I wrote this note during the protest for Egypt but when I think about it, this is even more relevant today when Gaza is bombarded by militarised racist regime while all we can do is watch on our news feeds and pray. When we protest we ask ourselves the question: Will this protest, tweet, post, dua or photo help? Here is my answer. {Indifference} Last week we had a protest against the death sentence in Egypt (and today it is #Gaza). I reminded myself, and those who came, of the former Mufti of Bosnia advice. He said that one of the main problems today, globally, is indifference: we don’t care. We are immune to horrific events. Idea of might over right is prevailing and humanity is losing the idea that sense of freedom is the most valuable thing on this planet. Many are accepting to be slaves (not in classical sense but in a way that they don’t feel they are manipulated and used for the purposes of those who got the money, power and influence) – and they lose sense of dignity & freedom (and that we have to strive for these things) Just like in time of Musa (as) today we have magicians. They give us illusions instead of facts. They are found in news organisations, political structures, amongst money and power leaders. We live in a selfish civilisation, we sit in front of a TV set and we don’t care what is outside of our room: Global indifference. You don’t feel it now but if you remain indifferent, things you don’t care about will come at your door. But. it will be late to ask for help because others will become indifferent to your problems. The solution – it is not going to be instant, quick action. The problem is in our thinking. The solutions are the processes which depend on our awareness of a problem. People are not noticing the real problems. We are so overwhelmed with a surplus of information that we can not distinguish fiction from fact. This availability of information, instead of informing, is misinforming and brain washing us until we become indifferent. So why were we there protesting? My answer: To cure our own hearts, to prove to our own selfs that we are alive and not dead, not indifferent.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 13:31:54 +0000
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