

On The Verge Of Cataclysm

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The return of an old terror strategy will ultimately lead to public defiance of law in India A terrorist in action Here he is joined by an accomplice (snaps from a television footage) Fire engulfs the Taj Palace Hotel Employees and guests of the Taj Palace Hotel being rescued by a fire crew Policemen taking position at the site of attack in the Colaba area All photos above: AFP A policeman supports an elderly man after assailants opened fire at a Mumbai railway station Photo: Reuters Scenes of scare and chaos such as this one were all over the blood-splattered streets of Mumbai last night Photo: AP Some victims of the terror strike inside a local hospital Photo: AFP ______________ Surajit Dasgupta ______________ T he shooting spree that the terrorists got into last night in Mumbai, killing more than a hundred citizens and tourists, indicates a possible return of the bloodcurdling days of the modus operandi of Sikh terrorists in the Punjab-Delhi belt of the 1980s. After years of blasti