What were they thinking lying naked on the beaches with their own mothers, sisters and daughters?
What about those people who were living near the beaches making money out of this perverse ‘Tourists Industry’?
Did they forget that Allah Almighty was watching them?
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what about the thousands of fishermen folk in Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu?
what about the people of Andaman and Nicobar islands?
what about the people from Aceh?
why were they punished for?
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The innocent will go to Heaven offcourse but it's a warning for everyone else.
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You may like to hear an alternative view:
Arab response to Tsunami seen as appalling
Washington: Many Muslims around the world have been
appalled at the “silence and stinginess” of the
oil-rich Arab countries when compared to the
outpouring of generosity elsewhere in the world,
according to Tarek Fatah, a progressive Muslim leader
and television host based in Toronto.
In a statement, he said that whereas cash-starved
countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh had sent their
naval ships, doctors and armed forces personnel to
help Sri Lanka and Indonesia, Saudi Arabia had tossed
a $10 million cheque at those affected while Kuwait
had come up with a paltry $2 million.
Fatah said, “The disappointment is not just because of
the pathetic contributions by Saudi Arabia or Kuwait.
It is compounded by the message being repeated ad
nauseam in their mosques and media that the earthquake
was a punishment from God for the sins of the people
of South and South East Asia. The view that wanton
behavior provoked the quake was the subject of Friday
sermons in Saudi Arabia and of other religious
commentaries in the kingdom. “Asia’s earthquake, which
hit the beaches of prostitution, tourism, immorality
and nudity,” one commentator said on an Islamist
website, “is a sign that God is warning mankind from
persisting in injustice and immorality before he
destroys the ground beneath them”.
He cited a New York Times report that quoted Walid
Tabtabai, a member of the Kuwaiti Parliament, as
saying that the earthquake was not simply a natural
calamity, but a message from God.
“We believe that what occurs in terms of disasters and
afflictions is a test for believers and punishment for
the unjust,” he wrote in a column in the newspaper Al
Watan.
Fatah expressed astonishment that anyone would
consider Tamil Nadu, Aceh, Sri Lanka, Somalia, the
Islands of Nicobar and Andaman to be “beaches of
prostitution, tourism, immorality and nudity. “What
sick mind could come up with this description? The
Kuwaitis and Saudi Islamists lecturing the world about
morality is an outrage,” he added. He said the people
of South Asia did not need self-righteous sermons but
assistance. “Or is it that in the eyes of most
Kuwaitis and Saudis, the dead belonged to the despised
underclass who live as fourth class citizens in the
Gulf States. “Dark skinned Indian, Sri Lankan,
Indonesian; truck drivers, cooks and maids; all
children of a lesser God in the eyes of these
Islamists of the Gulf,” he said.
In mosques across the United States, more or less the
same message is going out to the Muslim community.
While appeals have been made for generous donations to
relief funds, the congregations are also being told
that the tsunami was “azab-e-Ilahi” or the wrath of
God for the sins of those who were hit. Such
calamities, they are being told, warn us to turn our
back on ungodly ways and repent for our past misdeeds.
khalid hasan
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^outdated cut n paste
saudi donations are much more.
There were many nations who did nto understand the extent of the damage and upon realizing the impact increaded what they were doing.
going back to the puishment from god business, every one has their own assessment and what it means, if you think it was punishment from god then so be it. I suppose the earthquakes in Iran were a punishment from god, and the bombing in afghanistan was a punishment from god as well except he used an indirect route..use a tsunami as the deliverer of the punishment or an army, same business.
right?
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I am sure Allah mighty was watching. Question is if was getting kick out of watching this for last 100 years, why it upset of throne now.
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As long as one is innocent he should not worry about getting killed. I mean even if some criminal kills him it is a plus plus, you go to heaven anyway and the killer gets a warning. What is wrong with sending few people to heaven to warn some bad folks living on earth. some smartas can argue that why Allah does not kill the bad ones and send them to hell..that will be mroe effective warning system. See allah knows this, that you think that way, that is why he does the opposite. But we mortals don’t have the wisdom to udnerstand it.
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star and cresent....all were not punished, Tsunami left all continents closer together....thats one of the signs till the day of Judgement....the earthquake was terrible, i get ur point but ppl all around the world do stuff like that...even more sinnful things, but lots of the ppl who died were muslims...not only kufr... did u read abt the earthquake in the Qur'an??...."So the earthquake seized them, and they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes."-(Al-A'raf 7:78).......And Mûsa (Moses) chose out of his people seventy (of the best) men for Our
appointed time and place of meeting, and when they were seized with a violent
earthquake, he said: "O my Lord, if it had been Your Will, You could have
destroyed them and me before; would You destroy us for the deeds of the foolish
ones among us? It is only Your Trial by which You lead astray whom You will, and
keep guided whom You will. You are our Walî (Protector), so forgive us and have
Mercy on us, for You are the Best of those who forgive. -(Al-A'raf 7:155)........ When the earth is shaken with its (final) earthquake. -(Az-Zalzalah 99:1)..... Do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven (Allâh), will not cause the earth to sink with you, then behold it shakes (as in an earthquake)? -(Al-Mulk 67:16)........i just saying b/c the earthquake was for more than just punishment, but only Allah knows....:)
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Allah Almighty says in the Qur'an that he does not kill the evil doers so that they persist in their wrong doings even more. This is so, that then they have no way of salvation whatsoever. They are a cursed people in another words.
It is upto the people to make the wise decisions, either live like animals now (follow made made philosophies) or follow the Qur'an strictly and be awarded Paradise in the 'real' life for eternity.
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I never understood why God has such an aversion to us living like animals on earth but rewards us by allowing us to live like animals in heaven.
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So Booboo, your contention is that Allah has mastered the arts of reverse psychology and manipulation? Interesting theory - not.
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Well i think it's a punishment from GOD, regardless of how many innocent died in it. BTW the innocent died who in it go to the paradise r surely not our business but that of Allah the almighty. The question is that those of us who recite Quran, read Ahadith and other books revealing the truth Islam delived, r we wise enough to recognize the signs of the age we r living in ?????
I can't imagine how much Gunnah i've commited in my life and will still commit, but according to the words of a few of u it'll enough to send me to hell a dozen times atleast if not more!!! What i'm trying to say it his (Allah the almighty) mercy and kindness that saves from such hell-like scenes surely not our prayers and our deeds. And dare not to think that u deserve Paradise but expect the Mercy and kindness of Allah the almighty.
The time/age we r livin in will teach us with such signs that it's only his Mercy and Kindness that saves one and destroy the other.
About Afghanistan: Well these ppl have made a mocery (spelling ??) of Islam. Yet they still believe/think Islam can be spread with Force. An believe me there will never be peace on Afghan Soil Insha'Allah(to back this i'll post later) . Look back into history and u'll see.
About Iraq:Well there is a Hadith that says: There will be a treasure in the Euphrat river and many will try to get it but no one will succeed, instead only 1 will survive from 100 who will fight for it. Guess what's meant with "fight for a treasure": Golf-War 1 and 2 for OIL, rings a bell ???
About Palestine/Today Isreal: A Hadith or a quoting from teh Holy Qur'an i'm not sure so i'll research and post it here: The Israelis (i think all jewish clans r meant, i will post the exact terminations) will be destroyed twice but before their final destruction they'll be collected from all places (like the ongoing settlement into Isreal from rest of the world). About the two previous occasions: First time when A Assyrian King with his Army destroyed Jerusalem and butchered almost the whole population and second time Hitler when he + his copanians killed 6 million Jews.
There r many more prophecies hidden in the Holy Qur'an and the Ahadith for our guidance. All the socalled natural catastrophies are well discribed in the Holy Qur'an. So all those who recite the Holy Qur'an and try to understand it teachings shall never questions that these, Earth Quakes, Wind Stroms, Tsunaims, Wars etc. r punishment from Allah the Almighty. Just don't try to explain that it hit X, Y, Z becoz X did that, Y did this and Z did that. That's something only and only Allah the almighty knows. No one else.
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ive just one comment for all of those who like to think that dying and going to heaven is some form of blessing for the dead and their loved ones left behind. 150,000 people are dead. 150,000 is not a small number, over a million have lost their loves ones. abt 10,000 to 20000 kids have lost either their both or one parent. Lets ask them how they feel abt this "punishment" from God. You know what they will ask? or millions other will? the question will be what did we do to deserve this? People have lost everything, its not only 150,000 that are dead, millions are affected. I would rather die then have all of my family parish. That would be a greater pain for me then death.
So please stop saying that the evil ones are dead with "some" innocent ones. These kinda disasters don't see who comes infront, it doesn't see religion, it doesn't see race and it definitely does not chooses evil over innocent or otherway around.
I will like to see your reaction if any of you who think this is a punishment from God for these people and warning for the rest of us to be either one of the victims or be a family of the victim
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one thing we all muslims should know,y just we muslims r suffering??...every1 in the world...from iraq to afganistan,nigeria to palestine,thailand to kashmiror chacnia..and now the tsunami which killed mostly the muslims...
actually we people r away from our religion...we dont follow ALLAH commands ...we hear music,see movies,spending lots of money on tafreeh but we dont have time to think abt islam and muslims
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people, we need to realize that this is NOT a punishment from Allah. thousands and thousands are dead and not because either that they were evil or werent folllowing the commands of the Quran or Allah. If you look at the history, humans have never really followed the right path. Throughout the time, only a minority has been truly following the path set by Allah.
If that was the case, why hasn't it affected other parts of the world? Huge hurricans hit United States last year and if these people werent prepared, there would have probably same or even more deaths in America then in the South Asia. Why didn't the Americans get affected? cause according to most mullas, Americans represent the true evil on Earth and are responsible for most problems in the world today. If God were to punish people through these natural disasters then most of these disasters would been coming in western worlds not in poor Asian countries where majority is just simply trying to make a living.
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That would depend on your interpretation of God and His wishes.