09-18-2008, 01:16 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>India's enemies within </b>
Pioneer.com
Lalit Koul
Had the UPA Government shown courage in enforcing laws of the land, we would not be counting bodybags in Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Delhi
"Hum Pakistani hain, Pakistan hamara hai! Finally, Kashmiri Muslim separatism has spoken the truth. These words from the mouth of Syed Ali Shah Geelani of Hurriyat Conference characterise the mindset of Hurriyat secessionists and their followers in the Kashmir Valley.
<b>In a recent interview, Geelani explained his desire to enforce Islamic rule in Kashmir and said, "I have a three-point target. First is to impose an Islamic Nizam (jurisprudence) in Kashmir. Islam should govern our lives, be it in our political thought, socio-economic plans, culture or the ongoing movement. The creed of socialism and secularism should not touch our lives and we must be totally governed by the Quran and the Sunnat (precedents from Prophet Mohammed's life)."</b>
<b>This is a clear admission of the grand plan that the Islamist terrorists in India have. Azadi is just a word to be used and abused as per their convenience. The principal plan is to implement the rule of Shari'ah all over India and push the envelope of pan-Islamisation. </b>
Now that Mr Geelani has finally admitted that he, along with hundreds of thousands of his followers, is Pakistani, it begs the question: What are they doing in India?
Now is the time that Mr Geelani and his followers should buy one-way tickets to Muzzafarabad, board the Caravan-e-Aman bus and leave India for good. If they are Pakistanis and Pakistan is theirs, they have no business to stay here in India.
Sixty years ago, India sacrificed a large piece of its body and soul to make a new country, Pakistan, to accommodate all those Muslims who did not want to stay in India. Millions of Muslims at that time made their choice and moved to Pakistan. Those who stayed back also made a conscious decision to stay back and most of them are content and happy. But those who are still in India and for some reason are not happy, should stop whining and should instead go to Pakistan - the country that was created solely for them in the first place.
In case Mr Geelani and his followers do not go to Pakistan, then they ought to be tried for sedition. It is not at all surprising that the Government of India is not enforcing the anti-sedition law and bringing charges against Mr Geelani and other separatist leaders from the Kashmir Valley. In fact, it is continuing its appeasement policies towards Kashmiri Muslims. If the UPA Government had shown the courage in enforcing laws of the land, we would not be counting the bodybags in Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Delhi and other places all over the country.
The latest Delhi bombings clearly expose the Government's appeasement policies that are now coming back to haunt the nation and its citizenry. Terrorists belonging to SIMI could not have grown into such a force if successive Governments would have taken the tough decisions needed to save the nation. Terrorists need to be treated like terrorists and not like misguided youth. No one among these terrorists is misguided. Instead they are all highly-educated professionals. They have not faced any economic discrimination. But they are all on a mission to forcibly enforce the pan-Islamic agenda.
Our nation is not only facing the threat of Islamic terrorists but that posed by pseudo-secular opinion-makers as well. It is tragic that some leading opinion-makers are speaking the separatists' language and advocating referendum in Kashmir. It seems that these so-called intellectuals are unable to see the shrapnel-ridden dead bodies of innocent Indians. Kashmir is just the proverbial tip of the iceberg -- the iceberg is much bigger and has a sinister form and content.
It is sad that these opinion-makers cannot see this danger, unless they are willingly ignoring the obvious. Such people themselves are as much a danger to the nation as the separatists and the politicians who believe in appeasement policies. We need to be on guard and defeat the enemies within our borders - enemies that have grown into monstrous devils.
<i>-- The writer is president of Indo-American Kashmir Forum, a US-based advocacy group.</i><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Pioneer.com
Lalit Koul
Had the UPA Government shown courage in enforcing laws of the land, we would not be counting bodybags in Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Delhi
"Hum Pakistani hain, Pakistan hamara hai! Finally, Kashmiri Muslim separatism has spoken the truth. These words from the mouth of Syed Ali Shah Geelani of Hurriyat Conference characterise the mindset of Hurriyat secessionists and their followers in the Kashmir Valley.
<b>In a recent interview, Geelani explained his desire to enforce Islamic rule in Kashmir and said, "I have a three-point target. First is to impose an Islamic Nizam (jurisprudence) in Kashmir. Islam should govern our lives, be it in our political thought, socio-economic plans, culture or the ongoing movement. The creed of socialism and secularism should not touch our lives and we must be totally governed by the Quran and the Sunnat (precedents from Prophet Mohammed's life)."</b>
<b>This is a clear admission of the grand plan that the Islamist terrorists in India have. Azadi is just a word to be used and abused as per their convenience. The principal plan is to implement the rule of Shari'ah all over India and push the envelope of pan-Islamisation. </b>
Now that Mr Geelani has finally admitted that he, along with hundreds of thousands of his followers, is Pakistani, it begs the question: What are they doing in India?
Now is the time that Mr Geelani and his followers should buy one-way tickets to Muzzafarabad, board the Caravan-e-Aman bus and leave India for good. If they are Pakistanis and Pakistan is theirs, they have no business to stay here in India.
Sixty years ago, India sacrificed a large piece of its body and soul to make a new country, Pakistan, to accommodate all those Muslims who did not want to stay in India. Millions of Muslims at that time made their choice and moved to Pakistan. Those who stayed back also made a conscious decision to stay back and most of them are content and happy. But those who are still in India and for some reason are not happy, should stop whining and should instead go to Pakistan - the country that was created solely for them in the first place.
In case Mr Geelani and his followers do not go to Pakistan, then they ought to be tried for sedition. It is not at all surprising that the Government of India is not enforcing the anti-sedition law and bringing charges against Mr Geelani and other separatist leaders from the Kashmir Valley. In fact, it is continuing its appeasement policies towards Kashmiri Muslims. If the UPA Government had shown the courage in enforcing laws of the land, we would not be counting the bodybags in Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Delhi and other places all over the country.
The latest Delhi bombings clearly expose the Government's appeasement policies that are now coming back to haunt the nation and its citizenry. Terrorists belonging to SIMI could not have grown into such a force if successive Governments would have taken the tough decisions needed to save the nation. Terrorists need to be treated like terrorists and not like misguided youth. No one among these terrorists is misguided. Instead they are all highly-educated professionals. They have not faced any economic discrimination. But they are all on a mission to forcibly enforce the pan-Islamic agenda.
Our nation is not only facing the threat of Islamic terrorists but that posed by pseudo-secular opinion-makers as well. It is tragic that some leading opinion-makers are speaking the separatists' language and advocating referendum in Kashmir. It seems that these so-called intellectuals are unable to see the shrapnel-ridden dead bodies of innocent Indians. Kashmir is just the proverbial tip of the iceberg -- the iceberg is much bigger and has a sinister form and content.
It is sad that these opinion-makers cannot see this danger, unless they are willingly ignoring the obvious. Such people themselves are as much a danger to the nation as the separatists and the politicians who believe in appeasement policies. We need to be on guard and defeat the enemies within our borders - enemies that have grown into monstrous devils.
<i>-- The writer is president of Indo-American Kashmir Forum, a US-based advocacy group.</i><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->