What possible crime could a young student have committed that he or she deserves death? Can't think of any, right? This is what was going through the minds of horror stricken parents in Peshawar, Pakistan ("Horror in Peshawar," Dec. 16).
This time, the victims were beloved children. Parents had no clue that the kiss they had given to their children just before they left for school would be their last. Because at their child's school, seven armed men brutally took the lives of over 100 innocent children. But why?
The answer, according to the Taliban, is "Islam." The Holy Quran, however, states that "whosoever kills an innocent person ... it is as if they killed all of mankind." Only one conclusion can be drawn from this and that is that these barbarians know nothing about Islam. Rather, they just use the name of Islam to further their own interests.
Zafir Ahmed, Columbia