Some people seem to be dropping a load in their pants at the thought of the Taliban next door, and pretending that India would be hurt by such an eventuality. Let me remind such people that the Taliban will not be speaking pristine english and posing for western photographers, they will be enforcing the Shariat on the pakistanis, and such evil could not befall a nicer bunch of people.

The Pakistanis wanted to be the fortress of islam, and we are just seeing their deepest desires come true, with islam taking over all of pakistan from the ground up. The Pakistani punjabis who are so cosmopolitan and elite and westernized need to be under taliban rule for a few years before they change their worldview and stop feeding the islamist fire, instead of using jihad and religion as a means of political control of people and territory by strict implementation of religious law. They are getting eaten by their own monster and paying the consequences of their own past actions. Just get yourself a plate of mulaga bajji and watch the fun.

Moderate muslims remain dishonest because speaking against the extremists in their community will get them killed post haste, so these moderate muslims pretend that the only source of fundamentalism in India is in hinduism. The moderate muslims in India, barring the odd brave soul every now and then that dares to speak the truth, are paying lip service against islamic extremism while pretending that all the real extremists in India are not muslims. Such behaviour is not going to win them any friends in non muslim communities in the long run.

If you acknowledge that liberal Muslims exist, then you should also acknowledge that it is primarily their responsibility to reform Islam and to eliminate extremism from it.

Instead, you confound the entire problem with “Islam”, thereby antagonizing the liberals amongst the Muslims and providing fodder for extremists. Whether we like it or not, religious identity is a part of the identity of many people. Whatever criticism that one applies to any religion should not breach the limits of insulting the identity of people. How to draw that line ? Well. I say the easiest thing to do is to give the mouth-peace to liberal Muslims. As long as it is them who do the critiquing, nobody can complain of any insults.

Vacuous statements are just that … totally empty of content or meaning.

Parties shouldn’t be talking down artists of all people or accepting the Mangalore incident.

You will see when you care to see. I won’t be asking you for their support if I didn’t know liberal Muslims exist.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bangalore/Art-felt-disgust/articleshow/4157373.cms

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Even Pakistan’s friends are seeing the handwriting on the wall.