Osama Wasn't Devout. Please!

I think I will scream the next time I hear someone say that Osama was a devout Muslim.

Dear non-Muslim friends, Islam does NOT condone the killing of innocent people.

Please don't ever mistake Osama for a devout Muslim.

If there was any truth to that I wouldn't choose to remain Muslim.

Yes, I, a Western-educated, peace-loving human being, choose to be a practicing follower of Islam.

Not the Islam you see in the media,

but the Islam I've come to love through my own initiative

and through the beauty of the Holy Qur'an.
Most of all, through God's blessings. 

Being a Muslim is a choice I make every single day

and I'm proud of my faith

whether you like it or not.

"On that account: We ordained for the Children of Israel that if any one slew a person - unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land - it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people. Then although there came to them Our apostles with clear signs, yet, even after that, many of them continued to commit excesses in the land."

{Surah al Maidah, verse 32}