A Challenge to Islamic Leadership
Today, I watched with a sense of helplessness and hopelessness the breaking news of the massacre of innocent school children by the Taliban in Peshwar. I sit up and stare into space for a few minutes wondering what has become of the world I grew up in and a religion I was once passionate about and all I feel is sadness. I am saddened beyond words. I can predict and pre empt the reaction of most muslims I know, it will be something like this ( in various forms) "These people are crazy terrorists; It has nothing to do with religion" I have gotten to a point where I'm inclined to think these types of comments are not enough and will not change anything. A weak sweeping comment denying association with terrorist groups who insist on associating with a specific religion is not enough! Particularly if it is a religion where cartoons about the prophet and the burning of the Quran could cause major international riots. The silence and mild dissociations from a steady stream o...