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Tuesday, April 11, 2006

How to be a Good Muslim

If u want to be a “good Muslim” you have to adhere to the following….

…from your rooftop shout everyday, that u arn’t anti national

…..shout you are not fanatic

…shout that u arn’t a terrorist

…..don’t say a word if ppl choose to abuse your faith/religion…its their ‘freedom of speech’

....forget any self respect and dignity

….be ready to walk tht fire every day (like Sita)

I just can’t not be the good Muslim the kind this world approves….i have too much self respect and pride. My post was just about some comments but the kind of reaction it has generated is amazing…any way have ur say…..ppl are entitled too and I am entitled to bid good bye from here……..

It sad tht it shud end like this but it’s time to say good bye………there are lot of wonderful out there and it was fun knowing you people thru this place. Thank You.

20 Comments:

  • Wht?? why ?? you cant do this ...

    By Blogger Kusum Rohra, at 3:26 AM  

  • i remember a time jack...dad told me about his visit to new york and he was taking a ride in a bus there and an old woman asked my father...which faith do u follow? and dad said...i am a hindu ma'am.

    She said muslims and christianity are the only two faiths in the world and hindus are heathens...u will not go to heaven...such a pity!

    dad smiled and let it pass...because he realized she wasn't aware of hinduism...and he said...we do have a place in heaven too...though we happen to call it swarg...

    jack...diff ppl luk at God differently...but true believers of any faith know there is just ONE GOD...

    this whole thing has gotten so personal and i can see u r hurt bad...but jack...is this reason enough to say good bye? if people disagree wid u...u don't have to give up!...they need not be right just coz they believe something different jack...

    and u are not rong coz u believe in what u do...

    no one is in doubt of ur patriotism! who is callin u a terrorist??....and for heavens sake jack...i have been more critical of my own faith...and...

    if people like u who can stand up for ur faith and provide answers and make ppl aware of ur faith...if u quit...then we are left at the mercy of anonymous ppl who end up making it a personal debate....

    don't do this jack...don't let emotions blind u...

    i for one...wld hate myself for having to watch u quit like this...

    By Blogger ishipishi, at 5:02 AM  

  • Thats not fair dude. I will argue that the real world is much worse than the blog world. No one is questioning your patriotism, or labelling you a terrorist.

    If I thought you were one, I would have never commented on your space.

    As Ishita said, by leaving like this your are just leaving the door open for fanatics.

    We can always agree to disagree, you dont have to take it personally.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:19 AM  

  • Be a good individual ...

    i wouldnt befriend a person who's just a "good muslim" .

    I dont understand one thing .... how come i never hafta prove tht am a "good hindu" .... to be honest ... i care a flying fcuk as to wht my religion is and wht ppl's religions are ... and if am being a "good hindu or not" or if xyz is being a "good catholic/hindu/muslim/etc"

    this is just a bloody overhyped issue ..... i HATE ... absolutely HATE to talk abt religion!

    anyway ... am very disappointed after seeing whats going on on the blogworld .....

    take care.

    By Blogger Łóòň Ġãĺ, at 11:04 AM  

  • I totally agree with rohit, we can always agree on disagreement, at no point anybody questioned ur credentials and even if somebody did, to hell with them.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:44 AM  

  • hey y r u doing this..

    someone expressed their opinion.. and then u wrote a post and expressed urs.. isnt this wat bloggign is abt? free flow of information.. opinions.. ideas?

    y do u wanna leave it and go..

    By Blogger Neha, at 12:05 PM  

  • HI:)
    Sheesh..
    jackal..grr .u cant do this..these controversies shouldnt dampen ur spirits so much..i know u are badly bugged by all these hues and cries..but tht doesnt mean that u simply find an escape and leave..dont do this..it wont make any difference to anybody but u..
    so chill pill and cm bak
    tc

    By Blogger sebia, at 2:30 PM  

  • hmmmmmm

    i feel religion shouldnt be the reason to break bonds

    i am shutting up .... and red my blogging frequency .. if anything .. ...

    but the fact remains that ur whole attitude towards us bloggers has changed , has it not ?

    no 1 is asking to be a "good" muslim ...
    like i told Sebia , every religion has its share of injustice

    By Blogger ~*. D E E P A .* ~, at 1:56 AM  

  • hey jackal,
    Been reading the comments and everything else thats been going on the blogs on this topic!

    Not here to give you advice--just wanted to say I dont even beleive its about religion--its merely about points of views--thats how we all grow and thats what the world is about.

    Please think through--what your choosing to do hear is walk out of all the blog relationships you have created simply becoz people disagree with u!!!???...

    Is this how your going to handle everything else in your life as well?!...Cmon...ur more stronger than that!

    My hubby always says..We agree to disagree and its ok!...nothing changes--we just learn to respect people!

    By Blogger Ekta, at 2:00 AM  

  • Hey! What's this...c'mon u cant do this!!

    No one here is questioning ur patriotism or cornering you...its great that atleast some people are talking about it....that's how we'll learn from each other right??

    Please dont take it personally...and dont leave!!! Its not worth it...

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:28 PM  

  • Hey one need not shout at top of the voice to prove others.

    Abdul Kalam is a muslim & whole India has great respect, I never heard him he saying anything of these.

    It is our vision speak to ourself.

    Somethings are Damn politician mess created to cause problems, else tell me who the common man like me & u ask anyone to Prove thier loyality or anything.
    U are happy, I am happy that is the attitude.

    cheer up Jack. Dont say quit, come on fight.

    Pen is mightier than Sword :)

    Note:- I am not aware of what made u to take this decision.

    still I wud say dont quit.

    By Blogger Rupa (BNB), at 10:06 PM  

  • jackal...

    i agree with confused n raj ...

    pls dont tell me u r soo weak that u cant take arguments .. it should be in a healthy way ...
    wer there r ppl there is alll kind of emotions taht doesnt mean u shud stop doing wat u feel like .... come on...

    get some sence in ur head ...
    tell me " timm now in ur entire life u never had agruments or fights with any of ur close frnds or frnds rather ?? " n can any topic end a relationship ??? i dont think so ...

    so get bk nowwwwwww n there is always a way out ...

    pull ur socks n get bk right away ..

    u tc

    By Blogger uttara, at 10:10 PM  

  • hey Jack, come on man, u can't let ur spirits get so down !!

    U better come back,

    here is a *hug* to make u feel better.

    By Blogger Kusum Rohra, at 11:25 PM  

  • Who requested any of these from YOU? Who asked YOU to prove that YOU are not a fanatic? What I still cant understand is why YOU and SEBIA (2 of my good blog mates) have taken those posts so personally?? IT WASNT ABOUT YOU AND SEBIA...IT WAS ABOUT FANATICS.

    And you cant deny there are FANATICS growing by hundreds everyday and that was the issue...not YOU.

    If you choose to quit, then it's your wish..but Im sorry to say that it's not going to prove anything you may wish to. Dont take the back door Jackal...walk like a man...face challenges...be able to talk it out with friends...learn to discuss issues like these with friends without feeling so hurt and angry and without having to quit. Surely there's a civil way??


    Im sorry but I have lost great confidence in you - it may not matter to u but I think I ought to tell u anyways. The way u r reacting to this sort of makes it look like that I have brought you to this very 'final' situation. But I know that I didnt..it's YOU who has taken it in ur own stride to make it look like a war.

    Please urself Jackal.

    Keshi.

    By Blogger Keshi, at 9:01 PM  

  • Keshi:
    good u came in here.......first all for one i had no problem with your post...even though i did not agree with everything u said.....i clear wrote, that it was some of those comments ..and wrote that in English...
    "This one is inspired by Keshi’s last post, ‘whispers of veil’ rather by the comments left there,"
    .....i have always used english ...just for u..yes i avoid using hindi words just for u......and all those comments back and forth not once i pointed a finger at u, why are u taking it personally i dont understand..show me a line or a word where i have said anything abt u.....
    i have never viewed ppl in here as just some names which pop in n out......yes its my mistake tht i thought we were frnds..a family of sorts......in the end it wasn't abt religion at all just the feeling of having been let down by ppl i thought were frnds......
    ..i did not need an apology but yes if only it was accepted tht some ppl did cross the line
    ....any discussion is welcum till its done in good faith.....but just to have say something to ridicule and mock at ppl ..i dont accept tht
    .....
    "Im sorry but I have lost great confidence in you" tht doesn't bother me......i know wht i am all about and so do ppl arnd me....
    i never had any problem with ur post but ur comments on confuse's post have shown another face of ur's which i am shocked to say the least....a post just for the sake of ridiculing one faith and u cheering every bit of it...it was disgusting....
    i thought we wud live thru this too....tht's why i was arnd last night..and then ran into tht post of his n ur comments...i had so much respect for u as an individual but i am sorry its not going to be same again....
    i cud make fun of other religions too but keshi i will never do so because tht's the way i have been brought up and i respect other ppl faith.....if i do so more than anything i will loose all respect in my own eyes

    By Blogger Jackal, at 12:11 AM  

  • hey jackal don't do this!!! c'mon....don't let this matter so much...this is YOUR blog!! wat keshi writes on her blog should not matter so much that u decide to quit!!!

    and afterall it's all bout putting ur own thots in ur own space...

    By Blogger teacup, at 4:42 AM  

  • Hi Jack,

    I feel sad that u feel my post was disgusting and was written to ''make fun of Muslims''...

    I think i have made enough arguements, and since you did not have anything to say except feel disgusted, I assume you have nothing to say-even though you claim you do have a lot to say.

    I dont blame you, when I read Sebia' comments on her post-i understood she thinks religion is so important, its every facet is so personal...that you can do anything in t name of religion and no one should say anything. Just a different value system I guess...I refuse to give religion that much importance.

    Final thoughts- I have no problems if people point out whats wrong with Hinduism-and I know there are plenty.

    Good luck!...

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:29 AM  

  • Jackal I think we r going ard in circles with this. Im quite sick and tired of trying to explain to u that it was abt Fanatics and not abt You, Sebia or ALL the muslims. If u cant get that clearly, it's really not my problem anymore.

    Confused's recent post, my post and comments r our views of how we see the current issue of fanatics ard the world...if anyone made 'FUN' of some faith there, then I cant speak for them. I'm only standing by what I said and YES I agree with every word Confused said. I stronlgy believe I didnt say anything to make 'FUN'of any faith. Trust me, there r Hindu and Catholic fanatics too...but that will be a different blog-post altogether! And na I wont quit just cos someone says there r Hindu extremists etc...I'd agree with them - WHY? COS I AINT ONE OF THEM!


    Anyways a clash of opinions shouldnt be a reason for u to quit blogs altogether. That's a very EXTREME step. Anyways Im not gonna stop u from quitting - it's ur choice. Besides I/Confused r not the blog authorities and Im sure there r alot of other friends in this blog world who'd share ur views and would like u to hang ard. If u dont wanna ever blog with me, u can choose not to visit my blog and I will stay away from ur's too. Think abt the rest of ur friends here and perhaps continue blogging with them.


    **in the end it wasn't abt religion at all just the feeling of having been let down by ppl i thought were frnds......

    let down? I find this really strange. Who let u down? How? What on Earth r u talking abt? To me it sounds like u r taking every discussion personally and that's the cause for this feeling of 'let-down'. A discussion abt a world issue shouldnt make u feel let down by friends. After all, friends r not supposed to walk ard agreeing with every word u say?? Then they not true friends anyways.


    **i had so much respect for u as an individual but i am sorry its not going to be same again....

    Im not the least bothered by whatever things u think abt me Jackal. Ur entitled to ur own opinion. U may disrespect me if u wish to...u already did by that choosing to post the abusive anonymous comments abt me in ur blog...if u consider friends shouldnt let each other down, then that was one BIG let down from ur side :) Cos its not a clash of opinions that's a let-down by a friend, it's retaining such abuse abt a friend that's a let-down. I now have comment-moderation on cos a few of my friends thought I disrespected them by retaining abusive anonymous comments in my blog. So yeah, I lost a few good friends but I now have comment-moderation on so I can eliminate such abusive comments. And trust me ABUSE is not freedom of speech. So yeah I feel let-down by you but I didnt even bother telling u that...cos whats the point..it was ur choice to keep it.


    So yeah, Im quite used to DISRESPECT in the blog world hehe. Alot of my so-called friends here have just left me cos they couldnt handle my open views. But Im not the LEAST bothered by it. Cos true Respect cant be bought...it has to be earned and I guess net is not a place where I seek it either. If someone doesnt like my views, and if they cant think sensibly and realise that it's not abt them and it's only a clash of opinions, then that kind of Disrespect doesnt bother me.

    As I said b4, please urself Jackal...but I still respect YOU and all the blog mates here...cos I believe respect is not abt sharing the same views. It's abt being able to handle the most sensitive and conflicting issues between friends without pointing fingers at them and branding them 'disgusting and prejudiced'. We could have agreed to disagree - and thats RESPECT to me among friends. Not quitting saying 'Im hurt'.

    Good luck to u Jackal. Twas good blogging with u. I think I've said plenty - No more from me.


    Keshi.

    By Blogger Keshi, at 4:56 PM  

  • Keshi:
    “u already did by that choosing to post the abusive anonymous comments abt me in ur blog...”
    not tht it matters anymore what u think of me but the kind of accusation its just gone a bit too far…….. the kind of culture I come from, the values I have always cherished wud never allow me to abuse a female no matter what the provocation. Let alone abuse I have never ever anywhere posted comments except in my own id………
    For the rest….i feel sorry how it turned out to be..i am sure it wasn’t meant that way……any way I don’t carry any ill feelings towards you or any one else for that matter tcc

    By Blogger Jackal, at 1:28 AM  

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