My Reaction

Since 9/11, I think, most of the people stick an ominous label which is symbolized terrible for Muslims, even their image of conservative roots deeply in the people’s heart. However, I come from an Islamic country, Malaysia, experience something difference with other people. What I see is not all the Muslims act like a terrorist, they also object to this terrible action, even though they still maintain some of their traditional thought and behavior. I had ever asked them whether “Jihad” was their main thought of religion, they told me that Allah hoped they could coexist peacefully, thought of jihad wanted to protect them from the dangerous but not the excuse of doing something may injure people. Perhaps, I think, the activists misunderstand the real meaning of “Jihad”. On the contrary, soft revolution is good for them to step forward the world because some of the Muslims still can not mix in immediately.
On the one hand, some of the Muslims know what they want to reform and improve from their conservative tradition and follow the development of the world; On the other hand, some of the Muslims are self- confidence with their own religion. They comply with all canons and repel other things which are difference with their own. Religion, to me, is a belief which can give me support on the spiritual, encourages me move forward the right decision ends to the neglect of worthless desire, but not the notion which teach us how to plunder and kill. In fact, we must judge the right or the wrong wisely but not follow it blindly. The religion is only an attachment for our daily life but not the mentor who teaches us how to make the decision, we have the right to decide whether we want to make progress. Never let us to be the servants of religions!
Apart from that, I guess any progress is good if it lessens the violent attack on the world. The inner meaning of progress is worth to ponder and understand.