I personally would prefer to have an environment where segregation is maintained, 5 times prayers are enforced, the Fuqaha are the legal body and Islam has a clear visible public influence.
However, the reality is most Muslims would not.
However, the reality is most Muslims would not.
Because of decades of incubation in a secular liberal(and patently Islamophobic) environment they have subconsciously developed a bleak picture of an Islamic society while picking up bad habits of the westerners along the way which they seem as harmless.
As a domino effect of this kind of psyche you see opinions like there is nothing wrong with burning the Hijab, there is nothing wrong with Tabarruj or freemixing (because it can be managed) and you have some here that openly say they prefer liberal societies.
This is not a new trend. This has existed for as long as I can remember.
It was in response to this trend that "Hijab is a choice" rhetoric was developed.
Yes technically, everything is a choice.
Shaitan did choose not to bow to Adam(عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ).
It was in response to this trend that "Hijab is a choice" rhetoric was developed.
Yes technically, everything is a choice.
Shaitan did choose not to bow to Adam(عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ).
I won't rehash or repeat what I said before. Choices have consequences. In Shariah, in most cases a man who is punished for his actions in the dunya will not be punished in the Akhirah because he already paid for it here.
It's why you have stories of Sahaba(رضي الله عنه) actively seeking punishment.
Now we can all dispute on the technicalities of what that kind of punishment should be. But please note that in the 3 of the 4 madhabs, the punishment for forgoing Salah willingly is death.
Now we can all dispute on the technicalities of what that kind of punishment should be. But please note that in the 3 of the 4 madhabs, the punishment for forgoing Salah willingly is death.
The one madhab it's not, you will get the beating of your life until you start praying again.
Stating these opinions in western communities today would have you facing social boycotts.
Stating these opinions in western communities today would have you facing social boycotts.
I am not going to debate the validity or efficacy of these methods on this thread. Though I'll say that disobedience has always been glorified as a virtue in western societies and strict adherents of tradition or actual virtues are caricatured and demonized.
This basic idea has been lent the immense has been weaponized by Hollywood into an almost nigh unstoppable assimilative cultural phenomenon and that is why today you will see most Muslim MEN and women trying to imitate westerners.
You will see almost no Muslim man or woman with a prayer cap or traditional eastern dress anymore in Muslim countries today. Almost none.
So back to the whole glorification of the rebel attitude. Western Christians glorify Lucifer(aka Iblis) because they see him as a rebel and God as some mean bully aka the actual bad guy.
They literally have shows that depict this. In a Muslim community this would not see the light of day.
However, the westerners are successful in making Muslims that having a rebel like attitude is good.
However, the westerners are successful in making Muslims that having a rebel like attitude is good.
That's you had many Dawah carriers stating that the Prophet(عَلَيْهِ ٱلصَّلَاةُ وَٱلسَّلَامُ) was a rebel. He was a rebel against kufr.
You have many narratives re: Hussain and Abdullah Ibn Zubayr(رضي الله عنهم) being righteous rebels against the tyrannical Umayyads
You have many narratives re: Hussain and Abdullah Ibn Zubayr(رضي الله عنهم) being righteous rebels against the tyrannical Umayyads
And combined with the new Decolonial fluff of "state is always" you will never have any real mileage when you say that the state should enforce the Hijab.
Gamal Abdel Nasser publicly mocked an Ikhwani Scholar for advising him that he should enforce the Hijab.
Gamal Abdel Nasser publicly mocked an Ikhwani Scholar for advising him that he should enforce the Hijab.
The whole audience laughed with Nasser at that scholar.
I am not going to say that I have a solution to all of this. Because frankly speaking I do not believe that state enforced violence is a method to enforce the Shariah.
I am not going to say that I have a solution to all of this. Because frankly speaking I do not believe that state enforced violence is a method to enforce the Shariah.
Because while I think burning the Hijab is not entirely harmless or merely an expression against "patriarchal" violence I do believe that enforcing the Shariah falls on the guardians of the family and the Imam of that community
And execution or violence should not be the default
And execution or violence should not be the default
But I must raise another pertinent point.
The genocide and the state violence that Sunnis have been subject to by an large have gone on for decades. You see a consequence of that in the Syrian revolution.
The genocide and the state violence that Sunnis have been subject to by an large have gone on for decades. You see a consequence of that in the Syrian revolution.
You will sometimes see genocides of Kurds being brought up. The death of that woman is more likely a case of ethnic violence rather than a religious one.
But the suffering of Sunni communities are not even a footnote in any news. It was not relevant during the Bosnian genocide.
But the suffering of Sunni communities are not even a footnote in any news. It was not relevant during the Bosnian genocide.
It is not relevant now as Hindutva goes global.
Within such a bleak context that we are all a part of now, all I can say is that give your children the right education that is organic and can stand on its own. Don't just teach them stuff as a reaction to trends.
Within such a bleak context that we are all a part of now, all I can say is that give your children the right education that is organic and can stand on its own. Don't just teach them stuff as a reaction to trends.
And do not waste time in shallow debates. We have to expend every last energy and life we have to become capable and skilled. Hindutva today is powerful and go about their business almost unopposed because not only they have the backing of the west, they hold pole positions
in the corporate world.
The same goes for the liberals. The Sahaba(رضي الله عنهم) were capable horsemen and warriors before Islam molded them into an unstoppable civilizational force. And we have to make ourselves capable as well.
The same goes for the liberals. The Sahaba(رضي الله عنهم) were capable horsemen and warriors before Islam molded them into an unstoppable civilizational force. And we have to make ourselves capable as well.
And again, we have to give our children the right lessons at the right time. And a important aspect of that would be to cut down our screen time and social media time as well and focus on living Islam as Allah intended. Because we cannot compete against the Hollywood soft power
The moment your kids get glued to Netflix(or whatever comes next), it's a long journey back to the Deen for them.
And even when they do become practicing, it will be a more Hollywood Islam rather than the actual one.
They will struggle to come to terms to live with an Islamic life while secretly pining for the liberal one.
They will struggle to come to terms to live with an Islamic life while secretly pining for the liberal one.
To be very clear, Iran is a criminal regime. I hope that no one ever loses sight of that. While burning Hijab is an unIslamic act, shedding the blood of countless Muslims I think should be a more significant issue that we should not be overlooking.
And that includes the sister that was killed. May Allah have mercy on her.
Just some random thoughts I have over this whole issue. It's not coherent but I hope it makes sense. And please excuse the many typos.
Barak Allah Fik.
Barak Allah Fik.
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