Mohammad Jafar Iqbal is one of my favourite authors ever. Regardless of his political allegiences or beliefs, he really is a good person who I don't believe truly bears any ill-feelings towards Islam. I hope the security services take every step necessary to protect him from harm and arrest those who made this cowardly threat against his life.
Just because some people may not be tolerant of Islam does not give its followers the license to make threats against their lives, which only serve to benefit those people and hurt Islam even more. To fight intolerance Muslims need to be even more tolerant, to fight ignorance Muslims must educate people about Islam. This is a time for healing for Islam and its followers, not waging war; no matter how wrong and ignorant its critics are.
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