A week ago, Osama bin Laden, leader of the world-wide terror network Al-Qaida died in a U.S. Navy SEAL raid on his highly secured compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Everyone in the country reacted in a different way, many rejoiced, many sat silent, and many felt relief but sadness. I felt some comfort in the fact that the American way of life is safer now with bin Laden gone, but I feel sad that he died without a chance to redeem himself in God's eyes.
I cannot agree with those who rejoiced; for although I felt some comfort at the news, I remained somber to the fact that there is yet another broken family somewhere. To feel only joy at his death is most certainly a sign of callousness to the truth of the fact that, despite his horrible crimes, Osama bin Laden was still a human being.
This article reflects the range of complex emotions that passed through people around the country at this news.
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