ISIS Myiasis
Nishthar Idroos
A terminally ill patient with tissue infestations and a multitude of larvae spreading endlessly from a gnarled body is a pathological conundrum. The bizarre metaphor apt and demonstrative of the contemporary carnage and ensuing mayhem unleashed by the so called ISIS in collaboration with nameless, faceless outfits ably sustaining them. All of this done in the name of Islam. Obviously a good reason why sincere Muslims would seriously want to know why violence is attributed to a religion that promotes peace and was revealed to all mankind.
The menacing Jihadi John in jet black garb and in a mask front of a camera supposedly threatening to slit the throat of a purported victim. These are one of many pictures the public had seen and perhaps believed. A region that had relative peace only a decade ago destroyed beyond recognition by the most feared weapon today – American democracy.
Gruesome killings via explosions with ghastly trails of human body parts and blood. These incidents so common place even today long after George Walker Bush had guests from a celestial body in his dream and hand over a special message.
I’ve heard and read experts opine whether this is deliberate policy to depopulate a people? Four simple English letters that had stirred horror worldwide. Now Sri Lanka comes under paranoiac surveillance. A sensational proclamation by a prominent Cabinet Minister in the august assembly stirring passions. Flatly refuted in its own corridors by an equal strongman. Luscious and rib-tickling material for the inimitable Bandu Samarasinghe and Tennyson Coorey comedy duo to work on their next political satire. For the moment the saga continues to mutate.
It seems the occult Wahhabi has once again reemerged. Services of the spellbinder is sought to accomplish media objectives. The spellbinder would with powers vested in him and aided by supporters and sponsors would strive to create the uncertain and foreboding milieu. Forces would then coalesce. In due course the negative message would spread. Sri Lankans would get anxious, alarmed and afraid.
Gonibillah Wahhabi is here. A narrative similar to the infamous grease yaka. A deceptive yet practical tool perfected by Uncle Sam with a well spruced lithographed user manual now available in many languages. (Apologies to the great if not one of the foremost and greatest scholars of Islam Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab – a much maligned Islamic scholar (May Allah have mercy on him). The payoff follows “Desperate ISIS Wahhabi’s impatient to make love to virgins in Paradise prefer a quick martyrdom”
The all too excruciatingly familiar caricature hugely weakened by incessant repetition and stereotyping courtesy of news stations like FOX, CNN, BBC along with their local and regional counterparts. Appalling adherence to sophomoric scaremongering and courtship with the absurdist theatre. I believe the west and their allies must strive for greater originality in the future.
The all too excruciatingly familiar caricature hugely weakened by incessant repetition and stereotyping courtesy of news stations like FOX, CNN, BBC along with their local and regional counterparts. Appalling adherence to sophomoric scaremongering and courtship with the absurdist theatre. I believe the west and their allies must strive for greater originality in the future.
