Carnage in Pakistan

We are appalled at the incident of bombing inside a mosque in Pakistan which killed over two dozen people, including four children. In this latest suicide bombing incident the bomber blew himself up after entering the mosque when devotees were about to go home after holding a religious congregation. It was a heinous act by all definition and deserves condemnation in the strongest of language. Targeting unarmed civilians, especially devotees belonging to another community in their places of worship, only proves that the perpetrators have no respect for human life and religion in general.
The state of sectarian clashes among various communities in Pakistan is going from bad to worse, with no sign of reason and logic coming to play to defuse tension. Past experience shows that mindless acts only infuriate the victims' families and friends to retaliate with greater intensity.
This also needs to be said that suicide as a means of achieving any religious or political objective has been strongly prohibited in the holy books of Islam but to our utmost dismay we have noticed that many clandestine groups in Pakistan have been sending young followers to their peril to achieve their agenda. The suicide bomber in the latest incident in Pakistan was only 17 which shows the vulnerability of the adolescent to terrorist messages. Like an automaton he ended his life and took that of many others with him. The situation in Pakistan has deteriorated in recent times with the Taliban and Al Qaeda elements extending support to various anti-establishment factions inside the country.
What is needed to be done at the moment by the Pakistan government is stepping up security in front of the mosques across the country to deter any such future attacks. Since the whereabouts of suicide bombers are not easy to determine, many tier security belt in sensitive spots might work to obtain the objective. Our sympathy goes to the grief-stricken families of the deceased and the injured in the bombing incident.