unspeakable evil in Najaf

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My dearest friends and Siblings,

Once again, news reports inspire me to speak my

opinion in the only forum available to me. I cannot

read about such unspeakable evil yet remain silent.

If you were to ask me to list all the crimes of

which a human being is capable, and place them in

order of evil, with the most sinisterly evil acts at

the top, very close to the top of my list would be the

crime of murdering people who are in the process of

praying to the Divine.

This is exactly what happened recently in the city

of Najaf in Iraq. People had gathered for prayers to

their God, and to listen to the words of their

spiritual leader. Several dozen of them died when a

car exploded nearby. News reports say that the Al

Qaida organization or people very similar to them

caused the explosion.

I emphasize that these people who died were

moslems. They were inside a mosque. The spiritual

leader killed was a moslem cleric.

The leaders of Al Qaida have clamied many times

that they are moslems, fighting a holy jihad against

the West. Many moslems have believed these words, and

many in the West have believed them also. Many people

here in the USA believe that the current violence

around the world is a war of Islam versus the West.

I hope that everyone now understands that this is

a lie. Al Qaida does not represent Islam. If it did,

the thought of murdering fellow moslems in the very

act of praying in a mosque would be unthinkable. These

people are murderers commiting acts of unjustifiable

evil. They can no more easily claim that they

represent Islam any more than Hitler could claim to

represent Christianity.

Such actions hurt every person of faith regardless

of what name they use in their prayers: Jesus, Allah,

Krishna, Buddha, Kali, or any other name. Violence

against any faith represents violence against the

Divine herself, and cannot be tolerated by any person

who truly loves the Divine.

I pray that the Great Mother may bring love to the

hearts of all, especially those who have committed

such acts of evil. May they come to see the errors of

their ways. May they seek to bring peace and love to

the famlies of those whom they have harmed. And may

love prevail in the souls of all, today and every day.

Jai Mahakali!

 

Sister Usha Devi

 

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Sister Usha Devi

Founder, Divinely Female and worshipper of the Sacred Flame that shines inside

every woman