"Our decay as society started the day we(Muslims) indulged ourselves in the comforts of this world"
Actually, the downfall of Muslims was not that we indulged, but that we stopped evolving. We stopped learning, we stopped growing, both in this world and in our religion. We closed the doors of "Ijtehad' and shunned all new technologies that were not created by Muslims. That was a thousand years ago. Muslims refused to acknowledge the value of paper, of printing, or any of the innovations that grew from non-Muslims. Instead, we embraced gunpowder and weapons of war. In every way possible, we are behind the rest of the world and we are continuing to look backwards instead of forwards. In over a 1000 years, no Muslim can be said to have invented a single thing - this from a people that once ruled the world! The answer is not so simple as praying and getting rid of interest from our banks. Those are surface rituals and traditions that this country has used for decades to present the face of Islam, and not the real depth of this great religion (where is simplicity, honesty, kindness, fairness, tolerance and understanding? Of all the things we learn from our Prophet, we only remember his clothes, his beard and his adherence to prayer!). The answer lies in serious debate of what it means to be a Muslim in the 21st Century. This takes courage, and may even result in bloodshed, but that is happening anyway, and by a force that is using a version of Islam that is distorted beyond understanding. Islam was never meant to be only studied by priests (which our Mullahs have succeeded in doing - we should admit that we have a hand in creating our own priesthood), but was a guide for every individual. Questioning the diktats of these Mullahs and their peculiar interpretation of Islam is not a sin, and we need to realize that we too are capable of understanding and joining the debate. We all have a brain. Why aren't we using it? Sabahat From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rehan altaf Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 12:09 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Syed Subject: [ankahi:892] Re: solutionS Dear Brother Asim & respected Umma, I would like to take some minutes of your valuable time. Please bare with me & read this complete mail & do ponder what this unlearned brother of yours have written. We need to take this as a case. The question: Whats the Solution? Current Scenario: All Muslims are in great perils & in great Financial Debt to Non Muslims. Whats the Solution? You & we all talk & ask about SOLUTIONS. WHY ASK? This SITUATION was told & SOLUTIONS were given to us by our beloved Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon Him) some 1400 years ago. We were told that "more or less" 'Non Muslims will never be your(Muslims) friends'. "How it all STARTED"? Our decay as society started the day we(Muslims) indulged ourselves in the comforts of this world This started right after the end of the real Khilafat (Khalifat that was run by the Sahabi's-the Followers who saw & learned directly from Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon Him). The SOLUTION in some basic steps: I am sure we "including myself" do not have the time to learn the complete real teachings of our beloved Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon Him). All we need to do is: 1. Get rid (RIBA-sood) of all loans from every bank (as quickly as possible) - We all know how in Quran & Hadiths (Ahadees) is sood explained 2. Get rid of all Credit Cards (which we consider to be such a big Status Symbol) 3. Start Namaz in Masjids 4. Read Quran with the easiest translations Inshallah, Allah will be merciful & get us out of this unfortunate situation that we have placed ourselves in. The MOST renouned Claims & Teachings of Non Muslim Scholors: * When Islam was spreading fast before & after the seige of Tatari's (Mongols), Christian & Jew Priests declared/encouraged all to cling to their Basic Believes & Fundamentals! Now we(Muslims) are called FUNDAMENTALISTS when we ask our Umma to stick to our Fundamentals * One more example & a very renowned phrase "How to enslave a society? Destroy its basic/grass root level Education System (look at our's) & place "Fikr-e-maash" (financial instability) in it - Look at our day to day financial situation? My brethren, time & again (Quran & Hadiths) have guided us towards Jihad. Jihad doesn't only mean kill & be killed by non Muslims. Jihad has many levels. Lowest level is to voice aloud the truth. Salvation may come to us if & when we spare even 1 Rupee to the real cause. Now whats the real cause? Finding one is also Jihad. Thank you for your time & best regards, Syed Rehan Altaf. ----- Original Message ---- From: Asim Shehzad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]; Faisal Qureshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 4:53:30 AM Subject: [ankahi:888] solutionS Faisal Bhai You have done fantastic programs. I believe we have had enough of talk shows by all of you, wonderful anchors. Now please focus your programs on SOLUTIONS. No body is talking about SOLUTIONS. Still you can sell your program by suggesting SOLUTIONS Give us SOLUTIONS REGARDS ASIM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Loose Ends Pakistan" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/looseendspakistan?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
