Jehadi Who?

Nobody can accuse the Indian media of being sqeamish or coy when it comes to breathlessly peddling sensational stories that emanate from the West. So, the blitz of stories about how a few young, educated and professional Muslims from India joining the ranks of al-Qaeda is almost as if Armageddon is imminent. Doctors are worried if they will get jobs in the UK and Indian pundits are worried that the country will get a ‘bad name’ in Western capitals as an emerging hub of terror, à la Pakistan. The tone and tenor of virtually all the media reports is: “O my God, now you have Jehadis working inside India!”

This would have been laughable, if the implications were not so dangerous. Are we now to believe that Jehadi terrorism is something that India is discovering only due to a couple of young Muslims were caught trying to cause mayhem in United Kingdom? Can someone tell us who is responsible for the following incidents? The attack on Indian Parliament in 2001; the killing of 20-plus policemen in a dawn shooting in Calcutta in 2002; the massacre of pilgrims in Akhshardham Temple in Ahmedabad in 2002; the Varanasi blasts; the Sarojini Nagar (Delhi) blasts; the Mumbai train blasts; the blasts in Malegaon and Hyderabad ?

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2006

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