Re: which one is weirder...
[quote=Code_Red]
Funny thing how muslims in other part of the world are so inclined towards pork.
Back home it is considered DISGUSTING. Even you cant find it even if you are willing to pay much higher price you wont find it anywhere ( except for Islamabad, due to large number of consulates there )
In pakistan some people love doing haram stuff, like drinking, sleeping around etc. but the very same people wont show any interest in eating pig. Same is in other islamic countries.
I so agree with you about people's reaction towards some things.....Some people PICK AND CHOOSE what they want to incorporate in their form of RELIGION....Muslims would be sitting with their friend drinking sharab....alcohol and feel so proud of themselves....but when a dish with Porky pig is offered to them...they'll be like...."OH ! ITs haram"...cant eat that....Isnt that amazing....so basically whatever suits them.....
I have seen educated practising muslims that throw the word HARAM, ...Haram...like candies....What I mean is ...they'd be saying stuff that as kids parents use to scare em off from doing stuff...makes no sense whatever....but I have heard examples like...Dont mention the name "PIG in the house...otherwise for 60 days your prayers wont be answered...No mention of the name P-I-G...its Haram ...Duh!! the word is mentioned in the Quran...KHANZEER!!...and other stuff like its haram to have pictures, listen to music is HARAM...Eating non Zabiha meat IS HARAM...(Let people decide for themselves)
....Wearing Nailpolish while praying IS Haram(I made that up)...For me its better to pray...then not to pray at all becuz of the nailpolish....Its better that you think logically about the Islamic Laws....as well as Suggestions about how to live.....Islam is a very easy going religion...yet so many Mullahs or whatever people want to scare people into submission...rather for them to think and fall in love with the Islamic way of life. I heard a statistics....I may be off with the numbers a bit...but it wAS something like....The quran has 5% of Islamic Laws and the remaining 95 % are Ways of life....but all we hear is "Dont do this...Dont do that ...Dont...DONT DON'T"......Why is there so much insistance on the negative stuff????.... Its better that people embrace Islam for wwhat it really is...A loving religion that has logic behind evrything....pork, Alcohol, adultery.....everything is explained...not just ordered.....Allah hasnt stopped anyone from using logic...in the contrary...attaining more education,and research is facilitated.... We shouldnt be closed minded to try to win logically by saying...."Cuz I said so!!!...Now SUSH!!"....this isnt right and we know it.....
Why is it that people start giving so much importance to things that are so small yet choose to ignore the bigger issues??? (In my mind....Pork=small issue, Praying 5 times= Big )....anyway Thats just me.. ...Guys no harm meant...no anger envoked from you....everybody has the right to understand things to their own capacity...this is mine....so peace upon you!!!!:) :) :)