{UAH} Conspiracies against us: What is the real problem of the (Pakistani) Muslim mind and mentality?
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http://www.viewpointonline.net/letters-to-the-editor.html
What is the real problem of the Muslim mind and mentality? Why cannot we behave as normal human beings do? Where are we going wrong or where did we go wrong, as one wrong turn at a crucial moment of history has led us to our present position, which obviously is as if we were peeping into a volcano. Whenever I write the Muslims I mean the Muslims of Pakistan as they are the Muslim of different kind nowhere to be found in the rest of world.
I think it was once philosophical error might be an error of judgment, but now it has become psychological disorder. If I can do a little psychoanalysis of this almost lost nation, this disease started with narcissism, became megalomania and now in its advance and acute stage it has become schizophrenia.
My knowledge of psychology accompanies me no further so I cannot suggest any therapy but somehow I can trace those elements which aggravated this to a mountain.
It has greatly to do with the philosophy which has been repeatedly hammered into our bones and which accompanies us like our shadows. That is philosophy of a hawk, that we are created to rule the world, we are denizens of upper skies. That picking spiritual progress is a trait of a hawk and picking material progress is that of a vulture. We are the chosen one and that we are to lead the whole world. To this extent the rhetoric does good, but when it states how to achieve this status of a hawk, it is not only confusing but totally impracticable. It says that is to be achieved with the help of spiritual powers. That if you have not made any progress despite sticking to this philosophy, there is nothing wrong with you, this stinking world needs correction you just carry on.
Now when we see all the rest of the world making progress and definitely enjoying the fruits of their labor we are at a loss to understand why have the world treated us like this. Why can't we make both ends meets, why they give us kicks and pricks? The problem is that we have questions, no answers. This leads us to a paranoid conspiracy theory i.e the whole world is conspiring against us, that the world wants to persecute us at any rate and whatever the achievements of the rest of the world civilizations are (such as they are) boil down to nothing when compared to our spiritual progress. There is nothing as falsifying as this that we can determine our position in the world on our own. However, one's status is determined by one's achievements and performance not by any lofty claims and self-proclaimed status.
Imran Muhammad
Feb. 26, 2013
--------------------------------------------
On Sun, 7/28/13, rahimu jabendo <rahimujabendo@googlemail.com> wrote:
Subject: {UAH} Nobody forced me to accept Islam, convert insists
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Cc: "uganda-muslim-brothers-and-sisters" <uganda-muslim-brothers-and-sisters@googlegroups.com>
Received: Sunday, July 28, 2013, 10:25 AM
Nobody forced me to accept Islam, convert insists
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Published on Saturday, 27 July 2013 06:02
Written by Aliyu M. Hamagam, Minna
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Aisha Uzoechina
The conversion to Islam of
25-year-old Charity Uzoechina, daughter of
Pastor Raymond Uzoechina of Redeem
Christian Church of God, Kwankwashe, Suleja, continues to
generate controversy.
Her father accused the Estu
Nupe Alhaji
Yahaya Abubukar, of hypnotizing his daughter, who has since
changed her
name to A'isha, to embrace Islam. A'isha, who hails from
Asaba, Delta
State, came to Abuja at the age of 10 when her father
relocated from
Lagos. After her secondary school education at Army Day
Secondary School
Asokoro, Abuja she got admission into Federal Polytechnic,
Bida to read
Public Administration. She, however, withdrew from the
course in her
first year. She embraced Islam on February 15, 2013.
A'isha said since
her family relocated to Suleja, Niger State, she has been in
the midst
of Muslims, which accorded her the opportunity to have
several Muslims
friends and learnt a lot about Islam. The travails of
A'isha began when
she ran to the Estu Nupe's palace in Bida on March 1, this
year to
seek protection against any aggression she may face
should her
family know about her conversion to Islam. This led to a
controversy
that is still ongoing, with her father accusing the
traditional ruler of
kidnapping his daughter. Along the line, several meetings
were
organized between A'isha and her father Pastor Uzoechina
and his
daughter at the instance of the Estu Nupe, who also involved
some
members of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). But
despite that,
A'isha refused to follow her father, alleging that he has
threatened to
deal with her by taking her away to a place that she will
not be able
to practice her new religion. A'isha has taken the
matter to a Shariah
court in Bida and the court is expected to rule on August 1,
2013
whether or not the 25-year-old should be released to her
parents or not.
She speaks exclusively to Weekly Trust.
Excerpts:
Weekly Trust: What is
your name?
Aisha Uzoechina: I was formerly known as
Charity Uzoechina and now A'isha Uzoechina.
Why the change of name?
I changed my name because I have accepted Islam.
What brought you to Bida?
I came to Bida in 2012 to read Public Administration at the
Federal Polytechnic, Bida.
Are you still a student of Federal Polytechnic
Bida?
No, I am not. I have withdrawn from the school.
Did you go back home?
No,
I did not go home. At the beginning I was planning to go
back home,
because I wanted to tell my father that I have converted to
Islam. When I
converted, I was afraid to tell my parents, because of the
way my
father would behave. I know he will not take it lightly with
me. So, for
that I refused to go back home.
Did anybody force or enticed you to join
Islam?
I joined Islam on my own. Nobody enticed me with anything to
join Islam.
What informed your decision to join Islam?
I converted to Islam because I love the
character of Muslims, particularly the way they behave. You
know
Muslims believe in God. I have Muslim friends and I watch
what they do,
that enticed me to join Islam. I used to read Qur'an when
I was a
Christian. I always join them to read Qur'an and through
that I found
out that it is the same one God they worship. So I embraced
Islam.
How did your father come to know about your change
of faith?
When
I ran to the palace, I told you, it was very difficult
before I could
see the Emir. When I saw him, the emir refused to accept me,
because my
father did not know about it. He, therefore, collected my
father's
number from me and called him. The following day my father
came and said
he wanted to see me. When we met we talked one on one.
What did you tell him?
Well
the emir told him that I have converted to Islam. When my
father talked
to me, he said let's go home, but I refused. I told him
that I will not
change my faith, because I have already accepted Islam and
this is
where I want to stay. He, therefore, threatened me so much
so that I
became scared of him.
What did he do to you amounting to a
threat?
In
the first place you know, I put on Hijab (veil), he said I
should
remove the Hijab. He was angry and used some harsh words on
me,
directing that I should remove the Hijab, but I refused. He
threatened
to take me to a village where nobody will set his eyes on
me. So I
became scared of him, therefore I refused to follow him.
That is it.
Did the emir intervene?
The
emir gave him one week to come back, but he came back even
before it
reached one week. He said he must take me home. He will not
take me to
our house, but he'll take me to somewhere that nobody will
set his eyes
on me. I quickly ran back to the emir and to the Shari'a
Court for
protection. I don't want to go back to my father, because
he is
threatening me.
How did you come to know about the Shari'a
Court?
I found out from people. I went to them on my own to
formally lodge my complaint.
Why Shari'a Court?
They
have to protect me. You know when you take a case to court
over life
threatening issue, the court must protect you. That is it.
Did your father come back after you refused to
follow him?
He came back. He kept on coming back. The other time he even
threatened to bring some people to kidnap me.
Is it true that at a time your father came with the
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) officials to
you?
Yes.
Is it true that you also went to the Jama'atul Nasril
Islam (JNI)?
Yes.
Why did you go to JNI?
I
told you and I'll still repeat it, though I don't want
to repeat my
words again. I want them to intervene on my behalf, the
threat is too
much. Now I can't go anywhere, I cannot even continue with
my schooling.
I cannot do anything because of the way he has been
threatening me. He
is still bringing people up till now to keep watch on me.
How do you know that your father has assigned people
to keep watch on you?
There
was a time that I wanted to go out, information came to me
that my
father was around and I had to stay back since I don't
want him to take
me away. I know that if I gout anytime,I he'll pick me
up.
How did you come to know about JNI?
I have been reading about them. That is why I went to them.
How did you present your case to JNI?
I
wrote to them seeking for their intervention, because I do
not know how
to go about convincing my father. I also learnt that the
emir wanted to
hand me over to my father, because the burden of my case is
becoming
too much for him to bear.
If your father should promise to allow you to
practice your new faith, will you go with him?
I'll
not. In a family that you are the only Muslim, how can you
practice in
that house? You know when he (my father) came along with my
mother the
other time, his actions and the harsh words he used, even if
I go back
home, my life will not be secured in his hand. That is why I
said I'll
not go.
Did you start learning anything about
Islam?
Yes, I started learning how to perform ablution. I have
learnt how to recite Surah Al-Fatihah, I am now in my second
surah.
Do you pray five times a day?
Yes I do. I am even fasting now. I have been fasting since
the beginning of the month of Ramadan.
What is your massage to people wanting to join
Islam?
I
have only one massage. Islam is good. Muslims are truthful,
everything
they say, they believe in God and they carry people along.
Once a person
converted to Islam, he'll be carried along until he is
strong to stand
on his own.
What is your appeal to your parent?
I
am appealing to my parents not to be angry with me. My
conversion to
Islam will not separate us. I still love them, even though I
am here.
They can come and visit me and I can also visit them. They
shouldn't
think my new faith will take away the love I have for them.
It will not.
I am very sorry.
(c) Media Trust Limited. 1998 - 2013
--
"War is nothing but a
continuation of political intercourse, with a mixture of
other means. Man will never be free until the last king is
strangled with the entrails of the last
priest."
http://www.viewpointonline.net/letters-to-the-editor.html
What is the real problem of the Muslim mind and mentality? Why cannot we behave as normal human beings do? Where are we going wrong or where did we go wrong, as one wrong turn at a crucial moment of history has led us to our present position, which obviously is as if we were peeping into a volcano. Whenever I write the Muslims I mean the Muslims of Pakistan as they are the Muslim of different kind nowhere to be found in the rest of world.
I think it was once philosophical error might be an error of judgment, but now it has become psychological disorder. If I can do a little psychoanalysis of this almost lost nation, this disease started with narcissism, became megalomania and now in its advance and acute stage it has become schizophrenia.
My knowledge of psychology accompanies me no further so I cannot suggest any therapy but somehow I can trace those elements which aggravated this to a mountain.
It has greatly to do with the philosophy which has been repeatedly hammered into our bones and which accompanies us like our shadows. That is philosophy of a hawk, that we are created to rule the world, we are denizens of upper skies. That picking spiritual progress is a trait of a hawk and picking material progress is that of a vulture. We are the chosen one and that we are to lead the whole world. To this extent the rhetoric does good, but when it states how to achieve this status of a hawk, it is not only confusing but totally impracticable. It says that is to be achieved with the help of spiritual powers. That if you have not made any progress despite sticking to this philosophy, there is nothing wrong with you, this stinking world needs correction you just carry on.
Now when we see all the rest of the world making progress and definitely enjoying the fruits of their labor we are at a loss to understand why have the world treated us like this. Why can't we make both ends meets, why they give us kicks and pricks? The problem is that we have questions, no answers. This leads us to a paranoid conspiracy theory i.e the whole world is conspiring against us, that the world wants to persecute us at any rate and whatever the achievements of the rest of the world civilizations are (such as they are) boil down to nothing when compared to our spiritual progress. There is nothing as falsifying as this that we can determine our position in the world on our own. However, one's status is determined by one's achievements and performance not by any lofty claims and self-proclaimed status.
Imran Muhammad
Feb. 26, 2013
--------------------------------------------
On Sun, 7/28/13, rahimu jabendo <rahimujabendo@googlemail.com> wrote:
Subject: {UAH} Nobody forced me to accept Islam, convert insists
To: "ugandans-at-heart" <ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com>
Cc: "uganda-muslim-brothers-and-sisters" <uganda-muslim-brothers-and-sisters@googlegroups.com>
Received: Sunday, July 28, 2013, 10:25 AM
Nobody forced me to accept Islam, convert insists
Category: Cover
stories
Published on Saturday, 27 July 2013 06:02
Written by Aliyu M. Hamagam, Minna
Hits: 3756
Aisha Uzoechina
The conversion to Islam of
25-year-old Charity Uzoechina, daughter of
Pastor Raymond Uzoechina of Redeem
Christian Church of God, Kwankwashe, Suleja, continues to
generate controversy.
Her father accused the Estu
Nupe Alhaji
Yahaya Abubukar, of hypnotizing his daughter, who has since
changed her
name to A'isha, to embrace Islam. A'isha, who hails from
Asaba, Delta
State, came to Abuja at the age of 10 when her father
relocated from
Lagos. After her secondary school education at Army Day
Secondary School
Asokoro, Abuja she got admission into Federal Polytechnic,
Bida to read
Public Administration. She, however, withdrew from the
course in her
first year. She embraced Islam on February 15, 2013.
A'isha said since
her family relocated to Suleja, Niger State, she has been in
the midst
of Muslims, which accorded her the opportunity to have
several Muslims
friends and learnt a lot about Islam. The travails of
A'isha began when
she ran to the Estu Nupe's palace in Bida on March 1, this
year to
seek protection against any aggression she may face
should her
family know about her conversion to Islam. This led to a
controversy
that is still ongoing, with her father accusing the
traditional ruler of
kidnapping his daughter. Along the line, several meetings
were
organized between A'isha and her father Pastor Uzoechina
and his
daughter at the instance of the Estu Nupe, who also involved
some
members of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). But
despite that,
A'isha refused to follow her father, alleging that he has
threatened to
deal with her by taking her away to a place that she will
not be able
to practice her new religion. A'isha has taken the
matter to a Shariah
court in Bida and the court is expected to rule on August 1,
2013
whether or not the 25-year-old should be released to her
parents or not.
She speaks exclusively to Weekly Trust.
Excerpts:
Weekly Trust: What is
your name?
Aisha Uzoechina: I was formerly known as
Charity Uzoechina and now A'isha Uzoechina.
Why the change of name?
I changed my name because I have accepted Islam.
What brought you to Bida?
I came to Bida in 2012 to read Public Administration at the
Federal Polytechnic, Bida.
Are you still a student of Federal Polytechnic
Bida?
No, I am not. I have withdrawn from the school.
Did you go back home?
No,
I did not go home. At the beginning I was planning to go
back home,
because I wanted to tell my father that I have converted to
Islam. When I
converted, I was afraid to tell my parents, because of the
way my
father would behave. I know he will not take it lightly with
me. So, for
that I refused to go back home.
Did anybody force or enticed you to join
Islam?
I joined Islam on my own. Nobody enticed me with anything to
join Islam.
What informed your decision to join Islam?
I converted to Islam because I love the
character of Muslims, particularly the way they behave. You
know
Muslims believe in God. I have Muslim friends and I watch
what they do,
that enticed me to join Islam. I used to read Qur'an when
I was a
Christian. I always join them to read Qur'an and through
that I found
out that it is the same one God they worship. So I embraced
Islam.
How did your father come to know about your change
of faith?
When
I ran to the palace, I told you, it was very difficult
before I could
see the Emir. When I saw him, the emir refused to accept me,
because my
father did not know about it. He, therefore, collected my
father's
number from me and called him. The following day my father
came and said
he wanted to see me. When we met we talked one on one.
What did you tell him?
Well
the emir told him that I have converted to Islam. When my
father talked
to me, he said let's go home, but I refused. I told him
that I will not
change my faith, because I have already accepted Islam and
this is
where I want to stay. He, therefore, threatened me so much
so that I
became scared of him.
What did he do to you amounting to a
threat?
In
the first place you know, I put on Hijab (veil), he said I
should
remove the Hijab. He was angry and used some harsh words on
me,
directing that I should remove the Hijab, but I refused. He
threatened
to take me to a village where nobody will set his eyes on
me. So I
became scared of him, therefore I refused to follow him.
That is it.
Did the emir intervene?
The
emir gave him one week to come back, but he came back even
before it
reached one week. He said he must take me home. He will not
take me to
our house, but he'll take me to somewhere that nobody will
set his eyes
on me. I quickly ran back to the emir and to the Shari'a
Court for
protection. I don't want to go back to my father, because
he is
threatening me.
How did you come to know about the Shari'a
Court?
I found out from people. I went to them on my own to
formally lodge my complaint.
Why Shari'a Court?
They
have to protect me. You know when you take a case to court
over life
threatening issue, the court must protect you. That is it.
Did your father come back after you refused to
follow him?
He came back. He kept on coming back. The other time he even
threatened to bring some people to kidnap me.
Is it true that at a time your father came with the
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) officials to
you?
Yes.
Is it true that you also went to the Jama'atul Nasril
Islam (JNI)?
Yes.
Why did you go to JNI?
I
told you and I'll still repeat it, though I don't want
to repeat my
words again. I want them to intervene on my behalf, the
threat is too
much. Now I can't go anywhere, I cannot even continue with
my schooling.
I cannot do anything because of the way he has been
threatening me. He
is still bringing people up till now to keep watch on me.
How do you know that your father has assigned people
to keep watch on you?
There
was a time that I wanted to go out, information came to me
that my
father was around and I had to stay back since I don't
want him to take
me away. I know that if I gout anytime,I he'll pick me
up.
How did you come to know about JNI?
I have been reading about them. That is why I went to them.
How did you present your case to JNI?
I
wrote to them seeking for their intervention, because I do
not know how
to go about convincing my father. I also learnt that the
emir wanted to
hand me over to my father, because the burden of my case is
becoming
too much for him to bear.
If your father should promise to allow you to
practice your new faith, will you go with him?
I'll
not. In a family that you are the only Muslim, how can you
practice in
that house? You know when he (my father) came along with my
mother the
other time, his actions and the harsh words he used, even if
I go back
home, my life will not be secured in his hand. That is why I
said I'll
not go.
Did you start learning anything about
Islam?
Yes, I started learning how to perform ablution. I have
learnt how to recite Surah Al-Fatihah, I am now in my second
surah.
Do you pray five times a day?
Yes I do. I am even fasting now. I have been fasting since
the beginning of the month of Ramadan.
What is your massage to people wanting to join
Islam?
I
have only one massage. Islam is good. Muslims are truthful,
everything
they say, they believe in God and they carry people along.
Once a person
converted to Islam, he'll be carried along until he is
strong to stand
on his own.
What is your appeal to your parent?
I
am appealing to my parents not to be angry with me. My
conversion to
Islam will not separate us. I still love them, even though I
am here.
They can come and visit me and I can also visit them. They
shouldn't
think my new faith will take away the love I have for them.
It will not.
I am very sorry.
(c) Media Trust Limited. 1998 - 2013
--
"War is nothing but a
continuation of political intercourse, with a mixture of
other means. Man will never be free until the last king is
strangled with the entrails of the last
priest."
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