For those are unaware, Modi and his government of extremist Hindus have murdered thousands of people in his state. Some reference: http://www.tehelka.com/the-sting-in-the-story/
I'm an Indian Muslim and myself and others that I know would never think of such an act, yet I'm being grouped with the miscreants just because of association by religion.
Evil doesn't need a religion, what happened in Godhra was the triumph of evil over not just good, but basic humanity.
You cannot deny the fact that Modi and his government are extremists.
Modi's government is democratically elected government. In fact, it won by a clear majority which was not seen in India in decades. Unlike other parties, BJP fought election under Modi and pledge that he will be PM if elected. Given that, your argument is that majority of India is extremist!
[1] http://www.livemint.com/Politics/3icITaIhURYOiptoaidAhN/BJP-...
Illiterate people are an easy target and can be swayed by emotions. The need of the hour is education. And the worst part is our education system is regressing rather than progressing.
A parallel in the US is the case of African American youth. Most of them are of lower socio-economic status.
Also coming to your first point, there have been bomb blasts committed by Hindu extremists, Maoists, Naxalites, etc. Riots still occur in 2014 due to ugly vote-bank politics. So called leaders fan flames and then feign innocence in the media.
Not unless we conquer ignorance and prejudice can peace prevail.
Indhira Gandhi assassination :- Sikh.
Rajiv Gandhi assasssination :- Tamilian (who happened to be Hindu).
Never mind the maoists, the naxalites, the RSS, the scores or more assorted seperationist groups (majority of which are non-muslim) operating in the North-east provinces. Statistically speaking I would bet the Maoists and Naxalites killed more people than Pakistani and Kashmiri separatists in the last few years.
Also your statements imply that because muslims were a party in all the conflicts and events you cherry-picked - that makes them responsible for all or most of them. By that logic, Jews were persecuted over millenia, (and are still embroiled in conflict today). So does that make them responsible for all those conflicts? Maybe you should face the fact about your anti-muslim prejudices.
I do agree with your last line about muslims needing to clean up their image. Also we need some serious soul-searching in light of the insanity that is happening in Iraq and Syria(Luckily the 175 million Indian muslims have been practically un-involved in these outside conflicts). But it is a uphill battle because the bad guys always get more ink than the good guys. The media in turn, are just feeding off the public fascination with shock and violence.
Actually, considering his ties to the police, I would.
You choose to believe the Supreme court headed "investigation" committees as though they are the gospel of truth. If you're from India, do I need to remind you how the judicial system in India works? Most of the evidences have been destroyed the police and the judiciary in fact has been further victimizing the riot victims. There is video evidence of Modi instigating a mob to cut people up which has been ignored by the judiciary.
Moreover, the riots were not an immediate reaction but they were being planned since years. Thousands of weapons don't land up in the hands of rioting mobs overnight.
Isn't Modi hailed an as administrative genius, are you saying the riots were justified?
> Give a wrong number.
> Someone corrects.
> So that makes it alright?
Isn't that what we expect from our elected officials than a horrific free-for-all?
It is disingenuous to claim that the govt could not find any evidence when the Gujarat govt has actively blocked access to evidence, harassed / threatened officials in charge of the investigation. Allegation of destruction of evidence is well documented, but this is hardly the forum to discuss that.