There was an Islamist soldier dressed in explosives and
armed with a machine gun. He prowled the streets of the city looking for
someone to kill. Having a quiet drink in downtown pub sat a man named Dave. He was watching extra time in a football
match on the large screen. He was
thinking about going around the corner to the chippie for a fish supper. He had
a heart of gold and wouldn’t harm a soul.
The Islamist soldier detonated the explosives and the pub
went up in flames.
There wasn’t enough of Dave left to bury and nothing of
the soldier remained to identify him. He
could have been any man’s disenchanted, radicalised son. Angels carried Dave to
Abraham’s side. The Islamic soldier found himself In Hades, where he was in
torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Dave by his side. So he
called to him, ‘Father Abraham, what is this atrocity? Where are the virgins I was promised?
Why am I not in paradise? Did I not
fight for Allah and bring honour to his name? I am in agony in this fire.’
But Abraham replied, ‘Son, you chose an evil path.
Knowing the difference between right and wrong you allowed yourself to be
seduced. You suffocated all compassion
to live a dream of death and destruction. You have stained your soul so deeply
that the blood of those you killed cries out to God. They are all comforted here in heaven. And you are in agony.
“There is no place for you here. Hate does that to a person. It separates them from the one person who
truly loves them.”
The soldier answered, “Then I beg you, father, send Dave
to my family in Syria for there are many Jihadi soldiers and their wives. Let
him tell them the truth, so that they will not also come to this place of
torment.”
Abraham replied, “They have minds that have known reason
and hearts that have known compassion - let them listen to them. And they have
heard a message of love preached by the men, women and children they have
captured and executed.”
“No, father Abraham,’ the soldier said, ‘their minds are
corrupted and their hearts are cold stone. They will not listen to the words of
infidels.”
Abraham said to him, “Then they silence the hope that would
save them.”
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