New Age/24 August/2005
Konka Rahim...... narrates how killing and intimidation in the name of Islam has made it that much more difficult for a mother to introduce her young son to the great religion
The August 17 serial bombings that left two persons dead and over a hundred injured were obviously not meant for large-scale killing. But the underlying message of the blasts was only too clear: We have the ability to kill and maim people in the thousands. And if the text of the handbills found at the explosion sites really has something to do with the explosions, the incident has a politically qualified message: We are determined to set up an Islamic theocratic state in Bangladesh, and we are literally ready to kill any number of people who will stand in our way. If it really so happens, the democratic forces divided into various camps are in real danger, politically. They have to face it politically. Meanwhile, the serial blasts have exposed myself, a liberal democratic mother aspiring for my young children to get acquainted with liberal spiritual Islam, to a serious problem.
The August 17 serial bombings that left two persons dead and over a hundred injured were obviously not meant for large-scale killing. But the underlying message of the blasts was only too clear: We have the ability to kill and maim people in the thousands. And if the text of the handbills found at the explosion sites really has something to do with the explosions, the incident has a politically qualified message: We are determined to set up an Islamic theocratic state in Bangladesh, and we are literally ready to kill any number of people who will stand in our way. If it really so happens, the democratic forces divided into various camps are in real danger, politically. They have to face it politically. Meanwhile, the serial blasts have exposed myself, a liberal democratic mother aspiring for my young children to get acquainted with liberal spiritual Islam, to a serious problem.
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