Dear Cousin,
You are all believers of Allah — a good G-d who created all human beings with the purpose of transforming this world with virtue and justice.As relatives that go back thousands of years to our shared grandfather Abraham, let me get straight to the point.
You proudly trace your lineage to Ishmael son
of Abraham — the one and only Abraham who stood up to an entire pagan
world and single-handedly pioneered the path of kindness and love, as
documented in the Torah (what you call Tawrat).
So here is my question to you: With
atrocities being perpetrated by Muslims in the name of Allah — mass
beheadings, rapes and murders of women and children, the killings of
thousands of innocent people — why do we not hear any voice of protest
from any of you?
Some argue that you silently condone and
agree with this behavior. Others say that you may not advocate this
violent approach of creating an Islamic Caliphate and would prefer that
it be done peacefully, but you can understand and therefore tolerate
your fellow Muslims who do embrace these militant methods.
We prefer to believe that 1.5 billion of you
do not approve of these methods. But if that is the case, why are none
of you — not individually and not collectively, not your laymen and not
your leaders –crying out in outrage?! Why are your Imams silent about
this in their weekly Kutbahs (sermons)?
How about your children: What are they being told about these brutal methods?
And finally, the biggest question of all: Did
you ever think what your grandfather and ancestor — the founder of your
faith — would say about this behavior?
When Abraham became aware of G-d’s plan to
destroy the infidel cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, what did he do? One
would have perhaps thought that Abraham would have celebrated the
annihilation of the non-believers, the apostates and the sinners. But
no! We are told — and you can read it in your very own Qur’an — that
Abraham prayed for them, beseeching G-d to spare the city in merit of
the righteous people that may live there!
So please explain: How is it possible that
instead of following Abraham’s path of compassion, instead of praying
for (people you consider to be) infidels, you are murdering them in cold
blood?!
How can anyone claiming to be Abraham’s child
— the very Abraham who introduced love and kindness to the world; the
very same Abraham who prayed for an infidel nation — behead another
human being?!
The basis of Islam, built upon the Torah,
states that every human being is created in the Divine Image. How then
can someone claiming to be a believer gruesomely murder the… Divine
Image, while crying out Allahu Akhbar, God is the greatest?!…
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