Muslims shouldn't justify murder<\/p>\n
The mood in Indonesia now after the Bali bomb is one of deep
\nshame and trying to come to grips with how something like this
\ncould happen in the great Republic.<\/p>\n
This is a nation that prides itself on its religious tolerance
\nand great traditions as a leading light of the Non-Aligned Group
\nof Nations. Religious tolerance, enshrined in Indonesia's
\nConstitution, is part of the life of Indonesia's Muslim
\npopulation, the other 10 percent being Hinduism, Catholic,
\nProtestant and Buddhist.<\/p>\n
Many Indonesians are now questioning the concept of non-
\nalignment, and are seeing that some issues are worth pursuing
\nwith other concerned nations, and this vast group of people is
\npraying that the Bali bomb was not the work of so called Islamic
\nmilitants.<\/p>\n
The central core of Islam is the following of the straight and
\nrighteous path which is the first part of what the Koran calls
\nthe supreme triumph. The righteous path is clearly defined in the
\nKoran. To walk that path, a Muslim should be devout, sincere,
\npatient, humble, charitable and chaste.<\/p>\n
What has happened in Bali is a terrible atrocity against all
\nmankind. If by some awful truth, these killers are Islamic
\nmilitants, surely they are not of Islam. Surely the Bali killers
\nand the bin-Ladens of the world, the tyrants who use weapons of
\nmass destruction against their own people and fund mass terrorism
\nfollow an evil path, a path that is most definitely not of Islam,
\na path of repeated and deliberate errors.<\/p>\n
No man or woman of any religion could say the Bali bombers,
\nhave done good works, and because of their deliberate errors,
\nhave surely left the path of righteousness. How could any Muslim
\nsupport a concept of God that included the mass murder of
\ninnocent people? It is the Word of God that condemns terrorism in
\nIslam. Thus it is written in the Koran.
\nAnd it is certainly time for the world's religious leaders of
\nIslam to speak out and also condemn these outrageous men who
\nshame Islam in the eyes of the world.<\/p>\n
Whatever your religion, the Bali bomb was an abomination of
\nevil. Something like this hurts every man and woman's concept of
\nwhat it means to be human. It is times like this that one turns
\nto God and asks: \"Why?\"<\/p>\n
GREG WARNER<\/p>\n
Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/muslims-shouldnt-justify-murder-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }