Source: Two Circles

In August of this year, two Muslim youth died and about a hundred injured when a program in Mumbai organized to protest anti-Muslim violence in Assam and Myanmar turned violent. This has brought into question the logic of protest. Why do we protest? What issues bring Indian Muslims to the street to protest? and what do we achieve with these protests?

In this series, the logic of protest, TCN will talk to a number of academicians, civil rights advocates, and members of intelligentsia and try to encourage a constructive debate on the issue.

Nasiruddin is a journalist working with Hindi daily Hindustan and runs a blog http://www.genderjihad.in.

Kashif-ul-Huda spoke with Nasiruddin on why Muslims always protest against USA and Israel but not against violence in Syria and Mali, etc.

Nasiruddin: Muslims in general and Indian Muslims in particular have obsession with Israel and the US. They do not see Israel as fascist ideology who undermine the basic of human dignity/sovereignty of Palestinian people. They also do not see US as an imperialist force. Rather they see them as Jews and Christian conspiracy against Islam. So, it is religion, which matters. Read more