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Thomas L. Friedman: No Way, No How, Not Here - 'There are nine bodies -- all of them young men -- that have been lying in a Mumbai hospital morgue since Nov. 29. They may be stranded there for a while because no local Muslim charity is willing to bury them in its cemetery. This is good news...'
"The fact that Indian Muslims have stood up in this way is surely due, in part, to the fact that they live in, are the product of and feel empowered by a democratic and pluralistic society. They are not intimidated by extremist religious leaders and are not afraid to speak out against religious extremism in their midst."
Oh really? Then how do we explain the home-grown jihadis of London, Berlin and even North America? Methinks Tom is indulging in wishful thinking.
Could it be that it is bit of "feel-good" therapy to accord with his ideas?
Maybe in truth the Indian Muslims stood up in this way and dared not behave as they might have liked because the Indian govt., knows that Pakistan was behind those non-Indian murderous thugs.
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"The fact that Indian Muslims have stood up in this way is surely due, in part, to the fact that they live in, are the product of and feel empowered by a democratic and pluralistic society. They are not intimidated by extremist religious leaders and are not afraid to speak out against religious extremism in their midst."
Oh really? Then how do we explain the home-grown jihadis of London, Berlin and even North America? Methinks Tom is indulging in wishful thinking.
Methinks Tom is indulging in wishful thinking.
Could it be that it is bit of "feel-good" therapy to accord with his ideas?
Maybe in truth the Indian Muslims stood up in this way and dared not behave as they might have liked because the Indian govt., knows that Pakistan was behind those non-Indian murderous thugs.