Letters to the Editor
Saving Islam?
Islam is known as the religion of peace. We have known from different Hadiths that our beloved Prophet (pbuh) forgave all his enemies after Mecca had been conquered by Muslims. The non-Muslims of his time were motivated by his kind behaviour and consequently they accepted Islam as their religion. No blasphemy law was needed at the time. But Hefajat-e Islam activists seem to be walking in the opposite direction. Is Islam really in danger in this country where the majority of people are Muslims?
Rafikul Islam, BAU, Mymensingh
Outrageous!
The Savar tragedy is the deadliest man-made disaster Bangladesh has ever faced. But seeing the brave rescuers we got the feeling that Bangladeshis are always ready to protect their fellow countrymen even by risking their own lives. However, there have been some reports on television that a few corrupt people have taken compensation from the government claiming that they were the families of the victims. This is outrageous. These culprits should be punished. At a time when sympathy and help are what the victims' families deserve to get, it is disheartening to know that there are still many amongst us who act from their own selfish motives.
Samiha Matin, Uttara, Dhaka
An objectionable picture
I am writing this letter after seeing a picture published on the back page of your newspaper on 1st May 2013. The picture of two hapless human beings clinging to each other under the rubble of the collapsed building was too much to take. I was wondering what the newspaper authorities were thinking when they published this picture.
One should realise that these bodies were of people who probably had brothers and sisters, friends, spouses, children and other family members. It must have been very unpleasant for them to see the picture and the caption.
We want to see true and detailed news reports, but in a more sensitive way.
Asfarul Islam, Architect, Dhaka
Journalism for truth
Journalists' duty is to tell people the truth fearlessly. But we really get shocked when we see two different reports of the same incident in two different newspapers. We don't want yellow journalism. People want to know the truth from journalists.
Snawara Shimul, Dhaka University
Govt decision and people's sufferings
We are really surprised to know that our government refused to accept help from foreign countries in the rescue operation at Rana Plaza. The government should have sought help from foreign countries to rescue the people who were buried under the rubble of the collapsed building. It is our firm belief that many more people could have been saved if foreign countries were allowed to help.
We just cannot understand why the government did not take the foreign rescue teams' help. They had all the equipment and skills needed for conducting a proper rescue operation. The government's equipment was not enough to carry out this huge rescue operation. We saw on television that the volunteers, army and fire brigade men requested the general people continuously to provide them with saws, oxygen cylinders, drill machines, torches, surgical masks, water bottles and many other things.
How unfortunate we are! We have to suffer because of the government's wrong decisions.
Nur Jahan, Chittagong
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