Deplorable attack

Sir, - The recent attack on a church in Pakistan which killed 16 persons is deplorable. It is no less a heinous crime than the September 11 attacks in the U.S. The fundamentalists are setting examples in cowardliness, not bravery, by such attacks.

If the Governments are not able to protect the constitutional rights of the minorities, they have no right to proclaim that they are democratic or anti-terrorist.

Syed Naseeruddin Ansari,

Hyderabad

Sir, - The attack on the Catholic church in Pakistan makes one wonder what these massacres are aimed at. In the midst of the `holy war' called by Mullah Omar and the American strikes on Afghanistan, this attack on the church will add to the existing religious tensions.

It is time the people behind these terrible atrocities realised that these attacks will only affect their own kith and kin.

Annie Jose,

Visakhapatnam

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