More evidence this week that kids can sometimes be disrespectful when not taught correct moral behavior and social etiquette.
A group of middle school students from Brooklyn on a field trip were booted from the 9/11 Museum And Memorial for allegedly tossing trash into the reflecting pools. And, as if that wasn't enough, another student tried to bring bullets into the solemn site.
The New York Daily News reports students from Junior High School 292 in East New York were caught throwing baseballs and empty soda bottles into the water.
One student explained to the Daily News the kids just weren't adequately entertained. “No one was disrespecting. It wasn’t nothing like that,” said the student. “No one was being serious. Everyone was kind of bored and it was just something to do.” A teacher called it "an absolute disgrace."
A student also said he saw authorities confiscate three bullets from a classmate. Police confirmed they found three 33-caliber rounds in a plastic bin near the site.
The students were likely only 3 or 4 years old when the planes crashed into the towers nearly 11 years ago, making them part of that new generation of middle schoolers who don't remember the tragedy.
The Department of Education is launching an investigation into the incident.
This incident brings to mind the philosophy of the Prophet of Islam (peace be upon him) who taught all his followers, through his actions, how to correctly behave towards the dead:
"As a funeral procession went by the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) stood up and those with him followed his example. Someone said: Messenger of Allah, this is the funeral cortege of a Jewish woman. He observed: Death is a matter of grief and awe, therefore, when you see any funeral passing you should stand up as a token of respect"
Therefore the youth of America should be taught to understand the history of their nation and be sensitive to the memorials of innocent Americans murdered on that day.
Without the youth being taught morality and empathy there is no hope for a brighter and more tolerant future where all faith and people can live harmoniously together.
Perhaps they should take advice from real Islamic teachings which are respectful of the living and the dead so this does not ever happen at a memorial in the future.
For more beautiful teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) read Wisdom Of The Holy Prophet.
The Ahmadiyya Post, US. 12 Sept 2012
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