Suicide Bombing

He walk very carefully in a slow frightened pace, with cautious eyes moving in all directions and a mind that has been brainwashed and terribly confused. He is trying to find something or some place. But he does not ask anyone, just keeps going on. Then he spots what he was looking for, goes towards it, presses the button, and it is all done. What was he looking for ? A mob of people either in a religious gathering, or in a market place or anywhere where there is a reason for people to gather. What does he get in the end ? Well indeed he gets publicity on electronic or print media as his head is displayed by the law enforcement agencies trying to say that they have done their job. This whole cycle gets repeated every few days, in fact sometimes everyday and all that we do is feel sad about the whole affair and then go along with our daily routines. What can we do to prevent this ? Sometimes I feel we can do nothing, and yet sometimes I feel that we can do a lot, how ? The answer lies in education. Yeah E for Education. We all know that the Madrassah System is one of the main culprits behind the religious and sectarian extremism that is on its peak in our society these days. Where has Allah Rab-ul-Izzat written or said that only religious education should be obtained by Muslims ? Nowhere. In fact the Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) ordered us to travel to as far as China in search of knowledge. Now China has since long been a non Muslim state so why say China ? It is because China was thought to be the farthest nation, so He meant us to search for knowledge as far as we can. And of course He never refrained the Muslims from getting western education. So why do these Madrassah people preach the western education as evil and focus entirely on their ill-interpreted version of Islam and Sunnah which they deliver to their innocent pupils. These so called religious clerics thrust religious and sectarian extremism into the raw minds of these innocent men and kids who come there in the hope of getting at least some education. Getting into a school is made impossible for them, either by the feudals who won't let any institution open in their area, or by the low standards of education that is offered to them in the remote places. Obviously we are so luxury loving that we cannot dare to go there and offer our services in such schools on voluntary basis, turn by turn in our free time. Thus the only place where the young raw minds can go for enlightenment is these Madrassahs. And that is where the seed of a Suicide Bomber is laid. Wow, what a speech I've made, what if I myself am asked to go to such places and teach voluntarily; of course my answer would be the same as yours that I won't go due to safety reasons. Still, this is a thought, maybe someday it will be converted into reality, Insha Allah. Sphere: Related Content