Take it up with the folks in Mecca. Did you know there is only one Mecca/Mekkah? Did you know that? Well, guess what all Muslims are required by one of the pillars of Islam to make a pilgrimage during Hajj celebrating the same path as the prophets. It doesn't matter if they are Shia or Sunni or any other segregation of Islam, they all have the same obligations. Why is it that Hajj is sacred enough to obey the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, but, not the lives of the same people afterward?
These people are criminals. They are criminals. If a young Muslim is going to live in freedom to practice his or her religion in a country dedicated to equality of all faiths they need to get over themselves.
The reason these idiots in Syria are gathering support is because they romanticize and sexualize killing. There is nothing new here. We have seen young Muslims for decades to travel through Pakistan into the wild hills and mountains of Afghanistan to fight "JIHAD." Jihad is not about killing it is a method of survival of the people led by Mohammad when it was necessary. What has and still provides the basis for anger that radicals use as an excuse for jihad and fatwa is the Palestinian struggle. Palestine has absolutely nothing to do with the killing by international criminals in Syria or otherwise, therefore, there is absolutely no valid reason for these actions by radicals.
January 14, 2015
By Abdelkader Ben
AMSTERDAM — Something snapped. (click here) I was 13 years old, dreaming of books and girls and nothing else — a healthy Dutch kid with a Moroccan background who freewheeled through life. Then something happened that made me feel different from the pack. One day in history class, the fatwa against Salman Rushdie became the subject. Our teacher talked about freedom of expression; I talked about insulting the Prophet. There was an awkward silence. What was that Abdelkader guy talking about? Fatwhat?
I remember standing up, my voice rising as I struggled to make an argument about the holiness of the Prophet to me and my community....
These people are criminals. They are criminals. If a young Muslim is going to live in freedom to practice his or her religion in a country dedicated to equality of all faiths they need to get over themselves.
The reason these idiots in Syria are gathering support is because they romanticize and sexualize killing. There is nothing new here. We have seen young Muslims for decades to travel through Pakistan into the wild hills and mountains of Afghanistan to fight "JIHAD." Jihad is not about killing it is a method of survival of the people led by Mohammad when it was necessary. What has and still provides the basis for anger that radicals use as an excuse for jihad and fatwa is the Palestinian struggle. Palestine has absolutely nothing to do with the killing by international criminals in Syria or otherwise, therefore, there is absolutely no valid reason for these actions by radicals.
January 14, 2015
By Abdelkader Ben
AMSTERDAM — Something snapped. (click here) I was 13 years old, dreaming of books and girls and nothing else — a healthy Dutch kid with a Moroccan background who freewheeled through life. Then something happened that made me feel different from the pack. One day in history class, the fatwa against Salman Rushdie became the subject. Our teacher talked about freedom of expression; I talked about insulting the Prophet. There was an awkward silence. What was that Abdelkader guy talking about? Fatwhat?
But
our teacher, Mr. Fok, understood me. He claimed the fatwa didn’t make
sense. How could somebody be offended by fiction? How could using one’s
imagination lead to the death sentence?How could using one’s imagination lead to the death sentence?
I remember standing up, my voice rising as I struggled to make an argument about the holiness of the Prophet to me and my community....
