as someone who has covered the recent mumbai bomb blasts i can completely agree with zakaria's analysis. this so because i belive that public can not be intimidated anymore... those who have died, their families will feel the loss, nonethless even they will gather stalk of their lives and move ahead.. and so does the public force at large...
--- mahendra ved <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A good analysis. But how an India-born Fareed > Zakaria makes no mention of the attack on India's > Parliament -- Inia's 12/13? > > >From: Tarun Udwala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [ZESTGlobal] Fareed Zakaria: How We Can > Prevail > >Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 08:13:22 -0700 (PDT) > > > > How We Can Prevail > > > > By Fareed Zakaria > > Newsweek | July 18, 2005 > > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8525976/site/newsweek/ > > > > > >The London bombings have failed. Barbarous in > intent, brutal for a few > >hundred people, unsettling for all who watched in > horror, they have > >nonetheless failed. In one day much of the city's > transport system was up > >and running again, its Underground stations busy > and its buses crowded with > >passengers. Most businesses stayed open, and people > didn't panic. Right > >after the blasts, Britain was scheduled to play > Australia in a cricket > >match at Headingley stadium in Leeds, 170 miles > from London. The organizers > >decided that the game would go on. Britain won. > > > >The clear hope of the terrorists last Thursday > morning was to disrupt > >economic activities at one of the world's financial > centers. For years now, > >Al Qaeda's leaders, including Osama bin Laden, have > urged that this be the > >goal of future attacks. But in 24 hours the London > stock market was back to > >its pre-bombing levels. World markets bounced back > even faster. All > >indications are that Britain will see a minimal > drop in tourism and > >virtually none in trade. > > > >This is part of a larger pattern of global > resilience that has been growing > >ever since September 11, 2001. After those attacks, > global markets took two > >months to return to their Sept. 10 levels. After > the Madrid bombings in > >2004, the Spanish market took one month to recover. > The broader economic > >picture is similar. After 9/11, the United States > lost hundreds of billions > >of dollars in economic activity. The Bali nightclub > bombing in 2002 had a > >similarly dramatic effect on the Indonesian > economy, with tourism vanishing > >and trade and investment drying up for months. But > a year later, after > >another Indonesian bombing, this time at the > Marriott hotel in Jakarta, the > >market dropped only briefly and there was little > significant damage to the > >Indonesian economy. The bombings in Morocco and > Turkey in 2003 similarly > >had little economic effect. After the Madrid > attack, Spain grew faster than > >it had for three years. > > > >Economic activity is perhaps the best measure of > the psychological response > >to terrorism. Do people get scared, stay home, > refuse to travel and shop > >less? Or do they come to the view that life goes > on? Overwhelmingly, much > >of the world appears to have arrived at the latter > position. And in doing > >so, people have robbed the terrorists of their most > potent weapon. > > > > > >The other important difference between the London > bombings and 9/11 has > >been the response of the world of Islam. For months > after 9/11, I kept > >writing that it was sad and disturbing that Muslims > were reluctant to > >condemn the attacks. This time is different. Major > Muslim groups in Britain > >have unambiguously denounced the bombings. Even > "fundamentalist" > >organizations have condemned it. The Muslim > Association of Britain, a > >hard-line group with alleged ties to militants in > the Middle East, called > >the bombings "heinous and repulsive" and urged > Muslims to help the > >emergency services and police. "We have faith in > Britain and British people > >that we as a country will not be defeated by this," > said its spokesman, > >Anas Altikriti. > > > >The response outside Britain has also been much > stronger than ever before. > >The grand imam of Al-Azhar, Sheik Mohammed Sayyed > Tantawi, condemned the > >bombers but went further, rejecting the argument > that this attack could be > >justified as an attempt to force Britain out of > Iraq. "This is illogical > >and cannot be the motive for killing innocent > civilians," he said. More > >striking have been the condemnations from radical > groups like Hamas, > >Hizbullah and Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, all of > which have denounced the > >bombings. Many of them have, of course, coupled > their attacks on the > >terrorists with denunciations of American and > British policies in the > >Middle East, particularly regarding Iraq and the > Palestinian territories. > >But that kind of rhetoric is old news. What is new > here is the fact that no > >one, not even Hamas, can continue to condone or > even stay silent about > >these barbarities. > > > >September 11 shocked the Arab psyche. For months > afterward, Arabs and many > >Muslims went through phases recognizable to > psychologists: shock, denial, > >anger. (Remember those absurd claims that 9/11 was > a Mossad plot?) They are > >finally, slowly, moving toward recognizing that > there is a great > >dysfunction in the world of Islam, which has > allowed Muslims to concoct > >wild conspiracy theories, blame others for their > problems and, worst of > >all, condone grotesque violence. > > > >Now things are changing. The day before the London > bombs, a conference of > >180 top Muslim sheiks and imams, brought together > under the auspices of > >Jordan's King Abdullah, issued a statement > forbidding that any Muslim be > >declared takfiran apostate. This is a frontal > attack on Al Qaeda's > >theological methods. Declaring someone takfirand > thus sanctioning his or > >her deathis a favorite tactic of bin Laden and his > ally in Iraq, Abu > >Mussab al-Zarqawi. The conference's statement was > endorsed by 10 fatwas > >from such big conservative scholars as Tantawi; > Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Ali > >Sistani; Egypt's mufti, Ali Jumaa, and the > influential Al-Jazeera TV-sheik, > >Yusuf al-Qaradawi. Signed by adherents of all > schools of fiqh (Islamic > >jurisprudence), it also allows only qualified > Muslim scholars to issue > >edicts. The Islamic Conference's statement, the > first of its kind, is a > >rare show of unity among the religious > establishment against terrorists and > >their scholarly allies. > > > > > >This hardly puts an end to the struggle within > Islam. The same day the > >Jordanian statement was issued, Al Qaeda in Iraq > said that Egypt's > >ambassador to that country, Ihab al-Sherif, would > be killed as an apostate. > >The day of the London bombings, an Internet message > purportedly from > >Zarqawi's group said the "ambassador of the > infidels" had been killed. > > > >These kinds of events will continue. There should > be much, much greater > >condemnation from mainstream Islam. Moderates must > adopt a zero-tolerance > >policy on terrorism, regardless of what they think > of Iraq, Palestine or > >any other policy issue. But those clamoring for > such condemnations should > >bear in mind that this will not solve the problem. > Even if the moderates > >win and overwhelm the extremists, there will always > be some number of > === message truncated === _______________________________________________________ Too much spam in your inbox? Yahoo! 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