Oklahoma City bombing - Impact of bombing was worldwide

Oklahoma City bombing - Impact of bombing was worldwide Every year at 9:02 a.m., 168 seconds of silence are observed in memory of the lives that were lost in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. Families of the victims, survivors, and people affected in some fashion or form, gather together on the hallowed ground to mourn, remember, and be grateful for the ability to move forward beyond tragedy.

Oklahoma City bombing, The Memorial is symbolic of many things to different people. It is proof of life to those who survived that day. It is a serene memorial to loved ones lost to others. It also serves as a teacher to future generations who will have no understanding of what went on as time relentlessly passes. The significance each symbol holds is equally important, and this is why we must continue to remember.

Oklahoma City bombing, It’s certainly true that there are self-promoting media muslims out there who will reliably confirm the Islamophobes’ worst biases against our community as a whole. For example, Asra Nomani penned a piece claiming that muslims should welcome NYPD surveillance, which in my opinion borders on obscene. Another example is Zuhdi Jasser, who is a favorite of the Islamophobia industry for validating broad-brush statements about muslims’ violent nature (Jasser is financially linked to the Clarion Fund which produced the unspeakably hate-filled film The Third Jihad). However, there’s a world of difference between people like these and the ordinary muslims who maintain vigilance against extremism in our homes and masjids.
Oklahoma City wasn’t perpetrated by muslims, but neither is it any excuse to relax our vigilance.