The recent Mumbai blasts shocked us all. We followed the action minute by minute live on television - perhaps the only time when the TV was on at our house all day. What was most disconcerting were the perpetrators of terror - no longer were they fanatic looking Muslims, bearded with turband in dish-dash. Now they were well-educated, urban looking youth - around 23 years old speaking fluent English. These could be guys whom we meet at super stores, who could befriend us and invade our homes. How do we then identify them in a crowd?
A nameless fear crept into our hearts as this could be a story that could be retold anywhere and anytime and we could all fall prey to this nameless fear that could strike at our backyard. People started pointing fingers at each other and ways were discussed to somehow eliminate these weeds from society. But since there is no foolproof way of identifying these weeds from the blossoms, any blanket method will definitely be kneejerk and far from effective.
Which brings me to the crux of the issue. Where are these weeds spawned. Where do regular Muslim guys become fanatic jehadis. Not at the local school or the playground or the hobby classe. Here they are merely taught to explore their talents and meet with other youth from different backgrounds.
However Madarsas are a different story alltogether. It is here that they are taught to differentiate themselves from the others around them. Here they are taught the tenets of their religion and taught to think of themselves as Muslims. It is here that the lessons of hatred are taught to them and their hearts are festered with the wish for revenge. What are they trying to avenge they know not - only that they have been indoctrinated to fight and die in the process. They have been brainwashed that true happiness awaits them in heaven and they shall be blessed by Allah if they kill all those who are opposed to their kaum.
Their state is much like the addict who percieves everyone as a threat to his existence and is willing to obliterate everything in his path.
What I want to know is why these schools of hatred and religios bigotry are being allowed to flourish when definite evidence has been found to their being hotbeds of terrorists. Why cannot the law be rewriiten to make them illegal. If the RSS and the VHP can be banned as organizations that spawn killers, why cannot Madarsas be banned as well.
If we snuff out the roots of these weeds we can at least try and contain the menace that will otherwise blot out our very existence.
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I would partially agree with you.However,going by your logic about the credibility of a movie critic who has no work to prove,how can you write off a 'Madarsa' without attending one?Unlike 'VHP' & 'RSS' which are religious groups,Madarsa's are simply Islamic schools.Now,if you talk about the intentions of the cleric teaching there,that will be a different story altogether.Like people,different clerics will have different opinions and beliefs and some of them may fuel the communal fire!
Banning 'Madarsa's' will only make such clerics stronger and prove them right in front of the emotionally weak Islamic youths!!!
If they are so called institutions of worship and learning....then 'Amit' it is worth noting that the there have been repeated reports across the country where 'Madaras' are found to be more than they are supposed to be. As far as as your argument of ''how can you write off a 'Madarsa' without attending one?'', looks like you need to come out of glass walls and undersatnd that you don't have to undergone a training in terrorist camp to realize the lethality of their craftsmanship, which is strengthening with every passing day.
If this doesn't help to open up eyes then come to me, I will give you some good lessons on history.
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