Adil Najam
The cowardly suicide attack on the Danish Embassy in Islamabad which has led at least eight people dead is not just an attack on a foreign embassy in Pakistan, it is an attack on Pakistan.
There is and there can be no excuse for this dastardly action, and to make excuses is to become part of the apparatus of validating the terror itself. There are those who will make misplaced claims about this being an act of ghairat (honor). Let us be very clear, this is a bay-ghairat (dishonorable) act, no matter what the concocted excuse or justification might be.
The Associated Press pictures above (and below) tell the story of hate and destruction; here are the details, from The News:
The death toll in a huge blast near Danish embassy in F-6 II area in the Red Zone of the federal capital Islamabad on Monday has reached to eight, while seven wounded said to be in a critical condition. The car blast near the Denmark embassy damaged a boundary wall of the building, while nearby UNDP office premises were also damaged in the blast. According to sources 10 to 15 kilogram explosives were used in the blast, which also shattered the vehicles parked in the area. Huge clouds of smoke were seen over the area. The blast created four feet deep crater sources said. Police have cordoned off the area to collect evidence about the incident. Relief operations were underway and the wounded being transferred to hospitals.
While leaders in Pakistan as well as Denmark have condemned the dastardly act, we the people of Pakistan also need to condemn and be outraged at this. These acts of venom and hate are being done in our name. And no matter what the cause we need to stand up and say that this cannot, must not, be allowed to happen in our name.
This is just the latest in a string of hate blasts across Pakistan, including in Islamabad. We at ATP have been worried and have been warning against this culture of violence that has been festering in Pakistan. ATP commentator Deeda-i-Beena has provided some thoughtful ideas of steps that can be taken to begin addressing this cancer. It is time we think of them seriously.
Ahsan please dont join the ranks of the liars. What are you talking about:
Ahsan says: “Saying one thing appalling and other than self-defense will not do the work. Open your eyes.”
Please show me a single comment where I or anyone here has said that the US drones (which is what you are talking about) was SELF-DEFENCE. Please do. Stop these lies yaar….. we have been saying again and again and again and again that those attacks are disgraceful, murderous and condemnable. Why do you keep lying as if people are saying something else? Why spread lies? Why this Goebels like propaganda? Kuch tou sharam karo.
May Allah Forgive you and your ilk who lie for the purpose of making Islam and Muslims look bad.
Ok forget all that what had happened in the past? Start from the scratch. We would just see how we all react when their huge bombers come and explode houses of innocent civilians in tribal areas. We would stay numb and mum. But when God forbid some any angry, rebellious idiot comes out and bomb himself near any embassy or hotel or president house then you would look at the hullabaloo and condemnations right here at this post. You would get your answer. We have indulged ourselves in the filthiest hypocrisy one can ever imagine.
Forget all that. Just answer one simple question. Do we Muslims have anywhere to go to plead our case? United Nations, International Court, Pakistani Parliament, Saudi family’s royal palace, World G8 SUMMIT, White House. Can you name me one place where we can go and get justice for all Palestinians, Iraqis, Afghanis, Kashmiris, Lebanese,and now Pakistanis? I will give you hundred names where our young ones die and found themselves no one to carry them to their graves. I can give 600 Pakistani names who have been absconded and being taken to unknown prison cells by our own army. Can you tell me international criminals like Bush and Musharraf will be impeached? Can you? Unfortunately not but I can tell with certainty that you would get lot more Lal Masajid and 12th May down the line.
But if some nut-crack would get up and ask to hang Mush or Bush till dead then we would hear thousand voices of mercy. Bring down this hypocrisy. If this is bad which we all accept is bad then that was also bad what happened in Bajaur few days back. If this is bad then that cartoonist is also needed to be hang. If this is bad then what has been happening in Waziristan is equally bad. If this is bad then Musharraf is also deserved to be stand against law with his hands in cuffs.
I told you all my fellow countrymen come clean on it. Come hard on it. Saying one thing appalling and other than self-defense will not do the work. Open your eyes. May Allah help us in seeing things clear and bright.
Pathetic beyond Belief…
If you had even an inkling for what The exalted Hazrat e Ali (RA) and Hazrat e Imam Hussain (RA) stood for…you would not be saying what you said…what their views on society and justice and politics and morality were….
but again….that would have been if you had ever picked up a book….
and again…you never did find the brain power to answer my simple question did you??
you delight in the pain of the suffering and the innocent
@Adnan Siddiqui…
I dont know what is the root of the Takfeeri thoughts that reside in your heart…but JUST answer me this…
Mr. x disgrees vehemently with Govt of Pakistan and/or Denmark…granted…
Mr.x proceeds to bomb the living daylights out of 8 innocent Pakistani’s to show his anger…and destroys 8 families…8 lives…8 people who did not choose this…8 fellow Pakistani’s…be they Muslim…Christian…or whatever….
(clear so far??)
8 sets of kids will grow up mourning there fathers….8 sets of parents will grow old mourning their children (If you are father which I dont think you are…you are incapable of imagining their pain)….
so..are you ready to condemn Mr.x and the ideology behind it??
…even if you link this to a 100 Lal masjids….who explains the fault of those 8 people..and what kind of sick Mind would expect Allah….My Allah that mightiest of them all…the creator…the benefactor of all….to exalt him as a martyr….
you delight in the pain of the suffering and the innocent…May Allah never show you that pain…..