Each time a contemptible fool decides to detonate a bomb to gain a place in the hallowed halls of martyrdom, apologists go on about how our religion is being misinterpreted, that this is not our culture, and that these are not our people.
It’s about time we accepted the fact that the face of Pakistan IS terror and insecurity. No one is safe or immune and the attack on the Sri Lankan cricketers currently feels like the lowest ebb imaginable. There is growing alarm at the thought that we have allowed this to happen to our country, and yet, we have absolutely no idea what to do, to take action.
Something is brewing though …
“Islam has been hijacked by Fundamentalists”, scream the Moderates. I spoke to a Fundamentalist at length the other day on the flight. His take: “Islam has been hijacked by the Moderates. What evidence do they have to claim that their interpretation is the right one? At the very best both sides, and several in between, can only say that they are all interpreting it in all honesty in the way they understand it.”
Food for thought?
I concur with the Fundamentalist.