00:00Terrorism in general is used by India to demonize Muslims within their territory.
00:07And as far as I recall, there were Muslim Indian military officers.
00:12To paint all Kashmiris within Kashmir who were opposed to the policies of the Indian government,
00:19not as legitimate voices of opposition.
00:22Not as legitimate voices of opposition.
00:25Let me start with a statement you made today saying that the recent terrorist attack in Kashmir
00:35is being used as a political tool to demonize Muslims in India.
00:42Sir, I have watched the briefings on both sides and as far as I recall,
00:48there were Muslim Indian military officers who were conducting the briefing on the Indian side.
00:53Well, as far as the operation is concerned, you're absolutely right.
00:56Okay.
00:57The other thing, my main question is a follow-up on my colleague Betul about tariffs and trade.
01:04Can I just answer your demonizing question?
01:06Okay, sure.
01:07I'm not – terrorism in general is used by India to demonize Muslims within their territory.
01:14This – I'm not specifically limiting it to this attack, but the Indian political environment is such
01:24that the word terrorist is used as a wolf whistle to either whip up sentiment against Muslim minorities
01:32within the Indian mainland, to demonize – to paint all Kashmiris within Kashmir who were opposed
01:41to the policies of the Indian government, not as legitimate voices of opposition, not as a form of resistance,
01:50but they demonize everyone as terrorists.
01:53Surely those who attack civilians are terrorists.
01:57But those people who raise their voice for the right to self-determination of their people are not terrorists.
02:04The Indian government has not only demonized Muslims within their own country and minorities within
02:14their own country.
02:16Pakistan has complaints about India financing and supporting terrorist activity within our country,
02:25but also Pakistan is not alone in having these complaints against India.
02:31India.
02:32For example, India has been targeting Sikh activists across the world.
02:38They've done so within Pakistan, where the Indian government has funded defunct terrorist organizations
02:49within Pakistan to conduct assassination of Sikh activists within Pakistan.
02:58The Indian government has engaged in similar criminal activity in Canada where they've targeted Sikh activists in Canada.
03:09The Indian government has engaged in similar criminal activity here in the United States.
03:19The policy of the RSS or the BJP government to the Muslim minority within India is not something new.
03:30It's a known fact.
03:31What they do within their own country is up to their own system.
03:36When they start implying that all Pakistanis are terrorists as a result of the actions of a few terrorists,
03:48I believe that's demonizing an entire population.
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