V S Naipaul says America's allies Pak, Saudis are its worst enemies

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> > > > > V S Naipaul says America's allies Pak, Saudis are > > its worst

enemies > > Author: > > Publication: The Free Press Journal > > August 8,

2002 > > > > Opposing current war on terrorism, Nobel Prize > > winner, V S

Naipaul of In > > than origin, says America's biggest enemy is its > > great

ally - Saudi > > Arabia -and the foot-soldiers of the terror come > > from its

other > > ally -Pakistan, reports PTI. > > > > Though he approved of the recent

war in Afghanistan, > > 70-year-old Naipaul > > is keenly aware of the inherent

absurdity of the > > current war on > > terrorism. "Your biggest enemy is your

great ally - > > Saudi Arabia - and > > the foot-soldiers of the terror come

from your other > > ally - Pakistan," > > Naipaul said in an interview

published in The Times > > daily on Wednesday. > > > > He feels a definite

antipathy for Islam's fanatical > > role in India, past > > and present. Of the

riots in Gujarat this year, > > which began with the > > burning by Muslims of a

train carrying Hindu > > fundamentalists, he says: > > "The original thing that

started it was a terrorist > > act, and should be > > considered so. It was

meant to create a reaction." > > > > As the grandson of an indentured labourer

from > > India, Naipaul is drawn > > to and repelled by the movements of the

Hindu > > downtrodden India - as he > > expressed in India: A Million Mutinies

Now (1990), > > the daily says. > > > > "My feelings about the BJP are very

complicated," he > > admits, but he has > > not changed his basic view. > > > >

"I think every liberal person should extend a hand > > to that kind of > >

movement from the bottom. One takes the longer > > view, rather than the > >

political view. There's a great upheaval in India; > > and if you are > >

interested in India, you must welcome it," Naipaul > > said. > > > > Did his

travels give him any inkling of the > > possibility of the attacks > > of

September 11? > > > > "I've been aware of madness in the Islamic world. > >

I've written about > > it. > > > > The madness of people who have fallen behind

> > technically, and who do not > > have the will to make the intellectual

effort to > > catch up. > > > > "I was aware of the religious hatred, I was

aware of > > the indifference to > > life. > > > > "I was aware of the

anti-civilisation aspect of the > > new fundamentalism. > > But I had no idea

it had gone so far - the madness. > > > > "The idea of their strength is an

illusion. Nothing > > is coming from > > within. The terrorists can fly a

plane, but what > > they can't do is build > > a plane. What they can't do is

build those towers. > > I think people have > > spoken much rubbish about that

event. > > > > "The poor revenging themselves on the rich! It's > > nothing but

an aspect > > of religious hatred. And that is so hard to deal > > with, or even

> > contemplate. > > > > "You can deal with the poor striking out, but you > >

can't deal with the > > threat of a universal religious war." > > > > Perhaps

Naipaul's talked-about marriage to a > > Pakistani journalist, > > Nadira

Khannum Alvi, in 1996, just after the death > > of his first wife, > > might

have been expected to make him more > > sympathetic to Islam, or to > >

Pakistan. > > > > Instead, the opposite seems true, the daily said. > > > > > >

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