Today is September 11 (I wrote this on Sept 11, 2009)

Today is September 11, 2009. I sit in my room with only the company of a few questions. Questions that seek answers but will never be answered. Questions that seek logic they will never find. Questions that need justification but can never be justified. Questions!

If today I was given the opportunity to meet any persons, dead or alive, I would choose to meet all the terrorists who died on the 11th day of September in the year 2001.

I would ask them if they achieved what they believed they would.

I would ask them if they felt the triumph they so craved for.

I would ask them if they truly contributed to the cause of Islam.

I would ask them if Allah praised their effort.

I would ask them if Allah blessed their act.

I would ask them if Allah appreciated their courage.

I would ask them if Allah accepted their sacrifice.

I would ask them if Allah welcomed them into Paradise.

I would ask them if all the lives that were spent in their attempt to achieve Martyrdom were enough.

I would ask them if they heard the silent whispers of the virgins awaiting them amidst the terrorized screams of their victims, the Infidel.

I would ask them if they saw each other glow and smile amidst the destruction, the blood and the death.

I would ask them if they felt the truth they believed to be sacred.

I would ask them if they had avenged the death and plight of their brothers.

I would ask them if their faith in God was stronger than the rest.

I would ask them if they knew they were wrong and it was too late.

I would ask them if they correctly understood the teachings of the Prophet, the will of Allah and the virtue of Islam.

Now I ask all believers and non-believers alike.

I ask them if enough blood has been shed.

I ask them if enough lives have been lost.

I ask them if their God tells them to keep on killing.

I ask them if their God believes in Peace.

In our times I see greater problems facing our planet. Greater problems that may affect our existence. Problems that may plague the future of the generations to follow us.

This hatred based on Religion has to stop.

For Religion is a sense of belonging and devotion and not of domination and destruction.

And it is important for us to understand that if time and the tale of civilization has taught us one thing it is this truth, that evil forces have always risen against better judgment and righteousness, human spirit and love, but the virtue of truth and reason has always prevailed and triumphed.

We must understand and believe in this.

It is the existence of Humans that proves the existence of God.


“To die for a Religion is easier than to live it, absolutely.”
-Jorge Luis Borges