Dreadful Terrorist Attack In Peshawar, Pakistan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...y.html?hpid=z1
Taliban targets children and teachers at school. 141 dead, mostly kids. :( |
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Pakistani army probably created (or at least funded and armed) their home grown version of Taliban to fight against the western forces in Afghanistan. Now that very same force is coming home to haunt them.
This is the second high profile attack in Peshawar which is a garrison city. The earlier one was an attack on an air base in the same area. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19278302 |
So where is the outcry by devout muslims against this atrocity?
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In my area.... Muslims are fearful of speaking up.... They have a spokesperson, a leader in their community, that is working with the larger community to bridge fears and misconceptions. This effort began after a terrorist was arrested locally and convicted. Like most terrorists.... His Muslim faith was just used as a tool for his terrorist agenda. |
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That said...how much is it going to take for people to rise up and not only express their disgust for those who are distorting their beliefs into this sort of depravity, but take direct action to stop it. Some wackjob religious sect in this country pulls something like this and I expect to see thousands, maybe millions of Americans screaming bloody murder to anybody who will listen. Cops, politicians, TeeVee reporters. You don't think that if something like this happened in this country some quasi-religious pack of hyenas gunned down and blew up hundreds of children, that hordes of infuriated common people wouldn't descend on the headquarters of the perpetrators? And possibly with guns, knives, bricks and bats? The people of Pakistan know who and where these people are. The Taliban is a small fanatical minority. And yet, they operate in utter open contempt of the authorities. Fear is an excuse that only goes so far. |
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(The Afghan group is separate from the Pakistani Taliban, and has enjoyed a helpful relationship with Pakistani security forces, who were the target of this attack.) But in all fairness, devout Muslims of course are as shocked and stricken by terrorism as anyone. Devout Muslims were the victims, in this and countless other cases. The call for more denunciations, every time, is a hallmark of anti-Muslim propaganda. Tour the RW sites if you don't believe me. Here's part of an editorial from Vox on this subject: Quote:
Finally, you may want to review this essay, in which a Muslem activist explores this issue, and suggests the main problem is that constant denunciations of terrorism from individuals like himself are rarely reported in the mainstream media here. The pervasive drumbeat of "Where are the Muslem denunciations" from the right and others, effectively goes unanswered. http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...rism-more.html |
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You are right.... Fear only goes so far which is why the Muslim leaders in my area are reaching out to the community to bridge the misunderstandings and fear. They have made a lot of positive progress. |
This has to do with a lack of a lack of a real middle class, education and the subjugating women thus allowing extremism to flourish.
What to do, given the fact of nukes in the country! Barney |
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