Swiss Radicalization: A Sign of Things to Come?,

Muslims and Islamophobia

Swiss Radicalization: A Sign of Things to Come?

Nestle. The United Nations. Rolex. Secure Banking. Toblerone. Yodeling. William Tell. Cowbells. Neutrality. Rousseau. Alpine Skiing. Heidi.

These are a few of the things -- mostly pretty -- that come to mind when you say "Switzerland."

But now thanks to a recent popular vote on a controversial referendum, things like "intolerance," "paranoia," and "limitations on freedom of religion" have joined the merry list.

In case you have not heard already, 57% of Swiss voters approved a proposal Sunday to ban mosque minarets in a nationwide referendum sponsored by the Swiss People's Party (SVP), a right-wing group long known for its anti-immigration campaigns. A complacent Swiss government subsequently stated that it will "respect the decision" of the people and will affect the ban on all new minarets in the country.

2009-12-02-swiss_minaret.jpgThe SVP flooded the tiny landlocked Alpine state with posters in which minarets appeared as missiles rising from the Swiss flag. They told voters that "the minaret is a sign of political power and demand, comparable with whole-body covering by the burqa, tolerance of forced marriage and genital mutilation of girls." This is not true of course.

Most Muslims accept the minaret as an architectural conduit for the call to prayer, but most do not seek political power, subscribe to the burqa, tolerate forced marriages, or accept genital mutilation of girls. Forced marriages and female circumcision happen mostly in poor, uneducated parts of the world and have no foundation in Islam. The burqa is worn by less than 1% of Muslim women. How these three things are "comparable" with a minaret must be Switzerland's dirty little secret because I cannot figure it out.

http://newageislam.com/swiss-radicalization--a-sign-of-things-to-come?/muslims-and-islamophobia/d/2190

ONE GOD, ONE FAITH, ONE HUMANITY; THEN WHY ARE OUR ULEMA SO INTOLERANT?, The War within Islam, NewAgeIslam.com

The War within Islam

ONE GOD, ONE FAITH, ONE HUMANITY; THEN WHY ARE OUR ULEMA SO INTOLERANT?

THEN WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH OUR FANATIC, EXTRIMIST AND INTOLERANT RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS?

By Shoaib Wadiwalla

Why do they want to be so intolerant and show arrogance by not submitting themselves to the will of Allah and trying to portray Islam into an exclusivist faith by using the term ‘Muslim’ for themselves and ‘kafir’ for others.

They have made the faith of Islam into a sect whereas Allah wants to make Islam a universal faith for all mankind and for all times and a Muslim, any person who submits himself to the One Allah.

I urge people like you, who are educated to come out and voice your opinion so that we can make better sense prevail in the uneducated masses of this country and prevent the exclusivist people from trying to hijack the faith of Islam for their own benefit of money, power, popularity, and political gains.

There is a hadith of our beloved Prophet (P.B.U.H) which I feel has been misinterpreted:-

The Prophet had said "the Jews are divided into 71 sects, and the Christians into 72 sects; And, my people will be divided into 73 sects, all of whom are destined to hell fire except one, and these are the true believers."

In my personal opinion, I feel that there is only one faith (right path) and its followers are the believers. But the Jews did not obey their Prophet Moses and created the 71st sect and called themselves as Jews. The Christians did not obey their Prophet Jesus and created the 72nd sect and called their faith Christianity. The so called ‘Muslims’ did not obey their Prophet – Mohammad and create the 73rd sect and called themselves as Muslims.

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