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repercussions in the Muslim community, which was further
reflected in the Muslim press.

The Muslim world has been beset by such incidents from
the eighteenth century right up to this day, and these events
have been reported with exaggeration in the Muslim press.

In this way, the Muslim press has developed into a kind of
protestant journalism. Now the electronic media is being used
by Muslims towards the same end.
It is media of this kind that has created the Muslim mindset
of the present day. The kind of thinking that characterizes
Muslims in our times is not based on Islamic teachings, but
stems rather from the Muslim media which invariably speaks
the language of protests and complaints.

The Muslim militancy of the present age is based neither
on reason nor on any teaching of Islam. It is entirely the
upshot of the Muslim communitys anger, disillusionment and
’
negative thinking.

It is this pattern adopted by the Muslim media which has
made Muslims negative. The Muslim community has therefore
become an angry one and it is now directing its anger at other
communities. When they saw that their gun culture was not
producing the required results, they began, on account of their
increasing anger, to indulge in suicide bombing in order to de-
stabilize their supposed enemies.
The Muslim militancy of the present age is based neither on
reason nor on any teaching of Islam. It is entirely the upshot of
the Muslim community’s anger, disillusionment and negative
thinking.
It is said that the greatest menace of present times is the
radicalization of Muslim youths. But the question is: What is

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