What Vajpayee said is certainly provocative to some people and I don't deny that. In fact, it is because it is a trifle provocative that he said it in the first place knowing it would please the hardliners in his party. Nevertheless, blinders or not, what he said is true whether we like it or not and to only focus on it's provocative value and ignore the truth in the statement is looking the other way as far as I am concerned.
What the Imam of Jama Masjid said was far more provocative in my opinion and marked a sort of call for a jihad within India. I do believe that our Jihadi clan will rise to the bait as is evident from the attack on the religious proceedings at the Hanuman Jayanti function the day before yesterday. But I hope and pray that the large Muslim community which I know is completely moderate will rise to the occasion and denouce such calls. I don't have saffron binders on Tariq. The saffronites hate my kind. I am exactly the opposite of the model Hindu they would like with my Muslim husband, Christian brother-in-law and total rejection of organised religion. But I do love my nation and a call from a prominent citizen of the nation for a civil war to disintegrate my nation hurts me a lot. Doesn't it hurt you ? As far as the BJP and Gujarat is concerned I think they are totally communal and unsecular. And I do believe that the minority baiting they indulge in more than compensates the majority baiting by the Opposition. To me the Bajrang Dal and company are only slightly better than the Muslim jihadis with the difference only being in the modus operandi i.e. no AK-47 rifles, hand grenades, suicide/homicide bombers, etc. Let's hope they don't take that path....we certainly don't need that. I condemn the carnage in Gujarat. But I consider it on par with the violence in Kashmir, the north east, etc. If we all did that, violence would not occur in the first place because it would be rejected in totality. Unfortunately, we each think of our own communities and get upset only when our own community gets affected. If all of us take our own community blinders off, what a wonderful world it would be. Cheers, Sunila >From: Tariq Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Sunila Muzawar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Goanet] DON'T TURN GOA INTO GUJARAT, MR PARRIKAR >Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 18:51:53 -0500 (CDT) > > >So in other words, what Vajpayee says is not provacative, but true, but >what the Imam of the Jama Masjid says is provactive. Nice, very nice. What >sauce for the goose is obviously not sauce for the gander. > >When Sunila, when will you take off your saffron blinders and see the >truth? But then again, why bother, when it is easier to look the other way >right? > >By the way, thanks for taking the effort to clarify what Vajpayee has >said, something which even he did not bother to do. I didn't know you were >privy to his inner soul. > > > >On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Sunila Muzawar wrote: > > > >From: "aires" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: [Goanet] DON'T TURN GOA INTO GUJARAT, MR PARRIKAR > > >Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 06:58:11 +0530 > > > > > >When Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee visited Gujarat he expressed > > >sorrow > > >and anguish as to what happened there. "With what face will I face the > > >world", the ageing Prime Minister lamented. > > > > > >A week later he came to Goa and shows his true face and distinct >colours. > > >It > > >is surprising that a seasoned politician like Mr Vajpayee stooped so >low > > >and > > >made a U-turn to pacify the hard-liners in the BJP. > > > > I think you are right and that Vajpayee did try to save face with the > > hardliners in his party with his speech. But from what I understand, to >a > > large extent what he said in respect to Muslims in India is true. He >said > > that there are two types of Muslims ..one the jihadi type and the other >the > > moderate kind. The moderates are those we have no problem with. But the > > jihadi type will not be tolerated. > > > > Now do you think he said anything that is untrue ? I think it is a fact >of > > life that Muslims have created a problem with terrorism in the world. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
