Sunday, December 20, 2015
Islam is the Target | Sayyid Hashim Al-Haidari - Arabic sub English Video - Pure Stream - ShiaTV.net
Islam is the Target | Sayyid Hashim Al-Haidari - Arabic sub English Video - Pure Stream - ShiaTV.net
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Dear Racists: Islam and and Tribalism, Nationalism and Racism is NOT compatible with Islam.
Dear Racists: Islam and and Tribalism, Nationalism and
Racism is NOT compatible with Islam.
Today, I observed for the hundredth time a reminder that
true Islam is rare these days. I am not talking ISIS, Daesh, and the other
unnamed hijackers. I am talking to you
“Aunty” and “Uncle” whose words are like knives laced with poison when you
secluded, exclude and judge. Allah did
not appoint one ethnic group over another and its time to come clean. My sisters and brothers in Islam are being
oppressed by you! Yes, you! You, who claim to love the Prophet Muhammad, and
even those who dare say they love the Ahlul bayt as well.
Your words echo in my head like a broken record, “You should
marry your own kind”, “Muslims do things this way”, “You should change your
name”, “Shall I introduce you to the other: ___________ (white, black, revert,
American, fill in the blank), “I didn’t know you were black”, “Wow, its amazing
that you know XYZ about Islam?, etc…
How can a person truly humble his or herself before their
Lord with hate in their hearts? Make no
mistake about it, racism is hate. I used
to question the legitimacy of any organization that openly professed hate and
yet I regularly find myself surrounded by members of one. This organization is not Islam nor it is the
brotherhood and sisterhood of believers that Prophet Muhammad taught us to
strive to build.
I live in a town with a small mixed Muslim community a
community in which Alhamdulillah I have felt kindness and pockets of welcome.
The sad reality is that this community is still a microcosm of the greater
disease spreading like wildfire in the Muslim communities all over the
world. I see women gathered together by
country and language of origin. I see people introducing the converts only to
other converts. I have even witnessed
the revert unicorn. When an American
person successfully marries into another ethnic group and seemingly loses his
or her (most often her) identity by adopting the dress and affiliations of that
ethnic group and rejecting any associations with any other ethnic groups,
including their own. All of this I have
seen after this community experienced the devastation of a horrible tornado and
the burning down of their masjid by and American soldier returning from the
so-called war on terror. When and under
what circumstances will you wake up.
From when will the veil be torn from your eyes?
I support talking about this and not around this subject
that seems to be not being addressed.
How are we preparing for our Imam (ajf) who will deliver all mankind
from oppression and we observe, participate or acknowledge without confronting
the oppression within our communities?
Everyday I live Islam (my shortcomings and all) and I face the challenges
of this world, but I am tired of this record repeating and its not without
consequences or casualties. It is
reported that when Prophet (s) was asked: “O Prophet of God! What is “asabiyyah
?”, He (s) replied: “That you support your nation (or tribe) in oppression.”
[Abu Dawood, Sunan, hadith # 5119]
Think and reflect…. Are you standing and daring to cry out
to Allah, “How dare an abed stand upon the Kaaba and call the adhan?” Would
Bilal have a place in your home, married to your daughter?
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating
the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the
oppressing.”
― Malcolm X
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