http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/british-ebola-victim-returns-home-1-3519729
I have been considering this story this morning in contrast to the other of recent days about young muslims from the UK volunteering for armed struggles aiming at establishing tyrannical theocracies and involving themselves in attention grabbing atrocities:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28920699
I personally dont believe there's much point in discussing and debating the finer points of politics, history and religion with political muslims largely because I've met that sort of person before, although the religious hashtags were different, I've also met the ideological striped ones aswell, and its left me believing that there's larger cultural and social trends underpinning it and individual character or psychological traits or signposts to that sort of behaviour underlying most of it.
On the other hand I think that there can be no mistake as to which behaviour is more attuned to true religion and pleasing to God as conceived by the same.
The one individual is not causing pain to anyone, they are risking and appear willing to engage in self-sacrifice, they are compassionate, presumably, or altruistic in their motives, and they have shown great courage undoubtably too, the other example may appear courageous to their in-group, provoking the wrath of a geopolitical superpower, volunteering for a sectarian killing match etc. but the contrast is there and deserves to be made. What do you think? Also do you think that the media or any commentators are going to hit upon the contrast that is to be made here?
I have been considering this story this morning in contrast to the other of recent days about young muslims from the UK volunteering for armed struggles aiming at establishing tyrannical theocracies and involving themselves in attention grabbing atrocities:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28920699
I personally dont believe there's much point in discussing and debating the finer points of politics, history and religion with political muslims largely because I've met that sort of person before, although the religious hashtags were different, I've also met the ideological striped ones aswell, and its left me believing that there's larger cultural and social trends underpinning it and individual character or psychological traits or signposts to that sort of behaviour underlying most of it.
On the other hand I think that there can be no mistake as to which behaviour is more attuned to true religion and pleasing to God as conceived by the same.
The one individual is not causing pain to anyone, they are risking and appear willing to engage in self-sacrifice, they are compassionate, presumably, or altruistic in their motives, and they have shown great courage undoubtably too, the other example may appear courageous to their in-group, provoking the wrath of a geopolitical superpower, volunteering for a sectarian killing match etc. but the contrast is there and deserves to be made. What do you think? Also do you think that the media or any commentators are going to hit upon the contrast that is to be made here?
