Tolerance Is Over-Rated - Part 2

The spiritual roads to God or the Power that runs the universe are many. This is what Hindus believe
and are taught. Hindus are also taught that all religions are the same. Many Hindus still chant this
nonsense despite an abundance of evidence of it not being true. If all religions are the same, then
followers of all religions must believe that. They dont! The spirit of tolerance should be extended only
when there is mutual respect between all religions. The time for mouthing such invalid, false
philosophies like all religions are the same must be ended by Hindus.
There is a Mohammad Ali Road in Mumbai. Its famous for its eateries and a delight for gluttony
fans. There is one for him in Delhi too. During Eid this road in Mumbai also becomes an open Masjid
where Muslims offer mass Namaz on the streets. Its a phenomenon over the last two decades. Along
with MK Gandhi he led the Khilafat movement in India. There are lots of things written about him but
here is something hesaid about Gandhiji that you can ponder over: "However pure Gandhi's character
may be, he must appear to me from the point of view of religion inferior to any Mussalman, even
though he be without character. He repeated it later, saying, 'Yes, according to my religion and creed, I
hold an adulterous and a fallen Muslim to be better than a Mr. Gandhi." Just imagine if a Hindu leader
had said this about a Muslim leader. I can imagine your imagination running riot. And this was said
about Gandhi who was far more sympathetic to Muslims than to Hindus.
The Sickulars are still reeling under the aftermath of the CharlieHebdo killings. They are at pains to
find excuses to justify the actions of terrorists. From NDTV to The Hindu to a whole lot of Commie
media the latest one to join the ranks is Outlook. Heres an excerpt:

While I am all for free speech and all for satire, it must be said that Charlie Hebdo had it coming. That
sounds crude and cruel, but Muslims would treat the cartoons as crude and deliberately provocative.
And it wont cut much ice with them if you tell them that the cartoons on the Pope were equally bad.
You can lampoon Islam and its followers, as you can lampoon any other religion. You can even make
fun of the Caliphs (arguably) but dont touch the Prophet. Muhammad is no go area. His name is
prefaced with Prophet or with the appellation peace be upon him by his billion followers. You cant
paint him, sculpt him, or build a musical around him a la Jesus ChristSuperstar. All that these
caricaturists and satirists have to do is to leave one man alone. Not too much of a price to pay for
peace, is it?
Fantastic, isnt it? It is one thing to argue that the Prophet is a no go area but a totally different
thing to reiterate Charlie Hebdo had it coming. There are many ways to protest strongly but
killing isnt one of them. Had it coming, he says! There are other no go areas too and we will get into

it shortly. All these scumbags who argue that CharlieHebdo had it coming are at a loss to answer a
simple question. 59 people were roasted alive in a coach on a train in Gujarat in 2002. Did these
people draw any cartoons? Did they even shout any anti-Muslim or anti-Islam slogans? But when the
Hindus retaliated violently these very people claimed genocide, pogrom, state-sponsored violence etc.
Seriously, did they expect that Hindus should simply continue to tolerate such unprovoked and
unwarranted attacks? Since 2002 Gujarat has seen relative peace where communal relations are
concerned. There have been stray incidents here and there but no major communal riots.
The man who wrote the Outlook article (Keki Daruwalla is not a regular journo, but another
Arundhati Roy types that infest Outlook) argues that not drawing the cartoons is a small price
to pay for peace. 2002 happened before all these cartoons. And is the writer suggesting that prior to
these cartoons the Islamists were peaceful and there was no terrorism? Did 9/11 happen because of
cartoons? Did 26/11 happen because of cartoons? Did Madrid or London underground happen due to
cartoons? Saif Rahman is an ex-Muslim of Pakistani origin in the UK. Heres what he tweeted
January 26:

It is an unfortunate but inevitable truth Tolerance of intolerance doesnt buy peace. It never
has. Increasingly, we have only seen that retaliation (and often disproportionate retaliation) stands a

better chance of buying peace. Ask the Japanese. Rahman has also written a book The Islamist
Delusion. Do read the summary on the page I have linked. Rahman has drawn no cartoons of the
Prophet but merely written a book criticising the practices of Muslims. He claims to have received 139
death-threats so far. What he summarises in his tweet as the 10 Islamist commandments is for our
Sickulars to think about. Playing victim will not help anymore. What should now be clear is that after
the Paris incident there are many who are making this absolutely clear to the extremists.
Bobby Jindal, the governor in an American state, was a darling for our media for quite a while as
they claimed he was an Indian-American. He disappointed them recently by stating that he is only
American and that his forefathers came to America to be Americans and not Indian-Americans.
More stunningly, Jindal became the first politician to boldly state what many politicians were
unwilling to say. Excerpts:
"Let's be honest here. Islam has a problem Muslim leaders need to condemn anyone who commits
these acts of violence and clearly state that these people are evil and are enemies of Islam. It's not
enough to simply condemn violence, they must stand up and loudly proclaim that these people are not
martyrs who will receive a reward in the afterlife, and rather they are murderers who are going to hell.
If they refuse to do that, then they're part of the problem. There is no middle ground here.
Jindal went on to add in his speech in the UK that some countries have allowed Muslims to establish
autonomous neighbourhoods in cities where they govern by a harsh version of Islamic law. Yes indeed,
UK is facing this problem and so are many other non-Islamic countries in the world. There are
over 700 no go zones created by Muslims in France and though it is not authorised in any form, the
police and other services dread to go to these zones. Norway has expelled over 5000 foreigners, mostly
Muslims, as action for reducing crime in the country. In a rare departure, British PMDavid
Cameron has finally issued a warning to mosques in Britain to rein in extremists:

Belgians in the Congo. France invaded Algeria for no genuine reason except greed and now Algerians
are in large number in France. The Dutch were in South Africa and some other places to subdue the
original inhabitants. The Portuguese were in Bombay, Goa and Diu. And there is hardly a country left
that Britain had not invaded and colonised. It is very tempting to say they had it coming. But its
not revenge that the Islamists are seeking. If that was the case they could have declared formal wars.
But it is intolerance of the culture and systems of the host country while enjoying all its privileges that
is causing the problems. This is true in India too. No go area said that dumb Outlook writer and that
avoiding cartoons will buy peace. I have written before that there are many towns in India that are
completely Islamised and are somewhat of a no go zone for non-Muslims. This has happened even in
places considered particularly holy pilgrimage locations by Hindus. It is hard to believe this has
happened inRameshwaram:

It is understandable if one makes the mistake of thinking these no go zones are stray cases across the
world, although increasingly common. It would help to pause for a minute and think that an entire
community was thrown out Kashmir which is now a no go zone for Indias non-Muslims. Can any no
go zone be worse than that? Had the authorities acted then or even a few months later the KPs could
have returned to Kashmir. They are never going to return no go zones are forever. No politician
is going to be courageous enough to alter the situation. The challenge is to avert creating some more
and for that unlimited tolerance has to disappear.