They have an assortment of grievances. They are furious about India’s hold on Muslim Kashmir, India’s presence in Afghanistan and Iraq, India’s cooperation with the United States in the war on terror and India’s treatment of her Muslim minority. To them their jihad is righteous because it exterminates Hindus who are idolaters and pagans. A few incidental Muslim casualties are sacrifices that must be made to advance the supremacy of Islam and avenge Islamic lives lost in Chechnya, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kashmir, Iraq and Afghanistan.
But if they had nothing to avenge, if the world rolled over at their feet and capitulated they would still fight. Fundamentally these men are bored with their lives. There is so much more excitement in striking fear across the world while global leaders look helpless, in chuckling over the defeat of entire squadrons of intelligence agents, police forces and armies, in being guerrilla warriors across cityscapes than there is in staying home, studying hard, being responsible and making something useful out of themselves.
Most young Islamic militants spring from moderate Islamic homes where parents seem asleep at the wheel. When their sons wear the Muslim garb, read the Koran and attend a mosque, many are hoodwinked into believing that this is a sign of deep spirituality. It may be the first sign of deep hate.
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Moderate Islamist here
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