Eid and plight of Muslims
Prito Reza / Driknews
Eid-ul-Fitr came again with its boons. There was a brisk business across the country because people were generous to spend on daily essentials and clothing. The wealthy eyed not only on flaunting their spending spree but also on honing their popularity by giving the meager Zakaat. Muslims across the country renewed the relation by mending fence and making amends for past offences. An air of festivity was in the air. The Market places were aglow with electric lighting and abuzz with people busy with last time buying. The countryside market places and villages experienced the full tide of people that had negotiated the bad transport to come to their roots. But this year Eid came with a looming fear of political unrest ahead. It had been better if we could celebrate Eid in a corruption free country. One of my relatives, a police officer, getting less salary than me, distributed 'zakaat sari' among the poor with a view to running for the future election. But my anguish was assuaged by seeing the plight of Muslims in Libya, Syria and other war torn areas. My heart went out to the Muslims in the Horns of Africa who were dying of hunger in their hundreds. Where is humanity? When will the promised savior come to replace the overwhelming injustice with overwhelming justice?
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