.:Sunday, September 04, 2005:.
culture v. religion
you know what ticks me off? When someone knows
something is wrong but tries to justify them doing
with the argument that its part of their "culture".
Since when is culture put before religion? Burrying
girls alive was part of the culture of Quraish, does
that make it alright for someone from Quraishy desent
to do so? Drinking and gambling is alright in american
cluture, does that make it ok for someone to do so
couse they are from here? Sitting with non mahram
relatives and going to so and so's grave for help is
part of egyptian culture, does that make it ok for me
to do it? Ofcourse not.
Alhamdulilah I am happy I was not raised in a cultural
family. In general I know nothing about Arab or
Egyptian culture, except for maybe the food. My mom
has always been very open to other ideas and
"cultures" and thats how she raised me to be. When she
turned towards the deen more strongly she then raised
me on that, and to not put anything before it. So for
me to even think of justifying one of my actions on
the base of it being culture sounds stupid.. but in a
way I understand why some people use it.. since what
they were brought up on was islam is part of culture,
what fits with culture we take and what doesnt we
dont.. alhamdulillah 'ala kulli haal..
^^^ that was my daily lecture today.. that and why
music is haram.. and now its what I'm ranting about..
it bothered me enough to rant about it twice! once in
the conversation I had and now on the blog.. maayyybee
I got a bit over worked up.. but thats probably
because of how hyper I am, so I used my energy in that
way. And no I wasnt as harsh in the convo as I was on
here.
I've had a good night so far alhamdulillah. I'm in a
weeirrd mood man. The way I'm acting you'd think I
just ate a bag of chocolate! I actually calmed down a
bit after I ate wich is intresting. I went down at
around 9:30 to eat since I hadnt eaten since morning..
ran down the stairs, gave my mom a bigg hug, and told
her I was going to make something to eat. she was like
"whats wrong with you? are you sure you're feeling
ok?". I ate and sat talking with mom till around 10
when she decided to head to bed.
I cant believe its almost midnight.. I actually have
things I want to do tonight.. I've forgotten half of
them though.. wa yasi supposed to be on inshaAllah...
Beavs won their first game today, not that it matters
much. They beat PSU 41-14. They're supposed to be
pretty good this year.. watch them suck like any other
team I root for :P.. these teams keep putitng me in
deeper debt!!
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chotu-meyeh
@ 9/04/2005 12:04:00 AM
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