Letters To The Editor

Aftermath of the Orlando shooting

I understand what will ensue; all who are sane and with a Muslim background are choking and gasping for breath and feeling the pangs of guilt and bracing themselves for the backlash. I felt all that and whilst I feel nothing but anguish and pain for those who perished in Orlando, I will no longer feel an iota of responsibility for Mr. Omar S. Mateen's actions. ISIS and their ilk are about as Islamic as the KKK is Christian and the murderous IDF is representative of "Jewish" values in the truest sense. Religious labels like all labels are subject to indiscriminate cut and paste and in the case of Mateen, to nefarious end-use. Those in high places in the US of A - time to hit the underlying issues. And yes, I hope against hope that my name isn't dragged into another quagmire of bloodshed, though that already feels like a battle lost.

KTA
Gulshan, Dhaka