The reign of terror, unleashed by a handful of militants in South Asia has rendered the vast majority of followers of Islamic faith, as subdued, defensive and remorseful. Being oblivious of the root causes of the ever-expanding militancy in Muslim communities in the world, the non-Muslims continue to theorise the militancy as a natural outcome of the religion itself, thus successfully defaming Islam as religion of terror. Unfortunately all of the literate and saner elements of the Muslim societies voice their concerns, do advise and suggest to shun the violent means to challenge those who commit atrocities against the Muslim like the USA, Israel, India and their cronies - but these voices are not being heard by those few who have wilfully opted to live like nomads of medieval ages even in this age of information technology. Consequently we are teaching those who are already taught thus moving in a cycle. Without having even a remote sympathy for those who kill innocent citizens, irrespective of their state or religious affiliation, the issue to ponder for the dominant civilisations of the world is; without having any capability to sponsor terrorism, without any design to precipitate war against any other country, why any Muslim country will invite trouble by sponsoring terrorism at state level. The obvious fact is that in the last two decades, the loss endured by the Muslim societies by the hands of extremists is colossal as compared to that of the non-Muslims. In the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, Indian arrogance towards Pakistan is deplorable because when Pakistan itself is unable to wipe out the terrorists in its own state, how can it retain power over non-state actors? Pakistan itself is victim of terror and in the process, it has buried thousands of countrymen, with and without uniform, including one the most talented and experienced political leader, Benazir Bhutto. We do not underestimate the intelligence of the Indian leadership. However their hue and cry is to achieve multiple targets. India is surely aware of the state of affairs in Pakistan. Having more than a dozen consulates near the Pakistani border in Afghanistan, being "well-aware" of the unrest in Balochistan and Karachi, India wants to utilise the November 26 events to extract the following benefits: By alleging Pakistan, India wants to prove to the rest of the world that it is innocent when the issue of its brutal treatment to minorities, especially the Muslims, are addressed by the world powers albeit remotely. In recent past, for the first time in history, many amongst the Indian public started thinking about India 'without Kashmir' by raising questions about sustained hostilities, enormous financial costs and perennial enmity vis--vis Pakistan. In an effort to ignite 'nationalist' passions amongst its people, to camouflage its brutalities in Occupied Kashmir, India will make every possible effort to defame Pakistan so that it can continue its illegal and unjustified occupation and unabated bloodbath. Blaming Pakistan even before the Indian commandos reached from their Chandigarh barracks to the bleeding spots in Mumbai, India wanted to impress the administration-in-waiting of the USA regarding the rogue-ness of the state of Pakistan. The world expects a lot from President-elect Barack Obama who is being termed as the 'prophet of change'. The clever Indian move to blame Pakistan aimed at further exasperating the already tense Pak-US relations as it may dissuade Obama's administration to tread on some non-conventional policies and planning regarding the issue of the War On Terror and Pakistan's role therein. Even with the support from western projectionists, India knows its lunar-years away from being a superpower as its internal conflicts, its non-coherent society, vast majority of the poor and cosmetic configuration of its state will hardly yield concrete results to achieve targets of economic growth and military prowess. The two nuclear powers cannot afford the escalation of hostilities. It is imperative for the Pakistani leadership to stop being apologetic and unduly humble towards the cunning Indian leadership. Diplomatic efforts especially talks with leaders of the world is fine but India should not be allowed to ride on our nerves unjustifiably. The writer is a freelance columnist E-mail: naeemsidhu@yahoo.com