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Just something interesting I heard...

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*Jamal*:

--- Quote from: Overseer on January 28, 2005, 12:41:32 PM ---


the way i see it.. any time someone takies a step towards embracing positive action to try improve their , be it religiously guided or whatever.. its a beautiful thing.. had they embraced christianity or hinduism it'd still be a great achievement

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Yeah, that's why I wasn't trying to make this thread about Islam, but rather about how he changed himself and his views. He still had the same beliefs, but just looked at them from a different angle like Sikotic said.

And sorry y'all  but that fool Kain just had to ruin the thread with his retarded ass.

K, I'ma go ahead and delete all those posts of mine, and if someone could delete his.

*Jamal*:
Also, he added how "back in the days our heros were people like Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, etc... and just like they brought drugs into our communities, they also tried to associate us with a negative lifestyle, turning the poor black man into a pimp or a hustler, and today there are the types of people that youngsters look up to. Mainstream rap music is a perfect example, listen to what they say, what they preach, what they talk about, and look at the response, people want to be like THAT. Again, they saw our weakness, our moral character, and they attacked it. Just look at what they did to those who stood up, the revolutionaries who took action, they always tried to dig up some dirt on their personal lives, attacking their moral character. I had friends who had illegal drugs placed on them, and things of that sort. With Islam, I found a way to 'clean up' my moral character, and they didn't have shit on me."

*Jamal*:

--- Quote from: Thul Hijjah 1425 A.H. on January 28, 2005, 06:13:59 AM ---What is the name of this brother?

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Amir Abdul Malik. He's with some organization in the Bay. I asked them what they do, and he said "we help the community, the Muslim community as well as the community as a whole, and we defend Muslims against those who wrongfully attack the religion, like the media for example, or political, religious leaders, etc."

I was like "how do you go about this defending?" and he said that "Sometimes we're able to go talk to them directly and question their motives, the reason why they said what they said, the reason why they do what they do, etc, but other times we don't have the chance to have this direct effect, so then we go to plan B, which is speak out against it"

Matrix Heart:
You must have a weak mind if you need religion to improve your moral character.

Born again drunks/drug addicts.

Suga Foot:

--- Quote from: -Sikotic- on January 28, 2005, 12:25:38 PM ---
--- Quote from: *Jamal* on January 27, 2005, 11:03:39 PM ---
My friend asked him "How did Islam change your view on being revolutionary?"

His answer: "Before I blamed everything on the white man. I was like every other person, blaming the white man, and felt proud of being rebellious. I thought that was the best way to stand up to the system, to rebel. After studying Islam I realized something; if I rebel against them, then I'm placing them above me, I'm considering them the norm, I'm putting them before me. My view changed. If I submit to God, and put God before anything else, then they're the ones rebelling against me. They don't want me praising Allah. You might not see what I mean, but if you live where I live, see what I see, go through what I go through, then you will realize that they are rebelling against us. BUT, they're not the ones keeping us down. They're just providing us with the things necessary to keep ourselves down. Drugs are being brought into our communities, and we decide to abuse ourselves. It has to be in our power to refrain from the things that will keep us down. They're the rebels fighting us, and we have to be stronger."


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This point of view is very interesting. He came at it from a different angle. I like I like.

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