If we don’t want to be insulted, don’t insult ourselves

Hmm..just want to comment on the film. I have seen this film and I agree it was very wrong of them to make this film and send a wrong message about Islam through this film. Like he used a certain ayat and show the relevance of that ayat with the World Trade Centre incident and so on but what is the ayat before that one and what is the ayat after that?

Thanks to this film, maybe before this we are not so concern about what the westerners think and do to Islam, but by making this film, they are making a point to show that they really hate Islam and will do anything .Me as a muslimah, I want to study the Quran so that I understand it even more.

Today, I read about a comment on this film by the Perlis mufti, I think he had made some good points that we can think together.

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2008&dt=0406&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Bicara_Agama&pg=ba_01.htm

He said that we, as Muslim don’t show to them the true meaning of Islam. Islam is perceived as terrorism, poor, violent and so on. This is because this is what they see through the media, this is what they portray to the world so how can we expect them to see the beauty of Islam? As we can see in Islamic countries, there are wars, Islamic countries are poor, we are far behind in economics, education, science and technology. The world is blinded by all this

It is sad but true. It is time for us to stop blaming others and improve ourselves first. Prove to them what we really are.

Like the mufti said, return to the Quran and Sunnah, because we are supposed to be respected and set a good example, not to be disrespected. If we don’t want to be insulted, don’t insult ourselves.