By TwoCircles.net news desk,
Aligarh: Terrorism is a big threat to India. But it is strange that the government is not tackling it in true spirit, said speakers at a seminar on “War on Terror: Myth & Reality” held on January 17 in Aligarh.
Speaking in the seminar, Jasim Mohammad, president, Millat Bedari Muhim Committee (MBMC), organizer of the programme, said: “Terrorism is a great threat for India. But it is strange that Indian state never tried to tackle terrorism in true spirit. As soon as any activity like a bomb-blast takes place, within minutes media and investigative agencies pronounce judgment. And they try to establish a myth that a particular community is behind the attacks and local police start their operation.” He also demanded the judicial inquiry in the death of ATS Officers Hemant Karkare, Vijay Salasker and Ashok Kamte during Mumbai attack on November 26.
Delivering the key-note address, renowned journalist and historian Amaresh Misra said: “Modern form of terrorism is based on fiction that human being writes. Today terrorism has become a business and a weapon in the hands of Imperialist forces that have adopted terrorism as a weapon to attack on other countries and to damage and destroy the civil movements and resistance forces in the countries.”
He described the Mumbai attack in the light of historical perspective. “On 26th November, 2008 whatever happened in Mumbai is a conspiracy. This was planned only to kill Shri Hemant Karkare because few days ago, he apologized in front of Mumbai Muslim intellectuals that there is no organization like Indian Mujahideen and he bravely challenged the western oriented myth of terrorism.” He criticized the role of Mumbai Police during November Mumbai attacks. He further said, “Killers of Mahtama Gandhi are the killer of Shri Hemant Karkare. He also demanded, from Indian Government to setup Judicial Inquiry in the death of ATS officers and to set up a high level intelligence agency for the probe of Mumbai Attacks instead of Mumbai Police.
Dr. Mohammad Shahid, Former Secretary AMU Teachers’ Association, said, “Dual approach cannot stop terrorism. Whenever any terrorist strike happens, a particular group, especially Muslims are being targeted for the attacks. It is condemnable.” He also said, “If even after Tribunal Court’s clean chit the SIMI could be banned, why Abhinav Bharat can’t be banned?
Presiding over the programme, Prof. V.K. Abdul Jaleel, Registrar, Aligarh Muslim University, said: “Terrorism is a big threat for the Nation. We should fight against it together.”
Dr. Arshi Khan, Department of Political Science, AMU, Dr. Ashutosh Kumar, Department of Hindi, AMU, and M. Mohsin Israeli, Advocate, Supreme Court of India, also expressed their views on the topic.