How Osama bin Laden's death impacts our views of the Arab World

Erin Goldberg, Post 23

The death of Osama bin Laden is being hailed throughout the world as a positive event. Although many individuals are struggling with the feeling of being happy over the death of another human being, not many will deny that his death only can have positive ramifications for the rest of the world. I believe that the people who will benefit the most from his demise are the majority of Muslims in the world who practice the true form of Islam: one that does not promote Jihad and murder, but instead preaches unity and harmony. The people who practice this peaceful form of Islam have been under a dark cloud since the events of 9/11, which presented the face of Islam to many Americans as being a radical practice of murdering innocent lives. This is not what Islam is about, as those true followers of Islam will tell you. And now with the face of radical Islam dead, Americans and the rest of the world might finally start to see that.