Desperate theories of terror

Among the absurd theories of terror is the odious and insidious assumptions of the wrong-headed security agencies that terrorist perpetrate terror to win sympathy and support. At its worse this approach is a spanner in the work of investigation of crime. It sabotages inquiry from within. People with a modicum of sanity would be outraged by any act of terrorism. Such an act invariably involves loss of life and limbs of ordinary people. From humanistic point of view it is excruciating pain and misery in an already woe begone world.

In the wake of the Malegaon blasts of September 2006 the security authorities jumped to the conclusion that it was a jihadi work. They gave it almost like a handout to a national mainstream paper two days after the events, that it was a jihadi work, its aim was ”to garner support and sanction for terror strike during the forthcoming festival season.” The bombs had exploded in the precincts of Hamidiya mosque situated at the entrance of the main graveyard of Malegaon. Another site was a place of junction teeming with people entering the cemetery from the other end of it. The bombs had a heavy toll with 37 killed and more than 200 injured. Most among them were children.

Within fifteen days from the Shabebarat when the bombs exploded would begin ramazan climaxing in the end of fasting on the Ed festival. According to the nefarious theory of the security and investigating agencies the jihadist would get support and sanction for bombing fellow Muslims. Do the authorities believe that in the 30 days of fasting the Muslims would be having the images of dead and injured fellow Muslims in their mind and would be working themselves up in a juggernaut of support and sanction for making such evil deeds of murder and mayhem?

Another misnomer is “desperate jehadis”. The adjective in the compound noun is used when the concerned people are facing very stiff resistance in their losing battle with odds and take great risk in resorting to a daredevil type of action as a desperate remedy.

This also is an erroneous supposition. Only two months ago the 7/11 serial bomb blasts in the local trains had killed nearly200 innocent people and injured a much larger number. How could the perpetrators of Malegaon blasts be desperate after their spectacular horrendous blast in Mumbai if they belonged to any jihad?

This brief deconstruction of the planted theory of the authorities also shows a chink, which reveals the communal bias. They call the jihadists desperate because the so-called jihadists have chosen to attack their own “shelter houses”. This would mean that they have “shelter houses” in the town. Taking their theory at its face, it is preposterous to believe that Muslims would harm themselves on the most pious and prayerful time when they would be beseeching Allah for better times and asking for their redemption.