Queen Rania : Muslim Women dont have to wear veils

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Idris said:
what the hell is a Moderate muslim?

I just hate this word that the west made up.
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Love that name (Idris)! Moderates are a funny new being. They have good points and bad ones.

When the Jews were exiled to Babylon, they could not worship in the manner they were accustomed to. That had become a lost tradition to them. They did not have their precious Temple and therefore, could not offer sacrifice. Did that change them? Certainly not. They learned that the way they love God is not limited to a set and certain ritual. In the end, regardless of places and times, they were ultimately responsible for whether or not they were Jewish. That was, in my humble opinion, the very reason for the exile. To show them that nothing could change who they believed themselves to be. It was just a lesson in Faith.

Muslims have done this too. They've become adventurous and have embraced the world and it's people to spread the word of Islam. They do not have the comfort of Mecca, except what they keep in their own hearts.

You see, the word of God is spread in this way. One must leave the safety of the nest and travel to the lands of sin if they ever expect to heal them of sin. People like Osama bin Laden don't understand that equation. They don't understand that it takes a great leap of faith to spread Islam to the darker places of the world.

So I hear statements about how nice it would be to have an Islamic Caliphate state. It would be nice, only because this is the will of a number of the people, and the number is great enough that they should have their own land. But I have seen what happens when people are given their own land. They become somewhat addicted to the land and then close themselves off from the rest of the world.

When the Jews came back from Babylon, the first thing they did was raise the walls and cut themselves off from the people - they did this even after learning that the land of Babylon couldn't change who they were! Today they've done it again! But in the United States, there are Jews and Christians and Muslims. What defines them as such is not the land in which they live, but by the lives they lead. For some, that's good enough. They can walk through sin-ridden neighborhoods, knowing they are there because they must face sin if they ever expect to defeat it.

I would hardly call these people 'moderates' even though they do offer a give-and-take principle. Where the hijab is concerned, this is a tradition. In Iraq, if a woman doesn't wear one, she could be discovered and raped, so the Mujahideen enforce it there. In other lands, it is not so dangerous. But how do you rule on this issue? It is a traditional obligation that should be obeyed out of respect for the tradition. Nothing more, nothing less. In Iraq, it has become a must-do. But in reality, it should have always been a want-to.

And that, I feel, is the only difference between these two groups. If one converts to Islam because another holds a knife to his throat, he will recite the words in voice only and the conversion is fake. There is no love of God there. That's why the sword is useless. You must first win the heart of the people... then, by their own free will, they will choose to obey God.

The elders simply have no patience for the youth of this world. There is no way to prevent young ones from making the same mistakes of their elder generations (who were once equally as guilty). So they try stern words, but once again, the love of God cannot be forced. God does not rape his people. These tributes (hijab, sacrifices, prayers, etc.) are acts of love for God. They were meant to be sincere, and if someone performs these token acts without sincerity, they will not be pleasing to God because the act itself is not a true offering.

What created Hell... was Heart-ache.... not Hatred.

Ninth Scribe
 
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