Misjudging the motive
I am getting sick and tired of this " terrorist wanted to spark communal violence" meme.
As fas as cluelessness goes, this one takes the cake. In case someone might not have realized it yet, the relations between Hindus and Muslims have always been tenuous in India. This didn't start in 80's, this have been the story of past many centuries.
This doesn't mean that everywhere in India Hindus and Muslims have been baying for each other's blood during all these centuries. Lucknow for example after the bloodshed by Delhi sultanat did not see many riots, In general the area of oudh and bhojpur was not witness to heightened tension. I think (though I am not sure) TamilNaadu also remained by and large peaceful.
But to extend this to assert that but for few extremist elements belonging to either religion, the coexistence has been peaceful is a grievous folly.The nature of Islamic conquest meant that from time to time existence between the two religions in most of the places became very tense, often resulting in violence.
C0ntrary to what people may believe partition was not act of God, but a result of brinkmanship between a section of muslim intellectuals and Congress (perceived to be Hindu) The result of this acrimonous and bitter history is that in India it is very easy to start a communal conflagration. Bhiwandi and Vadodara are examples of this.
Therefore if the aim of terrorists was to provoke communal backlash rumour mongering is a much more effective weapon as compared to RDX (especially considering that past terrorist attacks have failed to give rise to any communal frenzy, thankfully).
Yet I find it disappointing that even otherwise insightful columnists ( Anil Athalay for example) persist with this meme thus helping the
It is imperative to resolve communal divide in order to establish a peaceful society. However playing to victimhood of Ummah, minority appeasement and attempting to reconcile the two parties by pretending that there is no historical context is sheer insanity.The first step towards reconcilation is to admit that yes there exist problems and the second step is yes they can be resolved.
5 comments:
Why is that some towns are more prone to communal violence than others ? Also why is it that communal violence seems to more prevalent in urban areas than rural ones ?
Secondly how can these problems be solved ?
History,
Good question, I will have to ponder over it.
Here let me clarify that I never have any experience of religious tensions personally
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I think the bombing had many motives. One of which very well could be to spark communal violence. Communal violence itself is not required, just a few stares the wrong way can lead to embarassed minds. Communal violence is useful for the terrorists because it pushes more people into their arms.
SS,
Right, my beef is with people who repeat this meme as a gospel truth
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