Author: Vrindavan Das
Publication: The Vaishnava News
Date: October 28, 2001
URL: http://www.vnn.org/editorials/ET0110/ET28-6935.html
Note: The following is about modern politicized
Islam and should not be misunderstood as an attack against the Original Islam
of Mohammed the Prophet.
India and Pakistan, Taiwan and China, Israel
and Saudi Arabia. Three multi-ethnic Democracies and three tyrannical Dictatorships.
Who does America Support? Pakistan instead of India, China instead of Taiwan,
and Saudi Arabia above and beyond Israel.
The current struggle needs to be seen beyond
the Arab-Israeli conflict, otherwise the global threat can not be ascertained.
Kashmir is not Palestinian yet. Saudi Arabia supports the terror campaign
against India. It is no surprise that India and Israel have united against
Islamic extremism. Both recognise, that if the other did not exist, they would
be the sole targets of Islamic aggression.
Its time the world realized that Islamic extremism
was extreme before the modern state of Israel existed. Just look to the Islamic
treatment of India for confirmation.
(Firuz Shah Tughlak (1351-1388), who has an
avenue named after him in New Delhi, wrote: 'On the day of a Hindu festival,
I went there myself, ordered the executions of all the leaders and practitioners
of this abomination; I destroyed their idols and temples to build mosques
in their places.')
Like it or not, this current war affects everyone,
especially people following Vedic spiritual practices. Though unreported in
most western media,Islamic Extremism has 3 major enemies, not just Israel
and America. Hindu India is its another big enemy. Usama Bin Laden has issued
quite a few combined fatwas against India, USA and Israel. But the Arabists
in the US govt, and the media, make sure to separate Indian interests from
American interests. Rather an anti-indian and a pro-pakistani tilt is maintained.
US support for Pakistani claims on Kashmir is used as a tool of appeasement
and a kind of carrot to garner Muslim support.
In classic ugly American style, the US began
its war against Terrorism by allying with Pakistan's Intelligence Agency,
the ISI. The ISI founded the Taliban and funds the anti-India terrorists responsible
for over 53,000 civilian deaths.
On one hand, we have India. On the other,
we have Pakistan. India's indigenous culture is the most ancient, largest,
and continuous cultural phenomenon the world has known. Pakistan is a historical
non- entity that never existed before 1947.
Pakistan wants American help to negotiate
more land out of India.
Why should America support Pakistani claims
to Kashmir? Kashmir is Indian. Kashmir is an Indian word. All it's place names
are pure Indian. India's 1st modern Prime Minister, Nehru, was Kashmiri. Ancient
records dating back thousands of years, show a clear lineage of Indian culture
and Govt. Throughout history, the Hindu kingdom of Kashmir, defended India's
NW frontiers against Muslim invasions. Besides all this, Pakistan already
has over half of Kashmir.
Muslim claims based on religion are a step
backward into primitive tribalism. It is also ludicrous and illogical. India
has the 2nd largest Muslim population in the world. If India gave up Kashmir
based on Muslim population levels, the balkanization of India would follow.
Many believe this was the goal of India's
British leadership. India was named after the Indus River. After Independence,
the Indus did not even flow within the boundaries of India. Without any historical,
cultural or humane necessity, India was torn asunder by the British. If Pakistan
was created to be a nation for Indian Muslims, than it has failed. There are
millions more Muslims in India than Pakistan. Indian Muslims enjoy freedoms
and opportunities unheard of in Pakistan. The head of India's atomic program
is a Muslim, the head of its transportation dept is a Muslim. The political
leadership of Indian Kashmir is Muslim. India has even had a Muslim President.
In Pak controlled Kashmir there are no Hindus
left, what to speak of being in the Govt. A majority of Kashmiri Hindus in
India have been ethnically cleansed or massacred by Pakistan funded terrorists.
Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh have no rights, no representation, and live
in deathly fear. Decay and Islamic vandals have destroyed most Ancient Hindu
temples and any renovation efforts are illegal. In India's thousand years
of Islamic intrusion only ONE mosque has ever been destroyed.
While recognizing the sacred roots of Islam,
I also recognize the cultural immaturity of its modern representatives. Today's
Islam is a culture of crybabies screaming against Israel's right to exist.
They ignore the ancient Judaic cultural, historical and traditional connections
to the region while demanding fanatic recognition of their traditions throughout
the globe.
Politicized Muslims seem to ignore their vast
cultural empire and land holdings and their engagement at the highest levels
amongst the family of nations. Politicized Islam wants the destruction of
Jewish and Hindu national identities, though both countries have secular democratic
governments. Even moderate Muslims deny Islam's horrific record of murder,
rape and destruction. Millions killed, temples, academic institutions and
whole communities exterminated all in the name of Allah. To this day, the
non-muslim Parsis of Islamic Iran are thriving, but not in Iran, but rather
in Democratic India. At best Muslim culture is forgiving of non-believers,
at worst they murder non-believers.
Instead of supporting Muslim demands for more
land, the US should challenge them to take care of their own people and many
kingdoms. Demand the Saudis to stop encouraging African-American demands for
reparations. Tell the Saudis to pay reparations for founding and continuing
the African slave trade. Remind the Muslim world of their past atrocities
and to be thankful for the free gift of Pakistan and Bangladesh. Under Muslim
rule both these ancient Hindu lands have now become mass Hindu graveyards
and the US wants to give them more territory. It is high time this culture
of crybabies gives up its persecution complex. Grow up and recognize that
Islam has the been the most abusive and oppressive culture in the history
of the world. The Taliban's current behavior was the norm throughout most
of Islam's history.
Nearly every Muslim country denies basic human
rights to their own citizen's esp. its non-Muslims. Cases of Jews, Christians
or Hindus surviving in an Islamic environment are looked at as bright moments
of humanity rather than a natural state of affairs. In many Muslim countries
racism, sexism and cultural oppression is legal and enforced by the government.
In non-muslim countries, Muslims demand to
follow a separate set of laws above and beyond national law. In India, a Muslim
can kill his wife if he suspects her of infidelity. The Indian Govt attempted
to enforce equal application of the law so as to include Muslims who murder
their spouses. This effort was halted by pressure from the US Clinton Administration.
The US called India's attempts, religious persecution.
Perhaps the United States, the World's youngest
civilization, can't help but support Islam, the Old World's youngest civilization.
Hopefully, America will wake up and join the civilized world against Politicized
Islam. The focus needs to be on Islamic Extremism in general and Saudi Arabian
backed terrorism in particular.
Instead of making secret deals with the Muslims
at the expense of India, Israel, Kosovo, etc. the US must challenge the Muslim
nations to sacrifice their own extreme prejudices and allow their non Muslims
citizens equal opportunities of education, economic stability etc.
Tell the Saudis to stop funding Islamic terrorist
schools in Pakistan, Nepal, and Lebanon etc. Stop the flow of billions of
terrorist dollars pouring out of Saudi Arabia. Expose the claims that the
Saudi Govt was too afraid to stop the massive Al Queda fundraisers held in
its posh resorts. Demand that their royal guest, the cannibal and former Ugandan
head of state, Idi Amin be handed over to the World Court for his horrific
crimes against humanity.
Saudi Arabia's state religion is called Wahabism,
a fanatic and extremist sect of Islam. A majority of Islamic extremists are
Wahabis and the spiritual leader of the Wahabi faith is the Saudi King. The
US must order the Saudis to stop exporting their brand of Wahabi extremism
to the world's trouble spots. Since the NATO campaign in Kosovo, Saudi Wahabis
have been destroying ancient mosques and replacing them with Wahabi mosques.
Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania have all become Islamic extremist breeding
grounds because of Saudi Wahabism. All the fanatic Islamic schools of Pakistan,
Indonesia, Philippines, and Nepal are all Saudi funded. Wherever there is
turmoil and suffering, Saudi Arabia is right in the middle of it. America,
not only needs to stop supporting this suffering, but should actively confront
it.
There are various strategic options for the
USA.
First and foremost, the US must unite with
the threatened democracies of India, Israel and Taiwan. Unlike China, Saudi
Arabia and Pakistan who enforce a brutal homogeneity of government, religion
and culture, India, Israel and Taiwan are thriving multi-ethnic democracies.
The United States, the supposed champion of democracy, needs to truly begin
working with the world's largest democracy, India. America needs to stop abusing
humanity by kowtowing to its Arab/Muslim economic overlords and make a stand
for democracy in Free Democratic Indian ruled Kashmir, Israel and Taiwan
