The Manchester bombing, deliberately targeting young
children innocently enjoying themselves at a concert is shocking beyond
words. I can’t comprehend how or why
someone could be so cruel and callous, but I was distressed also to hear that Dr.
Naveed Yasin, an orthopaedic surgeon who had spent 48 hours operating on the
injured from that despicable crime was later racially abused in the street,
called a ‘Paki bastard’ and told to go home.
While it is natural to be angry and even furious about what happened on
that tragic day, we should remember that the person who committed this horrific
crime was not a Muslim, but a terrorist, and the majority of Muslim citizens in
this country are as equally appalled by what he did as are the rest of us. I think on the whole the UK is a tolerant
place to live and work, but sadly there are those among us who when events like
this occur will use the occasion to voice their own hateful prejudices... We are all human beings made of the same clay,
bound on the same journey together, sharing the same planet; no single act,
however horrifying and terrible should stand in the way of our unity; together
we are strong, no matter what God we choose to worship or the colour of our
skin. Dr. Yasin was a hero who
relentlessly battled to save the life of those injured on that fateful day, and
Manchester is his home, England his country.
Sunday, 28 May 2017
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