Let's remain alert

By Muhammad Imadur Rahman On e-mail
12 December 2005, 18:00 PM
Far away from home, I have been reading the news about the recent horrendous bombings in different parts of Bangladesh. It tore my heart apart to think that Bangladesh is also becoming an unsafe land to live in. My sympathies are with all the victims and my prayers are for all the family members who lost their near and dear ones in those attacks.

What makes me even sadder is the wild guessing from our intellectuals and political leaders. Both the government and opposition leaders are making statements from their wildest imaginations, by completely overlooking the real problem. I am not sure what evidences they have to implicate others. If we continue to do this without any hard evidences, we may actually protect the real culprits who masterminded the whole thing.

I request everyone to come to the senses and behave in a proper way. All political parties, the learned intellectuals, the journalists and people from all walks of life should be united and oppose these bombings. If we have a united society, these killers will not get any place to hide. As long as we try to use this delicate situation to our benefit (such as party or personal benefit), the problem will not be solved. May Allah save Bangladesh from the hands of these criminals!