10-05-2003, 08:19 PM
Krishna, permit me to nitpick here. Imam Bukhari is certainly not one of my favorite people, but it is not clear that the above statement is anti-Indian much less traitorous. He is of course lauding the act of 9-11, which is despicable, but does that make him a traitor to India ? After all the GOTUS did diddly squat about terrorists who have acted against India in the past.
The same goes for praising OBL. OBL has made adverse remarks about India but there is no charge against him in Indian territory AFAIK and if he were to visit India, which he almost certainly has in the past, it is not clear that the GOI can make any charge of violating Indian law stick on him. Of course GOTUS would want him extradited, but even that could get bogged down in a legal battle. My point is praising OBL is no crime in India. In reality of course India would probably whisk him away secretly to the US, regardless of the legal issues. Even so I am not sure that praising OBL is a particularly good example of traitorous or anti-national activity on the part of Imam Bukhari.
A better example would be if Imam Bukhari said something about defying Indian security forces in J&K. I will try to dig out some material on that, but my suspicion is that he has become very adept at not crossing the Lakshman rekha.
The charge of traitor is a very serious charge and should not be bandied about lightly.
An example of where IB comes close to crossing the line is the following;
[url="http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/04/21/stories/1421218f.htm"]http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/04...es/1421218f.htm[/url]
when he says
Clearly asking that TSP should be involved in an internal matter of India assigns a role for the terrorist state of being a Godfather to the IM population which is simply unacceptable and indicates that he considers Pakistan to have a role in J&K.
And this where he exhorts Iran not to have good relations with India;
The choice that he poses(for the Iranians) here is particularly odious. Furthermore, suggesting that the elected PM of India is not representative of India and hence should not be dealt with would in all likelihood violate some statute.
The same goes for praising OBL. OBL has made adverse remarks about India but there is no charge against him in Indian territory AFAIK and if he were to visit India, which he almost certainly has in the past, it is not clear that the GOI can make any charge of violating Indian law stick on him. Of course GOTUS would want him extradited, but even that could get bogged down in a legal battle. My point is praising OBL is no crime in India. In reality of course India would probably whisk him away secretly to the US, regardless of the legal issues. Even so I am not sure that praising OBL is a particularly good example of traitorous or anti-national activity on the part of Imam Bukhari.
A better example would be if Imam Bukhari said something about defying Indian security forces in J&K. I will try to dig out some material on that, but my suspicion is that he has become very adept at not crossing the Lakshman rekha.
The charge of traitor is a very serious charge and should not be bandied about lightly.
An example of where IB comes close to crossing the line is the following;
[url="http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/04/21/stories/1421218f.htm"]http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/04...es/1421218f.htm[/url]
when he says
Quote: He also said that any dialogue on the Kashmir issue could not be successful, unless ``Pakistan is involved in it''
Clearly asking that TSP should be involved in an internal matter of India assigns a role for the terrorist state of being a Godfather to the IM population which is simply unacceptable and indicates that he considers Pakistan to have a role in J&K.
And this where he exhorts Iran not to have good relations with India;
Quote:Commenting on the recent visit of the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, to Iran, the Shahi Imam said: ``Iranian leadership will have to consider which is dearer, friendship with the Indian Government or Indian Muslims. Iran is well aware of the pitiable condition of Indian Muslims even though it gave such a certificate to Mr. Vajpayee.''
The choice that he poses(for the Iranians) here is particularly odious. Furthermore, suggesting that the elected PM of India is not representative of India and hence should not be dealt with would in all likelihood violate some statute.