The doctors, mathematician and scientists, the so-called fundamentalists in your words, too deviate from their basic fundamentals when their objectives are not achieved with the traditional means. Is this the case with Islam? Can you alter any verse of your rule book or say that 'this particular fundamental is not suiting properly'? When it comes to religion, Islam in particular, its followers cannot dare to change the texts because it will draw the ire and fire of their own community. So the only way is to 'feel proud'. Ask Kasab, he will also tell you that he is proud of being a fundamentalist. If the fundamentals preach people to call non-Muslims Kafir then, I think, there is no need to feel proud to be fundamentalist. If the fundamentals make others lives miserable then there is nothing great about any religion. And mind you, disturbing people's sleep and students' studies by shouting prayers through the loud speakers make others lives miserable. Now come the issue of terrorism. You say Muslim terrorists are those who terrorise the anti-social elements. This way Kasab and Company terrorised whole of India. So, in your words, they were terrorising the anti-social country.
G MANJU SAINATH
