tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post116181798886033256..comments2023-10-26T07:05:48.924-04:00Comments on Multifaith Information Gateway: Corporate America swears by the Gita - Faithwise Review of the WeekM Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-1161908545893471572006-10-26T20:22:00.000-04:002006-10-26T20:22:00.000-04:00on the news item: A small strip of cloth symbolizi...on the news item: <A HREF="" REL="nofollow">A small strip of cloth symbolizing Islamic separateness </A><BR/><BR/>The issue for "moderate Muslims", as Tony Blair calls such as myself, is not so much the right to wear what one wishes but the effect of an apparently vociferous and belligerrant minority of co-religionist on non-Muslims' perception of our faith, when they confuse the freedom granted them by democratic, Western countries, with all that entails regarding society's struggle to respect notions of human rights, and a religious obligation.<BR/> <BR/>There is no requirement in Islam for women to cover their faces, hands, and feet. And no intelligent person from among those who call so loudly for their democratic right would ever claim such a requirement existed for fear of being shown to have introduced an innovation into the faith.<BR/> <BR/>For what it's worth, here is my own quatrain (cf. Omar Khayyam's Rubayyat) on the topic, which is a reflection on verse 1 of chapter 66 of the Koran:<BR/>How, as a Muslim, I behave need not 'Islamic' be.<BR/>Permitted things exceed by far what is required of me.<BR/>Obscure not truth behind a veil, but heed the Word of God:<BR/>"O Prophet, why doest thou forbid what I have granted thee?"<BR/>Regards,<BR/> <BR/>(Dr) Roderic Vassie<BR/>York, EnglandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-1161906620440093212006-10-26T19:50:00.000-04:002006-10-26T19:50:00.000-04:00On the news item: The two-faced Tipu Sultan These ...On the news item: <A HREF="http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14317318" REL="nofollow">The two-faced Tipu Sultan </A><BR/>These are mudslinging for political puposes & should be ignored.Media is covering both angles<BR/><BR/>A R Kamaruddin<BR/>www.tipusultan.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com