Media's silent act but what about us?? - Sis Riffat Ara
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
Did you know?
Did you know about the devastating incident that had taken place in Cincinnati, Ohio on Tuesday, December 22, 2005 at 10:30 p.m.? The community Masjid, called Clifton Mosque, was bombed. But Alhumdulillah, nobody was hurt. There were five pipe bombs installed around the Mosque, two of which got exploded. It is estimated that it will take around $30,000 for the damages to be fixed. No information are found about who might be responsibe for this terrorist attack. FBI is still investigating.
Okay, imagine a normal day, you wake up healthy in the morning...alhumdulillah. You pray Fajr, you thank Allah for yet another day in your life... then, you plan the day with the knowledge that everything may not turn out the way you planned. You remember Allah, go on with your normal daily activities and you hope for the best. But when an unexpected event like this takes place and a normal day does not end as a normal day rather ends with a devastating event, how would you feel? In addition, at a time like this, with the latest technology, any event from any where can reach to anyone around the world within minutes, however, many events like this happen around the world that media do not spread. You would atleast expect that the news will reach to so many people. It wasn't even aired on network Television profusely. As a result, people from other states of America, people who watch TV news regularly or read newspaper daily, were not aware of an event as such. It did appear in newspapers of Ohio, but appeared in a short feature with small title that does not attract readers attention immediately.
One keeps wondering...
How come not that many people know about it?
How come it wasn't on the media profusely?
An incident like this caused non-stop questions, whispers around that city, but then, how did the news NOT spread?
Countless of devastating events around the world go unheard. We hear or see only those news in the media that people behind the scenes want every one to see. It's selected as to which news will be aired profusely and which will go almost unnoticed.
A question that rises naturally in our minds is that if this event had taken place elsewhere other than a Masjid, would the media act this silently?
Okay, that's about the media. What about its audience? How would the audience react? Let's just think for a minute that the media did not act silently towards this event, what do we see next? -- hmmm.. there will be some silent audience who will only let a sigh out; there will be some audience who will be fearful to even talk about it, there will be some audience who will try to inform as many people as they can, some will keep talking about it with some assumptions and then, there will be those who will actually do more. So, with media's silent act, there wasn't even a chance to reach to THOSE FEW who would not be the silent audience.
A masjid where a large number of people gather every year for Eid, every week for Jumu'ah, every day for daily prayers was bombed. The entire Muslim community of that city is devastated. May be muslims from other coummunities would have stood next to them now, ONLY had they known. But...
What are you going to do dear brothers and sisters? Now that you have been informed, it's you who will choose your next step.
Jazakallah for reading.
May Allah(swt) have His mercy on all of us! Ameen!
Did you know?
Did you know about the devastating incident that had taken place in Cincinnati, Ohio on Tuesday, December 22, 2005 at 10:30 p.m.? The community Masjid, called Clifton Mosque, was bombed. But Alhumdulillah, nobody was hurt. There were five pipe bombs installed around the Mosque, two of which got exploded. It is estimated that it will take around $30,000 for the damages to be fixed. No information are found about who might be responsibe for this terrorist attack. FBI is still investigating.
Okay, imagine a normal day, you wake up healthy in the morning...alhumdulillah. You pray Fajr, you thank Allah for yet another day in your life... then, you plan the day with the knowledge that everything may not turn out the way you planned. You remember Allah, go on with your normal daily activities and you hope for the best. But when an unexpected event like this takes place and a normal day does not end as a normal day rather ends with a devastating event, how would you feel? In addition, at a time like this, with the latest technology, any event from any where can reach to anyone around the world within minutes, however, many events like this happen around the world that media do not spread. You would atleast expect that the news will reach to so many people. It wasn't even aired on network Television profusely. As a result, people from other states of America, people who watch TV news regularly or read newspaper daily, were not aware of an event as such. It did appear in newspapers of Ohio, but appeared in a short feature with small title that does not attract readers attention immediately.
One keeps wondering...
How come not that many people know about it?
How come it wasn't on the media profusely?
An incident like this caused non-stop questions, whispers around that city, but then, how did the news NOT spread?
Countless of devastating events around the world go unheard. We hear or see only those news in the media that people behind the scenes want every one to see. It's selected as to which news will be aired profusely and which will go almost unnoticed.
A question that rises naturally in our minds is that if this event had taken place elsewhere other than a Masjid, would the media act this silently?
Okay, that's about the media. What about its audience? How would the audience react? Let's just think for a minute that the media did not act silently towards this event, what do we see next? -- hmmm.. there will be some silent audience who will only let a sigh out; there will be some audience who will be fearful to even talk about it, there will be some audience who will try to inform as many people as they can, some will keep talking about it with some assumptions and then, there will be those who will actually do more. So, with media's silent act, there wasn't even a chance to reach to THOSE FEW who would not be the silent audience.
A masjid where a large number of people gather every year for Eid, every week for Jumu'ah, every day for daily prayers was bombed. The entire Muslim community of that city is devastated. May be muslims from other coummunities would have stood next to them now, ONLY had they known. But...
What are you going to do dear brothers and sisters? Now that you have been informed, it's you who will choose your next step.
Jazakallah for reading.
May Allah(swt) have His mercy on all of us! Ameen!
posted by Shaz at 4:54 AM
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