Since last week’s bombing, I’ve spent quite a bit of time reviewing old photographs from trips to Pakistan. In seeing pictures of the shrine pre-attack, and in vividly recalling crowds of peaceful worshipers congregating there, posing no discernible threat to anyone, I was nearly moved to tears.
Daanish Faruqi
Daanish Faruqi is a master’s student in Islamic Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, and the editor of the forthcoming volume From Camp David to Cast Lead: Essays on Israel, Palestine, and the Future of the Peace Process (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books). He can be reached at dfaruqi (at) gmail dot com.
