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The Big Ban - by Adeel Naeem

 

The Big Ban
Get a Hold of yourself


What's wrong with you guys? you outta your minds? you really think Indian culture has any match with our Islamic norms and values? O.K. its true that English films do and do even more damage to our Islamic ideology then Indian films but it doesn't mean that you start saying "O.K. so turn off English films too or turn 'on' both". I mean get a hold of your self guys! what's wrong is wrong!. it should be banned. 'if you want to capture a tiger you catch its cubs and it comes to you itself' Banning of Indian films is just the same. Its a step closer of maintaining our Islamic ideology.

As far as the question of entertainment arises-Stop sitting in front of the damn TV! Get socialize! meet people talk to them, get to know the things round you. I mean general knowledge aside ( Discovery Channel is still there). Hangout with friends; get to know your neighbors, your community, Believe me try for a week-you wont be talking entertainment by then. If you feel its still not enough, Study Quran (with understanding), read ahadith. attend religious seminars as well as those relating to science and technology and discussions. Try to be more regular in your prayers. After all the holy prophet (pbuh) said " Salat has been made the coolness of my eyes" What could be better then this? If you pray five times a day at home, try doing so in the mosque. If you don't then start praying. Advice your friends and relative to do the same.

Cause according to a hadith:

'The first question that a person will be asked in his grace will be whether he prayed his salats"

"I wish I were to tell my followers to father wood for fire and prepare for salat. And then go house to house and burn the houses of those who stay in their homes and miss their prayers without any reason. But I don't because there may be young children in the house"

Try helping the poor of your society. Teach your servants how to read and write, teach them how to pray. Why not learn some new sport? What about doing some volunteer work? Why not make a Website? Believe me! anyone can make it, if he knows how to use a mouse and keyboard only.( Microsoft FrontPage would do the job)

You want to get advanced right? why not work?? China came after us it did it without films. Japan did it after being death bombed. They worked days and nights to build there economy. The companies there had to force there workers to go home and take some rest. there average work time per person reached 22hr. ours is only 5 mins. Cheesuzz Fries! for Allah's sake! Cant believe it ain? Its all in the records.

O.K. so we stopped all the foreign culture from being injected into our lifeline (bloodline) Now what? what do we do with our local industry? I guess what they're (our directors and producers) are trying to do is to modernize us (westernize in other words right?) There Dramas seem to depict " yes man right ! get modernize! girls get yourselves some tight sexy clothing and boys go after em!

What I mean to comment is pretty simple- Stop following them like a Zombie! Or at least if you are keep in mind the Islamic norms and values. If you want to be where they are now, copy those things that led to their success not the opposite!

Yea yea now you'll think that I belong to some narrow minded, psycho, extremist militant group. Funny I don't! But let me ask you on simple question- before you go on and call me all that- Have you ever read the Quran (With understanding) and Ahadith regarding this modernization gizmo you're always talking about?

Like excuse me! But I've heard of this word being used with reference to music, films and fashion and not to forget promotion of boy-girl relationship in our local media. But say if modernization is about reducing your clothing to half, listening to Mr. Slims shady's song who abuses his own parents and others,

"She use to tell me my daddy was a bad man he use to hate me...but then I got a little bit older and realized she was the crazy one...S****, B****..."

And conducting fashion shows around the country then ill say go get a life, because for Allah's sake you a Muslim? These things have no place in an Islamic society.

For say just for once imagine if the last apostle of Allah, Prophet Muhammad pbuh would have been here now. What would have he thought? What would have he said? What would have he prayed to Allah for? We just sit around and talk shit and hope the prophet pbuh would intercede for us on the last day. Ever imagined what his reaction would be on the environment were living in and on the type we are trying to create?

What we're trying to say is "okey, listen to songs, give some charity, see some nice hi-fi and romantic movies, do fashion and walah! we just became the most advanced country in the whole damn universe and got out ticket to paradise" No way my brothers and sisters. This is just not the way. key to success lies in hard working, with infinite determination in strictly disciplined principles (faith); Principles for us should be the Islamic Shariah.

I have a few friend having some unfortunate ideas. They say Shariah or the Islamic law is old, it cant be imposed now, its not that modernize. O.K. wow! Can anyone tell how advanced and big the Islamic state spread in the days of the caliphs and even after 'em. Such views regarding Shariah to be old and useless are nothing but lame excses. The problem is that we've gone so deep to be materialistic and have went so far from Islamic values that wesee it now as a totally different entity. (beyond mind--->(shariah)...na-ozobiallah...made by stupids)

As a poet says with regards to the difference between a devotee and a modernized creature

Let us differentiate between a devotee to Him and a modernized in nature
A devotee to Him is he, who gives for Him his life and all the worldly collaboration,
Modernize in nature he who tries to justify his Creator for this worlds beautification.

I'll give you a simple example. We all praise America right? We say what they say. Okay, the Talibans were narrow minded, they didn't give women there rights, they took other sects beside them as Kafirs. So what's happening in America now? according to the statistics if every adult gets married, there will still be well over 2 Million women left being unmarried. In New York alone 10's of 100's of women get raped every month! Killings and robberies occur every single day in the glorious city NEW YORK! The robberies are so often that it is estimated that if the lights were to go off in any state of USA for a few minutes the robberies worth in billions will be carried out. And what about the greatest of the greatest Human right protector-America? What now? The police their can grab anyone without a warrant and carry out an interrogation. What about Mr. Bush's comment n Middle-East conflict. "Mr. Arafat should stop suicide Bombers" Wow! who has the army Israel or Palestine? Don't they (America and Israel) get it? They wont sit in peace until they let go off there lands. (Palestinian Negotiator Violent mind if void of hope.....) Mosques were burnt. Hundreds of thousands dies in India in communal violence. Muslims were massacred and are still being targeted, and Mr.Sam just expressed suspicion and one Church was attacked and look at the frown on Mr. Sams' face. He called all the so-called "Unnecessary staff" back. What's happening with the War prisoners in X-ray camp at Gutanomo bay is in front of you too. They are being deprived of the basic senses of a human. Blackened Goggles to kill the sight. ear muffs to kill the sense of hearing, surgical masks to kill the sense of smell, gloves to kill the sense of touch plus hand cuffs. Moreover red jump suits so that they can be easily be pointed out if the wander out. And put in small cages.

Some say the Talibans or say the Afghanis were stupid people. muslims killing Muslims. Ahan. let me advice you something. " You have no freaking right to call a person stupid if he does jihad"

A Christian author of a Book written on Jihad defined the word Jihad very effectively:

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"Jihad is the fight against the world, till the whole world comes under His Supreme law"

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According to a poet,

"Let us define Jihad in its basic interpretation-
It is the fight against the evil till the whole world witnesses His legislation"

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