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Thursday, March 24, 2005

A letter to A Terrorist (Part 1)

Dear Diary,

I can't get the Qatar suicidal car bombing out of my mind!

Every time I see a suicidal bombings or the killing of innocent people anywhere in the world, I feel so sad and it really touches me deeply. I always put myself in the place of the people who are getting hurt and imagine how they really feel. But now for the first time -hopefully the last too- such a tragedy happens in my country, my home! I wasn't in the Doha Player's Theartre for
that matter, but I saw it, and I felt it. People who love this country got hurt, others frightened, and another died! Although I wasn't there, but using my imagination, I can live those hours during which the tragedy happened! I can see it all in my mind. And the more I think about it, the more it hurts and the more mad I get. I can see the actors playing their roles on stage
so enthusiastically. The audience watching the play with so much interest and joy. Then suddenly, a huge blast interrupts the peaceful atmosphere! Fire, smoke, walls collapsing, flinders all around, children crying, parents screaming, everything is a mess and everybody is stunned. I know it must have been more than that.

Thank God that most of the people inside the theatre did not get hurt, but still one soul got wasted in the bombings and few were injured.

A girl who was attending the play saw the guy who commited suicide among the audience sitting in the last row all by himself. She saw fear in his eyes. She knew that there was something wasn't right going on with him. And then her expectaions were right. He was sitting there counting the minutes to get done with his plan!

From what we heard from the media is that this suicidal bomber was unsocial. His co-workers say that they've never seen him smile. He had two kids and a wife, but that didn't change a thing. Obviously he was suffering severe depressing. Did they notice he had his problems? YES. Did they help? NO! And the result? Giving up his faith! Now i'm not talking about this person in specific, but i'm talking about those people who commit suicide in the name of Islam and cleaing Muslim countries of wersterners. They need help, but nobody helps them or even try to help them, so their minds are ready to accept whatever theory that might save them from their misery. They turn to those extremists who help them feel that they belong to this religion or that community and so on. They listen to those extremists who fill their minds with a false understanding of Islam. Fill their heads and hearts with misinterpreted meanings of the Quran. As a result, they devote themselves to whatever those extremists convince them to do, even if it means killing themselves, because hey! it's in the name of Islam for their shorsighted minds!They are misled and misguided.. and the result is destroying themselves and the innocents.

*To Be Continued!

Posted by Faith :: 6:01 AM :: 2 comments