Syed Ahmed Bukhari Syed Ahmed Bukhari

Q. Surely the killing of 6,000 people has to be condemned.

A. America deserved every ounce of what it got.



Q. Do you feel the US is fighting a crusade against Islam?

A. Yes. President George W. Bush has turned it into one by calling it a war against Islamic terrorism.



Q. Are Muslims in India supporting terrorists in Kashmir?

A. Cross-border terrorism has been perpetrated by Pakistan. The Americans do not wish to resolve that problem. It's another example of their complicity in global terrorism.



Q. What about the Taliban?

A. If the Taliban regime is sheltering Osama bin Laden, there is no harm. He is not guilty in the eyes of the Muslims.



Q. There are sedition cases against you but you have never been arrested.

A. I've never backed terrorism. Neither am I fighting my countrymen. A Congress government once slapped charges, then dropped them when it found I had not violated the law. The present Government realises this.



Q. But you still keep saying that this Government is against the Muslims. . .

A. Of that can there be any doubt? It brings in POTO to use against Muslims. It bans the SIMI and comes out with a concocted report on madarsas with an eye on the Uttar Pradesh elections.

But I will expose their designs. I will not allow them to eke out a political advantage from POTO and the ban on SIMI.