Why Akbaruddin Owaisi Is An Honest Man

Why Akbaruddin Owaisi Is An Honest Man, Muslims love to talk in hyperboles. That is the beauty of Urdu poetry. However, that practice when applied to demagogic speeches has a different impact. We get “mother of all battles”, “one Pakistani soldier is equal to five Indian soldier”, “khoon ki nadiyaan bahaa denge” kind of crap. Which is why, when MIM leader Owaisi spoke the way he did, it was not surprising. I have three things to say about his speech.

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi is an extremely honest man. He does not lie and speaks his mind. He wears his heart on his sleeves. So when he was speaking of killing Hindus, he was speaking the truth. Judging the applause from the crowd, his sentiments seem to have a lot of support. The rousing welcome he received on his return from England only confirms it.

Why do I call this man Honest? It is more of a corollary. I will try to prove it. I am going to make a rather sweeping statement but the words and actions of Muslims in Muslim majority countries confirm my statement. I think a majority of Muslims feel the way Owaisi does but do not speak for the fear of reprisals. They are the liars. Which makes Owaisi an honest man.
India is a democratic country. We have freedom of speech. We are not an Islamic theocracy or communist dictatorship. People should be allowed to say whatever they want to without fear of a reprisal. Of course even in the US which is the most free society in the world people are not allowed to threaten another with death. By that standard, Owaisi would be in trouble even in the US. He would have been arrested by their domestic policing outfit, the FBI by now. However, in India he is still free. That would imply that India has even a better standard of freedom of speech. But that is not true. Speak against Congress or the Gandhi family, empathize with Nathuram Godse, raise anti Hindu atrocities of the times past by Muslims and other things and then find out how free you really are. The liberal Congress leaders were hell bent on censoring facebook and twitter. What that tells you is that this is liberal hypocrisy at work. If they are going soft on Owaisi then why wasn’t Varun Gandhi given a similar treatment. Someone from VHP could never ever get away with a similar anti Muslim speech.

The lack of action and outrage against this guy’s speech in the media and politicalcircles is really flabbergasting. Where are the stalwarts or secularism? Where are Lalloo, Mullayam, Mayawati, Digvijay, and other secular leaders? Why are they keeping quiet? The answer to that is obvious to all but the liberal blind. Congress needs to win big in Andhra to have any hope of coming back to the central government. How can they antagonize their Muslim base? Their lack of action only confirms my theory. If the Congress thought that Muslims do not think like Owaisi and are truly secular then they should not fear and electoral reprisal from their Muslim base. But their lack of action against Owaisi betrays that which tells me that they also think that Muslims are in agreement with Owaisi. Sounds convoluted but you get my point.

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