Letter from Nagasaki

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My dear Mr.Imam Din:
Not only were the attacks against Islam noticed, but they were also deleted, probably from fear of retaliation by overly-zealous chowk readers like yourself. On the other hand the mean-spirited and bigoted attacks on Hindu religion, that provoked my censored response stay intact for all to read. It must have taken alot of chutzpah to ask `when will you guys take note of attacks on Islam?`.

Chowk staff, my regards to all of you and appreciation for your good work. I understand why you would have to censor my comments. No hard feelings there. But don`t you think it`s only fair to censor Mr.Hassan`s remarks also? If religious sentiments are to be protected then the protection should be extended to every faith and religion in the same manner and to the same extent. Or is the censorship policy driven only by the threat of physical attack by fundamentalist goons?

Regards
MNI

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Dear Ms. Kitano,Japan would have never been thrashed if it had a nuclear capability , the absence of it allowed atomic bombs to be used against you, try keeping this fact in mind. The nuclear capability of Pakistan is defensive and only because of the Indian threat try also keeping this fact in mind.thanks!!!

Re: Mr.Imam Din``If your Japanese Emperor of the time had an equally strong deterrent Ms. Kitano...You and countless others would never have had to bear the scars of that terrible explosion.``Well then let`s distribute nuclear weapons to everyone like you give away sweets. That way, no one will dare attack anyone else and we`ll have peace. Re: Mr.Hassan`s comment:``In any case we try to civilise these barbarians and this is the thanks we get.``Revisionist history taught in our textbooks portrays pre-Islamic India as a bunch of filthy, supersitious and uncultured animals. Little is taught beyond sati, caste system and the like. Hence Mr.Hassan`s singularly ignorant comment. Moreover, just like `civilization` of blacks is no excuse of slavery, the much more dubious assertion that Muslims civilized India is a pathetic justification for aggression, plunder and enslavement. Finally, Mr.Hassan missed the point. If he is justified in inculcating fear of a fundamentalist Hindu regime, why aren`t Indians justified in fearing a resurgence of Muslim fundamentalism, accompanying imperialism and subsequent aggression? While there is little historical precedent of large scale Hindu aggression against Muslims or Hindus taking over Muslim countries, there`s plenty to prove vice versa.