Imam Roosendaal: ' people are not made to fight each other, but to get to know each other ' Roosendaal- Friday afternoon for Paris was plunged into mourning. The Dutch care imam Cain Saha in his mosque preached about gentleness in islam. "I felt that afternoon happy because I had the idea that my message was understood." That evening, as clearly what happened in the French capital, makes the joyful feeling place for dismay. • Imam Cain Saha of the Moroccan mosque in Roosendaal • 42 years old • born in Errachidia in Morocco • was on his 20th imam in his native country, Marocco • works since 1998 as Imam in Roosendaal "I saw the number of victims to rise. Innocent people who wanted to have a nice evening with friends or family and ending than in such a drama. I'm only stopped watching when I had to leave again at six for the morning prayer. " Have a honest look at ourselves Saha serves Moroccan tea. "Is it good?" it tastes great. If the throat is lubricated we can talk. "It surprised me when I heard about a child of five or six years old, that the child not wants to play with other children not because it not a Muslim. That invents a child does not by themself. "" So we have to be honest to ourselves; What kind of image I try to create the other? This also applies to the non-Muslims. Perhaps have you ever been angry with a Moroccan and hear your child you swearing or ranting. That happens more often, then take your child without saying a negative position. Education is very important in that respect. We must help our children live together in peace and harmony. " Imam Saha is a thinker. As a Muslim in Netherlands, he wants to build bridges. "If we want to combat extremism and terrorism, we need to look at what caused tensions between Muslims and non-Muslims in the West. How we raise our children, for example, on where it comes to position ' the other '. No war against islam But Cain sees more causes for tension. "It would help if ' the West ' clearly not at war with islam, but with terrorists. As also of me expecting my dislike of that terrorism pronounced clearly. Merkel has said that islam is welcome in Germany. And such things should be said more often. " Saha stressed that terrorists often argue that the West not only war against them, but against Islam. To negate that argument, should be clearly stated that this is not the case. Palestinian issue than the thinker in Saha speaks again: "We are all against radicalisation and extremism. But in the fight there is much error. The number of victims that falls in the fight against terrorism, is many times greater than the number of victims of terrorism itself. Then I hear sometimes Muslims say, look how many victims there are in Iraq, in Syria. And the idea is planted again that the West is the enemy of Islam. " And then there's the issue of Palestine that caused resentment and feel that ' the West ' in it is not neutral. "There would have to be the same attention for Palestinian victims, as for the victims from Israel." Muslim and Dutchman Saha called up these matter not to point the finger. He looks for causes for anti-Western feelings. Because only if you know where those feelings come from, you can try. Because that's what he wants: "I am Muslim, but also Dutch." He stressed this time and time again in lectures and columns that the West is not an enemy. And that parents their children need to learn that we accept and respect one another. He continues, "with strength and violence we do not solve the problems. The majority of all people want to live in peace. A very small group who wants doing something different , This should never the standard what the majority wants and respect each other. " If I ask him to conclude a Koran text, he does not long to think. First he speaks the verse in Arabic. Then follows the Dutch translation: "God says, you guys are from a woman and a man. You are peoples and tribes, to get to know each other better. God has not made us to fight and to fight each other, but to get to know each other better. " Omroep Brabant portrays people from Brabant not only at home or at the kitchen table, about the recent attacks in Paris, but also in the workplace. This is the 4th part in this series. Source: http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/?news%2F240627862%2FImam+Roosendaal+‘Mensen+zijn+niet+gemaakt+om+elkaar+te+bestrijden%2C+maar+om+elkaar+te+leren+kennen.aspx
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