Letter to the Editor – Need to Speak

Dear Sir, ‘ Need to speak up against LeT’ (ToI Nov. 22) is a good analysis with a faulty conclusion. Through ideological orientation and the use of force the jihadis are struggling for the establishment of Islamic Caliphate. That concept is to be understood in the light of a highly corrupt, exploitative and detestable so-called democratic and pluralistic political system propagated by the west. The muscle power of Islam has made great achievements and more are in the offing. It played the crucial role in prompting the US to break up Soviet Union, the only real and effective threat to Islam. Having uprooted the communist state, Islamic activists are now dealing with the lesser “evil” viz. the US. Israel had to vacate the West Bank; India is beleaguered in Kashmir, Yugoslavia is broken and European Muslims have established their identity, Iran is theocratic, Afghanistan, the most backward of Islamic nations may prove the Achilles heel for the Americans, Indonesia’s boast of cultural diversity has been deflated, and in India regional potentates are wooing Muslims day in and day out to rule over them. Under the dispensation of proposed Islamic Caliphate Indians will get rid of the shameful political mess they are in. The world will be a much safer and much more peaceful place with Muslims holding the reins of power in most of the Eastern and Western countries. The Hindus, having had more than a thousand years of enslavement, can never shed their slavish mentality. Muslim who ruled the subcontinent for nearly eight centuries are gearing up to return to their past era of glory. K.N. Pandita, New Delhi.