Thursday, February 17, 2011

I am amazed at the blase atmosphere that is surrounding the protests in Libya. With the Tunisians and the Egyptians you could feel the electricity, almost as if you were there, protesting alongside the people. Especially for me with the situation in Egypt. I assume it is because my sister and her children are there and so there is a personal connection but I would like to think that it is because of the fact that I care about what happens to fellow human beings, fellow Muslims. I notice that even on Facebook, there is a difference. Before Mubarak stepped down, you couldn't open Facebook without seeing a reminder about what is going on over there. But things are calming down now for them, I guess, and other countries in the region are inspired but what happened there and want the same for themselves. It seems, though, that it won't happen. Where is the support for them? Where are the "We are Libyan, too!" chants? I pray that Allah will allow these people to be able to demand their rights that are entitled to them. We all need to remember the people who are suffering in our du'as.

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