Facets of terrorism in India

The people of India are distortedly called as Hindus due to historic reasons and by the invaders. It got stuck hard, through the ages. This caused disconnect with their roots and hence they suffer from an identity crisis. Among the many invaders, it is only the Muslims who made India their home, through the process of religious turbulence. The first ever firm symbol of Islam, which came into being was way back in 629 A D at Malabar, called Cheraman Juma Masjid and an Islamic Society was also formed in the 7th Century in the present day Gujarat-Rajasthan region. The Islam was welcomed, respected and helped with open arm by Hindus when Muslim invaders came to India. Hindus tried to co-exist with them sadly without ever trying to know either their religion or political thought of Islam.

The Islamic rule and its expansion by Muslims in India centred around the doctrine called Jihad fi Sabilillah - Jihad in the way of Allah. India experienced the Jihad throughout the Islamic Rule over 1000 years. There was a gap of its expression during the British rule. The creation of Pakistan in 1947 again set in motion the Jihad. Pakistan even now continues to be the epicentre of Jihad, where Kashmir is its live and brutal battle field. This, the Western world and media have described it as Islamic terrorism. So read on the unfolding of Jihad - religious war in India.