Is the demise of Osama bin Laden a moment that all of world religions should seize upon to begin building a world free of war and religious strife? After ten years of chaos that emerged from a perverse interpretation of Islam, columnist Víctor Corcoba Herrero of Diario Decuyo’s writes that it’s time for all religious leaders to end the terrorist strife by promoting the ideals they all claim to hold dear.
For Diario Decuyo, Víctor Corcoba Herrero writes in part:
“How have we come to such cruel hatred? How have we come to respect ourselves so little as a species that we go around blindly killing one another? … after the death of bin Laden, we should all draw a great lesson. The religiosity of humanity seems to me to be fundamental to escaping blind panic. It is time that all religions foster a coming together among peoples.”
Without doubt, religious leaders have a duty to do everything they can to encourage the search for, and acceptance of, all that is good in others.
Indeed, today the world fears reprisals over the death of bin Laden, when what it should provoke in us is a desire for forgiveness and a love of life, not vengeance; and that carries with it, among other things, the abandoning of weapons production. There is no just death, just as there is no just war. People have created too many inhumane lexicons and not enough lexicons with soul. It is known that throughout history, creeds and religions have been manipulated, which makes it even more necessary to generate debate and promote understanding between different faiths.
Religions have the favor of the masses, which is the key to breaking down the walls that separate us. Let them now practice the love they preach. Let us begin. We can all agree that a global shortage of love is good for no one.
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