Mr. Shahrukh Khan, the internationally renowned Indian film
star, arrived in the United States
by a private jet at White Plains airport near New York in the
afternoon of 12th April 2012. Approximately half-an-hour after his arrival, the
Consulate General of India in New
York received information that he had not been
cleared by the US Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) at the Airport. The
Consulate General immediately intervened with the concerned authorities for his
early clearance, which was done within 75 minutes of his arrival. Mr. Khan
thereafter left the airport. The same evening, USCBP authorities, through an
email to the Consulate General conveyed their profound apology for the
incident.
In order to convey the deep concern that has been expressed nation wide in India over this
incident, the Embassy of India has taken up the matter with the US Department
of State and sought the State Department's intervention to institute
appropriate measures to avoid recurrence of such an incident in the future.
see also
http://mikeghouseforindia.blogspot.com/2012/04/hate-among-us-indians-and-srk.html
Narain Kataria and fellow Indians;
This note is not about SRK; it is about the hate expressed
towards fellow Indians in two of the notes below.
Briefly, Sharukh Khan, as he is called SRK and the King of
Bollywood, is an Indian Actor who was detained in the New York Immigration for
90 Minutes, because of his Muslim name and it was the 2nd time it has
happened.
He was here to address the students at Yale University.
Googling his name will produce thousands of entries on this event. However, he
had a great attitude, he said, whenever my ego gets bloated, I go to America, they
bring me down. I am glad the Foreign Minister of India and the Embassy of India
have taken this up with the State Department.
As Americans, we should not allow any bigotry in our land, he should be treated
with respect, as he represents Billions of Indians. He can gather a Million
Indians in a hurry than any other Indian. This incident has made a
"few" among the right-wing Indians happy and the notes below are
indicative of it.
SRK is more Indian than Narain, me or anyone else, and he
lives, serves and entertains Indians. Narain is denigrating a fellow
Indian, and being disrespectful towards millions if not billions of Indians who
adore him.
I ask him, “Have you ever considered your statements to be
hateful? Wouldn't it be dead wrong to say that Hinduism teaches one to be
hateful? Show your note to any average moderate Indian or American; they
see the venom in it. This is not the Hindu thing, or Indian thing, this
is you the individual.”
“You don’t need to be seething, just think about what you
are doing. Is this the right thing to do?”
I am sure that the 120 subscribers on this e-list are not extremists, a handful
may be, but the majority is not, they are good people who mind their own
business. No one should judge a group by individuals, that amounts to
stereotyping and that is most dangerous thing one can do to a nation or a
people.
We have to build a cohesive India, where we defend the rights of every Indian. Mr. Narain Kataria, I hope you start seeing an Indian as an Indian, the bias stems from your mind, it is not a part of the majority of Indians.
The average Indian living in India would be appalled to read
your statements.
Mr. Kataria, you are propagating hate against fellow
Indians....and probably increase their blood pressure and make them sick of
your rhetoric. Is this the right thing to do?
Until the myths or facts (to the other) are cleared up,
where both sides agree to the "agreed facts" ill-will continues. I
don’t know if you have a gain in this, leadership or financial, that is your
business.
You and I have an opportunity to serve as guidance to create
a balance in a society based on agreed facts by all sides. No nation or
individual will live in comfort, when falsities circulate.
You had held a conference, about Islam and you did not
invite Muslims to the event. Was that to mis-educate the Hindus? A true
conference will have all points of view. Isn't this American way?
Make a list of all the things you believe, and let's hold a
conference to put all the fabrications aside and honor India and the
Indians for being truthful. Truth is the only thing that triumphs; it will
restore the trust in the society. Let's learn to live our religions, whatever
they might be.
We need to work to mitigate the ill will, would you join me
in doing so?
Thank you Narain
Mike
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Mike Ghouse is committed to building a cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day. He is a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism, politics, civic affairs, Islam, India, Israel, peace and justice. He is a frequent guest on Sean Hannity show on Fox TV, commentator on national radio network, writes weekly at Dallas Morning News and bi monthly at Huffington post, The Smirking Chimp and other periodicals. His daily blog is www.TheGhousediary.com
Response No. 1
Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) is a very cunning and crafty actor. He
has a very soft corner for Jihadists.
Even though more than 95% terrorist acts were conducted by
radical Islamists all over the world, this fellow came out with a grossly
misleading nonsensical twaddle that “terrorism has no religion”! Readers also
should note that SRK and his ilk have never condemned Islamic terrorists who
murdered 3000 on 9/11 in New York, 200 in
Mumbai, 200 in Madrid, 200 in Bali,
Indonesia; and 350 in Beslan
in Russia.
Instead of finding fault with Islamic terrorists, SRK came out with a movie “My Name is Khan” and gave a good conduct certificate to Jihadists who have been extolling the virtue of violence and hatred against humanity and mercilessly murdering innocent men, women and children.
Unlike naïve and spineless Indian Government, American
government is determined to crush terrorism in this country with an iron hand.
They are aware that their responsibility is to protect Amercian citizens from
terrorists.
It is very easy to hoodwink Hindus. But it seems that
American government knows it very well this guy is playing Al Taqiyya with
them. (Al Taqiyya is a part of Islamic doctrine of deception which enjoins on
all the Muslims to blatantly lie and cheat non-Muslims in furtherance of
Islam.).
A man is known by the company he keeps. Hence I would warn
Nita Ambani and other Hindus to think twice before choosing their friends. Otherwise,
one day they will have to pay a very heavy price for their ignorance/stupidity.
Responsee No. 2
DETENTION OF SHAH RUKH KHAN IN NEW YORK
I do not understand as to why some Indian government agencies
are making a lot of noise whenever some Indian Muslim is detained at any air
port in America – in this case Shah Rukh Khan – SRK.
It is a well known fact that most of the terror acts are
conducted all over the world by radical Islamists. Muslims have already killed
more than 3000 Americans in New York.
Muslims are shooting American soldiers in Afghanistan
and Pakistan.
Hence it is the responsibility of American intelligence agencies to safeguard
the security of their citizens because they do not know the difference between
a Muslim terrorist and an ordinary Muslim.
So whenever American notice some Muslim entering America, they
become extra careful and ensure that safety of their citizens is not
jeopardized.
SRK may be a big name in India, but here nobody knows him!
Moreover, India
government should give up the habit of Muslim appeasement in foreign countries
also. From their past experience, in America, every Muslim in this
country is considered suspicious until proven otherwise by the law enforcement
agencies. Hence, India
government should not be guided by the pressure tactics of Muslim groups in India and let
American agencies do their national duty.
India
government has to learn a lot of things from American system if they sincerely
wish to protect their citizens from terrorist attacks.