Comments on: The Sorry State of Our Religiosity http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/15 Dr. Khalid Zaheer's views and logs on various issues. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:40:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Maryam http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/15#comment-7775 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:17:04 +0000 http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/15#comment-7775 Assalam u alaikum sir Khalid Zaheer, Believe me sir, I cant say anything regarding the whole issue. It seems so disturbing to me. You might not believe but I had a huge debate about Islam with a person on youtube. I can call them the worst days of my entire life. His aim was to humiliate me and my beliefs in any way possible. But I couldn't give up. With the help of my friends I made that guy to come up without swearing at me. As it was his biggest problem. I still dont know whether he was a Muslim or not but he had so much knowledge about Islam, unfortunatly it was all useless. May Allah bless you Jazak Allah for everything. Fi aman Allah. Assalam u alaikum sir Khalid Zaheer,

Believe me sir, I cant say anything regarding the whole issue. It seems so disturbing to me. You might not believe but I had a huge debate about Islam with a person on youtube. I can call them the worst days of my entire life. His aim was to humiliate me and my beliefs in any way possible. But I couldn’t give up. With the help of my friends I made that guy to come up without swearing at me. As it was his biggest problem. I still dont know whether he was a Muslim or not but he had so much knowledge about Islam, unfortunatly it was all useless.

May Allah bless you Jazak Allah for everything. Fi aman Allah.

]]> by: Syed Roman Ahsan http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/15#comment-3085 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:08:37 +0000 http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/15#comment-3085 Ghamdi Sahab behaved in the right way. However, my question is will this stop that insolent person from trying to tarnish the image of scholars like Justice (Retd.) Taqi Usmani? Secondly, I think the situation is not so grim when we talk about representatives of Islam which all depends on the individual exposure. For a person who wants to turn to Islam, there are still lots of good role-models and avenues. And that is ONLY IF there is real interest. Man breathes on oxygen in the environment to live. Likewise, Muslims who want to improve themselves, need a cleansed and pure environment which is actually missing in our society. And the situation is worsening day by day. There is dearth of healthy activities also in these times. So we cannot really blame the Muslims who are forwarding the message of the Prophet (saw), yet are themselves devoid of the persona which Qur'an and Sunnah intends us to. Though I agree, that such people are no doubt corrupting the image of Islam. But my humble plea is that we need to create an environment where there is serious control/check/censhorsip of media because it is really spoiling/misdirecting our youth. And such measures can only be taken by those at the top. Even our elders have not been striving for the right path. We have to balance out latest western education (for material success) with our own heritage Qur'an and Sunnah (for eternal success). I basically see two forms of extremes as far as our country is concerned (generally applicable to the whole Muslim world). One are the liberals who conform to the western ideologies, and have little connection with their religion (Islam) having different levels of faith. On the one hand, this segment also occupies a more powerful place in the society due to being better equipped with the latest education trends that can guarantee material success which is no doubt necessary. However, people belonging to this class have little to offer in terms of religious values to their families or people around them. The second case of extreme class is the one more classified as 'extremists' or 'fundamentalists' who shun everything the western world puts forth, and think of themselves as leaders of Islam. The members of this class mostly have little modern education so that makes them quite narrow-minded. People from lower classes subscribe to their philosophy more since they are uncivlized themselves. Now how can the members of this class present Islam to the Western world in a sophisticated and intellectual manner? The dilemma is that the very literate and very successful Muslims are not inclined towards Islamic teachings. They consider Islam as something which is old-fashioned or orthodox lacking practicality. We need more and more dynamic people from this segment to 're-embrace' Islam so that we can show to the world that we are not uncivilized, and who can show the right path to their peers as well. True leaders will emerge from the literate class since they will have power, the right exposure and resources to motivate other literate people, but the main thing is striving for the right path themselves! Ghamdi Sahab behaved in the right way. However, my question is will this stop that insolent person from trying to tarnish the image of scholars like Justice (Retd.) Taqi Usmani? Secondly, I think the situation is not so grim when we talk about representatives of Islam which all depends on the individual exposure. For a person who wants to turn to Islam, there are still lots of good role-models and avenues. And that is ONLY IF there is real interest. Man breathes on oxygen in the environment to live. Likewise, Muslims who want to improve themselves, need a cleansed and pure environment which is actually missing in our society. And the situation is worsening day by day. There is dearth of healthy activities also in these times. So we cannot really blame the Muslims who are forwarding the message of the Prophet (saw), yet are themselves devoid of the persona which Qur’an and Sunnah intends us to. Though I agree, that such people are no doubt corrupting the image of Islam. But my humble plea is that we need to create an environment where there is serious control/check/censhorsip of media because it is really spoiling/misdirecting our youth. And such measures can only be taken by those at the top. Even our elders have not been striving for the right path. We have to balance out latest western education (for material success) with our own heritage Qur’an and Sunnah (for eternal success). I basically see two forms of extremes as far as our country is concerned (generally applicable to the whole Muslim world). One are the liberals who conform to the western ideologies, and have little connection with their religion (Islam) having different levels of faith. On the one hand, this segment also occupies a more powerful place in the society due to being better equipped with the latest education trends that can guarantee material success which is no doubt necessary. However, people belonging to this class have little to offer in terms of religious values to their families or people around them. The second case of extreme class is the one more classified as ‘extremists’ or ‘fundamentalists’ who shun everything the western world puts forth, and think of themselves as leaders of Islam. The members of this class mostly have little modern education so that makes them quite narrow-minded. People from lower classes subscribe to their philosophy more since they are uncivlized themselves. Now how can the members of this class present Islam to the Western world in a sophisticated and intellectual manner?

The dilemma is that the very literate and very successful Muslims are not inclined towards Islamic teachings. They consider Islam as something which is old-fashioned or orthodox lacking practicality. We need more and more dynamic people from this segment to ‘re-embrace’ Islam so that we can show to the world that we are not uncivilized, and who can show the right path to their peers as well. True leaders will emerge from the literate class since they will have power, the right exposure and resources to motivate other literate people, but the main thing is striving for the right path themselves!

]]> by: Faiz-ul Wahab http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/15#comment-2376 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:25:07 +0000 http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/15#comment-2376 I am always a fan of Javed Ghamidi, he is a good soul, he gave me (and many around me) the hope that our religion - a beautiful and moderate religion - is going to last till Qiyamat. We being Muslims need to adopt a mechanism where we can at least stop calling other Muslims as non-believers or Kafirs. And thats only possible by restraining ourselves. God bless all. I am always a fan of Javed Ghamidi, he is a good soul, he gave me (and many around me) the hope that our religion - a beautiful and moderate religion - is going to last till Qiyamat. We being Muslims need to adopt a mechanism where we can at least stop calling other Muslims as non-believers or Kafirs. And thats only possible by restraining ourselves.

God bless all.

]]> by: Shabaz Zia http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/15#comment-2269 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:29:25 +0000 http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/15#comment-2269 Excellent jesture by Ghamidi sahab. People usually make comments about religious scholars without even having read their materials. Farahi sahab has put it very clearly "yeh loug mujhay naheen jantay". Excellent jesture by Ghamidi sahab. People usually make comments about religious scholars without even having read their materials. Farahi sahab has put it very clearly “yeh loug mujhay naheen jantay”.

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