Muslim? God help you!
Read a very hard-hitting piece here and then.. was compelled to write a few things in continuation..Wanted to say all thats on the ablove link on this blog that talks about the injustice done to Islam.. however, being a Muslim myself, it becomes difficult for me to be as convincing in broader terms. Unfortunately.. the media has played a big role in bringing things to the stand point at which they are.. and we're thus nomore in a position to really complain about what's going on. Sanjay's sentence was an outcome of trial by press.. there was way too much attention given to the case for Kode to be partial. As for the blasts... it is sad that people - and I mean everyone of us - have stopped thinking about the Babri Masjid demolition that lead to the fury that came out in the 93 blasts.. we have stopped thinking that while many Hindu's were celebrating the Ayodhya ji victory, many Muslims were crying of the pain they received when Babri Masjid was turned into a playground for selfish pursuits of individual goals by politicians, who were huddled into the security of their guarded homes while numerous lives were butchered because of their fanaticism... god help this country which refuses to wake up even after years of political exploitation. I am in no way trying to justify what happened in Mumbai on that black Friday. However, I do demand an explanation for the injustice meted out to people on the basis of their community.
It's disturbing for me as an individual that many Muslims are helplessly caught up in circumstances that they have nothing to do with. To say they are being implicated in petty crimes and killed and branded terrorists, would be an understatement.
I am enraged at the way verdicts have been genralised for Muslims over the world. People refuse to board flights (true incident) if they see someone with a beard sitting in the cabin; Muslim passengers are detained without evidence and put through mental trauma, being a Muslim, it becomes embarassing to answer questions like - So, does Islam really emphasise on all people to be accept the faith or be killed? What does jihad really mean? Oh God.. please... I have been tormented of those questions, those quizzing glances and grimaces - and I am sure a lot of other Muslims are too...
I now need an answer to these... are those pseudo-jehadis listening????? You come out in the open and you better have answers to these questions.. with something to corroborate what you believe in.. because the Islam that I have followed all my life DOES NOT show me the path you are on.. it DOES NOT give any human being the liberty to kill another one.. it DOES NOT believe in intolerance... and it DOES NOT teach terrorism...
Why?? then why have you - you fanatics - mutilated Islam to such an extent that innocent people are paying for your sick outlook towards faith... why are you making us suffer for your passion for killing... WHY WHY WHY????????
You ****** brainless people.. you have done this to us.. how can we ever blame anyone for the injustice meted out to Muslims all over the world when we know that the fabric of Islam has been left in shreds because of YOU.. you silly ignorant fools who have the audacity to call themselves Muslims... you put the real ones to shame.
2 Comments:
your sentiments in this post are heart-felt. As a non-muslim, I feel for all the muslims who get caught up in this generalization that is taking place all over the world. I would, dare-say, that in India we are better with regards to the muslim brethren, but these might be words coming out of the mouth of an Indian who doesn't live there. Fanaticism exists in all religions and no religion is impervious to it, however, those dirty elements from Islam, who kill on the name of God and cry out "Allah-hoo-Akbar" before killing themself and countless others have bought the fanaticism in Islam out in the open, in front of the world and have given a bad name to Islam. I have countless muslim friends who feel like you do, you are not alone with those thoughts. What the world needs is better education and at the same time, what Islam needs is better acceptance, perhaps proper leadership, because the imams and mullahs who infuriate the crowds of illiterate uneducated muslim, telling them to count each word of Quran as set in stone (perhaps not even the words, but rather their own interpretation of those words) need to be taught how to handle the world. We don't live in the time that Prophet Mohammad lived, the world has changed, people need to change, adapt, not forget the core of their religion, but still adapt. I know that it won't happen. Riots in Gujrat had made me write a ghazal about it..
raah-e-imaan ko laashoN se sajaate kyoN haiN?
log bhagwaan ko shaitaan banaate kyoN haiN?
saari duniya ka agar ek hi Khaaliq hai to phir
ye mazaahib hameiN aapas meiN laRaate kyoN haiN?
After reading my Ghazal, someone had commented, put something in there about politicians as well as it is not always the religions that make you do this. I regretted not being able to put something about politicians in there. I often think about these issues, and sadly for me, I never see a way out for this world out of these problems. Perhaps I'm just seeped in negativity when it comes to this, but can there really be a way out of this?
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Your blog is filled with thoughtful posts. I'm in awe.
Warm Regards
Amit Malhotra
Jihadis take their inspiration from Koran.
"Fight those who do not believe in Allah, nor in the latter day, nor do they prohibit what Allah and His Messenger have prohibited, nor follow the religion of truth, out of those who have been given the Book, until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority and they are in a state of subjection." Koran 9:29
Either Koran is incorrect or you are.
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