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'IntroductionThe worldly concern guides to find to hear for each one former(a)’s organized religion and whimsey and respect it in every way. Following the family 11th tragedy, Christians face the dilemma of comprehending the truths of the tragedy and responding to it in a Christian way. That dilemma is practiceed by deep study and understanding Islam point by the account obtain and prophesies contained in it. the States and the world must gather in that idol fulfills his purpose frequently through disasters.With the tragedy, a lot of essential questions arose: Is terrorism the dependable focus of Islam? Is god absent in such(prenominal) disasters?As America mourned, approximately(a) celebrated. It is true that some deal whitethorn think that they atomic number 18 terrorists provided some may think they atomic number 18 license fighters. The belief that deeds can be justify politically has been going on for years. Politicization of godliness has giv en an opportunity to justify actions politically and star it is done, it could be morally certain as well (Lyon). other(a) antiauthoritarian nations believe that the individual is the arbiter of near and unconventional. exclusively some like bin so gived thinks diametricly.Faith is the initiation of moral philosophy only when at the same time it is the line of descent of relativism in every means to kick in one religion. This makes their inconsistencies unmingled. If moral agnosticism is the unquestioning of relativism, how come relativism tells us that no one can discern right wing from wrong? On the other hand, the attackers pass water perish their last hours with prostitutes in night clubs. If their unequivocal is Islam, why spend their last night to satisfy their sexual necessarily rather of their spiritual needs?Zacharias’ BookRavi suggested in his book, clarification in the Shadow of Jihad: The struggle for Truth, five major questions that p revail in concourse’s mind later on the September 11 Bombing. These questions be: Did the terrorists’ action portray a true Islam belief? What can state and church do in shaping the outlook of people on religion and how does it affect the grow of the nation?Did the mishap illustrate an Islamic tradition or such tho undermine the religion of Islam? Were there each kn suffer predictions that such phenomenon would actually go across? What is the implication of such incident to the world and to the Future? Moreover, He implicitly asked how graven image views the incident (Zacharias). Was matinee idol in favor of what happened? Why did He allow such violence take place? These were fewer of the questions directed to question the inclination graven image towards the 9/11 Bombing.Osama lay in Laden; A Protagonist or an opposition?Discernment begins with intuition. But as everybody knows, may often be wrong. alike for instance, Osama bin Laden’s intu ition has failed him (Zacharias). afterwards 9/11, he deliberately complained slightly the bloodshed in Afghanistan. The bloodshed has abruptly become withal reprehensible for Bin Laden. Intuition is simply non profuse bases for discernment. thitherfore, argumentation must come to place. But how do we decease from intuition to reasoning? Relativist has said that reason could non locomote us to morality and that people ar not capable of discriminating right from wrong simply because right or wrong does not exist. Morality derived from intuition then become in betrothal with morality derived from reasoning (Zacharias).As these conflicts arise, a need to go back to the foundation of morality is in place. The society me depone recognizes that need. It is pressing and must be taken into consideration.Bin Laden, has his consume way of looking at and discerning of the Islamic belief and tradition. Likewise, he has his own way of interpreting the codes of conduct or the morali ty included and written in the Quran. If his decision failed him, then logically, somehow his knowledge and interpretation of the Quran may be different from the original message of it.Muslim, Islam, Allah and the 9/11 BombingSeptember 11 terrorists thought or believed that their action is Allah’s will (Zacharias). tour other Muslims think it is corrupted Islam. If such remnant of belief exists among Muslims, what does other people from other beliefs to believe?Is terrorism a fruit of an Islamic worldview or a fruit of socio economic situation? people then must examine Islam to answer this urgent question. As discussed in the book, Islam is a religion which originated from Muhammed. It was through military incursion that Islam was spread out. by and by the death of Muhammed without a heir or successor, Islam movement was split up (Zacharias).In this time of division, some readings of Quran were destroyed. Thus, this incident becomes a controversy among critics for they think that textual tampering took place. Four sources of Quran accounts and business relationship after the incident emerged- the Hadith, the Sunna, the Sira, and the Tafsir (Zacharias). But different sects of Islam have different levels of importance to these sources. This is an grounds why Muslims, most of the time, are not unanimated in terms of opinion, actions or methods within their religion today. In this situation, Muslims avow on abrogation. But in this method, other problem arises. Which Quran readings abrogate other Quran readings? Differences among Muslims arise even more. more or less Muslims reproach Christians to the point of killing them. There have been several reports intimately it. Like 9/11 tragedy is persecution to Christians (Muhammad). It is peak and unfair.Educators has attempted to have an in-depth study of Islam but has met resistance with Muslim leaders. There is a chance that they are trying to master the minds of other Muslims. What could be de rived from Islamic story?There exists a major disarray among Muslims rough their religion. This confusion is primarily caused by the division that is button up evident today. From this as well, we can safely say that not all Muslims agree to violence (Zacharias). Organizing and restudying of Islam is urgently needed by Muslims.Christianity and the War of the unearthly FaithsWhat about in Christianity? Is it not in any way predicted or prophesied by the bible? Throughout muniment, the prophesies in the bible has come to pass. As for example, in the book of Daniel about Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar had a problem about a statue which has four different parts.  It was a dream that Daniel had to interpret. Daniel explained to Nebuchadnezzar that it concerns kingdoms (Muhammad). The first kingdom would suppress the kingdom before them until it reach the fourth. These came to pass as prophesied. Jesus conquered human history without any political agenda. According to theologians, div inity is there but his presence is not obvious. This is called â€Å"the hiddenness of matinee idol”  (Muhammad). Atheist, on the other hand, thinks that if immortal would manifest himself, they would believe he exists. Other Christians sometimes wish so too.As Muslims persecute Christians, Christians persecute Muslims as well (Muhammad). After 9/11, Muslims faced everyday the distinction against them. Every Muslim is perceived to be a terrorist (Lyon). What does that say about Christianity? What is the difference between Muslims and Christians with this king of discrimination?This desire to see God tells more about us than about God. We turn to God when we have no one or nowhere to turn to and questions him when are needs are not met. This happens because of our tendency to rely on our intellect and the continuous nurturing of our minds with knowledge. muddy inside each of us yearns for intelligent evidence. With Christians, faith varies but same beliefs are evid ent. A true relationship with God is when we begin to relate to him in some(prenominal) our ups and downs. God has a purpose. He intends to have us trust him and submit our lives to him in the midst of tragedy.Religion and the FutureThe world is suffering from leave out of critical minds in relation to worldviews (Lyon). We are corrupted with so much information, too many voices. But it will never be enough for people masking just listen to them and absorb everything. It is serious for people to filter it before accept it as true.The world should position to use faith as a basis of morality. Intuition and Reasoning is not enough. We should put to use the basis of religion as the solid ground of morality in our society. Religion may vary but it is sure the most solid, even if it may be inconsistent, foundation for morality.Respect for other glossiness and religion must be evident in every individual for the feeler of humanity. We may live in a democratic society but still disc rimination is still evident. We must realize and accept that our religion or faith varies. Respect comes from understanding and learning each others cultures. Learning from the experience and moving on from it is in need. It is a challenge for everyone to understand each other. It is time for us to move on from the tragedy. It is time to move on from the corrupted and discriminating society that we are today. Let us move on and be better.Works Cited:Lyon, David. Surveillance after September 11 . Blackwell Publishing Limited , 2003.Muhammad, Elijah. Christianity Versus Islam. Secretarius Memps Publications , 1997.Zacharias, Ravi. neat in the Shadow of Jihad: The splutter for Truth . Multnomah , 2002.\r\n'