Do Muslims kill and be killed to get laid in heaven (Part 2)???

PART 2

OK. So lets recap what we read in Part 1. Be a Muslim and do good deeds. Your reward: Heaven. Moving on we come to next bit. Is "getting laid" really THAT difficult for Muslim men? Or is it a sin to get laid in this world, and as a reward for not having sex, you get 72 virgins in heaven?For the first question, i`d rather not go into it. For the second, the answer is something like this:

Firstly lets see how Islam views the urge to have sex. Is it a grave sin? or is it something accepted as a part of being human.

"We have indeed created man in the best of molds. Then do We abase him (to be) the lowest of the low. Except such as believe and do righteous deeds: for they shall have a reward unfailing." [At-Tin, 95]"


The urge to have Sex, Psychologists believe now, is considered intrinsic need of every human being. So, if Man was created in the best of molds, can this urge to have sex.....which is a need not a want , be considered an abomination? Again, I don't think so. Hence, there is no need to wait to get to heaven to "get laid". It is perfectly permissible to engage in it, right here in this world.

Furthermore:

"Permitted to you on the night of the Fasts is the approach to your wives. They are your garments and you are their garments."(2:187)

"And among His signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves, that you may dwell in tranquility with them, and He has put love and mercy between you; in this are signs for those who think."(30:21)


Hence, provided you are having sexual relations with your wife, there is nothing wrong/immoral about sex. Nothing at all to suggest, that to have sex you must wait till your in heaven. Perhaps that is why, everyone from the Imam of a mosque to a commoner indulges in this without fear of any reproach.Lastly, just take the flip side for a moment.

Muslim perpetrators of terrorism have largely lived in countries, where a lot of the negative connotations associated with "pre-marital sex" has more or less disappeared. So, logically, wouldnt it be easier and much simpler to indulge while remaining in this world...rather than by committing suicide and waiting for the hereafter?.

Thus in conclusion, people have to point out the exact reasons and causes for the tremendous surge of barbarity laced on this world. Merely simplifying things, is the reason that today, 7 years after 2001.....the world is still no safer than before

Do Muslims kill to get laid in heaven (Part 1)???

The tragic events that took place on the 11Th of September 2001, shocked the world. America too, despite all its magnificence, was prone to evil of such magnitude transpiring in its midst. Then some years later, the world had to face the madrid train bombings and 7/7 in England. And just like all major tragedies of this kind several attempts were made to "figure out" what had caused such a truly terrible incident to take place.

A lot of theories sprung up in trying to understand the motives of the perpetrators. Some were spot on, others missed the mark by a bit, but one theory that was circulated soon after 9/11...was particularly bizzare..."Muslims kill to go to Islamic heaven so they can get laid" . This will be the topic of discussion in this post. I shall tackle it in Two parts.

PART 1

First of all lets see what "Islamic heaven" and how exactly does one get into it.

Wikipedia describes it as:

"The Qur'an contains many references to an afterlife in Eden for those who do good deeds. Heaven itself is commonly described in the Qu'ran in verse 35 of Surah Al-Ra’d: "The parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised! Beneath it flow rivers. Perpetual is the fruits thereof and the shade therein. Such is the End of the Righteous; and the end of the unbelievers is the Fire." Since Islam rejects the concept of original sin, Muslims believe that all human beings are born pure. In Islam, therefore, a child who dies automatically goes to heaven, regardless of the religion of his or her parents. The highest level of heaven is Firdaws (فردوس)- Pardis (پردیس), which is where the prophets, the martyrs and the most truthful and pious people will dwell."

So true enough, only believers have a place in Islamic Heaven. Non Believers, cant get in. Next question is, do all Muslims go to heaven? or is it based on there deeds?

The Quran answers this at 3:134-136:

"Those who spend (benevolently) in ease as well as in straitness, and those who restrain (their) anger and pardon men; and Allah loves the doers of good (to others). And those who when they commit an indecency or do injustice to their souls remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their faults-- and who forgives the faults but Allah, and (who) do not knowingly persist in what they have done.(As for) these-- their reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them, and excellent is the reward of the laborers"

So the point is simple. Be a Muslim, do good deeds, repent and seek forgiveness if bad deeds are committed, and your certain to go to heaven.Next question. Will killing people get you to heaven, ie. is killing people a good deed? Lets see what the Quran says:

"...If anyone kills a person - unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land - it would be as if he killed all people. And if anyone saves a life, it would be as if he saved the life of all people" (Qur'an 5:32).

"...Take not life, which God has made sacred, except by way of justice and law. Thus does He command you, so that you may learn wisdom" (6:151).

So if you kill a person unjustly, then you have committed sacrilege, ie violated what God has made sacred. And does sacrilege get you into heaven? I dont think so.The last and most obvious question is: Were the 9/11 and other attacks just or did the perpetrators commit sacrilege? Since you have read so far, I leave it to you, the reader to answer this

The Curious Case of MQM

Those of us who have witnessed this Altaf Bhai classic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHMGLUE_uhE&feature=related often come to ask ourselves how is it that a person who, at best, comes of as a mediocre comic can A) make it as a politician ? and B) be a successful one, capturing the minds of so many people? . The mohajirs after all were one of the most educated classes of Pakistan.....so how can they revere a person such as Altaf bhai so much?

The most oft repeated answer by opponents of MQM is that, Altaf bhais cadres "terrorise" people into voting for his Party. This however, in my own humble opinion is a very simplified understanding of his political support, and this is where parallels can be drawn with another Pakistani party of the 50s.

Prior to partition, the Muslim Leagues main power center was Bangal. So much so that there overwhelming votes in favour of Muslim league in 1945, put the demand for Pakistan at the forefront of political circles during the Raj. Then 1949 came, and along with it the language controversy and the inititation of what was to become the "bangla cause", which muslim leaugue failed to protect. Hence in the 1954 elections, muslim leauge suffered a terrible blow in the east and secured only 13 seats, down from 113 in 1945. Then along came 1966, the 6 points of Mujib, and the 1970 election where Awami Leauge got 160 out 160 in the eastern wing, despite Mujib's shoddy past and his "alleged" involvement in the Agratalla conspiracy. Then came 1971 and the final demand to secede from Pakistan, which was slowly and gradually supported by large majority of east Pakistanis, who were although Pro Pakistan but saw the bangla cause being violated by the west, and as consequence what is now called Bangladesh was created.

Moving on to MQM, before the 80s, Jamat-e-Islamis power base was always Karachi. In 1970 during the height of Bhuttoism, JI secured 7/9 seats here and in 77, PNA ( the anti bhutto alliance ) secured there only majority in Karachi. History inevitably repeated itself when the ethnic Pathan-Mohajir riots broke out in the 80s. Just like the bangla cause was created way back then, similarly this time around, the mohajir cause was initiated. And again, just like the fate of Muslim league in East Pakistan, Jamati Islami failed to protect the Mohajir cause and it lost almost all its support to MQM ( hence aptly named Mohajir Qaumi Movement at that time). We then saw the 90s, with MQM having a falling out with the PPP led government, and then again with the Nawaz sharif led government. There was then a subsequent operation, almost entirely MQM specific, to purge criminal elements from Karachi. Sadly, the Pakistanis establishment were extremely heavy handed in dealing with these alleged "criminal elements". It was Operation Searchlight all over again. Hence just like Bangla= Awami league then, this time Mohajir=MQM became the affirmed equality.

Today, MQM is surviving mostly because it is the sole representative of the Mohajir cause. There have been others trying to vie for this post too, but none have succeded in dethroning them. Afaq bhais hardened, establishment backed haqiqi tried, but its own involvement in inter-mohajir killing has meant no one, especially amongst mohajir demographics really liked them. Hence today, the Mohajir youth finds its identity from MQM, whether we like it or not. So in conclusion the very existence of a hypocrite jamat, who claims to hate feudals but supports every feudal who offers them a seat in Power....is a testament to the weakness of main stream political parties who are unable to defeat them politically by not dealing effectively with the Mohajir cause. We shouldn't be surprised though, most of our politicians look to Washington to get power, and forget the wishes of 160 million people back home. Hence till MQM is the only party representing mohajirs and the mohajir cause, it will continue to have a role in Pakistani politics whether we like it or not.