Pakistan

Norway — ugly, but inevitable (II)

European society is coming under the influence of far-right forces, still has its moral bearings more or less intact.

Letter July 31, 2011

DUBAI: The world has some bright spots and some dark. An example of a very dark one would be the assassination of Salmaan Taseer, and another would be the tragedy that has befallen Norway. However, in the case of the latter, one would say that the massive outpouring of public outrage following the killings suggests that while European society is coming under the influence of rightwing and far-right forces, it still has its moral bearings more or less intact. Compare this to what happened following the killing of the Punjab governor and the reception that his killer received from many elements in Pakistani society.

Siraj Ahsan

Published in The Express Tribune, August 1^st, 2011.

COMMENTS (1)

meenakshi uniyal | 13 years ago | Reply

Yeah it's an ugly act but i don't think so that its related to far right. the person who's arrested is the citizen of Oslo and not related to anti-muslims activities. So where's the far right here. But yes definitely the problems of muslims over there,france, is increasing rapidly as there's ban on burqa in France.Europe have to understand the customs and laws of other communities.To protect state from such violence the countries have to understand the traditions of other communities.

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