Bomb Blasts Shake Swedish Capital

This is another sad news about terrorism. This Saturday, a terrorist suicide bombing has created horror in downtown in Stockholm. The news have reminded the world once again about the danger all the U.S. supporting countries are in. There were two injuries and one death.
 The picture shows the corner of Olof Palmes Gata and Drottninggatan in central Stockholm where the car bomb exploded.

Around 5 p.m. local time on December 11, SÄPO and Swedish news agency TT received violent threats in the form of emails and sound files. Ten minutes later, a white Audi exploded in the very heart of Stockholm's shopping district, where Christmas shopping was in full swing.
Only a few minutes later and a couple of blocks away, a man that SÄPO has since called a "terrorist" set off a bomb strapped to his own body, killing himself, but injuring no one else.
The bomber, Iraqi-born Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, said in his threats to TT and SÄPO that he was targeting Swedish civilians because of Sweden's participation in the war in Afghanistan as well as the country's non-response to the Muhammad cartoons drawn by a Swedish artist that caused widespread protests in the Muslim world.

 The fact that the terrorist was angered by not only Sweden's involvement in the war in Afghanistan, but also a cartoon of Muhammad, shows that it is not only the government and military who should be careful. The terrorists are also triggered by the media, such as cartoons in this case. This is an alert for everyone. The terrorist society can be angered by many things that seems like a joke to many other people.
This concerns me about the media of America, where many things including the Muslim has been used for humor and entertainment.

Visiting Ground Zero, Asking Allah for Comfort

 

In the book, Hot, Flat and Crowed, the author Thomas Friedman criticizes ignorance of modern Americans. The most hot issue around this year is the nation's relationship to the Muslim community and awareness of terrorism. This article shows a good example of why people need to distinguish the religion and the violence.

“I like to go down there and pray and see the place and remember,” said Mrs. Traoré, a native of Ivory Coast who came to the United States in 1997. “When I go there, I feel closer to him. And him to me. I pray for him, too.”

When she prays, she calls God Allah. Mrs. Traoré, 40, says praying in the pit feels entirely natural, even if some of those standing with her — widows and widowers, parents and children — blame her religion for the destruction of that day. “That’s not fair,” she said. “It’s not because of Allah that these buildings fell.”

Islam is a highly misunderstood religion today. The terrorism created fear and many people are blinded with ignorance. That makes the war with the terrorists more challenging. We must know our enemy before we fight them. They are not the religion. It is true that the towers collapsed by the terrorists under the name of Allah but that can not be a fair reason to generalize all the Muslims out there. That is like generalizing that all the priests are pedophiles.

Pastor Cancels Koran Burning After Defense Secretary Calls

In the book, Hot, Flat and Crowed, the author Thomas Friedman points out the reality of "where the birds don't fly" referring to the American society. This article from the New York Times shows how close we got to putting ourselves in danger.

 

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Terry Jones, the Florida pastor who set the world on edge with plans to burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11, said Thursday that he had canceled his demonstration.

But the global controversy he started — drawing pointed criticism from President Obama and an array of leaders, officials and celebrities in the United States and abroad — stirred new questions and concerns even as he announced its end (which he later in the day threatened to retract.)

Mr. Jones said he called off the burning in return for a promise to move a proposed mosque in New York City to a new location far from ground zero.

That supposed deal, announced here on the lawn of Mr. Jones’s church, does not appear to exist.

This cancellation of Koran burning just saved numerous lives of innocent people. A media showing the world a white American man burning the most sacred book of Muslim? Would trigger more anger from the Muslim people all over the world and this can be the b

est tool for the terrorists to recruit more terrorists. This is a global relief.