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By: Shekhar

Shekhar — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:25:07 +0000

Hi… I don’t really want this to go on record. I followed your link from Orkut. I understand your viewpoints on Islam and India. However, there are many points where I can’t agree with you (not that you care for my approval). I’m not supporting the Hindutva brigade on making every Muslim a Hindu, but I also don’t support your stand that India is very anti-Muslim. I think India supports its minorities much better than Pakistan or Bangladesh do. When you speak of choices that Muslims who did not want to live with Hindus had a chance to goto Pakistan. Similiarly, there are also many Hindus who want a Hindu only land, but they did not have such opportunity to obtain a Hindu land. Now, I’m not supporting another partition of India. But what I’d request is that if you’re raising a voice against oppression of Muslims in India (which I think is quite exaggerated), you should also raise the point that Hindus in Pakistan or Bangladesh do not have the same freedom that Hindus in India do. I think you’re a very intelligent person, but I’d like to correct your viewpoint if I can… As for yor point of Afzal hanging, he did have a trial. The lawyers he approached did not want to take up his case, so the court assigned him a lawyer. The fact that he was connected to the terrorists, is not that enough to make you hate the guy? India ain’t a perfect country, but at least its trying to accomodate all the religious and social divide and trying to respect the diversity of all beliefs, rather than force everyone under one bandwagon. Apologies if this is too much to read, but would love to discuss further.

By: aqsa

aqsa — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:34:00 +0000

karim,
its not only about the politicians. when local people know what double standards politicians play why do they let them play with innocents??
when a majority(99.99%) of indian people know that they are just playing with things then why do people get distracted?
i was watching this speech given by hindutva workers just after godhra, he said “LETS PUT STICKERS OF JAI SREE RAM ON OUR SHOPS,RICKSHAWS AND NO HINDU SHOULD BUY FROM A SHOP WITHOUT THAT STICKER OR USE A RICKSHAW WITHOUT THAT STICKER!”
my information says, that its still not established that muslims were responsible for godhra still just within a few hours they came up with those speeches and those people who sat and heard them not only heard but accepted their orders…were they fools???

By: Karim

Karim — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:08:01 +0000

True…it always happens. We can do hardly something in these matters. If any furore is made, there r chances that those army men who passed info will be taken out and replaced with a muslim guy.

How can u trust politicians and beauraucrats who make one statement today and refute the next day.