Leftist Hinduphobia

On Dec-16, 2014, in a gruesome massacre at Army public school, Peshawar, allegedly by Pakistani Taliban, also refereed as "Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)" more than 140 school children were murdered. A school teacher was also burned alive. This mindless killing has been justified using Islamic holy scriptures by murderers. Impact of this news, as it broke, was such that simple "condemnation" without any action seemed "putting the issue in cold storage" or "It was just another event".

Despite worldwide condemnation, echoes  of the gunshots fired upon unsuspecting school children reflected in civil society of India and Pakistan are more shocking. Taking lead from attackers burning school teacher alive, "Eminent Journalists and Intellectuals" of Pakistan are attempting their best to convince locals that Indians (Hindus, if community is not specified in Pakistan context) are behind this massacre (See video of one well known Pakistani intellectual Dr Sahid Masood below). 

 

Indian "secular" bloc are busy expressing their views comparing Taliban with "Sanghis" in their peculiar way. While Pakistanis were calling people to come forward and file an FIR against the criminals, Indian intellectuals are propagating idea of "reclaiming mosques" based on report published in popular news paper "The independent" that reads

"The leader of the group that carried out the massacre has issued a warning. “If our women and children die as martyrs, your children will not escape,” Umar Mansoor warned. In the past, such threats provoked a terrified silence. No longer. In Islamabad, hundreds gathered outside the Red Mosque where extremist preacher Maulana Abdul Aziz is based. In recent days, he had been much in evidence on television supporting the Taliban."

Furthermore, 

" “We are reclaiming our mosques,” Jibran Nasir, the organiser of the protest told The Independent. “These are our houses of worship and they should represent our concerns and not that of our enemies.” They came bearing signs, “Go Taliban Go” and “Apologists are the enemy”. One sign said, “Run, burka, run”."

Nowhere in the report, Hindus are even remotely addressed. However, some authors took the lead in deriving "useful" conclusions/confusions, that demonstrate prevalent "Hinduphobia" among left leaning Indian intelligentsia .

The conversation begins with Ms Versey, for whatever reason, opining that Hindus should reclaim temples from "sanghis" or "Hindu Taliban", a term invented by "Secular" bloc. A local general knowledge says that barring [probably] only 2 temples (Padmanabhswami temple, Kerala and Tirupati, Andra Pradesh), all Hindu temples are under state control. On contrary, Hindus are actively working to get rid of state intervention in temple management and improving conditions of the temples.

Conversation continues to reveal true nature, purpose and location of gathering (Thanks, Tarek Fatah).

What else can be clear manifestation of "hinduphobia" among "leftist intellectuals"? They did not miss even this tragedy from using for their predetermined motives.

update (23/12/2014): Pakistan urdu media blames India for Peshawar attack. (Link)