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Extremism not confined to Muslims only

by hussain | November 7, 2008 at 11:18 pm

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Whenever any terrorism incident occurs anywhere in the world, fingers are pointed to Muslims and whenever any such incident occurs in India, the Indian leaders promptly point finger to the Pakistani intelligence or Muslim extremists but a latest report shows that such accusations are mere a tool to divert public attention.

MUMBAI: India's defence minister voiced concern Friday about the alleged role of an army colonel in funding and providing explosives to a right-wing Hindu group accused of bombing a Muslim town.

Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Purohit was arrested by anti-terror police Wednesday in connection with the September 29 bombing near a mosque that killed six people and injured scores of others in Malegaon in western India.

"This incident is a matter of serious concern," Defence Minister A.K. Antony told reporters.

"We are very determined to go to the root of the whole thing."

Anti-terror police in the state of Maharashtra, where the predominantly Muslim town is located, have asked the army for permission to question two other serving army officers, an Indian news channel reported Friday.

The army is viewed by many Indians as a bastion of secular incorruptibility.

Purohit stands charged with siphoning funds to a little-known radical Hindu outfit, several of whose members have been arrested for actually carrying out the bombing.

No one claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred in an area where relations between Hindus and Muslims have been strained in recent years.

Two years ago, simultaneous bombings in the town killed 38 people and wounded more than 100. Most of the victims were Muslims.

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panzerlawyer

at 23:22 on November 7th, 2008

That is a laugh

Sputnic

at 02:58 on November 8th, 2008

Good stuff, perhaps commentators should read more than just the headline! Often newspapers when a crime is committee mention, for example, that the perpetrator was a muslim. They dont say "the perpetrator was a christian" if they were. They just describe the crime. The same as used to be done describing the perpetrator as black, but not so often mentioning the persons skin colour when they were white

hussain

at 06:49 on November 8th, 2008

Sputnic, thank you for comment. You are right. This approach is doing no good and the only aim of my post is to tell the NP readers that extremists and terrorists are not only among Muslims but also in other societies and religions.