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| "If he is a terrorist kill him." |
| 2007-08-30 |
| "Kambakhat bhag gaya hai (the wretched fellow has run away)," says Mohmmad Abdul Waheed , father of Shahid alias Bilal, while talking exclusively to rediff.com. Shahid is suspected to be the mastermind behind the bomb blasts in Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad and, although it is not yet confirmed, investigators suspect his involvement in last Saturday's twin bomb blasts as well. . . . . . . Waheed's father was in the police force and for many generations the family lived in the Telangana area of Andhra Pradesh. On seeing me, he did not try to avoid me nor was he reluctant to face questions. He said, "I am a Sunni Muslim but I am neither a Tablighi (member of the conservative Tablighi Jamaat) nor linked to any other such outfits." He says Shahid, like him and other family members, performed namaz five times a day. "I feel ashamed that I could not give my children better education, I made them study in Urdu schools. But you know how these Urdu schools are run." . . . When asked what he would do if his son is found guilty, he says, "Then don't spare him. We are born here. We are happy to be Indian. We live in this land and we don't want anything done to this land. If he is a terrorist kill him." If I ever have to hold a bridgehead, I want Papa Waheed in my foxhole. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #2 Put this one in your Muslims against jihadis file. I really respect this guy. |
| Posted by: jpal 2007-08-30 20:30 |
| #1 What Mike said. How heartbreaking that a son would force his father to say such a thing - and how courageous that this father said it. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-08-30 19:05 |