Things to note

I thought i would clear up some issues about Islam and clear a few things up with people who may have misconceptions. i dont see anyone speaking up due to the fear of people being called a "terrorist" etc, but truly if someone misreads several quotes out of context in the Quran then it can easily become quite erm bad =/ lol as with anything to be honest. lets continue shall we.

 

Meaning of JIHAD

This meaning has been abused and misunderstood by non muslims AS WELL as muslims. i would like to clear this misconception up quickly and simply for both of those specific groups.

 

Jihad's meaning=To strive or to struggle.

its generic meaning is to struggle, i wont go into comparitive religions comparing the meaning of jihad written in several scriptures, which i could do but it would eventually get boring. People have concieved the meaning of it to be "holy war" the term of holy war was used to define what the christian crusaders thousands of years ago when they were conquering lands and killing thousands of people in the name of christianity. since the recent outbreaks of some extremists who have misconceptions but before they can be corrected....they kill themself. this word is now being associated to muslims who are going to war or doing acts that are detestable even according to islam. Jihad is not holy war. the mention of the word "holy war" is not even mentioned within the Quran.

The Hijab degrades women?

Reason i would like to touch upon this topic is because, some muslim women themselves are forced to wear this veil and dont even know why. i would like to give some examples from Dr Zakir Naik's talks and use his examples within my explanation as well.

Hijab itself is a cover that protects women from unwanted gazes i.e perverted gazes which feast upon a woman's beauty. besides that, it can also be said to be a symbol of a person's religion. A symbol can be used for many things, for example. its a symbol to other men who may be muslimto tell that the woman is a muslim as well. it can also be a symbol of modesty as a hijab represents a cloak or a shroud around the mind and body of the woman in question. it is a veil that blocks all impurities of the outside world from entering into the woman's mind. Some may associate this with ignorance, but im not implying that at all. im simply implying the forbidden practices that go against Islam at points.

I.e the whole boyfriend and girlfriend relationships which i know some young muslims have adopted and have blamed it upon the "times changing". inshallah i will cover that later in this post. The hijab protects women from such practices, protects her pure self, in the Quran the woman is seen as "delicate" and "a vessel". delicate indicates that its to be protected and taken care of, and a vessel to describe the ability of a woman in the Quran.

A hijab if anything, uplifts the woman from the degradation the west perhaps do by portraying the woman in advertisements with skimpy clothing and hardly naked women dancing around to sell products. it is a degradation of women in the false veil of "Art and culture" modelling is nothing but the degradation of women in the eyes of muslims. Some people may be thinking that "well we can model women if we fully cloth them right?" let me go over the categories of the hijab quickly which are mentioned in the Quran.

The clothing which they wear must cover their whole body in these specification, their arms must be covered to their wrists and their legs must be covered till their feet, the clothing they wear must not be so tight that it may reveal her figure. it must not be unappropriate as to show what must be concealed.Must cover their head to cover their hair which is seen as a peice of beauty of a woman.

The rules above are the basic rules for Hijab, but its worth noting the Quran mentioned the Hijab for "men" before women. it first says to the believing men "lower your gaze and guard your modesty" and THEN it mentions it to the women. so if anything, it first mentions the veil for men. i hope this clears some misconceptions ah one last thing.

The hijab is not COMPULSARY, as in. Noone will force you, forcing is not allowed in the Quran at all nor is it allowed in the preaching of the religion. you can wear it if you wish, if not its fine. although its worth mentioning that women can not wear the same clothes as "men", as long as a woman remains fully covered and does not seem "immodest" in the eyes of the Quran a muslim woman can still be seen a modest without the hijab. Also the face veil is not important, nowhere in the Quran does it mention to cover the face, only some extreme muslims who want to "complete" the veil cover their faces, but it just makes them very creepy in my opinion and dangerous as you cant tell what they are feeling.

 

Why do muslims commit acts of terrorism for their religion?

If a bad driver drives a new BMW and bangs it around and by the end of the test drive ruins the car completely. Will you blame the driver or the car?

Islam is a car, the people are its drivers. Islam is not to be blamed by the actions of some bad people therefore there is no reason to flog the religion itself. its better to be open minded and go through the garbage that the media produces and realise that "5 people do not represent a global religion". the best muslim to take as an example is Prophet muhammad which every muslim tries to emulate as best as possible and follows his Hadith's to the fullest extent.

If ive explained that Jihad isnt holy war, its fair to say these people killing in the name of religion are going against Islam, although i did promise myself i would give some form of reasons for their actions. so here i go.

Before 1947 when Pakistan and India were one, they were also under the british rule for several hundred years. in this rule they did many cruel things to the people of the land and also pretty much stole all the resources and made the country into a slave country. For revenge perhaps the people want to avenge the cruelty that the people of THAT time had to suffer. Some people believe the wealth America has etc are all from the countries that they improsoned within their grasp. Therefore its possible that they may be doin this for revenge, or just because they are bitter about some random past event that noone else cares about.

 

Concept of Marrying more than two women. Why?

 

Statistically speaking, there are more women in this world than men. reasons are endless but the major are. In wars, men went since the dawn of time. Women are less prone to sickness and remain healthy longer than men in general. Men seem to die from disseases more often than women. i can continue like this but i just want to move onto the point of "why"

Due to these points above, To make a woman to be in a marriage, a man must mary more than one woman. Its a scientific fact that a woman can not remain a virgin forever, its simply impossible and its cruel to think of such a punishment as well. every woman deserves the same love as perhaps a married woman should. If forexample you have a sister and i have a sister. my sister is married and yours is not and all the men are now married in this world. Your sister has two choices left, she can either get married to a man already married, or become "public property" as Dr Zakir Naik had put. Which one would you consider for her? So the Quran simply puts that if a man "wants" to marry more than one wife, he may BUT its also written that if he feels he can do "justice" between his wives, only then he may marry more than one, if not then only one is allowed for him. Its impossible to do COMPLETE justice between any two entities. between two children, between two wives. But you can try your level best, you can divide money between the two equally, you can divive time between two equally but you will never be able to divive your emotion on both of them equally. this example is for if you have two wives.

Its not compulsory for a muslim to marry more than 1 wife. its an option which has been given, so thats one misconception which alot of people have cleared.

Boyfriends/Girlsfriends not allowed in Islam! How do i know this girl is right for me? how do i marry?

 

Ah...here it comes... in islam the western concept of "dating" is NOT ALLOWED. its considered adultery. Realistically i will go over my opinion on this topic as well for those reading this who are currently in a relationship.

It is discouraged for men and women to even converse or gossip with each other. its also written in the Quran that a man and woman are never alone together, the third person present is the devil. ill analyse this further later on. logical reasons why this isnt allowed is because of the complications that many western countries have to suffer with divorces, a man and woman growing bored of each other before the marriage even takes place and both feeling heart broken inside.Men usually sitting in front of their computers looking at porn sites and the like to relieve themselves of sexual tension if they dont have a girl friend etc. in Islam its encouraged that a marriage should be done early on, i.e age 13-18 is reccomended by alot of Imams. Reason being. this cancels out any chance of there being any tendancy to commit any sin as a person grows up. by the age of 13-16 if a marriage has been taken place, if puberty hits and if both of them feel inclined to commit sexual acts. they will be seen as pure in the light of the Quran as its in the sanctity of a marriage. This makes it much better as the two people know each other since childhood. sometimes its sad to see a few men and women get into a relationship without knowing one another fully, but if they get married early on. they can understand each other and notice each others development as a person by the experiences each one has. this enables them to continue and prosper as time passes by decreasing the chance of divorce.

Reality check. "dude...Our parents dont allow us to even be FRIENDS with girls for some retarded reason! forget marriage! they wont even let us go out at night" Yea...Trust me..i know.. and for the women "The Quran is right, but our parents and culture dont do this. My parents want to marry me off to some rich guy with a good family and not even give me a chance to speak to him."

Right... let me go over this quickly. The previous generation, i.e our parents have been brain washed by the most retarded imams and "religous leaders" in the world. Information was not available at that time as it is now. come on folks. we are on the internet constantly. if we ever need an answer we "google" it. if we ever have a query, we can watch videos on "youtube" you think our parents could do that at the time? my mother thinks that i get horny because i dont wear "tight underwear" and that my privates are too "loose". you can see where im getting at and why i think my parents are years behind the intellect of an average adult now in this generation. i believe if we adopt the fundamentals atleast of the Quran, we can make a much better community. anyway let me continue with the point.

Your parents are refusing you to get married at a young age or have some insane expectations which seem out of your reach. well this is where its down to us as people to figure it out with logic. Our parents have control over us until the age when we leave to university in my opinion or when we move out. they can even control our decisions even afterwards such as with "marriage" or any major decision in your life. how to tackle this problem? alot of people simply get girlfriends and boyfriends and build a relationship with them secretly and try to keep them secretive from their parents. This is to perhaps resolve the tension they have inside them, but once again in the Quran this is forbidden.

So what will this generation do then? Ah here is the beauty. this is what every single Dawah or Imam will never talk about in a public talk. Its easy to talk about the Quran if everyone follows the Quran word for word, but if your captured in a place where you cannot fulfill the Quran due to an authority then do you fight it? would you go against your parents even when the Quran says to respect your parents? or would you marry secretly?

There is no answer given in any talks or verses within the Quran for such a predicament and till this day "To ME" this is an unsolved issue. the Quran's ideals are "one fit for all". if you continue with the lifestyle with the Quran then all is fine, but what if your parents are the ones that are illogical or dont understand the Quran and they refuse to listen to you because they think your too "young" to be teaching them anything. then what?

MY personal reality type answer to this is. If you are afraid that having boyfriends or girlfriends is a sin to the Quran, then look at the circumstances. Its said by some Religious leaders that "masturbating for a man is wrong as its a waste of life" whereas they also say "in certain circumstances its acceptable as long as it doesnt make a habit" such double standards are not acceptable. if circumstances can change such a thing then why cant it change the whole notion of girlfriend or boyfriend?

Most imams and scholars come on t.v and answer the question of "can i just be friends with a girl?" with the answer "why do u want her as a friend" with the most disgusting smile on their face. at such points i want to call up their stupid talk show as say "Cause i want to have sex with her and have children with your daughter, OOPS!" agh such people should be shot. we have sexual urges, its true isnt it? we want to have sex we want to love, we want to touch and feel. Why tempt us to sin? why tempt us to watch porn? why tempt us to look at women as tools of sex rather than people with this prolonged celebacy with no evidence?

Parents should know when their child needs to get married, if you as a parent see your child in his room looking at porn you must consider him to be getting ready to married in the next year or so because if he continues he will continue sinning and the fact is he isnt doing it because he "wants" to. he is doing it because he "has" to. he cannot contain his "sexual urges" and there i would like to say a simple solution.

If you have a boyfriend or a girlfriend and feeling guilty. dont be. if you had the power and authority, would you not marry them?. whos stopping you? your parents. whos fault is it? your parents. whos going to answer for your sins concerning this? your parents. everyone is viable for their own sins, true. but we make them because we have to, a lesser sin for the greater good is better than doing lesser sins throughout your life.

*im sorry it was so long, but all of it seemed important to me to mention*

This is all i have time for today, please do post and comment.