Amid the sadness and shock at the Mumbai attacks, bloggers across the Arab world are posing many
questions.
Bahraini Hasan
Hujairi is very saddened by the news. He writes:
I’ve been very saddened by the news of the recent terrorist attacks in the city of Mumbai.
I cannot imagine any reason that would justify carrying out such a terrible and mindless act.
My heart goes out to those affected both directly and indirectly by this tragedy.
From Dubai, UAE, Seabee
poses a lot of questions and here are some of them:
I simply don't understand anything to do with the obscene killings in Mumbai.
I don't understand the mentality of people who randomly take innocent lives. The vast majority of
the dead and injured are Indians, hotel workers, train travellers, people simply going about
their daily business.
We're told that Americans and British tourists were specifically singled out in some instances.
Yet many of them may well have opposed their governments' policies, so what does the simple fact
of citizenship have to do with anything?
I don't understand how a country which has had so many terrorist attacks over recent years can
have been so unprepared.
Rantings of an Arab Chick too is annoyed and writes:
It goes without saying that my heart goes out to the victims of the terror attacks in Mumbai,
those who made it and those who didn't. I don't believe that justice is always meted out
and that punishment always falls upon those who deserve it, but I can sure as hell wish
for it.
Egyptian blogger Zeinobia
wonders:
In any hostage situation there should be hostages , kidnappers, negotiators and demands where as
in the latest Mumbai terrible terrorist acts there were hostages,Kidnappers and forces but no
negotiators or demands !!??
What were the kidnappers demands ?? They did not take that big number of hostages for nothing
!!?? The demands will indicate the identity of the kidnappers so why the Indian government does
not announce these demands now !!??
There is something I don’t understand and Please Pardon my question but how on earth 10
people only cause all that destruction in Mumbai in one day or rather three days or even how 10
people can control a hotel in the size of Tag Mahal for three days !!?? This is what the
authorities in India said !!??
An Egyptian
[Ar] is appalled with the lack of interest among bloggers from Egypt and the rest of the Arab
world. He notes:
انا
بتابع
اكتر من 100
بلوج
مصري و
عربي
طبعا 99%
منهم
بتوع
مسلمين
ماشÙتش
ولا واØد
كتب عن
هجمات
مومباى
ياترى
عاملين
ودن من
طين و
أخرى من
عجين
ليه؟
بس
بصراØØ©
سمعة
المسلمين
بقت ÙˆØشة
اوى بعد
الموضوع
ده I have been following more than 100 Egyptian and Arab blogs, and of
course 99 per cent of them, belong to Muslims. I haven't seen a single one of them writing about
the Mumbai attacks. I wonder why they are totally ignoring it?
The truth is that the reputation of Muslims has become very bad after this attack.
Still in Egypt, ~W~,
who writes at I Wanna Hold Your Hand, posts a discussion she had with her neighbour on
the attacks. Here's the beginning of the discussion:
Me (pointing to the newspaper on her coffee table): Terrible events. I am so upset. I do not know
what these terrorists are thinking when they kill innocent people in the name of Islam.
AS : They think they are fighting in the name of God, and they may have a point.
Follow the link above to read the rest of it.
At the online forum, Omania2.net one reader writes:
كم هو
مخجل
ألا
يدين
الأÙراد
والمجتمع
والمؤسسات
وعلماء
الدين
الأعمال
الإرهابية
التي
يرتكبها
بعض
الوØوش
بإسم
الإسلام
…. هناك
بعض
الدول
أدانت
التÙجيرات
مثل قطر
والإمارات
وباكستان
ولكن
على
الصعيد
الشعبي
لم نرى
شيئا ….
بينما
الواجب
أن
يستهجن
المجتمع
المدني
ÙÙŠ الدول
الإسلامية
هذه
الأعمال
وأن
يتبرأ
المسلمون
من مثل
هذه
الأعمال
التي
تلصق
على
الإسلام
والإسلام
براء
منها …. It is a shame that
individuals, society, organisations and clergymen have not condemned the acts of terrorism
committed by beasts in the name of Islam. There are some countries like Qatar, the UAE and
Pakistan, which have condemned the attacks, but on a public level, we didn't see anything. It is
our duty as Muslim communities to condemn these actions and Muslims should renounce these actions
as they have nothing to do with Muslims and Islam.
Another commentator, Ibn Al Rahbi, said he sent cables and letters of condolences to all
his Indian friends and acquaintances.
Writing on American-Palestinian Kabobfest,
Will, links to the following Al
Jazeera report, and says:
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The violent ideology behind such senseless attacks belies the emptiness of the group's claims to
be defending Muslims. While they are correct that western media and publics are generally blind
to and complicit in Muslim suffering, such tactics are unjustifiable in religious, moral and
political terms.
And in Kuwait, which had eight women taken as hostages at the Oberoi, bloggers breathe a sigh of
relief when their hostages returned home safe.
DiLLi O MiLLi
posts a newspaper clipping showing the women being recieved by officials and family at the Kuwait
airport. Q8ia
Mamloo7a too shares the news on her blog saying:
الØمد
والشكر
لله
سبØانه
قرت
عينكم
يا أهل
الكويت
بسلامة
المØتجزين
تم
الاÙراج
عن جميع
المØتجزين
الكويتيين
والامير
يأمر
بإعادتهم
بطائره
خاصه Thanks to Allah Almighty, Kuwait
rejoices at the safety of its hostages, who have been released, and the Amir (Ruler) ordered that
they be returned [to Kuwait] on his private jet.
Recommandations
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and reject those that you are not interested in
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