Dilemma of Indian Muslims ...

I found the following as statement of Maulana Azad as the guideline of the Indian muslims, as claimed in one of the websites of the so called "moderate" and "intellectual" Indian muslims.

"I am a Muslim and profoundly conscious of the fact that I have inherited Islam's glorious tradition of the last fourteen hundred years. I am not prepared to lose even a small part of that legacy. The history and teachings of Islam, its arts and letters, its culture and civilization are part of my wealth and it is my duty to cherish and guard them. But, with all these feelings, I have another equally deep realization, born out of my life's experience which is strengthened and not hindered by the Islamic spirit. I am equally proud of the fact that I am an Indian, an essential part of the indivisible unity of the Indian nationhood, a vital factor in its total makeup, without which this noble edifice will remain incomplete."
--- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Source:-
http://www.indianmuslims.info/about_us

Now, there are couple of questions here ...

#1. Do the Indian muslims consider the Islamic aggressions (against India and elsewhere in the world, say, Iran, where they wiped off the Zoroastrians from their motherland and only a handful of Parsis today remain to tell about their rich cultural past) as part of Islam's glorious tradition and culture which they would love to cherish ? World knows that Islamic aggressors looted homes, razed cities, orphaned children, raped women and murdered men where ever they went. Can a civilized human being cherish such a legacy and history ?

OR

#2. Do the Indian muslims cherish the Indian culture (not to be misled by "religion" here), which has accommodated people from all across the globe irrespective of their faiths ( and religions) because it believes in the principles like ekam sat viprah bahuda vadanti ("truth can be realized in different ways") ? This has been our culture which has motivated us to protect whoever came here on Indian soil, the Parsis and Jews living harmoniously in India, preserving and flourishing their cultures is a testimony of this Indian culture.

As a true follower of Indian culture, we accept and respect Islam as religion, not because we are a secular state today, but because it is our duty. But the pan-Islamic aggressions packaged with fanatic violence, barbarism and cruelty is so unfitting to be identified with by any civilized human race and Indians in particular.