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read between the lines
sensitive issue "The Prophet Muhammad has said several times that those who convert from Islam should be killed if they refuse to come back," says Ansarullah Mawlafizada, the trial judge.those are 2 direct contradictions of each other. sometimes i can't help feeling guilty that while people like him all over the world who are being persecuted for their faith and face the threat of death whether past (like during the Holocaust), present or future are going through the worst times, people like me who aren't under any physical threat are already struggling to deal with our own sufferings. when i am reminded of this irony, all it makes me feel is guilty. not grateful. just guilty. but then again it's not a good idea to take delight in other peoples' sufferings by feeling grateful about one's own less-endangered situation. and oh by the way, the same rules in afghanistan apply in my country. and my country is considered more developed than afghanistan. read this (especially point no. 2), this and this. just food for thought. --i'm writing this footnote 1 day after: it so happened the place where i was lounging at had a bunch of newspapers for reading and i read with joy that he has been smuggled into italy.-- |
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