Marginal notes to the 10th anniversary of 9/11....

Being a muslim in an islamophobe european country has automaticly the consequence to face hatred missconceptions about islam. After a while you are getting used to stereotypically stupid comments about ur hijab, black abayas, etc... you create ur own answers for those remarks, sometimes in a funny way, if they are asking you if you are sweating below the dark cloths: "nooo dear, absoluuuutly not.. you know this abayas are big enough to hide an AC below of them"... and sometimes just edifying when a christian woman is telling you your hijab would be a sign of how islam is oppressing women: oh so you are christian, aren't you? are you reading your own Bible sometimes? yes? great..... then read the part where it is written, that for christian women who are not covering their hair, they should shave their hair off.... or when they are telling you how disgusting hijab looks: oh so you think the virgin Mary was looking disgusting? Check the pictures of the holy family in your local church....... wasn't she covering herself? As i said this are situations you are getting used to it with time... What against will always glue on you as muslim, and you can never get used to it: YOU ARE GUILTY FOR 9/11...... simply because you are muslim, and islam is (according to them) the religion of terrorists... ( I'm ALWAYS called in a cabine for body check regardless where im flying to. I'm getting used to it: no bras with wire, no safety-pins for my hijab, no shoes with wire in the sole, no jewellery which could peep)
.. i could write here about conspiracy theories wether the 9/11 is an insider job, made by the U.S. goverment or by Israel (here about you can find different theories: for the U.S. goverment as culprit u can find many proofs, for Israel as involved "only" the fact that none of the jewish companies or offices were open on that day, and there are no jewish victims under the nearly 3000 victims of the twin towers).......... on the web there were many of this stories circulating just a few hours after the towers were collapsing....  I can't tell you which one of this theories is true, or ifff any of them is true.... Allah w 3alem. I could tell them about the disproportionately higher number of civil victims during the war in Afghanistan (which was supposed to be to seize the guilty ones for 9/11) or during the war in Iraq... or about the daily victims in Palestine.....  They would probably justify the death of 48,644 Afghan, 1,690,903 Iraqi people and 30000 pakistanis with the so called "islamic terrorism"..... 
And this is the point when i'm turning into edifying again... when they are talking about "islamic" terrorism. As terrorism would have any religion, nation or colour. Terrorism as such is missing any kind of believe or:  Islam is as closely related to terrorism as light is to darkness or life is to death or peace is to war. Already the word is contradicting in itself: “Islam” means submission in arabic, derived from the root word “salam”. From this root word, you can also derive the words peace and safety. The meaning of the word "islam" is already contradicting the word terrorism, (common definitions of terrorism refer to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for a religious, political or ideological goal, and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians)). More than this: the holy Quoran and many hadeeths refer about peace for the mankind. Still: suicide bombing and terrorism are in the mind of the average western citizen unavoidable related to our religion. Specially islamophobe politicians love to cherry picking quotes from the Quoran which are - according to them - a proof for the glorification of violence in islam. Without ever trying to understand the coherences behind the ayah's, or without ever knowing the truth about islam.
First of all: the missconception about suicide-bombing. Suicide is clearly defined in the Quoran and the Hadeeth as haram, a sin which wont be forgiven:
Quranic Verse 1: "Don't kill yourself. No doubt Allah (swt) is merciful and anyone who does so, will be pushed in fire. And it is easy for Allah (swt)." (Nisa: 5:29, 5:30)
Quranic Verse 2 "Don't' kill yourself with your own hands" (Baqra 2:195)
Hadith No.1: "Whoever kills himself with an iron weapon, he will be tortured in hell with the same weapon". (Bukhari)
Hadith No.2: "Whoever strangles himself with a rope, he will keep on strangling himself until being burnt in hell. And he who killed himself with a spear, he will keep on being killed by spear until he is sent to hell." (Bukhari)
Hadith No.3: "Whoever kills himself with a weapon made of iron, he will keep on hurting himself in hell with the same weapon in hell. And whoever kills himself with poison, he will keep on eating poison in hell. And whoever commits suicide by falling from mountain, he will keep on falling in the fire of hell forever over and over again." (Muslim)
Fatwa in Durre Mukhtar: "Although one who commits suicide, will burn in hell forever, but the deceased was a Muslim before doing this act and he will be buried as per normal Muslim traditions. Such a person will be given Ghusl, Janaaza Salaat and burial in a Muslim cemetery as is the case with any other sinful Muslim. "
Secondly: injuring or killing innocent ppl, also children, deliberately:
"Those who make mischief in the earth, theirs is the curse." Surah ar-R'ad 25.
Saheeh Bukhari:
Volume 004, Book 052, Hadith Number 257.
Narrated By 'Abdullah : During some of the Ghazawat of the Prophet a woman was found killed. Allah's Apostle disapproved the killing of women and children.
Volume 004, Book 052, Hadith Number 258.
Narrated By Ibn 'Umar : During some of the Ghazawat of Allah's Apostle a woman was found killed, so Allah's Apostle forbade the killing of women and children.
Saheeh Muslim
Book 019, Hadith Number 4319.
Chapter : Prohibition of killing women and children in war.
It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah that a woman was found killed in one of the battles fought by the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). He disapproved of the killing of women and children.
Book 019, Hadith Number 4320.
Chapter : Prohibition of killing women and children in war.
It is narrated by Ibn 'Umar that a woman was found killed in one of these battles; so the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) forbade the killing of women and children.
Sunan Abu Dawood
Book 008, Hadith Number 2663.
Chapter : Not known.
Narated By Rabah ibn Rabi' : When we were with the Apostle of Allah (pbuh) on an expedition, he saw some people collected together over something and sent a man and said: See, what are these people collected around? He then came and said: They are round a woman who has been killed. He said: This is not one with whom fighting should have taken place. Khalid ibn al-Walid was in charge of the van; so he sent a man and said: Tell Khalid not to kill a woman or a hired servant.
And this is my favorite hadeeth about this topic ever:
Book 021, Hadith Number 010.
Section : Prohibition against Killing Women and Children in Military Expeditions.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Abu Bakr as-Siddiq was sending armies to ash-Sham. He went for a walk with Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan who was the commander of one of the battalions. It is claimed that Yazid said to Abu Bakr, "Will you ride or shall I get down?" Abu Bakrsaid, "I will not ride and you will not get down. I intend these steps of mine to be in the way of Allah."
Then Abu Bakr advised Yazid, "You will find a people who claim to have totally given themselves to Allah. Leave them to what they claim to have given themselves. You will find a people who have shaved the middle of their heads, strike what they have shaved with the sword.
"I advise you ten things| Do not kill women or children or an aged, infirm person. Do not cut down fruit-bearing trees. Do not destroy an inhabited place. Do not slaughter sheep or camels except for food. Do not burn bees and do not scatter them. Do not steal from the booty, and do not be cowardly."

The targets of suicide bombings are rarely military bases, 70% of the victims are civilians. If you know any quoranic verses or hadeeth which would justify this, show me..... I didn't come across any one till now. The few lines which are stating about "jihad" are mainly about spreading the message of islam (dawa') and about self-defense, which is seen in any society as basic human right. The fact that islam is giving you the right to defend yourself, your deen, your family, other muslims, and basicly ANY human being is nothing what would justify the killing of innocent people. I could tell them about verses in the Bible which are permitting the killing of women and children in the situation of war. I could tell them about the women and children who got raped and killed in Iraq.  But i prefer to tell them what islam prohibited: the killing of innocent people, the killing of women and children, the killing of those who are not fighting you or your deen. 

Our religion commands mercy and peace. Many quoranic verses and hadeeths are stressing this out. Terror, on the other hand is the opposit of religion: it is mercyless and cruel. This being the case, the origin of a terrorist act should be sought in disbelief rather than in religion. And what is more closed to disbelief as the definition of a secularistic state????
"Fight in the cause of God those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for God loveth not transgressors.  (The Noble Quran, 2:190)"
And Allah knows best.
Allah yerhamon: all the 2,976 victims of 9/11. And all those 48,644 Afghan, 1,690,903 Iraqi people and 30000 pakistanis. That paid the ultimate price for a crime they did not commit. May Allah ease the pain of the families and friends of the victims and may Allah put mercy and repentance in the heart of the culprits. Ameen.

The muslim victims of 9/11....

 Thousands of innocent lives were lost on September 11, 2001. Our hearts and prayers go out to their families and loved ones, and our most severe condemnation is aimed at the terrorists and their reprehensible actions. Attacks against civilians are condemned in Islam in no uncertain terms, and the majority of Muslims are peace-loving people who denounce such evil.

Indeed, among the many victims of 9/11 were several dozen innocent Muslims, ranging in age from their late 60s to a couple’s unborn child. Six of these victims were Muslim women, including one who was 7 months pregnant. Many were stockbrokers or restaurant workers, earning a living to care for their families. There were converts and immigrants, hailing from over a dozen different countries and the U.S. There were heroes: a NYPD cadet and a Marriott hotel worker, who sacrificed their lives attempting to rescue others. The Muslim victims were parents to over 30 children, who were left orphaned without one or both of their parents.

In some cases, family members faced interrogations based on initial suspicions that their Muslim relatives were not victims, but were actually terrorists involved in the hijackings. For example, the mother and other family members of American Airlines flight #11 passenger, Rahma Salie, were barred from traveling to her memorial service. Her mother, Haleema, said, "I would like everyone to know that she was a Muslim, she is a Muslim and we are victims too, of this tragic incident." 

The List of the Muslim Victims of 9/11 as published on islam.about.com:

• Shabbir Ahmed - 47 years old - Windows on the World Restaurant
• Tariq Amanullah - 40 years old - Fiduciary Trust Co.
• Michael Baksh - 36 years old - Marsh & McLennan
• Touri Hamzavi Bolourchi - 69 years old - retired nurse on United #175
• Abul K. Chowdhury - 30 years old - Cantor Fitzgerald
• Mohammad Salahuddin Chowdhury - 38 years old - Windows on the World
• Jemal Legesse De Santis - 28 years old - World Trade Center
• Simon Suleman Ali Kassamali Dhanani - 63 years old - Aon Corp.
• Syed Abdul Fatha - 54 years old - Pitney Bowes
• Mon Gjonbalaj - 65 years old - Janitor, World Trade Center
• Nezam A. Hafiz - 32 years old - Marsh & McLennan
• Mohammed Salman Hamdani - 23 years old - NYPD Cadet
• Zuhtu Ibis - 25 years old - Cantor Fitzgerald
• Muhammadou Jawara - 30 years old - MAS Security
• Sarah Khan - 32 years old - Forte Food Service
• Taimour Firaz Khan - 29 years old - Carr Futures
• Abdoulaye Kone - 37 years old - Windows on the World
• Abdu Ali Malahi - 37 years old - WTC Marriott
• Nurul Hoque Miah - 35 years old - Marsh & McLennan
• Boyie Mohammed - 50 years old - Carr Futures
• Ehtesham U. Raja - 28 years old - TCG Software
• Ameenia Rasool - 33 years old - Marsh & McLennan
• Mohammad Ali Sadeque - 62 years old - newspaper vendor at WTC, reported missing
• Rahma Salie & child - 28 years old (7 months pregnant) - American #11
• Khalid M. Shahid - 25 years old - Cantor Fitzgerald
• Mohammed Shajahan - 41 years old - Marsh & McLennan
• Nasima Hameed Simjee - 38 years old - Fiduciary Trust Co.
• Michael Theodoridis - 32 years old - American #11
• Abdoul Karim Traore - 41 years old - Windows on the World
• Karamo Trerra - 40 years old - ASAP NetSource
• Shakila Yasmin - 26 years old - Marsh & McLennan 

R.I.P. the 2,976 American people that lost their lives on 9/11 and R.I.P. the 48,644 Afghan, 1,690,903 Iraqi people and 30000 pakistanis. That paid the ultimate price for a crime they did not commit.

 Inna li lahi wa inna li layhi raja’un. From God we come, and to Him is our return.