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Je suis Charlie ou Je suis Ahmed ou Je ne suis Charlie! Qui suis-je? The shooting in Paris last week that shook the world, resurfaced the modern day debate on Islam and its follower. The twitter world was flooded with the hash tag #JeSuisCharlie subsequently followed by #JeNeSuisCharlie and then finally yielding to #JeSuisAhmed. It is one of those incidents that shake you up completely. In a world probably immune to the atrocities carried out by the likes of ISIS & BOKO HARAM in bulk, shooting a few cartoonists by some loony extremists shouldn't surprise us. Even if it doesn't surprise us, it should shock us. This didn't happen in a conflict zone or in a politically unstable region. The attack wasn't carried out by an organized militant/terrorist foreign group. It is scary that in a crowded, lively city of a stable country with a decent judicial system, 3 of its citizens just decided that a certain group of people doesn’t deserve to live. What is...

I was tempted into scrutinising the 2 reports by NDTV reporters  Srinivas Jain  @ SreenivasanJain & Niha Masih  @ NihaMasih   since a certain (Rohit Pradhan)  @ Retributions   produced a rebut http://www.retributions.in/love-jihad-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/   to the critique by   @ rupasubramanya  (Rupa Subramanya) http://rupasubramanya.blogspot.in/2014/08/how-ndtvs-claims-about-love-jihad-dont.html Looking at his piece I thought, even I could do this. It doesnt really need any special skills. Adding my comments/questions in between.  Before you begin, keep in mind the bias of the reporters. These people are ALLEGEDLY carrying out an investigation to report. They should have refrained form turning this report into an op-ed styled article. HERE WE GO The 1st News Article http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/love-jihad-bjp-s-claims-for-uttar-pradesh-don-t-add-up-580963 Updated: August 24, 2014 17...