Join the War against Terrorism

Fighting terrorism is like being a goalkeeper. You can make a hundred brilliant saves but the only shot that people remember is the one that gets past you. -PAUL WILKINSON

November 26 2008 - this is the day the Mumbai people, the whole of India and perhaps the world will never forget. On this day at around 9:00 PM, a group of 10-15 unidentified (who the f*** is caring about their identity) terrorists stormed into the Chatrapathi Shivaji Terminal (Popularly Known as VT Station) and Colaba hospital, inhumanly killing scores of innocent people and causing havoc. They then spread themselves into groups, snatched a car and went straight to the Taj Hotel, Oberoi-Trident Hotel and Nariman House (house of Israeli Nationals) asking for British and American Passports. The attacks have been dubbed by media as "India's 9/11", an apparent reference to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.

They were basically a series of ten coordinated attacks committed by Islamic militants, which began across Mumbai, India's financial capital and largest city, on 26 November 2008 and ended on 29 November 2008 when Indian security forces finally regained control of all attack sites. The Operation lasted more than 60 hours. Casual

A previously unknown organization identifying itself as the Deccan Mujahideen claimed responsibility by email sent to news organizations. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said the attacks probably had "external linkages", believing that the attack could not have occurred without help. Well whatever might be the organisation, whether it may be the Lashkar-e-Taiba or Al-Qaeda or any other new born one, I wondered what is the motive behind these attacks.

Possibilities being

1) They will get huge international publicity as so many media channels have been providing non-stop live coverage of the incident.

2) They wanted to frighten the foreign nationals who visit India.

3) And as claimed by one terrorist (who has been caught by the NSG - National Security Gaurd) that their aim was to blast the Historic and Iconic Taj Hotel just as they did with 'JW Mariott' Hotel in Islamabad.

Coming to the fundamental aspects of these senseless organisations:

A Mujahid is a Muslim involved in a jihad, who is fighting in a war or involved in any other struggle. The plural is Mujahideen. The word is from the same Arabic triliteral as jihad ("struggle").

What is the meaning of Jihad?

Literally, jihad means doing one’s utmost to realize a goal. It is not the equivalent of war, for which Arabic and the Qur’an use qital. Jihad has a wider connotation and embraces every kind of striving in God’s cause. A mujahid is devoted to his or her cause; uses all physical, intellectual, and spiritual capacities to serve it.

Jihad’s related principle, that of amr bi al-ma‘ruf wa nahy ‘an al-munkar (enjoining good and forbidding evil), seeks to convey the benefits of Islam to everyone and to convince them to abandon all of their evil practices. The Qur’an calls Muslims the model community, one required to communicate the Prophet’s message to humanity and to live Islam, just as the Prophet did: Thus, We have made you a community justly balanced, that you might be witnesses for all humanity, and the Messenger may be a witness for you
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These senseless terrorist groups doesn't recognize the importance of this holy war and at the back of it they keep on terrorising innocent people with numerous blasts and gun-firing. Moreover they degrade the name of almighty "Allah" by saying "jihad in the name of Allah" and do such evil deeds themselves.

Now comes the most important and the main aim of this article>>>I request the people who are reading this post to 'Join the War against Terrorism'. By saying this i doesn't mean that each and every person should enroll themselves in the army and flush out the terrorists. Beat them indirectly in every possible way each one can afford to. I myself tried to find out some possibilities:

1) Counsel the terrorists and change their minds (probably the most difficult one but definitely not impossible).

2) Do not politicise the Security Forces. Give them maximum permissions while dealing with terrorists.

3) People should feel responsible in informing police about any untoward incident.

4) Do not differentiate people based on caste, creed, race and religion which indirectly induces these evil deeds.

5) Recognise People who stand up against terror.

6) Be calm and stubborn during such attacks. Indomitable Spirit is the need of the hour.

7) Create voluntary groups which will co-ordinate the efforts of the government and the civil society and which will educate people about terrorism and how to stand up against it… Giving information to security agencies…For a Voluntary community-based self-policing movement to emerge, people have to break free of the prisons of individualism and 'what is in it for me?' thinking.

Elinor Ostrom's path-breaking book, Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (1990), offers dozens of examples of community self-policing from around the world that succeeded, even in the absence of a corollary state enforcement machinery. The logic of these cases is simple: people can find solutions to their own problems, provided they are aware of their inherent strengths as a community.

8) Create terror laws which will give out stringent punishment to people indulging in acts of terror within a short period of time. It will make it a deterrent for people to indulge in terror activities.

9) Finally select the right leaders after all they are the seeds of democracy.


I seriously request you to please give your valuable suggestions as this is not a war by single person, it is the war of humanity against evil. This is the perfect 'Jihad' as communicated by the Almighty "Allah".

Last but not the least (rather this is the start of your required inspiration) i would like to SALUTE those brave and dynamic soldiers who tried until their last breath in saving us from these terrorist attacks. May their soul rest in peace. This is the perfect answer to the people who raise questions when these soldiers are given a mere 1000 bucks more in return for their precious lives.

Who Dares, Wins. Who Sweats, Wins. Who Plans, Wins. - British SAS

Jai Jawan!!! ( Hats Off Soldier!!!)