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SATalha
The formationof ant assembly will be....whats the word....ah thats it more representative of the non-muslims. I realy dont think that our thoughts and opinions will be taken in to consideration.
Why? Muslims are the youngest generation of God's children, that's all. You know, if you take an ordinary family who have eight kids, one might become a doctor. Another may become a lawyer. Another may become a scholar. Why should the parents be forced to judge which is better? The kids are just... different. If you judge by wealth, maybe the lawyer would win. If you judge by devotion, maybe the scholar would win. If you judge by service, maybe the doctor would win. But why do this? Why judge any of them when they all have worth.
You know, I'm not an easy student. All my teachers claim I've been their best student because I've become their biggest challenge. You see, in order to teach me, you have to answer my questions, and let's just say, when I'm interested in a subject, I have a unique knack for asking some very penetrating questions and a guenuine need for the answers. It's not that there is anything wrong with asking questions, but my teachers have to really be on the ball because I'm just like that - I like to know exactly what it is I'm studying. Science and Engineering were easy. Religion... not so easy.
When I took up the subject of Ezra, that opened a major can o' worms for the religious scholars and they're working along side me, digging at the problems that came up from that because, for some unknown reason, they never thought to collect this man's records (all of them) and lay them out on the tabe to get a better look. I did that so I could get to know the person and what others thought of him. But this is just one man... why stop there?
You just don't understand how many different issues exist and how silly some of them are. Issues like "raised graves" or "tattoos" or "what constitutes idolatry" and were some of these idols grand-fathered as permissible? There are tons of issues here and not one of them has been put on the table and worked out. Why? Because the ones who have the disagreements aren't there to work out those disagreements. It's not entirely there fault. I ran into the same problem. When I wanted a ruling on a certain issue, I had no place to take the issue to. So I keep this folder and CD that reads:
1. Tattoos: The Jews call them haram. The Sunnis call them haram. The Shia call them legal. The Christians call them legal.
2. Cutting of the flesh to commemorate the dead: The Jews call this haram. The Sunnis call this haram. The Shia call this legal. The Christians have no verdict at all.
The list is growing and it almost seems to be endless in terms of:
that which divides. I mean, I'm not blind to cultural and traditional differences, but this stuff is causing all kinds of problems... the acusations are getting worse and no one is doing anything to settle these disputes. What's worse is that the teachers are forcing their students to take sides (divide against each other).
I asked what I thought were very simple questions. What is a Jew? What is a Christian? What is a Muslim? So far, the answer depends entirely upon who you're speaking with at the time... and I will not have my soul used as a ping-pong ball to be bounced back and forth between the teachers.
I want that council... and I want it yesterday... because I have questions that need to be answered and it's the only way to get the teachers to get to work on what the answers will be!
Ninth Scribe