Originally posted by Double Edge
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The other question is why Indian muslims outside of Kashmir don't take part in the Jihad in Kashmir. One, because they are normal people like us who go about minding their own business and earning and providing food for their family. Secondly, as an ex-Attorney General of India, who was a muslim said when asked about muslim revenge after a riot - "Forget it, it's impossible". The other thing I have noticed is leaders from both the communities reaching out to diffuse a situation after a crisis. Not possible in a Muslim majority country. The 3rd thing is Indian muslims realize to an extent the dangers of radicalization and terrorism, because muslims also die in those attacks sponsored by Pak, and muslims end up getting all the blame. After 70 years of partition, many Indian muslims have realized to a great extent why not migrating to Pakistan was a good decision. With all it's ills as in any other country, they take pride in being Indians.
As about Sufism and Kashmir, it is not flourishing in India at the moment, but sufies are not persecuted. In the 80s when petro-dollars flowed in Kashmir and madrassas started to come up, Wahhabi ideology started to make inroads backed by Pak proxies and mullahs. South Kashmir is the hot pot, sufisim I guess is dead there. So there is no 1 reason why Indian muslims don't take up guns and resort to terrorism, it is a combination of factors. Ofcourse these are my views and is up for debate.
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