It
is time for Muslims to face these situations boldly and hopefully put an end to
living apologetically and in fear. So what if the terrorist is a Muslim?
Stereotyping Muslims no more! Here is a beginning of a series of articles and
work geared to fight stereotyping any American be it a Muslim, Jew, Gay-Lesbian,
Immigrant, African American, Hindu or Sikh American.
The following article invokes
common sense to those who thrive on chaos and prefer to aggravate it further,
rather than restore the society to normalcy. It is for those who are anxious to
turn their frustrations into blaming anything in sight including Obama and
Muslims.
Full story at the link…
Consider another scenario; if a single woman wants to move from Seattle to New York or Dallas, and asks your recommendation. Based on statistics, would you say – don’t go to New York, they are murderers. In 2010 they murdered 866 people, and sure don’t go there, they are rapists, they raped 2, 771 women. If you are a New Yorker, how would you feel your categorization?
Muslims ought to feel the same. Should
New Yorkers apologize to this woman from Seattle for the rapes and murders in
their state? Should Texans do the same? Should a Muslim apologize for the acts
he or she did not commit? The answer is hell no!
think, talk and act as one.
A friend wrote a note to me, “But why are Muslims not able to stop their own from committing such horrific acts.”
Are you saying that the Muslim community is permitting these criminals to go kill? Was the New Town killer authorized by the Christians to go kill children! Did Americans Authorize KKK and White Supremacist to Kill? Did Christians authorize 50 some mass murders in the United States to run their automatic weapons in Colorado, Wisconsin, Oregon? Were the peaceful Buddhists Monks in Myanmar authorized by the entire Buddhist world community to murder their fellow Muslim citizens? Your question is pretty dumb.
If you live in America, you should know that, we are not responsible for the actions of our brothers, sisters, parents, kids and spouse – why should the community be responsible then? In a civil society, individuals are responsible for the action and not the community. Yes, a few will blame Muslims, and we should not be in shouting match of scoring over each other… instead, we need to find solutions that are good for us, all of us. One of them is to invoke thinking… most will get it, some won’t. This is what I have done. Thank you
Full article at Huffington post – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/what-if-boston-terrorist-is-muslim_b_3108305.html#es_share_ended
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writer on pluralism, politics, peace, Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at work
place. He is committed to building a Cohesive America and offers
pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at www.TheGhousediary.com. He believes in
Standing up for others
and has done that throughout his life as an activist. Mike has a presence on
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