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=== News Update ===
Radical Indian politician calls for Hindu suicide bombers to target Muslims
By Ramola Talwar-Badam
ASSOCIATED PRESS
June 19, 2008
MUMBAI, India A radical right-wing Indian
politician called on Hindus to form suicide
bomber squads and attack Muslim neighborhoods a
threat promptly condemned by political friends and foes alike.
Bal Thackeray, a Hindu extremist linked to past
waves of mob violence in the western state of
Maharashtra, has long advocated attacks against
Muslims. He said suicide bombers, along with
bombs planted in Muslim neighborhoods, were
needed "to protect the nation and all Hindus."
"Islamic terrorism is on the rise. To combat
this, Hindu terrorism must be created of similar
strength," Thackeray wrote in an editorial
published Wednesday in Saamna, the newspaper of
his Shiv Sena party. The editorial was unsigned,
but his party said Thackerary wrote it.
"Hindu suicide squads must be built," he wrote.
"Only then will Hindus survive."
Whether Thackerary was sincere or just trying to
grab attention was impossible to tell.
His influence in Mumbai, his longtime power base,
has been waning for years, but he still commands
hordes of violent followers. He has been arrested
twice for inflammatory speeches and writing, and
officials said Thursday they were considering arresting him for a third time.
The Shiv Sena which means Shiva's Army is
among the most extreme of India's Hindu political
parties and held power in Mumbai from 1995 to 2000.
Indian authorities have blamed Islamic extremists
for a spate of bombings that have killed hundreds
of people in the predominantly Hindu country of
1.1 billion people in the past three years.
Thackeray's editorial was promptly condemned by
politicians from across the political spectrum,
including India's leading Hindu nationalist
party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, which has
long-standing ties with Shiv Sena.
"People should not take law into their hands,"
BJP Vice President Venkaiah Naidu was quoted as
saying by the Hindustan Times newspaper. "There
are democratic methods to address the problem of terrorism."
source:
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20080619-0441-india-hindusuicidebombers.html>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20080619-0441-india-hindusuicidebombers.html
See also: Thackeray calls for Hindu bombs to target Muslims
<http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=111048&d=20&m=6&y=2008>http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=111048&d=20&m=6&y=2008
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