zainsmommy
Junior Member
Assalamu Aleikom My Dear Brothers and Sisters
How many times will a thread like this be written before people take notice?
How many videos must we watch bashing American or Western Soldiers?
How many threads bashing Jews and Isreal must we read through before people take notice?
I ask this my Dear fellow Brothers and Sisters in Islam...my fellow Muslims...because I am becoming increasingly impatient with these threads and increasingly angered. WHY? Because I want to know..
WHAT DO THESE THREADS HAVE TO DO WITH ISLAM?
IS THIS NOT AN ISLAMIC FORUM?
I have recently invited a very good friend of mine here..two actually. Both born Muslims. One from the US and one from Palestine.
The one from Palestine came here, took a look and left. I recieved an email back expressing her views about how she thought this forum was just like all the rest. Filled with enraged Muslims who find nothing better to do with their time than fill the threads with hate against non Muslims and the west. I immediately took offense because I have come to love this site and find it very helpful to me in increasing my knowledge, but at a second glance...I see exactly what she means.
Everyday there are new members and everyday there is something posted that incites hatred towards another human being for no good reason.
I would like to ask you all who post these threads...
WHAT POSSIBLY ARE YOU TRYING TO GAIN?
WHAT MESSAGE ARE YOU EXACTLY TRYING TO GET ACROSS?
I want to know because I see NO other reason except hate. Pure and simple. I see nothing but rage. I see Muslims acting like non Muslims do...the bashing in REVERSE!
I think of all the good Brothers and Sisters here who try to teach and enlighten the world of the beauty that is in Islam and always right next to them is the ugly side of Islam. The side that most media like to show.
Who's fault? The media? OR YOU? OR BOTH? Could they portray such nonsense if there weren't people who do stupid things to justify what they're saying or showing?
If I choose to bash another human being, put them down and degrade them...then what kind of person am I?
What kind of Muslim am I?
How do I represent the Ummah in my actions?
I ask each and every one of you to think about this BEFORE you post a thread..
1. How will this BENEFIT those Muslim and non Muslims visiting this forum?
2. What message am I sending to the world?
3. What kind of Muslim do I represent? The real Muslim who is kind, caring, and forgiving..who does not call attention to the faults of another, who strives to promote peace and understanding. Who strives to represent this Ummah the way it should be represented?? Or am I the kind of Muslim who is filled with hate and wants to shout to the world..."TO HELL WITH THE AMERICANS AND THE WEST...KILL THEM ALL !!!"???(and if so, how does this help you?)
4. Will my post set me apart from the world as a true believer? Will it show Islam in the same way that our Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alyhi wa sallaam fought so hard to
show others? (keeping in mind His peaceful, tolerant nature)
It saddens me that the moderators of this site who put their time and hard working dollars into this forum as a means for us to seek out and find knowledge, friendhsip, and unity are having their good intentions stepped on. Having this forum turn into every other forum that people use to post their own sick, distorted views and opinions instead of a learning tool.
I too am sickened and saddened at all the atrocities taking place in this world today. I am ashamed when it is one of my own fellow American Brothers or Sisters carrying them out, but what also sickens me and saddens me is the fact that my own fellow Muslim Brothers and Sisters have stooped to the same level of these insensitive persons.
If you think I am way off the mark here, then sit back and read with an open mind some of the stuff being posted on here. If you still find anger and the need to post comments on such threads or the need to start new threads following in the same direction...then shame on you!
I know that this forum also allows us to ask any question we would like too...but in all honesty...is it really necessarry to take it to the level that it goes to sometimes?
I will leave with this...
A very bright Sister had this in one of her comments recently on a thread here and it made me think a lot...it made me think of ME and how I live my life...how my fellow Brothers and Sisters in Islam are leading their lives...how we are allowing ourselves to blend in...to become just like them in our ways and actions. Astagfirulluh!
"Prophet Mohammad, sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallaam, once said that a time will come when nations of the world will come around you as a bunch of hungry men invite themselves towards food. The companions asked if Muslims will we be few in numbers. He said "No! You will be large in number, but no one will fear you because you would have gone astray, far away from the real teachings of Islam.
And so here we are living in that time which our beloved Prophet Mohammad, sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallaam, has predicted."
Have we in fact shown the world that we belong to the TRUTH? That we are walking on the path of rightousness? Or have we shown the world we are just the same as them...intolerant, angry, filled with hate and rage, just as screwed up as they are???
Are we doing our moderators justice by allowing this to happen day after day? Is this how you respect them? Just like you respect another human being?
Everyone shall have their day with their Lord...trust this!!! It is not for you or I to go and enforce our own vigilante law! It is not for us to rally the troops and yell "DOWN WITH THE KUFFIR!!!"
Is it not good enough for you that these people we see in these videos and that we read about in these articles will have to stand and answer before Allah subhana wa ta'ala on the day of judgement????
Do you honestly feel the need to cause tension among your fellow human beings? The only thing you are doing is fueling more hatred? How is this helpful to us? To anyone? I ask you this!
Do you know that these people will not care about your rants and raves and vowing to behead them...they will not care that You talk bad about them on some Islamic forum..they DON'T CARE!!!
Allah subhana wa ta'ala is All Knowing and they shall stand before him someday soon...I take comfort in this and so should you.
It is up to US to UNITE...TO TEACH...TO SET A GOOD EXAMPLE...TO PROMOTE PEACE...TO LOVE...TO FORGIVE THOSE EVIL PEOPLE WHO FIGHT AGAINST US DAILY ...WHO FIGHT TO WIPE US OFF THE MAP...if we are united in ways that are helpful and good, then there is no way they can get to us..then all these sick videos and articles of their actions cannot touch us. If we allow ourselves to fuel the hatred..then surely they have won over on us!!!!!!!!
We do no good for our fellow Muslims who need us in all parts of the world by using hate and anger to incite more hate and anger...it does no good and in the end...NOBODY WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!
How many times will a thread like this be written before people take notice?
How many videos must we watch bashing American or Western Soldiers?
How many threads bashing Jews and Isreal must we read through before people take notice?
I ask this my Dear fellow Brothers and Sisters in Islam...my fellow Muslims...because I am becoming increasingly impatient with these threads and increasingly angered. WHY? Because I want to know..
WHAT DO THESE THREADS HAVE TO DO WITH ISLAM?
IS THIS NOT AN ISLAMIC FORUM?
I have recently invited a very good friend of mine here..two actually. Both born Muslims. One from the US and one from Palestine.
The one from Palestine came here, took a look and left. I recieved an email back expressing her views about how she thought this forum was just like all the rest. Filled with enraged Muslims who find nothing better to do with their time than fill the threads with hate against non Muslims and the west. I immediately took offense because I have come to love this site and find it very helpful to me in increasing my knowledge, but at a second glance...I see exactly what she means.
Everyday there are new members and everyday there is something posted that incites hatred towards another human being for no good reason.
I would like to ask you all who post these threads...
WHAT POSSIBLY ARE YOU TRYING TO GAIN?
WHAT MESSAGE ARE YOU EXACTLY TRYING TO GET ACROSS?
I want to know because I see NO other reason except hate. Pure and simple. I see nothing but rage. I see Muslims acting like non Muslims do...the bashing in REVERSE!
I think of all the good Brothers and Sisters here who try to teach and enlighten the world of the beauty that is in Islam and always right next to them is the ugly side of Islam. The side that most media like to show.
Who's fault? The media? OR YOU? OR BOTH? Could they portray such nonsense if there weren't people who do stupid things to justify what they're saying or showing?
If I choose to bash another human being, put them down and degrade them...then what kind of person am I?
What kind of Muslim am I?
How do I represent the Ummah in my actions?
I ask each and every one of you to think about this BEFORE you post a thread..
1. How will this BENEFIT those Muslim and non Muslims visiting this forum?
2. What message am I sending to the world?
3. What kind of Muslim do I represent? The real Muslim who is kind, caring, and forgiving..who does not call attention to the faults of another, who strives to promote peace and understanding. Who strives to represent this Ummah the way it should be represented?? Or am I the kind of Muslim who is filled with hate and wants to shout to the world..."TO HELL WITH THE AMERICANS AND THE WEST...KILL THEM ALL !!!"???(and if so, how does this help you?)
4. Will my post set me apart from the world as a true believer? Will it show Islam in the same way that our Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alyhi wa sallaam fought so hard to
show others? (keeping in mind His peaceful, tolerant nature)
It saddens me that the moderators of this site who put their time and hard working dollars into this forum as a means for us to seek out and find knowledge, friendhsip, and unity are having their good intentions stepped on. Having this forum turn into every other forum that people use to post their own sick, distorted views and opinions instead of a learning tool.
I too am sickened and saddened at all the atrocities taking place in this world today. I am ashamed when it is one of my own fellow American Brothers or Sisters carrying them out, but what also sickens me and saddens me is the fact that my own fellow Muslim Brothers and Sisters have stooped to the same level of these insensitive persons.
If you think I am way off the mark here, then sit back and read with an open mind some of the stuff being posted on here. If you still find anger and the need to post comments on such threads or the need to start new threads following in the same direction...then shame on you!
I know that this forum also allows us to ask any question we would like too...but in all honesty...is it really necessarry to take it to the level that it goes to sometimes?
I will leave with this...
A very bright Sister had this in one of her comments recently on a thread here and it made me think a lot...it made me think of ME and how I live my life...how my fellow Brothers and Sisters in Islam are leading their lives...how we are allowing ourselves to blend in...to become just like them in our ways and actions. Astagfirulluh!
"Prophet Mohammad, sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallaam, once said that a time will come when nations of the world will come around you as a bunch of hungry men invite themselves towards food. The companions asked if Muslims will we be few in numbers. He said "No! You will be large in number, but no one will fear you because you would have gone astray, far away from the real teachings of Islam.
And so here we are living in that time which our beloved Prophet Mohammad, sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallaam, has predicted."
Have we in fact shown the world that we belong to the TRUTH? That we are walking on the path of rightousness? Or have we shown the world we are just the same as them...intolerant, angry, filled with hate and rage, just as screwed up as they are???
Are we doing our moderators justice by allowing this to happen day after day? Is this how you respect them? Just like you respect another human being?
Everyone shall have their day with their Lord...trust this!!! It is not for you or I to go and enforce our own vigilante law! It is not for us to rally the troops and yell "DOWN WITH THE KUFFIR!!!"
Is it not good enough for you that these people we see in these videos and that we read about in these articles will have to stand and answer before Allah subhana wa ta'ala on the day of judgement????
Do you honestly feel the need to cause tension among your fellow human beings? The only thing you are doing is fueling more hatred? How is this helpful to us? To anyone? I ask you this!
Do you know that these people will not care about your rants and raves and vowing to behead them...they will not care that You talk bad about them on some Islamic forum..they DON'T CARE!!!
Allah subhana wa ta'ala is All Knowing and they shall stand before him someday soon...I take comfort in this and so should you.
It is up to US to UNITE...TO TEACH...TO SET A GOOD EXAMPLE...TO PROMOTE PEACE...TO LOVE...TO FORGIVE THOSE EVIL PEOPLE WHO FIGHT AGAINST US DAILY ...WHO FIGHT TO WIPE US OFF THE MAP...if we are united in ways that are helpful and good, then there is no way they can get to us..then all these sick videos and articles of their actions cannot touch us. If we allow ourselves to fuel the hatred..then surely they have won over on us!!!!!!!!
We do no good for our fellow Muslims who need us in all parts of the world by using hate and anger to incite more hate and anger...it does no good and in the end...NOBODY WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!