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| Shahida |
| 11/20/03 at 04:46:33 |
| [slm] Nooo, it's not a thread about hijaab again (besides this is not the Akhwat folder, hey? :P) It's actually a serious question, and I do need advise. I live in a society where if you have lots of money, you are above everything, including the law. The issue at hand is that a lot of stuff is happening that is Islamically (but not only Islamically) WRONG, and nobody speaks up about it, or tries to stop it, because the ppl perpetrating these wrongs, are powerful wealthy society ppl or their families. Say the opportunity arose for you to write an insightful feature for a local Muslim paper, about Muslims in you country/society, and they are not looking at you just presenting the positive side of the coin... Would you expose all? or would you cover up as much as possible and just make it seem as though all is well? How do you strike a balance? If these issues were brought up, it might serve to educate those who truly dont know that what they are doing is Haraam, and would maybe give someone the courage to try and change things? I dunno... Bearing in mind that covering the faults of your brother is a good thing because you want Allah swt to cover your faults...etc etc, and that this newspaper is not exclusively read only by Muslims... I dont wanna write or say anything that would give the enemies of Islam any more ammunition against us. But at the same time, if nobody says anything, nothing will change. After approaching the only Imaam in the area that talks to women ::), I am even more determined to write *something*...he is an immigrant, and I asked him if how he would feel about addressing some of these things inside the mosque, so that at least we know *only* Muslims would hear them...but he said, that he already tried, but was threatened with being sent home and losing his job if he brought anything like that up in the future. :( :o Confusion, confusion...sounds like I live in a mad place, yeah... ??? Ok, dunno how else to say this... Salam Shahida :-) |
| Re: Expose all? or Cover up? |
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| timbuktu |
| 11/20/03 at 09:53:59 |
| [slm] this sort of thing exists everywhere, more so in the third world, & particularly so in muslim communities. but keeping quiet is also wrong. ask Allah (swt) to help you. If you can approach the perpetrators of wrongs to tell them quietly that they should stop these activities, or you will expose them, then do so. If they refuse, or if you cannot approach them, tell the story, but do not name any one, & make yourself very, very determined because you will need all the will-power & strength you can muster. Remember, once they know that you have their story, they will try to bully you, physically or emotionally, blackmail you by starting stories about you, then they will try to buy you. Eventually if their egos are big enough or if they feel threatened enough, they may even try to eliminate you. If the law is being broken, see if the law enforcers are also involved. This would make it more difficult for you. If possible, seek out the support of balancing powers. may Allah (swt) help & protect you. Life is dangerous, but if you seek HIS help all the time, if you remember HIM & seek HIS protection, doing istaghfaar, HE will protect you, insha`Allah. |
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| yumna |
| 11/20/03 at 10:35:31 |
| [slm]thatz rite just today r prof told us that so many muslims were killed in Pakistan and India an Japan an many more countries just bc they said THE RIGHT thing :o :o :o :o :oabove 30 thousand ppl :( :( |
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| BroHanif |
| 11/20/03 at 16:55:32 |
| Salaams, Shahida you can always write in the third form or say from an anonymouse source or simply just change your name call yourself shaz or something. I know a few people in the UK when they want to say something and it might be a little sensative they write in such a manner. But right with hikmah and understanding and be preapared to lose some of your friends and family. I know acholar who did this and the community shunned him, he was right to speak what he did but I don't know the community didn't like it. Salaams Hanif |
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