Terror Has No Religion, Really?
In about last decade or so, the most bogus thing that I have
heard, other than that Sharukh Khan loves to drive an i10, got to be the “Terror
Has No Religion” line. Post every terror attack, the secularists across the
globe and more so in India, go about shouting to the city center that the
latest terror act is an act against humanity and we must not do the mistake of
attaching it to any religion. I agree partially to the howling of the
secularists that the terror acts are against humanity but that acceptance must
not blind us in calling a spade, a spade. I am not sure how many would agree
with me, but I have a feeling, the growing terror acts is because of this basic
absurd policy of playing ostrich to the ground realities. Had we addressed the
root cause of this menace, perhaps we would have been living in a far peaceful
world than we currently do.
Every time innocents are killed in the name of religion, we
have hundreds lining up in defense of this “Terror Has No Religion” ludicrousness.
This very hysterical mentality in dismissing religion from terror acts points
to the fact that, there is actually religion involved in most of the terror
activities, if not all. Few even go ahead and address the perpetrators as
misguided Muslims. “Terror Has No Religion” is promptly followed up by “Islam
Doesn’t Teaches Violence” line. But irony, the secularists and the so called
true Muslims don’t tell us, what exactly Islam teaches us then. After every
terror plot I expected a learned Muslim to come forward and tell us the specific
teachings of Islam, if they are any different from what the Al-Quidas or the ISIS
of the world believe in but surprising enough, besides the standard lines of exonerating
Islam from terror acts, I hear complete silence from the other side. Why none
in our secularists or the learned Muslim clerics tell us the real teachings of
Islam, if they are so different from what the terrorists believe in? Why just
stop at – “Islam doesn’t teach”? How about going a step forward and ask – “What
Islam teaches us then”? In the absence of any answer, I wonder, why I shouldn’t
feel, the learnings of the terrorists are exactly in line with what Islam
actually teaches.
Let’s take Charlie Hebdo as a case study. The magazine was
an equal opportunity offender or whatever that means. They have spared none,
including Hindus by depicting a man caring more for his cows than his wife. They
also have made fun of the Pope. But who went in to their office with Kalashnikovs?
If not religion then what made only two so called misguided Muslim youths to go
ahead and kill just about anyone in the magazine office? The same secularists
who shouted to keep religion out of this particular mess were seen reasoning
the fact that CH should have refrained themselves from offending religious
sentiments, exactly half an hour later. But CH did offended many, including
Islam. Then what made the reaction to come from a particular section? If the
answer to this is the misguided learnings of the two Muslim youths then my
question remains there to be answered – what is different the guided Muslims learn
from Islam. If there is no one to answer me then I am left with no option but
to believe, the real learnings of Islam are exactly reflected in the bloodsheds
on our streets. Sorry, neither do I have patience nor I wish to read the so
called good teachings of Islam by myself. To be frank, I have better things to
do like most of us. It is about time we throw these standard lines of the real learnings
or some nonsense to that effect to the nearest garbage dump and take the
problem in its correct shape.
Yesterday the ISIS louts killed a Jordanian fighter pilot by
burning him alive. I never came across anything more barbaric than this. I
agree, barbarism has no specific religion but then such barbarisms are getting
common with these trouble makers. And, to even surprise more, the same vicious lot
has genuine or that is what they think, reasons for such barbarism. Since the
pilot did act against the Caliphate, which is the epitome of infidelity as per
Islam, deserves what every infidel should. That is to be burnt to hell. Who
taught the ISIS jokers these very fine points? Not long back, the same lot
killed two people by throwing them from a tall building just because they were
gay. Again the excuse for such barbarism was the holy book where being gay is
considered as an unpardonable crime that should lead to the most horrific
death. Now, don’t tell me, the ISIS clowns are entirely misguided and galaxy
away from what Islam teaches. If so then, I must be told if there are two
versions of the holy book available in the market; one that the terrorists
refer and the other that our secularists and terror sympathizers refer. As far
as I know, the holy book has one single version followed by all Muslims in the
world. Or am I missing something here?
But our Indian secularists have one more peculiarity that is
not seen anywhere else. In one case, the Indian secularists point finger at CH for
being too liberal in insulting Islam while they are fine with MF Hussain and
his deplorable paintings. They defend or at least sympathize with the Paris
attackers but have serious problems with someone who went to courts to stop the
sale of Wendy Doniger’s book. It only takes hypocrisy its finest granularity
for one to sympathize with someone who kills in protest but object someone who
takes the shelter of law. MF Hussain running away like a coward from this
country must be blamed on the people who objected his paintings but Charlie
Hebdo, because of their acts and actions, called on themselves the wrath of
some so called misguided Muslim youths. In similar cases of religious
profanity, our secularists take sides of the Muslims, irrespective of them
being the perpetrator or the victim so that the nonsense called “Terrorism Has
No Religion” could be peddled further. The fraudulent ideology of sheltering
the real problem creators has in fact worsened the situation. Somehow, in the
name of this secularism, almost all are expected to tolerate the intolerants. At
the same time, everything related to Hindus could be and should be bashed
without any fuss. But history is a proof that there are seldom any achievements
in tolerating the intolerants. In fact it is always the tolerant that get
killed at the end of the day. This very shoddy attitude of playing fire with
kids gloves lead to the intolerants become more intolerants and that is
precisely what is happening. The so called misguided Muslims seem to have
problem with everything now.
Same could be said about our media and Bollywood. Both these
fraternities are badly infected with this “Defend The Perpetrators” syndrome. This
is the reason why, even before the certified secularists could shout, our media
and the morons therein start defending the terrorists. The similar liberal
attitude in defaming Hindus is also observed. Case in point is the movie PK and
how it is defended by these secularism flag bearers. I at times wonder, what
would have been the scene, had our media and Bollywood been liberal in showing
the facts about Islam and the terrorists that come from that religion, let
alone defaming Islam like they intentionally and so abjectly do to Hinduism. Just facts alone
would have inspired many misguided Muslims to visit their TV studios and Movie
shooting studios with fully loaded Kalashnikovs. But those prospects don’t
scare these secularists, who feel the danger would wed off by burying their
heads in sand dunes called hypocrisy. What if few Hindu youths get as misguided
as many Muslim youths do regularly? What if those misguided Hindu youths enter
their studios and kill one or a dozen of them? Perhaps the nonsense of
unnecessary Hindu bashing in the name of free speech would stop at once. This
is the specific reason why these self-styled idiots flout secularism when it
comes to Muslims because they see Charlie Hebdo getting repeated in their own studios
but take all the liberty in maligning Hinduism. By the way, I am not advocating
violence but just drawing some parallels which our secularists are too scared
to draw.
Nice article. I think Islamic cleric should do 'dharm sudhar' if there are verses which is inciting violence then they should accept it and mend it or clarify it. So that the so called misguided muslims take the path of peace. In every TV channel Maulans come and say "Islam iski izzazat nahee deta". If it is true then why they are not redefining the meaning of Jihad. If making cartoon of Mohammad is blasphemous then what the muslims should do they should explain this to the muslims.
ReplyDeleteI want to make few disjoint observations:
ReplyDelete1. The definitions of words like jihad, kafir are vague and interpreted according to convenience of terror groups' ideology.
2. The religion is essentially used as a tool to acquire power. Lack of stern opposition from saner parts of society perpetuates this.
3. The viral brand of salafism treats other Islamic sects like Ahmadias, Shias and Sufis as Kafirs and doesnt have any compunction in killing them by hundreds. If this is the case, there is no need to talk about Hindus, Christians and other non-Muslims.
4. The impotence of desi secularists is well known. However I find astonishing to find politicians even from US to mention ISIS as "isys" (as if they run an IT company) rather than calling Islamic State. The fear or vote bank consideration of American politicians is astounding. This is for their numero uno status...
5. The money minted through oil exports by Gulf countries is essentially laundered to fund terrorism. Those who want to have a safer life away from this insanity should find a way to dry this up.