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Harsh Menon

There is nothing called a Muslim Terrorist or Hindu Terrorist.... How can one call him/her a Hindu or a Muslim if he is on a killing spree. No religion advocates violence.
So please stop prefixing Hindu or Muslim to a Terrorist.
A Terrorist is a Terrorist. Terrorism is his religion. Media should first stop saying Muslim Terrorist or Hindu Terrorist in their news first...
You could rather call him a Terrorist... Alteast that would help any community from being categorised as Terrorists as a whole. Because of the frequent use of the Term Muslim Terrorist, people tend to see all the muslims as terrorists just like people used to call any punjabi an Atankavaadi when terrorism was at its peak in Punjab....

A terrorist is a terrorist not a Hindu nor a Muslim....

Sagarika Ghose Column

Shshsh... Muslim!

Friday , August 03, 2007 at 07 : 51

Posted by Sagarika Ghose at 07 : 51 hrs

A conspiracy of silence has followed the conspiracy of terror. There is a certain chilling predictability about the list of convicts, a dreadful Orwellian litany of sameness.

After a mammoth 14 years of trial and the dramatic sentencing of Sanjay Dutt, the Bombay Blasts case of 1993, is closed. Of 123 accused, 100 have been sentenced. 12 have been given death.

20 have been given life terms, 15 of them with Rigorous Imprisonment. What are the names of those who will die? Among others, Memon. Turk. Tarani. Shaikh. Mukadam. Ghansar. Malik. Pawle. And Khan.

What are the names of those who will serve life terms with RI? Among others, Shaikh. Khairulla. Qureshi. Memon. Rehman. And Kadar.

In the 1998 Coimbatore blast verdict this week, the main accused Abdul Nazar Madani has been acquitted, but SA Basha, founder of al-Umma has been found guilty, along with 157 others. Muslim after Muslim has stepped up to be convicted and sentenced.

Soon India's jails will be choc-a-block...