in the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful
over the past few weeks, we have observed many strange news. The most remarkable would probably go to the release of FITNA, a 15 min video made by a Dutch. Everyone has written their shares out in this topic, and I don't want to repeat the same thing over and over again. What should be reminded here is we Muslims should not get trapped into this trick. It would be unwise to go down to the streets, burn flags off and vandalize public properties. They are just waiting there to celebrate this win if we react emotionally, rather than intellectually.
There have been calls as well to boycott Dutch products. I am giving my support, although I am being selective in this matter. I have my reasons. I like to look at the bigger picture here. The Europeans, including the Dutch have long associated their economy to us, hence any boycott to certain products will eventually put us on the losing side. It will be sad then to see rate of unemployment goes up, and this does not only affect Muslims but to the non Muslims as well.
Having said that, this boycott is a good way to express our dissatisfaction. As suggested by scholars, this is only a temporary or short term strategy. The boycott was only for less than a month and Denmark suffered quite significantly few years back.
Have some respect, as we always have to you please.
To all Muslims in Auckland, the poster below has something to tell you
will write again
assalamualaikum
7 comments:
azri, the government of dutch has obviously made a stand that does not support Fitna and condemning the action of the man behind the production of the film namely wilder (which is a totally different case than the one happened in denmark). in your opinion, is the boycott a proper action to be taken? i mean, we are punishing the whole country for the sake of taking the revenge on this one particular guy. what would the image of islam be then?
lawa IRON WALL poster...sapa buat?hahahhaa, riak siot aku...astagfirllahalazim....saja jengok blog hang
hi anonymous : 1st of all, revenge is not the right word here.punishment and revenge are 2 diff things.
personally I've thought of this too before. You are right, it is a little bit unfair. That's why I am selective in my boycott. However, this is not so different from the Denmark case. Dutch Government had the chance to stop the release but they didn't. They should not have waited for this reaction to come, it's already too late.
Although I agree that this is a bit unfair, I have to disagree that this boycott is another form of revenge. There is no other EFFECTIVE way to show our disappointment and TERRORISM is Osama's way, not ISLAMIC way.
SHO : kalo ko x claim ko wat, aku nak claim dah.nasib baik ko cepat.hahhaa..
guhn : go away. i dont need ur ads here.
Salam, regarding anonymous comment.Why should we boycott?There's many possible reasons. We, as muslim always refer the quran and hadith in our justification and opinions. They're both important things that we need to hold as muslim. Here's one link from one of Malaysian muslim giving his opinions on why we need to boycott Dutch. If you can understand Malay language, it would be very good to read this article. Check it out at
http://www.zaharuddin.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=692&Itemid=72
TO Azri.hehehehe,lain kali aku letak nama ko...tapi kena bayar r...hahahaha....ko letak URL blog aku pon salah...cuba check...mcm nie r member...hehehe
silap bro.hehehe..sabar2.niat aku memang saja nak jatuhkan ko.sbb aku xde flickr.hhehehe..nanti aku betulkan.
n thanks for the link..
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