Mumbai bombings

Syed Zafar Abbas, Editor

Lets make it clear from the outset that terrorism is unacceptable from any perspective, Islamic or otherwise. However, one must wonder that multiple bombings going on in Iraq, Afghanistan and other lands are sidelined, yet the Mumbai bombings have dominated the news for the whole week. This sort of behaviour gives away the partisan nature of the media which will ignore anything to do with Muslims, unless they are the accused party.

This brings me onto another interesting point. It comes as no surprise that the Indians have implicitly accused Pakistan of being involved in this heinous act, and cries of Pakistan Murdabad were being amplified all over the world media. I don't know how many people saw PJ Mir's programme on ARY digital where he was speaking to Qazi Hussain Ahmad, the leader of Jamaat-i-Islami, on the telephone line while interviewing Wajid Shamsul-Hasan, the High Commissioner of Pakistan to London, and Qazi saheb quite explicitly blamed the MQM for having been responsible for the terrorism in Mumbai, without any proof!

It is no wonder that the people of Pakistan are turning away from Islam and preferring a life of dunya when you have so called Islamic leaders acting in exactly the same way as our foes do. Never has the saying been truer - do as I say, not do as I do. This is the problem of the Muslim community worldwide, and in particular the leaders.

May Allah give tawfeeq to the Muslim community, and hasten the reappearence of our Imam (AJ)!