Haneef

Dr Haneef, the Bangalorean, who was caught in Australia for his alleged involvement in the attempted Glasgow airport bombing has been freed. Australia could not muster enough evidence against him. The only proof they had was his sudden plan to leave Australia and was arrested at airport and he was the owner of the SIM card used by the terrorists who tried to blow away the airport.

Khafeel, Khafeel's brother and few other islam fundamentalists were involved in the Glasgow airport incident. Khafeel and another person drove the jeep laden with bombs into the airport. The bomb did not go off as expected and it was a botched attempt. In this, Khafeel was burnt and later died in hospital. No statement could be taken from him and so, many others will go scot free, including, possibly, Haneef.

Well, the worst part in all this is the importance given by Indian media to Haneef. All hue and cry was made over his arrest by the Australian police. PM himself went on record saying that he was pained and was not able to sleep on seeing Haneef's mother weep in TV. PM spoke to the UK PM and requested him not to single out any community in this episode.

What are we doing? Are we condemning terrorism? Or, are we supporting it? Do we have to adopt double standards, one for our country (Kashmir) and a different one for others?