Comments on: Radicalisation http://folio.me.uk/2006/02/183/ in pursuit of the garden Sun, 20 May 2012 18:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pink http://folio.me.uk/2006/02/183/comment-page-1/#comment-750 Pink Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:53:00 +0000 http://folio.me.uk/?p=183#comment-750 subhanAllah it's true, the feeling of complete hopelessness. that's why abu eesa (of prophetic guidance fame) said he doesnt like talking abt the cartoons, as there's not a whole lot we can do abt it, and it just makes u feel shame and dispair... innalla ma as-sabireen. subhanAllah it’s true, the feeling of complete hopelessness. that’s why abu eesa (of prophetic guidance fame) said he doesnt like talking abt the cartoons, as there’s not a whole lot we can do abt it, and it just makes u feel shame and dispair… innalla ma as-sabireen.

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]]> By: Anonymous http://folio.me.uk/2006/02/183/comment-page-1/#comment-748 Anonymous Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:27:00 +0000 http://folio.me.uk/?p=183#comment-748 Salaamalaykum Brother,<br/><br/>I don't think we need to fear. It is easy to do so; but we need to remember that Allah is control - not the 'New World Order.'<br/><br/>We all experience those 'radical feelings' sometimes. I myself, as well as many others around me felt those same feelings when seeing those pictures. The test is in how we react- that feeling of utter helplessness is undeniable. Yet, we need to get back up again and make dua, let people know what is going on, the lawyers amongst us must use their collective power to bring the perpertrators to justice.<br/><br/>It's strange though. Because even as I write these words, I sense a feeling of reluctance within me to accept them. I don't see anyone doing anything.<br/><br/>What's even more strange is the way we all reacted to the caricatures of our Beloved Prophet, salallahu alayhi wasallam, and now the deafening silence to these photos. Salaamalaykum Brother,

I don’t think we need to fear. It is easy to do so; but we need to remember that Allah is control – not the ‘New World Order.’

We all experience those ‘radical feelings’ sometimes. I myself, as well as many others around me felt those same feelings when seeing those pictures. The test is in how we react- that feeling of utter helplessness is undeniable. Yet, we need to get back up again and make dua, let people know what is going on, the lawyers amongst us must use their collective power to bring the perpertrators to justice.

It’s strange though. Because even as I write these words, I sense a feeling of reluctance within me to accept them. I don’t see anyone doing anything.

What’s even more strange is the way we all reacted to the caricatures of our Beloved Prophet, salallahu alayhi wasallam, and now the deafening silence to these photos.

]]> By: Anonymous http://folio.me.uk/2006/02/183/comment-page-1/#comment-747 Anonymous Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:00:00 +0000 http://folio.me.uk/?p=183#comment-747 Brings to mind the saying of the Prophet: "The most severly tested amongst mankind are the Prophets, then those most like them (in resemblance), then those most like them."<br/>And in one narration:<br/>"...and the saalihoon(righteous ones)."<br/><br/>And this hadeeth brings to mind the verse from the Qur'an: "And we have appointed for every Prophet an enemy from the criminal/sinners."<br/><br/>In a sense, being tested through the bombardment of these horrific images, i.e. trials, is a means of drawing ever closer to our Creator.<br/><br/>"Were it not for our ability to sin and err, and return to Him in repentance, would we truly understand the blessings he bestows on us? I wonder."<br/><br/>Sometimes we need to see these images in order to draw us out of the comfort zone which envelopes and numbes us. Brings to mind the saying of the Prophet: “The most severly tested amongst mankind are the Prophets, then those most like them (in resemblance), then those most like them.”
And in one narration:
“…and the saalihoon(righteous ones).”

And this hadeeth brings to mind the verse from the Qur’an: “And we have appointed for every Prophet an enemy from the criminal/sinners.”

In a sense, being tested through the bombardment of these horrific images, i.e. trials, is a means of drawing ever closer to our Creator.

“Were it not for our ability to sin and err, and return to Him in repentance, would we truly understand the blessings he bestows on us? I wonder.”

Sometimes we need to see these images in order to draw us out of the comfort zone which envelopes and numbes us.

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