The Mayhem in Mumbai

Do you have to look so far to find the soiurce of violence. Violence isn't owned by any race religion or culture. Look in your close surroundings, It's all around us. Domestic violence, the death count from automobiles, drunk driving, indiscriminate bombing, drug therapy, illegal drugs, mal practice, illegal wars etc. We are living in a cess pool of violence, greed and indifference to humanity. Does it make one feel good speaking of anothers violence, rather than confront the problems of society with love and compassion.

EMMARCEE at least he knows where to find his mother. And you? You are full of hate, and like i have EMBRACE it. It keeps me safe and warm when we go out hunting hadji. You and I have that in common-HATE. A beautiful thing....

Zakaria ur silence about islamic violence, and thier ULTIMATE goal is deafening. Tell everyone wat they REALLY want. Caliphate? Does that ring a bell?

Chairman Mao's saying that "religion is the opium of the people" rings true when talking about ISLAM. Islamic fundamentalism must be, at the least, contained, the best would be killing ALL thier leaders and working our way down. The P-stani's are just begging to get a whooping. US forces will be crossing that border in bigger numbers than before, its a matter of time. Tick-tock tick tock....

food for thought , maybe society is based more on the "haves" versus "havenots" whether it be financially,socially,or maybe just location, we see these attacks in western culture too,in our schools and universities,perpetrated by non ethnic middle class teenagers,until we solve our socio economic problems as a world,we are forcing the poor to be militant..somalia is a prime example.

Indian Commando Operations

The response to terror by Indian intelligence, counter terrorism and the elite Black Cats is an absolute disgrace to all armies in the world. It took 12 hours for the Commandos to be deployed and four days and counting for the Commandos to completely destroy the terrorists.

Mr. Zakaria states, "One of the untold stories of India is that the Muslim population has not shared in the boom the country has enjoyed over the last ten years. There is still a lot of institutional discrimination, and many remain persecuted. There's enough alienation out there that there are locals who can be drawn in to plots." This "explanation" fails to account for the attack on the Chabad House.
As other comments have noted, this argument can readily turned into an explanation and then almost a justification for the slaughter, just as the hardships sustained by Palestinians has become a rationalefor suicide bombings in which the victims are blamed. Mr. Zakaria, a gifted observer with Muslim roots in India, has rarely if ever commented on India's "institutionalized discrimination toward Muslims in India although he has written numerous articles about India Moreover, as one of many journalists who avidly supported Sen. Obama and ridiculed McCain's scepticism about unconditional negotiations as as a bygone relic, he applauds India's reticent response. If. however, it appears that the terrorists were connected to training camps in Pakistan , does he suggest that India simply ignore that connection? .
The last eight years have taught us the viewing events thriugh ideological blinkers while ignoring contrary evidence wreaks havoc. While correctly condemning the Bush administration for taking certain actions which ignored facts counseling a contrary approach, let us not fall into the trap of viewing events through a prism which champions negotiations and understanding "root causes" to the exlucsions of other approaches.

911 was plotted in Pakistan, by Pakistanis and carried out by the jihadists. On 9/11/2001, the chief of ISI was in USA to watch the fruits of his grandiose plot. Now, look at the parallel. The Mumbai terror was also planned by Pakistanis in Pakistan, and this time the foreign minister of Pakistan was in India. This time I believe the Pakistani Foreign minister Qureshi must be awaiting a call from the Indian government to obtain concessions from India in return for the hostages. It did not happen, it will never happen, it should never happen. Fareed, go pass this message to your fellow Islamists.

I must give credit to the Americans who probably cannot even name the capital of USA or the name of the president. But they do not believe their preachers when the preachers tout the virtues of the holy times of the biblical period in the holy land. The Americans are not interested in bringing it back. Same in India. Ram Rajya (the kingdom of Lord Rama) is a myth that many country folks used to believe was achievable, and the politicians promised Ram rajya. But the truth is even in the ram rajya there was corruption, jealousies, insecurities, cunning, kidnapping and war. Same in Krishna rajya. Same in Caliphate. The caliph of Baghdad was broke. He had ot invade a rich country, which was Sind now in Pakistan. Yes, even Mohammad was a liar, a violent, debaucherous, rapist, killer, and a plunderer. That is the fact. So, instead of moving forward, why would anyone want to go back to caliphate, ram rajya, biblical period, etc.? The only difference: the advocates of ram rajya do not advocate violence by bullets, but peaceful tranition by ballots.

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Government on Saturday said it has ???enough proof??? that the terrorists involved in Mumbai attacks were in constant touch with their masters in Pakistan, giving updates on their every move and taking orders.

"We have enough proof that they called Pakistan while carrying out the attack. We have enough proof regarding that. All phone calls made by them had been tapped," state's Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil said.

Patil said the terrorists were informing their bosses across the border about their movement and taking instructions.

"They were being instructed from outside regarding their movement inside the hotel -- whether to go upstairs or come down or make a move left or right. They were being instructed over the phone from outside. These two militants were also updating that particular outsider about their each and every move over the phone," he said.

The Deputy Chief Minister said the terrorists were well equipped and the attacks were well planned.

Should such Muslim religious leaders and intellectuals rather not focus on spreading modern education amongst their community? Show me one modern educational institution that the community has put up in last few decades in India?

Zakaria is stupid.

TO SAY THAT MUSLIMS HAVE NOT BENEFITTED FROM THE BOOM IS UNTRUE. ARE PREMJI OF WIPRO AND PROMOTERS OF CIPLA AND WOCKHARDT NOT MUSLIMS? WHY IS FARID NOT TALKING ABOUT INERTIA AMONGST MUSLIM INTELLIGENTSIA WHO DO NOT TAKE ON THEIR FUNDAMENTALIST MINDED RELIGIOUS LEADERS WHO OPENLY ESPOUSE SUCH CAUSES? IS IT NOT TIME FOR SOME SERIOUS REFORMS IN THE WAY ISLAM IS BEING PREACHED AND FOLLOWED?

ARE THE PREMJIS OF WIPRO AND PROMOTERS OF CIPLA AND WOCKHARDT NOT MUSLIMS? HOW CAN WE SAY MUSLIMS HAVE NOT BENEFITTED FROM THE BOOM? WHY IS FARID NOT TALKING ABOUT APATHY AMONGST MUSLIM INTELLIGENTIA AGAINST TAKING ON FUNDAMENTALISTS AMONGST THEIR OWN? THE MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADERS ARE KNOWN TO BE ESPOUSING SO CALLED JEHADI AND EXTREMIST CAUSES. WHY NOT TALK OF THEM?