KARACHI:
What more will it take for a state created through a constitutional political struggle to muster the political will and moral courage to act against a group equipped with automatic weapons, killing uniformed policemen on duty, destroying private and public property, blocking roads, and disrupting civil liberties and fundamental rights of law-abiding citizens? If this does not constitute militancy or actions attributable to private armed militias, what more will it take? Islam, a religion that stresses peace, tolerance, and justice for all, does not give any individual or group the right to kill or harm any individual without due process of law.
There has been an orchestrated campaign by opponents of Islam that this religion spread through power of the sword, although it is a fact that the message of the Quran was spread by men of faith through their teachings and serving as role models with emphasis on socio-economic welfare activities, ensuring equality before laws of all citizens.
Organisations like Daesh, ISIL, etc were created and funded by the CIA and others to achieve their strategic goals of weakening Muslim majority states and redrawing geographical boundaries. We have suffered enough, pursuing senseless doctrines like strategic depth, and must stop patronising political assets, etc, and enforce the writ of law and supremacy of the constitution.
Malik Tariq Ali
Lahore
Published in The Express Tribune, November 3rd, 2021.
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