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Help one another in righteousness and pity; but do not help one another in sin and rancor (Q.5:2). The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. (Edmond Burke). Oh! What a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive! (Walter Scott, Marmion VI). If you are not part of the solution …. Then you are part of the problem. War leaves no victors, only victims. … Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; it is our gift to each other.– Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, 1986.

Friday, February 5, 2016

Terrorism and Western Dilemma


The West evolved from the social setbacks of the middle Ages, becoming champion of human rights, democracy and social justice.  This is the greatest gift of civilization in the modern age.

I do not see any wisdom in sacrificing this gift on the altar of terrorism. We do not need any special education, knowledge and training to discern the causes of ever increasing terrorism throughout the East and the West.  Every terror events emanates from some telling causes—political, autocratic or otherwise.  The events of 9/11 attacks on the twin towers, and the recent Paris attacks of Nov.13, 2015 could be averted by eliminating the causes of those attacks.  So long things go against justice and fair play in national and international affairs, terror and terrorism will continue its consequential course of working.

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