Is bann'n FB is the Permanent Solution .... A very thought provok'n one

The follow'n POST is a mail by Mr. Zeeshan Ali Rana; Visit'n faculty, IBIT, Punjab University & Student of LUMS Ph.D ! This mail really provok'd the thoughts in me and i found it quite worthy of shar'n

An Islamic Scholar Mufti Kamal-ud-Din (LUMS Faculty) discussed the recent activity of drawing caricatures of our beloved Prophet (SAW). This lecture was held on 20th May 2010 in LUMS Masjid. Here is the abstract of the talk (originally written by a PhD Candidate Junaid Akhtar (LUMS)):

"The character of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), is the best character possible in a man (Quran gives a shahadat on that) so if anyone in the world is making a fun of that, it is not those Europeans in denmark, for they don't know anything about him, the real cartoons are us muslims. They are only poking fun on us, because of us. But the Sheikh said that our Prophet wouldn't be worried about those europeans who don't know him. He would be embarrassed of us (the Muslims). We don't value or follow the sunnah and hence are the best insult of Prophet ourselves. In short he said the muslims should not worry about the kuffar doing toheen-e-sunnah, rather the muslims should refrain from toheen-e-sunnah and worry about tajdeed-e-sunnah. Furthermore, he said, all forms of registering your protest are fine and should be done as a temporary quick fix, but that's not the permanent/sustainable solution."

The 40 to 45 minutes audio lecture of Kamal-ud-Din is available at following links:

(to download: right click on the link + save target as / save link as)

WMA (39.2MB) - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5175440/Thursday%20Talks/05-20-2010%20-%20Cartoon%20Controversy%20-%20Is%20Banning%20Facebook%20The%20Solution%20-%20EKK.wma


MP3 (19.5MB) - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5175440/Thursday%20Talks/MP3%27s/05-20-2010%20-%20Cartoon%20Controversy%20-%20Is%20Banning%20Facebook%20The%20Solution%20-%20EKK.mp3

Another Islamic Scholar Ahmad Javed says that we Muslims should seek forgiveness from Allah and get united. Please spread the word that we Muslims should now seek Astaghfaar and stay firm on our Taubah.

JazakAllah,