Bloodbath in Bangladesh and now it is in France. The French were celebrating their annual Bastille Day on 14 July 2016 – the day of liberty, equality and fraternity but instead of celebration and jubilation they are mourning the death of 84 completely innocent people and over 200 injured some of them are in critical condition.
Since the end of World War II France has given help, shelter and succour to millions of people of almost all religions and social background coming from many countries. This situation is the same for all European countries. All immigrant groups in EU whether they are theist, atheists or agnostic have been living in harmony with the host community and country. In Europe people have freedom of speech and religion. There is no cause of conflict between the host country and its immigrants.
However, in this respect Muslims are the only exception. Lured by social security, political stability and economic prosperity they do everything possible to migrate to the West. Thousands of them have lost their lives by drowning in water and in other ways yet there is virtually no diminution of migrant flow. Once settled they demand institution of their religious law the Sariah in the host country which does not happen with other immigrant communities. It is a problem specific to Muslims because in Islam there is no room for introspection. They don’t analyse why the Sariah and Muslim social system cannot make them happy in their own country and they have been fighting among themselves. They never think of what they do to minorities in Muslim countries. Until these problems are resolved it is unlikely there will be peace in the world.
Jatindra Saha
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