This backward thinking is what is going to keep muslim in the trenched of society - followin advice of nutters without using your mind.

Thanks,

–> Obviously for a thing to be understood, one need to make every effort understand it, That can be come done by going to the sources. From the information the respected Mr AHC is having one is convinced that Mr AHC has not gone through the Qur’an/ Or has misinterpreted it. “Marriage of not only a Muslim Female but also of a Muslim Male is prohibited with opposite sexed Non Muslim”. No one on this planet earth is able or allowed to decide what is Halaal, Haraam or Makru. All such injunction are there in the Quran and the Sunnah and they are binding. If one is a not able to accept it, They are free to reject Islam rather than simply boasting himself or herself as Muslim. The Law is binding. And Islam is nothing but obedience to the will/law of Allah (SWT)

[Note: There are exceptions in the Muslim mens marriage to Non Muslim women. And those exceptions are being said with a lot of wisdom, the comprehending of which is necessary for people having real interest]

–> Obviously for a thing to be understood, one need to make every effort understand it, That can be come done by going to the sources. From the information the respected Mr AHC is having one is convinced that Mr AHC has not gone through the Qur’an/ Or has misinterpreted it. “Marriage of not only a Muslim Female but also of a Muslim Male is prohibited with opposite sexed Non Muslim”. No one on this planet earth is able or allowed to decide what is Halaal, Haraam or Makru. All such injunction are there in the Quran and the Sunnah and they are binding. If one is a not able to accept it, They are free to reject Islam rather than simply boasting himself or herself as Muslim. The Law is binding. And Islam is nothing but obedience to the will/law of Allah

Is Music haraam?
—> What is the spirit of todays music. What is it orientation? What ideaology does derives it? Do todays ideaologies match with
islamic ideology?, If they contradict what should be our course of action?

How do we help our young sincere Muslim brothers and sisters who get caught up with extremist ideologies? (The same issues holds true in Europe and America as well)
How do the real wise ulema of our times stand up and overcome the extremist preachers who so effectively target our youth?
—> In the above questions are we justified using the words extremists.? Do we really understand the meaning and spirit of these
words before applying in respect of any islam related issue.?

How do we react to racial profiling and the tragedies of Guantanamo Bay and other secret prisons that even today still hold innocent Muslims?
—> The responsibility of all such chaos should be investigated by every so self boasting muslim?

How can we continue to explain to our outraged Muslim brethren across the world that America and the west in general isn’t inherently evil and anti-Islam?
—> Have we come to such a conclusion with complete research and knowledge. Or are we moved by the media propagandas?

There seems to be only way out. And that is Islam. As Iqbal said

Manfiad sab ki ek,
Nuqsaan bhi ek,
Ek hi Sab ka nabi, Deen bhi Allah bhi, Quran bhi ek,
Kuch badi baat hoti gar hote musalmaan bhi ek.

Theres only one Islam, Either Accept it or Reject. The Qur’an says “Theres no Compulsion in religion”, If the so called muslims
who are not able to accept the teachings of the Qur’an and Sunnah. They are free to reject Islam and face Allah (swt) themselves.

Remeber Islam doesn’t need any body, Rather people needs Islam.
Allah doesnt needs any body, Rather people needs Allah

I personally really liked the movie. My favorite was the character of Maryam and Sarmad because they were the youth protrayed and victimized by the elders of their society.

Maryam’s double standard father and his deception.
Sarmad’s misguiding imam.

Either case, one wonders whether how much blame can be put on the youth.

Maryam for wanting to marry a non-muslim guy when it goes against her honor and status as a muslim women. Perhaps muslim women should be made to realize that. And islam is not the last or only religion that has exclusive religion marriage.

Jews do it and are damn proud of it, then why are we so ashamed to say that we marry our own?

Secondly, towards the end of the movie, the maryam character is made to realize, wait a minute, you were not even brought up in a muslim environment or among muslims, can you really call yourself muslim if you do not have muslim values or adhere to the muslim religion? The moderate imam made the argument that she is not realy muslim except by name and hence there should be no objection to her marrying a non-muslim( I think the imam meant this in a rhetorical manner and not in the literal sense). This got maryam into thinking….and hence she makes her decision in the end whether to go back to her boyfriend or to stay in Pakistan.

With Sarmad, he is made to realize that change comes from inside and akhlaq of a person is what differentiates him or her from the rest. The outward attire is not the deciding factor.
He is made to realize his mistakes and who he has wronged and is remorseful at the end.

I personally was too bored with the older bother so didnt bother watching the movie parts in which he was the main concentration.

http://hammadin.blogspot.com/2007/09/for-gods-sake.html

1) PLEASE change your poll

2) The questions you have posed are very important, and they do need to be addressed by our respected scholars. Perhaps we can set up a forum with them to ask them straight up all those difficult questions. I’m thinking people like Imam Zaid, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Dr. Umar Farooq Abdullah, whoever else you think are genuine American Muslim scholars that have been willing to address difficult questions in the past.

Saleem