09-18-2004, 08:38 AM
THE OTHER SIDE OF JUSTICE
by Mohamed Benaouda
The dangerous practicing Muslim that was caught in the act when falling down on his forehead in a corner of the mosque on the planet Upsidedown was immediately arrested and after a terrible stay in jail - just for such dangerous creatures, was brought before justice.
The judge: 'What is your name'?
- 'Abdullah'.
The judge: 'You are accused to belong to a group of dangerous people. What is you practices'?
- 'Our practices is to believe that for this world there is only one God, Allah, to believe that He at His service has angels, to believe and follow a Holy Book, the Qur'an, to believe that there have been other holy books with the same message before it, to believe that there have been prophets to follow and see as an example, to believe in fate, good and bad, to believe that after this life there will come a judgement when the deeds of people on earth will be judged so that they will end up in paradise of hell.'
The judge: 'What does the Qur'an teach you'?
- 'To speak the truth and be honest'.
'Who doth greater wrong than one who invents falsehood against Allah, even as he is being invited to Islam? And Allah guides not those who do wrong.' 61:7.
- 'To be helpful and kind'.
'Serve Allah, and join not any partners with Him; and do good- to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are near, neighbours who are strangers, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (ye meet), and what your right hands possess: For Allah loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious'. 4:36
- To be generous and forgiving'.
'Those who spend (freely), whether in prosperity, or in adversity; who restrain anger, and pardon (all) men;- for Allah loves those who do good'. 3:134
-To be patient'.
'O ye who believe! Persevere in patience and constancy; vie in such perseverance; strengthen each other; and fear Allah; that ye may prosper.' 3:200
- 'To allow the good and forbid the evil.'
'Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah. If only the People of the Book had faith, it were best for them: among them are some who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors.' 3:110
- 'To not decieve or steal'.
'And come not nigh to the orphan's property, except to improve it, until he attain the age of full strength; give measure and weight with (full) justice;- no burden do We place on any soul, but that which it can bear;- whenever ye speak, speak justly, even if a near relative is concerned; and fulfil the covenant of Allah: thus doth He command you, that ye may remember.' 6:152
- 'To not kill.'
'Never should a believer kill a believer;' 4:92
- 'To not steal or bribe'.
'And do not eat up your property among yourselves for vanities, nor use it as bait for the judges, with intent that ye may eat up wrongfully and knowingly a little of (other) people's property'. 2:188
The judge: 'I see that you have a beard. Can you explain why'?
- 'Being a doctor I have learned that it grows automatically due to a hormon.'
The judge: 'Our security police has been tailing you for a couple of days and they did see that you go to the mosque five times a day. What secret meetings is it that you are holding there?'
- 'We meet in the mosque to pray to Allah to protect us, to give us good health, and ask for His forgiveness.'
The judge: 'It has been reported for me that your wife takes a rag on her head and not much is seen of her body. What kind of privitism is this?'
- 'Neither I nor she has sawn the clothes, we did buy them from big and wellknown shops. Besides she believes that her personality shall be identified with her qualifications and not with how she looks.'
The judge: 'What plans do you have for this planet'?
- 'To strain to live as good citizens and follow the prinicpal of the Qur'an.'
The judge: 'What is your goal'?
- 'That all shall be able to live in peace, in coexistence and mutual understanding, freedom to believe and follow their conviction, expression of freedom, that everyone shall respect each others rights.'
After the judge listened to the accused he gave his verdict.
The judge: 'I find you guilty and I sentence you to death since you do not belong to this planet.'
Another suspect that was sitting waiting to be sentenced to the same fate said:
- 'Judge I have thought things over and now I want to confess.
My name is Nothing and my ancestors were monkeys. I have no prinicples and don't worry about my beard, I will be castrated and treated with hormones so it will never grow out again. When it concerns my plans, goals and dreams, I have none, I have forgotten them. Moral and ethic is only a joke, the belief that we exist and creating is a lie. The Qur'an and the old holy books are invented and God is a figur in Hollywood. (astharfirullah) Struggle for power and war is the funniest hobby, racism and class distinction is the ground for justice, abuse is a pleasure. Oh I am sorry, when it concerns my wife I will register her as a common use. Before when she was not free, there were no men that dared to flirt with her or that were able to enjoy looking at her in the street nor at work. Imagine that it is only today that womens liberation means to do exactly as the men wants. She will dress exactly as the men wants and work on the conditions given by men.
How would she be able to write, answer the phone, investigate, teach, or speak to customers if she has a veil on her head and a long shirt and skirt? Besides in such a society where women has not been given the right freedom one has not been able to register many cases of rape or sex harassments at work or splittering of families.
I agree with you. Why not reject everything that says that we are and that we think when there are others that can decide if we are to be or what to think.
By the way before I leave, What do you want me to eat today and what do you want my wife ot wear today?'
The judge: 'I find you guilty and sentence you to death because you know to much.'