Dr. Muqtedar Khan is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Adrian College in Michigan. He is a Visiting Fellow at Brookings Institution. For a
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The nightmare that began on 9/11 continues. Another major terrorist attack in the West and the style clearly indicates that the attackers are mimicking or emulating the al Qaeda signature of coordinated, multiple, simultaneous attacks. Along with other Americans, my heart reaches out for Londoners who have lost friends and relatives in this horrible attack. Along with other American Muslims and people of all faith communities, I pray for peace and fortitude for those who have suffered today. This madness must stop before the world is caught in a spiral of violence that will not only tear asunder the very moral fiber of our civilization, but also jeopardize the possibility of any reconciliation between civilizations. A snapshot of the world we live in today is gruesome. Even as bombs were exploding in London, an instantaneous war on a peaceful day, terrorists were also killing Ihab al-Sherif, an Egyptian diplomat in Iraq.
Islam
was sent as mercy to humanity, yet some merciless barbarians insist on
sullying its teachings by unleashing the evil that corrodes their own
souls. There
is a message in this for all of us. In the pursuit of political and
ideological goals we are forgetting the sacred value of life itself.
Since 9/11 thousands of innocent civilians have died, in Iraq, in
Afghanistan, in Spain, in Turkey, in Indonesia, and now in London. Can we
find a way to deal with these tragedies in such a way that it does not
lead to more deaths, more violence, more anger, and more hatred? Our reality today questions our humanity, can we reassure ourselves that we indeed constitute a civilization. Back to Ijtihad. Back to Globalog. Back to GlocalEye.
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