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 were not buddhists.
with pseudo-secularists talking of appeasement of a section of the society, and terrorists openly flaunting their intentions with repeated bombings at temples and announcements, it is sad that we have not learnt from the lessons of the past and are busy with our own petty political and personal interests.
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.
when will we realise whats happening ? it will be too late to act when it crosses an inflexion point.
the moderate muslims hold the key to the solution - by weeding 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 than a 100% islamic society.
