hey everyone, here I am....SKOOL IS OUT!!! man I learned so…

Monday, June 21, 2004

hey everyone, here I am....SKOOL IS OUT!!! man I learned so much at school this year...it was like being in kindergarten all over again...A B C D E F G, population distributions, parabolas, yea and Z...zzzzzzzz..Oh sorry I was dreaming of a happier place than school...you know where that is?? HOME...thats right, I was daydreaming of going home and sleeping until vacation...but you know how it is, you've gotta go to some pointless celebrations, where they give out mucho rewards and awards to overachievers...I got a little something, so I was one too. I'm Indian, what do you expect?

While on the subject of being brown, I'm going to pakistan in about 3 weeks! That's going to be awesome! i won't have to deal cops or bad drug deals or someone trying to steal my Glock...uh-oh I don't think I was supposed to say all that.....anyway, yea, I'll be having fun over there in Paki..

Seriously though:

I have been wondering whatever happened to those Muslims who enjoy the riches of America, keenly guised under the veil of being moderate, as compared to the Talibanese Muslims whose wives are stay-at-home moms, or is that stay-in-kitchen moms....Here's what happened: they realized that right now, in the beginnings of the 21st century, there is a division ocurring, among those who are moderate siding with the idea that Islam needs change, and those moderates who believe that Islam isn't gonna change, but that we have to conform oursleves to it. However, as soon as people become aware of this subconscious division, and finally decide to either stop going to their masjids, shave their beards, etc, they remain moderates in the eyes of the Western media. But those who decide to retain their identitiy as muslims, realizing that Islam is eternal, and we are not in a position to criticize it, but use it as a tool for peace, are categorized as Talibanese hardliners...Ask any guy in a masjid with a big beard who you know is a muslim trying to follow Islam like it is, someone involved in Da'waa for example, and he'll tell you stories of how often other muslims have asked him to shave his beard or remove his cap etc, so that he may not appear as a fundamentalist to the public! Wow, that's extreme, if you ask me, but such is the situation of the modern muslim, now what d'you think of that?? I mean, we have come to a point in time where the very basis of Islam are being viewed from a perspective of hatred vs. love, when in fact, it is love for all, and believe it or not, true Islam is a way of life teaching of love for all....SO, which side are you on???