Enemies of Islam?
Mr. R. Akbar, Uttara, Dhaka
This letter is in response to the letters of Mr. Sabu and Mr. Mamun published on the 1st of February. In their letters, Sabu and Mamun accused the US of being an enemy of Islam and observed that the US economic sanctions on Iraq annihilated thousands of infants. Well, I will not try to defend the US because it is not my purpose even though I think that the US war on Iraq was not religiously motivated, rather the motive was political and economic. What I would like to say to the writers is that they should be impartial, if the economic sanctions on Iraq annihilated thousand of infants, the war between Iraq and Iran, two Muslim nations, killed hundred of thousands of people, including tens of thousands of children. Also, I don't understand why they were so quick to criticise the US action but didn't protest the killing in Darfour, when the Sudanese government sent its army to fight against the tribal people of Darfour. Tens of thousands of people were killed, do I need to bring to your attention that the members of the Sudanese army were Muslims, and also that they fought and killed the Muslims in Darfour. Do I also need to bring to your attention that the insurgents in Iraq are also Muslims that are bombing and killing dozens of Muslims every day. How about what's going on in Pakistan, Shiites kill Sunnis and Sunnis kill Shiites. Aren't they Muslims? How about Bangladesh, where supporters of the JMB in the name of Islam kill other Muslims, like we have been seeing recently. My question to you : Who is the real enemy of Islam? Aren't the Muslims that kill other Muslims even without being condemned or criticised by the victims the real enemies of Islam? I think that we need to think clearly and try not to be partial in our views.
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