Contingent on justice

I don’t understand why the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette would publish a letter of hate speech and fearmongering (on Feb. 2, “Peace isn’t the point”). Instead of promoting peace and understanding, the letter is accusing a universal religion (2 billion Muslims) with stereotypical clichés in this critical time. The world is on the edge of world war and such inflammatory voices are pushing us over.

Such propaganda is also very disturbing to peaceful and successful American Muslims (like thousands of American Muslim doctors who save the lives of millions of American patients every year). It is a call to destroy our American social fabric from within and to demolish our values of tolerance, freedom of religion, and equality, and the Democrat-Gazette is giving a platform for it.

Further, the call to “send the B-52s [to] carpet-bomb Gaza from one end to the other” is disgusting. This is an open call for genocide. Is there really an editor who read it before publishing? Is there any rule about blatant racism and hate speech?

I’m not sure if the writer of these hateful words ever visited any of the Arkansan mosques (or read or listened to authentic materials) to learn a bit about Islam or about prophet Muhammad and his mercy and compassion. Much ignorance, misconceptions, and negative propaganda about Islam (or any other religion, group, or race) can be removed by education, and this is a call to honest readers to learn more about Islam from authentic sources.

Several of the United Nations’ resolutions concerning occupied Palestine were violated and neglected by the occupier. Simple and objective research will reveal the truth that some try to cover and/or manipulate.

Peace is contingent on justice. Let us all work for that.

HAMED ALALAMAT

Bentonville