View From The Right: Blinkers of believers

In a veiled attack on actor Naseeruddin Shah for his recent remark in the context of the mob lynching of a police officer in Bulandshahr, the editorial says that expressing insecurity and disdain for living in Bharat in the name of perceived insecurity and intolerance is in fashion nowadays.

NIA searches homes of Islamic State suspects in Tamil Nadu. (File)

The editorial in Organiser says that the expression of insecurity by prominent persons, from people holding high constitutional positions to so-called celebrities and the arrest of Islamic State-inspired individuals by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), may be independent events, but there is a common thread that connects them — the fundamentalism of “believers” who do not consider other religious practices or sages who propounded different paths to be true. Unless we address this root cause, we cannot find the way out of the fabricated intolerance and insecurity, the editorial says. In a veiled attack on actor Naseeruddin Shah for his recent remark in the context of the mob lynching of a police officer in Bulandshahr, the editorial says that expressing insecurity and disdain for living in Bharat in the name of perceived insecurity and intolerance is in fashion nowadays. “No act of violence can be justified in a democracy on any ground, but when the same voices expressing concern over an incident and express their insecurity, simultaneously stand for terrorists, Maoists and the criminals or justify their acts in the name of same insecurity, then their intention definitely comes under the scanner,” the editorial contends. Referring to the recent arrest of 11 IS-inspired radicalised Muslims by the NIA while busting a module called Harkat-Ul-Harb-e-Islam as well as such arrests in the past, the editorial points out, “From Bihar to interiors of Kerala many youths are influenced by this menace”. The editorial further says that unfortunately, being believers and not seekers of truth, the same “intellectuals and eminent people who talk of insecurity and intolerance either turned a blind eye towards this radicalisation or blame others (non-believers/seekers) for pushing these youths towards the IS. The sad ghettoised mindset is the root cause of radicalisation, insecurity and intolerance”.
The editorial in Panchjanya criticises actor Naseeruddin Shah for his remark by saying that actors like him appear to build up a narrative with contentious facts about an incident. It is surprising when such people who speak about “fear” and “intolerance”, are not fearful about the increasing interest in India of IS-like outfits and the arrests of terrorists, claims the editorial.