Dont ever call me a terrorist !

Lets face it - most guys around the globe thinks that Muslims are bound to end up as terrorists. The common perception is that Muslims are not at all tolerant and they take up arms whenever they and the principles of their religion are intellectually challenged by a person or a group of persons.

I have had my own experience -there was this guy in my class who in the middle of an extremely boring Measurement Lab session turned towards me and asked "Hey Sadique, why do you think so many Muslims become terrorists ?". I was left speechless for one moment but the insult that I felt made me face him head on and I told him about what I think is really happening and how the the incidents get amplified by the media to grow a perception among people that Muslims are bad and bang !, he started a tirade about how many innocent people the Muslim terrorists kill each year and how this number was more than what Hitler killed..........

But I want to point out how meaningless this argument really is.
I am a Muslim and I believe from what I have learned of my religion that it , like any other religion in this world teaches its followers to respect other people's religions and to live in harmony with them.

But the things turn ugly when certain people who think that their religion is superior to others and who cannot live in harmony with followers of other religions and who cannot take part in healthy intellectual debates take up arms against followers of another religion. The resulting chaos that such people cause is the same irrespective of the religion they endorse.
So next time you feel like calling somebody a terrorist just because of the religion he follows , please think a second time !

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

Sri Buddha