...let's solve the world's problems: reprise...

At dinner tonight, my father suggested he start a religious cult called Peacelam, the purpose of which would be to distance those true Muslims who follow the peaceful traditions and pillars of the faith from those who manipulate it into the fiasco shown us by the media.

He was joking, I'm sure. Simply frustrated by the negative connotations that Islam receives from all sides these days.

I countered by saying that his idea is counterproductive and not ideal, even in jest. The very fact of creating another faith with Islamic values and having it there to separate it from violent individuals who act in the name of Islam creates the belief that Islam is not peaceful. What we should be doing rather is promoting the peaceful beliefs of Islam however we can and showing the difference in our faith and the twisted version seen by others by our actions; upholding the true meaning of a beautiful religion.