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Q and A Time

By Imam Zaid Shakir · June 20, 2015

Question: Why is it so hard to call the massacre of African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina a terrorist act?

Answer: Because all terrorists are Muslim, and Dylann Root, the confessed murderer is not a Muslim.

Question: When obviously deranged Muslims commit acts of mass murder, why are they never declared mentally ill?

Answer: Because if you are mentally ill you cannot be motivated by an evil ideology.

Question: Why do the politicians who are so quick to shed tears over the massacre in Charleston, which should move all of us to tears, so slow to initiate any legislation that would begin to address the root causes of the hatred and violence threatening to tear our society apart? Furthermore, why do they have dry eyes when it comes to the massacre of millions of people over the last few decades as a result of our foreign policy?

Answer: Because they have been bought by various lobbies who have a vested interest in perpetuating the status quo.

Question: When will this madness stop?

Answer: When we decide that every life, black or white, Muslim, Christian or Jewish, American or foreigner, rich or poor, is deserving to be honored, cherished and protected based on the nobility and sanctity afforded it by Almighty God.

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