Pay attention, speak up to protect peace-loving ways
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 28/10/2010 (5834 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
In recent decades, and particularly since 9-11, our peace-loving way of life has been eroded by atrocities committed in the name of “Islam.” Yet many claim that Islam is the religion of peace and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. This claim may be true, but it does not diminish the spectre of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam.
In the past, peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians and many others suffered horribly and died as a result of fanatical acts and atrocities. Perpetrators, collaborators and victims were identified. But indifferent, self-absorbed and spineless bystanders usually were not.
We seldom think of atrocities as being shaped by bystanders, but as English philosopher Edmund Burke said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men (women too) to do nothing.”
So good on all whether it be on the global scene, the national scene, the provincial scene or right in our local neighbourhoods, who pay attention to what’s going on and do their best to find a way to speak up when they see the mere seeds of things that threaten our peace-loving way of life.
DENIS HALL
Saskatoon, Sask.