A few months ago, more than a hundred schoolgirls were abducted and forcibly converted to Islam by the #BokoHaram. The world outraged for a few days, there were #bringbackourgirls tweets trending and everyone and their grandmother were shedding real or faux tears for the poor girls.
Many of those girls are probably raising little Mujahideens of their own right now. The world has ceased to care. Media has moved on to the next tragedy.
The IS did terrible, unspeakable things to the Yezdi women and children in Iraq. There were brutal beheadings, mass executions, terrible tales of torture. The world outraged for a few days. Again, all was forgotten, as the media looked around for a fresh batch of victims to shed crocodile tears over.
Today, the world is busy outraging over the #PeshawarAttacks. A few days from now, these children too would be forgotten. Their unmarked graves would languish in anonymity. Only their parents will live the rest of their lives with a wound in their hearts that will never stop bleeding. Media will move on in search of the next big tragedy.
There will be another terror attack somewhere. Soon. Too soon.
Another 'human interest' story will hold the world's attention captive. The perpetrators would be the same, their hatred, their ideology, their intolerance, even their outfits would be the same. The victims will be different. One more thing will remain constant though, the declaration that 'Terrorists Have No Religion'!
And then the world will sleep. Again. Till the 'terrorists with no religion' strike. Again. And again. And again!
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