From: <peacethrujustice@aol.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:47 AM
Subject: [bangla-vision] Interesting Feedback on post re: Huma Abedin (and Congressman Weiner)
Dear Br. Mauri: As-salaamu `alaikum!
As always, your measured observations and in this case the interesting biographical material are welcomed and valued. To the highly secular media, the mere act of fasting in Ramadan is sufficient to classify a professing Muslim as a practicing Muslim. Weiner's betrayal of a wife of less than twelve months makes him an unworthy mate for a decent woman. regardless of the degree of her observancy of Islam or any Abrahamic faith. His subsequent lying to both her and the public demonstrates that he is unfit for any position of public trust. Weiner's brutal Zionism should have been a warning to Huma, but "how many Signs in the heavens and the earth do they pass by? Yet they turn (their faces) away from them!" (12:105).
Jazaakum Allah al-khair!
(A Brother in Maryland)
You know I debated whether or not is was worthwhile to even respond to this note, but there are just a couple of things I wanted to say.
First of all, none of us knows this sister personally, I am guessing, so we are in no position to make judgment calls about her life. We don't know how "religious" she is or isn't. Period. We can pretend like there are certain litmus tests for what makes a person a "practicing" Muslim but let's keep it real--most of those indicators are external factors and they really aren't always reliable indicators of a person's station with Allah. I've known plenty of hijabbed, thowbed, in the masjid, miswak-chewing, Ramadan-fasting Muslims who lie, cheat on their spouses, are stingy, rude, wife-beaters, alcoholics, who skip out on child support, whatever, you name it. But 9 times out of 10, they'll be accepted into the club of "practicing" simply because they look the part.
Does that mean following the outward rules of Islam is not important? Absolutely not. But Allah tests EVERYONE (we are in fact told that He tests those whom He loves quite a bit), so it's really problematic for me to see a message that sounds almost gleeful about the fact that this particular sister (and yes, regardless of what any of us may think of her life choices, as long as she believes in the shahada and identifies herself as Muslim, then she IS our sister) is suffering public humiliation because her husband doesn't seem to have a whole lot of self control. I know sisters who haven't made similar choices, but who still have been humiliated and hurt by the pain of unfaithful (Muslim!) spouses--what would you say about them? I guess they weren't "religious" enough so that's why it happened to them too? What a crock.
Fact of the matter is that I seriously doubt that she asked to be thrust into the spotlight like this, and as a Muslim she is still entitled to the same rights as any Muslim with regard to her reputation and honor. NONE of us holier-than-thou, more-Muslim-than-the-whole-ummah gatekeepers has any right to take that away from her. Let's remember: backbiting and slander are major sins. Even if the one doing it wears a hijab or kufi.
Naqiyba
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Real Muslims need to be loud and strong that these people do not represent us, and this underscores my long held position that we have to treat the political class as adversaries. We do not give them a vote, we do not let them influence our doings, but we act as pressure groups against them. Those Muslims who are so enamored as she is need to be exposed as backstabbers, and then excommunicated. We don't need house slaves like this in our midst. We need to promote more Mauri Saalakhan's, Siraj Wahhaj's, more Harun Yahya's, etc, and we need to get out of this sick mentality (the same mentality that makes a whole bunch of Muslims to believe that 911 was done by Arabs). You seem to be in the forefront, it must be frustrating for you brother.
Z T Minhas
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Palash Biswas
Pl Read:
http://nandigramunited-banga.blogspot.com/
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