Attack in Mumbai

As you all know by now, gunmen launched deadly attacks in Mumbai, a major financial and cultural center in India, and the country’s largest city.

Allah knows best what the terrorists motives were. And Allah knows best who was behind the attacks.

But, assuming the preliminary reports are true, that some group named Deccan Mujahideen is behind the attacks, and assuming this group claims to be Muslim and have Islamic objectives, this madness has got to stop. This mindless, crazed, destruction of life and property is un-Islamic and totally evil.

I understand Muslims have suffered from countless aggressions and attacks from several non-Muslims sources. Muslims are being oppressed the world over by non-Muslim governments and Muslim governments.

But there evil does not justify more evil. And nothing – NOTHING – justifies the deliberate killing of innocent people who had done you no harm. It doesn’t matter if they’re Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, atheist, or whatever.

If this was a Muslim group based in a Muslim country, then I hope that country cooperates with India to find the people behind this, shuts down their entire organization, and executes those responsible.

I hate the occupation of Palestine. I hate the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I hate the very existence of the Guantanamo Bay Prison. But I hate supposed Muslim terrorists just as much.

May Allah expose and destroy those behind this attack.