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TERRORISM: THE RITUAL OF THE DEVIL

free-will and conscience. In other words, even if someone feels a certain
temptation during a specific situation, he has been created with the
necessary qualities to prevent him committing evil.
Someone who is unaware of or who ignores this truth will obvi-
ously pose a danger to the society of which he is a part. For instance,
someone who is angered by something that has happened can behave
quite ruthlessly, and harm the person responsible without thinking. It

makes no difference if that person were defenseless. All that matters is
venting his anger. Yet, someone who knows that he possesses a soul
given him by God, who exercises his reason and his conscience, is ca-
pable of controlling his anger. He always remains in self-control and
conscientious. Such a person would not dare to do the slightest thing
that could earn him punishment from God. If he does happen to com-
mit a sin, he repents and puts things right.
This is how God reminds those who imagine that they are free
from restraint that they have been created and will be resurrected after

death:
Does man reckon he will be left to go on unchecked?
Was he not a drop of ejaculated sperm,
then a blood-clot which He created and shaped,
making from it both sexes, male and female?
Is He who does this not able to bring the dead to life? (Qur'an, 75:
36-40)
Another verse states that human beings are inspired to commit
evil and mischief, as well as to guard themselves against every inclina-
tion to evil. (Qur'an, 91: 7-10) The fundamental reason, therefore, for
peoples' degeneracy, and the crimes they commit, is that they do not
believe in God, do not think that they will have to account for their
deeds to Him, and thus have no fear of Him. However, the fact is that

there is a purpose behind creation, and in a verse this is revealed as
being the responsibility to worship God, "I only created … man to