Barring “terror modules” on the home ministry’s radar, Indian Muslims are by and large not swayed by Afzal’s or Kasab’s cause. Muslims in Meerut, Murshidabad or Malegaon are hardly sympathetic to Kashmiri separatism. There is even unease among Muslims over Pak-aided Kashmiris killing Indian soldiers and getting killed in the bargain. The Indian army in Kashmir has captured or shot dead mujahideen from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Sudan and Chechnya. But has anyone from Bengal, Bihar or Tamil Nadu waged jehad alongside the Kashmiris? Sonia Gandhi’s and Manmohan Singh’s words are worth recalling. Sonia categorically stated in 2004: “Indian Muslims don’t do Al Qaeda,” while Manmohan told CNN in 2005, “I take pride in the fact that although India has 150 million Muslims, not one has been found to have joined the ranks of Al Qaeda or participated in the activities of the Taliban.” True enough, there wasn’t a single Indian among the Islamists captured by US-led forces in Afghanistan. And Delhi still insists that no Indian was involved in the 2008 attacks in Mumbai.