Saturday, September 12, 2009

What They Do NoT Preach in the Mosque

"If you avoid the great sins, which you have been enjoined to shun, We shall efface your (minor) bad deeds, and shall cause you to enter an abode of glory." Chapter 4, Verse 31. Then how come preachers in the mosque talk about things length of the pant should be above the ankles, which step should be placed first when you enter in the mosque, type of haircuts, length of beard, timing for Iftaar and Sehar etc.

These preachers do not tell their so called devout merchants and businessmen that: "O You who have attained the faith| Do not devour one another's possessions wrongfully -not even by way of trade based on mutual agreement." Chapter 4, Verse 29. These merchants and businessmen in Pakistan inflate the prices of commodities required by common man during Ramadan and charge ridiculous profits of 100 to 300 percent. The same merchants in USA sell halal meat products at the double the price of non-zebiiyah products at the super market. I know from experience that it does not cost 100 percent more to procure zebiyah meat. Costco Warehouse profit margin is uniform 12 percent.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Please do not be selctive in your call for human rights, how about human rights in other places like Saudi Arabia, Libya, Pakistan, India, Kashmir ...... How about human rights of the Muslim lady killed in Germany?

Unknown said...

Correction: The comment was for a call to a planned demonstration on Sep 24, 2009 in DC for 'Human rights in Iran' but when I went back the topic istitally differnt. Sorry for my mistake.