Terrorism: Need To Move Against Perpetrators

The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) says that the government referring to Hindu organizations as terrorists is a very dangerous trend. In the inaugural session of the Akhil Bhartiya Pratinidhi Sabha (All India--Organisation), its general secretary Joshi, while addressing the media persons, said that for political compulsions Hindu organizations were being referred to as communal and blamed for terrorism. This is a very dangerous trend.

It may be noted that the Akhil Bhartiya is considered the foremost organization of the RSS for formulating policy. A shocking revelation that has been made is that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not the political arm of the RSS. In the same breath, the BJP has been instructed to clean up its corruption act. The RSS has announced that it is struggling against corruption.

Terrorism Factor
As far as terrorism is concerned, if the RSS can produce concrete proof that it is free from corruption, then it should be welcomed. But nothing of the sort has happened. Bomb explosions and acts of terrorism to instill fear have been spreading without doubt. The investigating agency has reached the conclusion that ultimately it is the Muslims and Muslims alone who are responsible for terror. Their minds had been made up regarding this before fully investigating the matter. Therefore, as soon as explosions took place Muslims are rounded up and put in prison without a second thought.

Responsible officers were worried that if this was true that Muslims alone were responsible for the evil acts, then with the indiscriminate arrests of Muslims, the explosions would have stopped long ago. This line of thinking was suggested by former Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad chief Hemant Karkare. He changed the direction of the thinking and pointed it to the right direction and in a state of panic the investigations were handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). This was followed by the arrest of Swami Aseemanand and his subsequent confession that it was revealed that Hindus and Hindus alone were involved in terrorist activities attached to various organizations.

Malegaon Attacks
The CBI has informed that one of the accused was still in prison at the time of the Malegaon attacks, while another was many kilometers away when the attacks took place and was in the mosque, in the village, saying his Friday prayers. The CBI also told the court that these two accused were locked up without investigating the charges. Now the question is will someone tell or should we. The investigations are still under way. Now there is no doubt that Hindu organizations are involved in these acts of terror.

Soon after independence, it was claimed that Hindu organizations only have been creating communal riots, with the help of the police and the administration. These acts have been blamed on the defeated Muslims. The thousands of riots that have taken place after independence are sufficient proof of this. All prove that the canard against Muslims began when George W. Bush was the US president. It was then that Indian Muslims were labeled as terrorists. Now that Hindu organizations have been exposed, all are trying to brainwash innocent citizens that this lie is indeed the truth.

Demand of Situation
What is important is that our leaders should understand that by pushing innocent Muslims and putting them in prison is not going to solve anything. Muslims also are honorable citizens of this country. Punishment to all those who bring false charges against Muslims, knowing well that they are innocent, is the foremost demand of the situation. Protecting life, honor, and property is the foremost duty of the state. This is extremely important.

RSS Move To Attend Muslim Religious Function

The world's history is proof that in the battle between truth and lies, truth wins always. It is another matter altogether that it takes a little time for the truth to triumph. Justice always takes a lot of patience and truth emerges from its debris. And there is always a reason for the delay in the truth to emerge, which only God knows. God works in mysterious ways. It also happens that the secret forces attack repeatedly so that all truths and hopes are shattered, and the moment when hopes are about to give up, God takes pity on them and truth triumphs. For the past three decades, Muslims in India are passing through such a phase and their enemies seem to be succeeding in their conspiracy. Evil forces seem to be succeeding in the country to make the life of Muslims a living hell in all aspects. Muslims are blamed for any explosion that occurs in the country, and this has become the fashion.

The Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) and the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA), and other laws, is resulting in thousands of Muslim youth being arrested and confined without the benefit of any redress by a court of law. Any softhearted and justice-loving listening to their stories is bound to feel for them. After two decades of maligning and arrests, Muslims have become demoralized. They are losing patience. But God, by making Swami Aseemanand, the culprit of the Samjhauta Express explosion, confess to his crimes, has put these die-hard anti-Muslims in a state of panic. They could not even imagine that such a situation could arise. They were working to their black deeds according to plan. They were blaming all their activities on Muslims and harming them as much as possible. One harm was in the shape of explosions and the second was the arrest for explosions. They were being successful in their mission for a long time that they forgot that the darkness of the night is followed by the light of the morning. What has begun has to finish and now that the truth has emerged before the world they do not know where to hide. And now they are trying to hide behind Muslims.

Hatred for Muslims
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), whose very existence came into being because of their hatred for Muslims are now announcing their plans to attend a Muslim Milad (a religious ceremony) in praise of the Prophet of Islam. In Lucknow and its adjoining areas, the RSS is now distributing pamphlets, which states, 'The RSS is not the enemy of Muslims.' Rather, the group is an enemy of Jihadi (crusade) groups and that terrorists pose danger to the peace of the country.

The RSS's ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be one step ahead of the RSS. BJP's spokesman, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, has proposed the Congress party president Sonia Gandhi to apologize to Muslims who have been arrested on the charge of causing explosions, because after the confession of Aseemanand all these youth stand vindicated and proved innocent.

Is Mind-Set Changing?
One hoped that Naqvi's statement was not a political stunt and he was genuinely sympathetic to the hapless Muslim youth. But sadly, this does not seem to be the case. During a recent press conference at the BJP office in Hyderabad, he said that Muslim youth arrested in the explosions at the Mecca Masjid and the Gokul Chaat case, should be set free. He advocated this as a heartfelt sympathizer of Muslims, belonging to a party that is pro-Muslim. The love of all these separatist organizations is spreading sweetness all around, instead of poison. To say that their mind-set has changed, that they are genuine sympathizers of Muslims, does seem hard to swallow. Man can change his habits but not his nature.

Sympathy and the announcement to attend a Muslim religious function is a ruse. It smells of conspiracy. Keeping this in view, the administration should keep a watchful eye on the function. If these RSS members are offering genuine friendship then one should welcome them with open arms and pray to God that He gives them the intelligence to understand true Islam.