Don’t Worry, We’re Going to Do Something

Thought provoking post by Umm Zaid.

 I’ve sported the American Muslims Against Terrorism banner on the web probably since    Shaikr first made it.  But, what does that really mean?  I certainly don’t agree   with the actions of those who intentionally target the lives of non combatants.    Is it enough to talk the talk if you don’t walk the walk?

  I’ve had my brush with terrorism.  The husband worked at a hospital in   Sharm el Sheikh in 2004 and 2005.  He considered applying for an accounting   position at the Ghazala Gardens hotel, but instead left Sharm in May 2005.    Two months later, two bombs ripped through Sharm- one at the Old Market, and one at the Ghazala Gardens hotel.  Depending on who’s account you believe, 64 or 88 people lost their lives.

After seeing the the devastation, I flip through the photo album my husband had sent me.  There was a picture of him in front of the gates of the Old Market.  Now it lay in ruins, covered in the blood of innocents.  Egyptian, foreigner, worker, tourist, bombs are indiscriminate.

I can talk the talk, but can I walk the walk?  I don’t want to have to be a puppet, popping up to with the same old script, condemning the actions of yet another parade of idiots.  I won’t apologize for something I haven’t done.  But this is my community, perpetrating these awful crimes.  I won’t stand behind their actions, and my words clearly show that.  But what about my actions?  Doing nothing can’t help.

What is there to do?  I feel helpless.