Please Return??

Submitted by John (Malaysia), Sep 30, 2006 at 01:57

Hi Rahma,
I congratulate you for understanding your faith so well.

I m sure you are a person who is true to your words and have total faith in your religion.
You would be very upset and angry if your religion is being tarnished.

Hence, my dear brother.
can you please take this up as your committment to your religion to correct any mis-intepretation and abuses in the name of Islam?

Please go and tell those militant muslims who blew up innocent children (in Bali, in Jakarta, in Thailand the list goes on...) to repent and come back to the true path of Islam which many claim a peaceful and humane religion.

please tell those Imams who preach hatred during the Friday prayer to stop and spread loving kindness and respect instead.

Please tell those Wahabis that beating up defensless women is not the Islamic way. Need I remind all that the Prophet (SAW) had never beaten a woman in his entire life. "follow what the prophet does" isn't this what every Muslim must do?

Islam is for the entire human race, as the Prophet (SAW) had said. Please remind your brothers (and sisters) in the faith not to confuse Arab culture as Islamic culture. Being a Arab isn't something to be proud of as far as the Islam faith is concerned. Please tell your Arabic brothers to start to respect othe rmuslims in Africa and Asia & Europe

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If you can't or won't do this, then please don't be upset if Muslims are criticised for being cruel, militant ....

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