tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219746845596485385.post2927906955493413328..comments2011-09-11T04:30:01.766-07:00Comments on ZiZi RANTS.: Osama, Prabhakaran and Me.ziZihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02523428293595012543noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219746845596485385.post-29465082160410100552011-09-11T04:30:01.766-07:002011-09-11T04:30:01.766-07:00A very introspective and elegiac note....I am in m...A very introspective and elegiac note....I am in much the same state of mind as you are and coming from multiple backgrounds to the present one I find myself in currently I can particularly sympathise and empathise with your note. <br /><br />But just as a spent volcano will forever remain as a significant reminder, they have forever changed the landscape of nations too, the man with the skull cap is now known as a Muslim, the curly writing he reads is not a bastardised form of Chinese writing but Arabic to many people...we are no more muhammedans, but Muslims, the "Arabic bible" that these obviously middle eastern people read (even if they are fair skinned and blue eyed as the Europeans) is now known as the Quran, the constant forehead to floor ritual is now known as salaah or prayer, and those long flowing nightgowns and bath towels left on the head that both men and women wear is identified as being abayas, hijabs, niqabs, thobes etc. <br /><br />Whilst the price has been unduly high, a reoccurrence of ignorance that prevailed before will only ultimately lead to a fresh cultivation of extremism, and terrorism and this is as easily applied to being Muslim and Islamic terrorism as it is to being Sri Lankan and the LTTE. <br /><br />Terrorism breeds where there is inequity, inequity in every form, be it skin colour, belief system, or nationalism, <br /><br />The lessons learnt as a result of these men should endure.<br /><br />- Suraj Umar AliSuraj Umar Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247494901534270528noreply@blogger.com