tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post164887271417789358..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Islam: an open letter to a friendAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-2575272593180948602012-07-10T16:19:14.549-07:002012-07-10T16:19:14.549-07:00Saif, I shall. :-)Saif, I shall. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-50604169398614374462012-07-09T19:08:14.729-07:002012-07-09T19:08:14.729-07:00Ana, thanks for letting me know about this post. Y...Ana, thanks for letting me know about this post. You've written each and everything really well. This is exactly what I was trying to say in my comment on that other post of yours. You can't judge a large group of people on the basis of the few misguided ones ...<br /><br />"Yes, there are monstrous dimensions to contemporary Islam, just as there are monstrous dimensions to contemporary Christianity ... I think the present Iranian regime is one of the worst on the planet, perfectly vile, perverse and evil in its politics, its sense of morality and in its interpretation of religious law.<br />More widely I share a common sense of outrage against the perpetrators of 9/11 in New York and 7/7 in London ... Do I condemn Islam; do I condemn a whole faith community for this? No, I do not, no more than I condemn Christians for Oklahoma, Omagh or for the outrages perpetrated in Baghdad in the wake of the war brought on by the Blair-Bush Axis. There are some 2 billion Muslims in the world. To condemn them all because of their religion, to describe their religion as ‘contemptible’ ... It’s as well always to maintain a sense of proportion, to condemn what needs to be condemned and to praise what needs to be praised." <br /><br />I completely agree with these lines ... and this is the way how everyone should look at things ...<br /><br />Keep writing and take care! :)Saif Farooqihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04497624491219843716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-66584804227483412252010-09-19T09:06:22.777-07:002010-09-19T09:06:22.777-07:00You're very welcome ;-)You're very welcome ;-)Rehan Qayoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02391797858691917631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-42229300997830325412010-09-19T08:11:21.840-07:002010-09-19T08:11:21.840-07:00Thanks, Rehan. :-) xThanks, Rehan. :-) xAnastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-23036129293438093662010-09-18T17:39:18.942-07:002010-09-18T17:39:18.942-07:00Thanks for the love Ana, you are a dear dear frien...Thanks for the love Ana, you are a dear dear friend. <br /><br />I am shocked at how misunderstood true and authentic Islam is. Whatever else remains to be corroborated Terry Jones may yet make a pretty penny and find his name mentioned in books and on tomorrow's chip paper.<br /><br />The poet Tony Harrison composed a film poem called <i>The Blasphemer's Banquet</i> as a response to the Rushdie fiasco and the subsequent book burnings. In the poem he invited Molière (who his daughter as a child called "Jane Eyre's sister"), Voltaire and others to a banquet of writers who, over the ages, had had their works burnt and invited Rushdie to join him though Rushdie declined. I wonder if he wrote something new about this recent intended burning of the Quran. At the time it was the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, who codemed the un-Islamic death Edict and, instead commissioned a book to be written in reply. It was published shortly after as <i>Rushdie: Haunted by his Unholy Ghosts</i>. It was revised in 2006 to include 2 new chapters in the light of 9/11. It is available online at: http://www.alislam.org/books/rushdie/RUSHDIE_Haunted_by_his_unholy_ghosts.pdf<br /><br />Once again it was the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community who transmitted a much publicised special in which Terry Jones was invited to speak and in which his 10 points in favour of the burning were satisfactorily answered one by one. The promo is at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni63pvtHtvM<br /><br />The full program in 7 parts begins at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PDwETFjO0ERehan Qayoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02391797858691917631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-15761956955316236032010-09-13T16:06:05.690-07:002010-09-13T16:06:05.690-07:00Thanks again, Levent. I always try to speak hones...Thanks again, Levent. I always try to speak honestly, with integrity and from the heart. I can do no other. I feel sure you do the same. I know it's difficult sometimes but do try to keep going, no matter the difficulty. Your departure would diminish me, diminish us all.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-48477397221154463882010-09-13T15:39:32.515-07:002010-09-13T15:39:32.515-07:00Hello again Ana,
The cyber-space made me paranoid...Hello again Ana,<br /><br />The cyber-space made me paranoid. I hesitate to comment, because of the "taqiyya" accusations.<br /><br />I mean I don't want to sound praising you to earn a sympatiser of Islam. I think you don't know me much. Far from being a nice one, I'm quite nasty when I come across rudeness or hypocrisy.<br /><br />Regarding my take on Islam, I have never seen it a tool of domination. Never spoke in the tone of holier than thou. Altough I believe it's the best path to Him. <br />As a believer I believe He holds/gives all the results. He holds all the power. Therefore personally I don't tend or try to change the world. I believe the light of faith is delivered only from one heart to another, not publicly. And he is the one who gives the faith. A persons faith is much more important and all the politics of the world.<br /><br />I'm trying to say Ana, when I speak I mean what I say. I don't hold hidden agendas.<br /><br />As for the points in your blog. I had something in mind when I first read, but all flew away.<br /><br />The heavy propaganda about Islam... It makes me sad. I think of the young muslims in the west, not easy for them. <br />The animosity and the disrespect makes my (mediterreanan :) )blood boil at times. And makes me think I should quit this blogging bussiness.<br /><br />Sorry for lengthy gibberish. I had to take it out of my chest.<br /><br />Thanks again for superb blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-84099761612827255712010-09-13T10:00:36.602-07:002010-09-13T10:00:36.602-07:00Thank you, Shermeen. As always your words are app...Thank you, Shermeen. As always your words are appreciated. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-87013804932365114612010-09-13T09:26:36.263-07:002010-09-13T09:26:36.263-07:00Dearest Ana
Thank you for this piece and for your ...Dearest Ana<br />Thank you for this piece and for your high values that you argue so intelligently. I am proud of you. This blog re-affirms what I saw in you many many months ago on My T. You have real substance (and if I may say), MashaAllah :)Shermeenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384194652817129727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-7820993069762472502010-09-13T08:57:36.596-07:002010-09-13T08:57:36.596-07:00Levent, you will always be welcome.Levent, you will always be welcome.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-48603981158137359712010-09-13T00:29:13.570-07:002010-09-13T00:29:13.570-07:00Hello Ana,
I asked constantly on MyT, how go yout...Hello Ana,<br /><br />I asked constantly on MyT, how go youths of Britain see things. I hope yours and Araminta's views have a wide range.<br /><br />Very good piece. I would like to add some points but I lack time now. <br /><br />Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-71173271848164548742010-09-12T15:09:29.845-07:002010-09-12T15:09:29.845-07:00Araminta, I would like to hope so. Thank you so m...Araminta, I would like to hope so. Thank you so much. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-2818907186933146042010-09-12T13:52:05.109-07:002010-09-12T13:52:05.109-07:00I remember your original post on the subject Ana, ...I remember your original post on the subject Ana, and I think this open letter more than echoes my feelings on the subject. Superbly expressed and I agree with it wholeheartedly.<br /><br />My two daughters are a few years older but share your views. They have Muslim friends from school and university and as they point out to me, it is your world and theirs, and I am more than happy to leave in at some point in your capable hands. I doubt they would thank my generation for declaring "war" on some two billion Muslims, most of whom are most certainly not our enemies.<br /><br />Extremists yes, but most of us surely understand the difference.Aramintahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468209244357651571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-91961038556735679832010-09-12T11:24:44.475-07:002010-09-12T11:24:44.475-07:00It's about a mindset, about all black on one s...It's about a mindset, about all black on one side and all white on the other. It's a new Manichaeism, something that may, very possibly, bring on Armageddon. Jones is a symptom of a more general disease. Sorry, that's it; I'm passing no more comment on an individual I find wholly contemptible in his shallow self-publicising opportunism.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-63077100496728897682010-09-12T11:06:33.395-07:002010-09-12T11:06:33.395-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-79622265291762010462010-09-12T10:21:03.804-07:002010-09-12T10:21:03.804-07:00Tikno, that's one thing we certainly do not wa...Tikno, that's one thing we certainly do not want.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-79102068394571230212010-09-12T10:19:32.111-07:002010-09-12T10:19:32.111-07:00Yun yi, not mad, sad or dangerous. :-) As I menti...Yun yi, not mad, sad or dangerous. :-) As I mentioned to you before I'm presently reading a new book on the Great Leap Forward. The details are heart-breaking. China was effectively turned into a vast concentration camp. I had no idea just how bad it was.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-53840530443742278372010-09-12T10:16:24.252-07:002010-09-12T10:16:24.252-07:00Brendano, thanks to you also.Brendano, thanks to you also.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-20627931392972664452010-09-12T10:15:57.265-07:002010-09-12T10:15:57.265-07:00David, yes, we should always worry about extremism...David, yes, we should always worry about extremism, about contemporary forms of barbarism.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-8383716387375161892010-09-12T10:14:15.969-07:002010-09-12T10:14:15.969-07:00John, my thanks. :-)John, my thanks. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-42748441874210841832010-09-12T10:12:02.466-07:002010-09-12T10:12:02.466-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-72633502321233971782010-09-11T23:03:24.926-07:002010-09-11T23:03:24.926-07:00and... what is more dangerous than the cold war is...and... what is more dangerous than the cold war is religious war!Tiknohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05733973438543735098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-89186400614769803722010-09-11T09:52:44.187-07:002010-09-11T09:52:44.187-07:00one thing i may not agree with Mister Garrie's...one thing i may not agree with Mister Garrie's One Nation about the comparison of all the religions - the reason that Islamic countries seem to be the most aggressive against human right is not because of it's extreme doctrine, but the fact that there have never been a counter force (humanism, rationalism, etc.) existed in their history.Yun Yihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-55724715187125521142010-09-11T08:37:01.031-07:002010-09-11T08:37:01.031-07:00I like to make my point on history more objective....I like to make my point on history more objective. I said history moves forward because of genius individuals' impacts, this point of view, however can only apply for recent couple of thousands years. Of course, cultural ideology, religions or any other type of collectivist beliefs played much more important role in earlier history progress. <br />But again, it is 21st century and many people still don't used to change. If people are afraid of some fundamental "attack" on their belief systems, which means repudiating/destroy completely something they have been holding for thousands years, they are going to stay behind.Yun Yihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-50093209392786137802010-09-11T08:08:16.595-07:002010-09-11T08:08:16.595-07:00@Mr. Garrie's One Nation, I agree with most of...@Mr. Garrie's One Nation, I agree with most of what you say. Gee! Am I a militant something?<br /><br />The problem is, that it is almost impossible for those "true believers" or "fundamentalists" to separate the criticism to their beliefs from their individual existence. <br />I personally am not fond of any cultural ideology or religions. they represent mediocrity by my opinion. I see brilliance of humanity only within individual geniuses' ideas through history. It is because their ideas influenced cultural ideology, or impact key moments of history, history could move forward. That's why Europe could move forward and China/Islamic countries's could not.<br /> <br />"You say Islam emphasises community and 'family' values and indeed it does do. It emphasises a value system that is based on a sexual hierarchy."<br />Totally agree! China has the same seemingly "great family traditional value" which I LOATHE because it is completely based on sacrificing individual's freedom. <br />Yes, from here, I am a militant individualist, if not an atheist. <br />How sad/mad/dangerous it is Ana?!:-)Yun Yihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com