Where Is The Love

When a man thinks he is better than another, and refuses to see the other as an equal, as a fellow human, then no matter what is said, he will find ways and means to justify his actions of persecution against his neighbour.

And then death tolls will count for nothing. Women are fair game. Children even. For they single-mindedly march onwards to their ultimate aim of dominance.

Billions of people in the world co-exists in harmony, yet in a small strip of land, violence has been going on and on and on. The land on one side, is as fertile as the land on the other. A line that separates, how different can it be? How hard is it to share?

And then with such arrogance they plead their case in defence. 'We are just defending ourselves', they say. And yet they label the exact thing their neighbour is doing as 'terrorism'. Where the line drawn between defence and terrorism is so thin it is barely there. What is wrong, what is right?

For each handheld rocket sent unto them, then send their warplanes with payloads to flatten down schools. 'They are building rockets under the desk', so they claim. For each rock thrown unto them, they send their armored tanks.

And yet even with all their firepower and technology, the oppressed will fight on. The fight will live on. They will never know peace. They never did. And never will. For wherever there is injustice, there will be true believers who will stand hard against tyranny.

When you live under such oppression, death is no longer a fear. And to the death the oppressed will fight, the memory of Al-Husayn serving as inspiration. That it is ok to die for a cause. For your home. For your family. For your land. For your beliefs.

Yet as it rages on, no one takes a stand. The powers that surround seem uncaring, avoiding conflict. But do they not know? That even if it is not them suffering today, that tomm it could be? And then wouldn't it be too late?

Have they not realised that for one step taken unopposed, it sets the precedent for 10 more steps. And then a hundred. And where will it stop? When will it stop.

'All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.'

How sad. And how so very true.