You Tube is a 21 century phenomenon that every group of people have taken part in. There are thousands of videos done by Muslim brother and Sisters. Although most are not of the highest quality, the fact that they are put out there for the world to see is good, right?
Unfortunately, You tube is an unmonitored ground of racism and islamaphobic hate speech. It is disgusting to read the comments that people make about Islam, Muslims, and the Quran al-kareem. What is even worse is to read 'Muslims' return the negative hate speech instead of just ignoring it or by using compassion and logic to combat the hate.
Perusing the videos, I found an attack on the seal of Prophets, saaws, that purported that he was a child molestor. The person said that he attacked the prophet because someone had insulted Jesus, ss. Of course, no real Muslim would ever say anything against the Messiah Isa, ss.
Muslims can either enter into intelligent, logical and level-headed debate when explaining the what they know and how they come to their conclusions or just not enter into any debate and say Peace and pray for the person to find a way to honest truth.
Imam Al-Ghazali recommends that if you enter a debate because of your want to win it, than that is a debate based off your ego. Nafs=Bad. If you enter into a debate because both sides wish to know the truth regardless of where the truth comes from than you enter the debate without ego. This is good.
One must know themselves and their opponents in order to even commit to an intellectual dialog. You must determine if the person is one of 3 personality types.
a: the person is someone who knows they do not know
b: the person is someone who does not know that they do not know
c: the person is someone who thinks they know but do not know and will never listen to reason or logic.
For person A enter the dialog with calmness, positivity, and rationality. This person you can use colorful language with to paint the picture of your point.
For person B you must first tell them what you know they do not know. Once you set the basis for your dialog and have deconstructed their comments and possible irrational debate you can begin to use more dialectic tactics.
For person C you should just say Salaam, walk away, and then pray for them.
When entering into the realm of You tube commenting, the possibility of turning people completely off to Allah is high. People can be extremely cynical and only see hatred. Even mundane comments such as, "anyone who has an ear can sound like that."- in regards to a beautiful quranic recitation. Shows that people are out there to stir up trouble all in hopes of offending Muslims enough to cause hatred.
Now more than ever, Muslims around the world need to show restraint against their nafs. We need to take the route of peace, non-violence, and wisdom.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Zionism is Political
What is surprising is that most people don't know the History of how Israel became a country. In fact with the Balfour declaration it only stated that Jews should have a "National Homeland" that does not mean they should constitute a country/STATE! When the first European jews in the late 1800's came over to Palestine they did not try to take it over from the Palestinian Muslims, Jews, and Christians. It wasn't until WWII that the US pressured England to submit to allowing more Jews into Palestine, still though this did not mean they constituted a STATE! They stole the land from other Jewish, Christian and Muslim Palestinians who formerly were ruled by a JUST Ottoman empire (before the british conquered).
For over 1500 years that land had primarily lived in peace under MUSLIM caliphate rule except for when the European Christian CRUSADERS massacred people there.
Anyone with baseless opinions to this conflict need to calm down, do some reading, look beyond their local media and try to understand the other side.
There is a very specific reason to why the Palestinians, such as Hamas, will never recognize Israel. Palestinians have been shat upon for the past 60 years. Much of the Muslim world has been in too much internal conflict because of Nationalism to respond to this occupation. Proud Palestinians have been dehumanized continuously for 60 years.
In fact, the water table under Gaza, has been siphoned from underneath them by Israel amongst other issues. What we haven't heard in the news here is that Israel has enforced STRICT sanctions on Gaza for over 9 months. Egypt is too afraid of opening the border with Gaza because of Israeli repercussions, which is causing much strife internationally.
I want people to imagine how they would act if someone came to your land that your family has had for hundreds of years and claimed it as their own! WHAT WOULD YOU DO??? You would fight for your land and you would not give up until you had your ancestral land! period.
HOW can anyone sitting in the WEST who has not been forcibly removed from their ancestral land possibly imagine how the Palestinians feel and how Hamas desires to restore land stolen by the Zionist?
btw, I was raised Jewish and had even contemplated in my youth to become an Israeli citizen. I don't make any comment from a racist xenophobic place, but speak from a place of knowledge.
The only religious state where all 3 Abrahamic faiths lived peacefully was an Islamic STATE. In fact, it was the Islamic state that specifically protected it's different religious denomination against foreign attack especially against the all too righteous Catholic church.
More than ever we need an Islamic State that follows the laws and rules of God that will allow society to restore itself to a place of spiritual development and not on one where hedonistic and utilitarian desires run rampant!
For over 1500 years that land had primarily lived in peace under MUSLIM caliphate rule except for when the European Christian CRUSADERS massacred people there.
Anyone with baseless opinions to this conflict need to calm down, do some reading, look beyond their local media and try to understand the other side.
There is a very specific reason to why the Palestinians, such as Hamas, will never recognize Israel. Palestinians have been shat upon for the past 60 years. Much of the Muslim world has been in too much internal conflict because of Nationalism to respond to this occupation. Proud Palestinians have been dehumanized continuously for 60 years.
In fact, the water table under Gaza, has been siphoned from underneath them by Israel amongst other issues. What we haven't heard in the news here is that Israel has enforced STRICT sanctions on Gaza for over 9 months. Egypt is too afraid of opening the border with Gaza because of Israeli repercussions, which is causing much strife internationally.
I want people to imagine how they would act if someone came to your land that your family has had for hundreds of years and claimed it as their own! WHAT WOULD YOU DO??? You would fight for your land and you would not give up until you had your ancestral land! period.
HOW can anyone sitting in the WEST who has not been forcibly removed from their ancestral land possibly imagine how the Palestinians feel and how Hamas desires to restore land stolen by the Zionist?
btw, I was raised Jewish and had even contemplated in my youth to become an Israeli citizen. I don't make any comment from a racist xenophobic place, but speak from a place of knowledge.
The only religious state where all 3 Abrahamic faiths lived peacefully was an Islamic STATE. In fact, it was the Islamic state that specifically protected it's different religious denomination against foreign attack especially against the all too righteous Catholic church.
More than ever we need an Islamic State that follows the laws and rules of God that will allow society to restore itself to a place of spiritual development and not on one where hedonistic and utilitarian desires run rampant!
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