When individuals drew cartoons of Muhammad or made a movie.

They were killed by Jihadis. Who were expendable.

Moderates could distance themselves from them with cliches.

Game continued. Cartoon - death - distancing by 'moderates'

But that told u nothing abt their beliefs.
What France did by showing that cartoon on govt. building was very different.

Who do you kill? The object of blasphemy isn't one person.

It's easy to kill one person or a few cartoonist to set an example.

What do u do when Govt. does blasphemy?

Who does a Jihadi kill?
Jihadi can't kill Macron like he beheaded d teacher.

Not easy to take down the entire building without going to war.

The costs of avenging this blasphemy are huge unlike the cost of killing a teacher.

That's why Islamists like Erdogen, Imran & Mahatir are losing their mind.
Ex Malaysian PM Mahatir tweeted that Muslims killing millions of french is justified.

Imagine one cartoon & Ex PM started sounding worse than ISIS.

Is that how fine the line between 'moderates' & extremists is?

Or their beliefs are common. Only reactions differ?
Blasphemy against Muhammad is punishable by death in Iran, Pak, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Mauritiana.

What ISIS does is Constitution in these Islamic states.

Yet Baghdadi is an extremist & leaders of these states r 'moderates'.

& Both believe in same punishment for blasphemy.
It is this intersection of beliefs which is a problem.

Surely only a few would go to kill a man who draws a cartoon of Muhammad.

But that doesn't mean that the belief that justifies & allows such a murder isn't shared by a vast majority of 'moderates'.
A rally of 1.5 lakh M demanding death for Kamlesh Tiwari was taken out in Malda. In 1 district!

Are those 1.5 lakh moderates or extremists?

Have they all misinterpreted Islam?

Or 'रसूल की शान में गुस्ताखी की सजा.
सर तन से जुदा'

is the correct interpretation?
Extremists can't succeed without 'moderates'

Farooq Abdullah released 70 hard core terrorists from Jail in 89.

Nov 89, Mufti Muhammad Saeed becomes HM of India.

Daughter kidnapping staged. He releases more terrorists in return.

Jan 1990, KP were forced to leave the valley!
Jinnah fought 46 election on promise of Pakistan. He got 89.2% of M vote.

He did direct action day on August 16, 1947. "Either a divided India or a destroyed India"

Jinnah couldn't have started a civil war had 89.2% 'moderates' didn't vote in favour of creation of Pak.
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