A united voice against Terrorism/Theo-Fascism by Afzal Tahir
As reported in the
Guardian, “a crowd of men surges forwards
from the pub doors and is repelled by the police. The chant goes up in the
heart of
"Muslim
bombers off our streets, Muslim bombers off our streets!"
Then comes the response
from about 50 equally mobilised people 200 yards away.
"Nazi scum out of Brum, Nazi scum out
of Brum!"
The English Defence
League, EDL, a newly formed organization, has staged about half a dozen
demonstrations around
The English Defence
League, EDL, as they claim, if they are not racist, fascist, or anti-Semitic,
and they are, only expressing their anger against terrorism and Theo-fascism. Further
more if their aim is to protect the Englishness or more precisely English heritage,
in a dynamic and evolutionary process in the cultural context. They need to
involve a cross section of the communities, whether they are indigenous or
migrant.
There are very few
individuals even among the people of Muslim faith, who want to participate or support
the act of violence, where ever and what ever the reason may be. The majority
of ethnic minority including Muslims don’t want terrorists, neither on the
streets of
I think it is a very
genuine cause to speak out with a united-voice, against terrorism, Theo-fascism,
to bring the public opinion against terrorism. There can not be any pretext,
what so ever to carry out the act of violence against the civilian and non-combatant
individuals. The focus must be global, because, the world is very
inter-dependent today and becoming a global village. The governments must bring
the changes. The rule of law, democracy, transparency, freedom of speech, equal
treatment to human being regardless of the color, creed or gender, are
fundamental and non-negotiate able. The
terrorists and theo-fascist want to impose their will on the people whether in
The hardship of the
society and unemployment of the population as well as, absence of the rule of
law, democracy and transparency, are the main reasons for the backwardness,
resulting into a force-migration of the people. There are no two opinions that terrorism,
bigotry, intolerance and religious dictatorship are not the British specific
problems, in fact, these are global and there must be an affective global response.
In : political
Tags: terrorism
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