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The church uninhabited

Peshawar, once called the heaven of Pakistan is nowadays struggling harder and survive from not becoming a hell. This land as said by the Mongols was a land that will always have peace and prosperity but now all we see is bloodshed, war and destruction. In this war, we lost millions of life and structure but a recent gloomy event has put all the international eyes on this city. All Saints Church, Peshawar was doomed down by a handful of terrorist on September 22, 2013.

Sunday, September 22, 2013, was the day when the Christian community was having an event where 600 parishioners were on the front lawn of the church, receiving free food, when two explosions occurred, leaving the church scattered with body parts. This was a very sad and shameful event that happened. 85 killed and 145 injured (tribune newspaper) and the victims include over 30 children. From that day a riot has been spread in city where the Christian community is protesting on what occurred to their community.

The incident not only uninhabited the church but also defamed the Muslims, the times newspaper called the attackers, Islamist and as per definition they say Islamist is a group of Muslim fundamentalist whose real purpose is to kill. This incident bombed not only the bricks of church but also bombed the bricks of Muslim reputation. One French newspaper condemn the act by saying “Muslim once again gave all reasons to call them terrorist”. Though this act is extremely against Islamic teaching yet the statements given by attackers negate it.

The murder of children is another issue that also marks the importance of incident, it has been reported by the father of church that two of the girls were injured and thirsty but the injuries were so severe that it didn’t allow them to have time to quench away their thirst. Many parents lost their children in nothing but an act of extreme violence.

My question is that what have the terrorist gain by bringing down a church? What motive have they receive by hurting our Christian community? How much reward will they be getting for turning an event of happiness into sorrow? I believe no one has answers to these question not even the people who planned and executed the incident. I would be ending this by saying to all those who think they have done a great act the Quran says in Surah Baqrah:256 “Let there be no compulsion in religion”

 


 By Ahmed Rik

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