August 10, 2010

Today is August 10, 2010.

According to the calendar, tomorrow is the start of Ramadan, when "Muslims all over the world abstain from food, drink, and other physical needs during the daylight hours. As a time to purify the soul, refocus attention on God, and practice self-sacrifice, Ramadan is much more than just not eating and drinking.

Muslims are called upon to use this month to re-evaluate their lives in light of Islamic guidance. We are to make peace with those who have wronged us, strengthen ties with family and friends, do away with bad habits -- essentially to clean up our lives, our thoughts, and our feelings. "

Maybe this month of reflection will help our world. Undoubtedly,   it will also be a time to reflect on the many insults and humiliations on the people. Maybe to only be a pause in jihad against the west.

 Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the leading figure behind the Cordoba House (the “Ground Zero mosque”), explains away terrorism. “They feel the feed to conflagrate,” he says of Muslims who feel they’ve been “humiliated” and “ignored.”

 “In terms of specific conflict, specific issues that have resulted in specific actions within recent history, those have to be tied in to the perceptions which were created around what people were actually reacting to at that given point in time.”

When asked whether the U.S. bears “ultimate responsibility” for “any reactions,” Rauf responds, “I wouldn’t say ultimate. It’s the one who leads in the dance.”
 

So in essence he says its our fault, akin to "our chickens have come home to roost..."

Perhaps that explains the 16,000 acts of Islamofacist terrorism since 9/11....we caused it.

Enjoy your fasts, and hopefully peace there after, but remember this...

Deo juvante invidiam superabo!

Canice