10-03-2005, 08:16 AM
Bismillah
John
Do you know how MUCH you have changed lately? How come? I do hope you are not sick or troubled? Since the reaction sometimes when being disapponted about something in one's life, is then put onto others, it is like a annoyance that has to be worked off. But others 'get the blame'.
Quote:Rather than being enslaved to Pierre Cardin, Christian Dior or to a career path, or to means of making fortune. or or or .....etc the list can go forever.
Quote:That is your choice. Why do you wish to deny it to others ? Why are you so intolerant ?
The first is sister Muslimah's comment and the other one is yours.
This is a very good pinpoint of 'not understanding'. Many women are truly ENSLAVED to this in the West, BUT they think as you do, you think when pointing this out is a 'denial to others'? This denial as you do not see is enslavement. You do not see the connection in this enslavement, YOU see it as a choice, while for most Western WOMEN it is not a choice it is a MUST. That is NOT freedom John. That is lack of freedom of choice. Yes I know you will say, women can choose for themselves if they want to wear the latest fashion or not, some do, but many is brought up by this and do not see it as a choice but as a must.
So this kind of 'freedom-talk' is a cover up. You don't see it, since you live in the middle of it. Nor did I when I lived in the middle of it. That is WHY so many women find Islam so liberating, since these kind body/looks/and so on enslavement, does not exist in Islam. And you suddenly REALISE what you have been trapped in, and it makes you feel light and free and happy, when you can concentrate on being a human being instead. Very refreshening.