If you and I are peaceful, non-harmful and respectful, why in the world should anyone care how each of us achieved that? What matters is the outcome not how you got there.
Stressing on our differences is not the right path. Why don’t we look at where the path is leading in the end? There are tons of junctures, main roads and shortcuts, but we can manage to get there and meet at Costa Doha…)) coming by plane, train, camel, what ever road you’ve chose, we will eventually meet.
Many may not like this paragraph. But I have seen tribes/groups/people worshiping fire, rats, cows and less. Is anyone entitled to look down at them? No Holy Book or philosophy teaches stepping on others.
As strange and unacceptable it is to me, as a Muslim, to worship fire (as an example), I tried to understand their logic. I was told they worship fire because it is a symbol of purity and cleanness. It burns up all impurities. A philosophy I very much loved.
Christians confess in the booth. Do I like that as a Muslim, no. But learning that this is a way one uses to clean themselves and seek repentance, makes me joyful of the ritual. Then let it be!
All creatures on earth get hungry and thirsty? All of us need shelter. We all want peace. All seek recognition. We all have the same basic needs. Why is it so difficult to accept someone who found their solace and strength is some belief, as long as they are not trespassing/ killing/ resenting/harming…others?
The bottom line is to find the peace within yourself and HARM NO ONE. Treat all on equal footing. At least God/Allah does. That is exactly why I love Him, not because I was born Muslim, but because He makes me feel human, while my fellow humans are stepping on one another in this jungle.
Focus on the outcome (peace and tranquility) not how it was attained! Unless of course one killed all his people to guarantee dead silence and ultimate (bloody) peace!! .No harm is the concept, don’t go astray..:)
"Be the Living Expression of God's Kindness"
Mother Teresa
If you and I are peaceful, non-harmful and respectful, why in the world should anyone care how each of us achieved that? What matters is the outcome not how you got there.
Stressing on our differences is not the right path. Why don’t we look at where the path is leading in the end? There are tons of junctures, main roads and shortcuts, but we can manage to get there and meet at Costa Doha…)) coming by plane, train, camel, what ever road you’ve chose, we will eventually meet.
Many may not like this paragraph. But I have seen tribes/groups/people worshiping fire, rats, cows and less. Is anyone entitled to look down at them? No Holy Book or philosophy teaches stepping on others.
As strange and unacceptable it is to me, as a Muslim, to worship fire (as an example), I tried to understand their logic. I was told they worship fire because it is a symbol of purity and cleanness. It burns up all impurities. A philosophy I very much loved.
Christians confess in the booth. Do I like that as a Muslim, no. But learning that this is a way one uses to clean themselves and seek repentance, makes me joyful of the ritual. Then let it be!
All creatures on earth get hungry and thirsty? All of us need shelter. We all want peace. All seek recognition. We all have the same basic needs. Why is it so difficult to accept someone who found their solace and strength is some belief, as long as they are not trespassing/ killing/ resenting/harming…others?
The bottom line is to find the peace within yourself and HARM NO ONE. Treat all on equal footing. At least God/Allah does. That is exactly why I love Him, not because I was born Muslim, but because He makes me feel human, while my fellow humans are stepping on one another in this jungle.
Focus on the outcome (peace and tranquility) not how it was attained! Unless of course one killed all his people to guarantee dead silence and ultimate (bloody) peace!! .No harm is the concept, don’t go astray..:)
"Be the Living Expression of God's Kindness"
Mother Teresa