Every religion has its liberals, moderates and fanatics. It’s part of any human society. If you concentrate on any extreme part of society you will demonize it. If I concentrate on the Shiv Sena or the RSS I will demonize Hinduism. If I concentrate on National Front and BNP in England, which are racist and beat up poor Asians, I can demonize that society. Unfortunately, The Islamic world suffer from such demonization. We have a campaign, which goes out of its way to use Islam. It blames Islam for what are essentially political struggles. I mean the Palestinian struggle is not about Islam versus Judaism – but a political struggle of people fighting for their freedom. Just like the Tamils fighting against the Singhalese, it is not about Hinduism against Buddhism. So when you turn political struggles to religious struggles, you demonize the whole religion.
