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STOP. JUST STOP.
i gave you the benefit of the doubt, thinking maybe you just wanted to discuss current events. but when i asked you about your intentions, my first feeling was true, you're not here to just talk about current world affairs or anything as general as that, you're talking about this because you think you need to warn me about something.
i appreciate your concern for me and my well-being, but i am so far disassociated with the violence and ignorance going on, that frankly it insults me that you would even feel that you should have to "warn" me or protect me from it.
what is it exactly that you expect me to do? what is it that you think i would realize about my own life in comparison to the bloodshed and injustice happening over seas? really...what?
by the grace of God, i don't live there. i have no desire to live there. i'm not interested in what terrorists, rapists, murderers, or fascists think because honestly, i will not associate them with the religion that was given as a mercy to mankind. "You cannot honour the Prophet [saws], by dishonoring his teachings"-Shayk Hamza Yusuf. And yet there are people worldwide doing just this.
It makes me sick. It really does. But you coming over here to tell me some more about what tragedies have been committed by people calling themselves Muslim, does not help anything, is not useful, and accomplishes nothing but making me feel upset with you for acting like the actions of others are part of my responsibility.
You know me. I go to school. I go to work. I feed my cat. I shop. I cook. Whatever. And tell me again, how is it that my life relates to the international turmoil in the middle east again? Oh...right...I call myself a Muslim too....except, you should be able to see a difference between what I'm doing by living a normal life, and what others are doing by rallying for violence, and after you note that difference, you should make a decision about whether or not you really think I'm in DANGER, or you are just afraid of how OTHERS MIGHT JUDGE ME. That's what I thought...
And i refuse I REFUSE to alter my choices, my beliefs, and my faith in order to save me some kind of judgement. Save it. There is only one judge worthy to call the shots on who I am and what I've done, and that is the One who created everything that exists in nature, and who likewise will one day take it all back. I challenge the terrorists, rapists, fascists, and ignorant alike, who call themselves Muslims to LIVE UP TO THE STANDARDS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD SALALLAHU ALAYHI WA"SAlAAM, THAT IS WHAT we should be striving for...so until you think you are PERFECT IN THE EYES OF GOD, stop purporting yourselves the Moral Police and punishing others for being less than perfect, and start focusing inward. BACK DOWN HIJACKERS, YOU'VE MADE A LOT OF MUSLIMS LIVID and theres not enough time in this world to be striving towards good and punishing others, so pick one, and ill give you a hint...Allah will judge each person individually, we will all be personally responsible for NONE other than OURSELVES...
In the name of God, ar-Rahman, ar-Raheem, I beg of you God, please save us
i gave you the benefit of the doubt, thinking maybe you just wanted to discuss current events. but when i asked you about your intentions, my first feeling was true, you're not here to just talk about current world affairs or anything as general as that, you're talking about this because you think you need to warn me about something.
i appreciate your concern for me and my well-being, but i am so far disassociated with the violence and ignorance going on, that frankly it insults me that you would even feel that you should have to "warn" me or protect me from it.
what is it exactly that you expect me to do? what is it that you think i would realize about my own life in comparison to the bloodshed and injustice happening over seas? really...what?
by the grace of God, i don't live there. i have no desire to live there. i'm not interested in what terrorists, rapists, murderers, or fascists think because honestly, i will not associate them with the religion that was given as a mercy to mankind. "You cannot honour the Prophet [saws], by dishonoring his teachings"-Shayk Hamza Yusuf. And yet there are people worldwide doing just this.
It makes me sick. It really does. But you coming over here to tell me some more about what tragedies have been committed by people calling themselves Muslim, does not help anything, is not useful, and accomplishes nothing but making me feel upset with you for acting like the actions of others are part of my responsibility.
You know me. I go to school. I go to work. I feed my cat. I shop. I cook. Whatever. And tell me again, how is it that my life relates to the international turmoil in the middle east again? Oh...right...I call myself a Muslim too....except, you should be able to see a difference between what I'm doing by living a normal life, and what others are doing by rallying for violence, and after you note that difference, you should make a decision about whether or not you really think I'm in DANGER, or you are just afraid of how OTHERS MIGHT JUDGE ME. That's what I thought...
And i refuse I REFUSE to alter my choices, my beliefs, and my faith in order to save me some kind of judgement. Save it. There is only one judge worthy to call the shots on who I am and what I've done, and that is the One who created everything that exists in nature, and who likewise will one day take it all back. I challenge the terrorists, rapists, fascists, and ignorant alike, who call themselves Muslims to LIVE UP TO THE STANDARDS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD SALALLAHU ALAYHI WA"SAlAAM, THAT IS WHAT we should be striving for...so until you think you are PERFECT IN THE EYES OF GOD, stop purporting yourselves the Moral Police and punishing others for being less than perfect, and start focusing inward. BACK DOWN HIJACKERS, YOU'VE MADE A LOT OF MUSLIMS LIVID and theres not enough time in this world to be striving towards good and punishing others, so pick one, and ill give you a hint...Allah will judge each person individually, we will all be personally responsible for NONE other than OURSELVES...
In the name of God, ar-Rahman, ar-Raheem, I beg of you God, please save us