Kashmir's voice

Every terror attack carried out by Islamist militants emboldens the constituency of bigots and their divisive views. The carnage in Pahalgam, in which terrorists slaughtered several tourists after ascertaining their religious identity, has not been an exception.

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The narratives in the aftermath of the bloodshed, especially those peddled by social media handles with vested interests, have, expectedly, attempted to tarnish all Muslims as militants, endorsed war-mongering with India's western neighbour, and even exhorted that terror has a faith — that of Islam. The communalisation of violence of all hues is by no means novel in New India.