Technoglitch
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Historians will one day note that the crackdown against students of JNU strengthened the very idea the Indian state wants to suppress: That of Afzal Guru.
It is a big mistake.
If the use of force, guns and bombs could have killed an idea, Islamic terror would have been long dead now, bombed into the stone age by those fighting against it.
Yet, the scourge of Islamic terror not just survives, but it also thrives, rampaging across borders, finding new recruits, adherents, flag-wavers and jihadists. Every death inspires a few more to become jihadists--either out of retribution or because of indoctrination; every strike on a terror camp strengthens the resolve of those left behind.
It has been almost 15 years since the West began its war on Islamic terror, yet there is no end in sight. Instead, some like the Russian prime minister now fear that it may spiral out of control and lead to a world war.
Force, the history of Islamic terror teaches us, is an impotent weapon in the battle of ideas. It can never destroy what it aims to demolish, but instead runs the risk of escalating the war to a level where it becomes mutually destructive.
This is precisely why the Indian government has made a huge mistake by using power and force against "anti-India" protests on the JNU campus. By retaliating with arrests, police action and sedition charges to an idea that should have been countered through the bigger and better idea of India, it has unleashed a bigger monster.
[HASHTAG]#SeditionDebate[/HASHTAG]: Use of massive force to suppress the idea of Afzal Guru has only unleashed a bigger monster - Firstpost
It is a big mistake.
If the use of force, guns and bombs could have killed an idea, Islamic terror would have been long dead now, bombed into the stone age by those fighting against it.
Yet, the scourge of Islamic terror not just survives, but it also thrives, rampaging across borders, finding new recruits, adherents, flag-wavers and jihadists. Every death inspires a few more to become jihadists--either out of retribution or because of indoctrination; every strike on a terror camp strengthens the resolve of those left behind.
It has been almost 15 years since the West began its war on Islamic terror, yet there is no end in sight. Instead, some like the Russian prime minister now fear that it may spiral out of control and lead to a world war.
Force, the history of Islamic terror teaches us, is an impotent weapon in the battle of ideas. It can never destroy what it aims to demolish, but instead runs the risk of escalating the war to a level where it becomes mutually destructive.
This is precisely why the Indian government has made a huge mistake by using power and force against "anti-India" protests on the JNU campus. By retaliating with arrests, police action and sedition charges to an idea that should have been countered through the bigger and better idea of India, it has unleashed a bigger monster.
[HASHTAG]#SeditionDebate[/HASHTAG]: Use of massive force to suppress the idea of Afzal Guru has only unleashed a bigger monster - Firstpost
