India‘s fatwa against terrorism

The multiple bomb attacks on Bombay last November were but the latest in a series of terrorist attacks that rocked India during the second half of 2008. In total, five cities were targeted killing over 200 people. While almost daily the Indian media launch yet another story “proving” that the hand of Pakistan is behind it all, most experts do not believe that either country can afford do be drawn into a war. There is a growing fear, however, that Indian Muslims may be drawn into the conflict. The Bombay attacks have been claimed by the Lashkar-e- Toiba (LeT), an Islamist organization based in Pakistan that fights for the “liberation” of Kashmir and has close links with the Pakistani military intelligence (ISI). The consensus among Indian security agencies is that the series of attacks required such a level of training, coordination and funding that it could never have been pulled