| Mr. Mufassil Islam; At the end of this letter, I have pasted a copy of an article that was sent to me by a friend who lives in Germany . This is related to the subject of your conversation. Please review this and give us your words of wisdom on that article. Beyond that, I would like to add some of my own thoughts on this. So called Islamic intellectuals with their bigotry, myopic visions and immense disrespect to other civilizations and cultures have given Islam and the Muslims a bad name today. Many of those intellectuals grew up receiving Islamic teachings from Class 8 pass mullahs. Some of them obviously obtained higher education beyond village Moktobs. That however, did not clear the brain washing they received during their childhood. These are the people who we find relentlessly trying to force their version of Islam through our throats. View points expressed by intellectuals such as yourself strikes me to the fact that you all believe your perception is always superior to that of the rest who hold a different opinion on the same subject matter. I do not know you and you surely do not know me. Therefore, in reading my writing you can always blow me away as another idiot trying to sound smart. But in the case of Humayun Ahmed who is a PhD, an established author and a respected retired university teacher, how could you even think that you can surpass his intellectual abilities with yours? Why makes you think you know better than him? Yet better why do think you know better than anyone else. Your mindset suggests that all those people who are in favor of the statues are nothing but ignorant morons. What makes you develop such disrespect for others around you? You are asking people to not to do something that other people want to do. And in doing so they are not even harming anyone. This shows the general intolerance from people of your types to the rest who holds harmless opposing views. This is the root of all problems for the entire civilization today. This is the cause of all the wars (justified or not) and this is the cause why there is the continuous tension between your type of Muslims and the rest of World. Let's go back to your mail; Egypt may not be a good (!) Islamic Country in your definition, but have you thought about the Holy land of Saudi Arabia and how blindly we perform some acts in our religion that supports idolatry. Think about the ritual of stoning the "Iblis" during Hajj? Are those stone models of "Iblis" not idols in your definition? Do not forget that this ritual of stoning is a mere carry over of the traditional Hajj ritual celebrated in Mecca prior to Islam when they worshiped the Statue of Allah inside the Harem Sharif. People like you keep people like us scared and makes us worried about the future of our dear motherland. Not too long ago, Mullah Omar came to power with Taliban in Afghanistan with your type of values and ideas. Besides other valuable relics and artifacts of immense historic importance, they destroyed 2000 years old statue of Buddha which is not only a loss of History and tradition for the Afghans but also an irreparable loss for the whole mankind. In your letter, you said, "Human nature does not evolve with time. It is static", if you really feel that to be true, you and your types should move into the caves and "Be modern and seal all means of deviation and use your intellect to worship the Almighty - not using dead idols." While reading your mail, I took a curious interest in your title "A human Rights Advocate". Based on the contents of your typical writings, I think you believe "your type of fundamentalist Muslims" is the only humans as you continuously advocate for them. Please do not forget there are other humans who follow the same religion with a much open mind or of different cultures and some of different religions. I think you should separate yourself from those "inferior" humans and revise your title slightly to call yourself "A Mullah and a fundamentalist Muslim Human Rights Advocate." Anwar Lalon sculpture at Dhaka Airport : Demolition fanfare by the bigots ...... ![<SPAN]() Lalon src="http:// media1.somewhere inblog.net/ /images/thumbs/ banglarjoy_ 1224248015_ 1-lalon_statue. jpg" width=400>
The statues being pulled down: Image credit BanglarChokh Mannequins in Macca This picture is from a store in a mall located within 100 yrds of Kabba Sharif. Many stores in this mall displys different kinds of Mannequins to attract customes to sell products, just as you would see in any modern mall all over the world. [some even shows "naked" female breasts to display bra & brief sets, similar to the picture:  If you have visited Macca lately, you must have noticed that space around Kabba at Masjid-al-Haram is now sorrounded by world class 5-star hotels and a very large western style shopping malls. Now when you walk out of the Al-haram, all you see is malls and big hotels. Makkah is supposed to be a place of spirituality, not materialism. Any kind of spiritual benefit one gets from the Kaba gets easily lost the second he/she step out and walk into these buildings. All you see is people eating, buying, selling, you totally don't feel like you are in Mecca. Many people, go to Hajj taking it as if it is some kind of vacation area, people want the best hotel, the best food, drink, comfort etc. You must be personally knowing Hajis who took advantages of cheaper gold in Makka and Madina.  Masjid al-Haram in May 2007, Mecca [ see the high rise malls and hotels in the background skyline] Have you ever seen the Jamaatis and bigots like Mufti Fazlul Hoq Amini or Saikhul Hadis Ajijul Haq ever protesting these "un-Islamic" practices in Macca [Saudi arabia] ? The Lalon sculpture is very much consistent with the tradition and culture of Bangladesh. If use of Mannequins can be approved in Macca Malls, why there is so much fuss about the Lalon Sculpture at the Air Port? It is another FACE of POLITICAL ISLAM i.e the use of religion for political purposes ! --- On Sun, 11/9/08, mufassil islam <mufassili@hotmail. com> wrote: From: mufassil islam <mufassili@hotmail. com>
Subject: RE: [ALOCHONA] Fw: Misinterpretation of Islam by Humayun Ahmad in his column in Prothom Alo
To: alochona@yahoogroup s.com
Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 8:05 AM
Again..the statutes are not representative of any modern art. This is the most ancient form of art in human history which culminated from idol worshipping pagan societies. We do not want people - especially naitives of a simple-minded society to be dragged into the vortex of justifying idolatry in any form or shape. The regime in Egypt is not any way Islamic and human rights record in suppressing democratic norms in that country is appalling. The Islamic scholars of Bengal is way far wiser than many Arabs and exceptions do not make laws. When world is moving ahead in art and culture in various electronic medias - we are bogged down in static idolisation of so called great leaders. When Moses was away - the Bible and Quran (Exodus and Bakara) say that the followers started worshipping the Cow. Please read the context. Human nature does not evolve with time. It is static. Be modern and seal all means of deviation and use your intellect to worship the Almighty - not using dead idols. You idolise Greats in minds - not by building statutes. The right salute to them is to fight and strive for the cause they are respected for. You democratic modern people - let's suggest a final solution - democratically. Let's have a poll. I bet most of us will condemn this culture. Now will you condemn our blind uncultured mass? Well - that's democracy - mass rules - learn to live with it. Mufassil Islam Human Rights Advocate
To: alochona@yahoogroup s.com From: anwarshafqat@ hotmail.comDate: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 08:40:34 +0000 Subject: RE: [ALOCHONA] Fw: Misinterpretation of Islam by Humayun Ahmad in his column in Prothom Alo I live in Cairo, the capital of an important Muslim country and there are statues of many Egyptian personalities of the Islamic era in various street junctions. The same I have seen in Malaysia where statues of the national personalities are erected in various places. I do not think that a close minded conservative approach will take us anywhere ! The world is moving ahead whereas we are thinking backwards. The sermons of ill informed and almost uneducated religious preachers cannot be the yardstick of judging what is right or wrong in a modern 21st century society. Regards, Shafqat
To: abdurrazzaq1949@ hotmail.com; hgas@northsouth. edu From: sahannan@sonarbangl adesh.comDate: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:56:04 -0700 Subject: [ALOCHONA] Fw: Misinterpretation of Islam by Humayun Ahmad in his column in Prothom Alo Dear members, Assalamu Alaikum A question has been sent to me to give my opinion on the one -column article of Humayun Ahmad, a well-known novelist of Bangladesh I feel that Humayun ahmad sahib has done injustice to Islam, Muslim and himself.My points are as follows:-( Those who know Bangla can read the attached articlein Bangla.Those who do not know, there is no problem as I have taken his point of view in my submissions ) !.He says that some madrasah student shouted and government backed down on statue issue and removed the under-constuction statue of a famous poet and Baul Lalon Shah.This is not true that a few Madrasah students protested..Al leasr 50 million Muslims in two hundred thousand masjids heard Khutba ( speech of Imam) of prayer leader in Juma congregation on last friday condeming statue making. As against that I have seen human chains, one of 25 people and another of 15 teachers, may be there were a few others.It clearly reflects public opinion. 2.He has tried to justify staue making and honoring them in the name of Islam.He says that Prophet (sm) did not erase the picture of Maryam from the wall of Kaba when he destroyed other idols of kabah..Is it any justification for statue makinf or placing them in public places for reminding heritage?.At the most it can be said that the Prophet honored the existing picture of the mother of Isa (AS)and it will not be proper for Muslims to break statues existing before the advent of Islam of religious personages. Mr Ahmad has said from Bukhari that Ayesha used to play with dolls and Prophet (sm ) did not stop her.It at the most proves that small dolls are permissible for children as Imam Shawkani and Dr Qaradawi have said( Al Halal wal Haram Fil Islam by Dr Qaradawi) It does not prove that statue making and honoring them are permissible. He failed to mention numerous Hadith in Bukhari and other Hadith books which say that those who make statue are cursed and will not enter Jannah. 3.We do not know whether there are half statues of three poets and saints in Iran.However we know that all statues of Shah of Iran were destroyed by the people after his fall and nostatue was made of Imam Khomeni. Even if some statues are there, these are violations.We should take notice that there is no statue our Prophet, or Sahabi or khalifas of Rashidun or Abbasid or Umayyad period, not even of Moghul rulers or Sultans of Bengal. 4.About Greek statue in Libiya it is also of Pre-Islamic period , may be it was not broken for some reasons but the Libiyans did not erect new statues. 5 About destruction of Buddha statue in Afganistan , Al-Azhar, OIC ,Qaradawi condemned the destruction of this old pre-islamic statue of Buddha. This does not mean that Islam likes statues and we should start making statues of our leaders, Imams and Sahabis and Khalifas and place them in public places. 6.Mr Humayun Ahmad's piece is an emotional and one-sided and surely mis-interpretation of Islam. Shah Abdul Hannan ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 11:27 PM Subject: Article _Humaun Ahmed
Dear Sir Assalamu Alaikum. I am sharing with you a bangla article of Humaun Ahmed published in the Prothom Alo on 27.10.08. What is your comment on this? Omar bissas.
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