RE:Imran a legitimate question for you
by imran patel on Nov 27, 2007 12:35 AM Permalink
Bhuddha, I wish it was as simple as you make it sound. I see two problems/challengs facing the Muslim community,
- Education - Dictatorships
With regards to your comment on Bib Laden, you fail to mention the speeches and opinions voiced out by Muslim scholars condemning the 9/11 attacks as un-Islamic. Why does Islam say that killing an Innocent is like killing the entire Humanity ? So weren;t the 9/11 Victims innocent ? Isn't that against the teachings of Islam ?
See you people tend to give more important to Fatwas that what they deserve. My question to you is, What is a Fatwa ? In Islam, a fatwa is nothing more than an opinion. It is NOT the word of God.
The Fatwa that you INCORRECTLY mentioned is as follows and I would agree with it if presented in the following way
Breat Feeding - If a woman breatfeeds a child, even though she is NOT the biological mother, then it is forbidden for that Child to marry the Children of the woman who breast-fed her.
Thats why COPY and PASTE is NOT research.
You want a Fatwa (Opinion) on Bin-Laden,
The acts of violence committed by and the followers of Bin Laden are against the teaching and principles of Islam. Muslims all across the world should NOT associate these actions and this kind of Vision with Islam. Islam condenms without exception such acts of violence against innocents.
RE:Imran a legitimate question for you
by imran patel on Nov 27, 2007 01:04 AM Permalink
With reapect to the issue of Fatwa, I gave you where Islam stands. Are Muslims perfect in following Islam, NOT EVEN CLOSE. Don't we see people blindly following political leaders ?
Take elections for example, how many people do you think make informed decisions as oppose to blindly following a political party ?
Education is the solution to this problem. I consider myself to be educated and a student of Islam. I do not advocate violence. I condemn the violent acts of Muslims in the name of Islam. If Islam were to teach violence, there would be 1.6 Billion terrorist and the world would cease to exist.
With respect to the quote in the Quran, Chapter 5, Iyah 32, "if any one slew a person - unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land - it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people."
So Islam gives 2 conditions (Note that I mentioned "INNOCENT" in my post)
Murder - A person convicted of Murder is NOT an innocent person.
Spreading Mischief - That accounts to spreading trouble in the society. That is what is left for interpretation. Treason is a form of Mischief. Someone colluding with our enemies to damage our country is "Spreading Mischief". And frankly I would say that based on this paragraph, it is JUSTIFIED if the INDIAN GOVERNMENT were to hang all of the convicted terrorist.
