Don't bracket Islam with terrorism

POLITICS. .

Terrorists from Islamic countries are generally referred to the hostile Western Media in the post 9/11 period but terrorists from Christian countries are not referred to as Christian terrorists. Why this discrimination? No religion teaches hatred and violence. Islam is no exception.

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The Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), more or less a paper organization, popped up often by the media, is an example. Recently some reported activists of this banned organization including its President were arrested in India. The way the confessions of these arrested leaders were made readily available to the media which in turn too accepted the story eagerly and flashed the role of these arrested SIMI leaders in every conceivable terrorist activity in India puts a question to the credibility of these confessions as well as the media which, in this case at least, acted as a lapdog instead of a watchdog.

The SIMI hardly received support in the student community in Indian colleges and universities including the Aligarh Muslim University but it has become a convenient tool in the hands of the establishment to blame for most of the terrorist activities in India. Such trial if the SIMI by the media without much ground work and evidence puts a question mark to the credibility of the media.

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