EditorialTerror galore

Terror galore

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The recent terror attack on Eid prayer congregation and subsequent attacks in Bangladesh taking heavy toll of human lives were condemned across the .  How would one explain the terror attack on an Eid prayer gathering in Kishoreganj, a small town in Bangladesh some 140 km from Dhaka? Four persons were killed in the attack, and comes after seven terrorists had besieged a popular café in the diplomatic enclave in Dhaka in which 28 people, including 20 hostages and two police were killed.

Meanwhile, on Monday there were reports of attacks on Islam's holiest sites in Saudi Arabia. There was an attack by a suicide bomber in Medina, where the body of Prophet Mohammed lies buried. Elsewhere in Saudi Arabia, a suicide bomber killed himself upon being challenged by the security personnel outside the US consulate in Jeddah. On the same day another holy mosque in the city of Qatif was hit by a terrorist attack.

Simply put, the question is if the holiest of Islam's sites are not safe from attacks by Islamist terrorists, how can then any true believer in Islam remain sympathetic towards them? In that case, how do you explain the wide support the jihadis seem to enjoy from the ordinary Muslims in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and other Islamic countries? These questions must be analysed for a better understanding of the jihadi phenomenon. And it may be time, especially after the attack on the holiest of holy shrines in Saudi Arabia, for the Islamic world to shed their differences and undertake a concerted fight against jihadis who have mushroomed everywhere like a wild growth throughout the Islamic world.

It is notable that the authorities in Bangladesh publicly blamed Pakistan for funding and instigating terrorist activities in their country. The latest statement came soon after the attack on the Dhaka café. Pakistan's ISI has been openly meddling in the internal affairs of Bangladesh, funding the banned Jamaeytul Mujahdeen Bangladesh, which was behind the café attack, and generally instigating anti- elements. More significant is the fact that the suicide bomber who perished in the attack outside the US consulate was a Pakistani . Not for nothing is Pakistan called the hub of global terror.

Saudi Arabia which has all along bankrolled Pakistan might have to reconsider its generosity.

Elsewhere, the Indian government has taken note of the information that at least two of the attackers on the Dhaka café were inspired by a Mumbai-based Islamic preacher who is often seen on a dedicated private television channel. Whether there was actionable evidence in the ‘teachings' of Zakir Naik would be examined by the Indian authorities. Naik and his organisation, Islamic Research Foundation, are banned in several countries, including Malaysia, the UK and Canada. The television channel on which he spews venom against other religions too is banned. But here in India in the name of secularism, Naik enjoys unfettered freedoms to conduct his affairs unchecked by anyone. Indeed, a couple of years ago, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh had not only shared the stage with Naik but had described him as an `apostle of peace.' It's all a shame and sham.

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