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 Q.
Surely the killing of 6,000 people has to be condemned.
A. America deserved every ounce of what it got.
Q. Do you feel the US is fighting a crusade against Islam?
A. Yes. President George W. Bush has turned it into one by calling
it a war against Islamic terrorism.
Q. Are Muslims in India supporting terrorists in Kashmir?
A. Cross-border terrorism has been perpetrated by Pakistan. The Americans
do not wish to resolve that problem. It's another example of their complicity
in global terrorism.
Q. What about the Taliban?
A. If the Taliban regime is sheltering Osama bin Laden, there is no
harm. He is not guilty in the eyes of the Muslims.
Q. There are sedition cases against you but you have never been arrested.
A. I've never backed terrorism. Neither am I fighting my countrymen.
A Congress government once slapped charges, then dropped them when it
found I had not violated the law. The present Government realises this.
Q. But you still keep saying that this Government is against the
Muslims...
A. Of that can there be any doubt? It brings in POTO to use against
Muslims. It bans the SIMI and comes out with a concocted report on madarsas
with an eye on the Uttar Pradesh elections. But I will expose their designs.
I will not allow them to eke out a political advantage from POTO and the
ban on SIMI.
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Aamir:
Still scoring with Lagaan and DCH. Last seen at a Hollywood PR agent's,
looking for an Oscar.
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Saif: After his comic turn in DCH,
he's on the make. Last seen at a polo match in Delhi.
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Shah Rukh: Asoka was a Dreamz gone
sour. Last seen praying for the success of Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham
and Devdas.
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Salman: The poaching charge and the
tepid Har Dil ... have laid him low. Last seen at a lawyer's office.
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