Through The Eyes Of A Muslim

[honeycomb]

emm... i used to go to some forums, where the non-muslims just "attacked" islam, even though they don't understand it. it's so tiring to make them understand, because after another clarification, they'll just come up with another false statement -- so it's a vicious cycle. really, anybody can make up false statements, there could be millions of them,. when one falsies is put down, another arises... aiyooo...


i admit, i got angry couples of time.. so i just left them alone. i'm only human, so before i do something God will hate me, just leave them in their dream world is better, i think. plus it's also stated in the Quran -- just leave them if they don't want to believe, right?


anyway, i'm also irked when news reports use negatives words when describing muslims. in news of tsunami hit Banda Acheh, they engineeringly wrote.. <b>The Church of Scientology is applying its mind-over natter healing techniques to injured tsunami survivors in Aceh. Jews and Quakers are sending humanitarian aid. Radical Islamic groups are providing "spiritual guidance.".</b> - [source: Reuters]


I mean, what's with positively writing about the other religious workers, yet using the term "radical islamic groups" & hyphening "spiritual guidance", when depicting muslims. there are many muslim aid workers there, Malaysia is helping -- so is OIC. Mercy Malaysia is even the first to arrive there. but yet, they are "radical"? i feel really irked.


okay, i guess i'm so very, very irked, honestly.


Aceh is a very, very strong muslim province. they're very good, resilient people with strong Islamic faith. so it's very sensitive for me to have the media blatantly call these nice people "radical". the Acehnese take up the orphans & care for them as their own families, yet some would say it's "kidnapping". if people use such terms, i can say a mother cooking fish in the kitchen as, "knife-wielding mother heartlessly beheading an animal in the house". it's true but still, really -- but it's misleading.


but then i think, i shouldn't have so high expextations of these writers. just lower your expectations, & maybe we'll understand why writers write like these.