"Naach na janey aangan terha"
Akber Choudhry and his slant of opinions are well known to everyone on this and other forums on the net. An issue that is very multi-faceted in nature and which also inter alia has religious undertones cannot be decreed upon in a few words, in a box with a square thinking.

I presume that Akber should already know that human attitudes are both an indirect and direct manifestation of his or her thinking and thought pattern, as is popularly said that, "whatever you think, you become". Just squarely saying that Islam (I do not know whose perception), has absolutely "nothing" to do with this incident is a misrepresentation of common wisdom. Even saying squarely that this incident is only because of "Islam" is an incorrect assessment. What is correct is to carry out a cause and affect analysis of this as well as other similar scenarios, happening around us. When you have done that, I am sure that the fact that there are religious undertones to this issue cannot be denied at all. Muslims cannot just get away by saying that this is a result of "misconceived religious undertones", which would again open up the question of "personal perception" of religious eddicts and what is the "correct" perception, yours or mine?

When are we going to shun knee-jerkism in our responses and attitudes?
"meri taameer mein muzmir hai ik soorat kharabi ki"
Syed Najeeb Kazmi