Peddling Hate: Prejudice Developing In Muslim Youths by Listening to Friday Sermons by ahl-e-Hadeesi Imams, Zakir Naik and his Like
By Aiman Reyaz, New Age Islam
November 30, 2013
Date- Friday 22nd; time- 12:30 p.m.; place- Darzi Tola Mosque (Patna, Bihar); topic- Muslim’s Duty i.e., Inviting people to righteousness and forbidding evil; speaker- a local Imam belonging to Ahle Hadees sect.
“Why has Allah made us? What is the purpose of a Muslim’s life? Is it to make money, or to enjoy the pleasures of this world, or to sing and dance like the Mushriks? No, my dear brothers this is not what we have been created for. Our duty is to guide people towards the ‘Siratal Mustakeem’ (straight path). Muslims are in a sad state of affairs because we are following the devil; just as these Mushriks- Hindus- take out processions with songs and high-pitched musical bands, we are also doing the same thing in Muharram and on our Prophet’s birthday”.
After the Friday congregational prayer I asked a few innocent questions from a few boys of my age, mostly sporting beard, though one was not:
‘How was today’s Khutba by the Imam Sb’?
‘Aaj To Maza Aagaya’ (Today I enjoyed a lot); ‘Imam Sb Ne To Garda Uda Diya’ (Imam Sb did a great job’, came the random replies
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