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Salamualaikum wa Rahmatullah,
I just wanted to post this as a reminder to myself before anyone else.
We tend to be outraged when there is an injustice committed against an Afghan, even more outraged if that Afghan is of a Pashtun background, even more outraged if he is from our tribe, our city etc etc. But we are quick in losing the relation to victims of injustices. When it's someone we can't relate to, the crime committed against them is just ignored and THAT is so wrong.
We can't just be screaming at the top of our lungs when it comes to defending out own rights - how DARE we remain silent when it comes to defending others' rights?
If you are victim to racial profiling, of course you are outraged and it is your right and responsibility to stand up and speak up.
But if you witness racial profiling against someone else, it still is your right and moral responsibility to stand up and speak up against it.
Similarly, we need to stand up and act against the genocide that is happening in Libya. Those people are our Muslim brothers and sisters (and don't you even dare come up with some sort of sectarian crap right now) and they are our fellow human beings on this planet. Their leader is massacring them. He is paying missionaries $2000 daily to kill innocent human beings, to rape Libyan women, to murder civilians. This is genocide happening in the 21st century in front of our eyes. The Middle East is writing history and the Libyans are amongst the most brave people I know and I commend them for their courage and strength.
It is our duty to help them. I urge you, people, do whatever you can to help them. Write to your legislators and presidents, to the media, to embassies. Join protests, donate to Muslims Without Boundaries, spread the word, do something. We are not only responsible for the things we do but also for the things we don't do. We must not support this brutality and we cannot abet and aid his tyranny with out idleness.
There is power in numbers, do something!
This here is the Ummah of the Prophet Mohammad, may the peace and blessings of Allah swt be upon him. One Ummah. It's one body and it can't function if one organ is sick and dying. We can't let the Libyans who are part of us and this amazing Ummah just die and suffer because their pain does affect us and the strength of this Ummah.
And this does not only apply to Libya, or Bahrain, or Yemen, or the Middle East, or today or tomorrow. It is a timeless piece of advice: There is honor in standing up for justice even if you might not benefit from it personally.
Walaikumasalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu.
I just wanted to post this as a reminder to myself before anyone else.
We tend to be outraged when there is an injustice committed against an Afghan, even more outraged if that Afghan is of a Pashtun background, even more outraged if he is from our tribe, our city etc etc. But we are quick in losing the relation to victims of injustices. When it's someone we can't relate to, the crime committed against them is just ignored and THAT is so wrong.
We can't just be screaming at the top of our lungs when it comes to defending out own rights - how DARE we remain silent when it comes to defending others' rights?
If you are victim to racial profiling, of course you are outraged and it is your right and responsibility to stand up and speak up.
But if you witness racial profiling against someone else, it still is your right and moral responsibility to stand up and speak up against it.
Similarly, we need to stand up and act against the genocide that is happening in Libya. Those people are our Muslim brothers and sisters (and don't you even dare come up with some sort of sectarian crap right now) and they are our fellow human beings on this planet. Their leader is massacring them. He is paying missionaries $2000 daily to kill innocent human beings, to rape Libyan women, to murder civilians. This is genocide happening in the 21st century in front of our eyes. The Middle East is writing history and the Libyans are amongst the most brave people I know and I commend them for their courage and strength.
It is our duty to help them. I urge you, people, do whatever you can to help them. Write to your legislators and presidents, to the media, to embassies. Join protests, donate to Muslims Without Boundaries, spread the word, do something. We are not only responsible for the things we do but also for the things we don't do. We must not support this brutality and we cannot abet and aid his tyranny with out idleness.
There is power in numbers, do something!
This here is the Ummah of the Prophet Mohammad, may the peace and blessings of Allah swt be upon him. One Ummah. It's one body and it can't function if one organ is sick and dying. We can't let the Libyans who are part of us and this amazing Ummah just die and suffer because their pain does affect us and the strength of this Ummah.
And this does not only apply to Libya, or Bahrain, or Yemen, or the Middle East, or today or tomorrow. It is a timeless piece of advice: There is honor in standing up for justice even if you might not benefit from it personally.
Walaikumasalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu.
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