Terrorist apologists

ISLAMABAD: This is with reference to Shahid M Amin’s article ‘Religious extremism and its apologists’ (June 15). The author raises a very pertinent question: why and how do terrorists find apologists among the rich and educated ruling elite? Perhaps the nation is in a state of denial. As far as our feelings for the US go, it ought to be remembered that the US and China are Pakistan’s main sources of security assistance and the US and EU are Pakistan’s primary donors of financial aid.

Why is maximum hatred reserved for the Americans, some for the Europeans and hardly any for the Chinese? To me, these are signs of contradictions in our society. Unless we resolve these contradictions, as a society we will continue to stagnate.

Published in the Express Tribune, June 17^th, 2010.