All faiths must join to fight ‘terrorist reasoning’
Why Allah (God) allow killings, suicide and terror? I put this great question to Emam Khalif from King Fahad Mosque to give the great Islamic answer. Allah says in the Holy Quran (4:79) “All good comes from Allah, the bad comes from what your own hands do.”
We only have finite understanding, to try and understand Allah’s infinite will and absolute goodness.
“Humanity is created to worship Allah,” says the Quran. “This entire life is a test and a challenge to prove who is a true believer or truly do not believe in (God) Allah.”
Allah is absolutely good before this existence, during and after. We must try to understand that this life will not make sense without the goal and justice of the future afterlife. The ultimate good or evil is hinged on those who believe or don’t believe there is divine reward and punishment for what we do in this life at the beginning of the next life.
There will be two parts to the next life existence, one for the good people and another for the bad.
If a Muslim commits suicide and kills someone, we’re not supposed to attend their funerals, even if we pray for them they still must pay for their actions.
Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) says the life of a non-Muslim is the same/sacred as a Muslim’s life. If a Muslim takes a non-Muslim’s life (unjustly) he (Muslim) will be punished, it is believed, in the afterlife
The Holy Quran (2:62) said, “even if you are Jew, Christian or Muslim and believe in Allah and do right, you will get your reward from Allah.”
Allah says we have the same values and beliefs, same Allah or God. Jews, Christians and Muslims have the same righteousness and will be in the same heaven or paradise.
On earth Allah says we can eat each other’s food, goods and other good things we exchange and even marry each other. Allah and Prophet Mohammed do not will or teach us to be enemies. Satan and his lies and his people do.
Muslims became alarmed when President Bush said “crusade.” A thousand years ago Muslims and Christians were in a world war. Pope John Paul apologized for the Christians starting crusades and killing countless innocent Muslims.
We must work together, fighting the great religious lies and text perversions that produce fanatics, oppression, extremism and terrorists among any people or religions.
We pray these Islamic truths reveal the contradictions, illegitimate premises and misuse of Islam for any of their extremist and terrorist reasoning and actions.
Walaa Rasheed
President, Muslim Student Association of Bakersfield College
Out of the ashes comes caring
It was Tuesday morning and I was getting ready for school when I turned on the television to watch the news. I found myself confused, looking at a building with a plane through it. My confusion was finally resolved when a reporter spoke of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Building.
I was shocked about the attack and how they were using our planes against us. When I arrived at school all the students were talking about the awful tragedy that shook the entire nation.
As the day went on, I heard people talking about the second plane hijacking which ended as another suicide bomb attack on the World Trade Center.
The pain of the victims and their relatives, everybody felt as a whole nation. Some students and teachers had brothers, sisters, parents, or relatives that were victims of this terrible tragedy.
The question on everybody’s mind was what or who can possibly drive the terrorists to do this terrible cowardly act by killing hundreds and thousands of innocent people.
When the president addressed the nation he stated that before taking any action against the terrorists we must first help the victims of the attack.
He asked the nation to help in any way they could. Some of my friends and I donated food, clothing, blood and other necessities after school.
We were amazed by the number of people that were helping out and by doing that we’re showing the terrorists that this is a strong nation and we are willing to help our fellow Americans.
Sept. 11, 2001 will always be remembered. This cowardly act will add an extra chapter to our children’s history books. I will remember this day as the day when the nation stood together as one great free nation. To all those that died may their souls rest in peace and may all of our prayers go out to them and their families.
Theo Garcia
BC Student
Don’t build walls of hatred, bias
We the club of Intervarsity Fellowship at Bakersfield College proclaim our views through this letter about the way American Muslims should be treated at our college and throughout America. Our club is against any act of hate toward. anyone in our college, community, and country because of their ethnicity or religion.
What happened in our country on Tuesday, Sept. 11, was an act of violence carried out by a terrorist group with an evil intent.
Although the evidence supports specific Arab Muslims took these actions, it does not mean that all Arab Muslims of America support the terrorist activities. We should in no way connect our American Arab or Muslim friends with what has happened.
Our sorrow is shared, I am sure, with the majority of American Arabs and Muslims over the tragic events that have served to unite our nation. Let us not begin to build walls of prejudice and hate that will only serve to divide us.
It is important to place blame where it belongs.We are one nation united under God.
To the Arab and/or Muslim students on campus: please let us know any specific concerns that we can either pray for or help address.
Jacob Turner
President, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship