Public reactions to the Pahalgam terror attack highlight a polarized landscape between strong national support for India's assertive measures against Pakistan and skepticism regarding their effectiveness and motivations. The discourse is filled with anger, nationalism, and demands for decisive action against terrorism, yet there's also notable concern about inter-religious tensions, Muslim portrayal in media, and possible political manipulation by Indian authorities. Sympathies extend to victims amid heightened India-Pakistan tensions, but hostility and distrust between the nations prevail.

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Easier to blame and distract their public from asking deep rooted questions. Kashmir is burning and it’s hurting them and the entire region’s peace. But Indians are not ready to accept or introspect.

Here4daRants

[deleted]

Dawg it’s the hinduvata ideology what u think it’s gonna happen. All they want is war

Clark718

Inside job. One of the victims said they were speaking fluent Hindi, no one got caught there was no police whatsoever. They're planning to wage war

outtayoleeg

There blaming is not new ya in ka her bar ka drama ha. In ka to bus nai chalta ager koi bacha in k gher paida ho or in ko passand na aye to us ka blame bhi Pakistanis pa lga dain

Real-Leader-2947

Light work man. Asim munir will sort them out.

WoodenAct1389

They think they are america they can attack any one

Candid_Struggle_9199

That's just politics, blame each other for your incompetence.

Loud-Warning-8953

Chance_Cartographer6

Because no will stand up for Pakistan, not even its leaders.

overhead7

what is this fat shit american on about? India wouldn’t dare to fire missiles in the first place. Even if they did, Pakistan wouldn’t ever need to utilise or threaten India with nukes. They have their own protocols to deal with Indias bs

ultra_phoenix

India was in the fuck around part for the balochistan attack, they are now entering the find out phase.

adorabledarkseid

Well their elections are near, what do you expect.

testuserpk

I doubt the US will ever fight a war on behalf of India, especially against Pakistan (maybe China though), but people like Tulsi Gabbard, JD Vance and Elon Musk have connections with India and perhaps even their intelligence agencies. "America First" is a copy of Modi's policy. It's quite clear how much influence the Indians have on the current US administration. Pakistan needs to up it's game.

WebFar9897

we all condemn all sorts of terrorist attack however when are these medias when human rights of muslims are violated everyday in kashmir  ??

Time-You3571

Rndin media. What do you expect? Lying and BS is all they do.

stating_facts_only

Their citizens despite education are the dumbest on the planet. Likely a false flag to try and get some support from Zionists and Trump.

Shoddy-Reach9232

India is about to find out whats wrong with Pakistan's economy lol.

brainrotted-sapien

thE-petrichoroN

Now is the chance for ISPR to release a banger and unite all Pakistanis together. Where art thou sahir ali bagga??

when 80% of your population is uneducated and like to have babies it's easy to divert the anger to a country else

Afnan_Ghani28

Consistent_King_6915

Did we forget how much they praise Israel? This is from their same exact playbook. What happened is horrible but this opens multiple new "ventures" for them.

QNiazi

I'm from the state of j&amp;k and I know for a fact the terrorists in our state comes from Pakistan and try to create unrest. Everyone here knows this.

Limp-Contest

I think Modi is about to do some adventure, 
Reason:
BJPs approval rating is going down, 

Modi’s meetings in GCC (UAE and KSA) and its recent step to keep US happy with Tariffs on Chinese steel scrap kinda points to the direction that he's softening key Pakistani leverage holders. These countries has enough leverage over us (debt and differed payment arrangement of oils) to keep us from responding back if India tries something.

0zi1

Why would kasmiri kill tourists , killing them would kill there only source of business its always you(Pakistan )guys nothing new !

Dadji_13

What analyst? pay anyone to appear and pretend as analyst these days.

waqasy

Coz they always do, this has always been the case

wh40k_heretic

Zestyclose-Sorbet154

Why not blaming pakistan, dude read about history then ur question will change to why not pakistan

karmahitsback

If they attempt to attack us directly, they will not leave until tasting our "package" iyk

NicotineForeva

For them Muslims equals Pakistan. Lets be real some Indian Muslims can be weirdly radical misusing Islam to justify their terrorist activities. But that doesn\`t mean they are Pakistanis, but these goons can\`t draw a distinguishing line.

Equivalent-Ad-2817

Accomplished_Cup298

You must be necking some serious fentanyl if you think the US is going to give a hoot about that conflict.

Whole_Cherry_5365

You know it's a false flag operation because the Indian media started blaming Pakistan just as the attack happened. The attackers haven't been apprehended, no investigation has begun yet Pakistan is to blame.

Galaxydiarypen

Lashkar E Taliba, Pakistan based terrorist group already took credit for the attack.

No-Junket-137

I know it's out of context but what are you watching in the background?

AwesomeNino

Cz mistry needed a favor so Napak stays relevant.

chusskaptaan

this is the thing folks, when india is attacked they blame Pak. Whan Pak is attacked we blame each other.

mrg2483

India can never wage a war against nuke equipped country Pakistan. Unless USA decides or is oushed to intervene and take the nukes away then India will go all out on Pak.

Resident-Zombie8021

In ghaddon ko kon btaye yahan apna mulk 4 paiye par chalne ke qabil nahi raha, hum kia kisi par attack karwayen gy 😂🥲🤡

GeneralStranger1743

Jbtw, in chutiya lashkar e ta!ba or whatever walon ko kashmir leke akhir karna kia hai? Baqi mulk to smbhala nahi jarha, kyun kashmir ki jan nae chorty?

Because the biggest funder of that organisation is pakistan even if you didn't know you paid for it and they go back to pakistan for safe haven.

FanAny8587

America isn't going to get involved for India's sake. US public doesn't want another war, let alone for India.

Icy-Lab-2016

guystupido

Pure_Lavishness_4358

Mainly even though, your government MIGHT have not helped or organised this attack they certainly create a religious divide and seperatist agenda and polarise your citizens to be this violent, your government somehow has to learn how to control its citizens.

Cheap-Dirt9962

Who do you think “believes” Kashmir belongs to them?

BirdRevolutionary777

Let’s say Pakistan didn’t do it. Who’s proving that? There isn’t any proof that Pakistan didn’t do it. Y’all are dumb. 26 people died and y’all are too busy arguing that media’s blaming pak. Get a life

_vikram_1

Cuz there are 2 pakistani citizenship terrorist evolve in this

OG_researcher14

Teri maa ki chut tu chup baith. Pakistan terrorists ka place ha aur rhega

utkarsh954

Here’s the narrative in India that even dispassionate people agree to. I’m sharing just in case to educate what the sentiment is on this side of the border and hope to learn if anything is significantly astray from reality, given soon there will be major escalations between the two countries.

1. Pakistan is military governed state with government having no power (Evidence : Lack of stable governance and either PMs come from army or are discredited/jailed/killed)
2. It’s in the interest of Pak army (not Pak citizenry) to keep ‘engagement’ on with India so they justify their need to constantly be in power and fulfill their financial or political interest
3. Events like these attacks often happen when foreign dignitaries visiting to give the illusion that everything is not well in Kashmir (it might not be all well in all parts but there are significant areas of Kashmir where there’s been no violence as evidenced by very high tourism post Covid n 370 abrogation) and get international attention. This specific attack was more of a desperate attempt to reinvigorate old wounds in the valley.
4. Indian army is well equipped to manage existing known skirmishes like shelling, border firing in patrolls, raids in high risk areas, protecting high value assets with the assumption that militant or PoK army attacks don’t target innocent tourists as it’s of limited value to both.
5. Given not only innocent citizens were killed but only the men with women asked to deliver the ‘message to Modi’ plus the instigating of communal tensions in a terrorist attack - the entire operation is backed by well formed narratives from Pak side. Even the operation being so clean from entry, execution to exit in such a heavily militarized state is indication of strategically planned attack hinting towards very good financial and military support. This also loosely aligns with Pak finance support from IMF released in 2023-24 and possible weapons procurement from Taliban side after US troop departure. While not conclusive evidence, the pieces fit together very clearly that it’s backed by Pak army/ISI
6. Ppl either are ignorant or unsure of India’s involvement in Pak issues such as Baloch insurgency and others but it doesn’t justify the attack on civilians across all states including JnK
7. Cost of human life in India has declined in recent years, democracy has regressed, our internal problems including our social fabric have increased multifold BUT this was not internal. Indians are accustomed to which types of lies and injustice the system can create for political gain but this was a terrorist attack. 
8. In the past diplomacy has failed, international pressure has failed, economic suppression has failed, ignoring to the point of isolation has failed so the only option left is military action against the army/ISI/LeT vanguards that caused this. The sentiment is we don’t know when retaliatory action will be, how it’ll turn out but the idea is for it be swift, just and precise. No one wants all out war with harm to civilian life but there would be some kinetic action in future.

Electrical_Bag5840

We Pakistani never want that anyone kill innocent people's all over the world but I don't know why are people creating hate between every religion,every country we Pakistani are not terrorist because day and night we are working hard to earn for buy 2 times food

No_Product_7182

Eat our poop,That's the only way you can get some good knowledge 😁🤲

Last_University_1026

Whole_Set_2162

Aik kashmiri jamat qabool kr chuki ha to kisko blame kren? Kon fund krta kashmiri militants ko?am not a youthia army hater lekin jamat qabool kr chuki ha mjhy nam ka nahi pata even Pakistani news channels PR b aarha ha oska nam

Babi402

iamgrape69

Because leader of terror groups are openly walking in Pak and have associations with various political gangs. India’s most fugitive like Dawkod has been in Pak and family is married into other well known family.

HelloWorld_Hi

Man yall should be killed after recoting kalma

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srs96_96

In ma ky l\*ro ko yhi dekhta hai ky Pakistani ny kia o bhai india mai sab dhooth ky dhulay hai kya ? Or sb yeh post dekhli

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ALLAH khair kry or ha bollywood ko bhi faida hua 1000 + movies bny gi ispy

Shinwari2005

Rishi_Raj2006

For the same reason we blame the terrorism in Balochistan on India.

fnakhi

Is hisab se to BLA attack bhi Pak Army ne hi karwaya 😡...ID dekh ke Punjabi Muslimo ko udaya tha...Peshawar school attack to afwaah hai...Pakistani cinema ka scene dikhake Taliban ko badnaam karne ka saazish tha ISI ka...

Ok-Koala-5671

And what about Pakistan being the breeding ground for all the terrorist organisations? Like LeT who claimed this attack? What about it? Pakistan is wholly responsible for this. Go on downvote me kyunki tum bhi wahi ho

__Sanidhya___

Chup tmkc ab dekh tere saath kya hota hai katue kutte maut tere ghar lash bheji jayegi pak army ke sar unke gharpe bhejenge tab puchna kya hua randi ke chode

vjs101

Haar bhen ke laude terrorist kyunki Pakistan mai hi rehta hai

blackbeast41212

The aren't blaming without any proof 
The men, all three Pakistanis, are Asif Fauji, Suleman Shah and Abu Talha, officials said. They had code names -- Moosa, Yunus and Asif -- and were involved in terror related incidents in Poonch.

No-Seaworthiness381

Politics man. It could be it could be not.   
Best way to avoid the conversation that its their fault is to put the blame on others.

Investigation will give true proof or even that might be not true. Give this one a year before having a good conclusion

Virtual_Technology_9

As an Indian, even I think this is BS. the kashmiri terrorists are just acting alone. But that doesn't mean pakistan is without blame

Pakistan IS THE BREEDING ground for terrorism and its communities allow for toxic hyperislamic communities to breathe. Normally, when terrorists act across the borders in two countries, both countries work together to take the terrorists down. But Pakistan has no interest in stopping Kashmiri terrorists attacking Indians because it serves Pakistan. 

That's why we Indians blame Pakistan. because they lack empathy and sympathy and have no incentive to help India to take care of terrorism. Pakistanis bathe and marinate in happiness whenever Kashmiri terrorsts kill Indians. 

The situation is very similar to Osama bin Laden. Y'all did nothing to take care of him despite being right next to a military station - but you want the world to believe you had nothing to do with it?

BerkStudentRes

So they have got proof now. Two were locals from India and all other terrorists from Pakistan.

Fickle-End1807

Lol the amount of Hinduphobia in this thread is outstanding... there is absolutely no condemnation from you guys just because the victims were singled out as they were Hindus and here you fucks are comparing it with the baloch terror attack. If this is what your religion teaches, thank god I am not a muslim

crispyweather

khanbulla

The future of muslims in india is becoming uncertain. There will be retaliation and a huge surge in the already negative perception of muslims in society.

faizblahblah

Disastrous_Toe_6548

This is not the time to talk about Islamophobia. This is not the time to talk about business or tourism. A group of people were killed just because they were not Muslim; this is about them. 

In 1971, during Bangladeshi Liberation War, Pakistani military officers used to ask Bengalis to lift their pants to check for circumcision. If they saw a foreskin, you’d be dead. I don’t think I have to even link evidence for this, because this is factually, historically correct. This is the same exact thing repeated. 

Extremism is a thing—I truly think secularizing it is being insensitive. Muslim, Christian, Hindu extremism absolutely exists. And this was done by Muslim extremists. The killings that happened were not secular. Person dying died because they had a Z name that the Y religion-fanatic extremist did not like. I don’t feel guilty because I am Muslim; I feel ashamed that my beloved religion can be stretched to this extent and misused. Thinking about a Bengali film I watched lately based on _12 Angry Men_; an educated Hindu economist grabbed one of 12 by the collar who was the Hindu extremist and said, these people should have ceased to exist. I truly wish that we safeguard ourselves against extremism because even as a Muslim, I don’t think I can really trust Kashmiri so-called hospitality anymore.

pakalupapito-2

Tbh Indian Muslims have not usually been involved in terrorism. It’s usually a Pakistan based element all the time including 26/11. We know Pakistanis and Kashmiris have extremist tendencies. And yes they are Muslim, but Indian Muslims are less radical and barely involved. Even in Kashmir most of the attacks are carried out by Pakistani infiltrators. Hopefully this will end the Pakistan sympathies on this sub. Individuals are fine bit their nation itself is hostile and a national security threat.

Lampedusan

Unzipped to check circumcision. Even one with basic ilm won't do such kind of madness. This is some sort of political drama i guess.

itshard2findme

Ab agle saal tak ispar bhi ek movie banegi, phir se desh bhar me controversy hogi aur phir wapas Muslims ko har jagah dehumanise kiya jaayega.

khwazawaza

Don't be so quick to blame muslims and don't be so gullible to believe anything Indian Media reports. We should stop this apologetic mentality. Why to accept the blame when there's no concrete proof against us?

marimo-baka

\&gt;I mean this was not the teaching of our Prophet PBUH

A terrorist cannot be a muslim and we have fatwas backing it so don't link it with ourselves

[The Amman Message](https://rissc.jo/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Amman_Message-EN.pdf)

[On the last day of Urs-e-Razvi of Dargah Aala Hazrat, nearly 70,000 clerics came together and passed a fatwa against terrorist organizations  ](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/70000-clerics-issue-fatwa-against-terrorism-15-lakh-muslims-support-it/articleshow/50100656.cms)

[Islamic seminary Darul-Uloom Deoband issued a fatwa against terrorism on Saturday](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/deoband-first-a-fatwa-against-terror/articleshow/3089161.cms)

Ghayb

Get ready for a lot of racism. They won't even acknowledge that some Kashmiris were also killed by the terrorists.

CoolBoyQ29

Mamikboi

No_Birthday_6790

Disclaimer - Non Muslim here. So moderator, if you delete this, I understand. If you don't, I appreciate.  
  
Truly love the comment above.  
  
This is lynching, just the other way round. Just the way Muslim community is traumatized when an innocent Muslim is killed by Hindu goons, Hindu community gets traumatized when there is terror attack on Hindus.  
  
There will be many Hindus who will make crazy comments. But the outburst will be short lived. There are enough of us who have sense. So forgive the crazies.   
  
If you have ever sympathized with a terrorist because he went through hardships caused by Hindu fanatics, you have to have sympathy for Hindus as well who have seen many terror attacks and temple destruction.  
  
No matter what percentage of people are good or bad, actions like these destroy goodwill between the communities and as I said there is traumatization. What would help people like me is visible statements like above in social media condemning the above incident and sending message of solidarity.   
  
Is it your duty to do so and show you do not support these acts? No.   
  
Will it help Hindus heal? Yes.  
  
In return I promise to do the same.

There are crores of Hindus and Muslims living in shouting distance from each other and we have to find a way to make this work. This is best bet for us and our children. 

I am thinking of starting a Reddit community of rational Hindus and Muslims. Hindu Muslim conflict is handled in two modes. One mode is sitting on each other's throat. Other mode is denial that there are issues and blame it on politicians. Let's start the third mode where we face the fact that there are issues but understand that there are humans on both sides and we keep working, keep empathizing, keep communicating. What do you think?

EV_Guy_777

Looks like it has been orchestrated by the sanghis themselves to create new reasons to lynch and harass Muslims.

Just like 2008 Malegaon Blasts, Lavon Affair by Israel, 2007 Samjhauta Express Bombings (An Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel was one of main masterminds of this bombing). These are some of the attacks which were done by enemies of Islam and tried to blame on Muslims. Imagine how many more attacks like these were executed by non-muslims and then Muslims were blamed.

Bhai idk to the people who are reading here am jus saying jab maut sar pe ho aur koi apna khoya ho us situation me sach he niklta ha am not targeting any religion am jus saying the truth jo vo victim boli ha 🙂and i can give many examples lkin yhn i would say jo hua ha sach me hua ha .....and dekho vo terrorist 100% Pakistanis he thea i can give many proofs lkin kch terrorist aate ha civilians ko religion kae basis pe maarke chl jate ha 🙂ab btao kya reaction??aayega I mean to the Indian muslims aapko awaz uthana pdega YHI shi time ha kyuki lets be honest Islamophobia india me bht he zyada he ha literally aur ye bda kaise ha yhi sab reasons jo massive scale me condemned nhi hote ha  and see the irony yhn agr koi bole :- "majority religion hoke bhi hum safe nhi ha jab ye bd jaynge toh kya hoga", " ya Bangladesh ko he dekhlo" , proof chaiye toh  I mean btao iska ans kya doge they are right too at some points again I Am not targeting u guys I have many muslim friends bht zyada acha log ha vo  lkin it's happening aur shi bhi ha kai had tak ans he nhi dey paoge so apko meri baate smj aayi , buri lge ki kya ha 🙂agr kch glt lge toh mod hta dena am jus saying ki I feel bad very bad ...that's it aur iska solution bht bht he zyada complicated ha

snook_76_

when dubey was killed hindus were distributing sweets but when atiq was killed Muslims were crying in his janaza. that's the difference

Extension_Prune_777

In the coming days many Kashmiri Muslims and IM will face the attacks due to this incident. Idk but this attack is very sus since militants never attack tourists

Fantastic-Fox-3000

If my people would have done that in name of religion I would have denounced that long ago …

GlumAppointment3865

A deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, claimed the lives of 26 tourists, leading to heightened tensions between India and Pakistan. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to identify and punish the attackers and their supporters, intensifying India’s diplomatic efforts against Pakistan. In response, Pakistan has denied involvement and warned against India's actions that might influence the Indus Waters Treaty. India has restricted diplomatic relations, revoked Pakistani visas, and briefed G20 countries, seeking global support against terrorism. An all-party meeting was convened, though some parties like AIMIM criticized their exclusion. The attack has drawn international condemnation and statements of solidarity with India from global leaders.

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