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Friday 28th May 2010 witnessed the barbaric and faithless nature of the so called faithful. Over 88 people were killed and more than 200 injured when five terrorists stormed two separate Friday congregations of the Ahmadi’s in twin assaults in Lahore.
Baitul Noor ibbatdatgah in Model Town and Darul Zikr in Garhi Shahu of the Ahmadiyya community in Lahore were the targets of the demented terrorists. On one side where how the Media reported the accident is an issue, on the other side how we reacted and why do we segregate a certain community based on their religious beliefs has yet again surfaced as a “question mark”. The extremism of the fanatics, their bestial brutality, the pathetic inability of the state and its citizens to meaningfully reverse course is worsening the situation day by day. We are letting them kill in the name of God.
Below is the statement issued by Taliban after the attack:
“Congratulations for the whole nation. What the brave Mujahideen did yesterday in Garhi Shahu & Model Town, Lahore. We greet them whole heartedly how well they have done with best of their expertise. As a whole we do like to encourage the nation for increasing this kind of activities like target killings of Qadianis, Shia, supporting political parties, Law enforcement agencies, Pakistan Army, racist parties and many more. MQM is an acting political and terrorist wing of Qadianis & jews. They are responsible for destruction of the country & nation. We are confirming the very near future assassination attacks on everyone who is with MQM. Simultaneously we advise the realistic people to take initiative and kill every that person who came in their range. There is no specific need of detonators, bombs or explosives. Just kill them either by means of just crashing them under their cars. Qadiani & Shia are the enemies of Islam and common people. They disrespect Muhammad (Salal-Lahu-Alaihi Wasallam) and Sahaba (Razi Allahu-Anhum). They have no respect for anyone. MQM is their terrorist wing which is involved in target killings in Karachi.”
We all are moving towards an intellectually bankruptcy. We, the individuals who live in our comfort zones need to come out with all guns blazing and confront these so-called puritanical keepers of the faith