The Mercury

I was rather disgusted having read about the pig being paraded by one of Italy’s former ministers around a planned mosque site in Rome. There was really no need to provoke and create a tense situation between Muslims and the local community.

It is expected of Muslims to generally remain calm and silent at the behest of being trampled upon and scoffed at. As one can witness from this incident that some people are hell-bent in creating religious divisions and animosity to the extent where Muslims and Islam would be labeled as violent and terrorist. It is indeed very sad to witness the kind of hatred vented on the Muslim community world over. In response to this, how Muslims’ should react; and usually the reaction is amicable and positive, but however amicable it may be, Muslims are still targeted and branded as violent and aggressive.

However, I hope such provocation is avoided in the future.

Hasan Ahmed