"No religion is responsible for terrorism"

With all the things going on in our country with ISIS and terrorism I thought now would be a good chance to make a connection between A Thousand Splendid Suns and what's going on in the world now.  President Obama recently gave a speech where he said , "No religion is responsible for terrorism — people are responsible for violence and terrorism," and I agree 100% with the statement.

In A Thousand Splendid Suns, Mariam was taught to recite the Koran at the worst of times.  One specific time I remember was when she was about to be put to her death. That was her way of praying to a higher power and she spoke words of peace,  “He has created the heavens and the earth with the truth; He makes the night cover the day and makes the day overtake the night, and He has made the sun and the moon subservient; each one runs on to an assigned term; now surely He is the Mighty, the Great Forgiver” and her last words were, “O my Lord! Forgive and have mercy, for you are the best of the merciful ones.”  Of course that is only one segment of the Koran and I am far from being an expert on it, but I have read way worse out of the Bible.

My point is that a lot of people consider any Islamic person to be a terrorist, and whoever reads the Koran is Satan’s spawn.  Do you know that saying that goes something like if one person makes a mistake it ruins it for everyone? That’s what terrorist groups like ISIS are doing to the Islamic religion, and it is partly our fault.  Calling all Islamic people terrorists is like calling all Christians West Borough Baptists, and I would never want to consider myself a West Borough Baptist.  You need to think about that next time you see someone with a head covering in an airport. Your religion, your skin color, or your clothing do not determine weather you are a terrorist or not.  If Mariam was alive (or real) and she was around to see the discrimination that is occurring against Islamic, she would be ashamed and angry.  Personally I am embarrassed that people from our country disagreed with Obamas statement and I hope that those people get some sense knocked into them.