New Year is the time for celebration. But for some people 2016 has not made an iota of difference. If anything life has become a nightmare for them. Flooding in England, Scotland, the USA, South America and especially in Myanmar and Philippine Islands has destroyed properties and caused immense suffering to millions of people.
The most disturbing feature of the psychology of some people is complete disregard of such tragedies. Instead they celebrate causing even more suffering to their fellow humans. Germany has accepted a huge number of Muslim refugees from the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and especially from Syria. But instead of being grateful the Muslim terrorist of Iraq and Syria have apparently decided to attack that country forcing the German authority to close two railway stations and causing cancellation of a number of New Year celebrations throughout Europe.
Saudi Arabia has welcomed 2016 by executing 47 so-called terrorists including a prominent Shia Cleric. The Indian Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi on his way back from Moscow made an unscheduled visit to Pakistan and met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif hoping to improve Indo-Pakistan relation. Pakistan’s response was to send a number of terrorists in disguise of Indian soldiers to attack an airbase in Indian Punjab.
The main New Year resolution should be how to prevent radicalising of vulnerable minds and international terrorism. A disease can be cured only by treating its cause. Until the ideology stemming from religious beliefs is addressed the terrorism the world has been experiencing is likely to continue.
Jatindra Saha
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