Forgiveness – Is It Possible to Forgive a Wrong Done to Someone Else? Should only Those Who Repent Be Forgiven?Join now to read essay Forgiveness – Is It Possible to Forgive a Wrong Done to Someone Else? Should only Those Who Repent Be Forgiven?Forgiveness Is:#My Thoughts of ForgivenessIs it possible to forgive a wrong done to someone else? Should only those who repent be forgiven?Is forgiveness a selfish act, a way to make ourselves feel better? To forgive is to set yourself free, to acknowledge that it does no good to hate. Hate really destroys both the other person and yourself. That realization is what I think taught me about forgiveness, and so I try my best to live by it. I think forgiveness is an aspect of our humanity. I think many of us are brought up to believe that if we don’t somehow forgive, whatever it is that’s ailing, troubling, angering, enraging or shaming us, or getting us in any way worked up, is going to live longer without forgiveness, whether it’s ourselves or others we’re forgiving.
We see it effects us in our communities as well: when warring gangs call for a cease-fire after years of senseless killings; when a spouse accepts into his or her home, a marriage partner who has repented from unfaithfulness; when a former addict becomes sober, makes amends, and is fully restored to family and community. Each time we witness an act of forgiveness, we marvel at its power to heal, to break a seemingly unending cycle of pain. Forgiveness is something virtually all Americans aspire to. Following September 11, 2001, Palestinian and Israeli officials issued orders to pull back from aggression and violence. The world is witnessing astonishing acts of forgiveness and of seeking forgiveness. Forgiveness is the key that can unshackle us from a past that
The Peaceful Deeds of the Muslim world
Islam is a complex society with many facets. Muslims are among the most diverse of those. And when they talk about Islam, it’s often accompanied by a mixture of disdain and concern. One of the most important ways Muslims communicate their religious beliefs is by addressing their own unique challenges, which can have great potential for creating good relations and understanding among followers. Some members of the Muslim community are particularly vulnerable to the forces of prejudice that is pervasive within their communities. As an example of that common vulnerability, one Muslim-sponsored group that helps refugees from the West Bank and Gaza from refugee camps and has taken legal action against another organization in the West Bank is called the Friends of Peace.
And, although the Muslim community does not yet have the same common ground regarding the conflict with the Palestinians, it is clear that there remains a high degree of trust that Muslims have.
We see it effects us in our communities as well: when warring gangs call for a cease-fire after years of senseless killings; when a spouse accepts into his or her home, a marriage partner who has repented from unfaithfulness; when a former addict becomes sober, makes amends, and is fully restored to family and community. Each time we witness an act of forgiveness, we marvel at its power to heal, to break a seemingly unending cycle of pain. Forgiveness is something virtually all Americans aspire to. Following September 11, 2002, Palestinian and Israeli officials issued orders to pull back from aggression and violence. The world is witnessing astonishing acts of forgiveness and of seeking forgiveness. Forgiveness is the key that can unshackle us from a past that
 The last few months of the war against the Israeli occupation have been particularly bad for the victims of it. Over the past couple of months, over a dozen Palestinian families and thousands of Palestinians have been hit in Gaza as the situation spiraled out of control. Many of which, like the young Ahmed Alnani, still live in homes or are homeless, because they can no longer afford hospital care because Israeli forces took their lives. Some have been killed in the fighting and others in the fighting themselves. The first wave of the Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip in late September killed more than 400 people; over the next few days, Hamas and other militant groups killed more than 200 civilians; and it was almost as if those deaths only began.
Even as the ongoing fighting had begun, there was little resistance from the government there. Some of its own military commanders, who still had strong control over the entire Gaza Strip from outside of the Gaza Strip, privately refused to let Israel attack the village they were holding because of the growing resentment and fear of occupationists who were emboldened by Israel’s actions. The same is true today.
The Muslim faith has also struggled to confront its own sectarianism and misperceptions. After the Sept. 11 attacks,