A Matter of Perspective

I was facsinated by the sermon given by Sh Faizel yesterday about how we Muslim have to change our perspectives towrads the situation now. Given all the facts that is happening in the Muslim world now, we should not inculcate the feeling of hatred towards the so-called Western oppressors. They are opressors of course but will hate solve all the problems now? I use to give the feeling of contentment when I hear an American was slaughtered or an Australian was bombed. Well yes I feel sort of contented when these happen, but now I know that I am wrong. Rasulullah used to cry (if I am not mistaken! I am no guru in religion)when he heard that a kafir passed away. He could have saved that one person from the fire of jahannam.




Our perspectives need to be changed. The sheikh particularly takes Australia as the boundary of his talk. There used to be no mosque before in Perth but now we have 6 or more mosques. Muslim relatively does not feel oppressed living in this Western land. We have to cherished this. We have to learn to appreciate of what we have. Our view towards the non-Muslim have to be diverted from what we view them as now. We should treat them just the way we treat our Muslim brothers. Not all of them have the same way of thinking like other westerners that Muslim is a terrorist. I reckon that they can think in a more logical way that we Muslim. A generalisation may be but I guess it is a fact.



It is analogous to onw incidence that happen in Perth before when someone just shot himself in the shooting-practice area the sheikh narrated. They use to hold the pistol without any constrainst before but after the incidence happen they can only move it to the left or right. But then again it is to late to mend the situation. Who should we blame? The one who imposed the law or the one who commit suicide? Muslim should not create more damage in their own image. They should not fight fire with fire. It is understandable that sometimes out of desperation people tend to do stupid things. But living in nowadays world we need to slowly adapt ourselves to thier civilisations while still holding to our believes.

Things can happen in a matter of time. A slight mistake can result in major oppression among the Muslims. We need to alter our mindset and begin to view the situation nowadays in a way of how can we solve it not how can we fulfil our satisfaction. That's the bit and pieces that I gather from he talk and i write it down here for a reminder for me and for those who read this.