Violence, terror, and Islam

Printer-friendly versionSend to friendPDF version [img]sites/default/files/imported/lcurv.gif[/img] [img]sites/default/files/imported/spacer.gif[/img] [color=#800000]The article, written some six weeks ago, was originally meant for the print media and was sent to a leading English daily newspaper in Dhaka to which I occasionally contribute. It was not published for reasons not made known to me. Past experience tells me, however, that any writing that even remotely looks ‘critical’ of Islam stands little chance of acceptance in the print media in our society. ][/color] [color=#800000]So much for our freedom of thought! It saddens me to publish an article on a particular strain of violence, just as the violence of a war rages. I almost wish I had published this article in quieter times. But the issues raised here remain valid even as a war is being waged and will not go away after it is over. ( Author )[/color]   [size= 12pt; color: maroon]Author [url=mailto:Mahfuzur@aol.com]Mahfuzur Rahman[/url][/size] [size= 12pt]is a former United Nations official. [/size] [img]sites/default/files/imported/spacer.gif[/img] [img]sites/default/files/imported/spacer.gif[/img] [img]sites/default/files/imported/blcurv.gif[/img] [img]sites/default/files/imported/spacer.gif[/img] [img]sites/default/files/imported/brcurv.gif[/img] [img]sites/default/files/imported/spacer.gif[/img]