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Saturday, June 23, 2007

hullo.
this will be an entry bt nothing i did today.
haha.

so whats the big HUUUHAHH over salman rushdie's 'the satanic verses'?
i remember finding high and low for that book a few years ago.
later i found out, singapore already bans it. so responsive. haha.

so just now i read a report bt this in the m'sia straits time. and there was this tiny photo of a grp of pakistanis burning an effigy of that author. wahh. muka satu2 fierce-fierce, taknak kalah!
sometimes i feel, some people who call themselves muslims, can get so narrow-minded and over-reactive (imagine lithium exposed to air).
and i dare say, that out of every 10 ppl who took part in the protest, only 1 read the book, 3 read the 'blasphemous' parts only and the rest simply follow and react (violently).

i am a muslim myself. and yes, i get REALLY unhappy if anyone made fun of my God, my prophets or my religion and offend my faith. but seriously, a fatwa to kill the author? im SURE prophet Muhammad (pbuh) will be thankful for that. (pls do sense the satire here)
i am so disappointed. but not with the author who wrote disrespectful stuffs in his bk (thats between him and God), but with those "muslims" who choose to build their own cage. i mean, SO WHAT (step tyra banks) if one person doesnt have faith in Allah, and if he doesnt believe in what the Al-Quran says, and if 1000000 other ppl are reading his book approvingly? does that sanction us the rights to be satanic ourselves, by hurting others?

its time to really understand, appreciate and defend Islam the way a muslim should. its not thru violence and ridiculous outrage. puhleassee.
prophet Muhammad (pbuh) didnt initiate wars simply because the enemies refused to embrace Islam. there were many sensible reasons why muslims fought wars then.

instead of the absurd fatwa, why not u, whoever u are, who created the fatwa, stand up, speak smartly to the world that, 'salman rushdie is afterall a writer (an influential one i must say) and like other fictional writers, he spins stories out of his own creativity wheel, so he might be kinda rude.... u know what i mean, but really, no point la kaaann kerjakan dia.. so..i'll visit him tmr with kfc buddy meal and tell him nicely to apologise for his insensitivity.insyaAllah with our utmost sincerity he'll kindly take back his words (or book). we dont have to kill anyone.'

yeah. thats it!
and correct me if im wrong.

its all said and done 6/23/2007 11:15:00 PM