Another threat by the Al-Qaeda Clan

Today, I just read an article about the furore of the Al-Qaeda on the drawing of Islam’s prophet Mohammad by a Swedish cartoonist, Lars Vilks depicting the head of Mohammad on the body of a dog. Angered and infuriated by his drawing, the head of Al-Qaeda offered a reward of $50,000 to anyone who can kill the Swedish cartoonist. Now, he raised the reward to $100,000 to the person who kills him and $150,000 to anyone who can slaughter him like a lamb. Apparently, if they do not apologise, the Al-Qaeda will launch attacks on giant companies in Iraq such as Sony Ericson, Volvo, Ikea, etc and bring down the economy of the country.

After reading this article, I have realised why many people in the western countries have conceive an image of Islam and Muslims as violent and savage. The cause does not come from the religion but it is because of radical people who tarnish the image of Islam. Any religion in the world teaches their worshipers to do good deeds and be virtuous. However, there are some radical Muslims which seemed they might not understand the religion very well themselves. Instead of being forgiving and focusing on peace and harmony, they seem to be more concentrating on the pride of their religion and their dominance over other religions in this world. This is also the same for the famous terrorist, Osama bin Laden who have recently come out from hiding. In his recent video which he sent to the U.S, he said that the only way to stop the war now is that all Americans embrace Islam. This makes us wonder whether or not they will plan another terrorist attack which cost the lost of thousands of lives just like the melancholic incident of September 11 when the World Trade Centre crumbled when a suicidal plan crashed into it, massacring thousands of innocent people. The people that did this do not deserve to call themselves humans. They are beasts, worse than animals, the same as the devils!!! They are willing to do whatever it takes in order to protect the pride of their religion and spread them to all over the world even if it means killing innocent people and ruining the lives of others.

Regarding the article I mentioned earlier, they are willing to jeopardise their economy by attacking the innocent giant companies that are a part of the source of wealth in their country, without considering the impact of the lives of the thousands of people whose life and family depend on the wage given by those companies. They are also willing to fork out a hefty amount of money in order to kill the cartoonist. Looking at the situation in Iraq now, that money would very helpful if it is used to alleviate and revamping the conditions in Iraq after the war which have left many people homeless. They should use the money to help the poor not organizing a hunting contest. Even so, they are willing to use the money to kill the cartoonist. I was disappointed at how they handled the problem. They are willing to fight and kill just because of a drawing. I acknowledge that what the Swedish cartoonist did was wrong but the way they reacted towards his action is also wrong. By doing that, they are actually encouraging killing and fighting to solve a problem. If they felt insulted, they can demand an apology from the cartoonist. Why organise a manhunt for him? I thought Muslims are supposed to be forgiving.

After so many wars in the past and the millions of people who died due to them, we have learnt that we must never let that dreadful war repeat itself again. That’s why the United Nations and the Association of the South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) were formed. Whenever there are conflicts, the countries will send their representatives to discuss about the matter in a meeting in order to find a compromise that will settle the problem without starting a war. This is what happened when North Korea and Iran wanted to develop nuclear technologies. Fearing that a nuclear war might erupt, the United Nations have offered many economic aids such as oil and money in order to persuade both of the countries to stop developing nuclear technologies. Instead of invading both of the countries and taking over the government, the United Nations have implemented sanctions and trade embargos to stop their nuclear development.

Subsequently, I am also proud of Malaysia. Whenever there are any conflicts arouse between Malaysia and other nations, Malaysia have always chose the peaceful solutions and political discussions to resolve the problem. Many think that Malaysia is actually afraid of other big countries because we are inferior to other nations in terms of military power and our economy is dependent on those nations too. In my opinion, Malaysia made the right choice of promoting peace and harmony with other nations. Those who criticise Malaysia for the reasons mentioned just now should be ashamed of themselves because they are just like the Al-Qaeda clan. There are many kinds of people in this world with different kinds of religions, languages, races and cultures. We should try to live together by accepting the differences and respecting them instead of insisting that others must follow ours just like the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and Osama bin Laden who insist everyone must not embrace other religions other than Islam. They should learn from Malaysia! Malaysia Boleh!!!