Assalamu Alaykum – In the news recently, we saw the popularity of the BNP rising in the European Elections. Racist policies, openly cast as normal by the “thugs in suits” in the press. There was a good article in one of the broadsheets, where a black journalist interviewed the BNP leader as neutrally as he could. So, he said, why do you want to pay me £50,000 to leave the UK… 
In any case, while we lambast the BNP leader with eggs, or otherwise (:-), what is there to say for the racism that lies in ourselves? WHAT!?! I hear you exclaiming. Well, whether we like it or not, surreptiously, some of us do!
Differences in Language and Skin Color is a Sign of Allah Ta`ala’s Greatness and Power
Posted by Mawlana Nabeel Khan – An-Noor Blog
Hazratwala while commenting the verse below (DB) said:
All Muslims are brothers to one another.
انما المؤمنون اخوة
The Believers are but a single brotherhood
(Surah Hujurat; verse 10)
Some have come from Africa and others are here from London, some from Baluchistan, another is from Punjab, and another from Sindh. Everyone is from some place but all consider everyone here my brother.
Allah Ta’ala says: “And among His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the variations in your language and colors; verily in that are signs for those who know.”
If someone happens to look down upon the sign of Allah and disrespect it, then this is a very grave sin and the person who does this is an extremely foolish individual.
A lot of prominent, so-called “educated” people have hatred in their hearts for others due to differences in race & languages.
People do not understand the reality of SIN! If someone does not accept a sign of Allah, then this is disbelief.
If someone happens to speak Punjabi or Sindhi language, then an Urdu speaking person will start laughing and ridiculing them for that.
Urdu is a good language but to consider it superior and more virtuous than every other language is not permissible. Neither is it permissible to look down on any language.
One should not look down upon the English language either. If a person from England accepts Islam then what language will he speak? Obviously he will be speaking the English language. Therefore, consider all languages and dialects to be good and a manifestation of Allah’s greatness.
If you were born in England, you would have grown up speaking English. If you were born in Punjab, you would have spoken Punjabi, and if you were born in Sindh then you would have spoken Sindhi. So would you look down on the language you were born with? Thus, we should not discriminate against any language.
When we had traveled to Bangladesh, we never disrespected or looked-down upon any Bangladeshi person. It is for this reason that all the Bangladeshis fell in love with me. I don’t have nationalism and racial pride in me, and finding a person who does not have nationalism and racism in his heart is very difficult. Look at how many Punjabi friends I have. I get enjoyment from listening to their Punjabi language.
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August 13th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
I watched a program the other night on BBC Two I think regarding teenage pregnancies and poverty in Rochdale. At one point in the program the girl was being asked where they were going to live and she replied a flat owned by the ‘Pakkies’ with resentment, the narrator asked why they own most of the flats, she replied because they run the shops, he then asked why are they running the shops, she replied ‘I dunno’ – and then said ‘coming over here taking all our money’ failing to grasp the simple concept of hard work and basic values gets you ahead in the world.
I grew up on a council estate in the eighties and I saw racism, never really understood where the hatred came from, for people that in my eyes worked hard, had a better family structure than I did and certainly lived by values that so many young people in England today lack. Racism stems from ignorance and jealousy, it sickens me to see somebody spouting racist remarks about a heritage they know nothing about and really couldn’t care less, venting frustrations on people that have worked hard, and have been determined to make a better life for themselves and their children while the nationalists fail to see their own opportunities in a country that crumbles under their own lethargy.
It’s funny that me being English born would rather live in squalor India surrounded by people happy to be alive, surrounded by family with a respect for themselves and everybody around them.
Racism stems from a persons inability to accept responsibility for their own situation and surroundings, the world owes them something and somebody will always be to blame. It stems from people with another agenda manipulating the uneducated.
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