Extremism is Extremism
This is probably the most difficult post for me so far.
For a long time, I preferred remaining on the sidelines of this issue. Mainly because it is something that runs deep to many muslims. The Jihad. Or rather The Jihad?
I feel that a spade should be called just that, a spade. That suicide bombings, indiscriminate killings and murders, and blatant aggression should be acknowledged for what it is: extremism.
How strange I felt on the steps of the State Library last week, as the demonstrators applauded
'the resistance' of Iraq.
Are they celebrating the same 'resistance' that detonated a 'car-bomb' using children to pass through security checkpoints.
Is it the same 'resistance' that blows bombs during religious festivals?
So comes the question, is this Islam?
Yes, muslims are oppressed the world over;
yes, muslims are in a position of weakness;
but is this how the Prophet S.A.W taught us to act?
Is this how he reacted?
I cannot convince myself anymore that Islam condones indiscriminate murder. Or that it condones the murder of child who has never raised a weapon against a muslim. Nor of anyone who does not aggress us.
Saddam was a tyrant, but no one deserves the current anarchy. It is said that a ruler, even a tyrant, is a blessing from God. One only has to ask those living outside the Green Zone to know what that means.
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