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Woolwich Attacks: Reflection on the roles of Muslim Community, British Media and British Government

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I apologise for the unnecessarily long post, I  tried to covere the following points. please read on. What Happened so far    Do the attacks needs to be apologise for and condemned? and by Whom? Media double standard Humanity of the Victim The perpetrators: ‘Insane’ or ‘Criminal’   or ‘confused’   How can we help those ‘confused’ people? Foreign Policy and definition of '' Terrorism'' Our hearts and thoughts with the victim of Woolwich horrific attack and his family. It is obvious that attackers are psychopaths and insane people driven by criminal mind-set. Being a soldier will make the loss bigger in the eyes of many. However, it is an human soul that we lost here as other humans we lose all around the world everyday due to wars, poverty, crimes, etc. What Happened so far I haven’t yet expressed my anger and discontentment with the Woolwich murder. After the aftermath I guess it is right time to comment now. Well as all other killings and m...

Quran Caaamp...Yeees

Alhamdllah, Allah had given me tawfeeq to attend quran camp, 5-7 April 2013, In Cardiff University. Amazing weekend of diverse activities, team building excercises, lectures, workshops and importantly brotherhood and sisterhood. The speakers/presenters were amazing, unique in their own regards, yet, lived the experience with the attendees. I think they were inspired to inspire us and has become part of brotherhood and sisterhood of the camp. The camp left me with brothers for life, sisters whom I admire and an awakening of the Quran. Awakening of knowledge, though scratching the surface, is, I would say, strengthething my relationship with the Quran. Awakening is like fog lifting. The more you have a picture of how much you need to know, the more you want to know it. I have also realized that inside everyone of us there is a burning need for triangulity, peace and knowledge. All are in the Quran, everyone takes and absorb what he/she can get. The numerous jokes, mid-night banter...