Violence in any form or manifestation is not only detested but abhorred in Islam. Even the religious scriptures tell that killing of an innocent human being is akin to the killing of entire humanity.
The latest incident that took place at Chadoora wherein a Kashmiri Pandit employee was shot at should be condemned by one and all. Given the history of the previous over three decades, it is now crystal clear that violence only begets violence and guns yield nothing except for consuming generations and generations of human beings, most of whom don’t know why they were even targeted.
People of any civilized society never condone such gruesome actions that too when the same are directed at the innocent people who migrate from one place to another in search of their bread and butter. Another aspect of these violent actions is that targeting any innocent civilian has always a catastrophic impact on any civilized society.
As a society we all need to appreciate this fact also that a significant number of Kashmiris also venture outside J&K in connection with their trade and business. So if we remain silent on Chadoora like incident today, tomorrow we should not regret the same treatment that will be meted out to some other Kashmiri outside J&K. It is time to rise to the occasion and call a spade a spade.
