A grieving Heart

Bullet riddled minaret in Fallujah

What is wrong with Muslims ... that they allow themselves to be slaughtered without mercy. No, they actually help in the slaughtering by providing their lands and their help against each other. Or they remain silent.

How does a flock of sheep behave when a wolf enters their midst? They run about, screaming and crushing each other as they are devoured. How is that different from the Muslim Ummah's behavior in the present times? 

Not a single Muslim leader has uttered a word. (Well, some of the Arab leaders urged caution to the US in attacking Fallujah). Many were the same leaders who showed their utmost sympathy when death came to foreign lands (which was a tragedy indeed), and they couldn't stop falling head over heals to get noticed. At that time, they competed with each other to prove their loyalty to the US . There is no need to name names, as it is not a secret. 

Now, what is the comparison between the destruction in Iraq and destruction that took place in the US? In fact, what is the relationship between the two in the first place? I do not have any special knowledge and I don't get any more news than what is available. The slaughtering, the carnage, the rape of honor, and above all, the upholding of falsehood and lies as truths, is as clear as day.

At what point in time did Fallujah become "the city of Islamic militants from the city of Mosques", its restaurants and clinics become "Al-Zarqawi safe-havens"? It happened overnight with news flashes published across the globe. "Now here is the reason for us to destroy the city, O ye who believe in our might." says the US.

We even have the Japanese prime minister who is more knowledgeable about Iraq than leaders of any of its neighbors. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, speaking on the second day of the US assault on Fallujah, said, "We, as Japan, give full support to this operation and this operation should be successful." This silence from the Muslim world is deafening. The screams that are not heard by our leaders are nevertheless recorded in the eternal books, every detail. 

It is not the people of Fallujah that are in danger but us, Muslims. We all die in the end, but ... But, when we are raised up again, we will face danger beyond imagination because when we knew that injustice was being perpetuated; we remained silent.