You see an incident like this and you realize, all these secular attempts at racial equality simply arent working. Prejudice, anger, fear of other, hate of other, etc ... these are things inside of the human being. Sometimes we dont even detect them. You cant eliminate feelings through laws or even peer pressure. If its inside the human being then its solution can only be something that penetrates the depth of the human heart. And I believe that thing is taqwa and nothing else. The thing is, all this is just talk. We need a display, a living proof. An example of a community that goes decade after decade, generation upon generation, in which taqwa and character are the guiding lights of our decisions and actions, not race. Thats not going to happen over night. But it CAN happen if its an emphasized and re-emphasized religious teaching. There are sooo many Prophetic counsels about racial equality. We all know them. But we need to see it in action, in our lives. It needs to be so obvious that it needs no comment. And Im confident this will happen because mosque-going Muslims have proven that they care about the deen and they want to do it right. Despite all the temptations and trials of modernity, there are still believers deening real hard. Putting out a good effort day in and day out. The immigrant - convert era had too many variables involved, so we have to throw that out the window. It was like an experiment with no control group. But the second and third generations in this country will be a more accurate demonstration, since education, experience in the faith, cultural background, etc will all be a wash. Non-factors. At that point, the test is real. Whenever Islam spread it was because their community offered a solution to the lands problems. We are in this situation now. Only knowledge and taqwa will allow our communities to overcome racial divides.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 04:43:19 +0000
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