Evil stalks the earth. It always strikes a gruesome blow and sows hatred and vengeance in all bystanders. It turns brothers against brother. We are witnessing such a time in Nepalýs history. In centuries past, the Nepalis of Muslim faith worked the trade routes to the south to keep the country supplied with the few bits of technology and outside goods that the country had. These are the folks who traded in the considerable amount of precious metals and precious stones came into the city states of Kathmandu. Where do you think we got the gold and silver to mint coins for Tibet? Most, if not all, of the bangles and bead necklaces worn by our women as symbols of marriage and as adornment have historically been created and traded by Nepalis of Muslim origin. They have played an important, if quiet, part in our culture and history. And today, in an orgy of blind anger and frustration, our fellow countrymen have desecrated their places of worship. Many here, the supposedly educated and learned, have blindly called for their destruction and killing. For when the heat of the moment passes and anger simmers down, even the hottest head will need to accept the the Muslim community in Nepal is absolutely nothing like the barbaric murderer who butchered the innocent 12. This is a shameful moment for us all. How many here know of the thousands killed by the Spaniards five centuries ago? They destroyed the entire south American civilizations of that time? So, how many of you have boycotted Spanish products or culture? Anyone? America: had the largest collection of slave labour in the past few hundred years. Many are familiar with the lines ýall men are created equalý by one of the undoubtedly brilliant men of any time: Thomas Jefferson. He was a slave owner and never set a single one of them free. So how many of you have boycotted the Americans? Instead, by the thousands, everyone has applied for the DV lottery. The maoists have got their victims to dig trenches, then hacked off their arms and legs and pushed them, still bleeding and alive, into the trenches they dug. So how many of you have gone and burnt down even one table in their offices? Are we operating on double standards here or what? Spewing such blind and unreasoned hatred against any one community by the majority over the acts of the few is stupidity en masse. And this from our supposedly educated people? This is who we are? This is the best we can do? Thousands of hardworking men and women of Nepal toil in various professons in the middle east. Yes, all those Muslim countries. It their dollars that have filled the coffers of the central bank and buoyed the economy despite the civil war. The Nepalese economy has not collapsed because of the paychecks provided by the Muslim countries of Malaysia, and the entire middle east. So, perhaps those who are swearing at Muslims should also be prepared to find alternatives to all those billions of dollars paid by Muslims to Nepali workers. And yes, all those promoting hatred should also be ready to feed, house, clothe and employ all those Nepalis who will be quitting their jobs in the entire Middle East to protest Islam. Say, why not make a truly grand gesture. Let all Nepalis return all the money they made in the middle east back to those hateful Muslims? How about it? One damn fine gesture: pile all the money that came from the middle east in a huge pyre in tundihkhel and set fire to it. Thatýll teach em. How about it? Care to put your money where your mouths are? Yes, letýs condemn terrorism and confront evil in whatever shape or form we find it. It is the work of cowards to prosecute the innocent and helpless based on the religion of that group. That is evil too. I have, with gratitude, seen many sane and level headed posters here speak up. Please, do letýs continue to do this. Let us do this loud and clear. Donýt let the hatred mongers smother your voices in a cacophony of hatred. You must speak out now, and you must speak repeatedly against hatred. Please join me in condemning all acts of barabarity, everywhere. Even those perpertrated by our own people. Expressions of anger are expected and understandable at times like this. But such visceral and endless hatred as litters so many threads here is shameful. Sajha is close to being a hate site. This has to stop. San, this is the moment to act.