New Muslim Bug Bears

New Muslim Bug Bears

When referring to somebody or talking to somebody. Good old gentleman-like or lady-like manners go along way. Don't address your fellow human being by their colour of their skin and ethnic group or religious or non-religious inclination in a negative way. When our Prophet (Salasalam) sent the letters inviting the leaders of various nations to Islam, he specifically referred to the Christian emperor of Rome (Hercules), not as a 'kafir' (disbeliever) or white man and black man or such other words. He (Salasalam) referred to him as 'The Great one of Rome' (Adheem ul Rome).

When the Prophet spoke about The great King of Abyssinia (Ashama ibn Abjar) who later excepted Islam and Conducted the Prophets (Salasalam) marriage. He used words of honour and endearment, to raise and respect that person. If your view of the world, is that your non-muslim fellow human beings are all 'Kafir', surprise, surprise, that's exactly how you will treat other people. Resulting, in affecting no body with our beautiful religion. Our job is to convey the message of Islam to our fellow human beings in a beautiful and kind way, with love, mercy and clemency.

More over, if you refer to people by the colour of their skin or ethnicity, in other languages used in the UK, this can be interpreted by some, as racial or at the least bad manners. The Prophet (Salasalam) used to refer to 2 of his companions as Salman al Farsi (Salman the Persian) or Bilal al Habishi (Bilal the Abyssinian). Referring to them an honoring them by their country of origin.

Contextually, words can also have on undertone of all the things negative about someone's culture or ethnicity. Words may begin harmless, however, when used contextually, using body language and voice tone, this can be offensive and demeaning.

Here are some alternative words easily adapted to our language vocabulary; 'Brother/sister' 'sir' 'ma'am' 'madame' Ya Sayyidi translated 'Oh my master' ' My friend ' ' Those of other faiths instead of Non Muslims, ' Brothers/sisters in Humanity' ' My Fellow Brothers & sisters' ' Brother/sister from England, America etc

Take heed of this Advice 'Don't call Muslims or non Muslims 'Kafirs'

We don't know, what is in that persons heart or whether they are Muslim or not, or even hiding their faith for fear of persecution and ridicule. We don't know whether that person will be become Muslim or not. Allah Is the knower of hearts and a persons end state, and he is the judge NOT YOU Oh Mr or Miss I have all the answers, and my Shaykh Google of Islam has told me this. I have the biggest ego in the world and I am right and everyone else is wrong. I have a daleel Akh!

Do you feel comfortable referring to the companions before they became Muslims as Kafirs, would you say to New Muslim, things like' Your family are all kafirs & they are all in hell' or saying to a New Muslim that “you were a kafir before you became Muslim”. ABSOLUTELY NO, we don't feel at all comfortable with these statements.

Have we really passed on the true message of Islam? not the Islam that promotes the killing of innocent people or propagates death and destruction to everyone that doesn't follow their ideology and referring to human beings as kafirs and everyone all in hell. Or do we follow a religion, that is one of love, forgiveness, preference over others and forbearing.

These comments and concerns highlighted above, make up a reaction to common New Muslim complaints and experiences that they face on a daily basis.