The cry of wounded people
Abdullah-al-Mujahid Sir A. F. Rahman Hall Dhaka University
We again witnessed a heinous crime in London. The cry of wounded people with blood-wallowed dress made the sky misty. The life of the innocent Londoners became disrupted because of this sudden bombing. Many innocent lives fell victim to this merciless killing. The criminals are laughing; for how long this massacre will continue one after another? No sane human being can tolerate this type of genocide. The people who carried out the attack have lost their identity as human beings. They are worse than beasts. Police has not yet found any clues but all fingers are pointed at the al-Qaeda. Surely, the aftermath will increase the sufferings of the Muslims living in the UK, though the majority of them do not support killing. If the terrorists are Muslims they certainly do not represent the Muslim people. They are killers. We condemn the incident like the Imam of Briton Mosque who has strongly urged people to stand shoulder to shoulder to nab these criminals and mete out severe punishment to them. The British authorities should investigate the matter and dig out the network of these enemies of humanity without blaming the innocents. ***The 7/7 (July 7th) bombing of London night hit UK economically and socially on a long-term basis. Less Muslims would feel encouraged to seek jobs in the Western World, and many Muslim families in UK, EU and USA would be seriously reviewing the issue of sending their families back home to avoid unnecessary risks in daily life. It is only to be hoped that the expected backlash would be under control. The US do not believe in mercy, when self-security comes into the picture. The Islamic image in the West is paradoxical. The high cost of living and wages in the industrialised countries are encouraging relocation of factories to the developing countries; and this trend would accelerate due to increasing labour as hostage. The West is already finding it difficult to compete with high quality but cheaper Chinese products in the export markets. France and Germany are facing persistent unemployment knots. The US might be thinking of turning India into vast factory of American products. Our EPZs would be drawing international attention from now on. London as global trading centre would face alternative competition from future investors (choice of safer options). The 9/11 and 7/7 flags serve as deterrents, and it is not easy to recover economically these days. The implications of the reverse migration patterns should be studied by expert analysts for future government policies during the next ten years. As per DS report of July 9, the GoB is taking action on illegal dispatch of Bangladeshi workers, and strengthening the monitoring and record-keeping chores. The job sites would be shrinking outside the Islamic world. Our embassies abroad have to be trade and labour/job oriented, with a shake-up in the Foreign Office Code of Practice and re-orientation to the realities of setting-sun scenarios in the North. A Husnain, Dhaka
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