Blessed Posted January 10, 2009 Confronting the Trials of Our Time - Between Extremism and Passivism Growing up as a Muslim in the last thirty years has been a trying experience for all of us who have lived it. We are confronted almost on a daily basis with catastrophes in multiple places throughout the Muslim world – so many that you start to lose count. Your own “issues” of trying to grow up sane and balanced in the 21st century pale in front of the practical genocides that we have witnessed (Srebrenica) as well as those we continue to witness (Palestine, Chechnya, etc.). It is enough to lead some into clinical depression, others into losing their faith and yet others to acts of terror and extremism. There seems to be a great amount of confusion regarding the correct Islamic response to these tragedies – what would the Prophet (saas) do in such circumstances? That question though is not as hard to answer as some imagine it to be – at least in theory. Continue reading Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
