There is, of course, a difference between Jamia Millia, the university and Jamia Nagar, the residential area that neighbours it. However, by their actions and arguments, the faculty and Academic Council of the educational institution are doing their utmost to efface that divide. In the popular perception, there is no substantial difference between the sloganeering of Jamia Nagar and the rhetoric and op-ed articles from Jamia Millia. They are both feeding off each other.
It is nobody's argument that every Muslim in Jamia Nagar or every student in Jamia Millia is a terrorist or even a potential sympathiser of Indian Mujahideen. They may have their prejudices -- and, indeed, which human being, irrespective of religion or nationality, doesn't? -- but that is very different from seeing them as terrorists or facilitators of bombings or anything but horrified by the murder of ordinary people.
Yet, it is equally true that somewhere in the confines of Jamia Nagar and Jamia Millia some people who are affiliated to the terror cause have found sanctuary. The community in the neighbourhood refuses to believe this. The university, rather than nuance and modulate that mood, is reinforcing it.
http://newageislam.com/why-jamia-has-let-down-india/islam,terrorism-and-jihad/d/845
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