Biyernes, Oktubre 12, 2012





"God knows it did not cross our minds to attack the Towers, but after the situation became unbearable—and we witnessed the injustice and tyranny of the American-Israeli alliance against our people in Palestine and Lebanon—I thought about it. And the events that affected me directly were that of 1982 and the events that followed—when America allowed the Israelis to invade Lebanon, helped by the U.S. Sixth Fleet. As I watched the destroyed towers in Lebanon, it occurred to me punish the unjust the same way: to destroy towers in America so it could taste some of what we are tasting and to stop killing our children and women."
— Osama bin Laden, 2004




Did 9/11 attack provoke the Muslim people to feel demoralize? 



It was around seven o' clock in the evening when I watched the news in TV Patrol wherein   the  featured was incidentally  about the death of Osama bin laden.  I was so curios why he was so notorious for the reason that he had a very controversial issues and at the same time  it was my first time to hear his name. Fortunately, my inquisitiveness had answered  because the newscaster had explained and  reminisced what Bin laden did in September 9, 2001 in United States. Because of a very brief description on it, I somehow had  an idea about how cruel he is, I couldn't deny that I judge him badly in terms of  being an Arabian Muslim.

I want to know if others feel the same way that's why as I browsed the net I came across a link http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110621093329AAzE8Wt wherein  someone  had questioned like this "Why do people discriminate against Muslims?" and one of the many who answered that said question was named Jim B- the one that caught my attention and his answered was "Maybe it was that on Sept. 11, 2002 Islam Attacked the USA. Oh yes I will see you saying that it was only a few that are not representative of Islam as a whole. But here we saw the reaction to the attack in Islamic nations. The celebration, the dancing in the street. And as American we identified the enemy that very day. By aligning with the believers in Islam you have become an enemy of Americans. If not the enemy of the US Government . It is  also your duty as a believer to conduct Holy War against all who deny Allah and the Prophet". 

After I read it, I could certainly say that I agree with him because the said attack was very injustice especially a lot of Americans who were innocent had died. They devastated a country and a life of individuals most especially the babies.

In what Jim B answered I must  say that 9/11 attacks that lead by Bin Laden was one of the reasons why Muslims had a bad image and might as well being able to differentiate from others. Moreover, it made  them  feel disgrace somehow and  most probably others will unfriend them.

In addition, as I continued in researching I encountered articles that could prove what Jim B has thought.  And this is it,  http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/muslim-americans-say-life-is-more-difficult-since-911/2011/08/29/gIQA7W8foJ_story.html which is  entitled Muslim Americans say life is more difficult since 9/11 written by Carol Morello. According to the latter, " A decade after Sept. 11, 2001, the survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, shows that a majority of Muslims say the terrorist attacks made it more difficult to be a Muslim in the United States. Many said that they had been singled out by airport security officers and that people had acted suspicious of them or called them offensive names." 

On my points of view, what happened in 9/11 had meant  a lot from  all people around the world because of course many of them had witnessed how brutal and inhuman he was by the means of television or any forms of media that could perhaps connect to different country and because of that they had well- informed about this issue.

On the other hand, there is an numerously kind-hearted Muslims around us as a matter of fact, I could justify that for the reason that  I have friends, classmates, and neighbor who is really a good and generous individuals.  You could never turn back the time what already been done you could never change it meaning to say it's hard to turn back the trust so Muslim had a hard time to make it..

On the above quotations, after I read it, I have change my perspective on him  immediately. I think he is a good person. What just made him bad is the tyranny of American and Israelis. All he just wanted is the American to feel the same way so that if it happened to them they wouldn't do it to others because first and foremost they experienced it and in that they know that it's  a worst thing. But unfortunately, the outcome was very oppressive and it turn out differently.    

Likewise, it is definitely unfair to all of Muslim people because they were being blamed for what they didn't do. Furthermore, I think we shouldn't have to generalized all of them. Until now,  it's hard for them to take that burden out of them because most probably it is being marked on them. But, now that Bin laden had already departed hopefully people should start again to make a change and also to have equality in the world.





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