The latest bombings in Egypt effectively nail the coffin shut on the lie that terrorism is the West’s problem. In fact, because of the increased security in the United States and Europe, major terrorist strikes have unsurprisingly moved into predominantly Muslim capitals. From the bombings of the Hazrat Shahjalal shrine in Bangladesh, to the demolition of the golden dome in Samarra, Iraq. From the triple suicide bombings in Jordan to the slaughter of Muslim ulema (scholars) who had arrived at Karachi, Pakistan to commemorate Mawlid (Prophet Muhammad’s birthday); the attacks increasingly point to an ideological divide between Muslims. In fact, the targets themselves offer the first clues to the shape of the ideology that perpetrated the attacks
Unfortunately, unless Muslim governments are willing to take the all-important first step in identifying the ideology, their cities remain vulnerable to terrorists who recognize no other rules except their own.
When the blinkers will be removed is anybody’s guess.
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The only thought that comes to my mind is when Sheikh Hamza Yusuf quoted a line from a poem. “We’re living in an age of such extremes that the one who’s not driven mad by it is not sane.”