9-11; the Facts, the Fiction and the Emotions

Today is the ninth anniversary of the terrible tragedy that we call 9-11. There are observances all over the world, people crying as they recall their lost loved ones or, that terrible day.

In these sincere, honest expressions of pain, there are also expressions of people whose hate of Islam and Muslims is so consuming that for them, there is no other reality except that Islam and Muslims are the single greatest threat to the so-called “Judeo-Christian Civilisation”.

These hate-filled people contaminate the lives of everyone around them, with their venom and with their regurgitated fantasies against Islam and Muslims; fantasies that are false and un-verified, but their constant repitition has transformed them into unchallenged facts.

The hate-filled fantasies against Islam and Muslims, include the “oppression” of women by forcing them to wear Burqas, Female Genital Mutilation, Honor-Murders and of course, “Muzlems” celebrated 9-11 all over the world.

All these have just enough truth behind them to make them credible to all those who do not take the time to check the real facts for themselves. Yes, society-forced Burqas, Female Genital Mutilation, Honor-Murders have been found among Muslims, but Burqas are no more “forced” on women, then are high heels and short skirts (especially in Winter!) are forced on women in the “Judeo-Christian Civilisation”. FGM and Honor-Murders are pracxtised among MANY non-Muslim cummunities, in fact, FGM is most often found among non-Muslims of Africa and hardly found elsewhere.

As for Muslims celebrating 9-11. I recall a journalist recently published a book in which he said he was in Mexico during the 9-11 period and people in bars would shout their support when they saw pictures of the Twin Towers coming down.

No, they aree not “Muzlems“.

The FACT is that Muslims joined others around the world in their mourning of the 9-11 tragedy, there were even massive, spontanoues marches in support of the victims and against terroism, in many Muslim-majority countries.

Check out the pictures below. I copied them off the web about ten years ago when I did not know much about computers so, I copied them on a Word document! Now I cannot find the original website because I am still not computer-savvy enough. If anyone can find the original website, and let me know, I shall be most grateful.

Muslims mourning 9-11

September 11, 2011 - Posted by penjihad | Uncategorized | 9-11, America, bigotry, Civil Rights, Hate, Homeland Security, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslims, Muslims mourning 9-11, Profiling, Quran, religion, Suicide bombing, Terror, Terrorism, US Foreign Policy, War on Terror

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Comment by dzul | September 11, 2011 | Reply
- Assalam alaikum,
  I assume your comments are directed as a condemnation, at the perpetrators of the 9-11 tragedy.
  
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Comment by Sac Hermes Evelyne | September 21, 2011 | Reply
All I need to know about Islam, I learned watching the attacks of 9/11/01.

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Comment by Chaz | October 5, 2011 | Reply
- Well Chaz, that is a comment that has been making its rounds (word for word) for a long time and I must say, it is a particularly brainless statement.
  
  How would it sound if someone said, “All I need to know about Christianity, I learnt from Nazis/Whit S. Africans/KKK/Serbs?
  How about, “All I need to know about Jews, I learn from Settlers and Baruch Goldstein”?
  Get the idea?
  
  Before you condemn and entire group pf people, consider where your biases are coming from, who is feeding them and whether you actually understand anything at all, about that group…not as fed to you by another bigot.
  
  One of the best books written about Islam, by a non-Muslim, is, “An Introduction to Islam for Jews” by Rabbi Reuven Firestone. You should read it.
  
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Blogger Jafar “Jeff” Siddiqui is an American Muslim living in WA.. USA.

He grew up in the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier) Province and has maintained close contacts in Pakistan.

He is a member of American Muslims of Puget Sound and is a human rights activist. He is involved with movements for inter-faith understanding. He has contributed articles for a textbook on terrorism, used by US law-enforcement agencies. He has also presented discussions and written article, on the Indo-Pakistan hostilities and their impact on Afghanistan.; he writes articles and gives lectures on Civil Rights, American Foreign Policy, on Islam, on current affairs including events in the Middle East, South and Central Asia. His works have been published in various print media. He also gives commentaries on radio and TV on these subjects.

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Dare I say “Jihad”?

Occasionally, I use the term “Jihad” in my articles, as the action needed to help make changes to better the ills of society. I often get feedback in which people worry more about my use of the word “Jihad”, than they do about the injustice about which I wrote; some wonder why I would use such a charged word among non-Muslims.

I intentionally use “Jihad”, because I want to jolt Muslims AND non-Muslims; “Jihad” cannot and must not become de-legitimized just because some people do not care to understand the true meaning of a sacred term and decide to associate it with terrible things.

“Jihad” springs from the Arabic “Jhd” which means “struggle”; “Jihad” means the act of struggle, “Mujahid” (Plural, Mujahideen) is someone who is doing “Jihad”.

At the core (the highest level), it is the duty of every Muslim to struggle against the basic negative predispositions we all have as humans…greed, envy, jealousy, rage, deceit, theft, murder etc.

At the next level, it is the duty of every Muslim to fight against the ills that beset Mankind…hunger, disease, homelessness, illiteracy, injustice, lack of water, pollution etc.,

At the least important level, Muslims are required to fight those who attack us AFTER we have exhausted all other efforts towards peaceful resolution. Even then, if peace is at hand, even at mid-battle, one has to stop and accept terms that are just and preserve the dignity of all parties.

I would imagine these are things that every person needs to subscribe to, not just Muslims.

Yet, there is a growing body of opinion in the non-Muslim West, that “Jihad” can ONLY be equated with murder and mayhem and thus, anyone using the word, can be presumed to be associated with supporting murder and mayhem.

I would suggest that supporters of the body of opinion that would like to taint “Jihad”, are people who consider themselves at “War!” with Islam, Muslims and Arabs. They may be a growing number of people, but they are wrong and it would be wrong for Muslims to lend credence to this opinion by shying away from “Jihad” in word, or in action.

Not so long ago, the Jewish organization ADL, launched an attack on some Muslim groups because the Muslims were wearing the Muslim Affirmation… “Shehada” (“There is no God but one God, and Mohammed is His prophet”) on their headbands and the ADL said that the Shehada stood for terrorism.

There are a growing number of bigots who state that Islam’s holy book, the Quran, is a symbol of evil and violence.

What should Muslims do? Abandon the Shehada and the Quran?

Some may say that we should just not use the Shehada on headbands, why not? Either the Affirmation (Shahada) is sacred or it is not; if it is sacred, then wherever it is used, as long as the use is not profane, is also sacred. If the Shehada is used in a profane manner, then the reflection is not upon the Shehada, but on the abuser.

Hitler took the Swastika as his symbol and today, it strikes fear and revulsion in the hearts of many, especially Jews. However, the Swastika is thousands of years old and among Hindus, the “Savas Tika” (“Peace sign”) is a holy symbol, it is used to adorn temples and used by Hindus at almost every occasion…it can be clockwise or counter-clockwise.

Should the Hindus be asked to abandon the Savas tika as a symbol?

If we dared to make such an absurd demand, we would be laughed off the stage.

The Star of David strikes fear and revulsion among millions of Palestinian men, women and children; should the Jews be asked to abandon the Star of David as their symbol?

I am betting millions of Bosnian Muslims shudder a little when they see a Crucifix, or the Christian Orthodox cross, because of the genocide of Bosnian Muslims by the Serbs and the Croats in the name of Christianity in the 1990s; should those symbols be cast aside?

The principle of “use it or lose it” is quite valid here. If we retreat for any reason, we are acknowledging that our sacred and holy terms or symbols are sometimes themselves, evil. Once we give that ground, then we can no longer use our Savas Tikas, our Crucifixes or our terms…THEN, the bad guys have truly won.

I believe that as reasoned and rational people, we cannot allow ourselves to fall victim to populist bigotries. We must look at what the symbol actually stands for, rather than associate it with the negative events that were tied to it by evil people; we must be able to differentiate between Nazi Swastikas on one hand, and symbols and words that are sacred, on the other.

Jihad; it is a sacred duty for every Muslim, Christian, Jew, Hindu…for every human being of good will.

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