Thursday, July 13, 2006

Terrorism raises it's head again...

Blasts in Mumbai / Explosions in Mumbai’s Lifeline / Mumbai shaken but not stirred

Those are some of the headlines conveying message of the destruction witnessed by Mumbai on the eve of 11/7. The breaking news that broke many a hearts and spelt chaos for everyone around is yet to sink in, but the effects are not really what allegedly the LeT wanted.

Unfortunately for them, they have been unable to spark the communal disharmony and outrage. Instead, the people of Mumbai, from all sects, communities and all walks of life, have come together for each others’ sake. They have realized that the people behind these acts of disgust are not from any religion, they are simply in mindless pursuits of their individual goals and do not represent any community. They kill for their own benefit and not in the interest of any community or any cause. Terrorism shows disrespect to life gifted by God - so how can these people follow any God when they are out to destroy His creed.

This cannot be religion or faith in any sense. The LeT are a group of religious fanatics who think they are doing well to their people. Sadly, they don’t realize that by their acts of sheer disgust, they are only paving way for people across the world to look down upon Islam and disregard what the holy Quran and our Prophet preached us.

It’s an outrageous act which makes every follower of Islam, including myself, shameful because these fanatics claim that they too are Muslims. How can they be Muslims if they take pride in killing innocent people, spreading violence and terrorizing women and children? It’s high time we do something about this; it’s time we stood up and shouted back at these people that we are not going to fight in the name of God. We’re not going to kill in the name of God.
“In the name of Allah, the merciful, the benevolent”, that’s the phrase every Muslim uses before beginning something – so if all work begins with the name of Allah who’s merciful, then how can these selfish people kill someone mercilessly? The answer is simple… because they are not followers of Islam, because their God is not the benevolent Allah but the guns and grenades that they worship.

It’s ironical that they don’t realize that they are killing men and women who might be Muslims – they know nothing about the number of Muslims killed and who might have got killed had a communal riot broken out. They are putting Islam in danger by glorifying their deeds. But they forget that one day; they might be holding a loved one on death bed, who had nothing to do with their conspiratorial acts. “Do unto others, as you want them to do to you” says the holy Bible. Well… we know whet these LeT and SIMI outfits want. Let’s give it to them – not to innocent people!