WARNING: as I begin I just want to mention that I don’t intend
to insult anyone or offend anyone’s feelings… my main goal of writing my blog is
to speak up my mind and express my thoughts; if you will be offended of serious
criticism of Islam then it is the time to navigate from this page to another
Islam friendly page because I am about to get really hard on my religion and my
people and yes I am Muslim and still Muslim despite whatever you might think ….
So, shall we start?!
Chaos is spreading through the Middle East and the Islamic
world, proxy wars are invading all taboos and smashing against the wall all the
values we brag and preach people about; killing
spread to include even Muslims from the same sects and the classic excuses and
fatwas became really lame, from the east to west from north to south
Muslims have committed the most brutal and hideous crimes with the name of Islam
and unfortunately the only thing the majority of Muslims have said or done is
the usual classic “that’s not part of the real Islam” .. so brothers and
sisters what is the real Islam, and who the hell is representing this type of Islam.
For a thousand times I said if the followers of a certain religion are not the
representatives of this religion then what’s the point of this religion in the
first place!!
During the last decade or so, a lot of what we call the spirit
of Islam has been compromised not once or twice but over and over again and the
majority of Muslims all over the world done nothing serious to stop this
madness, in fact, people became even more radical than before! I am not suggesting to
do a revolution against anyone but at least we should start to question and investigate
what we are following as Islam and maybe try to find this “Real Islam” between
the ruins that the current version of Islam left behind. Let’s do a quick check
for what we claim is the spirit of Islam we have violated during the last
decade:
Islam is a peaceful religion;
I am sorry but I can stop laughing while writing this, peace hmmm; I think
either we check our definition for peace or easier to admit that the Islam
today has nothing in common with peace at all.... if you chose the first
one then we can go in debate for pages about how the Islam practiced today
had nothing to do with peace, I don’t
care how many versus people will present from the Quran but if you are not
practicing these things then please just open any news channel and watch
to know how peaceful Islam is.
Islam doesn’t contradict with
common sense and logic, this one is funny too but it doesn’t make me laugh
as much because I find it hard to believe how people with a brain can
believe what those radicals believe, 70 virgin wives in heaven for killing
people ….. Really! Or should I mention Jihad marriage, even better if I
mention the adults’ breastfeeding …right?! I think these three examples
are enough to make my point but if you are interested in knowing more just
check the Wahhabi Fatwas and the interpretation of the Quran for Ibn Katheer
or just browse Sahih Muslim or Bukhari and I assure you will be amused.
Islam spread through tolerance and acceptance of others … okay, maybe but can I know why Muslims then kill apostates, gay or non-Muslims? Another one, why the only thing we read about Islam spread throughout the world is through invasions? Is that what tolerance stands for in our dictionary and is killing is the synonym of acceptance of others???
Muslims are the example of
morals and values and any Muslims will talk to you about this will use
prophet Muhammed’s saying “I was
sent to complete the good morals” but a quick visit to the street of a
Muslim country may leave you speechless, men are harassing women constantly,
though they are fully covered, people are so dirty and they have the worst
morals and habits; they curse, make fun of others and they are the worst
racists in the world through every behavior I mentioned here was mentioned
in the Quran or hadith and Muslims were ordered to avoid these behaviors … of
course I am not talking about all Muslims but I am talking about the
majority of them or the social groups they live in.
I honestly can keep going on and on and on through this list
but I only need to give examples to make my point, I am not criticizing
Islam just to make fun of it, I just want my brothers and sisters in Islam to
start thinking about Islam, reject the classic ideology and fix what needs to be
fixed, we start from ourselves, our families, and small societies … we should
stop following scholars blindly; and why we need them in the first place, most
people are educated and can read through the Quran themselves and can find their
own interpretation, why we all should follow the same thing when we are so
different .. as well, we should reject violence in general under any excuse,
against any human being because according to our Quran we were sent to build-up
this planet not to destroy it, we should value human life and human being
because we all brothers and sisters, and the most important this is to stop
using Islam as an identity because this is the major problem and the way government
used to serve their own interest since Moawia took the power and created the first The Islamic state, Islam is more of a lifestyle; changeable lifestyle, you can
create your own Islam according to your life depending on your data, why we
would allow some people living in their own castles in Macca, Tehran or
wherever to tell us how to live our lives and how to practice Islam, isn’t the whole idea of Islam as the third and last Abrahamic religion is fixed what was
missing in Judaism and Christianity?
Finally, despite all madness and craziness going on, I am
hopeful that this dark period is just the beginning of new Islamic renaissance,
where people start to take over their lives and beliefs and look to Islam with
logic and with investigator’s eyes, not just follow blindly, because that’s not
the way God created us and I am pretty sure is not the way he chose for us, he
blessed us with the amazing brain with fascinating abilities to think and investigate,
to research and invent. He gave as the gift of foresight to have a belief that
guide our senses to a better life, where we make this planet a better place for us
and others … or what is the point of religion if it will only lead us to more
ugliness and brutality.. Think about that as I leave you with these ideas.
