You say you can greet non-muslims with "salam" but can't with "salam alaykum"?
If you say what you mean, then what is the difference between these two greetings? I think you should wish non-muslims peace too.. muslims and non- muslims both need it! On Nov 19, 2007, at 4:29 AM, moayyad sadi wrote: > ################################# > CLOSING THE OFF-TOPIC ISSUE > ################################# > all replies related to the off-topic issue should be posted to the > three of us me, ahmedre and Afief not the the mailing list > > **************** > CONCLUSION > **************** > Islam (the religion of peace) has a special act of worshiping Allah > called Salam, > which is practiced by Muslims by grating each other with "Al-Salam > Alykom" > meaning "Peace be upon you" > > There are some simple-minded hydrostatics from both Muslims and non- > Muslims > want to give that we all are the same we all are equal we are all > happy ... BLAH BLAH > by making non-Muslims practice some Islamic acts of worshiping Allah > like Salam > > But the real Islamic way to treat non-Muslims is with any nice kind > gratings > (other than Al-Salam Alykom because it's an act of worshiping Allah) > like Al-Salam Ala-man-itaba'a al-Huda meaning "Peace be upon followers > of righteousness " > or Salam (Peace) or any other kind gratings like "best gratings" or > "good morning" ..etc. > > forcing non-Muslims into Islamic acts of worshiping should be > considered offensive > not the other way, > > And also there are some rigid people who misunderstand it > so I would like to point that if there is a group (like this one) > having some Muslims > and non-Muslims then we can say Al-Salam Alykom even if Muslims are > smaller in number > I come to know that because I was a teacher in a so far place where > there are many non-Muslims and a few Muslims, so when I asked several > reliable scholars > they say I may say Al-Salam Alykom to my class > so if you are not yet convinced please email me and I'll show you > references and proofs > > > ################################# > CLOSING THE OFF-TOPIC ISSUE > ################################# > all replies related to the off-topic issue should be posted to the > three of us me, ahmedre and Afief not the the mailing list > _______________________________________________ > Developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer _______________________________________________ Developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer
