Its 8 am in the morning and I'm plucked into my MP3 with songs from
No Use For A Name. I can't go back to sleep cause I just don't feel sleepy. Somehow, I think my body has malfunctioned. Doesn't know how to differentiate between being tired and plain lazy. Okay. No sense in that sentence. So after much debate, I've decided to start yakking here since I'm
damn bored and the thought of what I'm about to start
talking/preaching about suddenly came to me. I told you already, I think I've gone nuts. If there was another word to replace nuts then that would be
insanity!Read the news, I think one or two weeks back, about Singaporean Muslims who turn to become terrorist after reading articles off the net. Was it something like that? I know its along that line but the whole idea is that they decided it would be very cool to become the next Osama Bin Laden just after reading articles off the net. You might as well read it off
Wikipedia and plant your own bombs if that makes you happy.
Smacks head. Didn't this people know about making sure that they are getting it from the right source? Come on, the net is so
massively huge (to the point I just felt like making the words in
bold and
italics) that you wouldn't even know who actually wrote that article. For all you know, he might not be even a Muslim who is going through this whole
jihad thing and thus making a bad name for Muslims. Well, think about it. Its not impossible. Not all Arab people are Muslims. Doesn't mean that they are Arabs makes them an instant Muslim. So let me lay you the facts. The
Quran is in Arabic language. So, this Arab people who are not Muslims, can just pick up the book, read it then wrongly interpret the whole verses and voila, there you go! Terrorism. Seriously, think about it. Its not impossible. In fact, I've seen it before. Not Arabic people of course but my own Malay people doing it.
Its really up to an individual to think about it and don't start jumping the gun just because of how you feel. You should never mix your own personal feelings when it comes to things like this. Its a very sensitive issue. And it doesn't mean that if you don't do anything about it means you don't care. There are certain things we can do and certain things we can't. Things like this should never be settled in our level. We can't control such a mess. All we can do now is to pray that this will somehow die down and this people decide to put their bombs away. As an individual, we should just do what we have to do, the right way.
Islam has never thought us violence. It never thought us to take revenge just because people think its cool to shoot kids. Islam didn't teach us that. Islam thought us to be patient. Everything happens for a reason. We should never question God's will. He knows what he is doing and we don't see it yet why he is doing this. The pieces will fall into place soon. When its time for everyone to know why things are happening the way they are. Islam is a peaceful religion. A religion that is flexible. But with reasons. Its not all about the
tudungs and
Friday prayers. There are more to things to that. Things that can be reasoned out. Like for example, Muslims must pray 5 times a day. So if you can't pray for a very good reason, you can pay it back later in the day. But of course for a very good and reasonable reason. One example would be that you're having a major exam which eats into the period for prayers or who overslept due to fatigue. Like Muslims are not allowed to fast during the fasting month if they are really sick. This are things that actually show how flexible the religion is. Islam never did say '
oh, he killed one of your Muslim brothers, take revenge'Jihad is something very simple. Jihad is not all about war. Not about making bombs and killing more people. Its not a race to be known out there. Jihad can be related to yourself too. Its about fighting against something that you know is wrong. Say for example, you know that if you do this, say drinking alcohol, you will sin. So you're actually fighting with yourself to prevent yourself from drinking alcohol. Thats self Jihad. Jihad can only be done if someone invades your country. You're protecting your mother land and thats worth the term Jihad. If people are not doing anything wrong to you, why bother to do anything to them. And the things that are happening to the Jews and Muslims, that is a curse to them since the prophet's time. And it will never end till the end of the world.
Its totally not cool to be like someone you hate. Be patient about whats going on around you....
.: Now NoW :.
