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[quote]Define fundamentalism ?

I understand fundamentalism as strickly believing that yours is the right belief and every one else is wrong, then trying to impose your beliefs on to others wether they agree with you or not.
Followers of fundamentalists believe that person to be infallible, or the voice of God, and who can direct them infallibly in the interpretation of the sources of truth. They do not question their fundamentalist leader. Fundamentalists are also selective in what they believe and practice.

Define terrorism ?
This one is very obvious. When flesh and blood of bus passengers or mosque worshippers is splattered all over your face because a bomb or person blew up in the midst of people, regardless of their being women, children, worshippers, old people, civilians, by-standers. According to the fundamentalists, these are martyrs and better off because they are going to Paradise. This is a sick logic, and may these killers burn in hell.

>> Nowadays none is being called a terrorist unless he is a Muslim.

It is no surprise why this is so. Most of the terrorism in the world is done by Muslims. You can bury your head in the sand, but the reality will not change unless you take your head out and see what is happening in our name.

>>> nobody is raising the needed voice against the terrorism being done against the Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan, Paklastine, Kashmir etc.

Doing terrorism and resorting to fundamentalism is not correct way to raise our voices against oppression. What did the prophet do when his people were oppressed and persecuted in Makkah? That is a fine example of what we should be doing now. Did he resort to terrorism, did he go to alcohol shops and kill people, did he go to kaba and kill idol worshippers, did he ask his followers to be disobedient to their masters and family and to revolt? No. They patiently persevered and finally migrated to a safe place.

>>> Well looks like the Muslims don't have time from being apologetic

No one is asking you to be apologetic. Just say what is the truth and support those who are on the path to truth. The fundamentalists with their twisted logic are certainly on the wrong path, may Allah guide them. Do not support such fanatics, history has shown they have a disgraceful end. They do not win. Allah does not support the jahileen.

>> Did any one start a thread on the terrorism by American soldiers

Again I say, let Allah judge their wrong acts. We should concentrate on finding our faults and correcting each other. We have to stop hiding our heads in the sand. Once we are strong and on the right path, we will get Allah's help inshallah, and then no super power can bomb our people. But we are weak now, and we keep going on the wrong path or terrorism and fundamentalism and corruption and ignorance, the path away from Islam. Most of us do not even know what our religion says. We should learn our religion and adapt it properly in our lives. We should shun fundamentalism, we should be tolerant like our religion asks us to be and we should seek Allah's guidance.

Is it not a sign of coming of Judgement Day that religious knowledge will be taken away? Today we see so called sheikhs and maulvis who are ignorant of deen, fundamentalists and terrorists. If these ignorant people are our leaders, then we are doomed.

Edited by: oosman on Monday, September 19, 2005 7:28 PM[/quote]

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