will the bloodshed ever end?

"Worst suicide attack in Iraq since the invasion - 202 dead" -

' Four Mosques torched'

14 people were killed in his mosque during Friday prayers

These are stats coming out of Iraq as of yesterday. Friday which is a sacred day to Muslims has been tarnised by acts of aggression by its own followers and im appauled. It amuses me how they say they did in the name of Islam and its Jihad and yet they destroy the very essence of Islam - respect for the mosque respect for human lives respect for Friday prayers. Talk about contradictions - you have them walking all over Iraq itself & much of the Muslim world it seems. They say they are followers of Islam and its teachings yet they go about doing the exact opposite . I sit here and vent and wonder if there is anything else i could say that i havent already. Its sheer frustration on my part seeing stupidity at work - call it a harsh statement but its a reality.

I dont think i could ever fathom their cause - they are figthing each other - brother fighting brother yet they are all under the umbreall of Islam. When an outsider does something distasteful to Islam they rally together to condemn it yet at the same time they kill each other - doesnt make sense to me ... Then again so many things dont either.

"Revenge-seeking Shiite militiamen seized six Sunnis as they left Friday prayers, drenched them with kerosene and burned them alive, and Iraqi soldiers did nothing to stop the attack, police and witnesses said."

Thats barbarism in the modern age for you - what drives such savage behaviour? Killing your own human kind in such a way - and can you even trust the authorities to try and stop such acts..Questions that i dont care for answers though it does make me wonder ...

I sat watching the news having seen images to further emphasize to these words - and it wasnt a pretty sight .. If anything its sickening and heartbreaking - will people in that country ever experience peace? You see numbers coming out of there - these people seem to be only a statictic - when in actual fact they are HUMAN BEINGS like you and me - trying to live their lives in a situation it seems the masses have no control over. What they see everyday is bloodshed and more bloodshed. I am sure there is a name to them a life a family - yet what we see them on the news as are 'number of iraqi's who have died' ....

What really is intolerable about the whole situation in Iraq is that these insurrgence goes on a non discrimate killing spree - those who work in the radio and television stations, comedians, educators - are all targets of these savages. What kind of an education do Iraqi children get when their whole lives all they have ever seen is violence.

I think the whole world would agree that what they are doing is base on ideals of sheer ignorance. You make a statement by killing - it seems to them the more they kill the more of a message they are sending out - if anything all its doing is having the whole comdemn their actions even more and create a more negative outcome towards their so called noble cause.

There was news of a 57 year old grandmother who blew herself up in Palestine injuring only three Israeli soldiers - she died for what she believed in - the occupation of her land . She belives that she would die a matyr. Her death was celebrated on the streets of Palestinine. I have aunts who are her age and they are houswifes happy grandmothers who enjoy time with their kids - its hard for me to understand someone at her age to do something like that. Maybe she has seen so much violence in her life and hence that drove her to do what she did - but it still doesnt make it the right thing to do ...

From my personal point of view any acts of aggression that impacts innocent lives is just down right wrong. The concept of jihad they are practicing is very unfamiliar to me. Jihad is a personal battle to do good for yourself in strengethening your faith in Islam and getting closer to God as well as daily struggles to make yourself a better Muslim and i do believe this does not involving killing others especially people of your own faith even thought they are of a diffrent sect. I dont believe that Islam preaches negativity - what it does preach is peace and tolerance.

I am writing from my perspective - no one should agree. If anyone disagress or would like to comment feel free - it would be interesting to see what everyones take on the situation in Iraq is - the ones thats not politically driven.

If anyone feels like commenting by all means... :)