Are we REALLY vulnerable to Radical Ideology?

I think we need to find the answer to the above question real soon with the recent developments to the world today.

In UK, the British police has identified few doctors as the people behind the failed terror attempt in Glaslow. In S'pore, a Lawyer was arrested for being a DIY terror suspect.

So does that make all Muslims in S'pore vulnerable to Radical Ideology? Wah, difficult to answer lah...especially me, a Muslim...

Being upfront, as always, my answer is YES.

Put it this way, are our emotions stirred whenever we read about another many many Israeli rockets fired at Gaza?

Did we feel angry when we saw those photos of Abu Ghraib torture & prisoner abuses?

After reading & seeing all that, we would really be fired up to jump into actions. And if at that precise time, someone whispers to us & say, "Come on...let's do something about it".... Definitely WOULD!

So how can we SAVE ourselves from reacting blindly to anger?

The answer is ANGER MANAGEMENT based on the Islamic way.

The Noble Qur'an - Fussilat 41:34
"The good deed and the evil deed cannot be equal. Repel (the evil) with one which is better (i.e. Allâh ordered the faithful believers to be patient at the time of anger, and to excuse those who treat them badly), then verily! he, between whom and you there was enmity, (will become) as though he was a close friend."

The Noble Qur'an - Al-'Imran 3:134
"Those who spend [in Allâh's Cause - deeds of charity, alms, etc.] in prosperity and in adversity, who repress anger, and who pardon men; verily, Allâh loves Al-Muhsinûn (the good­doers). "

Hadith

Sahih Al-Bukhari 8.135, Narrated Abu Huraira, r.a.
Allah's Apostle said, "The strong is not the one who overcomes the people by his strength, but the strong is the one who controls himself while in anger."

Sahih Al-Bukhari 8.137, Narrated Abu Huraira, r.a.
A man said to the Prophet , "Advise me!" The Prophet said, "Do not become angry and furious." The man asked (the same) again and again, and the Prophet said in each case, "Do not become angry and furious."

What to do when angry???

Hadith

Sahih Bukhari 8.136, Narrated Sulaiman bin Sarad, r.a.
Two men abused each other in front of the Prophet while we were sitting with him. One of the two abused his companion furiously and his face became red. The Prophet said, "I know a word (sentence) the saying of which will cause him to relax if this man says it. Only if he said, 'I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the outcast.' " So they said to that (furious) man, "Don't you hear what the Prophet is saying?" He said, "I am not mad."

Sunan of Abu Dawood, Narrated Atiyyah as-Sa'di, r.a.
AbuWa'il al-Qass said: We entered upon Urwah ibn Muhammad ibn as-Sa'di. A man spoke to him and made him angry. So he stood and performed ablution; he then returned and performed ablution, and said: My father told me on the authority of my grandfather Atiyyah who reported the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) as saying: Anger comes from the devil, the devil was created of fire, and fire is extinguished only with water; so when one of you becomes angry, he should perform ablution.

Sunan of Abu Dawood, Narrated Abu Dharr, r.a.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said to us: When one of you becomes angry while standing, he should sit down. If the anger leaves him, well and good; otherwise he should lie down.

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May Allah ta'ala protects us froom all evil &destructive deeds. Amin...