Since you started these analogies
Consider this analogy,
Is attacking the problem of narcotics , attacking the drug-addict himself or is it helping the drug-addict.

The drug-addict really worships his dose of hasish

Muslims follow islam.

Islam can be interpreted in many ways. You have caught hold of the terrorist interpretation.

All the rest of the muslims have adopted a very “infidel” friendly approach.

I think we will keep dodging the terrorists if we keep attacking islam and hurt the sentiments of good-hearted muslims…Instead we should join hands wiht these muslims and attack only the murderers, i dare say, on both sides – hindu and muslim

Vakibs:
“All the terrorists who attacked Mumbai are from rich and educated classes.”
That may not be accurate. The lone captured terrorist is one belonging to a very poor family.

Exactly! We cannot blame corruption for the terror attacks, like you said. But we’ve to blame corruption for not being able to deal with the attack properly! I too, was utterly shocked to see the police with rifles.

“They desire that you should disbelieve as they have disbelieved, so that you might be (all) alike; therefore take not from among them friends until they fly (their homes) in Allah’s way; but if they turn back, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them, and take not from among them a friend or a helper.” [Koran 4.89. Just an example verse; there's a lot more of this nonsense.]

“[the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps] will be responsible not only for guarding and preserving the frontiers of the country, but also for fulfilling the ideological mission of jihad in God’s way; that is, extending the sovereignty of God’s law throughout the world. ” [The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran - emphasis mine.]

‘terrorism’ is the chickenpox

Lets not confuse terrorism with Islam or with Muslims.

I learnt in my profession long ago that one should not push analogies too far, but in this case it’s not too far.

I live with my wife, and I did get chicken pox early in our marriage. She didn’t kill me, but took care of me. Food, medicines, and more. That’s because she didn’t confuse me with the chicken pox .

Don’t confuse Muslims with Islam.

Clearly we have a problem, and this is Islamic terrorism. This nuisance is getting unbearable, and we cannot afford it much longer. We need a solution.

So, let’s stop whining and put on our problem-solver hats.

Muslims account for 18% of India’s population. Looking at a bigger picture, the Indian subcontinent has 45% Muslim population. You cannot expect to alienate all of these people and usher in an era of peace and prosperity.

When we have a problem, our first task should be to isolate it. In the current context, our task should be to isolate the pockets of hatred that are breeding terrorism and eliminate them for once and for ever.

The reason for terrorism is neither poverty nor illiteracy. Tempting though it may seem, we cannot club these problems together. All the terrorists who attacked Mumbai are from rich and educated classes.

Terrorism arises because of intense hatred for “impure” people and intolerance for other cultures. This kind of hate-speech is going quite unchecked for several decades now, in several Mosques and Madrassas across the country. In the internet-era, this has spread onto blogs and youtube channels. You might contend that this hate-speech is present right in the Quran itself,but clubbing unrelated religious issues into this hate-speech serves no purpose, alienates liberal-minded Muslims and muddles our task. As we get stuck in inane academic debates, terrorists will keep carrying on their rampage.

Our task is simple : put an end to all this hate-speech. We should build an intelligence network against the media-centres of this hate speech and target specific individuals. These people account for less than 0.5% of the Muslim population. Amongst this tiny minority, people who take up arms for terrorism are even fewer. Our task should be to isolate these specific regions of cancerous tumors and amputate them from our society. In this task, our best weapons are indeed liberal-minded Muslims, so we should strengthen them.

attacking islam itself is the lamest way to try and curb islamic terrorism.

if only things were that simple.

Unfortunately its a little more complex. Devout muslims who condemn terrorism outnumber these terrorists in huge ammounts.

We are intelligent people. We should be able to differentiate between islamic terrorists and regular muslims.

Only when we do that will we be able to think of a real solution to terrorism.

If i live wiht you and get chickenpox. Would you rather kill me to protect yourself from chickenpox?

i would appreciate it if you would help me wiht medicines and take other precautions to protect yourself.

i think that analogy explains my point…

Our problem is that we live in a too politically correct system.

I was aghast all the politicians , the so called right-wing BJP included, insist that this is not a ideology issue. We will never solve the problem unless we call a spade , a spade.
An ordinary crime problem is solved by tackling the criminal. A terrorism problem cannot be solved by tackling the terrorists

We have to tackle the terrorists’ ideology. So what if that is drawn from a 1400 yr old ideology of large following or traction

It is also not fair to blame the 14% of Indian Muslims for the atrocities of less than 0.01%. Believe me, I am equally angry, if not more, with what has happened. One can’t deny that Pakistan is a state formed on religion which is why it is tolerating this kind of behavior. I absolutely despise the marriage of state and religion whether it is Pakistan or India for that matter.

You are absolutely right about the issue of Kashmir. It was a decision made by the maharaja of Kashmir to join India and not Pakistan. One cannot deny it. So why then is Pakistan supporting Jehadi movements in the J&K valley should be addressed and addressed really soon. Today I visited the Lashkar-e-Taiba web site (Can you believe that!). They have so much rant against Indians that it will make anyone’s blood boil!

But is war the answer? Should we use the UN assembly to muscle Islamabad? Should the Indian government improve national security right now? should the minorities be included in the progress faster?

What are your thoughts on the solutions?