by B. R. GOWANI
once at a gathering
I elicited Dr. Aijaz Ahmad’s views
on author/editor A. J. Akbar
“he is a sarkari Musalman”
i. e., official or government Muslim
United States has an official Muslim too
and it’s not Fouad Ajami
the crude and one- tracked John Hopkins professor
who used to be such
but now it’s Fareed Zakaria
smart and intelligent like Akbar
in this week’s Time magazine
Zakaria reminds readers
“It’s fitting that two of history’s great mass murderers
[that Osama and Hitler] share a day of death [sort of].”
it’s a pity
that even Zakaria had to rely on Hitler
the most abused leader in the US
but then it’s like killing two birds with one shot:
you made the Jewish Lobby happy
and proved yourself a “moderate” and “good” Muslim
(this is akin to Obama’s recent killing of Osama:
he proved his non-Muslimness
by killing the most wanted Muslim terrorist
and also exhibited his patriotism
by ordering a daring venture)
Fareed could have found enough Hitlers
in the land he is residing in
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com