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| Pak’s charge of aiding Taliban absurd: Farooq | | | Agencies
NEW DELHI, Oct 26: Strongly dismissing Pakistan’s charge that India was aiding Taliban on its land, Union Minister for Renewable Energy and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah today said a blame game would not help any country to fight the menace of terrorism.
‘’It was absurd to think that India which has seen so much of terrorist violence and was fighting a costly war against these forces could go out to help them,’’ Mr Abdullah said.
He was speaking at the Second International Conference on Terrorism organised by the Jama Masjid United Forum here.
‘’I have seen how in my State violence has blown up. Today, I see the same picture on the other side. Should we gloat over it? No, it is not our way,’’ said the Minister.
He said it was true that India has differences with Pakistan over Kashmir. But that did not mean that it would be happy over destabilisation.
Blaming the US for the origin of terrorism in the region, Mr Abdullah said it was not Islamic teachings, but the massive funds of money and large quantities of arms that the US poured into Afghanistan to fight the Soviets that were responsible for the problems the region was facing today.
"Islam is not the enemy of anyone and the Quran is not just for Muslims," he added.
He said there was need to do more research on the teachings of Islam so that it could be understood in its true context.
Mr Abdullah also stressed the need of introspection to find the cause of both international and national terrorism.
‘’We should think over why we, who fought the British unitedly as Indians, were now fighting with each other. We should think where we have gone wrong,’’ he said.
Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Delhi, Yahya Bukhari, in his remarks said injustice and atrocities against people were the root cause of both national and international terrorism.
The war against terrorism could not be successful unless justice was done to those wronged, Mr Bukhari said.
‘’Creating terror in the name of establishing peace has become the way of the world today,’’ he said, adding that acting against terrorism without diagnosing the problem would not do.
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