Open Letter to the Terrorist

You wanted to harm us but you sent our martyrs to eternal success instead

You wanted to weaken us but you made us stronger instead

You wanted to obliterate us but you were the means of so many people entering our beautiful religion

You wanted to divide us and show the world your hatred so that others can follow in your footsteps but you united muslims and non muslims across the globe who showed us the true meaning of compassion, empathy and solidarity

You wanted to terrify us into leaving our mosques and stop praying but you made our faith unshakable, made us practice our religion more resolutely and made our mosques fill up to the brim instead

You wanted to spread hate and division but all you managed to spread is love and unity

So thank you

Thank you for everything you didn’t accomplish and everything you had no idea you would accomplish

Thank you for showing us that love is more powerful than hate

Thank you for showing us that not everyone is out to get us…that there might be haters and murderers out there but there are also millions of well wishers out there who shared whole heartedly in our grief and sorrow

Thank you for showing us that the small ripple of hate you created was overturned by the huge tidal waves of love, support and compassion until it was the hate that was completely wiped out

You wanted your own kind to flourish and anyone who doesn’t look like you or talk like you to be wiped off the face of this earth…but it was your own kind who caught you out, slapped handcuffs on you, hauled you into prison and denounced you strongly to the world

If you knew any of this I wonder if you’d still have gone on your blind, hate-filled rampage

Because this is karma at it’s finest

And for that I cannot say that I’m sorry