Title - Ramadan day 19 - On the Border
Restaurant
Date - Tuesday, August 7, 2012 |
Ramadan 19, 1433
Mosque - On the Border Restaurant
Address - Addison, Texas
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On the Border restaurant was my destination tonight, Iftaar was
at 8:20 on Chips and Salsa with my son and daughter. It was a peaceful evening, and I always feels
good be with my kids.
No writing on Ramadan, however, I wrote my weekly column for
Dallas Morning News on the Massacre of Sikhs at the Sikh Temple. It is sad and
a difficult situation, however, the following piece addressed how to prevent
such situations.
TEXAS FAITH: Is the Sikh shooting Christian terrorism?
I am pleased to share a few
thoughts on long term solutions in the light of Sikh Massacre; this is in
conjunction with my column at Dallas Morning news.
As an American, Indian and a Muslim, I stand by the Sikh community and hope to find sustainable solutions to prevent shameless events like this from happening. As Americans we need to come together to build an America where no one needs to live in apprehension, discomfort or fear of the other.
Kindly join us for a candlelight vigil on
August 8th at the Sikh Temple of North Texas at 506 Gatewood Rd, Garland, Texas 75043 in
Garland, TX at 8 p.m.
Blaming
will not bring the lives back or solve the problems, pushing the bigots to the
corner will not do it, engaging (there is no them, it is all of us) them in a
normal day to day life has a chance of nurturing goodwill.
We need to ask ourselves, am I capable of making friends with fellow Americans from different backgrounds, races, faiths and ethnicities? If I am reluctant, biased or bent on blaming others, then half of the problem is me. If I have it, they have it. Then I need to shed my bias first.
We need to ask ourselves, am I capable of making friends with fellow Americans from different backgrounds, races, faiths and ethnicities? If I am reluctant, biased or bent on blaming others, then half of the problem is me. If I have it, they have it. Then I need to shed my bias first.
Here is an article on the topic at Dallas Morning News’s Texas Faith Section, and God willing there will be an article with statements from a few about the incident in a few days.
Texas Faith is a weekly column at Dallas
Morning News managed by Editors William McKenzie and Wayne Slater, the material
is contributed by several panelists, for all responses please visit http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/2012/08/texas-faith-is-the-sikh-shooting-christian-terrorism.html/
MIKE GHOUSE, President, Foundation for Pluralism,
Dallas
The term “Christian Terrorism” is one of the most dangerous
terms to bring into currency. It is as ridiculous as “Islamic Terrorism” or
Jewish and Hindu Terrorism. I deplore Juergensmeyer for floating it, as
it amounts to advocating an eye for an eye, making the whole world blind.
We continue to blame Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism or other religions as though they are individuals who can be slapped, hanged, annihilated, beat up, killed or punished for the wrong doing. If we can’t do that, then why bark at religion?
We continue to blame Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism or other religions as though they are individuals who can be slapped, hanged, annihilated, beat up, killed or punished for the wrong doing. If we can’t do that, then why bark at religion?
Every piece of matter
and life is programmed to seek
balance and justice respectively. Blaming a religion is passing the buck to an
intangible non-punishable entity, thus deliberately perpetuating injustice.
Justice is the key to harmony and
peaceful co-existence in the society.
Individuals are always responsible for the bloodshed and not the religions. By punishing the individual for the wrong doing, we serve justice and restore trust and cohesiveness in the society. We need to go a step further, and find the individuals who inspire men like Wade Michael Page to massacre the Sikhs in the temple or the senseless shooting in Colorado.
Hate is one of the sources of disrupting peace in a society and it is our duty to track down the source of such hate and work on mitigating it. We have an obligation to maintain law and order and faithfully guard the safety of every citizen.
Politicians and religious leaders need to
be aware, that as a civilized society, we can hold them accountable for making
irresponsible statements.
If we learn to respect the otherness of others, and accept the genetic uniqueness of each one of us, then conflicts fade and solutions emerge. Ask yourselves, what is my contribution to America?
If we learn to respect the otherness of others, and accept the genetic uniqueness of each one of us, then conflicts fade and solutions emerge. Ask yourselves, what is my contribution to America?
As an American, Indian and a Muslim, I stand by the Sikh
community and hope to find long term sustainable solutions to prevent shameless
events like this from happening.
As Americans we need to come together to build an America where no one needs to live in apprehension, discomfort or fear of the other.
URL - http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2012/08/texas-faith-is-sikh-shooting-christian.html
No American has to
live in apprehension or fear of the other. There are solutions; here is a
trailer of the movie in making: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMXsTo4VYh8&feature=youtu.be
Each mosque and each tradition is uniquely different. Insha Allah, I will do my best to keep that
uniqueness intact, however, it is not easy to write different things each day
for the whole month. If you wish to get
a complete essence of this
Mike Ghouse is committed to building a cohesive America with
participation from every community. Please visit www.AmericaTogetherfoundation.com
Please mark your calendar for the Unity Day USA, a positive
event that brings all Americans Together to rededicate our pledge for a
peaceful, prosperous and secure America. We are a part of America and we need
to feel and live it. If you liked some
of the article, you will like the description of Unity Day USA at www.UnityDayUSA.com
In defense of Islam,
pursuing a civil dialogue
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/columnists/steve-blow/20100919-In-defense-of-Islam-pursuing-9397.ece
Prayer postures
http://ramadanexclusive.blogspot.com/2012/07/muslim-prayers-format-salat-or-namaz.html
http://ramadanexclusive.blogspot.com/2012/07/muslim-prayers-format-salat-or-namaz.html
What does God really want?
Are Muslims a part of the American society?
http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2011/10/are-muslims-part-of-american-story.html
http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2011/10/are-muslims-part-of-american-story.html
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