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The Human Toll of Terror
The pace and scope of the killing are dizzying. Some 300 members of families blown apart by bombs as they celebrated the end of Ramadan in Baghdad. Forty-nine dead at the Istanbul airport, 40 more in Afghanistan. Nine Italians, seven Japanese, three students at American universities and one local woman brutalized in the diplomatic quarter of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The bodies piled up on a bus in Somalia, at a mosque and video club in Cameroon, at a shrine in Saudi Arabia. All that carnage was in a single week — a single week of summer in what feels like an endless stream of terror attacks.
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Are you Muslim. Here's why I ask, Until there is an overwhelming Muslim response, a total and absolute fatwa and action that condemns this type of action and killing, you are a concern troll and nothing else.
Why would you call this trolling? I shared something I thought others should see. Do you act on every single piece of journalism you read?
No, I don't, but I am definitely becoming less and less sympathetic to any post that does not denounce, demonize and abjectly reject the actions of these disgusting human beings. I am very clear on my message. Eliminate them.
I'm hoping people can read between the lines. The actions these terrorists are committing are as much horrific as they are despicable, and I would believe are self condemning in the end. Edit: Grammar.
Your intentions and thoughts are admirable, I do think this. My concern is complacency. We need to shout out the injustice, and more importantly, Muslims have to shout out this injustice, which I don't see. I see plenty of Christians and Jews and Atheists posting worthy articles like yours...where is the Muslim outrage here.
I can't answer your question. But I do agree with your point. Maybe one day we will see this happen, sadly it isn't today.
And I greatly respect your effort to bring these travesties to light. Thank you for this.
Thank you! But... realistically, my effort was minimal as I spent mere seconds of my life to share this article. The real effort and thus appreciation and respect truly goes to the journalists that dedicate the time, effort and risk to release such illuminating stories. So here is to them.