DELHI BOMB BLAST ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2008 RAISES QUESTION ON THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY AND THEIR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Delhi's attack has been unpardonable. So were the earlier ones. I have been a witness of terrorism in the North East of India and do understand and can relate to the loss of faith on the security of the country and the frustration of the commoners.

But what is surprising is that most of the terrorist activities are repeatedly pointing to one single religious community, globally, and that is the Muslim community. And even more surprising is the voicelessness of the Muslim intellectuals in India against such activities. Is your silence a stamp of validation on what these non-believers are doing? If not then where are the Muslims, the world's second largest religious community, who loves peace and harmony and who are not suffering from mental and physical dysfunction? Or is the whole community suffering from some sort of complexity? This is not to blame a community for the deeds of a few from that community, this is not to generalise social malice, yet this is to question the social responsibility and social reaction of the community which is under scanner.

Dear friends just a couple of points. The so called 'JEHADIS' whom I call terrorist and non-believers and offshoot from illegal alliance are killing people on the month of Ramzaan and killed 3 fellow Muslims in the recent blasts in Delhi. My apology to the departed for calling them 'fellow'. If they are what Allah wants, then which Allah wants them to bomb Bangladesh every year, Pakistan every week, Afghanistan every day and Iraq every hour? They are everything but Muslims for me and everything but followers of Allah. Would followers of Allah bomb Jama Masjid?

We as a Nation believe these are non-believers, non-Muslims. So are the Muslims ready to accept this hijack of their religion without any protest? Are they ready to accept this destruction of their Nation? If there is no action from this community, among whom are these terrorists taking refuse, then they will neither have a Nation to call their own nor will they have a religion to subscribe. Trust me, the crime done to Islam by the Danish cartoonist is a small prank compared to what these terrorists are doing.

If anyone wants to respond, please make sure this should not lead to comparative studies of religion, because M F Hussain is still alive despite desecrating Hindu beliefs in public. Islam cannot be compared with the tolerance levels of any other religion in the world. Had Hussain been a Hindu painter and painted 'Allah' naked with all his 'devotion' and 'reverance' (This is his claim while painting Hindu Goddess), in Pakistan or elsewhere he would have been slaughtered.