tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218313360696306951.post8966241371721244718..comments2023-12-06T23:11:19.362+08:00Comments on Musings of a Mualaf: REJECT CULTURE IN THE NAME OF ISLAM?aliyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11218183427774411196noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218313360696306951.post-53574630117181240382008-07-19T17:10:00.000+08:002008-07-19T17:10:00.000+08:00Waalaikumussalam,Myzwar, Thanks for visiting my bl...Waalaikumussalam,<BR/>Myzwar, Thanks for visiting my blog and thanks for your doa.. ameen. Frankly speaking, I avoid the jabatan agama Islam and all the seangkatan dengannya like the plague after all the problems I've had with them, hehehe. Please let me know where I misspelt the words for I may have missed them. Faham2 jer la, tulis blog di antara membuat kerja2 rumah, hahahaa..mungkin ada yg terlepas pandang.aliyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218183427774411196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218313360696306951.post-22853654769810108992008-07-19T15:17:00.000+08:002008-07-19T15:17:00.000+08:00Salam Kak Aliya..Mabruk 'alaki.. (moga Allah b...Salam Kak Aliya..<BR/>Mabruk 'alaki.. (moga Allah berkati kamu)..<BR/><BR/>Just found about your blog.. very good.. keep up to do this dakwah & contribute the knowledge to others reagrdless of any religions..<BR/><BR/>Just my humble 2 cents..<BR/>About shelter house & other restriction about attire & other Malay practices there... I agree with you.. shuld not be like that.. I suggest that you can highlight this to pihak berkenaan.. sometimes, there are things yang terlepas pandang.. :)<BR/><BR/>last but not least, would be nice if u spell Koran as Quran, dhikir as dzikir.. (..just small matter.. but to share with you.. :))<BR/><BR/>Moga kita terus istiqamah pd jalan-NYA.. Jalan Bahagia.. :) Ameen..MizWaR_SuLHaFaThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00078111837472733890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218313360696306951.post-1108861734816881032008-02-25T23:06:00.000+08:002008-02-25T23:06:00.000+08:00You say things based on your emotions, your own ma...You say things based on your emotions, your own man-made logic while Muslims based ours on the Holy Quran which we believe are God's words. <BR/>Wayang kulit may seem harmless to you but we Muslims don't see things the way you do. We are not ashamed of 'living with something that is Haram' as you claim. To you it is not harmful but to Muslism it is if it contradicts with Islamic teachings. We obey God's words as stated in the Quran, 'If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah)never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost all spiritual good (3:85). <BR/>Anonymous, come out and dialogue with me like a real man. Hiding behind the term Anonymouse shows how afraid you are of THE TRUTH.aliyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218183427774411196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218313360696306951.post-30693556395353388182008-02-25T15:34:00.000+08:002008-02-25T15:34:00.000+08:00Yeah, so what that verses exist? Can it be applied...Yeah, so what that verses exist? Can it be applied onto other faiths and cultures? Do you meant what you said? As far as I've seen, none of you 'sesats' actually practice what you preached and continually twisting facts. No matter what you've said, you're just scrutinise on the same old excuses that as long it's not of islam, it's haram.<BR/>Where did I get the idea that Islam banned festive celebrations of other faiths? Why, from you sesats of course. Because it was you who said "...wayang kulit plays are Hindu epic of Ramayana and Mahabaratha, with jins, fairies and Hindu gods. The people who perform the shadow plays are Malay Muslims; hence it is contradictory to teachings of Islam. Furthermore, as we know, the puppeteers had some ‘mantra’ or chants before performance to appease the ‘spirits’ of the puppets, which is syirik or wrong according to Islam. So this shadow play is banned because it contradicts with Islamic teachings." <BR/>When has wayang kulit brought harms to people who watch it and performs it? Nothing.<BR/>Does wayang kulit require human sacrifices? No<BR/>It was zealots themselves who make all the fuss around.<BR/>See? Malay muslims don't even respect their own culture, won't learn to accept it as part of their identity because they're too ashamed to live with something that is HARAM. All these "kafir-mengafir" and "Haram-menharam" acts are clearly works of agama sesats and zealots like you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218313360696306951.post-7093369076348995192008-02-24T23:38:00.000+08:002008-02-24T23:38:00.000+08:00Waalaikumussalam warahmatullah bro masri,Thanks fo...Waalaikumussalam warahmatullah bro masri,<BR/>Thanks for dropping by. I guess it is easier for the public to put the blame on Islam and people who work hard at spreading the true teachings in Islam, rather than admit that some cultural practices which has been inherited from our ancestors really contradict with Islamic teachings, and therefore are wrong for us to continue them. <BR/>An interesting point you made: Why should we call ourselves muslims. Well, from my observations, not many muslim malays are not comfortable calling themselves muslims, they rather call themselves malays. I wonder why.aliyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218183427774411196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218313360696306951.post-15633264680556550982008-02-24T02:05:00.000+08:002008-02-24T02:05:00.000+08:00Assalamualaikum WBT.The issues is whteher the cult...Assalamualaikum WBT.<BR/><BR/>The issues is whteher the culture is contradicted with islam or not? No matter whose culture it is, if it is not contradicted, it's ok, otherwise it's not ok. <BR/><BR/>That's why we become muslim, we surrender ourselve to Allah, what is contradicted with the command of Allah, we will leave it, if not why should we call ourselves muslimMohd Masri bin Mohd Ramlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04137884860599203128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218313360696306951.post-79359474835032674102008-02-20T14:43:00.000+08:002008-02-20T14:43:00.000+08:00From your previous post "Please, I'm still a Chine...From your previous post "Please, I'm still a Chinese", it is clear that you're a hypocrite yourself. You still bound to your own skin and race but you reject your roots, heritage and culture in the name of Islam, that only helps prove that muslims cannot accept other cultures and beliefs all because others are different and infidels. You call that harmony?<BR/>Culture is an identity of any races in this diversified world and it also represents the soul and heart of each races. Ramayana is basically a hindu epic tale about good over evil and love conquers all, it used to be one of the gems in malay culture until local religious jihadists like PAS banned it on grounds that its against Islam. Yeah, as long anything is against Islam, muslims would ban it.<BR/>-Liondance is against Islam. Ban it.<BR/>-Carrying a kavadi to Batu caves is haram. Ban it.<BR/>-Caroling from house to house during Christmas eve is haram. Ban it.<BR/>-Ibanese warrior dances at Hari Gawai is religiously wrong to Islam. Ban it.<BR/><BR/>Being a muslim supposed to help you to be more compassionate, accepting that all humanbeings are brothers&sisters and all lives are works of the creator, instead you did the other way around and follow those narrow-mindeds who enjoy dissing other races and faiths because others are different. Now isn't that hypocritic or what?<BR/><BR/>Muhibbah my foot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com