Salman Ahmad abusing islam

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[thuyclides]

I really don't like the fat aunty...reminds me of too many vacuous social aunties which plague our drawing rooms.

[thuyclides]

Salman Ahmad...The peak of Pakistani Intellect...No wonder we are circling the toilet bowl...

[TheDrmajidkhan]

Shame on Salman......On the day of judgement isko pata lag jaega InshaAllah...

[salaar12]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.