Ayatollah mirror

For muslim friends - a 60 day series of readings with the Prophets. 

Also, a thought about reactions to the Ayatollah’s death. 
Many who celebrated the death of Charlie Kirk, are now openly mourning the death of the Ayatollah as leader of their religion. Some commentators are defending this grief in the name of religious freedom, but they are equating violent Islam with all religions. What values does such mourning and commentary mirror? To ourselves and to our governing authorities. 

Nuance check - 
- Yes, we may mourn that a human being has died. 
- Yes, people can be forgiven for irrationality in grief. 
- Plus, I also mourn that it has come to this: that some so misguidedly agree with the views and violence of the IRGC and their terrorist proxies, that they must be so forcefully resisted. 
- And such sword-bearing is not the authority of private citizens. But it is within the avenging authority of governments (Romans 12:17-13:4). 

Equivocation check - 
For discerning governing authorities, mourning the death of the Ayatollah as a leader of your religion is NOT equivalent to mourning the death of the Pope as a leader of my religion. 
- Is your religion the Ayatollah’s religion? It explicitly incites violence against unbelievers and the imposition of his republic by force. This is a worldview from which unbelievers of goodwill must be protected. 
- Is your religion the Pope’s religion? It explicitly calls for peace even with unbelievers, and conversion by informed and free conscience. This is a worldview that unbelievers of goodwill must protect. 
(Note: even if Popes of the past did try to impose their religion on others by force, Christians themselves opposed this as NOT true Christian religion.) 
- The religion of muslims who support Australian values for all (not just for muslims) would NOT be equivalent to the Ayatollah’s religion. So they ought not mourn him as leader of their religion, lest they equivocate peaceful Islam with violent Islam. 
- Muslims who do mourn the Ayatollah as leader of their religion are aligning themselves with his Islam, one violently opposed to Australian-Citizenship-values. 

​To equivocating governments and commentators, I say, under legislation about incitement to violence, Australian citizens who violently oppose Australian citizenship values are forfeiting their Australian citizenship rights, by arrest or deportation. 

What does your reaction reflect to our government about your worldview and citizenship?