tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13590074.post114066591433335134..comments2023-11-02T07:37:00.892-05:00Comments on Rockin' Hejabi: Silence=You Agree???Rockin' Hejabihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12103105714690099905noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13590074.post-1140973254564064032006-02-26T12:00:00.000-05:002006-02-26T12:00:00.000-05:00Laura, Yes Salafis do take over the mosques. It's ...Laura, Yes Salafis do take over the mosques. It's a really bad problem. <BR/><BR/>Who has the money that is funding all of the literature, madrasas (Islamic schools), Imams, etc.???? Saudi. Period.<BR/> <BR/>They have BIG MONEY, so they send their brand, (of what they say is Islam) all over the world. <BR/><BR/>It's like fighting a tidal wave.<BR/><BR/>I guess this subject could be an entire blog posting. Inshallah I'll address it.Rockin' Hejabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12103105714690099905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13590074.post-1140798595734946952006-02-24T11:29:00.000-05:002006-02-24T11:29:00.000-05:00Thank you for talking. I find myself afraid to sa...Thank you for talking. I find myself afraid to say anything, because I feel I know so little, and yet, if I don't speak up, how will I ever get correction? I read the Wikipedia article about Sami Al Arian. It reminded me of something I read about a Muslim scholar from Europe (can't think of his name now) who studied the motivations and Jihad-related arguments used by terrorists. He was accused of supporting the terrorists, and apparently nobody was listening when he said, "to explain is not to justify." At the time I was reading, he had been banned from the U.S. - a top scholar who probably had some of the best information available to help people in the U.S. understand what is at the root of these terrorist acts.<BR/><BR/>I'm trying to understand. But I also want to make sure I understand where the anti-Muslim talk is coming from. To me the most unsettling part of the SDA article was the section arguing that the fanatics rule Islam at this time in history. I have no way of knowing whether there is any truth in this. "It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque." How much of this is happening? And if it is, at what point does the responsibility spill over to the rest of us, to get it stopped?<BR/><BR/>From your comment at Maison Madcap - "I won't hold you responsible for...Dobson" - but maybe you should. I do some things in a small way, within my own church, to challenge those who bring fundamentalist songs for worship and help them to hear the exclusion that is implicit in those songs. I choose music for worship carefully, and sometimes I write my own because there is so little that seems to reflect the inclusive theology of the United Church. But these little things I do - are they enough? I don't know.arcolaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09448256908335690710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13590074.post-1140764928595389832006-02-24T02:08:00.000-05:002006-02-24T02:08:00.000-05:00I posted this to see if any discussion starts. I g...I posted this to see if any discussion starts. I guess I need to start the talking.<BR/><BR/>well , of course there are lots of muslims who are speaking out. But Fox news doesn't find peaceful muslims very sensational, and the Federal Government likes to put them in jail. <BR/>Learn more about Sami Al Arian. He is the most amazing muslim I've ever known working for peace. He actually opened the Mosque to anyone of any faith the day after September 11th and held a fabulous peace vigil. There were Christian preachers (both male and female), from diverse christian backgrounds- Catholic priests, and Jewish Rabbis (Orthodox!). It was beautiful. <BR/>A year later the Feds came for him. Apparently articulate, peaceful muslims don't go along with the image the Feds want to perpetuate of the Jihad-crazened lunatics. A lot of them are still roaming around.Rockin' Hejabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12103105714690099905noreply@blogger.com