Doom of Swat Valley

Whenever a country is terrorized or is under the threat by a fundamentalist and separatist section of individuals the country is bound to take action against such an association. The actions taken can be military, political and social ban or can be as moderate as giving the defaulting group right to exist but peacefully. No country can allow any organization to take control of a region let alone a state. Pakistan on the other hand has not only allowed the Taliban occupants of the Swat valley to exercise control over the region but have also given them a free hand on imposing there own Sharia law in the valley. The contemporary Sharia laws are a group of religious laws which enunciates about economic and social rights of person, women rights, freedom and justice and many more. The various laws of Sharia have been so misinterpreted and amputated that they portrait the barbarity to which human being can stoop to.

Sharia law which had more provisions for women than any other law in the whole world till the 19^th century, has become so torturous that is does not allow education of girls. A normal girl can be sent to prison and even awarded the death sentence for having a desire to be educated or if she refuses to wear a veil. She cannot go out of there home unattended by a male. Men cannot shave. Women convicted of adultery are killed by pelting stones. In this era of democracy when Pakistan boasts of having a responsible democratic government, how can it allow such absurdity in the name of religion. Religion as we know it is nothing but norms of how to live and not how to die and kill. It teaches us about how society can flourish and prosper not how it can wilt away and die. Religion is a choice you make. We can ask what was the fault of the innocent child that was born to a Muslim family under Taliban rule. Why can’t that child have dreams and equip herself to complete them. Why does she have to be a servant from birth till death. Who gives them the right to impose these draconian laws and finish her flight before she could even dream of flying.

We the people of the free world should understand. There is no religion which teaches to kill. It’s the people who want power, they use faith to impose injustice and justify manslaughter. They use religion as a tool to spread hatred and use authority. Islam has been type caste, there is no religion in the world which did not endure misuse and misinterpretations, but Islam has endured the most. Islam followers all over the world should understand and rise up as one force against the fundamentalists and slap them back to there senses. We don’t need bloodshed and hate, we need faith and peace. I could only imagine the horrors and nightmares of the people of Swat valley. Can there government trade them so cheaply for few days of peaceful sleep. I say few days because the greed of the oppressor is as deep as an unending well. They just keep on falling to lower limits, limits you can never even imagine.