Al-Qalam 
As Salaamu Alaikum Warakmatulahi wa barkatahu.
I categorically condemn the heinous bloodshed in Delhi (1011) and Islamabad (1211) as utterly reprehensible.
The loss of innocent lives and assaults on democracy are inherently malevolent, regardless of who bears responsibility or what underlying causes precipitated the outrage.
Perhaps, if a just cause is pleaded, international conventions analogous to the law of war should be strengthened to obligate perpetrators to issue warning notices of their intentions, affording authorities sufficient time to safeguard innocent lives by evacuating civilians from harm’s way.
Label me as naive or with whatever pejoratives you are inclined to, but sparing innocent civilians, who are going about their daily lives, from stress and fear, in the interest of their well-being and dignity, is paramount in a civilisational context.
Gandhi and Jinnah, the revered fathers of their countries, are weeping for the evil and abomination of late, which must not rouse the monsters lurking about with evil intentions and agitate the dogs of war, engulfing both countries and filling them with terrible resolve.
If, the 20th century, in the opinion of Mahmood Mamdani, the erudite and eloquent father of NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, rightly ascribed, as the most violent ‘than any other in recorded history’ it is time that we begin to reflect and give peace and tolerance a chance, and it begins with you and I questioning those who whisper revenge and retribution where innocence get exterminated with impunity.
Yours faithfully
Saber Ahmed Jazbhay
Newlands West
