282. It is now difficult for its practitioners to reconcile Islam and terrorism as complementary

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It is now difficult for its practitioners to reconcile Islam and terrorism as complementary

P. S. Remesh Chandran

Editor, Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books, Trivandrum

Article Title Image By Hosny Salah Gaza Strip-Palestine. Graphics: Adobe SP.

By judging from what has happened so far from the Taliban to the Gaza terrorists, from Afghanistan to Palestine, its proponents are now extremely worried and finding it unwholesomely difficult and troublesome to carry on Islam and terrorism reconciled as complementary to each other, to bring Islam and terrorism together and keep them on as paired elements, because the Muslim people of Gaza, who voted out the Palestine Liberation Organization, which had turned to pacifism and secularism from terrorism, and handed over the ruling power in Gaza to terrorists through an election, are now stunned at the violence these terrorists committed by entering and attacking Israel on the basis of the mandate these Palestinian people gave them in that election, and terrified at the retaliatory massacre and the backlash they are getting back not only from Israel but from other democratic counties as well.

As a result, they are fleeing from their own country for their lives; they are facing a major setback to their very existence on account of a decision taken in an election, thinking then that it was an internal matter of the Palestinians and that they would never have to come before the world community with explanations and proclaiming peace. That, i.e. their fleeing, is the indicator of whether Islam and terrorism will go together anymore today. China, Russia and Iran, which used to be a strong supporting force behind this terrorism, are now afraid to affirm their backing, to even mouth their opinions loud, because none of these are democracies themselves, are pariahs in the democratic world, they do not like to be noticed by the world, and in addition, they do not have the capability and internal strength anymore to undergo and endure a Jasmine Revolution as the one which passed through the Arab countries, in the middle of the democratic world.

Thus, a very silent and permanent change is rapidly taking place in the world situation surrounding terrorism related to Islam. After much deliberations and planning, the democratic world, the democratic countries, have wisely got them pushed into an unwilling, unfulfilling, undesirable, unavoidable and forced situation of having to come to the front and jumping headlong into a war with the world’s democracy, peace and secularism, by declaring their support for the Gaza terrorists who have destroyed through their wicked, unripe and untimely actions all the terrorist organizations in all the countries that are related to that religious terrorism system and destroyed even their own Palestine beyond recovery.

The reason why when such a well-organized and coordinated intellectual effort with such a unity like this has been carried out in the democratic world within just one month since the terrorist’s attack on Israel, the organizations, peoples, and countries that link Islam to terrorism have been unable to do anything, including any counter intellectual moves on the other side, is the fearful reversal and retreat of China, Russia, and Iran, which had hitherto been the lifeblood and promoters of Islamic terrorism in these countries, in the face of the rapid democratic movements carried out by the United States, Britain, France, and other European Union countries, taking advantage of the Gaza terrorists' attack on Israel and Israel's counterattack on them since late October 2023. What will undemocratic countries like these who want to survive in this world of democratic countries do but retreat- will they go on without retreating and commit suicide like the old Japan did in the Second World War and the today's Iran does, will they willingly end up in a war in the name of religion and terrorism? Didn't this very ancient Persian Empire, which is now Iran, itself end up like this many times before in the hands of many?

So, these are the ones who have been working against democratic intellectualism as the intellectuals of terrorism and fascism on the opposite side until now. Their sudden withdrawal in the face of this new world movement differentiating between democracy and religious terrorism, has created a terrible vacuum in world Islamic terrorism that has not been there since the medieval Crusades. The world sees it as a relief. That was why it was, this joining hands of democratic countries was, done.

Written on 03 November 2023 and first published on: 31 May 2024

Original article in Malayalam written on 03 November 2023 and first published on: 07 November 2023

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