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I just read the ask naseeb article (12/05/06) about a sister whose husband is cheating. It sounds really bad and I didn't want to comment, as this is a very sensitive situation. However, I really want to invite all village members to make sincere dua for this sister, and Allah knows best.
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has added a new journalFunny thing is, I was brought up to believe that there was another "I" that people usually ranked right after Qur'an and Sunnah, but either before or right after "Ijtehad" in the hierarchy of where to turn for guidance/decisions: Ijma.
Why is it that we don't hear about that "I" at all? Is it because both sides (the West and the folks pushing "Jihad"--or their understanding of it) know that if they really turned to the Ummah and asked what they wanted and/or support, they would both come up short?
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I think IFaqeer it is because the existing Islamic codification of law is considered the "ijma" but what some believe is needed is a re-consideration of that consensus.Serene
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has added a new journalOk, be honest.
Would you truly, honestly, die or be jailed for your beliefs and/or principles, or if someone threatened you based on your religion? I mean, think of it this way: we all say we would, but when you think about it realistically, we all don't want to. we want to logically and as human nature is ...not necessarily "escape" but to make things more easy on ourselves, and be politically correct. Therefore, sometimes we surpress our views.
They say freedom of speech is limited only when the greater majority will be affected by what you say. They also say that freedom of speech is limited when you are "offending" or "physically harming" others by your actions/deeds. But why then it is ok for a hate group on a public campus ground to come and spread their poison to others, like what has happened recently at my university. These people came, by the name of Christianity, and had an anti-abortion display that was quite gruesome. Furthermore, they were spreading hate about other topics as well....
These people had 3-9 year old children holding pictures of aborted babies for their demonstration purposes! They had these kids holding pictures of gay/lesbian couples you get the idea.... and they had pictures of Muslims praying in a masjid with a caption that read "disillusionment in the world should be eliminated by all means." They also told me to my face that my religion was a lie and I had no right to exist, and then spat at my shoe.
here's the sad part...when I try to do something about it on campus, I am either told by officials that I'm whining, lying, or just there is nothing they can do about it, and that I can not do anything to them. when i took matters to my own hand by simply answering these people who spat on my shoe and pushed at me "because filth was not to touch the same square of soil of a Christian man" .... who was taken away and considered a "nuisance"? I was...not them. If it wasn't for the fact I know my rights and didn't follow what the police wanted me to do (sign a gag order and shut up), I would've had to be sucked into the police's mercy to limit my rights of defending my beliefs over someone's attack and stupidity.
so what, according to hierarchy and officials, they have their free speech and I don't? Or on a broader level, the KKK....they are allowed to spread their poisonous words around because it's ok....they're not harming anyone. What ever happened to chaos? Any law people here? I mean, the classic example of "don't go into a movie theater and yell out fire....to exercise your free speech?" what about emotional hurt? doesn't spreading hate constitute good grounds to fight these people?
i know, it's odd....but a perspective: although most of these people are disgusting jerks, i respect them enough to say that they are at least sticking up to what they (sadly) think is right. so ok, bravo to them for exercising their free right of speech and expression without censorship, but still....whatever happened to common "do into others?".....
anyway....would be interested to hear others' thoughts on this, just in case i've gone insane.
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has added a new journalWhat verse in the Qur'an has reaaaally made you think? Or maybe even made you cry?
For me, it is Surah ElTauba (Repentence) and Surah AlQiyama (Day of Ressurection.)
Please share yours =)