Comments on: Generation Jihad

By: oven

oven — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:39:28 +0000

people are inherently selfish. if you tell them to cast aside the stone in the road for the good of society, they wont do it. if its for their own selfish gain or personal savaabu which ever the case, the deed will get done. so i think its a clever way of getting things done. i dont think we have evolved to the state of selfless benevolence for all and maybe we never will.

By: Simon

Simon — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:07:29 +0000

RanXXX,

Oh Islam’s got good. But this essay wasn’t about Islam or some Islamic charities around the world. So your entire comment is irrelevant and does not contribute anything to the points highlighted in this essay.

You get an “F-” for that.

By: suhail

suhail — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:16:11 +0000

Adhaalth has all letters of Allah and have the beginning and ending in same letters as of Allah. This is not a coincidence a well researched one to confuse the unsuspecting person. Now every one sees Allah in everything Adhaalath-ish..

By: The Shadowrunner

The Shadowrunner — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:43:52 +0000

It is sad that these organizations claiming to work “in the path of Allah” have lost sight of the original, simple message of Islam. They deify the Prophet and cause more social problems than they are supposed to fix. How many families have broken apart when one or the other fell to their lies?.

And despite the fact that they call themselves Islamic organizations, they have the nerve to skim off zakaat funds (2 million rf) and then use it to produce a “religious information channel…. which never turned up.

By: Fali

Fali — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:12:58 +0000

RanXXX
So any criticism of Adhaalat and Salaf is a criticism against Islam now? Are they the supreme representatives of the Muslin faith here on earth?

The extent of adhaalat and salaf’s indoctrination into the minds of Maldivians as the bearers of the ultimate truth is scary…

Insightful article Simon. Seventh is right to an extent, there are instances where these preachers call for giving charity and doing good. But my issue there is, like you said, it is preached within a very selfish context of scoring points for yourself so you could go to heaven, rather than to promote values of empathy, equality and social harmony. Everything you do, even putting aside a stone in the road, should be done because you get savaab for it, and not in consideration of the other person who might trip and hurt herself. And preaching that this life is temporary and meaningless reduces the ties and emotions that you would attach to the people and things around you, especially towards those who are not Muslims. Its a pity that this is the way these scholars choose to spread Islam, and the opportunity for a better and deeper understanding is wasted.