By Shaik Ahmed Ali / CNN-IBN
Hyderabad: The arrests of some Muslims professionals in Delhi and Mumbai on the charges of terrorism appears to have shocked the entire Muslim community in Hyderabad.
Earlier students of some Madarsas or some poor unemployed youth used to figure in the list of arrested suspects, but now with the list including software engineers and others with higher education, Muslim students in Hyderabad feel that the new face of terror will spell trouble for them.
"If you have strong proof we'll believe you. But you are not proving anything. You are just picking up people from their homes, from their normal lives, disorganising their lives, spoiling their lives. What fun do you get out of this? I want to ask the law makers," says student, Hafeezullah Siddiqui.
Hafeezullah Siddiqui may or may not get an answer. But Muslims students in Hyderabad do fear that the present wave of suspicion could also affect them.
"Muslim professionals are being targeted in our country, so that they can suppress them," says a student, Shujath.
Making new friends staying out late or chatting on the net, Muslim students say they have to be careful in everything they do.
"One guy broke the traffic signal and just because he had long hair and a beard, he can be suspected as a terrorist, and police caught him. This happens all the time. If you are a Muslim and if you are present at the wrong place at the wrong time, you are penalised for it," says, student, Sana Fatima.
"Wherever you go these days, everywhere in the world, Muslims are being targetted. If you are a Muslim, they make a face, says Mehnish Fatima.
After the twin blasts in Hyderabad last year over 20 Muslim youth were taken into custody. No charges have been framed against them yet. Community elders feel the police and the media stop linking terrorism with a religion.
"For instance, take naxalites, who are mainly Hindus. Just because certain naxals belong to Hindus, the entire community cannot be branded as pro-terrorist or indulged in terrorism.
It would be unfair if the stray incidents of stray youth are co-related to the community and the community gets branded," says General Secretary, Federation of A.P.Minority Educational Institutions, Zafar Javeed
Muslim students want the authorities to ensure that the innocents are not victimised. And the failure to do so will continue to breed the feeling of insecurity within the entire community.
Hyderabad: The arrests of some Muslims professionals in Delhi and Mumbai on the charges of terrorism appears to have shocked the entire Muslim community in Hyderabad.
Earlier students of some Madarsas or some poor unemployed youth used to figure in the list of arrested suspects, but now with the list including software engineers and others with higher education, Muslim students in Hyderabad feel that the new face of terror will spell trouble for them.
"If you have strong proof we'll believe you. But you are not proving anything. You are just picking up people from their homes, from their normal lives, disorganising their lives, spoiling their lives. What fun do you get out of this? I want to ask the law makers," says student, Hafeezullah Siddiqui.
Hafeezullah Siddiqui may or may not get an answer. But Muslims students in Hyderabad do fear that the present wave of suspicion could also affect them.
"Muslim professionals are being targeted in our country, so that they can suppress them," says a student, Shujath.
Making new friends staying out late or chatting on the net, Muslim students say they have to be careful in everything they do.
"One guy broke the traffic signal and just because he had long hair and a beard, he can be suspected as a terrorist, and police caught him. This happens all the time. If you are a Muslim and if you are present at the wrong place at the wrong time, you are penalised for it," says, student, Sana Fatima.
"Wherever you go these days, everywhere in the world, Muslims are being targetted. If you are a Muslim, they make a face, says Mehnish Fatima.
After the twin blasts in Hyderabad last year over 20 Muslim youth were taken into custody. No charges have been framed against them yet. Community elders feel the police and the media stop linking terrorism with a religion.
"For instance, take naxalites, who are mainly Hindus. Just because certain naxals belong to Hindus, the entire community cannot be branded as pro-terrorist or indulged in terrorism.
It would be unfair if the stray incidents of stray youth are co-related to the community and the community gets branded," says General Secretary, Federation of A.P.Minority Educational Institutions, Zafar Javeed
Muslim students want the authorities to ensure that the innocents are not victimised. And the failure to do so will continue to breed the feeling of insecurity within the entire community.
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