Diagnosis: Bondi Beach – The Terrorist Followed Islam, The Hero Betrayed It

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To understand the horrific events at Bondi Beach, one must first discard the sentimental distinction between moderate and radical. Instead, view the ideology in question as a contagion.

The facts of the case provide a control group for this hypothesis. Families gathered for a children's Hanukkah festival on the iconic Australian sands. They were targeted by two gunmen intent on slaughtering Jews. This was a precise execution of theological hatred. Yet in the midst of the chaos, it was a Muslim shopkeeper named Ahmed Al Ahmed who charged into the line of fire. He is a father of two with no combat experience. He wrestled a shotgun from a terrorist and took two bullets to his own body to save strangers.

Western politicians and media outlets are currently struggling to reconcile these two data points. They see a Muslim terrorist and a Muslim hero, and they retreat into confusion. They refuse to name the ideology responsible for the massacre because the existence of a Muslim hero complicates their narrative.

This is a misdiagnosis.

Growing up in Iran, I was forced to memorize the source code that these terrorists executed. I know exactly what the manual says. I spent my youth being programmed with the same software that drove these gunmen to murder. This is why I can say with clinical certainty that the gunman was a host who succumbed completely to the viral load. The hero, Mr. Ahmed, was a host with a robust immune system. His humanity successfully rejected the Islamic infection.

There is no contradiction here. The terrorists represent Islam functioning exactly as designed. They followed the script. Mr. Ahmed represents the triumph of the human spirit over that script. He is a hero not because of his faith, but in spite of it. When faced with the ultimate choice between Islam and humanity, he allowed his conscience to override his programming.

We must stop pretending that the virus does not exist simply because some hosts are strong enough to resist its symptoms. We should celebrate Ahmed Al Ahmed as a man of supreme character precisely because he failed to follow Islam. He is proof that human empathy remains the only effective antibody against a mind virus that demands death.

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