Browsing Tag: Osama Bin Laden

Chandigarh turned into Lahore on Wednesday evening, as director Kathryn Bigelow began shooting for " Zero Dark Thirty" ("ZD30") - a movie based on Osama Bin Laden's capture by US Navy Seals.

How true is the saying, “God resides in the hearts of children!” We should learn from children to be open and honest. Over the next few moments, many thoughts raced through my mind the 9/11 tragedy, loss of innocent lives at the hands of terrorists for no reason, a state of shock and disbelief, followed by hundreds, maybe more, incidents of mistaken identity...

With the US having achieved its aim of crushing the bogey it created, the rest of us are still wondering whether the world is a safer place in the same way as it was being questioned by people when Sayyid Ahmed Barelvi was killed in 1831. Islamic fundamentalism did not die with the death of the Sayyid nor will it die with the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Bilal was hopeful his faith would gain a new image. “Terrorism is not our religion. We condemn that 100 percent,” he said. Bilal explained that the Koran could be misinterpreted by people like bin Laden, but said it was the duty of Muslims not to follow religious leaders blindly, and to use their own moral judgment.

Dr. Rajwant Singh, Chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion and Education (SCORE), said that “We appreciate President Obama’s leadership in bringing justice to a man who caused so much grief to many fellow Americans and to so many people around the world.