The internal strife and killings in Iraq, Afghanistan and a host of other countries in Africa, West Asia and other regions are a matter of serious introspection for the intelligentsia and liberal-minded social activists in the muslim community. West Asian countries who have a history of thousands of years are reeling under Shia Sunni conflicts and protecting tribal identities of the Kurdish people. In these conflicts, the victims are the common people, especially women and children. By installing a "Caliph" in Iraq, the fundamentalists are dreaming of a Caliphite which was abolished by Mustafa Kamal Pasha in 1918. The Indian Muslims should come forward to demand common civil code for the community as many of the aspects of the existing laws are practised only in Saudi Arabia among the fifty odd muslim countries in the world.
