U.S. Ambassador Lauds Bangladeshis For Rejecting Terrorism
Siddique Islam - All Headline News Foreign Correspondent Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) - U.S. Ambassador in Bangladesh Patricia A. Butenis has lauded the people of Bangladesh for rejecting the extremists' terrorism and their conception of society, "they chose freedom over tyranny and tolerance over intolerance." "The fight against terrorism is not a war against Islam, this is a struggle that unites the peoples of the U.S., Bangladesh, U.K. and India," the Ambassador says in a statement on Sunday in memory of September 11 terrorist attacks in US. "The people of Bangladesh rejected the extremists' terrorism and their conception of society; they chose freedom over tyranny and tolerance over intolerance," she adds. Butenis says the victims of September 11th were citizens of more than 90 different countries - including Bangladesh - and adherents of many faiths - including Islam. "Here in Bangladesh we provide funds for Muslim girls and boys to go to school, for Muslim women to visit health clinics, and for Muslim young people to get training for jobs - not because they are Muslim, but because of our shared humanity," she notes. The Ambassador adds, "The anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks is an appropriate occasion for the international community to reaffirm our unequivocal condemnation of all acts of terror. No faith condones the deliberate targeting and killing of innocent civilians, and no cause or grievanc |
