Who is the real Muslim?

Wednesday June 02, 2010 (1557 PST)

After each terrorist attack, the favourite statement of the PML-N and other right wing parties is, “No Muslim can do this.” Are they actually asserting that the act was not carried out by Muslims but by the followers of another religion? Were these people Muslims before the act but after they carried out the attack, they were no longer the same? The case of the May 28 attacks on the Ahmedi community is of particular importance in this regard.
Unfortunately, they have been declared ‘non-Muslims’ by the revered constitution. Well, here we have a couple of ‘non-Muslims’ who, according to witnesses, raised “Allah is great” slogans before throwing each grenade, killing a few dozen other ‘non-Muslims’ who, at that moment were worshipping the same ‘Allah’ in a place that appears to be a mosque, but cannot be referred to by that name. Both the attackers and the victims claim they will enter heaven as promised in the holy book.

Was it just an infidel killing a few other infidels, thus exonerating the Muslims and the Islamic government of Pakistan of any responsibility? What about the madrassa where they underwent training? Was it also run by ‘non-Muslims’?

Is there any chance the government will crack down on these terrorists and their mentors while they are still ‘Muslims’ and the only ‘un-Islamic’ act of their austere lives is still on the planning desk?