Secular Pretence Exposes India's Weakness Before Pakistan

Pakistan is continuing its cunning maneuvers and India is constantly trying to improve relations under US pressure. Pakistan made the move for talks with US support in order to improve its image in the world.

It proved to be a mere sham in the long run. It was the Indian Government's weakness to deviate from its original resolve "not to have any discussions with Pakistan until it stops all anti-India activities on its soil."

Measures Against Terrorists
Pakistan's morale seems to have gone up by this change. It was elated that India had been caught in its trap. That is why Pakistan adopted a rigid stand in the dialogue. It neither gave up the Kashmir slogan nor did it make any commitment on taking stern measures against terrorists. Why does Manmohan Singh fail to realize that relationship with a country, which has always been hostile to India and has adopted the policy of humiliating and destroying it, can never be developed?

Because of India's weak policy and lack of determination, Pakistan repeatedly vents its anger on us and advises us to improve relations. A fitting reply can be given to Pakistan through determination and on India's own strength.

How can the United States pressure India into talks? No country can earn respect in the world by sacrificing its prestige for the sake of international relations. Has the prime minister forgotten this simple principle of foreign policy? Pakistan and the United States complement each other in their foreign policies and designs. Some time ago, US President Barack Obama had asked China to keep a watch on the situation in South Asian countries. Its direct implication was that China should mediate between India and Pakistan. Later, Pakistan's foreign minister said, during his visit to China, that Pakistan would welcome any role assigned to China to reduce tension between India and Pakistan. This mentality does not certainly go in India's favor.

Dancing to Tune of US
What is the point in dancing to the tune of the United States? It only reveals India's weakness. The United States is forming an equation with Pakistan to protect its own interests. But ignoring India's welfare and respect in this process can never be tolerated nor should the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government allow this.

That Pakistan had taken the dialogue lightly was evident from the meeting that Pakistani foreign secretary had with Hurriyat Conference leaders, blatantly just before the dialogue began. Was this not meant to irritate the Indian Government? What could be more ridiculous than the description of the dossiers handed over to the foreign secretary as "mere literature"? Pakistan was actually pretending to hold talks.

It was not at all serious about them. That is why, its foreign secretary had asked India not to make terrorism a part of the dialogue before he came to India. But terrorism and Pakistan's role in it are the main cause of tension between India and Pakistan. Having a dialogue without including them in the agenda can serve no purpose. Pakistan was not serious about the talks at any level nor was it eager for them to be conclusive. That is why the talks failed.

Resumption of Dialogue
Just two days before the resumption of the dialogue, Pakistan violated the cease-fire and started firing on the Samba region on the India-Pakistan border. Does this not prove that Pakistan's hostile mentality has not changed at all? On the other hand, the Taliban have beheaded two Sikhs for refusing to pay extortion money and to convert to Islam.

Another Hindu was abducted and a ransom of a hundred thousand rupees was demanded. The Manmohan Singh government did not refer to these atrocious activities in the dialogue. This silence exposes the secret of its "secular character."

As against this, the prime minister's reaction to the burning of churches in Orissa was quite different. After the ruthless murder of Swami Lakshmanand in Orissa, people went on a rampage and destroyed some churches and hurt Christians. The prime minister was in France at that time. But this did not stop him from describing these incidents as a "national shame". However, the same government fails to react to heinous activities like killings of Sikhs, demanding extortion money from them, compelling them to convert to Islam and abducting Hindus. What does it imply? Ignoring these happenings that occurred just before the resumption of the dialogue is in consequence with the government's secular thinking?

Its secular pretence was further exposed when the Congress party spokesperson stated that it was the government's responsibility to bring artist M.F. Hussain safely back to India, even though he paints obscene pictures of Hindu gods and goddesses! Contrary to this, the government compels Taslima Nasreen to leave the country repeatedly because she exposes the doings of fundamentalist clerics through her writings. How can such a hesitant secular government having a weak moral counter Pakistan's depravity?

Publications of Prophet Mohammad's Caricatures and Responsibilities of Muslim World

The republishing of caricatures of the holy Prophet Mohammad Mohammad in Norway and Denmark is an evidence of the Western circles, specially the media's dirty conspiracy against the entire Muslim world. Its basic plan is achieve their targets against the Muslim world by declaring Islam as the religion of the terrorists and the Muslims as terrorists and extremists on the basis of the reaction emitting out in the Islamic world through this condemnable act. This would provide an opportunity to the anti-Islam forces to unite and it would be possible to open a grand front against the Muslim world.
As far as the republication of the caricatures of the holy Prophet Mohammad in Norway and Denmark is concerned, it cannot be described as purposeless and without any reason. Proving its legality in the name of freedom of expression is also a shameful and cruel act of adding salt to the Muslim's injury.

Freedom of Expression
If this is a display of freedom of expression and freedom of press then why this shameful act is only committed against the Muslims. Until today, why the western mediums of communication and media have not committed such a condemnable act, although there is no dearth of the unrevealed religions and their believers.
And the most important thing is that to-date no Muslim country, media, communication medium and government has not staged any insulting act or demonstration against any religion, or non-Muslim religious leader. Rather giving positive response to the poisonous revelations by the Western circles and some intellectuals, no Muslim scholar or intellectual has targeted their religion or religious leader, which shows Islam's broadness and respect for other religions as well as it reflects the saying of the holy Koran, there is no compulsion in religion. And this saying negates the stand regarding forceful spreading of Islam.
But the anti-Islam elements, especially not only the religious circles and intellectuals rather some non-Muslims of the subcontinent have also in the past hurt the emotions of the Muslims, and several incidents have been seen. In Lahore, with reference to Ghazi Ilm Din's martyrdom, a condemnable act of a Hindu and a shameful tale of dishonoring the holy Prophet Mohammad has become a part of our history. And Ilm Din's sacrifice to take revenge will not be forgotten by the nation till the judgment day. Ilm Din murdered a Hindu when he published a book to insult Prophet Mohammad.

Feelings of Muslims
The western circles' behavior and manners against Islam and the Muslim world is not restricted to the media and some intellectuals, rather the governments also not only encourage such persons, but their involvement in this crime is not a secret. Its proof is that Salman Rushdie was awarded with honor and he was invited to attend an official award distribution ceremony. If the British rulers would have considered the feelings of only the Muslims of the subcontinent against this cursed man, they would not have allowed him to stay in their country, rather they would not have awarded him honor that hurt the feelings of the entire Muslim world.
On the other, India has also provided an evidence of Islam's enemy by allowing the Bangladesh writer Taslima Nasreen. Nevertheless, after the republication of the caricatures in Denmark and Norway, the Pakistani nation, especially the religious circles' reaction is an example for the entire Muslim world and is also a guiding principle. This fact is not only regrettable but also of concern that unlike Pakistan, the other Muslim countries did not react so violently rather they did not show their concern at all.
The government of Pakistan considering the national reaction and pressure presented a resolution in the Parliament against the publication of these caricatures. But the action demanded by the religious and political circles against the two concerned countries for the publication of these caricatures has not been appreciated by the government and there seems no possibility of its appreciation.

Faith of Muslim Community
The protection of the honor of the Holy Prophet Mohammad Mohammad is the basic part of the faith of every Muslim, and the faith of any Muslim remains incomplete without it. This emotion creates interest for martyrdom in Muslims and no force in the world, no power, no wealth, no greediness can fade this emotion of the Muslims. Nor they can remain silent on this cruel and condemnable act.
Those western circles and countries which are committing this act, they are, in fact, in the guise of journalism and freedom of expression are committing the worst kind of terrorism. Their actions are threatening the global peace, and their conspiracy is not only against only Islam and Muslims, rather it is such a condemnable act against entire humanity, which is grave danger for global peace and existence, because its reaction can spread all over the world.

Giving Wrong Color to Islam
It is an unfortunate fact that the silence of the Muslim rulers has encouraged the newspapers of two countries to republish the insulting caricatures. To date the United Nations and Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) have not expressed any reaction against them. The Western media is controlled by Zionist forces and their Islam and Muslim enemy needs not explanation. These forces are deliberately committing such acts against the Muslims and by giving wrong color to Islam they want to convert the global community to anti-Islam forces. In this regard, Pakistan's religious circles and prominent religious leaders' demand special attention of the government that death penalty law be formulated for those who insult The holy Prophet Mohammad, and a meeting of the OIC be immediately convened against the caricatures. Because the western countries, which are blaming Pakistan and Islam for terrorism are themself committing the worst kind of terrorism.
The publication of these caricatures is no doubt an open challenge for the entire Muslim world. And the silence of the Muslim world on banning construction of mosques minarets in Switzerland and
the republication of the insulting caricatures indicates the senselessness of the Muslim rulers, which will further encourage them. In this connection, the resolutions passed at the Ulema convention of all the schools of thought in Karachi, and the addresses of Ulema at the convention represent the feelings of the 170 million people and ignoring it would be a big mistake, because the attack on the character of the most sacred personality of the world is counted among the worst type of terrorism.

Demand of Situation
In fact, only after the Muslim world and Muslim leaders kept silent on publication of these caricatures that Switzerland has banned construction of minarets and some western countries have started banning the construction of mosques, because these countries have taken the total silence of Muslim world on the action of Denmark and Norway as their weakness. And more steps can be expected from them against the Muslims.
If under the international law, if somebody can be held responsible and reprimanded for insulting an individual then what is the logic for ignoring the insult to The last Prophet Mohammad. Even the death penalty cannot satisfy the Muslims for those persons who commit this. To call this an opinion and religious freedom makes it the worst enemy of the humanity.