It is amazing to see how the media has dealt with the death of the Pope.
Life and death are the two realities everyone has to endure.
Prophets before us have passed away.
Death is the door that we will all pass through.
What puzzled me the most is to see how the media has been overwhelmengly covering the death of this religous man.
When the media likes someone, he or she is portayed as the greates human being who has ever walked on the planet. If you are liked by the media, you are then made a saint, a noble man and holy.
This is not to suggest I am trying to belittle or disgrace the Pope. Neither does it mean that I am happy to hear about his death. We should never feel happy for the death of another human being.
My sympathy to his family, friends and his fellow Catholics around the world.
When I heard about the death of Pope and how the media has portayed him to be, I checked things out to find out about him and contributions, I couldn't find anything that he has done.
Indeed, he opposed the war against Iraq, as reported by the media and he was the first pope to visit a Mosque. These are the only two things the media keeps repeating, over and over and over again.
Muslims have also joined the wagon in praising the Pope as the greatest leader who has been lost by humantity.
Do these Muslims really believe what they are saying? Or are they just joining the crowd and dancing as everyone else?
When great Muslim scholars such Sheikh Mohamed Mutawali Al-sha'raawi, Sheikh Abdulhamid Kishk, Sheikh Abdullah bin Baz and other noble scholars passed away, they did not get similar coverage by the Arab or Muslim media. But suddenly, we hear Islamic organizations and Muslim scholars shedding tears over the death of the Pope.
Are we real?
I really want to know what exactly did the Pope did for Muslims so that we, as Muslims, should be proud of him and praise him as everyone else and that we should cry for his death day and night?
Just wondering.
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