Narendra Modi and the 'State' of Islam

17.07.06 [This was written in the backdrop of Narendra Modi’s visit to Mumbai to commiserate with the victims of the train blasts. His visit was opposed by Muslim fanatics.] I think we would be fooling ourselves if we ascribe terrorism in India to anything else other than Islam. Some of our secularists would like to think that Islamic terrorism was born in India as a reaction to the destruction of Babri Masjid, conveniently forgetting that Muslims partitioned India because they wanted an Islamic state. And this indeed is the basis of Islamic terrorism, right from the day Prophet Mohammad destroyed the idols in Mecca to convert it into a mosque to dito done by Babur to convert the temple at Ayodhya into Babri Masjid. Not only is Islam intolerant of other religions but it alone among all the religions of the world seeks to set up a world state (government) based on Islam. Therefore it is inherently against all states in the world and will not rest till it sets up Taliban like Islamic states everywhere. Thus, it can be seen, Islam is very much a political entity. The relevance of Narendra Modi is that he, as head of a democratic state himself, is eminently positioned to call the bluff of Islam as a religion and expose it as source throughout its history of intolerant regimes and anti democratic ideology.