Fred Bauder [mailto: fredbaud@ctelco.net]
It is not at all clear that the fire was anything but accident.
In short, if Hindus were roasted alive, everything is in doubt. If Hindus can be blamed, word it as an ASSERTION. Right!
You just proved my point about intolerance and racism against Indians and Hindus. If this is what Wikipedia is going to turn into, it is really sad.
I am open to an honest investigation into what happened by REALLY neutral people who will look at it in an objective fashion. Even the original entry which read "2002 Gujarat pogrom" proves my point because pogrom is a loaded term. You know that very well.
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One point. The Muslims in India are Indians.
Another, I am not an expert on this matter, but it seems everyone jumped to conclusions when the incident was first reported and acted accordingly, with baleful results. It is good to look back and investigate but the evil is in the prejudice on both sides which was triggered by whatever happened. Just what in the hell do you want?, Another partition?
Fred