Adil Najam
Pakistan is in tears today. Yet again.
70+ people are dead in Wah today, as yet another cursed suicide bomber targets Pakistan and Pakistanis. The Tehrik-i-Taliban has taken responsibility for them. Only two days ago, 32 people were killed in a suicide attack on a hospital in the northern town of Dera Ismail Khan. Meanwhile incursions and attacks into Pakistani territory by American forces continue and fighting between militants and Pakistani forces rages in Bajur and other areas, killing even more.
In what continues to be war on and in Pakistan, Pakistanis continue to die. Pakistan continues to cry.
Some will call it the largest legacy of the Musharraf years. Some will read unstated messages within this murder and mayhem by these killers. Others will see it as the price in dead bodies that Pakistan pays in the War on Terror. Yet others will remind us that this is reaping what Gen. Zia-ul-haq sowed. There will be, I am sure, plenty more pontifications too – ranging from the absurd to the absurdly profound.
All I know is that today, yet again, Pakistanis die. Pakistan continues to cry.
Why must this murder and mayhem continue? I ask. When will it end? These, of course, are absurd questions themselves. Because we all know the answers. It will continue for as long as we let the killers kill and support their murders with our silence. Silence, of course, also kills. And some are condemned to cry silently.
I am sorry, but it is pathetic to see this guy Ibrahim defending the Taliban murderers. That is what is wrong, too many people make excuses for the actions of these murderers and enemies of Pakistan.
I think we need to crush these Taliban. NOT FOR AMERICA, but for PAKISTAN.
Tell Americans we dont want their support or money for this. And do it for ourselves. Then people will have no excuse not to support the war against their enemies of Pakistan. Today too many people argue that this is for USA so it is not our war. BUT REALLY IT IS.
May Allah have mercy on those who were killed and give patience to their families.
I wish the post on Aafia Siddiqi had been written with the same passion, emotions and anger. But, no! Objectivity rules, but this objectively goes out of the window when it comes to attacks in Pakistan. Where is the objectivity here? Aafia’s post needed lack of emotions, but this post has to be full of it? Btw, there should be emotions for reporting both stories.
What Talibans are doing is indeed wrong, not because what West thinks or what man-made ‘human rights’ and laws have been breached, but because it is against Islam. That’s it. Killing woman, children and innocent people is not from Islam and Taliban have come to believed this is justified in the name for fighting the enemies of Islam, like the Pakistani governtment, and this is a bidat in the religion. Almost all the scholars agree on this.
Taliban are making a huge mistake by practicing this bidat, and by disobeying Alalh they will alienate people who have faith in them in Pakistan. By killing children and women in the name of revenge is not the answer and they must fear Allah for this action.
So, Taliban are misguided on this issue, but as Muslims we must share their desire to implement shariah. Taliban and tribal people in general are known to keep their words. So, if army stops killings Muslim up north, Talibans will stop, as they have demonstrated. Did Taliban one day got up and started attacks in Pakistan? No, it was the pathetic army which attacked them day in and day out which led them to commit wrong themselves.
This pathetic website only shows one picture. Yes, many innocent people have been killed by Taliban attacks, but have we paid attention to what goes on almost everyday up north? What stops people to not show both sides.
Taliban by doing these attacks on civilian have innocent blood on their hands and the Pakistani govt/army has innocent blood on their hands. But, it is the Pakistani army who has to stop first because it started it. Yes, Taliban could stop attacks because two wrongs don’t make a right, but you can’t expect rational actions when you are being attacked and your mosques, children, women, elderly, houses and businesses have been destroyed.
And, people, it is not about ‘Pakistani’ dying. It’s about innocent people dying. The way Adil and his friends always push this ‘Pakistani’ label makes it seem like the victims of Pak. army up north are less deserving of our sorrow than the victims of Taliban. What a shame.
Nihari…Khawaarij didn’t kill Ali only. They killed Uthmaan also. They attacked Muawiyah as well but he survived and they mistakenly killed the servant of Amr bin al-Aas (may Allah be pleased with them all). And, you know very little. These attacks (this action) of Taliban is like that of khawaarij, but Talibans are not khawaarij. Do you know the most fundamental thing that is needed for one to be known as khawaarij?
These Taliban are the enemies of Pakistan. They are also enemy of Islam.
If they are not stopped they will destroy Pakistan and destroy Islam.
They must be stopped by all means.