Aishwaryia Rai gives birth to a girl, makes headline news in
my country, she gets fat the whole social media is fanatic to see the picture.
Salman khan starts a petition to release sarbajit singh, people from all over
the world signs it even without knowing what the issue is. IIFA awards or any
other Bollywood awards are released; Pakistani channels give their leg and arm
to telecast it first. Any Bollywood movie is released the news channels would
tell you about its popularity. Our news channel would give you all kinds of
unimportant news, meaningless talk shows, and interviews of political leaders
who don’t give two pennies about you or me. But what they over looked in the
name of journalism is one of the biggest acts of terrorism being currently done
in this world right under our noses, the massacre of Muslims in Burma. The UN ,
so called American humanitarian organizations are silent, nobody is paying any
heed to this violent act of terrorism which will shake you to the very core of
your being whether you are a Muslim or not.
Had it been some other religion’s minority especially in any
of the Muslim states, BBC, cnn, fox news even our own media would have been up
the governments behind to get it fixed. Nato forces , CIA and god knows what
other organizations would have been there to raise objections, but since this
is not the case , since the victims are Muslims so might as well turn a blind
eye towards this issue. The Americans and their buddies have mastered this art
of double standards, cry when you see a finger bleeding of any other ethnical
group but don’t even open your eyes when the hearts and souls of Muslims are
being ripped out. Look at their past experiences Palestine, Kashmir, Iraq,
Afghanistan and now Burma. This hypocrisy is their second nature (although they
claim that Muslims are anti-America, well duh! Attitude reflects leadership and
you are the leaders of the world) but what beats me is that why the whole
Muslim world and media is all mum about this issue. The most prominent Muslim
countries are not raising this issue, is it that they don’t care or is it that
the Muslim unity that we are so proud to boast is just an illusion and all this
brotherhood is buried under the brands and facilities provided by the west. Our
government would not object, I know, come on the government who doesn’t gives
two dimes about the people who actually voted for them, who die for them, why such
government would care about another country. All they care about is the money,
for them everything even the country’s soveregnity, even human lives are
nothing but business, means to earn more so that their sons can enjoy the
world. The media who claims to be open minded and free has proven to be
otherwise within the past few years. The journalism which portrays this bravado
that writers like me idolized has been made a mock of by the media’s role. They
like the leaders and politicians have learnt the new trade, to earn more, to
confuse the people and get fame by defaming. This media who once inspired the
likes of me now has made me thank god that I am not into this trade. The
silence that media has portrayed in issues like Burma and other domestic issues
make me wonder if I should trust what I hear in the primetime news. The people
in Burma might not be rich to get your attention or politically important but
they are humans, Muslims who are living under this terrorism unjustly. It is my
humble request and I would even beg if that works, to the media that for god’s
sake please speak up, please inform the people of Pakistan about what is going
on in Burma, only a few on Facebook have heard about this but please if you
take this issue up hundreds and thousands would know and someone might make a
pledge to the self-proclaimed gods of the west or make a petition and get it
signed and convince the so called united nations that Muslim minority has right
to live. You might not take Muslim lives seriously or they might not matter to
you but to us they are brothers, they are one of us and they have the right to
live as much right as me or even you!
