faith can move.. more than just mountains...
In continuation with my below post regarding the Jama Masjid blasts, I am here to put emphasis on my earlier argument with a quote from a prominent figure in the Islamic sector in India.It was a pleasant surprise for me to see my own thoughts reflected in one of the national dailies this morning as a quote from the Imam of the Jama Masjid. To quote-unquote.. he states that they had anticipated something like this to happen and were kind of prepared for it as two explosives were recovered and diffused in time on November 29, 2005 from the campus.
However, what caught my attention, and am sure would catch a lot of other people's attention too, is his stand on the entire incident. "The people behind these incidents at Varanasi and now at the Jama Masjid, are the same. They belong to no religion and are simply interested in provoking people to fight each other - they just want communal riots for their own petty motives", said the Imam in his statement to the media.
The first concern of the Imam at the time of the first explosion was to rush the injured to the hospital and after the second explosion, his priority was to address the people so as to calm tempers down. Thanks to him, what could have ended up in a public outrage, has gone down as an act of terror only meant to harm human life and not a particular community.
It is certainly heartening to see that people who are public figures and leaders in their own right are taking a step in the right direction and thinking in terms of the bigger picture.
A more responsible part here has to be played by the media which does and will always continue to effect people and their thinking. No matter how corrupt we think our political leaders to be, we still have some faith in the media which holds enough credibility to make people react to a certain news in a certain fashion. It is the media, the journalists, the reporters, who make us see and believe in what has happened in the outside world and how the prominent people react to it. The media has made a difference in the past and so it will now. Keeping the faith and keeping fingers crossed.
1 Comments:
You are right Shanya that people and religious leaders of Varanasi and now of Delhi have shown an exemplary maturity in reacting to the blasts. Imam is also right that the people behind these blasts belong to no religion. In fact they are criminals of God. People of India should isolate such criminals and refuse to provide them any su[pport in any form. Without the help of local people these criminals can not put in to practice their ulterior plans.
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