Home Minister L K Advani asked Pakistan to hand over Maulana Masood Azhar, Dawood Ibrahim and others involved in terror strikes in the country to prove its credibility in fighting the menace. Advani also renewed New Delhi's proposal for an extradition treaty with Islamabad. Coming down heavily on Pakistan for its role in sponsoring terrorism, Advani said if it wanted to prove it had nothing to do with terrorism, it should not only take action against the Jaish-e-Mohammad and the Lashkar-e-Taiba, but also hand over people like Dawood Ibrahim whom it is sheltering. Advani sought to dispel any fear among minorities, saying the fight against terrorism was not a Hindu-Muslim conflict but a fight between civilisation and barbarism, democracy and terrorism.
Interesting coincidence that a "Hindu-Muslim" conflict comes on the heels of a "Christian-Muslim" conflict. Wonder if there's anything they have in common? |