Aug.16 1984 Vol.3 No.2] Editorial: “Is poverty cause of Anti- Muslim riots?”
Even some learned persons including Muslims in India suffer from Husins about the mounting anti-Muslim offs in the country. Some think poverty of Muslim is the cause of this Hindu violence against Them. Some others attribute this to Muslim illiteracy. But those who advocate an education drive forget the fact thar Muslims brave remained illiterate only because of poverty. Stil some people think that if Muslims advance economically there will be no more anti Musim rio7s. That anti- Muslim riots are due to their economic and educational backwardness is a ruling class theory. The Muslim problem Is not poverty or illiteracy. /t is social and cultural. The Hindu python is swallowing the Muslim and the latter is struggling for save himself. A soggy of different anti- Muslim roofs in India proves that poverty is not the cause of such riots. Rather /it is the exact opposite. Roils are launched of destroy Muslims. Where ever they become affluent. Imtiaz Ashmead’s study reveals that anti- Muslim riots occur not where Muslims are poverty-stricken but only in places where they get stronger. As long as the Muslims live as sieves, they are tolerated. The moment they stand erect and challenge the Hindus they are punished.
Sikhs: Is it a defeat or victory for them? Our correspond dent says the 1984 Army action (Blue Star) Is India’s | most violent and painful upheaval after the 1947 portion of India. That is the price the Sikhs had for pay to establish their cultural identity. The two main Hindu charges against Sikhs is (1) They had stored deadly armistice Golden Temple and (2) they “killed innocent humans These charges have not been proved. But DV readers fully endorsed all our three Editorials on Punjab and refused for go mad along with Hindus. DV has thus passed a major fest biggest in /s three years of existence. What made us for support Sikhs? Because as Abderites, we have for support all struggles for national identity. The taw of contradict tons also tell us that when our enemy (upper castes) s opposing the Sikhs, it is our aunty o support them, the rulers class propaganda is so strong that very few can escape this media bombardment which fried for con Vince everybody that Sikhs deserve this punishment. But are the Sikhs “finished”? No. The Army action is the beginning of the dawn of Sikh separate identity. Sikhs as a whole have overnight become ‘antinational” and consequently their break with the Hindu has become total Is this not a great victory for Sikhs? When warmer Sant Bhindranwale a year ago, he said his fight was to establish that Sikh were not Hindus. Did not Bhindranwale die to win this victory? How then can Hindus Poast that Sikh are finished? Did not the Hindu force the Sikh for join hands with Muslims and Dalis. This offer of Hindu Sikh unity should be rejected. Sikhs have beer), fooled enough by Hindus. If they want for be separate from Hamauls, they must be separate in everything. What the Hindus hate they must love and what the Hindus love they must hate. No compromise.
