Let's Watch Our Language

I am tired of the untrue and divisive phrases “Islamic militant” or “Muslim terrorist” I read and hear in the media. 1) We play into their strategy when we use religious labels, since they want all to believe they are about holy war. They are simply militants and terrorists from the Middle East or Asia, or wherever. 2) To infer that they are Islamic or Muslim is a lie when one understands their founder and their holy book. 3) We dare not tarnish the good name of the other 99 percent of Muslims of the Islamic faith. Hitler was a Christian but we did not call him a “Christian Nazi.” Likewise, we did not call Timothy McVeigh a “Christian bomber.” History will strip the labels and record that he and Hitler were misguided, bloody terrorists, as were the nineteen men who flew planes into the World Trade Towers. For the sake of our global human community, let’s all watch our language. ~jpc

Finally, we are all children of “God,” but none of us perfectly acts like it. Namaste.