READING the grim news about the extreme cruelties happening in Iraq and Syria, I am reminded of a refreshing talk or takzirah delivered by an ustaz before the start of Friday prayers in our Bukit Damansara mosque a few weeks ago.
He said that just as we condemn the brutality of the Israeli attack on Gaza and the killing of so many Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, so too must we also condemn the brutality of ISIS and other militant Islamist groups against Christians and other religious minorities and forcing them to convert to Islam or face death.