Why blame Islam?
Bangladesh has recently seen a diabolical grenade attack on a political rally, pushing the whole nation into shock and awe. I pray for the salvation of the lost souls and invite supernatural intervention to stop such apocalyptic incidents . But I am shocked and dumbfounded by the tendency to identify the terrorists with Islam through the term 'fundamentalism'. Since Udichi Bangladesh has experienced several bomb attacks on her people. But it is a matter of great regret and shame that the government always failed to unfold the crypts of the bomb attacks and bring the culprits to justice. Then on what basis the so-called conscious people try to establish a linkage between Islam and terrorism? To make it more clear, no Islamic organisation or group has acknowledged their involvement in these kinds of horrendous inhuman activities. Any hypothetical conclusion would inevitably mislead us from finding the real criminals and their motives behind these barbaric activities. Islam and terrorism are not compatible. If any gang under the banner of Islam was ever found responsible for such murderous activities, they have just used religion to serve their own interest. Islam is a gift of Allah with the purpose of uprooting all evils from human mind and ensure peace, love, brotherhood, harmony and social bondage. Is it, then, sensible and wise to blend Islam with terrorism, cruelty, brutality? If we do not change our mind and fail to find the criminals, anti-Islamic countries, using these feelings, may find an excuse to interfere in our internal affairs.
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