Alzheimer's.......do you have it?

Alzheimer’s Disease

“And when I am ill, it is He (Allah) Who cures me”
Quran 26:80

A Muslim World Epidemic

A new strain of Alzheimer’s disease has recently been
discovered in the Muslim world affecting millions of
innocent victims, previously believed to be leading
normal lives. While common symptoms of the disease,
such as loss of memory typically appear among patients
in their 40s and 50s and develop later on to complete
helplessness in the 60s, this new phenomena is
affecting Muslims of all ages.

Interestingly, the political leaders of Muslim
countries, who typically get health care services
outside their nations in advanced Western hospitals,
have shown significantly more severe symptoms of the
disease. For instance, not only did they lose their
memory, but they had increased feelings of
insensitivity towards their populace and showed signs
of inferiority and cowardliness to speak up for just
treatment when humiliated by leaders of the developed
world.

This new development was discovered after a team of
still sane medical doctors conducted extensive
epidemiological surveys in several parts of the Muslim
world. Among more than 500 carefully selected criteria
studied, they focused on symptoms related to memory
and reaction toward specific events.

For example, when the questionnaire prompted the
victims to identify the masterminds behind the
Algerian atrocities that took the lives of more than
150,000 people, few of them remembered to blame the
Algerian and French governments, although they were
familiar with ample credible evidence about the
French/Algerian conspiracy in killing Muslims.

Another test focused on the lack of activism toward
helping more than half a million Iraqi children who
have starved to death, the hundreds of thousands
oppressed in Kashmir, Palestine, and the Philippines.
Respondents showed an overwhelming sense of weakness,
another typical symptom of advanced cases of
Alzheimer’s disease.

What was unique about this new strain of the disease
is that the loss of memory and lack of activism was
selective. For example, all respondents recognized
with great details the life stories of Michael Jackson
and the Demised Diana. They also had plenty of energy
to watch the entire Wimbledon game and wait 3 hours in
line for a 30-second-ride at Disney Land.

Fortunately, the research team concluded that this
strain of the disease is 100% curable and even
preventable. A daily dose of 10 minute Quranic
reading, fasting, and alms-giving showed significant
improvement. When such acts were supplemented with
consistent regular prayer performance, taking care of
ones neighbors, and sponsoring orphans, not only were
the patients cured, but they built a strong immunity
to prevent it from ever happening.
May Allah make us among those who never forget their
history and may He give us the energy and courage to
improve the conditions of all the oppressed people to
make this world a better place. Ameen, Ya Rabb.

GFQ,my,my getting sarcastic ooohh it hurts ooouch!!


"jo kHat main kahte they apni jaan mujhko
aaj kHat likhne main unki jaan jaati hai .....

Umm, sarcastic? Sure if it seems that way to you, thats not the spirit in which i posted up the article, but call it as you see it i guess.

GFQ, I am mortified to find that you have used Alzheimer’s disease to highlight the plight of the muslim world

You absolutely have no idea what a crippling and a sole destroying Alzheimer’s disease is.

I hope you never experience it.

Kajoor,

Its an essay/article, and yes it highlights the plight of the muslim world, but it focuses on the effects of the indifference, the apathy of muslims themselves upon the muslim world. The lack of concern…lack of interest...even a lack of sympathy, which has contributed nothing to abet the suffering of millions.

Alzheimer's disease was used as a metaphor, not to highlight the plight of the muslim world, but to parallel the indifference of so many to that abovementioned plight.

Kajoor, please don't assume so much about what I know and what I don't know. Alzheimer's IS a hideous, and debilitating disease there is no doubt about that, not only for the person himself but for all those around them, it is devastating. There is no cure for alzheimer's yet, inshaAllah someday soon. In the article the use of alzheimer's may seem callous at first, especially where it says how 'this strain of the disease' is curable, but then the apathy, indifference, is likewise cruel to those who believe in the religion, of the prophet who said, 'None of you will have faith till he wishes for his brother what he likes for himself.' But there is a cure for its parallel...and I echo the duaa of the writer,

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May Allah swt make us among those who never forget their history and may He give us the energy and courage to improve the conditions of all the oppressed people to make this world a better place. Ameen.
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[This message has been edited by Girl from Quraysh (edited February 25, 2001).]

FYI, Kajoor.

The example of Alzheimer's was used as a metaphor....and frankly, if u were to ask me, the muslim ummah seems to be suffering from something even more serious...like a cancer....yep you heard it right.

But the difference between the disease itself and muslims of today, as highlighted by GFQ is that the kind of Alzheimer's muslims are suffering from is curable. So just take the steps necessary. Dont let the disease kill you. Fight it with your faith.

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Originally posted by Girl from Quraysh:
*Alzheimer's disease was used as a metaphor, *not to highlight the plight of the muslim world, but to parallel the indifference of so many to that abovementioned plight.

Alzheimer's IS a hideous, and debilitating disease there is no doubt about that, not only for the person himself but for all those around them, it is devastating.

[This message has been edited by Girl from Quraysh (edited February 25, 2001).]**
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GFQ if you can imagine it being far worse then that, then believe me it is.

Yes Alzheimer’s was used, as metaphor but it still didn’t lessen the anguish I felt. You can say it hit a very raw nerve.

Inshallah there will be a cure for Alzheimer’s disease as there is for it’s parallel.

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Originally posted by Eastern Analog:
**FYI, Kajoor.

the muslim ummah seems to be suffering from something even more serious...like a cancer....** yep you heard it right.**

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yep i heard it right... you are trying to evoke a reaction.