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The victimisation of the Muslim community that the terrorists allude to is only a pretext for their own self-fulfilling logic. Even those from the Muslim community will not accept these fanatics. Dipu Shaw analyses the recent incidents�

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Fri, Sep 26, 2008 21:19:21 IST

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Terrorism In India :

TWO REPORTS appeared in a national daily, a day after the Delhi serial blasts. Mohammad Ashraf from Kashmir, had come to the Capital looking for peace, three days before the blasts. Ashraf lost one uncle (Narim) in the blast at Gaffar Market, Karol Bagh. His other uncle, Farooq, was in the surgery ward of Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital battling for his life. The Rs 25,000 required by the rickshaw-puller to return to Kashmir was mobilised by the Beadonpura Handloom Traders. Traders Praveen Gupta and Hemant Puyani were with Ashraf all morning at the Lady Hardinge Medical College mortuary where Narim’s body had been kept. Narim was a rickshaw-puller in the Gaffar Market area.

Another report concerned Qutubdin Ansari, the tailor, whose brimming eyes and folded hands became the defining face of the Gujarat riots. The 2002 photograph of Ansari was one of the two that the militant group, IndianMujahideen,which claimed responsibility for the Delhi blasts, had used in their terror e-mail. The photograph bore a caption – “Eye for an Eye.” Ansari, who is into tailoring in Gujarat now, has forgotten all about the Gujarat riots. Of course, he had no clue that his photograph was being used as a poster by the Indian Mujahideen for its terror mails.

The terrorists cannot be adherents of any religion. People like Ansari too hate being associated with such outfits. The terrorists on the other hand are claiming to act on their behalf. If avenging the death of victims is on their agenda, then the terrorists had better remember that such settlement of score was not sought by the victim or the victim’s representatives. Then why did they do it? By taking the lives innocent people, who had nothing to do with any of these incidents?

The terrorists are using innocent citizens including people from their own religion, as grist for their mill. Narim, who died in the Gaffar Market blast, will be buried courtesy Praveen and Hemant. For these traders, the 10-year old relationship that they shared is more important than their religious differences.

The so-called victimisation of the community the terrorists allude to is simply a pretext. It has its own self-fulfilling logic. If this is a battle on behalf of the Muslims, what sort of battle is this? For if nothing else, these acts make life more difficult and not less difficult for Indian Muslims. It is as if the terrorist is besotted with violence than genuine care for fellow-Muslims.

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