![]() ![]() What the incident underscores is that terror has no religious identity and the argument often touted by vested interests that “all Muslims are not terrorists but all terrorists are Muslims” is as specious as it is mischievous. However, the confession has evoked a mixed reaction with sections of the rightwing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, Indian people’s party) calling it a tissue of lies while many Muslim families, whose members had been accused of engineering the terrorist attacks and are still in jail, see it as a vindication of their claim of innocence. Swami Aseemanand’s confession before a magistrate in Delhi in late December is not an end in itself as the police will have to corroborate his statement with evidence to have the guilty convicted. Published: Febru09:57 AM GMT Updated: Febru04:42 PM GMTĪ Hindu religious leader’s recent confession that some major terrorist attacks in India in the past were the handiwork of a "Hindu" group has lent a new dimension to the discourse on terror.
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