Re: Reza Aslan was wrong on many fronts as well…interesting read
As I said earlier in case it was missed … the cancer of extremism (is much smaller than what is portrayed) it does not happen in a vacuum, and the fact that Muslims are being pointed out as being the extremists is a result of political happenings in those regions rather than religious ones … It is a biproduct of world trade and interest in resource rich areas, which happen to be populated with Muslims … When strife continues in Muslim lands Muslims from other Muslim lands feel the pain and they get involved as well.
Islam is not the cause of the extremism - There are two causes:
Muslims leaving Islamic adherence
Unhealthy International interest in Muslim resource rich lands
If Muslims returned to a better understanding of Islam then they would not be extreme
If the West was less “Emperor’s New Clothes” on us then our brothers and sisters would not feel oppressed or hard done
Again, the problem is not in Islam … at all … It would be the biggest catastrophe to blame Islam for this … If we start to look internally we will find nothing … that would be another distraction. We have been looking internally far too long already … Muslims who are less Islamically equipped are being recruited in to organisation that have no patience and no sympathy and no compassion for any outsiders … The reason for that is because of some of the outsiders … it is not to do with the religion. To blame the religion would be a mistake … How many times should I say that???
Islam is about learning patience, accepting fate, being kind to those who show us unkindness, leaving the dunya, not chasing after it, or getting annoyed when others take it, Islam is about being God focused … not focused on political ventures … We don’t desire power - those who do are not being Islamic. Islam is pure and clean and is not about injustice … rather by even withstanding hardships is from Islam … Revenge is not an Islamic ideal … forgiveness is … Everyone knows this … extremists are in despair … their lives are messed up and those who join them are Muslims who have felt sorry for them and feel guilty for being in relative ease compared to them …
The whole problem needs to be analysed on a global scale … simple little things like the monetary system, making one currency stronger or weaker against another - is a subtle thing but that causes huge ramifications across countries … we should realise that … It is a hard pill to swallow … but that is the truth - not the stuff that Bill Maher et al come up with … and pseudo-academic progressive “Muslims” come up with …
peace and chill bhai payash
the title of fareed zakaria message is misleading because when you read rest of his post, he is opposing the idea of bashing the whole community or a religion… he is rather inviting us for some self-introspection…and dont you think we have some heavy pockets of violent, extremist, extremely conservative, and toxic elements…for how long will we keep on saying that they are not one of us…because we know thy are one of us!