20 September 2006

Another flash point

According to the International Religious Freedom Report, submitted to Congress by the State Department, Muslim "terrorists attempted to provoke religious conflict by attacking Hindu temples in Ayodhya and Varanasi. The government reacted in a swift manner to rein in Hindu extremists, prevent revenge attacks and reprisal, and assure the Muslim community of its safety. The government also quelled religious violence in Vadodara in Gujarat, after protests over the demolition of a Muslim shrine threatened to spark Hindu-Muslim violence."

The subcontinent has engaged in cold, warm, and hot wars between Pakistan (and its Muslim brethren within India) and India ever since Partition in 1948. There are daily incidents of terrorism between the two communities in India, and periodic military confrontations across the disputed border in Kashmir.

This could be, even more than the ramblings of the Kraut Pope or our occupation of Iraq, a starting point for The Big One...

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