Well, I tried my best to quote the character Balian Baron of
Ibelin in the movie Kingdom of Heaven. Directed by Ridley Scott, the movie
shows how the Christian desperately tries to defend the city of Jerusalem while
the Muslim/Saracens led by Saladin has a field day killing Christian Soldiers
and mocking Guy De Lusignan who became the King of Jerusalem for a few
days.
Now, I really don't care about the historical fact of the movie.
What I want to say is that, what is happening in Jerusalem now is quite similar
to what happened in the past.
If you look at the Christian characteristic of that time, they are
similar like what we see in Muslim Extremist today. In the first few scene
where Balian was brought to Mesina (a port in Italy I think), there was a guy
standing on a rock. He stood there alone and keep saying the words "To
kill an infidel is not a sin, its a path to God". It is similar to the
Muslims nowadays. Before every attack, Guy de Lusignan and Renald De
Chattilon would scream “God Wills It”, personally I think this is similar to
the Muslims “Allahuakbar”.
You see what is happening here right? Muslims are becoming like
the Crusaders. That is why they will not win any wars in any time soon. But we
Christians learned our mistakes and becoming more like Salahadin. Salahadin
believe that God do determine the results of battle, but it is also won by
preparation, the absence of diseases, technical and tactical aspect of the
fight.
Personally I believe in peace and harmony. Where all the races and
religion in this world would be able to sit down together and settle dispute by
peaceful means. However, this is not the case in today’s situation. Hatred
between races and religion has overcome us. Politician are pointing their
fingers to one another and developing a racial war that everyone of us should try
to avoid.
The peace and harmony in Jerusalem is still elusive.
We pray that God will protect the innocent, regardless of their
religious faith. Amen.
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