As should be clear, the attempted Christmas Day terrorist attack by Umar Farouk Abdul Muttalab has further tarnished the image of Islam and all of those who believe in it. Some have criticized Islamic leaders for not being more vocal about disagreeing with al-Qaeda and those who share the group’s ghoulish credo. So stepping into the breach on behalf of his fellow Muslims is Moroccan columnist Mohammad Al Raji, who wrote this open letter to all Muslims and the young would-be suicide bomber.
For Morroco’s Hespress newspaper, Mohammad Al Raji writes in part:
My mind won’t absorb acts and behaviors so disconnected from reality! … I understand that Umar is angry with the rulers of America, the West – and those who rule Arabs and Muslims. I understand that like us, he feels a pulsating pain when he sees the barbarism being meted out to Palestinians by occupying Israeli soldiers. But what wrong has been done by the passengers, whose lives you, Umar, were prepared to end before your failed attempt? What did they do to you and what fault are they guilty of? Don’t you know that Allah said in his Holy Book: “Whoever kills one soul, it’s as if he had killed all of humanity?”
Umar, if you were as courageous as you think, you would have gone to the occupied Palestinian Territories, and not to blow up buses of civilians, but to confront the pawns of occupation. But you didn’t, preferring to show the world your imaginary power in the skies over Detroit, before joining the Houris of Paradise as promised to you by those who brainwashed you of all that is good, and who filled your mind with hatred, grudges and many undoubtedly false dreams – because no one knows of the afterlife except Allah Almighty!
We never demonstrate or denounce the deeds of al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations that kill innocent people in our name and on behalf of our religion. It’s as though we’re saying we support what you do, albeit indirectly! Therefore Umar, I have decided to demonstrate against you and tell you in the highest voice possible that I am not proud that the two of us share the same religion!
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