Khan: We have to confront what Ahmed al Ahmed fought on Bondi Beach
2025/12/22 2 Comments
Of note:
…The Muslim community in Sydney has taken a clear stand: it will not receive the body of the deceased terrorist, nor perform funeral rites over it. Dr. Jamal Rifi, a prominent Muslim leader in the city, said: “We don’t see [the offenders] as inside the fold of Islam or as Muslims,” adding, “what they have done is not condoned by any of us and it is killing innocent civilians. We know it is a verse in our book, killing an innocent civilian is the same as killing all humanity.”
Australian authorities have yet to indicate if the attack was related to Israel’s violence against Palestinians. Nonetheless, this is an opportunity to clearly delineate the actions of a government from those of Jews worldwide. It is not antisemitic to criticize and oppose the Israeli government’s genocidal actions against the Palestinians in Gaza and its brutal military occupation of the West Bank. The war crime of Oct. 7, 2023 cannot justify war crimes in which tens of thousands of Palestinian women and children are killed and populations are starved. It is antisemitic, however, to blame all Jews for the actions of the Israeli government. It is antisemitic to vandalize Jewish institutions, businesses and communities in protest. It is antisemitic to instill fear in Jewish communities – and Muslims know all too well the danger of being blamed and targeted for the actions of a few.
After the terrorist attack at a Quebec City mosque during which six worshippers were gunned down in cold blood, and after the murder of three generations of the Afzal family in London, Ont., by an Islamophobe, Canadian Muslims understandably feared for their safety. And while government and law enforcement responded to assure a shaken community, it was grassroots support and love by ordinary Canadians that helped in the healing process.
Our Jewish friends, colleagues and neighbours are hurting and fearful. Let us all reach out with wings of mercy and compassion, to build stronger communities – and to build a stronger Canada.
Source: We have to confront what Ahmed al Ahmed fought on Bondi Beach
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There is a similar verse in the Talmud (“Whoever destroys a single life is considered as if they had destroyed an entire world”). And there is a great, recent discussion on Reddit about the influence of the Talmud on the Quran (see especially the post by TerribleFactor9949 in three parts.) https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQuran/comments/1nolgd0/is_there_a_connection_between_this_verse_in_the/#:~:text=In%20the%20Talmud%20(Mishnah%20Sanhedrin,had%20saved%20an%20entire%20world.
Fair amount of similarities among the Abrahamic faiths. Thanks for flagging.