ya sir u r right!!!!!!! can u forgive the britishers or did our elders forgive the britishers? my friend if u think one should not raise voice to save his/her country and should bear all the injustice done to them , the person will not be called a "great" but a coward.All around the world muslims are fighting for their freedom (palestine,chechnya, afghanistan , Iraq etc) as we did for almost 100yrs. Our freedom fighters also bombed the assemblies,looted trains but we call them freedom fighters not terrorists.The same is the case with these countries..terrorists for the world are freedom fighters in their countries.
In an otherwise good article the author says Islam does not sanction "indiscriminate" violence, and that Killing of "innocents" cannot be justified. Why use these qualifiers? Is plain violence and killing of people not considered innocent okay in Islam? Who decides? An innocent for one is a collaborator and traitor for another. This sounds like the "root cause" excuse to me.
RE:Use of qualifiers
by Sadiq Shareef on Sep 01, 2005 07:11 PM Permalink
Assalamualaikum everybody, The word Islam has been derived from the word "Salaam" which means peace and the greeting which I used on the top means "May peace be upon you".regarding your concerns about the kashmiri pandits we condemn it, the exploitation of the kashmiri pandits has been the handiwork of these so called "Isalamic terrorists" who are as Unislamic as one can be, even the author mentioned about how the muslim communitty should rise, and which it has in condemning such ghastly acts. The unfortunate thing hs been that the media has shown a lesser tendency to publish the voice of the muslim ulema( religious leaders) and the majority of the muslim populace. We urge the media and the our non-muslim brethren to please try and listen to the other voice before forming a wrong image of Islam after seeing the ghastardly acts of the "UnIslamic Terrorists"
Let me begin by saying that I'm very glad that such an article has been written. For long we have seen a lot of atrocities being committed in the name of religion etc. Usually they are followed by reasons why they were done. It is a welcome change to see an article that condemns violence be it for any reason. It is always the innocent people who bear the brunt and go through the hardships.
But It does not matter what any religion says as long as we cannot respect and have concern for those who donot belong to our fraternity. There are always going to be animosity and issues that cannot be resolved. We can have a peaceful planet when all the people of earth follow the principle of 'live and let live' in principle and spirit and not only in letter and talk. This can be a solution for everlasting peace.If there is any other please do let us know. It is a very difficult objective nevertheless everyone of us should work towards it.
RE:In the name of religion
by Farooq Sheri on Aug 31, 2005 03:57 PM Permalink
If you really want to know what Islam is then you will have to shun thoughts such as Islam spread by the sword / Why did the Prophet (pbuh) had so many wives etc and etc. The answers to such criticism has been given on numerous occasions.
Also there are no mistakes in the Quran (you mention that the prophet (PBUH) should have corrected the mistakes). The All-Knowing and All-Wise Allah cannot make mistakes. The only problem is that some people may interpret verses in a way that meets their agenda but this does not mean the correct interpretation by the learned scholars is not available. In fact interpretations by the companions of the Prophet are also available.
It cannot be emphasized much that Islam is not support killing of any human (for any life) unjustly. Killing a person (innocent) is like killing all of humanity and saving the live of a human is like saving all of humanity.
I pray that you will study the facts and may Allah guide you in seeking the truth.
