Comments on: Speak up on the Day of Silence!

By: Ummezaynub

Ummezaynub — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 06:48:10 +0000

Interesting feedback from kids in our youth group in California; those that attended public school with very large, affluent Jewish & Asian concentration accounted that there was not much support nor was there a big hoopla. But those that attended schools in more homogeneous, less privileged neighborhoods said in some cases up to 90% of class time was used up discussing. We vilify the act not out of hatred towards them but because Allah in His Majesty hates the act. They are human, among the best of creation made by Allah to live as He wants us to. Read the struggles of so many Muslim brothers who are fighting against their nafs to stay within the commands of Allah in the link gaymuslims.org. Only Allah knows how much He loves them. What I am asking for the freedom to call a sin a sin. They are sinning just as we sin by lying or cheating. We have to believe that Allah is Rahman and can forgive anything except shirk as long as we repent. Tolerance does not mean support and schools should leave it to the parents to talk about it. If I can not say God’s name in my kids’ school- believe me their teachers remind me every time I am in their class, then why talk about sexual preference which is such a private topic. It is not the job of the school to raise our children. They try to equate to race- as one of my African American students said- “Its a choice, and all to often this choice seems to change for the kids around me every week. But I can’t get up one morning and decide ‘hey! I feel like being black today”

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By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:41:48 +0000

wow.... I've never heard of this before either. I am interested to see how common this is here in California. (Anyone want to speak up about this?) This never occurred when I was in school. I think as a Muslim parent, I teach my kids that all human beings have rights to good treatment, and so forth - but having Rahma for others is different than agreeing to promote sinful behavior. Sh. Adbullah Adhami has an AWESOME lecture series on Family & Society, where he talks about this subject to some extent, on a very intellectual plane. He reminds Muslims (my memory recalling, not his words) that we should not just hate people of claim to be gay, but understand that according to statistics, the vast majority of these individuals suffered from some form of sexual abuse as children, and this has heavily affected their sense of sexuality. Therefore, he said, with Muslims heading this way, we should first seek to understand the psychological implications that have taken place, and handle things from the root cause.

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By: Sister A

Sister A — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:45:23 +0000

Assalam Aleikum ! Thank u sister for enlightening us. I was unaware of this and I am truly shocked I know it won't be long before it gets to the US, but it is important to be aware of our surroundings no matter where it may be. I agree that it's discrimanatory to not allow those with opposed and sound points of view to have a voice. May Allah reward u for your outward knowledge and words.. Blessings, sister A

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By: Seeker of Jannah

Seeker of Jannah — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:35:53 +0000

I never heard of The Day of Silence. Jazakumullah Khair for sharing.

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By: travesti

travesti — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:59:07 +0000

Hi very good sharing. thanks a lot

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