PERSPECTIVES → GUESTLINES Issue 991 · December 20, 2023

Not in Hashem’s Name 

These terrorists are actually not worshiping G-d. They are worshiping the Sitra Achra

Not in Hashem’s Name 

 

The events of October 7 were horrific. We are all overwhelmed by the brutality of Hamas.

What can we make of a religion that murders in the name of G-d?

While all decent people struggle with the idea of a religion that murders in the name of G-d, it has a particular sting for people such as we, who are maaminim.

How difficult it is for us, who hold religion to be elevating. We expect faith to bring out everything noble in human nature — love, decency, ethics, morality. Yet for some it evokes the exact opposite. How can this be?

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