It was a fine friday morning as usual, Everything seemed quite normal .People got busy in their usual jobs being totally oblivious to what was destined to happen in the next few hours, Yes Folks i am talking about the recent atrocious and malevolent act by a misanthrope who fired the opening volley of the shooting excursion thereby taking the lives of atleast 85 innocent natives of a country (NORWAY) which hadn't witnessed such apocalyptic act since the second world war.
As soon as the news disseminated around the country and henceforth around the globe, most of the people had already made their judgments about the perpetrator and certified him as a follower of islam..Even though there was no official confirmation by the oslo police about the man behind it, the woman in burqas and the muslim men soon sensed the imminent threat they were going to face in the city of oslo,when the native norwegians started seeing these immigrants through the spectacle of suspicion and contempt.
Such is the fear and hatred which islam is facing today .The pre-conceived notions and prejudices against mulsims and islam are buried deep down in the minds and hearts of the people.This animosity was primarily born 10 years ago when the world witnessed attack on the twin towers of america .The Bush government then, retaliated with a great hostility towards muslims in US .This feeling was aggravated subsequently when iraq and afghanistan was invaded by the US.and since then the innocent muslims around the world have been going through this great ordeal as every time a terrorist activity occurs the suspect on radar is always an islam follower, had the bush administration handled this case 10 years back with a better insight and less aggression , the situation would have been much better .Kudos to norwegian PM ,Jens Stoltenberg who has handled the situation in a far better manner and has repeatedly requested people not to
let the racism take the hold of their conscience and stressed looking at every such issue as an act promoted by individuals or the extremist groups and not by religion or a race.This thinking is what is necessary in today's era as the otherwise will just provoke more and more ostracized islamists and make them vulnerable to take violent paths..
As soon as the news disseminated around the country and henceforth around the globe, most of the people had already made their judgments about the perpetrator and certified him as a follower of islam..Even though there was no official confirmation by the oslo police about the man behind it, the woman in burqas and the muslim men soon sensed the imminent threat they were going to face in the city of oslo,when the native norwegians started seeing these immigrants through the spectacle of suspicion and contempt.
Such is the fear and hatred which islam is facing today .The pre-conceived notions and prejudices against mulsims and islam are buried deep down in the minds and hearts of the people.This animosity was primarily born 10 years ago when the world witnessed attack on the twin towers of america .The Bush government then, retaliated with a great hostility towards muslims in US .This feeling was aggravated subsequently when iraq and afghanistan was invaded by the US.and since then the innocent muslims around the world have been going through this great ordeal as every time a terrorist activity occurs the suspect on radar is always an islam follower, had the bush administration handled this case 10 years back with a better insight and less aggression , the situation would have been much better .Kudos to norwegian PM ,Jens Stoltenberg who has handled the situation in a far better manner and has repeatedly requested people not to
let the racism take the hold of their conscience and stressed looking at every such issue as an act promoted by individuals or the extremist groups and not by religion or a race.This thinking is what is necessary in today's era as the otherwise will just provoke more and more ostracized islamists and make them vulnerable to take violent paths..
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