Salaams (Peace) All,
And I really mean PEACE. As I sit here with my precious children, I pray for peace. It nearly knocked me off of my feet, while I was changing my daughter recently, that we are at war. AGAIN. In the seven years of my firstborn’s life, she has not lived in a country that was not at war. We are at war! It doesn’t seem real, because we don’t see the bombs falling from the sky. We aren’t putting our children to bed to the sound of gun fire. Our food, water, gas is not rationed. So we go on with our comfortable lives. We complain about the internet; it was slow so we couldn’t download our movie or music. Disney world tickets increased again, so now we might have to get the 3 day hopper pass instead of the 4 day. We complain that, movie tickets are now $10.00. Not for an instant thinking that today our country bombed another and 13 people died. Do we really wonder why people from other countries hate us?
War should never be this clean! If you are at war it should feel like war. No pretty words to tidy up our events, saying it’s just a conflict. We are raising war time babies. As mothers, as parents we should be as aware of that fact as a mom is in Libya, in Iraq, in Afghanistan. We should worry about the day we are no longer able to keep the war safely overseas. Because that is the war our children will see. As parents we should be firmly on the side of peace. As Muslims we should despise fighting, as the Prophet and his companions did. They didn’t want to go to war, they did it when they had no options left. And after being commanded to do so by Allah. Fighting only to end oppression and religious persecution and only until, the people stop fighting you! We should absolutely…want for our brother what we want for ourselves! If we don’t want our children bombed or in harms way then we shouldn’t want ANY children bombed or in harms way!
Today my prayer is for all of the mothers who worry what this conflict will bring for her family tomorrow. My prayer is for all of the children who will be traumatized or orphaned by these conflicts. I am not for or against the policy our government is taking. I am for PEACE at home and abroad. And if we do have to fight and I know that sometimes we might. Then let it be for the reasons Allah ordained. To end oppression, to stop persecution, to protect the weak and helpless. And not for nationalism, and not for political gains and NOT FOR OIL.
I pray that Allah brings peace to these conflicts, as swiftly as possible.
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