My Name Is Khan And I Am Not A Terrorist !

Few days back I went to watch " My Name Is Khan " , though i do not carry much fetish for Shahrukh Khan , I was sure at one point that the film would certainly mark something relevant and messaging. During the film I heard him saying " My Name Is Khan and I am not a Terrorist ! " a number of times. In the theatre, I could see crowd rejoicing each time the protagonist utters this dialogue..they clapped, they shouted with zeal...and they left. But the film left me in a swirl state where I started asking my conscience as whether the extent to which the crowd applauded made them feel the essence of the movie ? Was that just a reflex to a dialogue being said by a superstar, or did they immensely hold the nerve of the movie ?

The movie tried hard and to a much extent proved effective in delivering the message it was intended to. I could remember a dialogue when SRK painfully presented the state of Muslims in US in the aftermath of 9/11---" Before there used to be two things marking the significance of Date..AD and BC, but after 9/11, there are three..AD,BC and 9/11 ! " . Unfortunately it is almost true when Muslims all over the world,particularly in the west are sneered with racial and ethnic discrimination, and to much extent,this community deplorably shares the blame for being allegedly involved,directly or indirectly in almost every terror attack.

In the aftermath of 9/11,the situation and the changes have been different for Muslims in the US. An exercise of discretion was targeted on Muslims not only at the moral level but affecting them through inexcusable legislative practices and transformations. A survey revealed that 26 % of Muslims had experienced racial and ethnic discrimination in the US,57 % know some of their friends and relatives who have experienced such indifference while at work, school or neighbourhood.Shockingly when public discourse was included, 22 % Americans agreed that citizens should be profiled on the basis of their being Muslim; 27 % suggested that Muslims should be required to register their whereabouts to the govt.;and 26 % believed that Mosques should be closely monitored by govt. security agencies. How pitiful is that admitting such a harsh public opinion dismissing entire moral values.
9/11 turned out to be the nadir which took an entire community into the vicinity of suspicion and discrimination, and which is entirely unjustifiable in regard to all those who had nothing to do with that, but still they paid heavy charges.

FBI,immediately after 9/11, initiated a massive investigation called PENTTBOM which sought to identify individuals involved in the attack. Within two months,it led to the detention of over 1,200 individuals nationwide,most of which were either US-Muslims or non-US Muslims residing in various parts of USA. The investigation detained them for an average of 80 days and a maximum of 244 days. Amidst the detention, they were subjected to all kinds of physical and verbal abuses.
Such practices targeting the entire group and placing them under suspicion had adverse on those people who condemned such attacks and were not the hard-liners. To a certain extent, such legal (better call it a disguised-legal) dogma infuses danger to the personal security undermining all loyalties to the nation a person held prior to the detention.
I am asking US authorities at their connivance when an earlier terrorist group The Jewish Defense League was attacking targets within the US seeking the excuse for protection of Judaism against its rivalries. Was that biased ?

Even if the chance of involvement of any Jew in these kinds of acts was 1 to 10000, it would have been totally unjustified to investigate all members of a population to find a tiny mark of dangerous individuals. If we talk in the context of Tamil Tigers, think had been it pragmatic to take entire pool of Tamils into suspicion and refraining them from all personal,social and ethical pursuits ?
Since the vast majority of Muslims pose no threat at all,there is no likely benefit from focusing discretionary preventive measures on them. Such discrimination should be rejected outright ! I should remind them that every religion stresses on peace and each have their faiths. It is not valid in any sense to place a community into sheer disrespect owing to the act of few sociopaths who do not even know what really is Practice of Religion and what their religion is aimed at ?
Undoubtedly, wrongs have been done and may be occuring still ! Have we learned anything from " My Name Is Khan " ?
I am asking this to all those who were present that day in the theatre !