We're now only a month or so away from the 6th anniversary of the events of 11 September 2001, when four planes were hijacked over the US. Two were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York, a third into the Pentagon in Washington, and a fourth crashed into rural Pennsylvania. I don't need to remind anyone.
I have been receiving a handful of emails that were decidedly hostile to Muslims on account of these events. I can fully understand and accept that those who lost anyone, whether it be relative or friend, colleague or close comrade, will not be able to look at anyone of Arabic complexion without at best misgivings.
Questions are being asked of loyalty of Muslims in the US and indeed Europe towards their country of residence. The events of 7 July 2005 and 21 July 2005 in London and 30 June 2007 in Glasgow (one successful and two failed terrorist attacks) have fuelled an already inflamed debate in certain sections of society in the UK.
I was distant from 9/11, geographically (being 3,500 miles away) and perhaps in other respects as well. At that time, I knew nobody in the US, but shared the empathy of horror that everybody felt. I cannot place myself in the shoes of anyone that was any closer than that. From my perspective, I can only plead for tolerance, communication between the relevant sections of society and the realisation that it's only an infinitissimally small minority that is wrecking it for the vast minority.
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People need to realize that the Muslim's responsible for that horrific deed (and the others) belong to a radical group, who happen to be Muslims. I have heard protestant pastors explain that the Koran speaks against this type of violence. 99% of Muslims are just like us, they want their kids to grow up in a peaceful world, they want to be free to come & go, to worship freely...all the things we do. They love love their families & friends, they laugh, they cry, they feel pain...they are humans like the rest of us. There's just this small precentage that have gone off with their strange ideas & precepts. They are very dangerous and we should be concerned about them...and believe me the common, everyday Muslim is concerned about them too. There were many Muslim people killed in the Twin Towers on that black day, and they too are targets of the radicals. To blame all Muslims, would be like blaming all Lutherans, if those who took over the planes had been Lutherans. I have had Muslim, co-workers and have a pretty good idea of their beliefs. I know they are peace loving people, like me...their Baptist co-worker. Linda in Washington state
ReplyDeleteIt is sad when someone is blamed because of something others did, just because they are of the same nationality, religion, etc.
ReplyDeleteLest we forget Muslims were killed that day too, 9/11.
Sugar
What we've been told about the Muslim religion has largely been false. The Koran does not teach against such violence and this religion is not the sweet, peaceful religion it's made out to be in the liberal media. It actually teaches that non-Islamics are inifidels and should be put to death. There is an excellent entry in another journal about this and the link:
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This is Carolyn's journal, and she has the truth about the Muslim religion. For those who won't take the time to read her entry, there was a poll taken in America. It showed that 26% of the 2 million Muslims aged 18-29 here believe that suicide bombing can be justified. Friends, that translates to 400,000 in the United States alone!
While we need to remember that there are many peaceful Muslims, we don't need to be led to believe that ALL are so peaceful. Take the ten or fifteen minutes to read Carolyn's entry - you will not find this information in any mainstream media.
Dirk
I've read Carolyn's entry, and it bears out my final paragraph. I do not agree with the views set out in her post, for the reasons set out in the above entry.
ReplyDeleteAs in any society there will always be two sides of a debate. On this one I do agree not all Muslims should be lumped into the behavior of some. No matter the religion, the country or the person's heritage there will always be bad apples present in the mix. To judge them all by the actions of a few seems radical to me. I like the saying "An eye for an eye will make the world go blind". (Hugs) Indigo
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