The Question We Need To Ask Ourselves

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I have now been engaged with
Muslims in many parts of the world.

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In ... In Sri Lanka, in India.
in Pakistan, in Nepal.

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But also in America,
and in England, and in Europe.

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One of things I find over and over
again as I encounter Muslims is,

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contrary to the public discourse
in the media,

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(which is so hateful
and so horrible and so hurtful)

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a willingness to to
find a way forward together.

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I can remember sitting with
Imam Jamal Rahman.

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We were having a coffee
the day after an attack in Paris.

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It was a terrible
extremist terror attack.

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I asked the Imam: ‘Brother,

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how are you going to respond
to this today, when

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people come up and talk to you?’

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He said: ‘The question
I will ask everybody is -

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what can I do to heal the hurt
that we have caused one another?’

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Now that is a beautiful question,
a wonderful question,

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freighted with mercy and grace,

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which gives a way forward
for us to come together,

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to find a way through this
pain that we suffer together.

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And that's more often than not,

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the attitude I find in Muslim
communities in different places

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around the world. And I
am most encouraged by that.

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Because it gives me
a reason to hope

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that we can transcend this
so-called ‘clash of civilization’

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and we can find a way
together that actually

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does reflect that spirit
of the Bismillah