Last week, Briton witnessed a murder in the streets of London that shocked the entire nation.
As someone from India that was devastated by Islamic terror for centuries, I was not particularly surprised by the act that came out of the troubled side of Islam. In this negative incident, what stood out positively to me, was the social consciousness of the Brits.
When the barbarians were on the butchering spree, there was a woman (a mother of two) who stood up to them and asked them questions. I salute her courage and social consciousness.
The British government did not hesitate to label the act as terror (it was nothing less than terror). As someone from India, I have seen the 'secular' Indian government struggling to make such bold and correct statements when faced with heinous terror strikes.
The two barbarians responsible for the murder made 'clear statements that their Islamic faith' was behind their motives.
The 'Muslim council of Briton' urgently made the following statement
- No cause justifies this murder
- A barbaric act that has no basis in Islam and we condemn this unreservedly
- Vast majority of British Muslims acknowledge armed forces for the work they do
- Calls for calm and unity in all communities.
The above statement was a positive gesture from the Muslim community.
I have seen never seen a Muslim organization disowning and condemning a Islamic terror act in India. For your information, India is the the second largest Muslim populated country in the world (after Indonesia).
The way in which the news in the west was covered was also very different from the way it would be covered in India. The news reporters were not hesitant to call 'a spade a spade'.
Anyway, it is very unfortunate that someone walking on the street is being murdered by 2 barbarians because they had a different belief system.
As someone from India that was devastated by Islamic terror for centuries, I was not particularly surprised by the act that came out of the troubled side of Islam. In this negative incident, what stood out positively to me, was the social consciousness of the Brits.
When the barbarians were on the butchering spree, there was a woman (a mother of two) who stood up to them and asked them questions. I salute her courage and social consciousness.
The British government did not hesitate to label the act as terror (it was nothing less than terror). As someone from India, I have seen the 'secular' Indian government struggling to make such bold and correct statements when faced with heinous terror strikes.
The two barbarians responsible for the murder made 'clear statements that their Islamic faith' was behind their motives.
The 'Muslim council of Briton' urgently made the following statement
- No cause justifies this murder
- A barbaric act that has no basis in Islam and we condemn this unreservedly
- Vast majority of British Muslims acknowledge armed forces for the work they do
- Calls for calm and unity in all communities.
The above statement was a positive gesture from the Muslim community.
I have seen never seen a Muslim organization disowning and condemning a Islamic terror act in India. For your information, India is the the second largest Muslim populated country in the world (after Indonesia).
The way in which the news in the west was covered was also very different from the way it would be covered in India. The news reporters were not hesitant to call 'a spade a spade'.
Anyway, it is very unfortunate that someone walking on the street is being murdered by 2 barbarians because they had a different belief system.
