We want all eyewitnesses, survivors, relatives of martyrs and affectees to come forward and share their experiences with us in any form, be it an image,audio,video,graphics,animation etc. We want to start a conscience waking drive among our brethren. So everyone out there please share so that everybody can feel your pain and not become detached from it all.
A special dedication to the people of Peshawar who are the worst affected and still go about their normal everyday life with resilience. A salute to the hundreds who die everyday in this northwestern city............... A salute to their relatives..........A salute to the survivors and last but not the least...........A salute to those who remain nameless in the aftermath of such disasters, the countless dead who remain unclaimed, whose bodies are buried without the knowledge of their relatives.
Monday 7 December 2009
An eyewitness of last nights blast gave a heart wrenching account of those few moments immediately after the blast. He saw his Muslim brothers indulging in a looting spree amid all that chaos and confusion. Does all this befit a Muslim?...................... Where have all our morals gone? ............. Instead of helping those in dire need of assistance they had the audacity of stealing from already destroyed shops. Kind of a deja vu feeling right because the same thing happened in the 2005 earthquake, Reports pored in about men cutting of limbs of women stuck under piles of debris just because they were wearing gold bangles. Barbarians I must say........but weren't we civilised centuries ago By the arrival of our HOLY PROPHET (PBUH).
We are worse than the Jahileen of those days.
As a nation our conscience have gone down the drain. We have crossed the thin line between right and wrong!......... Our morals are in a shoddy state!...............Then we lament why God is punishing us like this?
We are worse than the Jahileen of those days.
As a nation our conscience have gone down the drain. We have crossed the thin line between right and wrong!......... Our morals are in a shoddy state!...............Then we lament why God is punishing us like this?
Switch on the television and you can see flames a mile high devouring everything in their wake, the screaming sirens of ambulances, hapless rescue workers illequipped to handle disasters, policemen running here and there and countless reporters with microphones zeroing in for the breaking news. This all too familier scene is oft repeated, given maximum coverage by news organizations. Moving videos on the television and heart-breaking photographs gracing the front-pages of their newspapers.
The blasts in Lahore will get all the due coverage. Eyewitness accounts, interviews of survivors, a front page story but only for a day then everything will be back to normal and we will find something to celebrate about. Maybe a DHOTI TEHMAD DAY, or a SAAG MAKKI KI ROTI DAY or a NASWAR DAY or even a CHAGHI DAY. Oh no.............. sorry for the faux pas we cant have days for all the provinces because YOU KNOW Sindh rules these days after decades of suppression by Punjab. But we should not lose hope...............wait for the day when someone from our region graces the high position then we can celebrate all we want. Dancing.......singing.........and a front page photograph in the newspapers mocking us. Wasnt it only a few hours ago we were a nation mourning innocent victims of an insane blast.
What about those 37 dead and 150 injured in Lahore, do their families have a reason to celebrate? What do you say to them when they had been anxiously waiting for their loved ones to return from a shopping spree but instead they are running from post to pillar, trying to determine the whereabouts of their near and dear ones, arranging blood, identifying the dead.
The everyday occurence of blasts, bombings and suicide attacks have diminished their horrors in the eyes of people and press alike, until it strikes close to home then we feel the actual pain. Uptil then the victims are faceless, nameless, somebodys father, mother or brother but not yours.
The gana bajana on the telly, the extravagent ads, the music everything should be stopped. We should atleast behave like living and breathing human beings who are conscious about what is happenning around us not burying our heads in the insane activities on the telly thinking that amid all the violence we need a break from such seriousness.
The blasts in Lahore will get all the due coverage. Eyewitness accounts, interviews of survivors, a front page story but only for a day then everything will be back to normal and we will find something to celebrate about. Maybe a DHOTI TEHMAD DAY, or a SAAG MAKKI KI ROTI DAY or a NASWAR DAY or even a CHAGHI DAY. Oh no.............. sorry for the faux pas we cant have days for all the provinces because YOU KNOW Sindh rules these days after decades of suppression by Punjab. But we should not lose hope...............wait for the day when someone from our region graces the high position then we can celebrate all we want. Dancing.......singing.........and a front page photograph in the newspapers mocking us. Wasnt it only a few hours ago we were a nation mourning innocent victims of an insane blast.
What about those 37 dead and 150 injured in Lahore, do their families have a reason to celebrate? What do you say to them when they had been anxiously waiting for their loved ones to return from a shopping spree but instead they are running from post to pillar, trying to determine the whereabouts of their near and dear ones, arranging blood, identifying the dead.
The everyday occurence of blasts, bombings and suicide attacks have diminished their horrors in the eyes of people and press alike, until it strikes close to home then we feel the actual pain. Uptil then the victims are faceless, nameless, somebodys father, mother or brother but not yours.
The gana bajana on the telly, the extravagent ads, the music everything should be stopped. We should atleast behave like living and breathing human beings who are conscious about what is happenning around us not burying our heads in the insane activities on the telly thinking that amid all the violence we need a break from such seriousness.
My heart goes out to those mothers who ironed the Juma prayers shalwar kameez of their sons, the wives who laid out the Juma clothes for their husbands on their way from the office. Who knew that this would be the last Bajamaat namaz of their lives.
The mosque supposed to be haven of peace and security even for non-muslims witnessed a bloody carnage never before seen. Horrific acts of terrorism carried out by men of faith who themselves were muslims. How could anybody justify why defenceless worshippers were targeted in the midst of prayers.
Sending children to the mosque is a sacred tradition of our religion, incorporating in our young ones the true essence of Islam from a tender age. Mothers feel proud to see their sons donning the shalwar kameez for Juma prayers. Did these mothers know that this will be the last time their sons will pray leaving for their eternal adobe in such a merciless and bloody way?
This blog is dedicated to all those who lost their lives on Friday, the survivors who witnessed the bloody carnage and to all the other victims of the acts of terrorism being committed in other parts of our sacred homeland.
The mosque supposed to be haven of peace and security even for non-muslims witnessed a bloody carnage never before seen. Horrific acts of terrorism carried out by men of faith who themselves were muslims. How could anybody justify why defenceless worshippers were targeted in the midst of prayers.
Sending children to the mosque is a sacred tradition of our religion, incorporating in our young ones the true essence of Islam from a tender age. Mothers feel proud to see their sons donning the shalwar kameez for Juma prayers. Did these mothers know that this will be the last time their sons will pray leaving for their eternal adobe in such a merciless and bloody way?
This blog is dedicated to all those who lost their lives on Friday, the survivors who witnessed the bloody carnage and to all the other victims of the acts of terrorism being committed in other parts of our sacred homeland.
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