Attack on India's Business Hub! Who's Responsible? Some Mujahideen? Who are Mujahideen? Are Militants Responsible? If not, Who Is?

Saturday, November 29, 2008
Attack on India's Business Hub! Who's Responsible? Some Mujahideen? Who are Mujahideen? Are Militants Responsible? If not, Who Is?

After more than 55 hrs of the Carnage in Mumbai [which commenced late 27th Nov. 2008], I had a conversation online with a friend; we often engage in discussing issues of this kind. During the course of our conversation, he [Tudor] implied that some 'mujaheddin group is claiming responsibility'. My reply was: '...one wonders who is telling any tiny percentage of the truth.'
Then he asked who the 'mujaheddin' were. 'were they Islamic extremists?' he asked. The following entails what I had to say:

If u r really interested in knowing what 'mujahideen' means, u need to first of all take this concept out of your head that there is a term called 'holy war' written in the Quran or Hadees. Words like mujahideen, mujahid, jihad, jidd o jehad, etc. have nothing to do with any war! What they all do allude to is 'struggle'. Now, 'struggle' refers to struggle against social or even political ills in society. For example, you could be a jehadi or mujahideen in ur community when u want to eradicate your community of drug use or spousal abuse.
These terms like mujahideen etc. have been used to label the radicals who claim to be preachers or followers of Islam. There is no such word as 'holy war' in the Quran or Hadees!
It's quite easy to label people, groups or other things, and it really helps in the media and politics when you have an agenda to achieve. The first label put out when there is an issue at hand tends to have an immediate impact. As an example, that's why when the so-called war on terror commenced, Bush had a very hard time distancing himself from a term he used for his war: 'crusade' ...
Coming back to these terms [mujahideen, etc.] the world at large, including Muslims themselves have automatically radicalized many more Muslims than they would have liked to. While Pakistan or Malaysia-based militants may be at the center of these attacks, it is not preposterous to think that Muslims from India or Britain may be responsibleIndia has an enormous number of Muslims across their demography. Also, the MI5 in the past has used militants to knock of certain people....of course for a sizable reward. Yes, just like Omar Saeed Sheikh was used to kill Usama Bin Laden.
One final thought is worth adding here; since i doubt the credibility of these attackers Deccan Mujahideen], and since other militant groups have denied doing it and have even condemned it, it might be a reasonable guess to consider the Hindu fundamentalists [Thackeray's group]. This group killed Christians over many years.
To focus more on the Mumbai attacks, there are others besides Jews and Christians that were killed in Mumbai. Chinese, Japanese, Germans, etc. were among the dead too. Additionally, the gunmen had opened fire indiscriminately. They killed Muslims, Jews, Christians, and anything remotely human in their judgment.
In summation, I can say that when considering who is responsible for this carnage, the possibilities are enormous; almost any group could be responsible for it: RAW [Indian spy network with a hidden agenda], some radicalized militant group, Thackeray or other Hindu fundamentalists, or our own ISI. It is possible that the ISI has done it. I am not sure how [it's just a thought] . Maybe to create a situation in which they expose the incapability of Zardari's government, and then have the military step in once again. At the same time, it could be a government initiated move by the Indians themselves to create an issue just before the elections. This might give them an opportunity to get into some action in order to prove to the prospective voters that they have done something heroic and, therefore, should be elected again. An even further consideration in this regard is also that competing forces may be keen on exposing the ruling party's incapacity and incapability to deter a crisis of this sort.
Only time MIGHT reveal the truth. And, whoever the perpetrators are, they can hardly claim they belong to any religion!

A Final Thought:

This might be another one of Noam Chomsky's concepts in action: 'manufacturing consensus'.
Like sure, Usma's guys attacked the WTC. But they [the US] knew since 1999 that it was going to happen, and they let it happen, and they exacerbated it. They magnified the carnage, and then had an excuse for following it with their agenda to get into Afghanistan and Iraq.