Indian reactions to the detention by Dutch authorities of 12 Muslims from Mumbai last week would be amusing if they did not provide evidence that we continue to be in denial about the transformation of ordinary, supposedly moderate Indian Muslims. Instead of being upset that Indian garment exporters should have disobeyed flight attendants, the media spoke almost in one voice to condemn ‘‘racial profiling’’.

Television channels competed to show us family members who complained that the detained men were good, god-fearing businessmen. ‘‘Nek, namazi’’ were the words used. Alas, so is Osama bin Laden. He fights us infidels only because he believes that Allah has sent him to Earth to either turn us into believers or finish us off. If you watched Christiane Amanpour’s documentary on CNN last Thursday you would have seen that both Osama and his lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, repeatedly warn the West that it can save itself only by converting voluntarily to Islam. This is what the jehad is about, and its warriors are all ‘‘nek, namazi’’ in the eyes of believing Muslims.

Europe has just begun to wake up to the reality that it is already almost Eurabia. European countries have allowed Muslim immigration in such large numbers that, according to some estimates, in a few years every fifth or sixth person in Western Europe will be Muslim. It is hard to find a European city that does not have several mosques. It is to these mosques that many ‘‘nek, namazi’’ Muslims flock daily to hear their Imams tell them to resist the corrupt, decadent culture of the West and instead remain true to the values and lifestyle given to them by the Quran. It is from these mosques that they hear that there is only one true religion, Islam, and only one true Prophet, Mohammed.

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