I was horrified to watch pictures of death and carnage coming out from Amman. I cannot understand how a human being can become so barbaric to kill innocent helpless people and so stupid to think that he will rewarded with eternity in Heaven. All those self-proclaimed martyrs will no doubt rot in Hell.
I felt shivers down my spine when I read that Syrian-American film director Mustapha Al-Akkad was injured in the terrorist attacks and that his daughter Rima was killed. It's a tragic irony that this man, who promoted the real Islamic values of tolerance, mercy and compassion in his famous epic movie "The Message," was a victim of those human beasts who are claiming to represent Islam and Muslims.
They stole Islam and we are not even trying to get it back. I am currently reading the new book, The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam Back From the Extremists, by Islamic scholar Khaled Abou El Fadl. In the book, Abou El Fadl explains how radical schools of thought (Wahhabism/Salafism) that are represented today by terrorist groups like Al-Qaida were nothing but aberrations from mainstream moderate Islam, though unfortunately, their claim to represent original orthodox Islam was supported by some Muslims under influence of political, economic and social factors. Moderate Islam still dominates, Abou El Fadl argues, and it's the duty of all Muslims to lead a counter-jihad against the extremists to claim Islam back.
Muslims can't simply watch Islam being murdered again in Amman and do nothing about it. Every suicide bombing that rips apart our real Islamic values confirms the fact that the real danger facing Islam today is the danger from within rather from the West.
My prayers go to the families of the victims and to all the people of Amman. May God protect Jordan and its people from any harm.
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