Life's a Tug of War

Dedicated to my brother who's feeling down. Cheer up for life's nuthin but a tug of war, face it like a brave soldier. InshaAllah, the war will be over soon and declare you as the winner.

Life's Tug Of War
by Author Unknown

Life can seem ungrateful and not always kind.
Life can pull at your heartstrings and play with your mind.
Life can be blissful and happy and free.
Life can put beauty in the things that you see.
Life can place challenges right at your feet.
Life can make good of the hardships we meet.
Life can overwhelm you and make your head spin.
Life can reward those determined to win.
Life can be hurtful and not always fair.
Life can surround you with people who care.
Life clearly does offer its ups and its downs.
Life's days can bring you both smiles and frowns.
Life teaches us to take the good with the bad.
Life is a mixture of happy and sad.

SO...

Take the life that you have and give it your best.
Think positive be happy let God do the rest.
Take the challenges that life has laid at your feet.
Take pride and be thankful for each one you meet.
To yourself give forgiveness if you stumble and fall.
Take each day that is dealt you and give it your all..
Take the love that you're given and return it with care.
Have faith that when needed it will always be there.
Take time to find the beauty in the things that you see.
Take life's simple pleasures let them set your heart free.
The idea here is simply to even the score.
As you are met and faced with Life's Tug of War.

Nationalism VS Brotherhood in Islam

These days we might encounter tragic wars in every part of the world amongst the Moslems, we often wonder why we Moslems can’t be united. Why is this happening? Allah SAW has sent Islam with Heavenly Rules, it’s not only arranging the process of praying and worshipping but also for arranging the relationship between people, nations and communities so that they can govern themselves with Islam. Allah has created mankind in diversity, not to instigate the war and proving which nation, which tribe, which community is the best amongst all. It is none other than to make us learn from each other and it should have open our eyes and realize that behind all of the differencies we have, we have 1 thing in common, it is our deen, Islam, therefore it should have strengthen our bond instead of weaken them. Through Islam there will be a good relationship between and amongst people. Nationalism itself is an alien concept in Islam because it calls for unity based on family and tribalistic ties, whereas Islam binds people together on the`Aqeedah, that is to believe in Allah SAW and Prophet Muhammad SAW. Islam calls for the ideological bond and most people all over the world have the same ideological bond to unite us.

It is sad to see these days how Moslems take more pride in their nationality rather than their deen, even when I came to Islamic chat room I could find Moslems abusing their Moslem brothers, start comparing which nation is the best and then boasting about the superiority of their nation comparing to others. I have written in my earlier post which calls for my fellow countrymen to unite and take more pride in our nationality. I did not mean this as a call to mock other nation since they are different from ours; this is none other to unite amongst ourselves in a small scale. When we are talking in a larger scale, i.e the whole world, then we have to make our priority. I was saying in my earlier post that before we are a citizen of each nation, we are first a human being who submits to Allah’s rules, so before we are the citizen of a nation, firstly we are the humble servant of Allah who has testified and make a pledge to Allah to serve HIM and obey HIM. So, one should not take more pride in their language, culture or even customs. It meant nothing infront of Allah. It has been a common sense that when there are more than 2 people speak in the same rooom doing a conversation, and other’s could not understand what are we saying, it is best to switch the language everybody could understand and therefore they could contribute more to the conversation. I have seen and observing how even a language could create such a tremendous problem and calls for a separation between the Ummah. We let Shaitan sneak in and build hatred amongst self. Shaitan always likes to come in between people in order to bring enmity among them. He loves to plant jealousy and envy that would bring about enmity among the children of Adam. He is trying to bring every bad thing into order to destroy them. Every Fitna comes from Shaitan and from the people who follow Shaitan from every direction. When they follow Shaitan even the nations will become enemies to each other, even small things make us fight and separating ourselves from the bond of Brotherhood in Islam. Allah SWT the Creator does not use the color or mother tongue of people to judge them be they Arab or not. Instead, it is the level of their awareness of Allah which is the criterion. Allah has even mention this in surah Al Hujurat :

[49:13] O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know each other (not that you may despise each other). Verily the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things).”

Allah SWT does not make a nation superior to others; in HIS eyes all are equal. HE won’t judge you and put you in a special place due to your nationality, HE judge people by their deeds, amal and taqwa. The Arabs are no less special than others who were born a non Arab. The choice of Arabic as the language of the Qur'an is explained very simply and clearly as follows in surah Fussilah :

[41:44] And if We (Allah) had made it a Qur'an in a foreign tongue, they would certainly have said: "Why have not its communications been made clear? What! a foreign (tongue) and an Arab!" Say: It is, to those who believe, a guidance and a healing; and (as for) those who do not believe, there is a heaviness in their ears and it is obscure to them; these shall be called to from a far-off place.

There is no nationality in Islam; Allah SAW says that all believers are brothers and sisters to each other. Never say and addressed ourself a citizen of a nation and be proud of it more than our pride to be a Moslem. Do not say I am a Turk, I am an Arab, I am Kurdish, I am a British or I am an Indonesian. No, we are believers, we are submitters, we are Muslims and there is no other honour of being something above this. I am no better than you for being an Indonesian and neither are you for being something else. We, as Moslems are ordered to walk on the right path, and to follow the right path, a careful and wise steps are needed in order not to get lost and strayed into the wrong path. A wrong step could misguide and mislead you to the damnation. And if we consider this life’s torment as bizarre, then try to think of what will the torment in eternal hellfire would be.

"O you who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared and die not except in a state of Islam with complete submission to Allah. And hold fast, all of you together, to the rope of Allah (i.e. Qur'an), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude Allah's favors on you; for you were enemies and He joined your hearts in love, so that by His Grace you became brothers; and you were on the brink of the pit of fire, and He saved you from it. Thus Allah make His signs clear to you that you may be guided." [Surah Al'Imran (3); ayah 102-103]

It is to be understood that in the verses quoted above Allah SWT has ordered the Muslims to hold fast to the book of Allah, His Deen, and to his covenant, and He has forbidden the Muslims to divide amongst themselves and to dispute with each other. Tribal ties have no place in Islam. Muslims are commanded to stick together and not to disassociate themselves from each other just because they come from different tribes. Prophet Muhammad also said,

"The believers, in their love, mutual kindness, and close ties, are like one body; when any part complains, the whole body responds to it with wakefulness and fever." [HR. Muslim].

Meaning that the Muslims, regardless of their nationality and origin, are one Ummah and they cannot be separated from each other. No tribalistic ties should ever break their unity. My brothers and sister, our time in this world is temporary. One day surely death shall come to us and time to answer for what have we done in the world has arrived. Therefore be careful and think about how you will be addressed by Allah SAW on the Day of Judgment, on the Day of Resurrection. For he won’t ask what nation were u belong to, instead HE will ask what is your religion, and there will be no place for the nationalism pride to take place. Hold on to the rope of Islam; make Islam our one and only pride. May Allah guide us all and unite us. Ameen.

Polygyny, permitted not encouraged

A few days ago when I was in a conversation with a client, suddenly it was interrupted by a phone call, my client attended to the phone call and I could hear him yelling at the phone. A couple of minutes later, he said sorry and said, that’s what we should do to put women in their place, they need to know that her position could be replaced anytime anywhere if she’s not obedient. And then without being asked he start telling me that he has 2 wives, in search for the third, and then with his cocky manner he said that it’s the law of Allah to allowed men doing polygamy and it’s women’s duty to accepted their destiny instead of going against it and defying Allah’s order.

This got me thinking and wondering, is this how men looked upon Polygamy and marriage in general, just because they can and they have the ways and means to do it then by all means lets do it, damn the rest . I am going to use the term Polygyny in my further comment, because terminologically, Polygamy means the condition of having more than one spouse at a time, and then it was divided into two, Polyandry which means the condition or practice of having more than one husband at one time and Polygyny which means the condition or practice of having more than one wife at one time, but as daily communication, it is well known and being socialized to use Polygamy to refer to Polygyny act. This thing happened because of the gender bias in society which assume that it is impossible for women to marry more than one husband. So in order to breach the gender bias, I am gonna use the term Polygyny. I have never opposed to Polygyny because I know and understand that Islam allows men to have more than 1 wife, 4 at a maximum, if they want to, without any reasonable cause even. But it is obvious that these days men use Islam and Qur'an especially to use Polygyny as a medieval institution, which was invented by man to fulfill his sexual lust and to keep women under his authority. Every argument was brought to forth in order to justify this act. Starting from the reason that female population outnumbered male's population, women's fertility, a man's wealth, also the reason that a men's sexual needs are greater than those of women, and dignifying women's status in society. Of course, if we search, we won't find these arguments in Qur'an or Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW). These arguments have been invented by some "Ulama" to justify polygamy and satisfying men's lust to be exact.

Because all those reason are not valid, fertility for instance does not belong to women only, but in our society often blame is pointed on woman for failing to give birth to child, and as for using sexual needs as a reason really implied how wicked their thoughts are, man is not created a mere sexual animal that he cannot restrain his sexual needs, Allah has given us brain to think and control our nafs rather than following every whims we have. But sadly, we could find these days, men who did polygyny for their wicked purpose rather than a noble one. Some so called pious men even dare to threatened women, both the earlier wife and his candidate of other wife by saying that Allah has make it clear in the Qur'an that Polygyny is allowed, and it's done by our Prophet Muhammad (SAW) to be taken as an example, whoever go against the Qur'an and Allah's will is doing a great sin and could be classified as the kaffir. Subhanallah, wouldn't a mere human being get shivering in her boots if they were threatened like that. And then later on they were thinking, will Allah be so cruel to women that men were given the authority and the right to do anything they want while women can only obey it. Allah is the most compassionate, the most merciful, will the most compassionate and merciful would be so cruel to encourage a cruel act. The answer is no, women were given the same right as men, women can choose, women can fight, women can say NO if they don't want to, women are not obliged to men by obeying and summoning to their orders. Allah by HIS words in Qur'an allows polygyny, not encouraging it. If we are looking at the Qur'an thoroughly, and not just looking per part of the verse, we would find that Polygyny has certain condition, One must take up the verses on polygyny in the Qur'an and explain them not merely as isolated verses but in the total spirit of the Qur'an. There are two verses in the Qur'an as far as Polygyny is concerned, i.e., 4:3 and 4:129. Both verses are equally important to determine the Qur'an approach to the controversial issue of polygamy.

(4:2,3)And give to the orphans their property, and do not substitute worthless (things) for (their) good (ones),and do not devour their property (as an addition) to your own property; this is surely a great crime. And if you fear that you cannot act equitably towards orphans, then marry such women as seem good to you, two and three and four; but if you fear that you will not do justice (between them), then (marry) only one or what your right hands possess; this is more proper, that you may not deviate from the right course.

(4:129)(And you have it not in your power to do justice between wives, even though you may wish (it), but be not disinclined (from one) with total disinclination, so that you leave her as it were in suspense; and if you effect a reconciliation and guard (against evil), then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

In the verse, 4:2,3 we will find that Polygyny is allowed with certain conditions which is justice, if you fear that you will not do justice (between them), then (marry) only one, by this words we could draw a conclusion that one needs to be extra careful to do Polygyny. By the word FEAR, who do we fear in this context, it is none other than Allah. It means that if we can't do justice then fear Allah's wrath. Justice in this context are widely interpretated, it is not exclusively pointing out to a specific kind of justice, justice could mean equity and fair treatment beetween each wives, equitable and fair treatment implies to equal maintenance and equal facilities to all the wives and also includes equal love. Can the polygynist fullfill all this requirement, if they fear that they can't then i think one should think twice before went through with it. And in the verse 4:129, we will find the continuation of the earlier verse in which has stated that no matter what, one can't do justice to each wives, however hard one strive for it. Polygyny can at best be an exception rather than a rule. It is allowed rather than encouraged, permissive but not a necessity. Allah has created men and women equal, in deeds and their strive for deen. Allah is the most Gracious and the most Merciful, shared HIS love equally to every mankind, be it a man or a woman. One shouldn't hide behind Islam and Qur'an to satisfy their own wicked thoughts. Islam is a submission of the creation to the creator, in this extent human to Allah, not submission of women's will to men. Allah knows best every intention we make.

Islam - the only solution for humanity

This article was a comment my sister Learner has given to my earlier post titled “DREAM WORLD” and then she thought it’ll be better to make it into another article. So this is it after some addition and correction I made, thanks to my sister learner for contributing her thoughts.

Today in world we watch , hear and read about crimes, wars,injustice, oppression,hatred , selfishness, jealousy, pride and we all complain that the world is devoid of peace and the blame game goes on, peace treaties and agreements are made by the so called peace loving leaders but no solution was made. Instead of creating peace, another war was created.

Evil has creeped in to every part of the world and it seems impossible in reality to have a peaceful world but it is still possible , yes I say it is possible because to every problem there is a solution
and the one and only solution for a peaceful world is "ISLAM",
the word ISLAM itself implies peace and bringing it into our lives can heal the world from all evils. A question may arise how can Islam heal the world, Islam is the religion chosen by our LORD, CREATOR, THE ONLY ONE for the whole mankind. The major conflicts in the world are due to differences in one's belief and ideas which results in each one proving themselves to be right. Therefore having a faith in ONE LORD discards all false beliefs and makes ourselves resign to the will of ONE LORD.

All religions originated with Allah and then people began to add or take away from the teachings so as to take control over each other.
Allah does not force anyone to submit to Him. He has laid out a clear path and then made it known to them the two ways (Heaven or Hell). The person is always free to make his or her own choice.
People began to separate into different groups due to their rejection of truth and denial of clear proofs becoming evident to them from their Lord. Allah will only accept true submission, obedience and in purity and peace to His commandments. To believe in Allah and follow His Commandments has been the message of all prophets of monotheism. And until one day Allah has chosen HIS last Prophet, Mohammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) to spread Islam.

Islam enjoins faith in the Oneness and Sovereignty of God, which makes man aware of the meaningfulness of the Universe and his place in it. This belief frees him from all fears and superstitions by making him conscious of the presence of Almighty Allah and of man's obligations towards Him. Belief in one God requires that we look upon all humanity as one family irrespective of colour, class, race or territory, under the protection of Allah the Creator and Nourisher of all. Islam rejects the idea of a chosen people, making faith in Allah and good action the only way to Heaven. Thus a direct relationship is established with Allah; open to all alike, without any mediator.

Islam not only teaches all well but shows in practicality how can one achieve righteousness, its not only limited to faith and worship but guides in every aspect of our lives. The way of life shown by Allah our CREATOR, SUSTAINER is no doubt the perfect. It is the same for the whole humanity be it a rich person or poor, a king or a slave, black or white thus uniting the whole mankind. Our LORD teaches and guides us in every matter of life, leadership, business,marriage, education, relationships, inheritance,etc etc. There is not a single aspect of life in which Islam does not guide us.

Islam teaches all that is good and forbids all that is bad for mankind. It teaches us love, brotherhood irrespective of any race or caste, honesty, kindness, selflessness, good manners, humbleness, piety. It forbids hatred, dishonesty, pride, selfishness, jealousy, hurting anyone, backbiting, stealing, killing, adultery, bribe, and oppression.

Thus it is the perfect code of life for the whole humanity, our LORD is "ONE", our way of life is "ONE ", our purpose of life is "ONE "and our ultimate goal is "ONE", Islam unites the whole mankind by its teachings . When there is unity among us then peace will automatically prevail. Human beings live according to their view of life. The tragedy of secular societies is that they fail to connect the different aspects of life. The secular and the religious, the scientific and the spiritual seem to be in conflict. Islam puts an end to this conflict and brings harmony to man's vision of life.

But then, the question arises again, is being Muslim and embracing Islam enough to create peace on earth? If that’s the case then why do Muslims fight each other? . I think this was happening because people starts idolating a person and praise that person and put that idol as the same level as Allah Himself. So that whenever other sects are having dispute over their leader then they were straightly fight in the name of their leader, not for the sake of their GOD. They forgot that Allah is the ONE and ONLY CREATOR that needs to be worshiped, leaders, Khalifahs, and even Prophets are only to be respected and followed accordingly, not to be worshiped. Islam does not teach or accept mere ritualism. It emphasizes intention and action. To worship Allah is to know Him and love Him, to act upon His laws in every aspect of life, to enjoin goodness and forbid evil and oppression, to practice charity and justice and to serve Him by serving mankind. Islam seeks to implant in man's heart the strongest conviction that his every thought and action are known by Allah, Who sees him at all times and in all places. Being a Muslim is the solution, holding on to Tawheed is the continuation and following Sharia laws is the perfection. May Allah guides us all.

can women visit grave

A few days ago I was discussing in chat room regarding this issue, so I sendquestion to www.islamtoday.com to get a second opinion. Herewith I enclosed my Question and the answer they gave me :

Question :
Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuuh I have a question which i knew several women have asked about this before, which is can women visit grave, i've been asking abt this n was given various answers. But those who said no were saying that women can't visit grave because they will bring fitnah since they will encounter other people with different gender, which are male. But here in our family, we make a private graveyard for family only. Therefore i'm assuming tht we wont bring fitnah since we wont meet any other people besides our own family. This will be all. Jazakallah Khairan for the help.

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Answer:

Dear questioner:

Al-Salam `Alaykum wa Rahmah Allah wa Barakatuh.

Al-Alb�n� is of the opinion that women may visit the graves, and that is preferred for them to do so, but that they should not do so excessively.

Evidence that women are encouraged to visit the graveyard

He supported his opinion that women are encouraged just like men to visit the graves with the following evidence:

1. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: I had prohibited you from visiting the graves, but now I encourage you to visit them. [Sahih Muslim (977)]

In another narration it reads: I had prohibited you from visiting the graves, but now I encourage you to visit them, because they are a reminder of the Hereafter. [Sunan Abu Dawud (3235) and Musnad Ahmad (23005)]

In Sunan al-Nas��, it reads: �Indeed, I had prohibited you from three things: from visiting the graves, but now I encourage you to visit them, and may your visiting them increase you in goodness, [Sunan al-Nas�� (4429 and 5653)]

This encouragement includes women, because when the Prophet (peace be upon him) had been prohibiting his followers from visiting the graves, the prohibition had been meant equally for men and for women. Therefore, when he lifted the prohibition, he did so for both men and women.

2. Women are equal with men with respect to the purpose for visiting the graves: which is to be reminded of the Hereafter and to soften the hearts.

3. The Prophet (peace be upon him) permitted women to visit the graves.

`Abd Allah b. Abu Mulaykah relates: `Aishah came one day from the graveyard, so I said: O Mother of Believers, from where have you come? She said: From the grave of `Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Bakr.I said: Did not the Prophet (peace be upon him) forbid visiting the graves? She said: Yes, then he commanded us to visit them

[Mustadrak al- Hakim (1/376), Sunan al-Bayhaqi (4/78) and Tamhid Ibn `Abd al-Barr (3/233)]

In another narration, it reads at the end: Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) permitted visiting the graves. [Sunan Ibn Majah (1570)
Al-Alb�n� comments: Al-Hakim does not talk about it and Imam al-Dhahab� says: It is an authentic hadith. Al-Busayra says: Its line of transmission is authentic and its men are trustworthy. The ruling on this had�th is as they have stated.

4. The Prophet (peace be upon him) saw a woman crying at a grave so he told her: Fear Allah and be patient. [Sahih al-Bukhari (1252)] He did not forbid her from staying at the grave.

Evidence that women are not to make frequent visits to the graveyard

The proof that they should not be frequent visitors comes in the following hadith:

1. Abu Hurayrah relates that the Prophet (peace be upon him) cursed the women who are frequent visitors of the graves. [Sunan al-Tirmidhi (1056) Sunan Ibn Majah (1576)] This had�th is at least good (hasan), and it is supported by other narrations to the level of being authentic (sahih).

2. Hassan b. The bit relates: Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) cursed the women who are frequent visitors of the graves. [Sunan Ibn Majah (1574)] Al-Alb�n� declares this hadith to be acceptable (maqbal) and sufficient for strengthening the hadith of Abu Hurayrah to the level of authetic (sahih).

There is a hadith related by Ibn `Abbas, which reads in certain narrations: Allah’s Messenger cursed the women who visit graves. Sunan al-Tirmidhi (320), Sunan Abu Dawud (3236), Sunan al-Nas (2034), and Sunan Ibn Majah (1575)] The word here is z�ir�t (women who visit) instead of zaww�r�t (women who are frequent visitors).

However, this hadith is weak because one of its narrators, Abu Salih, is weak.
Also, even some narrations of this hadith mention frequent visitors instead of a women who visit.On this basis, al-Alb�n� concludes: It therefore becomes clear regarding this hadith that the properly preserved wording is frequent visitors , since this is what is agreed upon in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah and the hadith of Hassan, as well as the narration of the majority of narrators of the hadith of Ibn `Abbas. He then says: The word zaww�r�t indicates that the curse is directed only at women who visit the graves excessively and no one else. Therfore, this hadith cannot be used to contradict the previously mentioned hadith that indicate it is encouraged for women to visit the graveyard, because this hadith is specific and those hadith are general. Each hadith, therefore, must be applied to its own context.

He explains the reason why women should not visit the graves excessively: This could lead them to fall into something that is contrary to Islamic teachings, like wailing, making a public display of themselves, taking the graves as places or relaxation and holiday, or wasting time in idle conversation. This is just like the situation that we see today in some Muslim countries. This is what is meant by the hadith.

[Refer to: al-Albani, Ahkam al-Janaiz (229-237)]

Fatwa Department Research Committee of IslamToday.net chaired by Sheikh `Abd al-Wahhab al-Turayr

Dream world

My dream for my country is the same dream I have for all countries in the world. I dream that we will, as a human race, be free of our own prejudice, which is the worst illness afflicting us all. I dream that war will be a thing of the past, because history proved that there are nothing which can be gained by war but misery. How much more blood should be shed in order to prove who is more superior than others, how many more mothers, wives, kids should be crying for the loss of their sons, husbands or fathers just to prove mine is better than yours crap.

I dream that no one will be attacked because they are different in any way. I dream that if you are Muslim and I'm not it will make no difference and vice versa. And as a Muslim, I hope that my fellow Muslims would just stop saying death and and cursing others who has different beliefs from us. We the Muslims are people who submits ourselves to Allah and therefore I believe that Allah wouldn't want us to wish death on others nor kill everyone who posed no threat to our religion. Instead we should show them what a beautiful religion Islam is and how peaceful and friendly the Moslems are. Because this has happened to change my view and way of life, I submit because I have been seeing how peaceful and friendly the Moslems in my neighbourhood are behaving. I have been lucky because Allah has shown me this nice behaviour earlier instead of the radicals view some Moslems have. God forbid, if it happens otherwise. Imagine, if this could happened to me then the same thing could happen to anyone else.

I dream that we will achieve the freedom of speech in practical terms, instead of just a literal term. Everybody should be free to say what is it on their mind without having the fear of a death threat imposing on them. But please note that we have to say only what is right with the pure intention of goodness in mind. There are a few things we shouldn't mess with our so called freedom of speech, and one of them is the spiritual world some people choose, and that means religion. There are boundaries to our freedom of speech and it's about time we use it for other honest and pure goal than just satisfying our own shallow mind.
I personally admire people who says what's on their mind and back it up with their good intention, not just speak out for their minds only but also voicing the majorities and fight for them. I am not a Shia but I admire the president of Iran so much, for his courage and determination. Fight for what's right and fight against evil. And the most important thing is if we are a Muslim, we have to fight for our deen but in a moderate way, not behaving like the savages did. Even Jihad has strict rules which we have to obey.

I dream that we will all learn and use the universal declaration of human rights. That people will stop publishing hate filled lies about minorities or majorities, that the day comes when we can all trust one another. As a kid, I never had to lock my doors, never had to suspect anyone. I want that day to return. People become "bad" only when they are afraid like animals only attack when they feel they are in danger. Some times people are afraid of something that poses no danger to them whatsoever. Because we are different, we aren't evil. If one cared to look, one would see that in all human groups and civilizations, there are some small amount of people who can think only of their own good and who are dishonest, and that the vast majority are good at heart. That past the first original differences, there are many more similarities, and much more we can all agree on with out having to change our identity. We can learn to settle the dispute in a rational debate without involving the hatred and opening the slightest bit of space for devil to sneak in and makes matters worse. Thus, don't argue just for the sake of arguing but chose to stick our head in the sand and refusing to accept other's opinion, don't be goaded into proving WHO is right but prove WHAT is right and fight for it in civilized manner. I believe in man as a race, I admire people who make mistakes and have the strength to realize it and learn from it.

I dream that someday, there will be no room for hatred, prejudice or distrust, instead the world will have finally grown up after the thousands of years of pain and hate and wars and lies. I don't think it is impossible at all. I have faith in my God, Allah. Thanks for reading this, for being strong and not afraid to speak. It is people who speak up and are not afraid to take a stand with ideas and not violence that make this world a better world. Happiness does exist and it is possible for all of us. I hope it will be yours as it will be mine soon. May light and not darkness rule the land. May the true spirit of God prevail and not the spirit of hatred.