The errant publications

Clearly, the name of religion is being taken by fanatic groups to push their agenda which is to propagate their extremist ideas and impose these on others in an attempt to take advantage of their religiosity. Now, the question is what's the government doing to counter the move to disseminate such messages? Does it have enough information about the origin, stockpiling and distribution of such subversive printed materials? If the answer is negative, then we would like to point out that a very potent source of spreading fanatic ideas and pushing a section of the youths towards a destructive course is being overlooked or taken too leniently. The result of such leniency could be disastrous.

For obvious reasons, the law enforcement and intelligence agencies are now concerned with internal security badly undermined by the recent bomb blasts. However, it is equally important to monitor the activities of outfits which have apparently launched a propaganda offensive in favour of their militant plans and programmes. After all the message of militancy is no less repugnant than the actual acts of subversion.

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To give the fanatics a free hand, even unwittingly, poses a lot of danger to our well-established ethos. Respect for religion may decline with such preaching of militancy which amounts to misinterpretation of the basic teachings of Islam. So, under no circumstances, can the bigots be permitted to mislead people through those publications.