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Fort Hood Reflections
Madison Dawa Circle, 2617 E. Washington
Ave. Madison, WI 53704
Director: Salih
Erschen (608)770-2894
Our hearts go out to the families of the victims
all over the nation and here in Wisconsin. The Muslims of
the Madison Dawa Circle as well as Muslims everywhere pray
that the Heavenly Creator change the trials of this time
to a hidden blessing and ease. Thursday, November 5th, was
a tragic day, but the actions by this lone gunman should
in no way be remembered as an action befitting a Muslim.
We categorically reject such behavior as it goes against
the inspired teachings of the Prophet Muhammad and all the
Prophets, peace and blessing be upon them. Islam is a part
of American history and it stands as a moral stronghold
for our future. The question is often asked at such times:
"What will it take to get Muslims to respond when something
like this happens?" My first answer to this question
is that the Muslims respond all the time, wherever they
are given the chance. We must remember that the issues at
hand are deeper than a five-minute sound bite or a news
paper article. As Muslims we must strive to respond in an
informed way, with reflection and true heartfelt compassion
rather than the untamed emotions of those who would use
this opportunity to smear the Muslims by connecting a crime
to a Religion. Of course a person cannot help but feel instantly
shocked and saddened by the news of such an event. It is
doubly shocking for Muslims because while we commonly respond
to the inherent horror and injustice of such criminal acts;
at the same time, we know that some will unjustly try to
blame Islam and the Muslims generally for these crimes.
When a Muslim commits a crime, the act is used politically,
while the religions of other criminals are ignored. We are
then put in a defensive position and never get a chance
to openly share the benefits of Islam. As Americans we all
need answers; an initial emotional response is not enough.
Answers, real answers, should come with change and real
change can bring openings from where we know not. Our society
is long overdue for some real change so that this recurrent
plague of mass murder will find an end. Truthfully our American
culture is not a "Camelot dream" with self-generating
money dripping from trees and limitless freedom like some
Utopian fantasy. We have witnessed an increase in mass murder
incidents for many years now, one more ghastly than the
next. This is a social ill in our culture that has set a
desperate measure for grasping attention. People who feel
neglected cannot find the help they are seeking, ignored
they lash out in almost limitless ways, beginning with strange
behavior to gain attention and ending with mass murder.
It all points to an imbalance with in the culture. It is
understood the essence of the matter at hand is an act of
insanity, pure rage from an individual pushed to a limit
that he could no longer bear. Unfortunately this incident
does not stand alone, it adds to a list of violence we have
seen steadily growing in our lifetime. The question that
must be reflected upon is how we have arrived at a point
where these abhorrent acts are almost a daily event? We
Americans are looking for our people to regain a firm moral
footing and a good standing in the world that we once had.
To attain such a goal we will have to return to an understanding
of the natural limits of The Devine, and this is where Islam
offers solutions for the American future: freedom of religion,
freedom in the market place without taxation, freedom to
speak truth to authority, and best of all freedom to be
human within natural limits and in harmony with nature itself.
The Madison Muslims Dawa Circle invites you to join us in
working towards this goal. We call upon the Heavenly Creator
to help us Americans establish ourselves in a way that is
pleasing, so we can all say with confidence once again:
God Bless America!
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