She has recently expressed enthusiastic support for Islamic terrorist Mohammad Afzal, who was part of a brutal terrorist attack on the Parliament of India, and who presently stands ready to be hanged for his actions. Roy has evoked numerous Indophobic canards in her support for terrorists (India is among the most heavily targeted countries by Islamic terrorist groups), as evidenced by her diatribes in the UK-based far-left propaganda newspaper "The Guardian"[http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,,1972788,00.html]. Her polemics have earned her significant criticisms from conservative groups in India[http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1830995,0008.htm] and in the United States[http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020429&s=buruma042902]. | She has recently expressed enthusiastic support for Islamic terrorist Mohammad Afzal, who was part of a brutal terrorist attack on the Parliament of India, and who presently stands ready to be hanged for his actions. Roy has evoked numerous Indophobic canards in her support for terrorists (India is among the most heavily targeted countries by Islamic terrorist groups), as evidenced by her diatribes in the UK-based far-left propaganda newspaper "The Guardian"[http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,,1972788,00.html]. Her polemics have earned her significant criticisms from conservative groups in India[http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1830995,0008.htm] and in the United States[http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020429&s=buruma042902]. |