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Violence
and More Violence
When and how this
violence against unrelated, innocent and common people will
stop, no one knows. There is a rein of terror from east to west
and north to south in a city after city and country after
country.
Somewhere this violence is being committed in
the name of religion, somewhere in the name of nationalism and
somewhere in the name of fighting terrorism. In the end, it’s
the common man who is paying for this violence with his blood
and life.
A few months back, people were killed in
Karachi in a bomb explosion. Last week, hundreds innocent people
were killed in Mumbai, India while many more were injured. No
one knows who did it and why? Of course, India blames Pakistan.
Iraq is simmering with Shia-Sunni violence.
Palestine is boiling with Israeli-Palestine violence. And Israel
is pounding Lebanon for the last week or so to recover two
kidnapped soldiers.
What is wrong with human beings? Why are they
killing each other so brutally and senselessly?
Unfortunately, the world doesn’t have any
more great leaders, philosophers and teachers who enjoy the
trust of people across the globe.
Great leaders, philosophers and teachers earn
respect of people across cultural, ethnic, religious and
geographical boundaries. Their words heal peoples’ wounds and
pacify their pains with love and sincerity. And they do it
without ethnic, cultural or linguistic distinctions. People find
peace in their words.
The sad part of this ever growing violence is
that world is divided between extremists of one kind or the
other. Everyone has his own extremists, but instead of
controlling his extremists, he likes to destroy others’
extremists.
Today scholarship level has fallen to the
level of instigation of clash of civilizations. A few talk about
the dialogue between the civilizations, even fewer dare to
arrange such dialogues.
The other day Russian President, Vladimir
Putin warned about the activists who are trying to fan rift
between Muslims and Christians. President Putin did not talk
about rift between Muslims and Jews and rift between Hindus and
Muslims.
President Vladimir Putin’s words are
encouraging. At least one among many present day world leaders
has spoken some words of wisdom. However, the growth of
different kinds of violence against common human beings has
reached to such heights, it seems almost impossible to reverse
it.
May be President Vladimir Putin wants to take
an initiative and hold an international conference on violence?
Or he may move United Nations on this issue where world leaders
can talk to each other and come up with some steps to arrest
this trend.
Immediate issue is war between Israel and
Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel is bombing Lebanon indiscriminately
without knowing whether its bombs are hitting Hezbollah or
someone else?
Is someone out there who can stop this
violence? Is someone out there with real leadership stature, or
all world leaders are pigmies who cannot even make impact in
their own lives?
Can someone stop this nonsense?
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