Some faiths/ideologies have an inbuilt expansionist agenda.
"Invite to the Way of your Lord with wisdom and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided." Holy Qur'an 16:125
So what we see globally in the Muslim world is this, is it...................hhhmmm
For you it may be an unconvenient history that jars with your white washed self image,
for us it is something to remember, lest history repeats itself.
Reading too much into the past is a waste of the present. By brooding over the past and its tragedies, one exhibits a form of insanity - a kind of sickness that destroys resolve to live for the present moment. I'm not saying u posess this sickness but it's real.
Baseless comment. Type of talk I wish to avoid. Men of old have passed, all have taken their deeds, good and bad. leave the past alone for it's better for you. [/QUOTE]
Why not follow your own advice and forget the teachings of old prophets whose time has passed? Learning nothing from history is foolish my friend.
Do not live in the nightmares of former times or under the shade of what you have missed. Save yourself from the ghostly apparition of the past. Do you think that you can return the sun to its place of rising, the baby to its mother's womb, milk to the udder, or tears to the eye? By constantly dwelling on the past and its happenings, you place yourself in a very frightful and tragic state of mind. [/QUOTE]
Absolutely, now go and preach that to the Taleban, they really need it.
It's not that we don't want to deal with negative aspects of our history, it's that the present holds much much much more importance to us. And that is a major difference between us. Take my advice to forgive and forget and focus more on the moment, leave aside old feauds of old and enjoy the endless blessings of God today!
This is dangerous, failing to learn from the past is probably one major factor behind what is happening in much of the the Islamic world. Besides, why don't Muslims leave the Israel issue alone. Leave feuds of old as you say. You have enough Muslim land to go to.
Seeing as Muslims make noise about nonMuslims being killed all the time (especially by Jews), should Sikhs stay quiet about their own?
This is what you said earlier, "we (Sikhs) have the authority of "insaniyat" or humanity," hmmm...
If you are a true Sikh then you should be calling out for justice to the people of Iraq and all wars everywhere but all that doesn't happen. All people do is praise and remember their own. Sad but true.
Yes it is. This includes the Muslims, who go on about the past and hold animosity towards people who want to have their own homeland, who were there before Muslims. Israel has a right to exist peacefully.
Anyway, I know plenty of Sikhs who protested againt the Iraq war. Besides, I don't really recall hearing much from the massive global Muslim community regarding atrocities outside of their own. Given the numbers this is really sad in the context of what you are insinuating.
Seeing as the guy who wrote that was a most respected Muslim,
when u say "wrote that" does it imply It would be wrong of me to enter a mans workplace and tell him how he should run things even though i have no clue about the true requirements of his job.? If so then thanks for the compliment! (its my line) but if not its okay.
I think you are confused. One moment you are talking of leaving things in the past, then you bring up Baba Fareed's (a muslim) quote and talk as if he was an outsider commenting on your faith. According to your own belief, he has full authority to comment on Islam.
Besides are you saying that the Koran does not contain comments about kafirs/Jews? Why doesn't it just stick to dealing with Muslims as you are suggesting?
It is for God to speak about His creation as He wills.
It's your belief that these are the words of God, not mine. But you do admit that the Koran does contain references to other faiths and if you are really honest, you know that many if not most of them are derogotary. So if it is good for the goose....it is good for the gander ...no?
Once again my question,
can a person from one religion tell another person how to follow their religion?
When the religion is sticking its nose into your business - absolutely yes!
You've got your answer - hope you like it! :happy: