Islam and Valentine's Day

[Jeyanthy]

The main message of my thoughts is simply that Muslim scholars and clerics must be made to understand that they are not experts in everything ...particularly a good many things about other faith like Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism and others.

Muslim clerics like the Ustazah merely receive their education from traditional Islamic Institutions that do not have the subjects of Philosophy, Civilisation and Religious Studies.

All they know and have learnt are only from a single source of Muslim Studies.

Read on...

http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/156188

[Dervish]

This is an age old problem. People who knows a little and knows that they know a little, professes to know a great deal more than they usually do. They become judgemental and self-righteous.

The moral codes of the world can only be judged by their own narrow-minded standards. They are everywhere. In churches, temples, community halls, villages ... Ignore them. That is the best way to treat the ignoramus.

[Justme123]

Thanks for the link. A very good article.
This is so true...


It is most unfortunate that in Malaysia, as well as perhaps in other Muslim countries too, Muslims think that it is their 'divine' duty to hate people of other faiths.

This is done to the point that a non-Muslim chief minister is despised despite his excellence in governance but a Muslim minister is supported and protected when allegations of rape, murder or bribery seems apparent.

This is the 'racism' of religion. These Muslims are completely unaware that Islam is here to bring peace of mind and heart and that one should love all of mankind.

I agree with the following remark by the writer,


Furthermore, these people have never gone through a Ph.D process where in this training one would have to break down all the knowledge that one knows and research it to it's root and reformulate a new understanding with a clear set of views and assumptions.

If a person had gone throught Ph.D process,that would be better, but not everyone has the opportunity or the intellect to do that.
Nevertheless, everyone should attempt to understand the root causes of all critical divisive religious issues and adopt relevant (if any) behavioral changes for improvements.

[aursong]

If a person had gone throught Ph.D process,that would be better, but not everyone has the opportunity or the intellect to do that.
Nevertheless, everyone should attempt to understand the root causes of all critical divisive religious issues and adopt relevant (if any) behavioral changes for improvements.

:p Not all Ph.D will hav the intellect to do that either...
a particular Utusan Ph.D come into mind...

:D :D :D

[Rhiga]

:p Not all Ph.D will hav the intellect to do that either...
a particular Utusan Ph.D come into mind...

:D :D :D

This one is a serious, irrecoverable Phd (permanent head damage)

[cml]

In 1malaysia if you study economics in a university you are an economist if you are a poolitian. So my friends here if you study your own religion you can disparage other religions provided it is a certain type of religion. If other people comment on theirs they will raise their little pen knives and threaten them!!