Lal Khan, a Trotskyite activist, analyses the roots of terrorism, in his article published in Daily Dunya. The learned writer tells us that the basic motive of terrorism and its networks is “black money”. Terrorism and crime are the products of Capitalism and American Imperialism, he writes. While reading his analysis, some simple questions appeared in my mind: (a) Why is it that no important capitalist country faces this product of capitalism? Japan, the Far East, China and Russia, Europe, Latin Americas, Australia, then Canada and the United States which is the mainland of capitalism, and above all India which is at a breathing distance from our land of terror, all these are capitalist systems; why is there no terrorist network in their lands. We know that whenever an act of terror takes place in these lands, it is clearly an act of some Muslim organization. (b) Why is it that this “economic activity” flourishes only in Pak Afghan region or in Muslim majority lands? (c) How do we explain the fact that these “criminal” networks find recruits from Muslims including Muslim immigrants living in modern countries? Why people from other religions do not join these criminal networks? Is it only Muslims who suffer from the tyranny of imperialism? How can a serious, objective analyst ignore these obvious facts? Countless articles are written in Pakistan to confuse public opinion on terrorism. But we expect better from an honest analyst.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:00:04 +0000
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