Hindu extremist group behind Goa blast

[garibnawaz]

You seriously need a break.

Get a life dude.

GB

 

[Kavin]

Besides if they succeeded in blowing the bomb at that Diwali festival celeberation, and people got killed, then surely you and me would have seen Indian Media putting blame on Pakistan for that.

Why did Indian Media / Government not blame Pakistan now? If they are blind enough to blame Pakistan for every wrong thing in India (as Pakistanis tirelessly joke), did they miss a great chance?

 

[paritosh]

Biggest lie i've ever heared did we forget LTTE or when Sikkim was occupied by India and how about china who accuses you of creating trouble in Tibet while all of Us know that rebel leader Dalai Lama is backed by India.

LTTE...is a Lankan teror outfit...theSri Lankan govt has never accused India of arming it....it's only the Pakistanis that link the LTTE with RAW...you might dig up a thousand articles...but the fact of the matter is the Lankans would know more than any Pakistani about the LTTE...and they have so far not accused India of any wrong doing.

Sikkim has been accepted as part of India by the Chinese themselves...were they afraid of India?or was it RAW again?
there is a long border dispute rectification going on between China and India...and some issues have been resolved.

and Tibet is a recognized part of China....and as far as the Dalai Lama is concerned...he is not just a rebel leader...but a nobel peace prize winner...and a respected person who has a global following more than that of most heads of states....surely we are not alone in honoring him....and his non-violent methods of conflict resolution.

 

[jarnee]

people of this forum are alerted that do not encourage any post that propogates Sanatan dharma etc.. This cult is main accused in this bombing.. But's its more of local politics .. GOA elections and minister is being framed..

 

[notsuperstitious]

Same goes for you why dont you research before posting?

First of all if your police officials have recognized that Lt.colonel prohit was behind it that does'nt make you heros or his crime less.

Secondly it was your officials who were investigating this issue NOT the US treasury department,the laughable thing is that when US officials recognized that India is destablizing Pakistan by using Afghanistan all of your pals here in this forum were not recognizing it but when they say something about Pakistan(of which your investigators denied any role)you readily believe it hypocracy eh?

Well now to what your media has been saying about B****erd Prohit
Prohit Involved in attack.

ATS links Lt Col Purohit with Samjhauta blasts​

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New Delhi: Prime accused in Malegaon bomb blast case Lt Col P S Purohit was also directly involved with 2007’s twin Samjhauta Express blasts that killed 68 people and injured 50, Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra Police told a Nashik Court on Saturday.


ATS alleged Purohit handed Army RDX from a consignment entrusted to him to one 'Bhagwan', who used it to carry out the Samjhauta Express blasts.


The Samjhauta Express — an amity train that runs between India and Pakistan — had many Pakistani visitors on board when the bombs went off.


Of the 68 who died, 42 were Pakistani. The blasts were triggered by low-intensity explosives which were accompanied by inflammable material.


Three unexploded suitcase bombs were later recovered from the train.

The army officer, who is alleged to have trained the other accused in handling explosives and procuring RDX for the September 29 blast in Malegaon, was presented to the court after his police custody period expired.

ATS alleged that Purohit is a recruit of Swami Amritanand Dwivedi alias Dayanand Pandey who they claim masterminded the Malegaon blast. The ATS says that Purohit organised RDX for that terror attack too.


Purohit has admitted that he met Sadhvi Pragya Thakur — the other key accused in the blast case — through the Swami.


Narco-analysis on Purohit has revealed that he had been tasked by Army Intelligence to gather information on SIMI.


The court remanded Purohit to further police custody till November 18 in the Malegaon blast case.


SUPPORT FOR PUROHIT

Meanwhile, nearly 350 volunteers of an organisation called Hindu Rashtra Sena were rounded up by the police after they demonstrated in front of a court in support of Purohit.

The activists, holding saffron flags and shouting slogans had arrived here from Mumbai to express solidarity with the accused, sources in the little known Hindu Rashtra Sena said.

Activists of the Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who had staged demonstrations in front of the court when accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur was brought before it, did not turn up this time.

Six people were killed in the low-intensity blast in the Maharashtra town of Malegaon on the night of September 29.

ATS links Lt Col Purohit with Samjhauta blastshttp://ibnlive.in.com/news/ats-links-lt-col-purohit-with-samjhauta-blasts/78233-3.htmlhttp://ibnlive.in.com/news/ats-links-lt-col-purohit-with-samjhauta-blasts/78233-3.html

Phohit wanted to make a Hindu Nation,

‘Lt.Col. Purohit wanted to create Hindu nation’​

Mumbai, Jan 20 (IANS) The mastermind behind the Malegaon blast is serving Indian Army officer Lt. Col. Prasad S. Purohit whose aim was to establish a “Hindu nation” by seeking the help of Israel, a high-ranking police official said here Tuesday.”He wanted to seek the help of Israel to further his cause since he felt that the Indian constitution was not enough to tackle what was happening in the country,” Mumbai Police’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief K.P. Raghuvanshi told reporters.

His comments before the media came after the ATS wrapped up the probe into the Malegaon blast which killed six people Sep 29 last year. The investigating agency filed a 5,250-plus page charge sheet against the 11 main accused under the Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).

The charge sheet, with over 400 witnesses, also names three wanted suspects as “absconders”.

Raghuvanshi said of the 11 persons arrested so far, the five key players includsed: Purohit, a former Military Intelligence (MI) official, the mastermind who founded Abhinav Bharat; Sadhvi Pragnya Singh Thakur alias Purnachetananadagiri, who mobilised the foot-soldiers; the motivator of the conspiracy Dayanand Pandey alias Sudhakar Udhavbhan Dhardiwedi alias Amritanandadev Teerth, who is self-proclaimed ‘Shankaracharya’ (top religious head).

Aiding them was the low-profile arms collector Rakesh Dhawade who helped organise the training aspects for carrying out the blasts and Ajay Rahirkar, the fund-raiser for the terror attack.

The ATS chief said RDX was procured when Purohit was serving in Jammu and Kashmir. It was later kept in Pune.

“This followed a series of conspiracy meetings for carrying out the blast, in places like Faridabad, Ujjain, Bhopal and Pune,” Raghuvanshi said.

The Abhinav Bharat managed to garner over Rs. 2.1 million for the terror attacks and the ATS has also questioned some of the donors to the cause.

To a query whether the group planned to carry out more blasts in Muslim-dominated pockets in the country, Raghuvanshi replied in the negative.

“So far we do not have any such evidence. Soon after the Malegaon blast, they came on our radar and they did not get an opportunity to regroup,” he said.
‘Lt.Col. Purohit wanted to create Hindu nation’http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal...-wanted-to-create-hindu-nation_100144954.html

some other links

Purohit involved in Samjhauta Express blast too?

Lt. Col. Purohit | Malegaon Blasts | Army | Brigadier | Mumbai - Oneindia News

Malegaon blast case chargesheet filed

Now when your own media is saying that he is terrorist you are denying this with some stupid reports from country who has nothing to do with blasts and is not investigating.
This is quite a pathetic logic.

I think some people are purposely trying to create confusion.

Yes Purohit is involved according to police in malegaon blasts, he supplied RDX according to police, he's in jail, awaiting trial, been discharged from army and being tried in civilian courts, thanks for your concern.

NO, he has not been accused of Samjhauta blast, the report you have sighted is old, has been rubbished, is also factually incorrect - RDX was NOT used in the Samjhauta attack for example. Yes he was indeed probed for Samjhauta attack as any good impartial police should do, but he's not been charged. get your facts straight before laughing out loud.

 

[oceanx]

LTTE...is a Lankan teror outfit...theSri Lankan govt has never accused India of arming it....it's only the Pakistanis that link the LTTE with RAW...you might dig up a thousand articles...but the fact of the matter is the Lankans would know more than any Pakistani about the LTTE...and they have so far not accused India of any wrong doing.

I was curious enough to look into the LTTE-RAW connections not that long ago when the Tamils were shutting down major thoroughfares in Toronto to protest Sri Lankan offensive.

The black hand of RAW was definitely in this mess way deep, way back. They had to pull out (to an extent) once South India itself was getting "reverberations", among other things.

The "black cat" who was sent to greet Rajiv Gandhi may have set in motion the chain of events that ultimately led to this year's watershed moment, but she was sent for a "cause".

I am not saying the cause was just.

M K Bhadrakumar may not be popular among the Saffronists. But he all but acknowledged in print that certain "elements' were up to their eyebrows in the brown stuff with LTTE, especially in the Tigers' earlier, formative years ...

 

[Khajur]

Right-wing Hindu group not behind blast: Goa police


October 21, 2009 13:12 IST



The Goa police on Wednesday claimed that right-wing Hindu group Sanatana Sanstha was not responsible for the scooter blast in Margao on October 16.

The state police had earlier said that the two key accused in the case -- Malganda Patil and Yogesh Naik -- had links with the Sanstha.

"Nowhere have we said that the organisation Sanatan Sanstha is involved. We just said that the persons who were suspected of carrying out the attack have links with Sanatan Sanstha," said Atmaram Deshpande, superintendent of police, Crime Investigating Department.

Earlier, state Home Minister Ravi Naik stated that Sanathan Sanstha worker Malganda Patil planned and executed Friday's blast near a church in Margao.

"Two persons, Malganda Patil and Yogesh Naik, are involved. Patil works as an administrator with the Sanathan Sanstha. He has planned and executed the blast. He planted the bomb in the scooter and thus two people were injured," Naik had said.

The Sanstha, on its part, had denied the statement made by Naik, saying the entire allegation was a conspiracy.

Sanstha's spokesperson Abhay Vartak had said, "The accusation that we are involved in the blast is a rumour. It is a conspiracy. There have been no arrests and no incriminating material has been found."

Right-wing Hindu group not behind blast: Goa cops: Rediff.com India News

 

[garibnawaz]

Hindu group not involved in Goa blast: Police

Panaji: Goa Police on Wednesday did an about turn on their claim that the right wing Hindu group Sanatana Sanstha was behind the October 16 scooter blast in Margao.

They claimed they had never said the key accused in the case Malganda Patil and Yogesh Naik had links with the Sanstha.


"Nowhere have we said that the organisation Sanatan Sanstha is involved. We just said that the persons who were suspected of carrying out the attack have links with Sanatan Sanstha,” said Atmaram Deshpande, Superintendent of Police Crime Investigating Department (CID).

Earlier, State Home Minister Ravi Naik stated that the Sanathan Sanstha worker -- Malganda Patil planned and executed Friday’s blast near a church in Margao.

"Two persons, Malganda Patil and Yogesh Naik are involved. Patil works as an administrator with the Sanathan Sanstha. He has planned and executed the blast. He planted the bomb in the scooter and thus two people were injured," Naik had said.

The Sanstha, on its part, had denied the statement made by Naik, saying the entire allegation was a conspiracy.

Sanstha’s spokesperson Abhay Vartak, had said, "The accusation that we are involved in the blast is a rumor. It is a conspiracy. There have been no arrests and no incriminating material has been found."

Maharashtra mulling ban on Sanstha

The Maharashtra government is considering a proposal to ban Hindu right-wing organisation Sanatan Sanstha.

Asked as to why the Sanatan Sanstha was not banned last year despite a recommendation from the then Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, Virk told reporters, "We will discuss this and, if we feel it is necessary, we will surely ban the outfit."

He also said, the investigation into the blast was on and the identity of those involved was yet to be established.

Virk was speaking on the sidelines of Commemoration Day parade to pay homage to policemen who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty.

Hindu group not involved in Margao blast: Goa Police

 

[praveen]

I was curious enough to look into the LTTE-RAW connections not that long ago when the Tamils were shutting down major thoroughfares in Toronto to protest Sri Lankan offensive.

The black hand of RAW was definitely in this mess way deep, way back. They had to pull out (to an extent) once South India itself was getting "reverberations", among other things.

The "black cat" who was sent to greet Rajiv Gandhi may have set in motion the chain of events that ultimately led to this year's watershed moment, but she was sent for a "cause".

I am not saying the cause was just.

M K Bhadrakumar may not be popular among the Saffronists. But he all but acknowledged in print that certain "elements' were up to their eyebrows in the brown stuff with LTTE, especially in the Tigers' earlier, formative years ...

Lot more than that.The Sinhalas were mistreating Tamils soon after independence.What initially started as a linguistic dispute regarding
Tamil(Tamils are freaking fanatic when it comes to their language ,well its 2500 years old) gradually it grew into the reservation dispute for the Sinhalas.Tamils were barred out of Universities culminated into riots from 1971-1984.

To this add that,The US wanted to develop Tricomalee as an US naval base,which India fiercely opposed(Diego Gracia gave us a scare in 1971).India did not want that to happen

We got the Tamil pogrom issue served on a platter during this time (1983-84).To forward our cause
Presto!Vellupallai Prabhakaran and the LTTE were trained at Chakrata airbase(Incidentally that is the same place where SFF were trained to deal with China).To that you add Prabhakarans intelligence and the Tamil's and Telugu's solidarity to him(MGR and NTR were the CM's at that time,they were god reincarnated for their people ,hence Prabhakaran never worried about finances ) .

Rajiv Gandhi out of enthusiasm sent the IPKF to Sri Lanka and soon got his gift .From that point onwards Prabhakaran lost the sympathy
of Indians especially South indians and that ultimately lead to his downfall.

So much for the 'south indians are peace loving' rumour

M K Bhadrakumar may not be popular among the Saffronists

Regarding Saffronists part .Actually the saffronists never had clout among the indian masses.They only come into play when muslim issues are to whipped in the public.That to only in the north

 

[EjazR]

The Hindu : Front Page : Behind Sanatan Sanstha’s spiritual veil, a militarist face

Praveen Swami
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Inflammatory literature may have driven last week’s bombings in Goa

"Sanstha activists precipitated Miraj violence by distributing magazines with communal content"

4 activists of Sanstha’s sister organisation had earlier been held for attacks on theatre houses

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NEW DELHI: Last week, a crude ammonium-nitrate based improvised explosive device detonated across the road from the Grace Church in Margao, tearing apart Goa’s festive-season cheer.

Sanatan Sanstha operatives Malgondi Patil was killed and Yogesh Nai critically injured while transporting the bomb — one of the two the men are thought to have fabricated to target Hindu religious gatherings held by a rival group.

Many see the Sanstha is a harmless — if quixotic — cult: followers are assigned grades for their levels of spiritual awareness and encouraged to engage in arcane discussions, like the differing merits of lamps using ghee and oil.

Despite credible allegations that the Sanstha has coerced and harassed followers seeking to leave its ranks, branches have sprung up across Maharashtra, in several major cities nationwide, and even in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

Behind the outfit’s idiosyncratic facade, though, is an ugly militarist face. Last year, Sanstha-linked Dharmashakti Sena chief Vinay Palwalkar proclaimed a coming apocalyptic war: “the war of the future will be a Dharamyudh, and the Dharamshakti Sena will be its guiding force.”

Were Patil and Nai fighting his war?

Inflammatory polemic

Inflammatory — and often inventive — polemic characterises the Sanstha’s propaganda.

Discussing September’s riots in the town of Miraj, the organisation’s house-magazine Sanatan Prabhat’s October issue described the violence as “a well-planned attack on Hindus by Afzal Khan’s [a 17th century Bijapur warlord] Muslim descendants.” “Now,” it continued, “Hindus need to become warriors of Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj to repel such attacks.”

Police in Miraj say Sanatan Sanstha activists in fact precipitated the violence, by distributing magazines with aggressively communal content and forcing shopkeepers to down shutters. Three Sanatan Sanstha activists were arrested for distributing the inflammatory literature.

“Fed up of Muslim innocence,” the magazine reports, “Hindus [gave] a fitting reply.” “As a result of the riots in Miraj,” the article reads, “Muslims in villages were getting inspired to become insolent. Hindus, however, had enough of their insolence and started retaliating. A mob pelted stones and damaged mosques at 7 places. Thereafter, saffron flags were hoisted on these mosques.”

Much of the reporting in Sanatan Prabhat appears to have no great concern for the distinction between fact and fiction.

“Police,” one report claims, “have now discovered a kidnapping racket to provide recruits to Pakistani terror outfits through ‘Love Jihad.’ Investigations have revealed that all over India some 4,000 young women have been recruited in this manner to be trained against their will as terrorists and suicide bombers. In Kerala alone, the police suspect that over 500 women have fallen victim.”
Terrorist actions

Images like these have long been known to have incited members of the organisation to engage in acts of terrorism.

Last summer, bombs went off at the Vishnudas Bhave Auditorium in Vashi, and the Gadkari Rangayatan in Thane. Both theatre managements had disregarded Hindu chauvinist protests against the play ‘Amhi Pachpute,’ a wry reworking of the Mahabarat by Santosh Pawar which is set around the travails of two middle-class Maharashtrian families locked in a dispute over a paan store.

Maharashtra police investigators arrested Ramesh Gadkari, Mangesh Nikam, Santosh Angre and Vikram Bhave for the terrorist attacks. All four men were activists of the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, an ultra-right Hindutva political group which the Sanstha lists, on its website, as a sister organisation. The men were, at the time of their arrests, reported to be living in retreats run by the Sanstha.

Investigators found that the men had earlier attempted to set off an improvised explosive device targeting a mosque on the Pen highway. Nikam, for his part, was found to be on bail facing trial for having set off a low-grade bomb in the home of a Ratnagiri-based Hindu family that had converted to Christianity.

Police also found gelatine sticks, electronic circuits and detonators that had been buried in a storage dump dug by the four arrested men along a riverbed outside Pen. Similar recoveries were made near Satara.

Dangerous future?

Sanstha leaders deny their organisation has any role in terrorist acts conducted by individual members.

But Maharashtra police investigators are less than persuaded by these claims, and have opened investigation of the organisation’s possible linkages with Akhand Bharat — the Hindutva terror group responsible for the murderous 2006 bombing of a mosque in Malegaon.

In a cartoon published in the Sanatan Prabhat, a police officer and a Muslim are shown kicking a Hindu. “Hindus,” its caption reads, “unite and become strong to end this brute rule.”

Akhand Bharat cadre had planned to do just that. In audio-tape recovered by Maharashtra police investigators, alleged Akhand Bharat operatives Prasad Shrikant Purohit, R.P. Singh and Dayanand Pandey discussed plans for displacing the Indian government, authoring an alternative constitution, setting up of a government in exile in Israel, and instituting a criminal procedure code which would include public corporal punishment.

 

[garibnawaz]

Akhand Bharat cadre had planned to do just that. In audio-tape recovered by Maharashtra police investigators, alleged Akhand Bharat operatives Prasad Shrikant Purohit, R.P. Singh and Dayanand Pandey discussed plans for displacing the Indian government, authoring an alternative constitution, setting up of a government in exile in Israel, and instituting a criminal procedure code which would include public corporal punishment.[/B]

Maharashtra Police might also enlight why the MCOCA was removed from all of the above including Sadhvi Pragya.

I won't be surpised if all of them walk free as Government don't have any concrete proof against them.

In a cartoon published in the Sanatan Prabhat, a police officer and a Muslim are shown kicking a Hindu. “Hindus,” its caption reads, “unite and become strong to end this brute rule.”

In the Sangli riots video one of the muslim rioter can be clearly seen climbing on a Police Jeep and putting a green flag on it.

Police SP instead of kicking his butt gave him a hand to climb down. This can be clearly seen in the Video hence nothing worng with the cartoon.

Police (backed by Government) acted very softly with the rioters to justify their secular image. (considering upcoming elections).

GB

 

[EjazR]

In the Sangli riots video one of the muslim rioter can be clearly seen climbing on a Police Jeep and putting a green flag on it.

Police SP instead of kicking his butt gave him a hand to climb down. This can be clearly seen in the Video hence nothing worng with the cartoon.

Police (backed by Government) acted very softly with the rioters to justify their secular image. (considering upcoming elections).

GB

That's exactly how Muslim extremists and AQ type recruit terrorists as well. We are talking about tackling the ideology that produces terrorism. The cartoon (and similar media) is creating a sense of paranoia in impressionable hindus that somehow the police and muslims are joining hands to beat up hindus. That is patently untrue when infact more than 90% of the Maharashtra police force is themselves Hindu.

How can you equate a person who "planted" a green flag and was asked by the police to step down to "kicking" Hindus? This is just promoting enmity and hate among communities. Ofcourse the groups itself didn't call for the terrorism. But impressionable youths will take law into their own hands.

Compare this to AQ propaganda videos, where they show muslims being killed from different parts of the world and say that muslims unite to fight the "kafirs". That is why its cause for concern.

 

[garibnawaz]

That's exactly how Muslim extremists and AQ type recruit terrorists as well. We are talking about tackling the ideology that produces terrorism. The cartoon (and similar media) is creating a sense of paranoia in impressionable hindus that somehow the police and muslims are joining hands to beat up hindus. That is patently untrue when infact more than 90% of the Maharashtra police force is themselves Hindu.

How can you equate a person who "planted" a green flag and was asked by the police to step down to "kicking" Hindus? This is just promoting enmity and hate among communities. Ofcourse the groups itself didn't call for the terrorism. But impressionable youths will take law into their own hands.

Compare this to AQ propaganda videos, where they show muslims being killed from different parts of the world and say that muslims unite to fight the "kafirs". That is why its cause for concern.

In the whole Sangli riot saga I am still trying to understand the objective behind the riots.

The Afzal Khan death picture is also in History Books of Maharashtra Baord, so why riots if the same is posted on the Ganesh Pandal?

Its quite symbolic as a victory of good over bad considering Hazrat Afzal Khan's sins which he did in the name of Islam.

Muslims were imported from Bhiwandi (mostly goons) in the Sangli riots.

This is exactly what hurt the hindus unless those muslims from Bhivandi went there (Sangli) to restore peace.

Today you have problem with the Sanatan cartoon. Fine I agree with your points.

However as a Muslim I also expect fellow muslims to come forward and speak against culprits of Sangli riots. This is how propaganda of organizations like Sanathan Sanstha won't work.

Instead muslims are as usual busy condemning the arrest as all the arrested boys are innocent 5 time namazi's.

GB

 

[EjazR]

In the whole Sangli riot saga I am still trying to understand the objective behind the riots.

Well I didn't know much details about this, but a simple google search confirmed why 99% of the riots happen and that is for political reasons. Is raising this pandal part of the religious obligations for Ganesh rituals? Why not raise a pandal about Shivaji which would promote communal harmony as that's what his history is all about.

Instead of highlighting govermental and governance issues, playing emotive appeals on people's religious identies is seen as a shortcut to power for some political groups. Its as simple as that.

It was a calculated move before the Maharashtra state elections to polarise voters on communal lines. Another aspect is to tarnish the image of the efficient DIG in the Sangli district who was coming down on criminal activities.

Police officials and locals claim that the violence seem to be an attempt to target Superintendent of Police Krishna Prakash, who is an efficient and clean officer. Fundamentalist elements and anti-social elements in the district have an axe to grind with the SP, who has cracked down on illegal activities in Sangli.

Sangli rages with riots

The Afzal Khan death picture is also in History Books of Maharashtra Baord, so why riots if the same is posted on the Ganesh Pandal?

Its quite symbolic as a victory of good over bad considering Hazrat Afzal Khan's sins which he did in the name of Islam.

Well looks like you have fallen into the trap along with other impressionable Indians. The fighting between Afzal Khan and Shivaji had nothing to do with religion. It was political fight where Afzal Khan was supressing a rebellion. Instead if you look at politcal leader statements they were highly provacative and outright false. Basically trying to create the same sense of paranoia that I was talking about earlier.

Few years ago during the previous Parliamentary elections, the same parties had tried to organize the procession to demolish the tomb of Afzal Khan. Fortunately at that time it was brought to these same ignorant people’s notice that this tomb was built by Shivaji himself!

Shivaji was popular because he adopted humane policy in all the aspects of his administration, which did not base itself on the religion. In the recruitment of his soldiers and officers for army and navy, religion was no criterion and more than one third of his army consisted of Muslims. The supreme command of his navy was with Siddi Sambal, and Muslim Siddis were in navy in large numbers. Interestingly his major battles were fought against the Rajput army lead by Raja Jaisingh, who was in the administration of Aurangzeb. When Shivaji was detained at Agra forte, of the two men on whom he relied for his eventual escape, one was a Muslim called Madari Mehtar. His confidential secretary was Maulana Haider Ali and the chief of his cannon division was Ibrahim Gardi. Rustom-e-Jamaan was his bodyguard.

To project him as anti-Muslim and anti-Islam is travesty of truth. Neither was Afzal Khan an anti Hindu king. When Shivaji killed Afzal Khan, Afzal Khan’s secretary Krishnaji Bhasker Kulkarni attacked Shivaji with a sword.

From amongst all the possible pictures of Shivaji, why is the one related to Afzal Khan is chosen? One can also show the pictures of his Pratapgadh fort with Afzal Khans tomb in that, one can show Shivaji paying respect to the Mazar of Madari Mehtar, a Muslim prince, who helped him to escape from Agra? The very selection of this picture is to divide the communities along religious lines.

We need to look at historical icons, as kings ruling for power, rather then the representatives of a particular religion.

Source for most of the above: Communalizing History: Shivaji And Afzal Khan By Ram Puniyani

Muslims were imported from Bhiwandi (mostly goons) in the Sangli riots.
This is exactly what hurt the hindus unless those muslims from Bhivandi went there (Sangli) to restore peace.
Today you have problem with the Sanatan cartoon. Fine I agree with your points.
However as a Muslim I also expect fellow muslims to come forward and speak against culprits of Sangli riots. This is how propaganda of organizations like Sanathan Sanstha won't work.
Instead muslims are as usual busy condemning the arrest as all the arrested boys are innocent 5 time namazi's.
GB

Ofcourse people should not react with violence but can you provide any source that only "muslim goons" were imported. There were no Hindu counterparts? The responsibility is on both communities and we have to see who initiated this situation and for what purpose. And the police has rightly arrested trouble makers of both communities.

And muslims have come out 100s of time to condemn violent and terrorist activities. Can I expect Ram sene, VHP BD e.t.c. to come out and condemn the actions of these two misguided youth who belonged to sanathan sanastha ? I havn't heard anything regarding that. Its vital they take a bold stand on no violence in the name of religion and disavow use of politics with religion.

And any source on your last statment? What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Not just muslims but many Indian and rights groups will rightly condemn illegal detentions of any Indian, wether he is muslim hindu or atheist. By law the police have to charge a person for any crimes he may have comitted and provide bail if approved by courts. Swift action must be taken against all trouble makers wether muslim or Hindu.

 

[EjazR]

And just to point out how oppurtunist these politcal parties can be. Here is a picture of a BJP-Shiv sena rally. Ofcourse no country (including Pakistan) have any monopoly on green flags.

There would be hue and cry whenever such flags are spotted in Muslim localities. At some places their storm against green flags had even resulted in communal unrest wrongly accusing it to be Pakistani flags. Although technically speaking green flags don't have anything to do with Islam.

Instead of highlighiting governance and developmental issues, they think that just by using these "flags" they can gain votes. Just shows how sincere they are when the work with communal intents. And looking at the results today, the winning candidate was from Jan Surajya Shakt party.

Green Flags in ShivSena-BJP rally in Malegaon