Antone's Nightclub
Against the Spirit
RECEIVED Tue., June 14, 2016
Dear Editor,
As an American Muslim, my thoughts and prayers go to the victims of the senseless mass shooting in Orlando, Florida.
Just after beginning the seventh day of fast, we heard this barbaric attack had taken place. A while later, we heard what we had hoped and prayed not to be the case. A Muslim name appeared everywhere in the news linked to taking dozens of innocent lives.
The month of fasting (Ramadan) is a time when Muslims seek God's mercy, and engage in charity and acts of service to become better human beings. Unlike Muslims fasting in this month, the Orlando shooter, Omar Mateen, went against the spirit of Ramadan by choosing to plan and carry out an atrocity based on hate and lack of humanity.
True Islam requires one to be engaged in worship and charitable acts with increased focus during the holy month of Ramadan. The Prophet Muhammad taught, “If any one of you is fasting, let him not utter obscenities or act in an ignorant manner, and if anyone insults him or wants to fight with him, let him say, I am fasting.” Taking someone’s life is out of the question.
As an American Muslim, my thoughts and prayers go to the victims of the senseless mass shooting in Orlando, Florida.
Just after beginning the seventh day of fast, we heard this barbaric attack had taken place. A while later, we heard what we had hoped and prayed not to be the case. A Muslim name appeared everywhere in the news linked to taking dozens of innocent lives.
The month of fasting (Ramadan) is a time when Muslims seek God's mercy, and engage in charity and acts of service to become better human beings. Unlike Muslims fasting in this month, the Orlando shooter, Omar Mateen, went against the spirit of Ramadan by choosing to plan and carry out an atrocity based on hate and lack of humanity.
True Islam requires one to be engaged in worship and charitable acts with increased focus during the holy month of Ramadan. The Prophet Muhammad taught, “If any one of you is fasting, let him not utter obscenities or act in an ignorant manner, and if anyone insults him or wants to fight with him, let him say, I am fasting.” Taking someone’s life is out of the question.
Touba Khurshid