On the surface, it certainly sounds like a good news that Pakistani government has decided to 'plan' banning some of the terrorist groups to eliminate terror from its territory.  But as the news item stated, the government has a 'plan' to ban these groups, but these groups have not been banned yet.  Among these groups, LeT and JuD are also included which are headed by Mr. Saeed who has the blessing of a nexus of Pakistni/ISI.  So, this writer is unable to comprehend Pakistani government's announcement of banning Mr. Saeed's organizations while he has a full support of the Pakistani government and its military/ISI establishment.  It sounds very ironical to me.  If we remember, last year when Mr. Saeed organizd a public meeting in Lahore, the Pakistani government arranged special trains and buses to bring people from all over the country to attend that function.  Mr. Saeed's organizations are an asset to the Pakistani military/ISI establishment to use them as proxies against India.  Even though there is a $10 million bounty placed by the US government on his head, he roams around all over the country at his own free will and without any notice or action by the Pakistani government.  So, one wonders how can the Pakistani government take any action against him and his organizations.  It sounds like just a diplomatic statement made the government in Islamabad to appease the visiting dignitary from Washington.  We should also know that hundreds of millions of dollars are sitting in the pipeline to be released by the US awaiting a certification issued by the State Department of the US declaring positive action initiated by the Pakistani government towards eradicating terror menace from its territory.  Therefore, one wonders if this diplomatic statement to 'plan' banning these terror organization is an hoax to get that cash flow released by the US Congress.  Whatever it may be, I think, India should not hold its breath and expect any unexpected outcome as respects to Pakistan taking any severe action against Mr. Saeed and his cronies.    

What Mr. Ahmed is stating is 100% correct.  An international strategy to control and then eradicate Islamization from the face of this earth is needed very badly. Since this Islamic phobia  has become a worldwide phenomenon, in order to evolve this strategy and to implement it requires a group of international leaders who are willing to push aside their personal, economic and religious interests and sentiments to accomplish this objective.  For whatever reason, the unfortunate situation is that the leaders of the civilized society do not have consensus to evolve this much needed strategy.  They still believe in the policy of non-interference as respects to handling the Muslim immigration in each country.  A part of an international strategy ought to consist a comprehensive international immigration policy which will allow only a very well qualified Muslim populations to enter into a host country. There should be no EXCEPTIONS.  Secondly, as we know that the Mosques are the recruiting centers of militants, the activities in these Mosques ought to be monitored, and anyone preaching sermons against other religions or anti-national, should be punished severely.  Lastly, all countries should deport any illegal Muslims living there, and any Muslim citizen with a criminal record should be put behind bars for a longer period of time without parole.  In the opinion of this writer, these  fundamentalist terrorists are not normal human beings and ought not to be treated humanely either.  Running a country with the tenets of democracy is fine, but these fundamentalists have exploited the soft corners of democracy to their advantage which needs to be stopped.  The important question now is DO WE HAVE A BUNCH OF INTERNATIONAL LEADERS OF A CIVILIZED SOCIETY TO EVOLVE SUCH A STRATEGY TO COUNTER RADICALIZATION?

The unity rally in France against the barbaric terrorist act was very impressive and timely to show to the cowards who perpetrated this heinous and inhumane tragedy that the civilized world is not going to bow down in front of these unfortunate situations.  Yes, the terrorists might feel that by killing 20 innocent people and creating chaotic situation, they have proven their point.  But they should never think that their self-concocted Jihadi ideology is going to last for a long time.  They are pushing the civilized society to a point where willingly or unwillingly the latter has to initiate some concrete measures to put an end to this on-going nuisance.  What those measures are going to be will be based on each individual country's situation.  However, one measure is definitely in order and that is to deport all illegal Muslims from Europe, UK and the USA to their respective countries.  Secondly, If any Muslim is a citizen but have an affiliation with any Jihadi organization or have a criminal record, he/she ought to be behind bars for some number of years without parole.  These Jihadi Muslims are not normal human beings and, accordingly, do not deserve humane treatment.  The western nations do not have any choice but to push illegal Jihadis out of their countries and treat the criminals severely.  As I understand, France has certain areas populated by Muslims only - called 'no-go zone' - which means no non-Muslim can go their, not even the French police.  Muslims run their own lives predicated on Sharia Law.  I think it is a stupid policy.  Instead of creating an environment for galvanizing the society, French policy is polarizing the society.  If western nations do not learn any lesson from what happened in France, the boat is going to tilt in favor of Jihadis.

What Muslim fanatics have done in France is a despicable act to prove their point.  As we all know, French episode is not the only one, more or less the whole world has witnessed this type of atrocities in the hands of these brain washed militants.  If one really probes into the type of recruits these Suni Muslim organizations have to put forward their ideology, one will find that most of their soldiers are unemployed, uneducated, mentally drained people who have nothing to loose in life.  Fighting for them is a job.  One also will notice that in spite of the fact that they have no jobs, no income at all, these fighters carry very sophisticated armaments.  Obviously, some one is paying for those equipment, and that someone is the real culprit and may be not the fighters. Who is that someone who is financing, abetting and orchestrating these heinous acts.  In my opinion, that some one is the 'petro dollars'.  If one goes back just before 1970, the world had no problem with the Muslims, these militants were non-existent, and the basic reason for that was that Sheikhs in the Middle East were not that rich to throw their money around for propagating their 7th century religious ideology.  The barrel of oil was selling for $2.  But after 1970, a sudden windfall profit from the black gold made all these Sheikhs affluent and this affluence brought with it a very bad Muslim ideology which is showing its true color in front of the whole world.  The civilized world has to come to consensus, keeping aside their personal, economic and political interests, to devise a policy to eradicate this menace from the face of this earth. In the eyes of this writer, the civilized world does not have much choice but to control the flow of 'petro dollars' to any of these militant organizations, and this can be controlled only by looking into the eyes of these Sheikhs - eye ball to eye ball - and warning them to stop funneling 'petro dollars' for this senseless cause failing which the US military security umbrella will be lifted from above them and they will be on their own to protect their regimes.  Secondly, I consider that these criminals are not normal human beings, and, accordingly, do not deserve any humane treatment.  The civilized society has no choice, but to kill them wherever they are in the world.  However, these two suggestions need leaders with a strong will and solid backbone.  DO WE HAVE THEM

By suggesting to the Indian and Pakistani leaders to use peaceful means in solving Kashmir issue, China is playing a big brother's role to  mitigate the situation on the J & K border.  Needless to say, this statement emanating from the Chinese Foreign Ministry is directed more towards the Indian leaders than towards the Pakistani leaders because of China's known pro-Pakistani tilt.  China has its military, economic and religious interests embedded in Pakistan.  China needs Pakistan's military help to stop the influx of trained militants to its XiJiang Province from Pakistan to avoid the spread of Jihad ideology, China has been pouring millions of dollars to improve and build Gawadar harbor to bring Middle Eastern oil to China as well as an investment to build a 'Silk Road' highway which it can use in the event of a war with India.  In view of all this, India needs to be very careful in watching and probing Chinese chess-like moves.  If war of 1962 provides any lesson, the Indian leaders should not go off the treadmill in dealing with China.

India has been a free country since 1947 and they are still struggling with a quota system for SC, ST and other minorities in the fields of education and jobs etc. There is no need to even have a quota system in any of the fields. Everybody ought to compete for their well deserved positions. Mr. Owaissi is blaming the local governments for the backwardness of Muslims in India whether it is in the field of education or his community members languishing in jails. This writer is a firm believer of the negative aspects of quota system. It is the quota system which is keeping the minorities behind rest of the Indian population. If they know that they have to compete to move ahead of others, they will do their level best to educate themselves and compete for well paying jobs. So, what Mr. Owaissi should do is to work with the governments nationwide to establish projects to educate Muslim children so that they are not left behind instead of blaming the governments for Muslims own failures.