The Pahalgam Pattern
Everyone is wiser after the event, including yours truly. When I look beyond the horror of the last few days of the Pahalgam terror attack that left 25 Hindus dead, I find recognizable patterns emerging from my own hazy memories of the past. There of course is the centuries-old undeniable pattern of Islamic terrorism against the Kuffar — a pattern that we have become so blasé about that we now consider it a “fundamental human right” for Muslims to behave in such an entitled, chauvinist, supremacist, fascist, and violent manner that would dwarf the Nazis of any age. However, in my grieving mind there are other puzzle pieces that fit into the larger picture, of not just recent Pakistan-sponsored terror attacks in the valley of Kashmir and of the stereotypical reaction from so-called Kashmiri “civil society” (sic), but also of my earliest recollections of land jihad in Kashmir, especially the Pahalgam area in my own Anantnag district. “Attack on Development” Pattern On the 20th of October...