There is a need for Muslim societies to stand against fundamentalism

Today I read a post by a young man residing in Beirut

In cab, listening to radio show on how April Fool's jokes and pranks are un-Islamic.

Honestly and respectfully, this is becoming ridiculous! 

A radio broadcasting from Beirut that can be heard on car radio is definitely a station that is not affiliated to any of the so called terrorist groups. It is most probably one of the main stream religious institutions or Hezbollah station. Or maybe one of the regular news stations doing an interview with some so called Sheikh.

There is something wrong when main stream religion finds it proper to interfere into every practice of daily life to the smallest irrelevant details!

Sometimes it is horoscope, or music, or food, or fun things like April fool joke, or chatting on social media; practices that have nothing to do with religion.

And more so in Lebanon, a country where for 90% of the population, you cannot really tell who is Muslim or Christian.

We rarely hear anything that relates to spirituality or the essence of religion. It is as if Islam is a cult that rules your terrestrial life and actions without any consideration for your human interaction or love or higher levels of thought. 

And this is wrong because, Islam in its essence is a continuation of Judaism and Christianity with the same roots. Most of the Bible and the Old Testament are included in the Koran and most prophets are acknowledged. So how come it became today a religion of exclusion and forbidding?

I do not understand how this is acceptable  

Enough is enough!

High time for all those who consider themselves Muslims to protest this destructive trend. 

Extremism takes root in finding such behaviour acceptable.
 

Stop Trump campaign, the doom of Republicans

The "stop Trump campaign" is the most ridiculous political movement the Republican party ever launched. Independent of who Trump is or what he represents, he is winning. He has a real following among the Republican following. He has revitalized a party that seemed to have lost its direction. From a party that represents an economic vision it turned into a party that relies on social conservatism for votes.

"Stop Trump campaign" is a movement against Trump. It is not a movement for something or anything. It is ridiculous. What will be the message in their campaign against the Democrats? How will they explain to the voters what they are for? They are advertisement to be for "stop Trump"! A party promoting a negation? Get real, it is more ridiculous that the showmanship of Trump.

I wonder how will the American electorate react?
If they vote for a negation, then I can say without any doubt that it is the demise of the democratic process in the United States of America.
It is frightening.

Clinton negates her vote for the war on Iraq, does it matter?

An Iraqi woman called me today crying. She saw on the news her university bombed to the ground. She felt as sad as when her home was destroyed during the US invasion of Iraq. The worst of it is not the pain she expressed, it is the fatalism that transpired. Farida personifies the lost hope of a whole nation.

The University of Mosul was founded in April 1967, building on the foundations of the 1929 College of Medicine.
It was a respected academic center of higher education in Iraq. The University offered accredited Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees in more than 100 scientific specializations. More than 80,000 students have graduated since the foundation of the University. Many of them contributed to science all over the world.
It was one of the largest educational and research centers in the Middle East, and the second largest in Iraq, behind the University of Baghdad.
US planes leading the Combined Joint Task Force destroyed the university of Mosul in March 2016.
The explanation is that it became a command center for Daesh.
Most probably true, however one wonders how much do the Iraqis need to pay as a price to the US invasion, followed by the war against terrorism.

Hillary Clinton in an effort to be elected President joins today those who said that they were mistaken to vote for the war on Iraq allowing George W. Bush to launch his military campaign.
One wonders what they are apologizing for and if these apologies have any value.
Will the recognition of mistake restore the life of Fardia and all of those who suffered and are still suffering in Iraq?

Removing Saddam was not a mistake.
The catastrophic nation building that followed and handing Iraq to Iran was the mistake.
Then hijacking the elections that Allawi won by pressuring for the restoration of Maliki to power was another more recent mistake that lead to the rise of Daesh.

There is no real accountability for the superpowers.
They can meddle making mistakes and then complain about the world needing them.
A real catch 22 situation and those who pay the price are far far away....