Yesterday,a Somali American was arrested for attempting to bomb a public square during a Christmas lighting ceremony. The problem is that he is NOT listening to Muslim scholars teaching him a peaceful Islam. He did not probably read Surah 5, verse 48 " To each of you we prescribed a law and a method" but chances are he saw the cartoons depicting Jews as pigs and monkey based on Surah 5 verse 60.
" Say shall I inform you of what worse than that as penalty from Allah? It is those whom Allah has cursed and with whom he is angry and made of hem apes and pigs and slaves of taghut.Those are worse in position and further astray from the sound way."
As you see 12 verses down Koran goes from saying each has his religion and will be judged by it to a verse depicting Jews as monkeys and pigs. This verse is particulary talking about Jews who did not keep the convenant of Sabbath. Muslim scholars can pick, choose and fabricate Jihad dreams as they wish. Taking verses out of context and give it their own explanation is their own Friday afternoon hobby. Our prophet ( Peace be upon him) lived among Jews and did not say follow me and eradicate Jews. Islam received early support of a christian king of what is known now as Ethiopia because of the peaceful message without that support we probably would not be talking about Islam today.
Why are we not trying to reach the Muslim youth with the right message? Why not call for a Jihad to end hunger, bad living conditions,and corruption? My personal Jihad is of course to end ignorance.
How many more Muslim youth should we lose to extremists?
Samara
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Hijab ( Veil) should be abolished
Here is the verse which is understood as the decree of veil on Muslims, Surah 33, verse 59
"O prophet,tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves part of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not abused. And ever is Allah forgiving and Merciful."
First even if we take this verse at face value,the decree includes wives,daughters of the prophet, and wives of Muslims. Then enforcing wearing the veil on children is unjustified.
Second, Let us explain it in context. Everyone living in harsh environment needed a head covering.There were slaves who were not allowed to have head covering. People abused women on the street without head covering, the verse clearly states that the wisdom behind wearing the veil is to protect the women by identifying them as free Muslims women ( not slaves). The day slavery was abolished, wearing the veil should have become absolete.
Third, Following the wisdom of the decree of Koran, Muslims women who live in the west should NOT wear the veil for their protection.
Once again Muslims scholars who are mostly men are not seeking ways to liberate women from an old tradition which has nothing to do with Koran.
Samara
"O prophet,tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves part of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not abused. And ever is Allah forgiving and Merciful."
First even if we take this verse at face value,the decree includes wives,daughters of the prophet, and wives of Muslims. Then enforcing wearing the veil on children is unjustified.
Second, Let us explain it in context. Everyone living in harsh environment needed a head covering.There were slaves who were not allowed to have head covering. People abused women on the street without head covering, the verse clearly states that the wisdom behind wearing the veil is to protect the women by identifying them as free Muslims women ( not slaves). The day slavery was abolished, wearing the veil should have become absolete.
Third, Following the wisdom of the decree of Koran, Muslims women who live in the west should NOT wear the veil for their protection.
Once again Muslims scholars who are mostly men are not seeking ways to liberate women from an old tradition which has nothing to do with Koran.
Samara
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Injustice done to women for years due to one of Muhammad's Hadith
Hadith or the prophet 's speech has proven not to be a reliable source of Islam. Periodically Muslims would face a Hadith that would shroud the prophet's reputation in uncertainty and they would claim that this particular hadith is Israelite ( Added by Israeli/as the designated enemy).
Here is one hadith which is full of flaws and in contradiction with the message of Koran yet nobody cared to announce it wrong.
Here is the translation:" The prophet went out once to offer the pre-dawn prayer at the place of prayer, and he passed by a group of women and he said:" P group of women ! Give alms, for I have shown that you women form the majority of the inhabitants of Hell." and they asked:" Why is this O prophet?"
He replied: " You are always cursing and being ungrateful to your husbands and I have never met anyone with such a lack in their intelligence and religion. A single one of you would make even the most resolute of men go out of his mind!"
They said:" What lack is there in our religion and intelligence, O Muhammad?"
He replied:" Is not the testimony of a woman rqual to half the testimony of a man?"
They replied:" Certainly"
" Then this is the lack in your intelligence. And is it not that when a woman is menstruating she is neither to pray nor fast?"
They replied:" Certainly"
"Then this is what lack a woman has in her religion."
This hadith has caused a number of injustice toward women for hundreds of years. I am not saying that it is Israelite like most Muslims do when they do not like a hadith. Whether this hadith is correct or not is irrelevant. It is in contradiction with the message of Koran.
I am advocating that we should differentiate between Muhammad the messenger relying the message of God and Muhammad the human. Muhammad was married to 11 or 13 wives ( If you count Marya the christian and Raihanna the jew) it is very possible for him to have had a bad day and announced that women were lacking intelligence and religion.
It is noteworthy to mention that he did not say this hadith while he was married to Khadija ( First Muslim) who was a great emotional and financial supporter to the call of Islam.
I invite my brothers and sisters Muslim to read the verse 97 , Surah 16 which equates between men and women " Whoever does righteousness whether male of female while he is a believer -we will surely cause him to live a good life and we will surely give them their reward in the Hereafter according to the best of what they used to do."
Women are not lacking intelligence and religion and even if the prophet said so. It was not a divine inspiration since it does violate the rules given by the Koran.
Samara
Here is one hadith which is full of flaws and in contradiction with the message of Koran yet nobody cared to announce it wrong.
Here is the translation:" The prophet went out once to offer the pre-dawn prayer at the place of prayer, and he passed by a group of women and he said:" P group of women ! Give alms, for I have shown that you women form the majority of the inhabitants of Hell." and they asked:" Why is this O prophet?"
He replied: " You are always cursing and being ungrateful to your husbands and I have never met anyone with such a lack in their intelligence and religion. A single one of you would make even the most resolute of men go out of his mind!"
They said:" What lack is there in our religion and intelligence, O Muhammad?"
He replied:" Is not the testimony of a woman rqual to half the testimony of a man?"
They replied:" Certainly"
" Then this is the lack in your intelligence. And is it not that when a woman is menstruating she is neither to pray nor fast?"
They replied:" Certainly"
"Then this is what lack a woman has in her religion."
This hadith has caused a number of injustice toward women for hundreds of years. I am not saying that it is Israelite like most Muslims do when they do not like a hadith. Whether this hadith is correct or not is irrelevant. It is in contradiction with the message of Koran.
I am advocating that we should differentiate between Muhammad the messenger relying the message of God and Muhammad the human. Muhammad was married to 11 or 13 wives ( If you count Marya the christian and Raihanna the jew) it is very possible for him to have had a bad day and announced that women were lacking intelligence and religion.
It is noteworthy to mention that he did not say this hadith while he was married to Khadija ( First Muslim) who was a great emotional and financial supporter to the call of Islam.
I invite my brothers and sisters Muslim to read the verse 97 , Surah 16 which equates between men and women " Whoever does righteousness whether male of female while he is a believer -we will surely cause him to live a good life and we will surely give them their reward in the Hereafter according to the best of what they used to do."
Women are not lacking intelligence and religion and even if the prophet said so. It was not a divine inspiration since it does violate the rules given by the Koran.
Samara
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Reply to Zanubiyah's message
Thank you dear sister for your comment. Thank you for saying that Islamic practices based on interpretation given by men who lived years ago that is indeed the core of my message. When I mentioned that we need to find a broad definition of the word Islam, I was refering to the word Islam and Muslim as it used in Koran. The word in Koran has a broader definition than the common accepted one. Only God knows who is speading Fitnah and who is considered kafir. The judgment should be left for God.
I agree with you that only Koran is the final judge. That is the message that I am hoping to start spreading.
I do not claim to speak for Islam or for Muslims. I ask questions for my brothers and sisters in Islam in hope to co-construct answers.
Thank you
Samara
I agree with you that only Koran is the final judge. That is the message that I am hoping to start spreading.
I do not claim to speak for Islam or for Muslims. I ask questions for my brothers and sisters in Islam in hope to co-construct answers.
Thank you
Samara
Zanubiyah's message
“moderate...
NOTHING other than the Holy Qur'an speaks for all of Islam. We do not defend things that are not true, nor do we let ANYONE or ANYTHING define Islam or those who practice it other than the Holy Qur'an. We dont let the Pam Gellers, or Fox News define Islam, and we do not al Quid'a or Usama bin Laden define Islam.
In Islam we fight against oppression of ANY KIND. We do not define oppression by the ethnic group of the offender or the victim, nor his religion. We define oppession by the act. In other words, as Muslims we speak out against ALL oppression against ANYONE, for ANY REASON.
WE do not take PERSONAL responsibility for evil done in the name of Islam. WE condemn it without caveat. WE strongly encourage or brothers and sisters to learn the deen, so that they do not fall for the fitnah and kafirs pretending to represent us. When WE find evil amonst us, WE root it out, and turn them in to authorities. We do not coddle them, defend them, or otherwise support them. We do pray for them that they will find the truth, and we look inwardly at how WE failed them, and WE correct that failure within the ulmah.
“"We do not defend things that are not true, nor do we let ANYONE or ANYTHING define Islam or those who practice it other than the Holy Qur'an. We dont let the Pam Gellers, or Fox News define Islam, and we do not al Quid'a or Usama bin Laden define Islam."
-completely ridiculous. The interpretation you have of various quranic verses is based on ijma, the sum of centuries of subjective interpretation by conservative islamic scholars. Islam is defined by the opinions of men living hundreds of years ago.
In a way, I agree with you in the context of where you live. I do agree that we should join the fight against radicalism. ALL radicalism that hurts innocents.”
NOTHING other than the Holy Qur'an speaks for all of Islam. We do not defend things that are not true, nor do we let ANYONE or ANYTHING define Islam or those who practice it other than the Holy Qur'an. We dont let the Pam Gellers, or Fox News define Islam, and we do not al Quid'a or Usama bin Laden define Islam.
In Islam we fight against oppression of ANY KIND. We do not define oppression by the ethnic group of the offender or the victim, nor his religion. We define oppession by the act. In other words, as Muslims we speak out against ALL oppression against ANYONE, for ANY REASON.
WE do not take PERSONAL responsibility for evil done in the name of Islam. WE condemn it without caveat. WE strongly encourage or brothers and sisters to learn the deen, so that they do not fall for the fitnah and kafirs pretending to represent us. When WE find evil amonst us, WE root it out, and turn them in to authorities. We do not coddle them, defend them, or otherwise support them. We do pray for them that they will find the truth, and we look inwardly at how WE failed them, and WE correct that failure within the ulmah.
“"We do not defend things that are not true, nor do we let ANYONE or ANYTHING define Islam or those who practice it other than the Holy Qur'an. We dont let the Pam Gellers, or Fox News define Islam, and we do not al Quid'a or Usama bin Laden define Islam."
-completely ridiculous. The interpretation you have of various quranic verses is based on ijma, the sum of centuries of subjective interpretation by conservative islamic scholars. Islam is defined by the opinions of men living hundreds of years ago.
In a way, I agree with you in the context of where you live. I do agree that we should join the fight against radicalism. ALL radicalism that hurts innocents.”
My comment on the Daily Caller
Zakat money can sometimes be used to support terrorists. Read the news and my comment
http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/18/apnewsbreak-feds-seek-prison-in-islamic-case/comment-page-1/#comment-322889
Samara
http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/18/apnewsbreak-feds-seek-prison-in-islamic-case/comment-page-1/#comment-322889
Samara
The position of Jews and Christians in Koran # 2
If you have talked to a moderate Muslim before, you probably heard the following verse(Surah 2, verse 62):
“ Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans ( before the prophet Muhammad peace be upon him), those among them who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness will have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.”
Interestingly, the verse was also repeated in Surah 5, verse 69
I would also like to highlight the following verse: “To each of you we prescribed a law and a method.” Surah 5, verse 48 .The question remains why are these verses frequently ignored by Islamic scholars who support violence against Christians and Jews?
Further analysis of the position of Christians and Jews in Koran will follow.
Samara
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