Monday, August 20, 2007
I'm looking at a doozy of an email from the local Muslim American Society, and now you are, too. This one's a solicitation for kids to join MAS Youth. Emphasis mine:
.. the sole intention to fulfill and please Allah(swt), first and foremost, by continously thinking of Allah(swt)'s preferences in every decision you make. That is, try to minimize having our personal desires driving our religious decisions somehow. Sub7an Allah, sometimes we ignore some quranic rules and focus on other rules because we purposely (or subconsiously) want to satisfy our personal desires. This could be in many ways like pleasing our friends, tribes, organizations and even getting back our holy land, Palestine. We need to stop this if we ever want Islam to flourish once again in the entire world, including Palestine. One possible way is to give-up Palestine for some time to be able to reunite muslims again like the way Prophet (pbuh) gave-up Mekkah for 10 years till he was ready to march in and get it back. I don't know .What we have to realize that the Prophet's priority was always perserving Islam, even if it meant giving up his most dearest city, Makkah! Same with Palestine, we only have to stick to our quran and sunnah purely for the sake of Allah (swt) and I swear Palestine will be back to us very soon, INSHALLAH!
Anyway, with the above in mind, please renew your intentions and go to the following link to sign-up for MAS associate membership (if you aren't in yet) :
http://youth.masboston.org/index.php?section=31
Please sign-up to any available activity feeling responsible and passionate about it, inshallah.
My favorites are Outreach, Freedom Foundation and MAS Youth. I'll explain why in another email, inshallah.
Jazaakum Allahu Kheiran!!!
Zaki
Yes, it's a solicitation for youth here in the City of Boston, aka Gaza City West. Have fun at the next interfaith gathering or Mosque dedication. There are your moderates for you, courtesy of the true face of the Muslim American Society.
I've lost track -- are the MAS and ISB officially related or officially separate groups with the same leadership?
Anyway, while this email isn't exactly heartwarming, I'd be especially curious to know who else's activities are competing for kids' attention to the point where the MAS feels the need to justify their own "moderate" approach.
ISB/MAS seems to be more or less a distinction without a difference.
I don't see what's wrong here. Is it wrong for a Muslim or an Arab to want Palestine liberated? This person is specifically saying....don't let the desire of freeing Palestine corrupt your view of Islam. I see this as a good thing.