What happened on 9/11 is not an american trauma, it is a global human trauma. Whoever is responsible, in the collective mindset for most people and in the Western media it has been muslims flying in jets into those towers. Being human means having certain beliefs and mindset, right or wrong. Even when or if wrong, those are being lived. The Quran is clear, as are the Hadiths. Muslims will undergo a lot of rejection in societies. The Quran also states, those that are rejected the most are closest to Allah. Another advise most muslim men and women do not seem to get is that in non-islamic countries it is forbidden to kindle hatred against Allah. Islam is not a mere political doctrine, it is a spiritual path. Any muslim has to keep striving to understand the advises written in the Quran, else what is the point. So again a missed chance. Geert Wilders felt so much power overthere, gets his financial support also in the US, while the Dutch people pay 2 million euro’s per year for het securityprotection. If the intention is an interfaith cultural center, why did i not hear anyone speaking out, that grieving Americans had a point, where was the compassion, the empathy, while at the same time asking for support, financially and otherwise to come up with a different location, thus building cohesion among americans. Instead reactions are typical and all about male ego’s even when some of them are women. A Natobase in Afghanistan attacked, people killed because of it. Anyone knowing anything about psychology knows these are all reactive emotional responses. A muslim should know and realize that does not fit a spiritual way of living and is in no way an example of the Greater Jihad, the Inner Transformation of ones self.
We are put together to learn from eachother according to the Quran. Feeling entitled to whatever is becoming a tiresome childlike tune. Victimisation of Muslims is a dead street. As is written in the Quran, if we do not like our circumstances we have to change within.
A planet is dying, people are starving and they cannot choose to move anywhere else. And yes muslims have seeded this image of extreme terrorists worldwide, whether understandable or not, thus stigmatizing all muslims.
As an elder woman i am tired of all these men acting out.
Yet as is stated in the Quran, when a woman and a man truely become as one, they will change the world, will change humanity. Becoming as one, can only be done when both genders are equal, take responsibility and act as adults. Reactive responses are then no longer a luxury one can afford oneself. In the Islam borders like America or Europe do not exist. We are all one uma and any muslim should speak out to another muslim when they think they are mistaken. Victims can never change perpetrators. Emotions, anger will not change anything. Any muslim has the duty to stand up against dictators. All muslims know they have failed to do so, within their own arab/muslims nations for decades. Blaming those outside your ethnocentric community is far easier than speaking out in your own community, risking rejection by peers and elders. Yet any muslim should muster the courage to stand in truth, as all falsehood will ultimately wither away. This has served Geert Wilders and those behind him well. Easy shots, even when historically untrue. For those who want to believe them, they will serve to poison their hearts even more. But let us not forget the unbearable pain americans suffered because of 9/11 is legitimate. Like all pain in any islamic country people suffered is legitimate. Let us care and heal !!
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