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Outrage over religious intolerance in India, while silence over similar incidents at home
[NATION.PK] Over the past many days the social media is outraged over the recent incidents of religious intolerance in India. For those who have managed to miss it, I am talking about the lynching of a Muslim man in Dadri, UP. According to the news reports available the man was alleged to have slaughtered a cow and consumed its meat. Some hard boyz didn't like this and decided to go and kill the poor guy and injured his son badly. Reactions from both sides then erupted, where a vast majority of people condemned the act and insisted that the culprits behind it be brought to justice immediately. Much politico point scoring was also carried out and all the bigwigs made a beeline towards the small inconspicuous Dadri to express 'sympathies' with the family and the Muslim community of the area. Since this incident, the police has made several arrests and many people are already under investigation. At the same time a few human angle stories have also sprouted up. Non-Muslims have provided a safe passage to Muslims who were in danger, at great personal risk. This incident, coupled with a few others related to the beef ban, has put the Muslim sympathizing people of Pakistain into some kind of frenzy. Most of us feel personally betrayed at the grave intolerance which is taking place in India. This has also given some people a free for all to bring in other Muslim victimization issues like the atrocities committed in Kashmire, the acts of Mukti Bahni in 1971, the Babri Masjid incident, etc. However, a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... what I didn't see was anyone juxtaposing these incidents with those that have taken place in Pakistain in the recent past, like the lynching of the Christian couple last year, or the ongoing kidnapping and forced conversions of young Hindu girls mainly in Sindh. Then there was also the horrible incident of the destruction of the Ahmadi house on the instigation of a famous televangelist. How about the atrocities committed on Shias in this country day in and day out? All of this is done on the basis of the religious beliefs. Political instigation, point scoring and even capital gains are motivations. Posted by: Fred 2015-10-10 |
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