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Letter to Editor: A Muslim's Plea for Gun Control
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Guns don’t kill people, people kill people – but is this really an excuse for the heinous acts that strip away innocent lives year after year?
The vast majority of us are law-abiding, responsible gun owners. However, there will always be a select few that jeopardize our rights. It is an unfair truth in life. Churches are being desecrated, school students are being gunned down, and even a movie theater elicits anxiety in the minds of a few.
Being a Muslim American, my community and I champion the second amendment and the right to self-defense. The Quran even protects this right in 22:39-41 by obliging all Muslims to protect churches, synagogues, and Temples under attack. As an American, I love our nation’s freedom and democracy and therefore I implore that we sensibly advocate the necessary procedures to control such violent acts.
Sincerely,
Tahmid Asad
Member, Muslim Writers Guild of America
Allen
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And you should reread the Quaran and the verses you attempted to paraphrase. Those verses refer specifically and ONLY to the rights of MUSLIMS in protecting their property and further deny the right of non-muslims to do the same against muslims.
Quote 22:41 "They are those (non-muslims) who, if WE GIVE THEM AUTHORITY IN THE LAND, establish prayer and enjoin what is right ... to ALLAH belongs the outcome of ALL matters.
Based upon this verse, I'll feel much more comfortable maintaining arms to thwart those who would attempt to gain 'authority' in our land.
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