01-02-2007, 11:06 PM
Hi Nasra - thanks to another thread, I've realized you're a guy :)
Quote:Islam teaches that we should repel evil with that which is better ... I personally wouldn't seek revenge too easily but we all have our limits.
If Islam teaches that you should repel evil with good then why would you want to go against its teaching?
Quote:it also teaches to defend yourself when neccessary.
The Church also teaches we should defend ourselves - based on rigorous conditions of moral legitimacy.
Quote:It's easy to talk from the comfort of your own home and spread peace behind a computer screen but in the battle thats a different story.
Fair call! But I like to think I practise what I preach.
Quote:These people are in a battle they have every right to be angry.
Anger is a desire for revenge. If anger reaches the point of a deliberate desire to kill or seriously wound a neighbor, it is gravely against the virtue of charity (CCC 2302). There won't be peace in the world until we first possess peace in our hearts.
Quote:There will come a time in all of our lives where we must question ourselves what it is that we believe in, and are we willing to stand up for it?
Does there come a time when you must wage a war in order to prove your loyalty to Allah?
Quote:I don't listen to Music, no, I have given it up for Allahs sake. I don't need music to calm me down, I have my 5 daily prayers alhamdulilah.
That's awesome! What prayers do you recite during Salat? I used to have a pamphlet containing instructions on what to <b><i>do</i></b> but not what to <b><i>say</i></b>.
Here's a good peace prayer...
God, make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
when there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
Grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand,
to be loved as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Pray harder!!!
Peace :peace: