Abu Dhabi: Indians in the UAE said all Indians shared the grief of Pakistani parents who had lost their children in the brutal attack by the Taliban and stood by Pakistanis in their time of grief.
“It is a crime against humanity,” Ambuj Thripathi, 34, a chartered accountant, said. “There is no matter whether we are Indians, Pakistanis or of any other nationality. We all have to share the sorrow of the parents [who lost the children] and Pakistan as a whole,” Thripathi said.
Dev Kusum Datta, 52, an architect, said: “In this hour of crisis, all Indians are eager to help Pakistan by whatever way possible. The extremist organisation who did this heinous crime against humanity are using the name of religion but they are against all religious teachings. We should isolate them by all means to prevent such incidents in future.”
Jayachandran Nair, 48, an engineer, said: “At my office, I noticed the grief among my Pakistani colleagues and I told them all Indians are with them.”
“What is the difference between human beings, if their nationalities are different?” Nair asked.
“As a father of young children I can imagine the grief of those parents. It is outrageous that the Taliban called it an act of revenge. No religion supports such an act. We all have to strongly condemn this incident and act together to stop such horrible crimes against humanity,” he said.
P.M Abdul Rahman, 46, a public relations clerk and a social worker, said the incident shows the extremists do not even spare innocent children. It is more atrocious that they say is in the name of religion. This is ridiculous and condemnable. All of humanity should join together to fight against these extremists, he said.
