Muslims condemn Delhi blasts, ask not to antagonise whole community

Soon after the Delhi serial blasts, an umbrella body of Indian Muslim organisations had come out with condemnation to the act, but simultaneously appealed not to antagonise the entire community. In a press statement, All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat (AIMMM) termed the incident of explosions in crowded places as the handiwork of 'coward beasts who do not believe in any human value or ethics of any kind'.

Mentionable that, the Indian capital city witnessed five explosions within an hour on September 13 evening, which killed more than 20 people and injured hundred others. The blasts took place in the crowded localities of Connaught Place, Karol Bagh and Greater Kailash areas. The injured were rushed to the hospitals. Meanwhile the Delhi police had successfully defused three bombs planted in different parts of the capital city. The Delhi people memorised same kind of misdeeds by terrorists three years back, when explosions in Sarojini Nagar market snatched away the lives of 66 people before the festival of Deepawali in 2005.

Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan, head of AIMMM, commented that ‘police and intelligence agencies should meticulously probe these blasts and nab the real culprits and bring them to quick and exemplary justice’. His advocacy received momentum after a Muslim organisation named Indian Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the explosions in Delhi. The outfit has now warned that Mumbai would face similar attacks in the coming days.

In an e-mail to media houses, Indian Mujahideen had accused the Mumbai Police's Anti-Terrorism Squad of harassing Muslims saying that they were closely keeping an eye on the squad and waiting for the proper time to execute bloodshed.

"We are aware of your recent night raids at Ansarnagar, Mograpada in Andheri and the harassment and trouble you created there for the Muslims," said the outfit. Also added in the mail, endorsed by GuruAlhindi and Al-Arbi, "You are already on our hit-list and this time very very seriously."

The Delhi police claimed to track the e-mail, as sent from Mumbai, where the Indian Mujahideen also re-claimed their responsibility for the serial explosions in Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Jaipur.

Mentionable that India becomes a target of terrorists in the last few years. If it started in Mumbai in 2003 killing 11 and 60 people in two major acts of terrorism, the next location was Assam, where a bomb exploded during the celebration of India's Independence Day in 2004 killing 16 schoolchildren and others. Then Delhi was targeted in 2005 and 66 people lost their lives. Next year, 15 people died because of three blasts in Varanasi. Once again Mumbai witnessed the terror acts in July 2006, where nearly180 people were killed in another series of explosions there.

Later Malegaon town was targeted and 32 people were killed in another series of blasts. During 2007, explosions killed more than 66 passengers of a train heading from India to Pakistan; similarly Hyderabad blasts killed 11 and 40 people in two separate incidents.

This year, the terror act started its devastation from Jaipur (casualties 63) and moved to Bangalore (casualty 1). Later Ahmedabad experienced a series of explosions that killed 45 people and wounded more than 150. And for the first time, the Indian Mujahideen came to surface, claiming the responsibility for the attack.