Comments on: Pakistan: Another 9/11, We are Burning

By: Farhan Janjua

Farhan Janjua — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:27:57 +0000

@Clara Onofre.

My pleasure :)

By: Clara Onofre

Clara Onofre — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:49:39 +0000

Thank you Farhan for explaining the meaning of words i always hear on the news.

By: Farhan Janjua

Farhan Janjua — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:07:44 +0000

Hello Everyone! Thanks for commenting!

The word “Islam” has derived from the root word “Salam” that means “Peace”.

Our Islamic Greeting: “Assalam-o-Alaikum” that means “Peace and blessings be on you”

Let me quote a couple of verses from Holy Qur’an

Allah says: “whosoever kills a single human being, it is similar as if he has killed the entire humanity” [5:32]

Anyone who kills a believer on purpose, his retribution is Hell, wherein he abides forever, GOD is angry with him, and condemns him, and has prepared for him a terrible retribution. )
[4:93]

And the word “Jihad” is the most misunderstood concept. Let me raise my voice: “Jihad” DOES NOT mean “Holy War”

“Jihad” in fact means “to strive and struggle” , there are certain degrees of Jihad

- Most important Jihad is to have control over your unlawful desires

- To earn a living for your family is also a Jihad

- One degree is to DEFEND yourself from those who want to destroy you. To defend, you allowed to fight. So this is the most misunderstood degree of Jihad.

I suggest you people to read an English translation of “The Holy Qur’an” so that you could understand Muslim and stop blaming the religion.

Regards
Farhan Janjua

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:03:45 +0000

Islam should not be equaled to terrorism any more than Christians should be equaled to the Crusades or other times of violence perpetuated by Christians.

That does not relieve anyone of the responsibility to struggle against injustice and terrorism from rising up in those around them, Muslim or Christian or any human. If anything it is Islam that should call out to all Muslims to stop those that are twisting Islam and aligning it for misuse.

By: Sifta

Sifta — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:50:00 +0000

Jay: your off-topic trolling is ludicrous… \Consider history\? Ha ha.. Do you not even know enough about Pakistan, or Islam for that matter, to make a real point beyond some sort of content-free allusions?

By: Jay kactuz

Jay kactuz — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:09:10 +0000

Why should people not assume that Islam equals terrorism? Consider history. Read newspapers. Look at current events. Watch TV. Consider the attacks, bombings, riots, mursders and oppression that almost always are done by Muslims in the name of Islam. Why many this month in how many nations?

It is not just one event or a single group of extremists. The problem is much much greater yet people in the Muslim world refuse to consider any explanation except “it is not Islam.” And the death and destruction continue and Muslims wonder why the rest of humanity blames Islam and Muslims.

The problem will continue because people refuse to consider the nature of the problem and its causes. They can only blame others. This is not a matter for “reeducation” but a matter of accepting responsibility and asking hard questions about core principles, about what Islam really stands for. I don’t think Muslims will like the answer.

By: Amber

Amber — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:24:18 +0000

I noticed what Fatima and Katelyn wrote regarding how Islam is being maligned by the work of terrorists. One person I know who is working to reeducate people on this topic is Mark Siljander. If you are interested in this topic please check out his website, he has a book coming out in two weeks regarding this issue.

By: The Marriott Hotel Blast: Word From Islamabad - Times Topics Blog - NYTimes.com

The Marriott Hotel Blast: Word From Islamabad - Times Topics Blog - NYTimes.com — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:45:07 +0000

[...] killed 53 people. In a sign of the anguish the attacks caused in the country, one post is entitled “Pakistan — Another 911 We Are Burning,” while the headline of the other is “Pakistan Bleeds [...]

By: Critics

Critics — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:27:41 +0000

WHAT ABOUT HUMANS BEFORE ISLAM’S BIRTH ? Aren’t they unlucky because they missed Islam and now they will burn in hell for not being Muslims!

War of religion: Shame on us. Religion for human welfare not destruction in any ways. We must be HUAMANS first and then any thing else. These terrorists risk all other lives. Today they attacked this Building. Tomorrow they will attack their masters. Days are counted. No one escapes from judgement even the terrorists themselves. The fact is one die clean and other with lots of load and burden.

By: knowledge

knowledge — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:34:43 +0000

When are you going to wake up! the false-flag is operating around the world as means to elect the most corrupted personal leader in key nations. Watch out for the CIA_MOSSAD_M16_all perposely financing the FundamentalistMovement for you then to elect the pupet who is ready to sold your nation. Be clever, be wise..history is repeating again. Your MassMedia is already in hand of the perpetrators.

By: Katelyn

Katelyn — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:42:06 +0000

I think it is so sad that people now assume that Islam equals terrorism. Just because of one event and a group of extremists, Islam has gotten a bad name. People all around the world need to be reeducated about what Islam is and what it truly stands for. Maybe then people will learn the difference between true Islam and the fundamentalist version.

By: Fatima

Fatima — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:12:06 +0000

These so-called muslim extremists are giving Islam a bad name! This is not Islam. Islam teaches us not to kill women, children, elderly, not even a tree in times of war, and when the offensive stops, to stop the defensive. They have left Islam, these “extemists”. They don’t follow Islam, and they don’t teach Islam. I wish there was a way to separate these terrorists from the title of muslims.