Dear Brothers Assalaamoalaikum Why do we blame politicians? No doubt, they are supposed to see to it that people do not do such crimes, and punish those responsible for same. But when it comes to sunnis and shiites, what are our Ullama supposed to do? In fact, is it not the sunni Ullama in this case who are responsible for such crimes. Do they applaud when shiites are bombed, are killed in cold blood? Do they reprimand those who are guilty of such crimes OR do they applaud? The Government has its part of responsibility - as far as protecting the population is concerned, BUT the Ullama are those responsible for such actions. Brotherly yours farook