Salaam

Thank you for the comment. The article is directed at gossip and hearsay, not when a clear injustice has taken place. As Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Now we judge you by the deeds you practice publicly, so we will trust and favor the one who does good deeds in front of us, and we will not call him to account about what he is really doing in secret, for Allah will judge him for that; but we will not trust or believe the one who presents to us with an evil deed even if he claims that his intentions were good.”

So as Muslims, the deplorable actions of ISIS as well as the Peshawar massacre are both things that we are obligated to speak out against. These are injustices, and we are commanded to speak for justice.

The examples alluded to in the article pertain to not being 100% sure based on the outer actions. In the example of Aisha (ra), a hypocrite had seen her walking with another companion as they caught up with the rest of the expedition (she had falled asleep and was left behind). He spread rumors that they were doing haraam. The rest of the Muslims sat discussing it, based on what they heard. This kind of situation cannot be compared to the violations of human life that we see today.

I hope this makes sense.

Jinan

Majority of muslim choose to be silent and said Allah knows best. Then our voice is mute and our stand point is unclear. Sure, Allah knows best and we pray and may Allah give peace and patience to those who lost their loved ones. Is that enough?

I understand there is a final justice in Allah’s hand. When you witness oppression happens which is caused by muslim / Islamic organization, should we choose not to speak up because we are afraid that we may be wrong?

As you said there are ways to bring people in account, at least, we should appreciate and ask if we/anyone have/has the pure intention when you make criticism, right?