afghanistan became a fundamentalist muslim country, but a few centuries ago, it was a peaceful buddhist country
what happened there was the same as what is happening in india today
today, the buddhists there are reduced to a minority of less than 0.1%.
their temples have been destroyed. the latest was the destruction of the bamiyan buddhas.
many were killed. others persecuted. some managed to flee. so obviously the majority left today are not buddhists.
the lesson stares at us from afghanistan. if we find it difficult to believe that, kashmir in the recent past has seen exactly the same pattern. and now, other parts of the country - jaipur, delhi, bangalore, gandhidham, mumbai, hyderabad have all seen such terror attacks.
the moderate muslims hold the key to the solution - by getting out the hardliners. but for that they first have to realise that india is a better place to be than afghanistan, and its better in a multi-cultural society like india than a 100% islamic society.
if they still dont believe it, they should visit afghanistan with their wives, sisters and children to decide which life is better.
they should see movies about afghanistan, taliban, and read salman rushdie's satanic verses or taslima nasreen's lajja (both are muslim writers)
