Dean Johns | Je suis Charlie… et Altantuya
Impelled as I am to join billions of my fellows around the world to identify with the victims of the massacre at the office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, I also feel that it is vital to put this atrocity in some kind of perspective: http://www.malaysiakini.com/columns/285906
Starting with the observation that, as tragic a toll as Islamic fundamentalism takes of its critics and innocent bystanders, as everywhere – from New York’s World Trade Centre to Sydney’s Martin Place and now, the heart of Paris – the overwhelming majority of its victims are Muslims themselves.
So my sympathy at times like this extends to the vast majority of virtuous, peace-loving Muslims whose lives are threatened or lost, and whose creed is brought under suspicion, scorn and opprobrium by lunatics and criminals allegedly acting in the name of Allah.
Je suis Charlie… et Altantuya
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Also, ‘Saya Teoh Beng Hock’, ‘Saya A Kugan’.
