1389 YEARS OF ENDLESS TERROR

1389 YEARS OF ENDLESS TERROR

Terrorism is not new in India. It began in 636 CE when the Arabs made their first forays into India. It consolidated its hold ever since 712 CE with the fall of Sindh to the Arab army led by Muhammad Ibn Qasim. Thereafter till date Islamic terrorism has been a regular feature in the subcontinent, having claimed by reasonable estimates 80 million Hindu lives and helping shrink Hindu population between 1192 CE and 1600 CE by 400 million, according to Ferishta. So, the Red Fort blast is no new experience for Hindus. It is old wine in new bottle for a people that has for 1389 years been suffering fanatical persecution at Islamic hands. God knows when this toxic theology will lose ground in India like it did in Spain. In Spain it had to be beaten off and the country cleansed of its corruption thus. What about us, Hindus, who have been endlessly at the receiving end of Islamic jihadi terrorism?

Written by Sugata Bose