7/18/2019 CRUSADE & TERRORISM.docx

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/crusade-terrorismdocx 1/17

CRUSADE&

 TERRORISM

Vidyut Chakraborty

7/18/2019 CRUSADE & TERRORISM.docx

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/crusade-terrorismdocx 2/17

Crusade is a war mongering ostu!ate "or re!igious dominan#eo$er other re!igious se#ts% Terrorism is the manner #rusade a#ts

uon "or o!iti#a! aggression o$er #aste #reed nation it is a artand ar#e! o" the strategy o" #rusade% A#tua!!y they aearidenti#a! or seemed to ha$e been made identi#a!%Interretations by the di'erent s#ho!ars may be di'erent indi'erent and simi!ar eriod o" time%

 The (rst #rusade was a##eted to ha$e been o##urred in )*+,

CE and se#ond in ))-, CE the war waged on the .ews by the

Christians%

/ut what about .ihad0

 The an#ient ri$a!s o" Christian /y1antium and Sussanian 2ersia

were !o#ked in war "rom ,*3 CE to 435 CE% Simi!ar!y Arab army

swet to #on6uer Syria7 2a!estine7 2ersia and Egyt 8known as

9o!den Cres#ent: "rom ,;4 CE to ,-3 CE% In ,;5 CE 2a!estine

surrendered the <o!y City o" .erusa!em on the terms shrines7

#hur#hes and synagogues wou!d remain untou#hed%

Did #rusade and .ihad bear identi#a! $ision0 Re!igious!y Crusade

and .ihad are in ro=imity o" #on#ets%

In Ehesians ,> ))?)@ 8Eist!e o" St% 2au!?ew Testament: it is

di#tated to ut on the "u!! armor o" 9od to take the stand

against the s#hemes o" De$i! 8ru!ers7 authorities7 owers o" dark

wor!d7 siritua! hea$en!y e$i! "or#es:7 to stand (rm with the be!t

o" truth bu#k!e around the waste with the breast!ate o"righteousness and shie!d o" "aith and the he!met o" sa!$ation

and the sword o" sirit% These were addresses to the #hi!dren o"

god%

In <indu ei#s the war was "or se!" de"ense on!y% The humane

sorrow me!an#ho!y berea$ement "or #!ose and distant re!ati$es

and "or known or unknown so!diers are !abe!ed as temorary

emotion and the #onstant is the Bord o" Uni$erse8/rahma/rahman: and the <uman Sou! 8AtmaAtman :

7/18/2019 CRUSADE & TERRORISM.docx

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/crusade-terrorismdocx 3/17

the u!timate indestru#tib!e whi#h resurre#ts to (ght the e$i!s

"rom ages to ages8 there are "our ages in the <indu s#ritures:%

In so #a!!ed <induism 8/rahman7 Vishnu7 and Shi$a and Shakti

#u!t: the 9od does e$erything and the human being er"orms

the ritua!s on the hysi#a!!y in$isib!e and unheard hea$en!y

di#tates o" 9od% The interna! batt!e amongst the <indu se#ts

and #u!ts were diminished a"ter the reign and ru!e o" "oreign

dominan#e o" Saka7 <uns7 2athan7 Mugha! and /ritish% A!! o$er

Asia7 /uddhism and .ainism ha$e its strong hegemony7 their

inner (ght among their di$erse se#ts a!so died down%

An ane#dote o" A!e=ander was $ery mu#h ou!ar in India%

A!e=ander won India in ;34 /C% hi!e assing by the road he

met some .ain monks wa!king ast him without bothering his

resen#e% <e asked the monks astonishing!y about their

auda#ity to neg!e#t the great emeror o" the wor!d% The monks

re!ied #a!m!y the ing A!e=ander #ou!d o##uy that mu#h

earth as e$ery man #ou!d7 be#ause he was a!so a human being

!ike them%

 The di'eren#e remained in kingFs reo##uation o" makingnuisan#e to himse!" and to others and "or that A!e=ander

tra$e!!ed so many mi!es away "rom his home% <is !a#e in the

earth a"ter his death wou!d be as mu#h he wou!d take "or

ermanent rest% A!e=ander was o$erwhe!med and a"ter going

ba#k his home he sermoni1e the !esson%

Indian Mus!ims had a g!orious tradition o" Indianisation and not

mere!y Is!amisation% The se#ond Akbar "ought against these#tarian re!igious administrati$e o!i#ies against o" Emeror

Aurang1eb ? his "ather% Aurang1eb ki!!ed his e!der brother Dara

Suko7 a re$erend Indian s#ho!ar o" east whose identity was not

digni(ed by his re!igion but by his wisdom he trans!ated so

many <indu s#ritures in#!uding Uanishads "rom Sanskrit to

Arabi# whi#h then trans!iterated to Batin%

 To sa$e Somnath tem!e in 9uGrat so many Shia Mus!ims "ought

"or the <indu kings against Mus!im in$aders% 9a1ni Mahmud

7/18/2019 CRUSADE & TERRORISM.docx

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/crusade-terrorismdocx 4/17

had <indu #ommanders and so!diers who a!so he!ed him to

atta#k <indu shrines%

In the "reedom strugg!e o" India7 se$era! Mus!im !eaders

sa#ri(#ed their !i$es "or the sake o" IndiaFs "reedom 7 neither "or2akistan nor "or Is!am%

<indu king engaged themse!$es in war ne$er in the name o"

re!igion% Maratha king Shi$aGi took e'ort to estab!ish a <indu

India and he "ought against the Mugha!s not against Is!am he

took $ow be"ore his 9uru Ramdas to beha$e !ike a #ommon

man and not !ike a usua! king% So Indian re!igious !eaders and

kings desite their inner batt!es and interna! (ghts rea#hed "or

ea#e and se!" de"ense "or #ommon eo!e irrese#ti$e o"

re!igions% The history did not re#ord the (ghts amongst

Shi$aite7 /aishna$as7 /uddhists7 .ains and other re!igious se#ts

a!though it was there but not in the name o" Dharma Huddha

8<o!y ar:% On!y urukshetra ar o" Mahabharata 8ei#a! not a

histori#a! one: was #a!!ed Dharma Huddha% Other histori#a! wars

were a!! o!iti#a! wars% /imbishar (445-+) /CE:7 readying "or

batt!e surrendered and bowed to 9autama /uddha 84,;-5;

/CE:% In true sense the great emeror Ashoka 83,+ /CE to 3;3

/CE: turned himse!" "rom Chandashoka to Dharmashoka% <%9%

e!!s wrote o" Ashoka in his book The Outline of History: JAmidst the

tens o" thousands o" names o" monar#hs that #rowd the

#o!umns o" history7 their maGesties and gra#iousness and

serenities and roya! highnesses and the !ike7 the name o"

Ashoka shines7 and shines7 a!most a!one7 a star%J

Christianity and Is!am waged wars a"ter wars betweenthemse!$es and a!so against other se#ts in the name o" <o!y

ar whereas the war was meant "or aggression and in$asion to

"oreign !ands be that !and be!onged to their own re!igion or

e!se% So to those atta#kers Crusades and .ihad are identi#a! in

meaning%

In Is!am7 .ihad means a (ght in two ways> one is against inner

e$i! and the other against outer e$i!% I" this is taken as natura!

7/18/2019 CRUSADE & TERRORISM.docx

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/crusade-terrorismdocx 5/17

(ght "or sur$i$a! the this is the gist o" a!! the great re!igious

books% ow .ihad has been interreted in so many ways%

Crusades !ost its re!e$an#e due to the Euroean

En!ightenment% hate$er good interretation #omes about theword K.ihadF7 des#ribed as si=th i!!ar o" Is!am by Sunni se#t or

tenth i!!ar by Shia se#t7 a !ot o" Is!ami# terrorists organi1ation

#a!!ed their guerri!!a atta#k to in(de!s and to ka(rs as .ihad%

Some o" the warriors #a!!ed themse!$es as Muhajeed 7 some

 Jihadi %meaning remain the same%

Ahmadiyya $iew on .ihad > In Ahmadiyya Is!am7 Gihad is

rimari!y oneLs ersona! inner strugg!e and shou!d not be used$io!ent!y "or o!iti#a! moti$es% Vio!en#e is the !ast otion on!y to

be used to rote#t re!igion and oneLs own !i"e in e=treme

situations o" erse#ution%

Quranists do not be!ie$e that the word Gihad means ho!y war%

 They be!ie$e it means to strugg!e7 or to stri$e% They be!ie$e it

#an in#ororate both mi!itary and non?mi!itary ase#ts% hen it

re"ers to the mi!itary ase#t7 it is understood rimari!y as

de"ensi$e war"are%

Sufc $iew #!assi(es J.ihadJ into two arts> the J9reater .ihadJ

and the JBesser .ihadJ% Muhammad ut the emhasis on the

J9reater .ihadJ by saying7 J<o!y is the warrior who is at war

with himse!"J% In this sense e=terna! wars and stri"e are seen as

but a satani# #ounter"eit o" the true JGihadJ7 whi#h #an on!y be

"ought and won within% There is no sa!$ation "or man without

his own e'orts being added to the work o" se!"?re(nement% Inthis sense it is the western $iew o" the <o!y 9rai! whi#h #omes

#!osest to the Su(# idea!7 "or to the Su(s7 er"e#tion is the 9rai!7

and the <o!y 9rai! is "or those who7 a"ter they be#ome er"e#t

by gi$ing a!! they ha$e to the oor then go on to be#ome

JAbda!J or J#hanged onesJ !ike Eno#h7 who was JtakenJ by 9od

be#ause he Jwa!ked with 9odJ 89enesis>4>3-:% <ere the J<o!y

OnesJ gain the surname J<adratJ or JThe 2resen#eJ%

7/18/2019 CRUSADE & TERRORISM.docx

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/crusade-terrorismdocx 6/17

Bahá’ís be!ie$e that the !aw o" .ihad has been b!otted out "rom

the s#ritures ikiediaN%

Crusading rePe#ted a so#ia! menta!ity grounded in war as a

#entra! "or#e o" rote#tion7 arbitration7 so#ia! dis#i!ine7 o!iti#a!e=ression and materia! gain %The #rusades #on(rmed a

#ommuna! identity #omrising aggression7 aranoia7 nosta!gia7

wish"u! thinking and in$ented historyQ%

The #rusades were and are #ontro$ersia! and #ontentious "ar

beyond the a#ademi# #ommunity% More than any other in#ident

o" medie$a! Euroean history they ha$e entered the shere o"

ub!i# history7 where the ast is #atured in abiding #u!tura!

myths o" inheritan#e7 se!" image and identity%Q Christoher

 TyermanFs A New History of CrusadeN%

In the Is!ami# states Ca!ihaFs words were the !ast one7 it gets

down to Su!tan and then to Sheikh% Mos6ue #!ergymen were

#onsu!ted by the Ca!ihas% In the Christian nations7 2aa!

instru#tions were the !ast words% ings were #onsu!ted by the

#hur#h authority% /oth sides try to #on$ert their subordinates

into their own "aith% Is!ami# te=ts7 sura )*+ stated that re!igionis ersona! matter no body wi!! imose Is!am on any non?Is!ami#

re!igious subGe#ts but "or that non?inter"eren#e the subGe#ts had

to ay Gi1iya and might embra#e subGugation%

Martyrs and Shahids are rese#ted with ho!iness be#ause o" the

re!igious "anati#ism a!!ow the #rusade or .ihad as a ious a#t to

rea#h to <ea$en by this short#ut% So $io!en#e was endorsed by

so#iety guided by the re!igious !eaders "or se!" sa#ri(#e%

Rumour in the air #urrent!y whir!s about se= sa#ri(#e a!so% The

system is known as Gihad a!?nikahQ or se= Gihad% 2ub!i#ity (rst

arose in 3*);7 and the $era#ity o" the a!!eged ra#ti#e be#ame

the subGe#t o" greater debate in Setember 3*); a"ter the

Interior Minister o" Tunisia made a ub!i# statement as a

signi(#ant issue% In .une 3*)-7 it was reorted by the Egytian

Dai!y newsaer A!?Masry A!?Houm that the Is!amist grou ISIB

7/18/2019 CRUSADE & TERRORISM.docx

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/crusade-terrorismdocx 7/17

8the Is!ami# State in Ira6 and the Be$ant: ut u osters #a!!ing

on the eo!e o" Mosu! to bring them their unmarried gir!s to

arti#iate in Gihad a!?nikahQ or se= Gihad% Sour#e> ikiediaN

 The C!arion 2roGe#t ews dated 3, .u!7 3*)48www%#!arionroGe#t%org: #!aimed that ISIS has re#ent!y takeno$er $ast territories in Ira6 in#!uding Mosu!7 Ira6Fs se#ond!argest #ity% Jihad al-nikah re"ers to women Goining the Gihad byo'ering se= to the ma!e (ghters% 2osters in ub!i# !a#es inMosu! read> “We call upon the people of this county to bringtheir unmarried girls so they can fulll their duty in sex jihad for their warrior brothers in the city and anyone who will notappear will feel the full force of the sharia [slamic law! upon

him"# 

Ma!aysian women Goin Midd!e East Gihadists as K#om"ortwomenF7 re$ea!s inte!!igen#e reorthtt>www%thema!aysianinsider%#omma!aysiaarti#!ema!aysian?women?Goin?midd!e?east?Gihadists?as?#om"ort?women?re$ea!s?inte!!i gen#e

Sharmeena /egum be#ame one o" the youngest /ritish

teenagers to Goin the murderous IS terror grou when she Ped"rom her home in East Bondon and tra$e!!ed to Syria !ast

De#ember aged )4%

 Three months !ater7 three o" her #!osest s#hoo! "riends Amira

Abase7 ),7 adi1a Su!tana7 ),7 and Shamima /egum7 )4 a!so

Ped to Syria7 triggering an internationa! sear#h to res#ue them%

OMAR A<ID OR T<E MAIB O SUDAH7 ) August 3*)4

htt>www%dai!ymai!%#o%uknewsarti#!e?;)534,)/ritain?s?Gihadi?bride?

groomer?S#hoo!gir!?radi#a!ised?Bondon?mos6ue?re#ruited?three?

#!assmates?Goin?ISIS?Syria%htm!i=11;he=,O3gu N

 O" #ourse it is nai$e to be!ie$e this narrati$e o" a er"e#t"ami!yQ amid a!! the destru#tion taking !a#e in Syria and theatro#ities #ommitted by ISISFs beasts% /ut shou!d we rea!!y beworried about #!eaning u the !anguage o" the news7 whi#h

does in#!ude shame"u! and embarrassing terms su#h as se=ua!

7/18/2019 CRUSADE & TERRORISM.docx

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/crusade-terrorismdocx 8/17

 Gihad7Q or shou!d we instead "o#us on the rea!ity o" anunre#edented henomenon that sees do1ens o" teenage gir!s!ea$e their arentsF homes ea#h year in order to Goin GihadistgrousQ0 ritten by > Abdu!rahman A!?Rashed 

www%aawsat%net3*)4*;%%%oinion?the?rea!ity?o"?sexual ? jihad].

In the name o" 9od the riests and the rea#hers #an doanything interreting the te=t o" <o!y books o" their re!igion intheir own #on$enient way% So#iety and Re!igious 9urus gi$eta#it emathy i" not a#ti$e suort% Se$era! <indu Sadhus andChristian C!ergies get arrested and "a#e tria!s and Gai!s being#on$i#ted on e#onomi# o'en#es7 so#ia! inGusti#e and se=ua!e=!oitation !ike the #rimina!s with mu!ti!e or sing!e identitydo% Most ridi#u!ous are $atwa and Jihad whi#h route to $io!en#e%

Dr% Amartya Sen mentioned the reason o" $io!en#e is based onsear#h o" identity what re!igion assured% <e soke against on!yone a!iation o" human being% The way Is!am and Christianitysread o$er the wor!dFs nation they !e"t with one identity andthat is re!igious% There are a !ot o" A"ri#an #ommunities#on$erted to Is!am sa$ing the biggest Mus!im ou!ation o"India7 /ang!adesh7 2akistan 8undi$ided India be"ore )+-@:

Indonesia7 and Ma!aysia in eastern art o" Asia sa$ing theimmense ou!ation in China and .aan% Ea#h and e$ery #ase7!i"e sty!e di'ers7 !anguage di'ers7 and dress #ode di'ers and"ood habit di'ers7 nothing mat#hes with that o" Midd!e East%

%we ha$e to ask whether it is at a!! ossib!e to de(ne a trueFMus!imQ in terms o" be!ie"s about #on"rontation and to!eran#e7on whi#h Is!am does not di#tate and on whi#h di'erent Mus!ims

ha$e taken wide!y di'erent ositions o$er #enturies%Q Identity

and Violence – The Illusion of DestinyN% The Is!ami# identity did not work% Cu!tura! $ariation and ethni#di$ersity osed a big danger to this identity% As the #on$ersion"rom one re!igion to Is!am was the basi# #on#et7 the #ustomsand ritua!s o" re$ious re!igious entity sustain% So there aremu!ti!e di$ersity in the se$era! nations o" A"ri#a and Arabiaand 2ersia and Turkey% Aart "rom the de$e!oed e#onomy o"one !a#e brings thousands "oreign traders and !abors o"$arious #u!ture and re!igions and !anguages the so#ia! #ustoms

be#ome #om!e=7 the triba! eo!e and other subGe#ts (nd no

7/18/2019 CRUSADE & TERRORISM.docx

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/crusade-terrorismdocx 9/17

rooms "or their own ritua!s o" !i$ing% The Mohi#ans o" Canada?US border was $an6uished this way and so many triba!#i$i!i1ations wied away !ike Dra$idian7 Maya et#% There was$io!en#e7 subGugation but not in the name #rusades% The simi!ar

thing haened by the Arab Mus!im on the on? Arab Mus!imsin A"ri#a aart "rom b!a#k white aartheid in South A"ri#a%

hat is going on Sudan0 Mus!ims are ki!!ing their Is!ami#brethren% Dar "ur7 si1ed near!y o" ran#e7 in Sudan 8, mi!!ionMus!im inhabitants o" )** tribes most!y nomads: was under#i$i! war due to #onPi#ts on Arabs and non? Arabs di'erentiationa!though both were A"ri#ans% The ro?Arab king 7 Omar /ashir o" ationa! Is!ami# ront took u reign in )+5+ and startedtorturing oressing the non?Arab nomads 8 hagwa7 Masa!itand ur: ki!!ing ; !akh and dis!a#ing ;* !akh o" non?Arabnomads8U estimate:7 in the name o" ethni# #!eansing%hagwas #!aimed aartheid by Arabs against their tribes%

Daoud <ari7 a su'erer 1hagwa so#ia! worker and a Gourna!ist inhis book The Translator,des#ribed the iti"u! #ondition o" 1hagwas%ear!y a!! young women are regnant through rae %2ossib!y sothat the kids wi!! #arry the Arabian gene but with A"ri#andes#endan#e be#ause raists are a!! A"ri#an Mus!ims% In the

re"ugee #am she!tered in the border o" Sudan and Bybia themen #annot go out to #o!!e#t (rewood in "ear o" being murderedinstead the young women are sent to get the (rewood su'eringrae% Bakhs o" bastards are #oming out e$ery year "rom thewomb o" these distressed women "o!ks%

Simi!ar #ondition re$ai!s in Syria%

As o" .anuary 3*)4 the death to!! had risen abo$e

33*7***7 with estimates in Ari! 3*)4 as high as;)*7***% Internationa! organi1ations ha$e a##used the Syrian

go$ernment7 ISIB and other oosition "or#es o" se$ere human

rights $io!ations7 with many massa#res o##urring% Chemi#a!

weaons ha$e been used many times during the #onPi#t as

we!!% The Syrian go$ernment is reorted!y resonsib!e "or the

maGority o" #i$i!ian #asua!ties and war #rimes7 o"ten through

bombings% In addition7 tens o" thousands o" rotesters and

7/18/2019 CRUSADE & TERRORISM.docx

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/crusade-terrorismdocx 10/17

a#ti$ists ha$e been imrisoned and there are reorts

o" torture in state risons%

 The se$erity o" the humanitarian disaster in Syria has been

out!ined by the U and many internationa! organi1ations% More

than @%, mi!!ion Syrians ha$e been dis!a#ed7 and more than -

mi!!ion ha$e Ped the #ountry to #ountries su#h as

 Turkey7 Bebanon7 .ordan7 Ira67 and Egyt and ha$e

be#ome re"ugees% Mi!!ions more ha$e been !e"t in oor !i$ing

#onditions with shortages o" "ood and drinking water% Sour#e>

ikiediaN

ndia must determine what the %yrian con&ict would mean to it 

A"ter three years o" a bruta! #i$i! war in Syria7 the wor!d iswat#hing the 9ene$a?II ta!ks7 where "or the (rst time7 theregime and the oosition are to negotiate% A!so7 "or the (rsttime7 India has been in$ited to this imortant "orum tode!iberate on SyriaFs "uture%

In ou!ar debate7 India is #ursori!y groued with either the

Ameri#an or Russian #ams7 but IndiaFs own assessment o" the#onPi#t is !itt!e dis#ussed% hi!e India has an o#ia! osition "orthe negotiations7 it has !arge!y $iewed the #onPi#t "rom a g!oba!erse#ti$e%

<owe$er7 the negotiations and the #onPi#t wi!! #ontinue "or awhi!e as both are sta!emated% It might now be time "or India7 asone o" the !ayers on the tab!e7 to !ook #!ose!y at the #onPi#t7 todetermine where the tide is turning and what it wou!d mean "or

the #ountry%

 The narrati$es o" the #onPi#t are many and mudd!ed% <owe$er7this is no sim!e (ght "or demo#ra#y the rob!em is re!igious7ethni# and e#onomi# as mu#h as it is o!iti#a!% The demo#ra#ynarrati$e tra#es the roots o" the #onPi#t to the Mar#h 3*))mi!itary #ra#kdown o" ro?demo#ra#y rotesters in Daraa whi#htriggered widesread rebe!!ion in Syria% <owe$er7 the demands"or o!iti#a! re"orm were !imited instead7 what dro$e many was

e#onomi# "rustration% Syria had "a#ed a "our?year drought whi#hredu#ed two?mi!!ion eo!e to e=treme o$erty7 unem!oyment

7/18/2019 CRUSADE & TERRORISM.docx

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/crusade-terrorismdocx 11/17

and star$ation% O$er!aid was the !ong?simmering tension o"re!igious and nationa! identity many in SyriaFs Sunni maGority#ou!d not a##et the ru!e o" /ashar a!?Assad with his A!awite7Shiite and Christian asso#iations%

O$er two years7 a!! these moti$ations ha$e sawned a !argeoositionQ to the Assad regime7 whi#h is in rea!ity atremendous!y "ragmented entity #omrising mu!ti!e7 mutua!!yhosti!e grous% The oosition a!so #arries out bruta!7 armedatta#ks on #i$i!ians and ri$a! grous7 meaning they are not6uite the good guys%Q

or the United States7 bringing down Mr% Assad wou!d #hamionits ro?demo#ra#y re#ord7 disose o" an anti?U%S% regime and#onstri#t Iranian and Russian inPuen#e in the Midd!e East% Itwou!d a!so aease its a!!y7 Israe!% or Russia and Iran7 Syria isthe !ast "ootho!d in the Midd!e East a!most e$ery other regimesuorts Ameri#a%

In Goining the di!oma#y on this issue7 India "a#ed an imossib!eba!an#ing a#t7 gi$en its "riend!y re!ations with e$ery ri$a! W theU%S%7 Russia7 Iran7 Israe!7 Syria W a "a#t that ama1es obser$ers%Adroit!y manoeu$ring out o" the tight sot o" ha$ing to i#k a

side7 India took a osition in a!!ian#e with /RICS whi#he$entua!!y sided with Russia7 an at #hoi#e gi$en Indianriorities%

Syria is home to "ew Indian e=atriates7 nor does India sour#eany oi! "rom Syria the ima#t o" the war on those issues isindire#t% An imortant Indian riority that is #ommon!ydis#ussed is the oortunity "or India to #ondu#t itse!" as aresonsib!e g!oba! ower7 (t "or a seat at the U%% Se#urity

Coun#i!%

Ironi#a!!y7 what shou!d be a #hie" #on#ern7 but remainsundis#ussed7 is the "a#t that Syria is #oming #!ose to shi"ting"rom an India?"riend!y regime to a ossib!y hosti!e7 Is!amistregime% or a!! his Paws7 /ashar a!?Assad runs one o" the "ewse#u!ar regimes in the Midd!e East% India suorts SyriaFs rightto the 9o!an <eights7 and in e=#hange7 Syria endorses IndiaFsosition that ashmir is a bi!atera! issue%

7/18/2019 CRUSADE & TERRORISM.docx

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/crusade-terrorismdocx 12/17

Su#h suort is rare in the Arab wor!d whi!e o#ia!!y the ArabBeague does not take a stan#e on ashmir7 it tends toemathise with 2akistan% Mr% Assad a!so suorts IndiaFs bid "ora Se#urity Coun#i! seat% Is!ami# "undamenta!ism has grown

raid!y among the rebe!s o$er the !ast two years% ue!!ed byinternationa! suort7 a!?Xaeda o'shoots .abhat a!?usra andISIB grew in rank and were Goined by se$era! others W theIs!amist ront7 the Syrian Re$o!utionaries ront and A!?MuGahideen% hi!e moderate "or#es !ike the ree Syrian Armye=ist7 the #onPi#t has 6uite de(niti$e!y be#ome about re!igion"or the rebe!s% Some e=erts estimate that i" the status 6uo#ontinues7 rebe!s wi!! #ontro! about two?thirds o" territory andoi! resour#es% SyriaFs s!ide into a re!igious!y dri$en #onPi#t and a

ossib!y radi#a! regime is not good news "or India%

 The atro#ities and destru#tion "rom the war must sto7 andIndia has to do its art% <owe$er7 #an it a'ord to !et /ashar a!?Assad go0

'(an)i *atna is a foreign-policy analyst and member of the+iti,ens for ccountable .o)ernance" (witter/ 0tan)i1ratna 2

 This is terrorism? the $io!en#e done by the go$ernment to its

subGe#ts and by the internationa! #ommunity on the

go$ernment in the name o" ethni# #!eansing and simi!ar!y the

$io!en#e undertaken by the re!igious mer#enaries o" a #ertain

re!igion%

The #onPi#t between Ira6Fs go$ernment and the Is!ami# State

o" Ira6 and Syria 8ISIS: has begun to sread #on#erns

throughout the region7 arti#u!ar!y in India% It is estimated that

near!y ;*7*** Indian Shia Mus!ims ha$e a!ready signed u to

(ght and a!ied "or $isas to Py into Ira6Q% 8Ira6iews%#om:

Some ;*7*** Indian Shia Mus!ims ha$e submitted their

assorts and are ready to tra$e! to Ira6 to de"end Shiite ho!y

shrines "rom the ad$an#ing Sunni Is!amist insurgents by any

means a$ai!ab!e%

Je are !ooking at a mi!!ion $o!unteers to "orm a human #hainaround the ho!y shrines o" arba!a and aGa"7 in #ase the Isis

7/18/2019 CRUSADE & TERRORISM.docx

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/crusade-terrorismdocx 13/17

atta#ks% e wi!! do e$erything to sto the ad$an#e o" theenemies%JQ  Syed /i!a! <ussain Abidi7 !eader o" AnGuman E<aideri www%ibtimes%#o%uk Y So#iety Y 2o!iti#sN

)@* mi!!ions o" Mus!ims reside in India out o" whi#h some ,*?@*mi!!ions are Shia se#ts%  hat a "anati#ism Z Turkey and Ira6i9o$ernment are #ondu#ting air raids on the mi!itant"undamenta!ists and these eo!e wi!! be there to sa$e or makeIs!ami# #ountry there in that "oreign !and%

On the #ontrary re!igion was not an essentia! identity to #reatea stab!e #u!tura! and o!iti#a! nation in India%

In /ang!adesh and est /enga!7 be"ore and a"ter )+-@7 themost adorab!e i#ons o" Musi# and 2oetry are Rabindra ath

 Tagore7 the (rst Asian obe! !aureate7 and a1i a1ru! Is!am%

/enga!i <indus and /enga!i Mus!ims ne$er uttered the word

<indu or Mus!im be"ore their oetsF name% They are /enga!i

2oets and Byri#ists and Singers no other identity adored them%

Indians adore the gha1a!s o" Mehdi <asan and ateh A!i khan o" 

2akistan7 ne$er thought to di'erentiate between Sitarist Rabi

Shankar and A!i Akbar%Baba Allauddin Khan (!"#$%&# ' )7 a /enga!i  shorodi

 and mu!ti?instrumenta!ist7 7was the "ather o" sarod maestro A!i

Akbar han and Annaurna De$i 8Roshanara han:7 and the

un#!e o" RaGa <ossain han7 as we!! as the guru o" Ra$i

Shankar7 ikhi! /anerGee7 Vasant Rai7 2anna!a! 9hosh7 /ahadur

han7 Sharan Rani7 .yotin /hatta#harya and other inPuentia!

musi#ians% <e himse!" was a dis#i!e o" many great musi#ians7

in#!uding 9oa! Chandra /anerGee7 Bobo7 Munne han7 andmost imortant!y a"ter a !ot o" strugg!e managed to be#ome

a shagird o" the !egendary Veena !ayer7 a1ir han% /aba

!earnt musi# "rom 9oa! rishna /hatta#harya7 a!ias u!o

9oa!7 a $ery de$out and orthodo= <indu%

akir <ussain7 son o" the !egendary tab!a !ayer A!!aRakha 7 is

renowned Tab!a Maestro o" India%

7/18/2019 CRUSADE & TERRORISM.docx

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/crusade-terrorismdocx 14/17

 Taught by his "ather <aa(1 A!i han7 AmGad A!i han is the

ride o" India in Sarod re#ita!7 his wi"e Subha!akshmi had been

a great e=onent o" the Indian #!assi#a! dan#e /haratnatyam

o Indian think the Indian i!m stars Shah Rukh han 8his wi"e is<indu: 7 Amir khan and Sa!man han with their re!igious

identity rather they are ou!ar to !ay ro!e as an Indian (ghter

against Is!ami# Gihadists% Again the mu!ti!e identities take the

(rst and "oremost ro!e in so#iety%

So e#u!iar is that in the Twin tower destru#tion by A! Xaidase$era! Mus!ims em!oyees died and the ar#hite#t o" the towerwas a /ang!adeshi Mus!im%

*alala +,usa-ai born )3 .u!y )++@ is

a 2akistani a#ti$ist "or "ema!e edu#ation and the youngest?

e$er obe! 2ri1e !aureate% She is known main!y "or human

rights ad$o#a#y "or edu#ation and "or women in her nati$e Swat

Va!!ey in the hyber 2akhtunkhwa ro$in#e o" northwest

2akistan7 where the !o#a! Ta!iban had at times banned gir!s "rom

attending s#hoo!% Housa"1aiLs ad$o#a#y has sin#e grown into an

internationa! mo$ement%On the a"ternoon o" + O#tober 3*)37 Housa"1ai boarded her

s#hoo! bus in the northwest 2akistani distri#t o" Swat% A gunman

asked "or her by name7 then ointed a isto! at her and (red

three shots% One bu!!et hit the !e"t side o" Housa"1aiLs "orehead7

tra$e!!ed under her skin through the !ength o" her "a#e7 and

then went into her shou!der% In the days immediate!y "o!!owing

the atta#k7 she remained un#ons#ious and in #riti#a! #ondition7

but !ater her #ondition imro$ed enough "or her to be sent to

the Xueen E!i1abeth <osita! in /irmingham7 Eng!and7 "or

intensi$e rehabi!itation% On )3 O#tober7 a grou o" 4* Is!ami#

#!eri#s in 2akistan issued a "atwa against those who tried to ki!!

her7 but the Ta!iban reiterated their intent to ki!! Housa"1ai and

her "ather7 iauddin Housa"1ai%

 The assassination attemt sarked a nationa! and internationa!

outouring o" suort "or Housa"1ai%

7/18/2019 CRUSADE & TERRORISM.docx

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/crusade-terrorismdocx 15/17

hi#h art o" the atta#ks and de"enses among the same

re!igion "o!!owa and rese#t the te=ts o" oranand <adith and

whi#h art is righteous a##ording to Sharia 0 Terrorists ha$e no

re!igion%

2o!iti#s must not be o!!uted with "anati#ism o" re!igion7 ra#e7

#aste and #reed and shou!d not be #orruted by #rimina!i1ation7

b!a#k money and di#tatorshi% hat does it !ook !ike0 A ni#e

gose! indeed% /ut where you #an (nd su#h a ni#e o!ity0 So

rites and rights are not di'erent word in re!igion% It needs a

o!ish o" demo#ra#y or so#ia!ism to eradi#ate the e$i!%

E$en then who su!ies arms to the mi!itant grous0 Susi#ion

goes to the wor!dFs biggest e=orters o" arms $ery natura!!y%

htts>u!oad%wikimedia%orgwikiedia#ommonsthumb335/iggest[arms[sa!es

 [3*);%ng;**=?/iggest[arms[sa!es[3*);%ng

 The #omanies aro$ed "or manu"a#turing weaons do not

ha$e mu#h em!oyment in 3*); as dis#!osed by the Sto#kho!m

7/18/2019 CRUSADE & TERRORISM.docx

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/crusade-terrorismdocx 16/17

Internationa! 2ea#e Resear#h Institute 8SI2RI: but earned higher

ro(t%

 Hes7 USA is the #ountry who su!ies arms and ammunition to

se#i(# #ountries more than 4*\ o" the market% Se#ond

e=orter is Russia% In the imorter !ist (rst is UAE then India%

rom a !ist o" the wor!dLs !argest arms manu"a#turers and other

mi!itary ser$i#e #omanies who ro(t the most "rom the ar

e#onomy7 their origin is shown as we!!%

 The in"ormation is based on a !ist ub!ished by the Sto#kho!m

Internationa! 2ea#e Resear#h Institute 8SI2RI: "or 3*);% The !ist

ro$ided by the SI2RI e=#!udes #omanies based in China%

8ikiedia:%

hat is the use o" se!!ing arms i" USA want ea#e a!! o$er the

wor!d and what are the uses o" buying arms is seen in the

Midd!e East0

Arms #ontro! re"ers to internationa! restri#tions uon the

de$e!oment7 rodu#tion7 sto#ki!ing7 ro!i"eration and usage o" sma!! arms7 #on$entiona! weaons7 and weaons o" mass

destru#tion%

Barry Kolodkin. "What Is Arms Control?" (Article). About.com, US Foreign Policy . The New

York Times Comany. !etrieed#$ %ay &'#&.

It is tyi#a!!y e=er#ised through the use o" di!oma#y7 whi#h

seeks to ersuade go$ernments to a##et su#h !imitationsthrough agreements and treaties7 a!though it may a!so be

"or#ed uon non?#onsenting go$ernments%

Os#ar Arias San#he1 2resident o" Costa Ri#a 8awarded

the obe! 2ea#e 2ri1e in )+5@ "or his e'orts to end #i$i! wars

a#ross Centra! Ameri#a through the Es6uiu!as II A##ords: has

stated>

7/18/2019 CRUSADE & TERRORISM.docx

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/crusade-terrorismdocx 17/17

hen a #ountry de#ides to in$est in arms7 rather than in

edu#ation7 housing7 the en$ironment7 and hea!th ser$i#es "or its

eo!e7 it is deri$ing a who!e generation o" its right to

roserity and hainess% e ha$e rodu#ed one (rearm "ore$ery ten inhabitants o" this !anet7 and yet we ha$e not

bothered to end hunger when su#h a "eat is we!! within our

rea#h% Our internationa! regu!ations a!!ow a!most three?6uarters

o" a!! g!oba! arms sa!es to our into the de$e!oing wor!d with

no binding internationa! guide!ines whatsoe$er% Our regu!ations

do not ho!d #ountries a##ountab!e "or what is done with the

weaons they se!!7 e$en when the robab!e use o" su#h

weaons is ob$ious% The lo*al Arms Trade+ ,tren-thenin- International

!e-lations. Interiew with /scar Arias ,anche0. 1arard International !eiew 2ate+

Tesday3 4ly #3 &''5 htt+66www.all*siness.com6-oernment6-oernment7*odies7

o88ices6##99:$$;7#.html accessed #' <e* &'#'.

ritten (nished on *3*5 3*)4 at 3*?)* Sa!t !ake%