True Unbeliever
A friend sent me an interesting Article so thought i should write something about it:
True Unbeliever: Atheist Ex-Muslim Now a US Celebrity
Ayaan HIrsi Ali. She scripted an 11-minute film about the Koran and domestic abuse of women that resulted in the throat-slitting assassination of its director, Theo van Gogh, by a Muslim fanatic. The killer stabbed a note into the dying man’s chest. It was addressed to her.
One of the best examples of a person who degrades Islam just because her husband and family abused her and mistreated her, if it is even true? If whatever happened to her is true than its the her family who did this to her should be responsible not the Islam the religion itself, a person who understands and studies the religion in its originality should know this is not what Islam teaches people, to abuse and mistreat women is the last thing Islam would ever want. It will be a total contradiction from the fact when a women is held in high respect among human beings,as ordred by Allah. Allah made women mothers, daughters, wives, sisters etc... will anyone would want to disrespect the most respected of relationships. Doesn't seem logical to me.
On the other hand the situation stands that even if a dog abuses a Muslim or Islam in total, western powers will make that dog a celebrity.. one day you may find a dogs picture on time magazine with Paris Hilton, Americans just have to find or come across that dog who speaks or at least sounds like abusing Muslims when it barks....People like her tend to take advantage of the situation, make good money, raise up their new found families in so called free society which is only free to abuse religions specially Muslims. When they should be taking people accountable for their deeds, they try unsuccesfully to take the whole religion hostage.
Its not the first time this has happened and this is probably not the last time, controversies have come and gone, Salman Rushdie, Cartoons of the Prophets, Tasleema Nasreen, Apostates, False Prophets etc. Sadly for them nothing much has changed, Islam without the doubt is the fastest growing religion in the world. Ever wonder why?
Muslims have been mentioned for everything from perversion, rape, abuse, child marriages, female circumcision, beheadings, 9/11,suicide bombings,wars,veil,female beatings and so on. Does Islam Approve of it? the answer to some questions are no and some questions have logical reasoning behind them , if they are approved by Islam.
Perversion,Rape,Female Abuse, Child Marriages, Suicide Bombings are not approved by any religion or race and if people think Islam approves of them then they totally have the wrong conception. Certain issues are totally misunderstood by so called western society which talks of freedom for example: beheading of the murderers. In USA death penalty is carried out by electric chair or a lethal injection, due to unavailability of electricity and lethal injections 1400 years ago death penalty was carried out by a sword..Quiet logical I guess even if you keep the religion aside. Now a days in various Muslim countries death sentences are carried out in different ways as most recently broad casted on various TV channels, of Saddam Hussein.. He was publicly humiliated by New Iraqi government which was instated by United States of America and act as puppets. Other middle eastern countries carry out death sentences by shooting a murderer.In comparision I wish you could witness one of the executions which is carried out by burning peoples brains by so called humanitarian western countries.
Another issue is commonly discussed is why does Islam orders death penalty for Apostates, please check out the Following link for details about United States of America a country based on so called Human rights:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States
Crime for treason against a state in the laws of united states and also great britain is death, so how can Islam which considers itself a religion and a nation in one, orders the death penalty to a Apostate who commits treason with the whole of Islamic nation considered be barbaric?
Veil issue: please check the following link for further details .....
http://rediscoverislam.blogspot.com/2007/01/muslim-and-muslima-fundamentalist.html
Coming back to the main Issue of degrading Muslims...every Muslim and Non Muslim should start to figure out the real issues..whatever the media and political powers feed in the brains of people are not always true just like weapons of mass destructions in Iraq. Truth is there to be found out!! only it requires a reasonable mind to find the truth with sincerity and without being unbiased.
People like AYAAN will come and go, but the truth will always prevail no matter how much everyone tries to fabricate the religion of truth..That is without a doubt :Islam whether you like it or not....... So Study ISLAM Dont fabricate Reality..
9 comments:
salaams,
am glad you wrote about it and published it.everyday we learn somethin new.:) so keep writing and passing on the knowledge.inshAllah it will prove beneficial to everyone and to you too.May Allah Bless you.:)
I just discovered your weblog and it is an amazing way to interact for critics and supporters of Islam.
I am a typical one who renounced many of ideas existing in Islam. Literary, I do not think of any thing in Islam and religion in general other than existence of God.
One thing that I see in your weblog is that you support what is called Sunna. You try to justify it. To be honest with you, I am (or maybe was) Shia and as you know in our school Sunna is not as highly concerned as in school of Sunna.
It is a crazy idea, with respect, to practice what exactly had been gone 1400 years ago. What reason could be there for us washing our teeth with steaks of such kind and all.
Actually, I see Shia sect of Islam, though I don't define myself a Shia, much more convenient and logic than Sunna sect of Islam. People have different opinions though. But, from my understanding of the situation, Sunnis have brought up discussions that Shias had already had in the pass and made up their 'Protestantism' if you will. I talked to a few senior Sunnis and those whom I do not consider an extremist, agreed on each and every philosophic point of view of Shia.
Anyway, on the ground of the fact that there is no need of any discussion on Shia because they make one tenth of Muslims, this is not concerned for the time being.
I don't want to bring dozens of issues up but let's get into business. Muslims are most criticized for being inspired to act violently and kill innocents and civilians.
Other issue which is pretty related is that Muslims (Sunnis) believe that others are Koffars and they should be first offered and invited to Islam and if they did not convert you will have the violent option to consider. Don't tell me there is not such mentality in Sunni Muslims.
Finally, people do not need to 'discover Islam'. They all see Islam. Everyone think that the way he or she looks at Islam is the best one. Islam even is not seen as faith. In Muslim countries, Islam is seen as an eternal, final and complete solution. Why do others like Hindus or Zoroastrians not have this kind of totalitarian faiths? Why is it just Islam?
See how nice and peaceful Zoroastrians or Buddhists are. Those are called faith not these kind of things that are seen in both Shia and Sunni schools and Judaism and Christianity.
Thanks. I look forward to seeing your responses.
thanks for your questions and comments milad....i would certainly reply to your questions as soon i finish with couple of questions asked by other bloggers....to please visit soon i would have updated you on the reply but u havent left a reply address .... anyways i just started this blog for Sunni muslims to rediscover islam cause they have neglected it and become so called moderate muslims to please other people but i sometimes get comments that need to be replied or people would think we have no knowledge or cant justify the true path... so facing critics and suppoters is just a reaction, i guess it was meant to happen and i m happy about it...so will get back to you soon as possible take care n have fun
To Milad:
Assalam Alaykum
The Sunnah is an integral and important part of Islam. It completes Islam. Without it we wouldn’t know how to practice this religion. Where in the Quran does it tell us about the rites of hajj and Umrah, the details of Salah and fasting? We derive these rulings from the Sunnah of the Prophet sallalahu alayhi wasallam. You call it ‘crazy’, but to Muslims it is of great importance.
When a believer submits to Islam and Allah subhanna wa ta’ala he/she understands the beautifulness of Islam. There is benefit in everything the Prophet sallahu alayhi wasallam taught us, told us and showed us.
Allah subhanna wa ta’ala tells us in the Quran:
"And, he (the Prophet) does not speak from his desires; verily, what he says is revelation from (God)" [Soorah an-Najm (53):3]
And Again Allah subhanna wa ta’ala tells us:
"Obey Allaah and obey the Messenger" [Soorah Aal-'Imraan (3):32]
That is why you see so many Muslims following the Messenger of Allah even today in his practices and his ways because it is incumbent upon us to follow Allah subhanna wa ta’ala and his Messenger.
Shias might not follow the same Sunnah which the followers of Ahlus Sunnah Wa’l Jam’ah follow but they do have their own laws and regulations and there are similarities between us and them like the concept of Salaah and Hijab. The only difference is that there are different laws which they follows pertaining to these subjects.
From your post, it comes of as if you view all Muslims [Mainly Sunni – correct me if I’m wrong] to be extremists. Define the word ‘extremist’. In this day and age, the Media and other sources have twisted and turned Islam and they portray it as extremism. It is common knowledge that Islamophobia has affected a lot of Countries [Mainly non-muslim and Sadly a lot of Muslims too] and because their only source is either the Media or word of mouth, they in their ignorance view Islam as being extremist and/or a backward religion. I pray that you haven’t been a prisoner of this thinking. On the other hand a lot of practices which are done in the name of Islam are not justified by Shariah or Islam but are portrayed as being a part of Islam.
You say that Muslims [Mainly Sunnis] view others as Kuffars. Now lets go into a bit of details here. Muslims call People who are not Muslims Non-Muslims. That would be the English term for it. The other term for it would be Kuffar. One could use it as a deregotary term and majority of the time Muslims use it to address or point out a Non-Muslim. Which is normal and not because of any hidden hatred.
On a side note: Name me one other religion that does not say that the other religions are incorrect and that their path is the correct path and the path to salvation?
Now as for ‘your violent’ option, incase you didn’t know, Muslims are honour bound to protect their neighbours and the civilians in that country regardless of their religion. There were Non-Muslims who used to live in Arabia during the time of the Prophet sallalahu alayhi wasallam and under the reign of the Four righteous Caliphs and they were under their protection. This is what Islam teaches us and what Sunnis follow.
Allah subhanna wa ta’ala says in the Quran:
[Allah forbids you not, with regard to those who fight you not for (your) Faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them: for Allah loveth those who are just. Allah only forbids you, with regard to those who fight you for (your) Faith, and drive you out of your homes, and support (others) in driving you out, from turning to them (for friendship and protection). It is such as turn to them (in these circumstances), that do wrong.] (Al-Mumtahinah 60: 8- 9)
We shall look at the time of one of the Khalifa and how he viewed the rights of other Non-Muslims:
In the reign of `Umar ibn Al-Khattab, the religious freedom of the citizens of Ilya (Jerusalem) and the sanctity of their synagogues and places of worship were confirmed: “This is the protection which the slave-servant of Allah, `Umar, the Commander of the Believers, extends to the people of Ilya: The safeguarding of their lives, properties, churches, crosses, and of their entire community. Their churches cannot be occupied, demolished, or damaged, nor are their crosses or anything belonging to them to be touched. They will never be forced to abandon their religion, nor will they be oppressed. None of the Jews will live with them in Ilya….” (At-Tabari, Tarikh, Vol III, p. 609, ed. Dar Al-Ma`arif, Egypt.)
The above were both ‘Sunni’ sources.
My suggestion and sincere advice to you would be to re-check your sources of Islam and to study Islam again instead of making such biased and baseless assumption.
Muslims view Islam as the complete and eternal faith because alhamdulilah we believe in it and minds and hearts are for Islam. We submit to Allah subhanna wa ta'ala and Islam is the final and truthfull religion.
May Allah subhanna wa ta’ala guide us to the straight path, make us better Muslims and and give us knowledge. Ameen.
Also, i suggest that you check this site out: http://www.ahlelbayt.com. A lot of beliefs of Shiasm have been refuted.
Out of curiousity: If you still believe that Shia version of Islam is better and more just, why did you decide to leave it?
Thanks Veiled muslimah for your answer,you really saved my time...its a great reply.Jazak Allah Khair
Thanks,
I will try to make my points later on.
Regards
i find your blog interesting..
some of the things you write and present as the generally accepted approach i dont agree with as representing the general approach but i think they reflect a goodness in you..
i dont peg it to islam.. i think people who are good are that way because that is how they operate and those who arent have faulty systems..
for me religion/spirituality is something that swims between the personal and the communal but ultimately lives somewhere sacred inside my heart where no book and no tradition and no decree has access.. and in that space it lives in its own form.. without any intervention of words or thought..
i am a proud jew and while people rarely guess my religion because i do not always manifest it those who know our faith well see its elements bright and clear in my personal philosophies..
glad i stumbled across your blog..
shalom from israel
salam
peace
paix
lirun thanks for the comment, i try not to create enimity between faiths but usually people comment and you have to reply to them, other then that i try to write generally so normal people can relate to it and islam has so many aspects which people tend to ignore...i just want to highlight it ..take care
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