Re: Ignorance is NOT bliss!
Ridiculous incident..
Ignorance can become Bliss as well…
Look at it this way… Those who did not know about this symbolism attributed to Islam will now know about it… It’s now our job to actually correct the introduction… we did not have to tell them there is something called Islam … it’s been introduced already - though with wrong connotations -
In the time of Prophet:saw2:, Makkans tried to stop people coming from Syria and other places to Makkah during Ukaaz festival and Hajj, not to listen to the prophet by telling them that he is (naaouzubillah) a magician or a poet etc…
Guess what? it made people more curious to listen to him and many came in the fold of Islam…
So it is our duty to correct all these false attributes - half of our job is done with incidents such like this.. half we need to to do which we are failing miserably.