What Muslims You Are? Poem by Mahfooz Ali

Mahfooz, You describe your feelings on the subject of war very well. A few gramatical errors but otherwise well written. Religion is a collection of faiths imo but all with one aim. Peace and Love. Slaughter on any grounds, is not on the agenda of any decent human beings mind nor religious parchment. Human beings must learn to live in peace, justice and harmony. It is as simple as that. We must share our world and distribute it's bounty more equally. We adults are all responsible and the gaurdians for our children and generations to come. Reasoned negotiation is the only way forward in my opinion. You make many valid points here Mahfooz, but we must not pretend we understand the minds and thoughts of the suicide bomber or so called terrorist imo. We cannot know unless we experience their struggles personally. There are radical extremist opinion and groups throughout the world and these minority groups must be moderated but they need reason to want to. They have sprung from a ground struggle of hunger, despair and injustice. Death, loss and grief can numb any soul. My hope is that we can find a way to all live in peace, it is a vain hope, because it seems through history that man must blood let some way or another. Thanks for bringing another dimension to the view of the terror the world lives under. Good job, Tai

It saddens me what is practised in the name of God. Just as the Crusades and witch hunts were nothing to do with Christianity, Jihad as a form of terrorism is far removed from Islam. Muslims today have so many injustices and prejudices to face that the last thing they should have to do is defend themselves against accusations of warmongering. Terrorist are power hungry murderers - whether they call it Jihad or a War on Terror. Most of us just want peace. Thankyou for pointing that out. Hugs Anna xxx