*While in
London, I went to visit, one of the exhibition entitled: "Introduction to
Islam". This exhibition was attended by a Da'ee, who was already living
there. He told us the following story
*A Scottish
man came and wandered around the exhibition. He greeted me and we spoke for a
while. I then asked him if there was anything he wanted to know about Islam.*
*He said:
'no, no thanks. I don't like the theory that we are used to hearing. You see, I
have lived among you in several Arab 'Muslim' countries for many years, and I
read a lot about Islam; I know a great deal about Islam!*
*So I asked
him: "what do you know about Islam?"*
*He said:
"Islam is a beautiful, fascinating religion that organises relationships
with others, Muslim or non-muslim alike. Islam is a religion that teaches you
how to worship your lord in a clear manner, how to treat your parents, your
wife, your children, your neighbours, and the community in general, etc.* *UNFORTUNATELY
your actions do the exact opposite of what you claim, because:*
*@you lie;*
*@you swear
falsely;*
*@you
steal;*
*@you don't
respect time;*
*@you slander each other;*
*@ you are
chaotic, you don't like organisation;*
*@ you
belittle each other;*
*@ you are
racist;*
*@ you
wrongly take each others wealth;*
*@ you are
not concerned with cleanliness;*
*@ you
respect the rich and humiliate the poor;*
*@you are
envious of each other;*
*@you take
laws into your hands hiding under religion;*
*@you slander
one another;*
*@you are
good in concocting stories to slander whoever you hate and vice versa;*
*@ show me
one of you here who will not rejoice at the travail of the other;*
*@majority
of you don't even understand the religion you claim to belong;*
*@those you
blindly follow in your sect you take them as next to God and those of other
sects are seen as worse than satan;*
*@ the laws
in your lands are applicable to some, but not to others!*
*Then he
said: "oh I'm sorry, you look disturbed? "*
*I said to
him: "take what is in the book, forget the conduct of the
individuals".*
*He shook
his head and said:*
*"You're
wasting your time and money by running these exhibitions, for perhaps we know
you better than you know yourselves!! When most of you don't go by the books,
of what use are the books to me?*
*"Go
back to your magnificent book (Holy Quran) implement the principles and manners
contained therein, and when you perfect the implementation, you will find the
nations entering your religion in droves, without the need for exhibitions like
this. We are people who are more interested in visible results, in reality as
opposed to what is read in a book."*
*I became dumb founded!!! A non Muslim has said it all in
just a few words!!!*
In my view, sadly, the above specifically points towards our
beloved country Malaysia, with regard to many Muslims, though there are Muslims who remain steadfast to upholding the pillars of Islam.