Mar 16, 2002: BBC - Moslem activists; Hindu Militants.  
 

 

 


Please read the following secular statement form BBC report “India's secularism under threat?”

“Hundreds of people have died in India in the past two weeks after Muslim activists attacked a train carrying Hindu militants back from Ayodhya.”

Who are the Activists?
500-strong mob that attacked three packed coaches of the train with stones, swords and crowbars. They broke open the window grills of one compartment, with the crowbars and hurled petrol bombs and inflammable chemicals inside. As flames engulfed the coach, the mob prevented a fire tender from reaching the train.

This was the peace message given to these activists -
http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/110302/dlnat50.asp 

These are the ideals -
http://headlines.sify.com/659news1.html 

Who are the Militants?
The 57 Hindus who were forcibly trapped in a coach and burnt alive and charred to death. They included 25 women (MILITANTS??) and 14 children (MILITANTS??) and some infant (MILITANTS??) who did not have anything to save them form this ghastly massacre.

BBC quotes Mr. Banatwala, MP, Muslim League (a modern Islamic peace activist) in the same report
"They (Hindus) are creating national hatred through their movement against the madrassas (schools) where religious teachings in Islam (???) are given, and so long as these spectres are there, I am afraid there may be a bloodbath (what does he mean by bloodbath and to whom?) and that secularism in India is threatened."

This is what a Madrasa is, by BBC in 1999
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_369000/369484.stm 
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Would they ever report “19 Moslem activists hijacked the planes in USA and killed 5000 militants in WTC???? NO!!! They won’t, because there would be such an uproar that reporters will not dare to write such blunders.

The day is not far away when you shall read following news in BBC, NewYork times and Washington Post
“A 75 year old Hindu terrorist women (wielding a stick) was killed on her way to a Temple by a religious madarassa going Moslem devotee (wielding AK47)”


Read BBC report in question:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1874000/1874473.stm 

Those of you who wish to lodge complaint with BBC on this issue please visit, (The sample draft for editor BBC is given below)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/feedback/complaints_form.stm 

As always thanks to those who report and inform us about these issues.

Sample draft for BBC editor
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Dear Editor,

This is complaint of bias by By Mike Donkin, BBC correspondent in Delhi in his column
‘India's secularism under threat?’

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1874000/1874473.stm 

While reporting about the recent Godhra train tragedy and its effects on future of secular India, he makes following biased statement,

“Hundreds of people have died in India in the past two weeks after Muslim activists attacked a train carrying Hindu militants back from Ayodhya.”

This reporting is exactly like “19 Moslem activists hijacked the planes in USA and killed 5000 militants in WTC”

As the world knows the attack was a handiwork by 500 strong mob of Moslems that attacked three packed coaches of the train with stones, swords and crowbars. They broke open the window grills of one compartment, with the crowbars and hurled petrol bombs and inflammable chemicals inside. As flames engulfed the coach, the mob prevented a fire tender from reaching the train. The barbarism did not have any limits.
Would you call them activists?

Who were the Militants as described by Mike Donkin? The 57 Hindus who were forcibly trapped in a coach and burnt alive and charred to death. They included 25 women and 14 children and some infant who did not have anything to defend against this ghastly massacre.

Can we know what is the basis of using such extremely biased terms while reporting this issue?
Should BBC not avoid using such offensive terms against Hindus and such a nice term of activist against a mob who initiated the series of carnage that followed?
Is this not like calling ‘Momhad Atta’ the mastermind of 911 as an activist?
Is this not supporting terrorism indirectly?

We hope a serious consideration of our complain

Thanks.

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