On the anniversary of 9/11 there has been a lot of patriotism. On a day, that certainly will be filled with historic quotes, I am reminded of a specific Abraham Lincoln quote. "A house divided cannot stand." Most people have heard it, but over the past few days I question how many people actually take it to heart.
It doesn't surprise me that on such an emotional day certain extremist will attempt unspeakable acts; what does surprise me is how accepting people have been. I'm not referring to muslim extremist, I am referring to the Christian extremist.
The same extremist who plan on burning the Koran on a day that should be filled with love and rememberance, and not hate. I have heard many people say they are totally okay with people burning the Muslim book of worship. They say that they have pledged to kill us, and they burn the Bible all the time. First, I want to say that everyone has the right to burn books. With that said, we as Muslims, Christian and American people cannot endorse such acts of destruction.
The people who burn the Bible are assholes. The people who burn the Koran are just as big of assholes. It is natural and even fundamental that we not forget the evil that caused 9/11, but we also have to remember that the evil was caused by a small group of extremist.
This would be like the Klu Klux Klan committing an unspeakable act, which has happened, and having the entire Christian religion blamed.
Regarding the book burning, in World War 2 America faced an ultimate evil, similiar to what we face today. One big difference is that in World War 2 the Nazis were the ones burning books.
Speaking of Nazis would it be okay for Jews to start burning the Bible, in response to the Nazis?
As a statement of fact, I have never seen a person burn a book and think to myself "there's a role model." We can trick ourselves into believing it served a higher cause or that it is warranted, but really at the end of the day all anyone really did was burn a record of knowledge.
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