{"id":78,"date":"2010-09-08T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-08T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/muslimahinprogress\/2010\/09\/08\/on-911-millions-of-americans-will-not-be-burning-the-quran\/"},"modified":"2010-09-08T15:51:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-08T15:51:00","slug":"on-911-millions-of-americans-will-not-be-burning-the-quran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/muslimahinprogress\/2010\/09\/on-911-millions-of-americans-will-not-be-burning-the-quran.html","title":{"rendered":"On 9\/11, Millions of Americans will NOT Be Burning the Qur’an"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n

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Salaam Alaikum wa Rahmatullah<\/i><\/div>\n

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This just in to INN \u2013 the Inane News Network. \u00a0<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0After tireless research and many hours in the field, your intrepid reporter has determined that thousands, no, millions, no hundreds <\/i>\u00a0of millions of Americans will NOT, I repeat, will NOT be burning the Qur\u2019an on Saturday, the anniversary of the 9\/11 attacks. \u00a0On that day, millions of Americans will not gather at two-bit \u201cchurches\u201d and engage in inflammatory rhetoric against Islam. \u00a0Millions more will not be hoisting signs saying \u201cArabs go home!\u201d and \u201cQur\u2019an is from the Devil!\u201d. \u00a0Untold thousands will not be gathering wood and gleefully pouring accelerant on before lighting it with their made in China Bic lighters. \u00a0Even more will not be tossing the scripture of over one billion Muslims into the flames while chanting \u201cGod hates Mooz-lums!\u201d and singing hymns of praise to God. \u00a0How can we, as conscientious Muslims, allow this non-event to not happen? \u00a0<\/div>\n
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My dear brothers and sisters in Islam, brothers and sisters here in the United States, in Egypt, in Afghanistan, in Malaysia, and elsewhere in the world, I ask you to take a breath. \u00a0Step back. \u00a0Do not get caught up in the manufactured hysteria surrounding the proposed Qur\u2019an burning that a tiny deviant little church led by an ignorant deviant little man is planning. \u00a0If you rely on news reports from the media, you might get the idea that the US is almost in flames over this issue and that Muslims here are heading for the internment camps. \u00a0Such is not the case. \u00a0Muslims in the United States are going about their daily lives, fasting, praying, working, taking their kids to school, shopping to prepare for Eid, and even engaging in conversation about a certain tiny deviant little church and an ignorant deviant little man who wants to burn the Holy Qur\u2019an. \u00a0<\/div>\n
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I appreciate your anger, your outrage, at the idea that someone would burn our Holy Book. \u00a0But this anger is not useful. \u00a0Standing in the street with signs and protesting something that about forty people plan to do is not useful. \u00a0Burning the US flag and shouting \u201cDeath to America!\u201d is not useful. \u00a0The United States of America is home to over 300 million people. \u00a0There are good people and bad people, people who are silently in favor of Qur\u2019ans being burned, and people who are against it. \u00a0Indeed, some of the most vocal opponents of this Qur\u2019an burning are non-Muslim Americans \u2013 Christians, Jews, Hindus, people of other faiths and people of no faith at all, but people who value their Muslim fellow citizens and are appalled at what this preacher proposes to do in the name of Christianity. \u00a0So before you protest, stop and think about all the GOOD people here. \u00a0When you condemn everyone in the country, you hurt the many people of good conscience who would never dream of committing such a heinous act and who have spoken up for you, for us, for Islam. \u00a0May Allah give them hedayah. \u00a0<\/div>\n
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Really, the joke is on Pastor Doofus (I still haven\u2019t bothered to go google his name). \u00a0Because of this issue, and the proposed Islamic cultural center in New York City, Islam is in the news day in and day out. \u00a0Because of this issue, more people are asking about Islam and taking it upon themselves to learn what our religion really <\/i>teaches. \u00a0So in attempting to obliterate the Word, Pastor Doofus is really doing our job for us. \u00a0Our duty in this time is to be knowledgeable about our religion so that when someone asks us about Islam, we can give a correct and intelligent answer. \u00a0Dialog, not diatribe. \u00a0That is what is required of us. \u00a0Remember this if the burning goes forward and you see flames licking at the covers of our beloved Qur\u2019an. \u00a0Suppress your urge to act out violently in protest or, Allah forbid, attempt to harm anyone engaging in the act. \u00a0They are not worth your time. \u00a0Instead, reach out to the non-Muslims in your community and share the beauty of Islam with them. \u00a0 This is your duty as a Muslim, and mine. \u00a0And Allah knows best.<\/div>\n
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Fi Aman Allah,<\/div>\n

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Nancy<\/div>\n
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