On 2/10/2006 at 4:12 PM G.Waleed Kavalec wrote: >When (the righteous) hear vain talk, they withdraw from it saying: 'Our >deeds are for us and yours for you; peace be on to you. We do not desire >the way of the ignorant'. . .O Prophet (Muhammad), you cannot give guidance to >whom you wish, it is God Who gives guidance to whom He pleases, and He is >quite aware of those who are guided." (28:55-56) > >Aren't these cartoons "vain talk"?
No, a true muslim loves the Prophet more than he loves himself. So protesting those who insults him is a good deed. However : 1. The key is in the execution - HOW we do the protest. At the moment, some of the protests are pretty much angry mobs, who disobey various rules in Islam in their demonstration. 2. There were many disinformation and false accusations done by "Islamic Society of Denmark" (OSD) See : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons#Rumours_and_misinformation As we speak; at best, people are laughing to our naiveness. At worst, people are very unhappy with the false accusations. Overall, these OSD actions doesn't help to make the image of Islam better. I hope somebody will be brave enough to sue them and correct these. 3. And we should use this event to look inside as well - how are we doing so far ? Not too good, according to an ulama; he reminded us that Muslims have actually insulted the Prophet for decades now -- by not doing their obligations (prayers, fasting, zakat, etc), lying, taking other people's belonging (especially the powerful ones): basically, ignoring the commands from the Prophet. While we protest the insult done by that newspaper, we also need to strive to not do that ourselves. If not, that means we have just fulfilled the criteria of being a hypocrite. Which, I'm sure, nobody wants to. Salam, Harry ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/TXWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Save Aceh now! visit http://www.pusatkrisisaceh.or.id Click English section for contact Islam Relief Organizations Want to learn about Islam and Christian? visit: http://come.to/christian-islam Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/muslim/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
