How Different???

Well I work as an Instructional Writer for an eLearning company (for those who didn't know about this). One of the course that I am working on is on Terrorism. This includes the IRA, from Ireland and who can forget the Al Qaeda. In the course we have mentioned about these religious fanatics like Abu Hamza, who conducted religious meeting in an attempt to recruit people to their causes with their fiery speeches. These fanatics have been arrested on account of trying to spread and recruit youngster and trying to incite communal violence.

Just yesterday (or maybe today) I read in the papers and on websites about the Shiv Sena's political rally for the upcoming muncipal elections. This was attended, obviously, by Mr. Bal Thackery and Mr. Narendra Modi. What caught my attention was one of the things that Mr. Thackery said in his speech with regards to separating Mumbai from Maharashtra. He said that the city will burn if taken away from Maharashtra. Another statement he asked all Hindus to break all the linguistic barrier and unit to create Hinsutan of Hindus (which was his dream) and that would bring Islam in this country down to its knees.

Reading this made me question what is the difference between one Abu Hamza and one Bal Thackery. Both use public gathering and meeting in trying to get people to their cause. Both use fiery speech which has soo much so as to incite a communal violence. So if Abu Hamza has been arrested for his speeches, makes me wonder why the same hasn't been done for Mr. Thackery. If Abu Hamza has been branded radical leader and supporter of Terrorism, how different is Mr. Bal Thackery????