On the Genesis of Ethno-Religious Crises

Regardless of who the first perpetrator of mayhem is, once the authorities do not nip it in the bud by establishing a precedence of justice, there is bound to be repeat/retaliation.

When authorities refuse to "do the needful", two things happen: the culprits become emboldened to repeat the atrocity and feel neither remorse nor fear of retribution on one hand.
On another hand the victims begin nursing a plan for retaliation which in many cases can extend across generations as 'feuds' are handed down with dire consequences since most 'retaliations' are ever commensurate, inevitably resulting in acting beyond 'limits'.

And after that point we are all left in botched-up quagmire of accusations, counter-accusations, insinuations, innuendos, rumours, instigations, hate-mongering, and fear-spreading in the polity.

Most times the conversations around ethno-religious crises are framed as 'boxes' of 'me' against 'you' and the maxim is that you are either with me or against me.

However, all parties must leave such stereotypes and biases and adopt an urgency to resolve issues based on compromise. No one will get what is fully in their mind but there will be a middling ground where there is agreement for the sake of peace, progress and posterity.

In the end, after the endless cycles of bloodshed, only that initial justice that was ignored will be the path to peace with 'dialogue' being the only effective 'weapon' that will overpower all other weapons.

Indeed the issues are not as easy as saying them because no one knows the pains of being a victim of these type of crises except the one who has experienced it first hand.

May the land be healed.

# sincerity # openness # justice

Haidarwali 201702011117hrs

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