India: Radical Socialist Statement on Killings in Pahalgam, Kashmir (April 24, 2025)

At least 26 civilians, mostly tourists, have been brutally and callously killed by militants in Pahalgam on April 22, 2025. Radical Socialist mourns the death of every single civilian, and condemns this terrorist act perpetrated by The Resistance Front that has claimed responsibility for it. It is a senseless attack which is morally unjustifiable and is completely counterproductive politically because it can further stoke and strengthen existing currents of Islamophobia in Indian society and in state apparatuses. The hypocrisies of known violators of democratic and human rights like Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and many other leaders, who are expressing grave concerns and offering condolences, need to be exposed. Closer to home the Pakistan government, while expressing sympathy for the victims, has not forthrightly condemned this terrorist attack. This silence is not just morally reprehensible but politically debilitating since it promotes anti-India jingoism within Pakistan and here in India helps Hindutva efforts to make Pakistan the permanent enemy and to portray Indian Muslims as the