Supporting what is right is not a marginal detail in our human journey; it is among the most sacred parts of it. When injustice is carried out openly and in broad daylight, standing with the truth can no longer be treated as an insufficient reason to enter a struggle that demands sacrifice.

First, because a human being is the supporter of his fellow human being. Second, because if you do not stand for what is right when others are oppressed, then when the absurdity and cruelty of the oppressor eventually turn against you, you will find no one left to stand beside you.

And how can a person live while fully aware of an injustice that destroys every concept of humanity, yet accept it or coexist with it as though it were normal? What remains of conscience when silence before injustice becomes a position, and overlooking it becomes a choice?

This is part of our religious and moral understanding... or at least it should be.

Humanity stands today before a great challenge, and each of us has a practical role to play in it. Some serve people in need. Some become a voice for those whose grief has left them without one. Some work to clarify realities that enemies have deliberately distorted through the manufacture of public opinion and the spread of defeatism. Some bring joy to hearts consumed by sorrow. And some struggle in the arenas of spiritual and intellectual jihad, in mosques, churches, universities, and public forums.

As for weeping over the ruins, it serves no purpose today. And mere theorizing has little value. Those who have prepared themselves, made ready, and begun the work know the path. Those who chose not to be part of it, believing there were more important matters elsewhere, should not presume to dictate terms to those who did prepare, who did commit, and who did act.