04-01-2005, 03:41 AM
I come from a country where racial tension in very high...
it determines alot of things.... even who sits as the head of the government.... even now... in my country there is a stigma that "black muslims" are just gangstas.... but this is fading.... among the youth.....
It still exists among the older heads... but the youth are taking a different route...
Now i have read all the above quotes and realised something.... There is a common trend..... Go back and read the quotes above.. and you will realise that in almost every one of them... the aayah.. or hadith is half quoted.... When a kaafir launches an intellectual or moral attack on islam...they quote one aspect of it and then COMPLETELY CONVENIENTLY FORGET to mention the rest... which may very well contain the essence of the matter.... SUBHANALLH.....
If as muslims we were to take information like this then we would be in a seriously bad state.... For instance...
We say that this one word "raisin" struck us soo much.... why not... get the whole story... why not ask about the prophet's attitude towards blacks....
Why is it that in this entire thread i have not heard mention of the prophet's question to the black abyssinian slave bilaal "WHAT IS IT THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME TO HEAR YOUR FOOTSTEPS IN JANNAH" after he came back from the <b>mi'raj</b>... such a landmark in islamic history. Maybe it is mentioned above but i overlooked it.....
You see... if i were to say something... like "I hate the whites of the eggs" and someone sent out an email saying :
Quote:brother naseeha was quoted as saying "I hate the whites"
then i would appear to be racist when in truth and in fact i am talking about eggs.....
The point brothers and sisters is this.... All men are equal in the sight of allah... except in righteousness..... Specifically, (EVEN IN THE TIME OF OUR RASUL)... black men held a very noble role Bilaal is only one example..... what about the first hijrah... when the sahaabas went before a wise black king.... hmmmmm!!!!!!! Anya... i wonder why they didnt quote this in their email......
Brothers and sisters..... this is jihad.... let them launch their baseless attacks on islam.....
Let them fight us with their baseless emails....
Let them fight us with their false books....
We will fight them with islam
we will fight them with the words of allah and his rasul
WE WILL FIGHT THEM WITH TAQWA
Rest assured that islam is perfect... nothing they say would or should shake the hard that is strengthened with taqwa.....
But please i beg of you.... When someone produces information on anytopic... let us ensure that it is whole... and not half quoted... if we do not guard ourselves we can fall into a trap where we are swayed by these deceitful emails....
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS>>> PLEASE GUARD YOURSELVES AGAINST THIS!!!!!
If my entire reply makes no sense to you then let me at least leave you with this...
Knowledge and THE PROPER ACQUISITION of knowledge is the key to solving this whole racialism issue do not fall prey to these shayateen who send the emails.... instead... use their attempts to gain knowledge by research... and then share it with us here on islammessage...
and also... use these attempts to strengthen your imaan. This is my best advice to you anya....
salaams my brother...
Asalaamu alaikum everyone....
May allah strengthen us in all these battles...