| Current affairs | |
| 30 Jul 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| Terrorism Has No Religion | |
By: Ranjona Banerji
2011-07-29
Soon after news that a bomb had gone off near government buildings in Oslo, Indian and international news channels started speculating on which Islamic group could have been responsible. Experts -- if that is what one can call them -- even tried to name groups from the trickle of information coming out of Norway.
The only responsible players in this were the Norwegians themselves who largely refused to speculate as they grappled with the fact their largely peaceful country had been targeted. But a few hours later, when tragedy was compounded by news of the shootings at Utoya Island and the fact that the shooter was 'Nordic' looking, the 'experts' vanished.
What is evident is that intolerance -- whether it is saffron, green or any other colour -- is a killer
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3:39 AM
Moderate Islamist here
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