I just read this article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8433285.stm
To give you the gist of it, it's about a British national who went to China in 2007, he was arrested carrying 4kg of Heroin and was executed today. His name was Akmal Shaikh, a Muslim, who left behind 5 children and a wife. His family insisted he was bi-polar and was tricked into carrying the case of heroin, the British government sent representatives to China 27 times over the last two years to work out terms of clemency, they met with a Chinese ambassador this week and made no progress, the last ditch effort failed, and Mr. Shaikh lost his life.
The thing is, the whole time I am reading this, I am thinking, "Oh, of course it was a Muslim, he deserved what he got."
Thinking this frightened me a great deal, it's still scary just typing this out, admitting how greatly the media has drilled into my head that I am a bad person, that Muslims are all evil. We, the readers of such an article, go on what the article tells us, then we are allowed to ponder to whatever extent the actual course of events and make assumptions, eventually agreeing upon the innocence or guilt of the deceased.
Who am I to say Mr. Shaikh was a bad man? That he deserved this? Unfortunately, I automatically thought this upon reading his name and looking at his picture. "Only a Muslim would do something like this." Or even funnier, "Only a Muslim would get caught." In the end though, this is RIDICULOUS logic! Implanted by my own society.
I keep forgetting that the Muslims that do indeed commit the terrible atrocities of our time are only a minuscule fraction of the majority of us, but unfortunately, they make 100% of the news when it comes to Muslims. These people make life harder for all of us, because someone is trying to increase their ratings or the number of newspapers they sell, wonderful, all for the almighty dollar.
The day we all stop worshiping money and start worshiping God will be the day blood ceases to be spilled.
I am sorry for Mr. Shaikh's family, and I apologize to them for my lack of sensitivity and over-judging nature, it's not even me judging anymore, it's the program in me that makes me see people in a good light or a bad light, time to deprogram and think for myself, this should have been done LONG ago. At least now I am aware of it, good luck to those still thinking they are not brain-washed.
Ina Lillahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Rajioon. Ameen.
To give you the gist of it, it's about a British national who went to China in 2007, he was arrested carrying 4kg of Heroin and was executed today. His name was Akmal Shaikh, a Muslim, who left behind 5 children and a wife. His family insisted he was bi-polar and was tricked into carrying the case of heroin, the British government sent representatives to China 27 times over the last two years to work out terms of clemency, they met with a Chinese ambassador this week and made no progress, the last ditch effort failed, and Mr. Shaikh lost his life.
The thing is, the whole time I am reading this, I am thinking, "Oh, of course it was a Muslim, he deserved what he got."
Thinking this frightened me a great deal, it's still scary just typing this out, admitting how greatly the media has drilled into my head that I am a bad person, that Muslims are all evil. We, the readers of such an article, go on what the article tells us, then we are allowed to ponder to whatever extent the actual course of events and make assumptions, eventually agreeing upon the innocence or guilt of the deceased.
Who am I to say Mr. Shaikh was a bad man? That he deserved this? Unfortunately, I automatically thought this upon reading his name and looking at his picture. "Only a Muslim would do something like this." Or even funnier, "Only a Muslim would get caught." In the end though, this is RIDICULOUS logic! Implanted by my own society.
I keep forgetting that the Muslims that do indeed commit the terrible atrocities of our time are only a minuscule fraction of the majority of us, but unfortunately, they make 100% of the news when it comes to Muslims. These people make life harder for all of us, because someone is trying to increase their ratings or the number of newspapers they sell, wonderful, all for the almighty dollar.
The day we all stop worshiping money and start worshiping God will be the day blood ceases to be spilled.
I am sorry for Mr. Shaikh's family, and I apologize to them for my lack of sensitivity and over-judging nature, it's not even me judging anymore, it's the program in me that makes me see people in a good light or a bad light, time to deprogram and think for myself, this should have been done LONG ago. At least now I am aware of it, good luck to those still thinking they are not brain-washed.
Ina Lillahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Rajioon. Ameen.
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