muslims in mumbai participate in ganesh arti. now as u all know ganesh puja is idol worship then why muslims participate in it? why there is no fatwa against muslims doing ganesh arti? is it public relation management by muslims to show brotherhood with hindus. anyway idol worship is no sin. muslims beleive that its sin to ascribe partner to god. anyway idols, images are nothing but creative artistic metaphoric expression to symbolise the divine absolute truth which is a metaphyscial in nature. muslims pray facing kabba of mecca. kabba is just a stone. muslims pray at grave yard. are these not idol worship. even allaha used partner to reveal koran to muhammad. angel gabriel was allaha's partner to reveal koran to muhammad. so whats wrong in singing vande mataram in praise of motherland.? nothing wrong in it.the problem is not with vande mataram but the problem lies in islamic fundamnetal concpet of god which is more fascist in nature than giving freedom of expression to realise that divine absolute truth or god.
there is no god but absolute truth (OM), lord krishna is the one and only messenger of that absolute truth (OM) and bhagavad gita is the world's only universal holy book
RE:vande mataram and concept of god
by Asif I Merchant on Sep 05, 2006 12:52 PM Permalink
I have nothing against Mr. Krishna. But like u asked questions, I too have have some about him. How do u praise a person who like to tease girls, which is morally bad, who use to their clothes from the river bed while they were taking bath. These are not my words, for ur info. Just tell me whether they are true or not. Besides, u said he is a messenger, I think he might, but some of the attributes are not suitable for a messenger from god, which I mentioned above. Quran, says there were more that 125000 messengers sent on the face of the earth, to all the nations & tribes. But only few are mentioned by name. I am not denying the possibilty, but I can't accept either, that Ram, Buddha, and many other spiritual personalities, may be the messengers from Allah. I choose not to say against them.
India has a history of Hero worshipping, not late, but recently I have seen on TV, that some group has built a temple & worshipping to Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. May be after few centuries, he will also be called as one among god and get approval among the other belivers of idol worshippers. I can only warn you to come on straight path, worship only one, u call him by any name, but not a form.
RE:vande mataram and concept of god
by Asif I Merchant on Sep 05, 2006 12:25 PM Permalink
Dear Samit, I would love to clear your misconceptions. First of all 'Fatwa', what is it? if u are in a situation where u don't know what to do, u will consult to an expert, who can advise you on that matter. They u will act accordingly. When the expert of experts revealed us that Idol worshipping is sin, then we don't need anybody else's advise. If u go against what u have been told, then get ready to face the consequences, which ofcourse not necessarily in this world, but sure in hereafter.
Regarding facing Kaaba while praying, it is only a point on the earth where all muslims face while praying, giving the sense on unity. But rest assure that we don't worship kaaba. We can even climb on kaaba, which means we can stand on kaaba, will u stand on the idol u worship? I guess Not, because u think that is god. If u set ur foot on that Idol, u think u will get punished. where as in case of Kaaba, we sure we aren't. Abt graves, we supplicate for the dead, u are mistaken abt praying for supplication. We even do not bow at the Prophets grave, we just supplicate(Darood).
Where as the angel is concerned, he is also created by Allah, created(messengers)cannot become a partner of creator
