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In the wake of recent bombings during the month of Ramadan, it has really made me wonder if we are condemning these attacks enough to make a difference.
Egypt, Turkey, Bangladesh, Iraq and Saudi Arabia are among those countries that suffered the horrific attacks of Daesh during the Holy month of Ramadan. I did see the social media buzz up a little bit; mostly blaming the west for not supporting us. Images like the one below surfaced and was shared by every Tom, Dick and Harry.
But it made me question. As Muslims, what are we doing to condemn these? Did Minar-e-Pakistan bristle in colors of different flags? How many of us stood outside to condemn the attacks on our Holy mosque and all those innocent lives lost in recent bombing, including the one on Easter in Lahore? Sure, there were 'few' but where they enough?
I read up on what the world thought about it. Sure there were always those bunch of dumbasses who bluntly blamed Islam and cursed out the religion, the prophet and God but then there were those who were more sensible... these are the normal average people, who don't waste time fighting on the internet but knows that what's happening to Muslims is not right. These people support us but they are slowly fading away...
I've observed that even the more liberal non-Muslims are doubting that Islam is a peaceful religion. You know why? Because they keep asking, 'If what Daesh does is wrong, then why don't we see Muslims on the street protesting against them?' or 'The day I see Muslims on the street protesting against Daesh is the day I'll believe that Islam is the religion of Peace'. This is the main point. We don't have enough Muslims calling against Daesh. We cry that we are victims but do we point the finger at Daesh and call them the heretics and stand up against them in numbers? We can rally up a storm if a blasphemy law is discussed but when it comes to actually defending Islam we do nothing.
We as Muslims all uniformly believe that Deash's way of life is not the one that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) taught. It is not the one that Allah (SWT) wants. Yet, we sit in silence when they go boom.
As a Pakistani, a Muslim and a PG community member, I think we all should do our part to defend Islam. We need to unite and speak against Daesh because they are portraying the world that their way of life is the true Islam. That's why people like Trump are pushing to call Daesh 'Radical Islam'. We all know it is NOT radical Islam, it is the corrupted Islam, the perverted version. It makes us all look bad.
PG has a lot of educated and influential folks, I think if we don't stand up, then we can't expect others to stand up. This is the true Jihad, the Jihad to defend our faith. Not by violence but by words. The Jihad of the pen. Write and speak up about the true Islam.
Here is a video to inspire us... to do what this man does. We need to promote Islam and speak against Daesh.
*Note: Daesh is the true name of ISIS. I refuse to call them ISIS because they are NOT an Islamic State. The world doesn't recognize them as one and neither do I.
In the wake of recent bombings during the month of Ramadan, it has really made me wonder if we are condemning these attacks enough to make a difference.
Egypt, Turkey, Bangladesh, Iraq and Saudi Arabia are among those countries that suffered the horrific attacks of Daesh during the Holy month of Ramadan. I did see the social media buzz up a little bit; mostly blaming the west for not supporting us. Images like the one below surfaced and was shared by every Tom, Dick and Harry.
But it made me question. As Muslims, what are we doing to condemn these? Did Minar-e-Pakistan bristle in colors of different flags? How many of us stood outside to condemn the attacks on our Holy mosque and all those innocent lives lost in recent bombing, including the one on Easter in Lahore? Sure, there were 'few' but where they enough?
I read up on what the world thought about it. Sure there were always those bunch of dumbasses who bluntly blamed Islam and cursed out the religion, the prophet and God but then there were those who were more sensible... these are the normal average people, who don't waste time fighting on the internet but knows that what's happening to Muslims is not right. These people support us but they are slowly fading away...
I've observed that even the more liberal non-Muslims are doubting that Islam is a peaceful religion. You know why? Because they keep asking, 'If what Daesh does is wrong, then why don't we see Muslims on the street protesting against them?' or 'The day I see Muslims on the street protesting against Daesh is the day I'll believe that Islam is the religion of Peace'. This is the main point. We don't have enough Muslims calling against Daesh. We cry that we are victims but do we point the finger at Daesh and call them the heretics and stand up against them in numbers? We can rally up a storm if a blasphemy law is discussed but when it comes to actually defending Islam we do nothing.
We as Muslims all uniformly believe that Deash's way of life is not the one that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) taught. It is not the one that Allah (SWT) wants. Yet, we sit in silence when they go boom.
As a Pakistani, a Muslim and a PG community member, I think we all should do our part to defend Islam. We need to unite and speak against Daesh because they are portraying the world that their way of life is the true Islam. That's why people like Trump are pushing to call Daesh 'Radical Islam'. We all know it is NOT radical Islam, it is the corrupted Islam, the perverted version. It makes us all look bad.
PG has a lot of educated and influential folks, I think if we don't stand up, then we can't expect others to stand up. This is the true Jihad, the Jihad to defend our faith. Not by violence but by words. The Jihad of the pen. Write and speak up about the true Islam.
Here is a video to inspire us... to do what this man does. We need to promote Islam and speak against Daesh.
*Note: Daesh is the true name of ISIS. I refuse to call them ISIS because they are NOT an Islamic State. The world doesn't recognize them as one and neither do I.
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