Re: Khuda ke Liye- the hottest anti-Islamic movie in Pakistan
First off, I have not seen the movie but am eagerly waiting. Secondly, I have a comment to make with regards to being "Muslim" (not same as being muslim) and hence indirectly pointing to "Muslim woman marrying non-Muslim man".
I understand that Shoeb Mansoor has indicated that one cannot be forced to Islam if he/she is born in a semi-Western environment. However, I think that his argument is FLAWED. He should be trying to present the correct definition of the word -muslim- and then ask how many of us actually qualify for being called that, let alone the criterion of marrying non-muslims being imposed or not! I can only see the application of the claim "muslim woman canot marry non-muslim man" if we correctly define the word muslim.
Some pointers: "muslim" (small m) is a description, whereas "Muslim" (capital M) is a title... we are NOT asked by The God to be "Muslim", so to advocate for or against based on title is illogical in the Islamic sense.
Uttering a few Arabic words of oath in front of human witnesses or being born in a "Muslim" family is not your citizenship to islam. So any girl born in a "Muslim" family can do AS SHE PLEASES since according to my understanding nobody is muslim by lineage to begin with.
If a woman is truely muslim/submitting-to-The-God, she has a direct oath/covenant with her Creator and it is between her and The God, and she would only do this after:
- first understanding the Message
- then developing that prerequisite belief.
Then it is her responsibility since she has to safeguard her way of life and IF she has truely submitted and is a true believer, then her bond will NEVER BREAK because she will do what it takes to protect it.
We have been told to protect our deen (way of life) by not taking non-muslims as our "Aooliyaa", and this would include those who are "Muslim" and yet not muslim/submitters-to-The-God.
Linguistically, Aooliyaa means "those who control our way of life thereby causing us to turn/submit to them" - usually mistranslated as "friends and allies", great thanks to Yousuf Ali, Allama Jalindhari and Pikthal.
Considering the above, it makes sense that the husband (if he is "Muslim" or non-muslim and extremely hardlined towards his beliefs) will generally be dominant and will become the woman's "Wali" and there is a possibility of her being tawallaa "turned away" from the Message. A way out is divorce but with family and kids that is not a good option so you're stuck... hence the condition.
So, either side, by taking this issue and blowing out of proportion and trying to prove that a "Muslim" woman can or cannot marry a "non-Muslim" man is rediculous (read between the lines please)! My advice to both Shoaib Mansoor and the "Ulama" is to first undersand what is it that a muslim is, and I am not referring to the title "Muslim"...
I think what he might have meant is that this girl, being brough up in a hypocritic environment (muslim dad living with christian mom but forcing her to marry some muslim - happens all the time), and given the way they portray her, is not a true muslim to begin with.
Hence, if she marries a non-muslim, it makes no difference. The rule of not marrying outside your religion really isn't broken, since she never met the prerequisite of being a real muslim.
I think he means to say that you can't just go around calling someone a muslim, subjugating them to the religious requirements, and then call that Islam. What her father did to her was wrong. He should have seen that she doesn't have any affinity for religion to begin with.
At least that's my rough assessment without watching the movie. Saby, do they really show her to be a religious person before she's shipped away with her forced marriage?