.... barely a week later, we are weeping as we see the images on our televisions of schoolchildren being carried out an army school in Peshawar in their blood-spattered uniforms, victims of a Taliban attack which has so far killed 126 people.
Most of the children killed were between 10 and 16 years old, children of army officers who were listening to a speech being given by a senior military officer when the gunmen struck.
[TOP RATED COMMENT 833 votes] "Pakistan’s sickening massacre isn’t about religion – it’s about intimidation"
Of course its about religion and one religion's desire to dominate and exert its will with extreme violence. Denying it is akin to burying your head in the sand.
[SECOND 627v] "Pakistan’s sickening massacre isn’t about religion – it’s about intimidation"
Indeed: "Follow my religion, or else..."
[THIRD 537v] If there is one thing I have learned from reading the Guardian it is that Islam is never at fault for anything
[FOURTH 417v] "To survive as a country Pakistan needs to map out a road to peace, with the army, politicians and the people rallying under a unifying cause."
But who are the 'people'? Your state persecutes Christians, Ahmadis, the Shia, the secular, anyone who does not subscribe to the hard line Sunnah.
Your state is a disaster - you have no law and order. When Christians are murdered and their butchers make accusations of blasphemy, your worthless police issue a statement taking the accusation as fact.
And your politicians are cowards and bigots.
[FIFTH 385v] "Pakistan’s sickening massacre isn’t about religion – it’s about intimidation"
Really. I would argue it's all about inadequate men fuelled by the cancer of religious fanaticism. Just adherants of the religion of peace doing what they like best. [Guardian Cif] Read more
