It breaks my heart to watch any religious monument being destroyed, specially when the attacks are coming in the name of another religion.
I’ve always believed that religion means tolerance, peace, love and construction, but unfortunately many followers of religions insist in proving the opposite.

Yesterday during the news bulletin I watched an interview with a Palestinian official calling for the protection of Al Aqsa Mosque from the plots of Jewish extremists. I couldn’t tolerate the fact that other religious people are behind the threats to destroy Al Aqsa (Temple Mount). But then again, I remembered that what’s happening to Al Aqsa now has happened to Palestine long time ago when Israel had to be “re-built” as a state, on the land of Palestine, just because “it has always belonged to Jews ages ago”.
I mean if it’s justified for Israelis to occupy Palestine, erase its history, cross out its culture and make it a brand new country built on the blood and ruins of other people who had their own lives and work, then I guess no one should have any objection to any other population attacking a country of their choice and turning it into their own based on religious, historical or cultural claims!
The problem is, no one denies the fact that Palestine is a holy land, the land of the 3 religions, and all religion followers should live there in peace. No one says Jews should not live there, but when they live there, they should live with other Christians and Muslims, in peace. Each performing their own religion, respecting each other and working hand in hand to build a healthy society.
But extremism –no matter of what religion- goes beyond the normal standards of a peaceful life and never stops finding its way to destruction, and even worse, justifying that destruction with silly, horrible excuses, and doing that in the name of religion.
I’ve watched many Jews, very religious, talk about Al Aqsa and proving that there’s no need whatsoever for Jews to destroy it, supporting their talks with historical and religious facts, as well as many studies and never ending research.
But even if we disregard those who are against destroying Al Aqsa, is it really religious to destroy other religious monuments? Does it serve the noble goal of any religion to destroy something that belongs to other people? Are the results going to be more of positive or negative ones?

I believe it’s about time we draw the end line to destruction, war and injustice, and try for once to follow logic and commonsense. Let’s try to save what’s left to be saved!

“NO TO THE DESTRUCTION OF AL AQSA MOSQUE”

I just came across Rafah Pundit’s post: Blogversation, which mentioned the post: Zippy and the very odd day. Being the curious person I am, I simply went to read that post. I wish I never did. It turned out another post with misconceptions and fake facts, obviously from a not very well-informed background about neither Palestinians nor Muslims.
With all my respect to Anne, who wrote the post, but I believe one should at least search the right sources and be fair enough in order to write such an offensive post.
It’s not only because I highly admire and respect Rafah Pundits, it’s because I’ve always believed writing is responsibility, it affects millions, and therefore one should never spread lies, market false ideas and mislead people who read what one is writing just to serve personal interest.

I always say everyone is free to believe what they want to believe, and like or dislike whatever they choose, but only when they tend to keep it personal and not start an attack that will harm other people whoever they were. I wont go on replying to every lie I unfortunately found in that post insulting every Palestinian, and blaming every Muslim since the time of prophet Mohamed (pbuh), I’ll cut it short and summarize what I want to say in 2 points:

1. A Muslim is not considered a Muslim if (s)he does not believe in Christianity or Judaism, if (s)he does not respect them, be good to them and believe that Islam is just a continuation of these 2 religions, and therefore a relationship of respect and friendship should be between people belonging to any religion. The prophet did not kill Jews or Christians or non-believers unless they were attacking. Islam is based on the fact that it should be spread but no one should join Islam or believe in it by force. Everyone is free to believe what they want as long as they are leaving Muslims in peace. Whoever acts differently threatening the lives of Muslims or non-Muslims, is not a Muslim by all means!
2. Allow me to use your own phrasing Anne to explain this point: [It’s the common (and getting old) routine of “they’re not all bad” and “it’s just a few extremists.” I have encountered this notion time and time again, and all I can think is that it didn’t take all the Germans, or even all the Nazis, to kill two out of every three Jews in Europe”] why don’t you think the same way when it comes to Palestinians? It takes only few Israelis to erase Palestinians from the face of this Earth, did Palestinians hate all Jews? Did they reject peace-gestures from Israeli peace-activists? Palestinians who -unlike you- believe in the suffering of Jews throughout the history, ask for nothing but having their own land, the Holy Land in which Muslims, Christians and Jews should live peacefully, it doesn’t have to be taken from them by force and called a different name and be restricted to Israelis! It’s the HOLY LAND!!!!! They want nothing but to be fair to them and let them live in peace. I really don’t know where you got these “Palestinians shoot Israeli kids in their sleep” and all that stuff, but take my advice, refer to reliable sources of information next time you write.

I know that no matter what I say here whoever wants to hate Palestinians and Muslims will do even if they saw facts contradicting their wrong ideas. I just thought I’d clear up the above points for those who are willing to know and who are willing to be neutral and unbiased.