P3M condemns Bali blast

P3M condemns Bali blast

From Koran Tempo

Barbaric! Perhaps this is the most common word uttered to describe the act of terrorism when we heard Bali was bombed. We feel our human feelings were deeply wounded because hundreds of lives have perished tragically by the hands of barbaric and cruel people.

What makes it more tragic is that the victims are not only Indonesian citizens but also other citizens of the world who were enjoying their vacation on the island of Gods. Whatever reasons they may have, their acts can be classified as very violent and are unjustifiable.

The Bali bomb case is not the first of its kind and may not be the last. We seem to have run out of suitable words to describe their atrocities and curse the perpetrators despite the fact we have yet to know exactly who they are. The government seems impotent to catch the dirty hands smeared with blood that always spread anxiety and horror everywhere.

We, the Association for Developing the Society and Islamic Boarding Schools (P3M), would like to express our concern over the blast: * Condemn the bomb blast. This violence is considered an act of cowardice driven by ambition. * The government and other related institutions, especially the police have to work more seriously to uncover the incident. Do not let these wicked people roam the country and spill human blood everywhere and do not let the people take the law into their own hands because they think the government is incompetent to deal with terrorism. * We express our heart-felt sympathy to the victims and the bereaved. Please trust that justice will triumph. * We would like to appeal to all Indonesian citizens to be more cautious and alert and to avoid giving misleading opinions. Suspicion of certain groups must not make us lose our common sense and allow us to adopt "the end justifies the means" policy.

MASDAR F. MAS'UDI, et al

Jakarta