05-04-2004, 06:24 PM
Bismillah
As salam alaikum
If anyone got upset with my post, sorry. I was only trying to refocus the discussion. I understand the points made and how they seemed related. I was only concerned that the thread was becoming more about Zionism. I also did not move the thread because I could see the flow of the argument and I did not know where to put it.
I want to point out a fallacy that is easily made by muslims and nonmuslims that we all should be aware of. A statement cannot be made about an organization or religion or anything which its adherents disagree with. For instance... "All muslims are terrorists." Cleary we disagree with this statement as muslims so it cannot be said to be our beliefs. "Muslims worship a black box in the desert." Again this is against our beliefs so it cannot be attributed to us. I bring up this point to be wary of making claims on organizations which the orginization states as false. "Well, they are lying." How do we feel when someone claims the same thing about us? We have people claiming Islam that are making statements that are counter to our Deen. There are a couple members on the board who continue to make statements about Islam that are untrue. We insist they are false yet they accept our statement. Is this not most agravating?
I bring up this point because I used to be deep into conspiracy stuff. Then y2k happened and all the predictions and claims proved to be completely false... %100. I did not see anything close to what was being claimed on sooo many websites. Now I am of the frame of mind that it does not matter. The CIA controls most governments. Freemasons run the country. Zionists are taking over the world. So what? That is between them and Allah suhanna wa ta 'ala. My duty is to live according to the laws that Allah has sent down. If muslims were doing what we all are supposed to be doing, none of this could occur. It only happens as a test for this ummah. Do we want to continue to lay blame on others as the people of the Hellfire will try to do? "It was because of so and so. I was oppressed." These will not serve as excuses then and I do not think that they serve as excuses now.
I am not saying that it is not good to be informed but remember that the only pure information is the Qur'an and sunnah of our Prophet.
Allah Forgive me for anything that I have said wrong. May my brothers and sisters forgive me if they feel any ill will towards me. That was not my intent. Astafirullah. Alhamdulillah
As salam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu