During times of massive displacement and death from floods, a non-issue like this one, unfortunately, will still get people more animated than the human tragedy at our footsteps. Speaks volumes for us, especially when our only concern becomes silencing those who speak for us where we cannot.
Better Salman Ahmed represent us than the hordes of internet fiends with time on their hands creating cyber jihads out of nothing.
Secondly, yes he did set some verses to the guitar. I frankly do not know if it is a severe violation of our faith, but if it is, it represents one man’s genuine interest, maybe misguided, in understanding his religion.
But I wonder just how different what he has done is from all those
others who recite the Quran with advanced recording techniques that create a theatre of sound, or acapella accompaniments that use vocals to reproduce music?
But let’s just say Salman is guilty of a flippant use of verbs, well then talk it out. Surely the penalty for that is not death. After all the man serves a vital function, who would you rather have the American media ask for a comment, him or Mullah Omar? In the much ignored interfaith initiatives he presents a useful representation of the diversity of the Muslim world to international audiences.
Salman responded to someone who was talking about passages in the Holy Quran related to sexual behaviour, in what was an unfortunate choice of words by someone else. But it’s obvious he was echoing the more recent understanding of the word ‘sexy’, which for all intents and purposes is desexualised. If you play chess, and someone remarks that your latest move was sexy, what he or she is saying is that it is an elegant and possibly winning go.
But, whatever one thinks of his newly found oeuvre as the new torchbearer for Islam in the west, he must be defended.
Why, you ask? Well, for starters, people need their chance to convey their thoughts without running the risk of randomly being torched in innocence. The truth is, if 40 years ago someone said he thought his religion was cool, you would have the same murmurings of resentment, and possible violent excommunication.
And slowly, it seems it is rocker Salman Ahmed’s turn. The publicity hungry musician has been trying to turn himself into the Bono of Islam for a while now in the US. In one of his programmes he described Islam as a “sexy” religion, and also set some verses of the Quran to music.
I have seen trouble spots where people are trying to work up a storm against him, admittedly not very large now.
It was heartening to see that others quickly denounced the rabid religious lot for not giving the man a chance to clarify, thus doing something un-Islamic in their hollow zealotry. As it turned out, the reporter made a mistake.
The Christians of Gojra in Pakistan know that all too well, except there was no clarification because no one would listen. Indian superstars accused of blasphemy at least get a fair trial, not the noose of mob justice for minorities in Pakistan.
It’s obvious the cartoons and Draw Muhammad (pbuh) Day were initiatives rooted in Islamophobia disguised as free speech.
That being said, Muslims are prone to acting irrationally, and quite often with false and dangerous piety. Earlier when a magazine misprinted a statement of Shahrukh Khan in India about the Prophet (pbuh), whom he has on many occasions publicly admired, mullahs in India were quick to declare him a disbeliever.
When the offensive Danish cartoons were first published, very few took notice. In fact, not much happened until two Danish imams toured the Middle East to strum up awareness and support. What followed was an estimated 100 people who died in the protests, mostly poor Muslims. The protests didn’t really hurt those who they were intended against.
Because of Facebook and several other controversies, it is easy to see the beginnings of the wellspring of Muslim anger.
it's a shame to see all these people defend him and make all these excuses for him because they have a soft spot for him from their young days when he was their idol..this is why such things are dangerous..despite him being a clear transgressor, you choose him over the deen, defend him, cover for him, make excuses, because your heart is with him...dispicable...watch his other video where he sings the quran with the guitar and make another exuse for him..wake up with him on Qiyamat day too
well.. everybuddy has their own views and perspectives about the religion they r following and it can be way different from each others.. but in any case..any one of us shud not be making fun of the religion. Every religion sets precedents on every aspect of a persons life.. including sex, but dat doesnt mean that NAUZUBILLAH yew start calling the Holy things in the Holy Book as sexy stuff.. this is really disgusting.. and that is wat is supposed to be shamful for.. May we awl get Hidayat...
The ugly fat chick...eugh she should know her boundries and bastards like him should be deported out of our country.
People mind your own businesses. Live your lives in Pease and let us live ours. I've just had enough of you people who poke their noses in our religion, our beliefs, our culture, our society, our country and our lives.
@sinster88 ....so u own islam eh....its ur personal property.....wake up 21 century... u dont need to abuse any 1 coz he is muslim like u and he got his view like u....
Oi!! He aint got no views like me. Listen up carefully, its none of your business if I do own Islam or not. Like I said mind your own business and talking about 21st century ay! Little girls getting cyber bullied and committing suicides. Wow good on ya 21st thingy. Nooice going mate...feel proud tell your kids all about this who will think you are creepy cuz you were born in "The 20th Century". I dont think its a big deal if you were born to see the 21st century.
He is one of those wannabe idiots who are just too inspired from anyone speaking english. They can just suck up to them all the time. I have no respect for anyone like him or whoever tries to defend him by defining in their own stupid ways of what he "meant" just for the sake of who he probably is; not thinking about what he actually said or how he reacted/behaved.
Look people whatever he said was wrong and is a sin.
what he meant from rite but the selection fo words were absolutely wrong.
What is meant was that islam is also a religion which also tells u about sex any things as the lady said it before when she read sexy discussion in Quran. so salman ahmed want to clearify that if u ask me islam has things about sex as well.
But he put it absolutely wrong! and they way he clapped hand with the women is disgusting and he should be shameful for it!
mashallah all of you truly do embody the spirit of tolerance and peace of islam.
Bohat aala log hain aap... true defenders of the faith..
let me tell you something though... it is uncouth, illiterate, unforgiving, irrational, borderline violent and intolerant apes like you that ensure that ALL muslims seem to be uncouth, illiterate, unforgiving, irrational, borderline violent and intolerant apes.
salman ahmed does not insult my religion... YOU insult my religion..
yar main ne iss boy cutting randi ke oopar kuch Pigs choday thay, jinhon ne isse fuck kiya aur iss se yeh lambay balon wala bhadwa paida hua tha. Yaqeen nahi ata to iss kutti ki bachi ka lanti chehra dekh lo..
I really don't like the fat aunty...reminds me of too many vacuous social aunties which plague our drawing rooms.
thuyclides 6 months ago
Salman Ahmad...The peak of Pakistani Intellect...No wonder we are circling the toilet bowl...
thuyclides 6 months ago
Shame on Salman......On the day of judgement isko pata lag jaega InshaAllah...
TheDrmajidkhan 6 months ago
During times of massive displacement and death from floods, a non-issue like this one, unfortunately, will still get people more animated than the human tragedy at our footsteps. Speaks volumes for us, especially when our only concern becomes silencing those who speak for us where we cannot.
Better Salman Ahmed represent us than the hordes of internet fiends with time on their hands creating cyber jihads out of nothing.
salaar12 1 year ago
Secondly, yes he did set some verses to the guitar. I frankly do not know if it is a severe violation of our faith, but if it is, it represents one man’s genuine interest, maybe misguided, in understanding his religion.
But I wonder just how different what he has done is from all those
others who recite the Quran with advanced recording techniques that create a theatre of sound, or acapella accompaniments that use vocals to reproduce music?
salaar12 1 year ago
But let’s just say Salman is guilty of a flippant use of verbs, well then talk it out. Surely the penalty for that is not death. After all the man serves a vital function, who would you rather have the American media ask for a comment, him or Mullah Omar? In the much ignored interfaith initiatives he presents a useful representation of the diversity of the Muslim world to international audiences.
salaar12 1 year ago
Salman responded to someone who was talking about passages in the Holy Quran related to sexual behaviour, in what was an unfortunate choice of words by someone else. But it’s obvious he was echoing the more recent understanding of the word ‘sexy’, which for all intents and purposes is desexualised. If you play chess, and someone remarks that your latest move was sexy, what he or she is saying is that it is an elegant and possibly winning go.
salaar12 1 year ago
But, whatever one thinks of his newly found oeuvre as the new torchbearer for Islam in the west, he must be defended.
Why, you ask? Well, for starters, people need their chance to convey their thoughts without running the risk of randomly being torched in innocence. The truth is, if 40 years ago someone said he thought his religion was cool, you would have the same murmurings of resentment, and possible violent excommunication.
salaar12 1 year ago
And slowly, it seems it is rocker Salman Ahmed’s turn. The publicity hungry musician has been trying to turn himself into the Bono of Islam for a while now in the US. In one of his programmes he described Islam as a “sexy” religion, and also set some verses of the Quran to music.
I have seen trouble spots where people are trying to work up a storm against him, admittedly not very large now.
salaar12 1 year ago
It was heartening to see that others quickly denounced the rabid religious lot for not giving the man a chance to clarify, thus doing something un-Islamic in their hollow zealotry. As it turned out, the reporter made a mistake.
The Christians of Gojra in Pakistan know that all too well, except there was no clarification because no one would listen. Indian superstars accused of blasphemy at least get a fair trial, not the noose of mob justice for minorities in Pakistan.
salaar12 1 year ago
It’s obvious the cartoons and Draw Muhammad (pbuh) Day were initiatives rooted in Islamophobia disguised as free speech.
That being said, Muslims are prone to acting irrationally, and quite often with false and dangerous piety. Earlier when a magazine misprinted a statement of Shahrukh Khan in India about the Prophet (pbuh), whom he has on many occasions publicly admired, mullahs in India were quick to declare him a disbeliever.
salaar12 1 year ago
When the offensive Danish cartoons were first published, very few took notice. In fact, not much happened until two Danish imams toured the Middle East to strum up awareness and support. What followed was an estimated 100 people who died in the protests, mostly poor Muslims. The protests didn’t really hurt those who they were intended against.
Because of Facebook and several other controversies, it is easy to see the beginnings of the wellspring of Muslim anger.
salaar12 1 year ago
my comments r not here!
salaar12 1 year ago
'VOTE' IF YOU TESTIFY THIS FAT BITCH AND SALMAN AHMED ARE APOSTATES.
1977hero 1 year ago
it's a shame to see all these people defend him and make all these excuses for him because they have a soft spot for him from their young days when he was their idol..this is why such things are dangerous..despite him being a clear transgressor, you choose him over the deen, defend him, cover for him, make excuses, because your heart is with him...dispicable...watch his other video where he sings the quran with the guitar and make another exuse for him..wake up with him on Qiyamat day too
umerayub 1 year ago
pathetic salman
darkbird87 1 year ago
well.. everybuddy has their own views and perspectives about the religion they r following and it can be way different from each others.. but in any case..any one of us shud not be making fun of the religion. Every religion sets precedents on every aspect of a persons life.. including sex, but dat doesnt mean that NAUZUBILLAH yew start calling the Holy things in the Holy Book as sexy stuff.. this is really disgusting.. and that is wat is supposed to be shamful for.. May we awl get Hidayat...
sizzlingsamaira 2 years ago
The ugly fat chick...eugh she should know her boundries and bastards like him should be deported out of our country.
People mind your own businesses. Live your lives in Pease and let us live ours. I've just had enough of you people who poke their noses in our religion, our beliefs, our culture, our society, our country and our lives.
sinster88 2 years ago
@sinster88 ....so u own islam eh....its ur personal property.....wake up 21 century... u dont need to abuse any 1 coz he is muslim like u and he got his view like u....
liono777 2 years ago
Oi!! He aint got no views like me. Listen up carefully, its none of your business if I do own Islam or not. Like I said mind your own business and talking about 21st century ay! Little girls getting cyber bullied and committing suicides. Wow good on ya 21st thingy. Nooice going mate...feel proud tell your kids all about this who will think you are creepy cuz you were born in "The 20th Century". I dont think its a big deal if you were born to see the 21st century.
sinster88 2 years ago
@sinster88
You don't get to say any of this shit while at the same time talking about deporting people for their own business.
Darkiver 1 year ago
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sinster88 2 years ago
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sinster88 2 years ago
He is one of those wannabe idiots who are just too inspired from anyone speaking english. They can just suck up to them all the time. I have no respect for anyone like him or whoever tries to defend him by defining in their own stupid ways of what he "meant" just for the sake of who he probably is; not thinking about what he actually said or how he reacted/behaved.
sinster88 2 years ago
OMG!!! go to hell !!! you ain't nothing salman
Jahangirmustafa 2 years ago
Look people whatever he said was wrong and is a sin.
what he meant from rite but the selection fo words were absolutely wrong.
What is meant was that islam is also a religion which also tells u about sex any things as the lady said it before when she read sexy discussion in Quran. so salman ahmed want to clearify that if u ask me islam has things about sex as well.
But he put it absolutely wrong! and they way he clapped hand with the women is disgusting and he should be shameful for it!
romeelcool 2 years ago
mashallah all of you truly do embody the spirit of tolerance and peace of islam.
Bohat aala log hain aap... true defenders of the faith..
let me tell you something though... it is uncouth, illiterate, unforgiving, irrational, borderline violent and intolerant apes like you that ensure that ALL muslims seem to be uncouth, illiterate, unforgiving, irrational, borderline violent and intolerant apes.
salman ahmed does not insult my religion... YOU insult my religion..
May God help YOU
hassankildebajwa 2 years ago
May Allah give him and all of us HIDAYAT
hammadzahidqureshi 2 years ago
yar main ne iss boy cutting randi ke oopar kuch Pigs choday thay, jinhon ne isse fuck kiya aur iss se yeh lambay balon wala bhadwa paida hua tha. Yaqeen nahi ata to iss kutti ki bachi ka lanti chehra dekh lo..
invictusabid 2 years ago
yeh bhenchod moti aur yeh gandoo singer! dono kisi faarigh randee kee najayez auladh hain.
'nuthfaah bay tehqeeq'
janta2010 2 years ago
The fat cow and the son of bitch are should be whipped and that too should be shown on TV
Zabandraz 2 years ago
jis din paakistan aya us din he pittay ga kuton ki tarha
mrfaaari 2 years ago
kutay ka bacha hay son of a bitch salman ahemad
mrfaaari 2 years ago 2
kumina, kuta :@
allthatrock 2 years ago
he is a prick...!
pheonixncr 2 years ago