The terrorist blast in Mumbai on July 13, 2011
requires decisive soul-searching by the Hindus of India. Hindus cannot
accept to be killed in this halal fashion, continuously bleeding every
day till the nation finally collapses. Terrorism, I define here, as
the illegal use of force to overawe the civilian population to make it
do or not do an act against its will and well-being.
Islamic terrorism is India’s number one problem of
national security. About this there will be no doubt after 2012. By
that year I expect a Taliban takeover in Pakistan and the Americans to
flee Afghanistan. Then Islam will confront Hinduism to “complete
unfinished business”. Already the successor to Osama bin Laden as al-Qaeda
leader has declared that India is the priority target for that
terrorist organisation, and not the USA.
Fanatic Muslims consider Hindu-dominated India “an
unfinished chapter of Islamic conquests”. All other countries
conquered by Islam 100 per cent converted to Islam within two decades
of the Islamic invasion. Undivided India in 1947 was 75 per cent Hindu
even after 800 years of brutal Islamic rule. That is jarring for the
fanatics.
In one sense, I do not blame the Muslim fanatics for
targeting Hindus. I blame Hindus who have taken their individuality,
permitted in Sanatan Dharma (the eternal religion), to the extreme.
Millions of Hindus can assemble without state patronage for the Kumbh
Mela, completely self-organised, but they all leave for home oblivious
of the targeting of Hindus in Kashmir, Mau, Melvisharam and Malappuram
and do not lift their little finger to help organise Hindus. If half
the Hindus voted together, rising above caste and language, a genuine
Hindu party would have a two-thirds majority in Parliament and the
assemblies.
The first lesson to be learnt from the recent history
of Islamic terrorism against India and for tackling terrorism in India
is that the Hindu is the target and that Muslims of India are being
programmed by a slow reactive process to become radical and thus slide
into suicide against Hindus. It is to undermine the Hindu psyche and
create the fear of civil war that terror attacks are organised.
Hindus must collectively respond as Hindus against the
terrorist and not feel individually isolated or worse, be complacent
because he or she is not personally affected. If one Hindu dies merely
because he or she was a Hindu then a bit of every Hindu also dies.
This is an essential mental attitude, a necessary part of a virat
(committed) Hindu.
We need a collective mindset as Hindus to stand
against the Islamic terrorist. The Muslims of India can join us if
they genuinely feel for the Hindu. That they do I will not believe
unless they acknowledge with pride that though they may be Muslims,
their ancestors were Hindus. If any Muslim acknowledges his or her
Hindu legacy then we Hindus can accept him or her as a part of the
brihad Hindu samaj (greater Hindu society) which is
Hindustan. India that is Bharat that is Hindustan is a nation of
Hindus and others whose ancestors were Hindus. Others, who refuse to
acknowledge this, or those foreigners who become Indian citizens by
registration, can remain in India but should not have voting rights
(which means they cannot be elected representatives).
Any policy to combat terrorism must begin with
requiring each and every Hindu becoming a virat Hindu. For
this, one must have a Hindu mindset that recognises that there is
vyaktigat charitra (personal character) and rashtriya charitra
(national character). For example, Manmohan Singh has high personal
character but by being a rubber stamp of a semi-literate Sonia Gandhi
and waffling on all national issues, he has proved that he has no
rashtriya charitra.
The second lesson for combating terrorism is that we
must never capitulate or concede any demand as we did in 1989 (freeing
five terrorists in exchange for Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s daughter
Rubaiya) and in 1999, freeing three terrorists after the hijack of
Indian Airlines flight IC-814.
The third lesson is that whatever and however small
the terrorist incident, the nation must retaliate massively. For
example, when the Ayodhya temple was sought to be attacked, we should
have retaliated by rebuilding the Ram temple at the site.
According to bleeding heart liberals, terrorists are
born or bred because of illiteracy, poverty, oppression and
discrimination. They argue that instead of eliminating them, the root
cause of these four disabilities in society should be removed. This is
rubbish. Osama bin Laden was a billionaire. In the failed Times Square
episode, failed terrorist Shahzad was from a highly placed family in
Pakistan and had an MBA from a reputed US university.
It is also a ridiculous idea that terrorists cannot be
deterred because they are irrational and willing to die. Terrorist
masterminds have political goals and a method in their madness. An
effective strategy to deter terrorism is to defeat those political
goals and to rubbish them by counterterrorist action. Thus I advocate
the following strategy to negate the political goals of Islamic
terrorism in India.
Goal 1: Overawe India on Kashmir.
Strategy: Remove Article 370 and resettle
ex-servicemen in the valley. Create Panun Kashmir for the Hindu Pandit
community. Look for or create an opportunity to take over PoK. If
Pakistan continues to back terrorists, assist the Balochis and Sindhis
to get their independence.
Goal 2: Blast temples, kill Hindu devotees.
Strategy: Remove the masjid in Kashi Vishwanath
temple and the 300 masjids at other temple sites.
Goal 3: Turn India into Dar ul-Islam.
Strategy: Implement the uniform civil code, make
learning of Sanskrit and singing of Vande Mataram mandatory and
declare India a Hindu Rashtra in which non-Hindus can vote only if
they proudly acknowledge that their ancestors were Hindus. Rename
India Hindustan as a nation of Hindus and those whose ancestors were
Hindus.
Goal 4: Change India’s demography by illegal
immigration, conversion and refusal to adopt family planning.
Strategy: Enact a national law prohibiting
conversion from Hinduism to any other religion. Reconversion will not
be banned. Declare that caste is not based on birth but on code or
discipline. Welcome non-Hindus to reconvert to the caste of their
choice provided they adhere to the code of discipline. Annex land from
Bangladesh in proportion to the illegal migrants from that country
staying in India. At present the northern third from Sylhet to Khulna
can be annexed to resettle illegal migrants.
Goal 5: Denigrate Hinduism through vulgar writings
and preaching in mosques, madrassas and churches to create loss of
self-respect amongst Hindus and make them fit for capitulation.
Strategy: Propagate the development of a Hindu
mindset.
India can solve its terrorist problem within five
years by such a deterrent strategy but for that we have to learn the
four lessons outlined above and have a Hindu mindset to take bold,
risky and hard decisions to defend the nation. If the Jews could be
transformed from lambs walking meekly to the gas chambers to fiery
lions in just 10 years, it should not be difficult for Hindus in much
better circumstances (after all, we are 83 per cent of India) to do so
in five years.
Guru Gobind Singh showed us how just five fearless
persons under spiritual guidance can transform a society. Even if half
the Hindu voters are persuaded to collectively vote as Hindus, and for
a party sincerely committed to a Hindu agenda, then we can forge an
instrument for change. And that is the bottom line in the strategy to
deter terrorism in a democratic Hindustan at this moment of truth.