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Bomb blasts
It is clear from the series of terror attacks across India in recent times that the perpetrators have drawn up a long-term strategy to tear our secular society apart. First, they carry out an attack and send an email in the name of Allah. The media give huge publicity to it. Then arises a tussle in our society, and the polarisation along religious lines deepens. Immediately, there is a strong demand for tougher laws to counter terrorism. The police who are known to carry out fake encounters, abuse human rights and communalise issues repeat the same against a particular community in the name of fighting terror. A day will come when our secular society will be destroyed, which is the objective of the terrorists.
This is the time for the police, the people and political leaders to stand together without giving any room for communal passions. We must defeat our common enemy and save the secular fabric and integrity of the nation.
Shaik Friduddin Bazi,
Gurgaon
The media should desist from giving prominence to emails sent by purported terrorists. Giving undue importance to them will only shake the people’s confidence. As India is communally sensitive, care must be taken to ensure that no spark is provided for a fire. The emails should be left to the investigative agencies to tackle.N. Nagesh,
Chennai
I feel terrorist acts such as the Delhi blasts are a stigma on the entire Muslim community.
I want to reiterate that a common Muslim has nothing to do with such heinous crimes. Islam is against all kinds of violence, and killing innocent people is the greatest of all sins.
Nazish Umar,
New Delhi
I was utterly shocked on reading the excerpts of the Indian Mujahideen’s manifesto. Ramadan is the month of peace. The fanatics who kill innocent people are not Muslims because there is no place for such killings in Islam.
Misiriya Basheer,
Chennai
We experience collective shame in times like these. I hope politicians will show restraint and bestow the dignity the tragedy deserves when they address the families of the dead and survivors. Let us stop accusing one another and learn to live in peace.
Inder Davalur,
Coimbatore
By perpetrating the blasts in the holy month of Ramadan, the terrorists have proved that they follow no religion.
The Koran prohibits the killing of innocent people, particularly women, children, the aged, and people who do not carry weapons.
A.N. Sabri,
New Delhi
If the Indian Mujahideen’s claim is true, they cannot call themselves Muslims.
A Mujahid is one who strives in the cause of God. Killing innocent civilians is not striving in the path of God.
A. Samshath,
Chennai
The prattling of the POTA mantra after every dastardly bomb blast sprouts out of an irrational outrage, with total disregard for an evolving, humane justice system. It should be strengthened with modern intelligence and surveillance machinery — both human and equipment aided — and efforts should be made to get speedy justice. No discrimination should be made by giving kid glove treatment to sangh parivar terrorism, of the kind taking place in Orissa and Karnataka, and their bomb makers exposed in Nanded in Maharashtra and Kanpur. Such apparent lack of fairness in the system could be the breeding ground for the victimised to become vulnerable recruits of the marauding terrorist outfits.
Kasim Sait,
Chennai
There is a huge difference between what our leaders envisaged for India at the time of getting independence and what actually happened. We have reached a stage when we leave home with the doubt whether we will return. Is this what our freedom fighters sacrificed their lives for?All political parties are the same — bereft of a dream and vision to build a safe, healthy and wealthy nation. The country needs fresh, innovative ideas and methodologies of governance. Let all youngsters join hands with a resolve to stay united and rise above communal differences and caste prejudices to help build an India in which we can live, enjoy and prosper.
P. Padmini,
Guwahati
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