Okay to kill owners immoral TV stations - cleric

Posted by: Salim ALSuwaidi Thursday, 18 September 2008 5:23 AM[UAE] - U.A.E.

Ya i know he is wrong too, And i am not supporting what he says too, Its just that people can't go threw stuff they don't know about, True you can't just say kill this and that. Even if this statment was to give muslims bad image, Muslims already had bad image long time, when ever people outside of the middle east hear arabs, terrorist pop in their mind. So we muslims already got bad image to the world. And so stating about whats halal and whats haram, not everything is mentioned in the Holy Quran. There are hadith alnabawi and alsunna and many other stuff. And lastly BinSaif, if you wanna say its haram then bring a prove. you cant state anything by haram or halal.

Posted by: Paul Wednesday, 17 September 2008 2:34 PM[UAE]

Binsaif - I'm not objecting to the request to ban soap operas. Much like you understand Europeans have different moral norms to Muslims, I understand this too. What I am having difficulty understanding is how or why there is a need to go further than a ban. Ban soap operas, fine, no problem at all. But execution? That's what I find to be lunacy. If you are honestly adovcating the execution of people who say or do things that you don't agree with, and saying that is perfectly acceptable, then you're opening up a very dangerous line of argument. Changing things by hand doesn't mean that hand needs to wield a sword. You can change things by hand simply by presenting the Holy Koran.

Posted by: mea Wednesday, 17 September 2008 11:16 AM[UAE] - Turkey

B?nsaid you look so sure of your statement that soap opera is haram according to Islam, can you please tell me which Ayet in Koran mentioned something like this? I guess there was no TV 1500 years ago so its interesting to find out how can that be forbidden! Give me a clue so we can believe you!

Posted by: binsaif Tuesday, 16 September 2008 4:31 PM[UAE] - UAE

My first comment was part censored. I will try and restate all that I meant. I said that Europe's concept of Morality is completely different from Islamic Standards of Morality. In Europe women go topless on some beaches and this is normal. So ofcourse to such a person the Banning of a Soap Opera would seem like lunacy. The Islamic interest is to protect the society of all forms of evil first and foremost and not to appease those who might think bad of Islam in them doing so. Yes Islam is a religion of Peace and torelance. But Islam and Muslims will never tolerate things considered by Islam Haram. Also. Every Fatwa(Islamic Ruling) has to be backed by either verses from the Quran or the authentic sayings of the Prophet in the Hadith. If he has established such prior to his fatwa then it is valid. If not. Then it is not and I condemn the fatwa. So I suggest we read the whole transcript of what he said instead of bits and pieces before we jump to conclusions and express our own opinions. I end with a famous saying of the beloved Prophet Muhammed (PBUH): ?Whoever sees an evil, let him change it with his hand. If he is not able to do that, then let him change it with his tongue [by speaking out against it]. And if he is not able to do that, then let him [hate it] with his heart, and that is the weakest of faith.?

Posted by: Paul Tuesday, 16 September 2008 12:28 PM[UAE]

Binsaif, as a European, I think you're wrong to demonise soap operas. But it's your opinion and you're entitled to it. But I object to is the idea that it is appropriate to kill someone for not sharing your opinion. Fine, these TV programmes are against Islam. But if Islam is supposed to be about peace and tolerance, surely it's not in Islamic interests to execute such people? That would give credence to Europeans who believe that Muslims are intolerant and violent. I'm not one of those Europeans, by the way. Please don't prove me wrong.