Disturbing
Seattle has made international news today.
From King 5
From BBC:
Forrealz. I agree.
I also agree there needs to be an end to violence against Muslims all over the world. Or perhaps an end to hate-crimes all over the world. I find it shocking that the Rev. did not perhaps say, "We pray that there will be an end to violence between Jewish and Muslim people around the world," or something to that effect. Was it just the juxtoposition of these two articles that bothered me? Granted, the Rev.'s reaction was about a pretty specific crime. The comment was about international events though. It's the silent jump from local-international problems that leads me to believe that his knee-jerk reaction was tinged with some bias.
It's worrysome to me that his statement reflects a blatant disregard for the fact that the worldwide violence he speaks of is happening on more than one front and between faiths. It also seems to disregard that ALL OF IT, not just that which is committed against one group of people, is resulting in a completely tragic loss of life.
It can also be noted that King5 made sure to get statements from the Jewish community and the Interfaith community, but not the Muslim community.
Update: It should be noted that the news later clarified the shooter's religion. Day-of news reported a witness quoting the shooter saying, "I am Muslim," and then reporters found out he had converted to Christianity. Now King5 states: "His father, an engineer, founded an Islamic center there, but Haq did not often practice the religion, acquaintances said." hm. I guess I gotta check my assumptions too!
From King 5
Rev. Sanford Brown, Church Council of Greater Seattle Executive Director, expressed shock, grief, and sadness...We pray that there will be an end to violence against Jews all over the world... Seattle is a place of interfaith understanding and cooperation."The next piece of news I read was this:
From BBC:
Briefing the Security Council on Friday, Mr Egeland said some 600 people had been killed by Israeli action in Lebanon, of which around a third were children."Something was missing in the Rev. Brown's statement: "We pray that there will be an end to violence against Jews all over the world."
It's been horrific... There is something fundamentally wrong with the war, where there are more dead children than armed men," Mr Egeland said.
Forrealz. I agree.
I also agree there needs to be an end to violence against Muslims all over the world. Or perhaps an end to hate-crimes all over the world. I find it shocking that the Rev. did not perhaps say, "We pray that there will be an end to violence between Jewish and Muslim people around the world," or something to that effect. Was it just the juxtoposition of these two articles that bothered me? Granted, the Rev.'s reaction was about a pretty specific crime. The comment was about international events though. It's the silent jump from local-international problems that leads me to believe that his knee-jerk reaction was tinged with some bias.
It's worrysome to me that his statement reflects a blatant disregard for the fact that the worldwide violence he speaks of is happening on more than one front and between faiths. It also seems to disregard that ALL OF IT, not just that which is committed against one group of people, is resulting in a completely tragic loss of life.
It can also be noted that King5 made sure to get statements from the Jewish community and the Interfaith community, but not the Muslim community.
Update: It should be noted that the news later clarified the shooter's religion. Day-of news reported a witness quoting the shooter saying, "I am Muslim," and then reporters found out he had converted to Christianity. Now King5 states: "His father, an engineer, founded an Islamic center there, but Haq did not often practice the religion, acquaintances said." hm. I guess I gotta check my assumptions too!
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