Dear Ahmed, I certainly understand the feelings of those who are at the 'receiving end'. Let me assure you that I will feel even worse if I were at that end. However, we have to analyze certain things in the light of facts, not emotion.
> For example, in India's metero cities in certain pockets you cannot rent a room if you are a muslim. I agree that this is true to some extent. The branding you mention do happen in reality. The real issue is when peoples' rights are denied - you can't criminalize somebody for say, just hating Muslims. > And the spectacular coverage Indian media has given to Muhammad Haneef is another example. I don't know whether you mean the negative coverage here. But it was not all negative. As I mentioned in another message, the media did swing to both extremes. On his return, Haneef was treated much like a Bollywood star. >The whole discourse on terrorism is a discourse on 'Muslim terrorism'. Noone is talking of the encounter killings in Gujarath. I don't agree with this - the discourse on terrorism covers a wide gamut of such movements, from LTTE to ULFA to the various outfits in NE. I do not see ULFA being treated any differently just because the cadres happen to be upper caste Hindus. As for the Gujarat encounter killings, it is one of the topics that got maximum press in recent times. Best regards, Murali. On 7/31/07, ahmed rafeek j <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear Murali, > The experience of the north Indian Muslim man trying to settle down in > Kerala, is one example of a large problem. Our focus shouldn't be this > particular incident, but the daily occurance of branding and violence which > muslims face. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ greenyouth mailinglist is the activist support mailinglist for kerala To post to this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
