Senseless act

In the holy month of Ramzan, as Muslims all over the world abstain from food, anger, and all desires in a remarkable show of restraint, a little known terrorist group explodes bombs in Delhi in the name of defending Muslims. What for? So that we can weep in shame? Everywhere I turn to, ordinary Muslims comment, “How can they do this, that too in this month of peace and use Allah’s name to justify their evil intent?” If ever Muslims in India had an enemy, its name is Indian Mujahideen. Every single righteous Muslim even in his innermost thoughts will condemn this dastardly act and pray that Allah help the victims and save India from those who kill the innocent and soil Islam. When the rest of India mourn, Muslims grieve for not only the loss of lives but also for the fact that their religion is being misused by cruel men to justify their violence. As Orissa, Jammu & Kashmir and Gujarat have amply demonstrated, all religions have become convenient tools in the hands of the unscrupulous to torture and murder innocents and wrest power. A crime is most often than not committed by those who stand to gain the most from it. In this case however, even such logic stands defied! The need of the hour is for right-minded people of all religions to unite in condemning the hijacking of their faiths and thwart these self-appointed guardians of morality.