Islam stands isolated!

Shine of Islam not only faded away with the passing of time but failed even to stand up to its own dark era of hatred and extremism.  With the universe and its inhabitants making giant strides on all fronts, Islam with its school of thought has become the bane of extremism and a bone of contention for the entire world. If the leading lights of Islam are unable to exercise even a semblance of control over the dark elements within its fold, it ought to suffice for a conclusion that Islam is an outcome of human error or weakness, so call off the bluff now with all its belief mired in controversies.

No human being can copy a kill to paste truth but with Muslims fighting shy of being targeted for their own folly, are unable to even reason as to what their actual demand is.

Do we take a look at how the so called Islam traced a prophet within an individual who hardly managed to live up to what eventually goes to make a prophet?

 

On a hectic night in the year 570 A.D. when Abdullah and Amina decided to have a go at each other, it never occurred to the unsuspecting couple that they were training their trigger on a peaceful world of innocent believers. The couple did not have the least inkling that he who was to see light of the world nine months later viz. on April 20, 571 would set the world on fire and bring about a dark era of hatred and passion!

Muhammad (Abu al-Qasim Muhammad Ibn Abd Allah Ibn Abd al-Muttalib Ibn Hashim) became a controversial figure even among his contemporaries. He scripted history that got mired in contradictions and incongruity. His first marriage at 25 did not yield him the bliss of happiness he dreamt of. So, in an effort to circumvent his own weaknesses, he is said to have retired to solitude in a cave away from Mecca. After he allegedly received his first revelation from ‘allah’, he is said to have emerged with a puritan image, as if transcended in to an elite of a prophet.  Armed with his alleged new mandate, he attempted to convert people to his version of Islam, but in the process encountered hostility from many of those around him. Sensing that only a meager fraction of the populace heeded his call to embrace Islam of his vision, he felt deeply distressed and disillusioned. And as the heat of hostility from those around started being felt, he decided he would not be able to fend for himself from their ire, so he along with a few of his followers made good his escape from Mecca in to Medina.

After reinforcing his following with people of other tribes, he managed to wrest Meccafrom the locals but not without exhausting himself with eight weary years of long drawn out battle.  At Meccahe allegedly lived a life of committed discourses on Islam. Despite assuming the halo of a prophet, still his lust for worldly attractions and bodily inclinations kept increasing manifold. The un-reported figures and unofficial statistics apart, he is said to have enjoyed the luxury of twelve marriages, all that to satiate his body and genitals. He wound up his session of marriages by taking a 9 year old girl as his begum, that too at the ripe old age of 54. It may be worth dwelling on the puzzle of a surmise as to how divinity could have deigned to shed any iota of revelation in to a mind obsessed with worldly cares and base lustful instincts?

There is no record of his having been born a prophet. Even if this position is accepted as true, still what intrigues people or defies ethics is how divinity could establish contact with a finite being like Mohammed, who spent most of his years in futile warfare, conquests and unmerciful butcheries, which under normal circumstances could never have attracted divine revelation. It also needs to be emphasized that despite being a messenger of his ‘allah’, he found it expedient to target innocent and righteous people who never intended harm on anyone. Moreover, any person with a prophetic image could at most have attracted jealousy from people around and which could have been tackled by a confident and devout person. But in the present case it clearly manifested that the people were well acquainted with the game he was indulging in. Broadly speaking, it was more of a hoodwinking game by his blind followers while none of the divine stuff that his own followers wanted others to believe in existed.

He had an implied weakness for women so much so he invariably hearkened to their aid whenever they appeared to be in distress. He was full of sympathy when it came to the plight of women and always went out of his way to assist them. It is also worth adding here that he got married to twelve women in succession (one of them a child of 9), all of which suggest that his body, mind and human faculties had been defiled through his own sins and evil habits. This being the case it is more than puzzling as to how God could ever interact with a faulty and defiled human being?

He unraveled the dogma in a style of his own but failed to abide by it in real life. He denounced God but extolled Allah of his make. As a result, towards the sunset of his life, the alleged prophet was tormented beyond capacity by the very God he denounced, and the illness ultimately took his life as well.

Can any sane person proclaim himself as a prophet and yet detest other human beings, as he himself uttered: “Curse be on the Jews and the Christians, that they made the grave of their prophets a place of worship” (Bukhari 62/1).

When a prophet like Mohammed spoke of ‘their prophets’, it implied that he belonged to a different category or denomination of prophets. In other words, neither divinity nor Almighty had any role to play in the so called revelation from ‘allah’. So, who did?

This raises the great question – Did Muhammad really have a revelation or a day dream? And did the devil take undue advantage of his weaknesses and set him up as his stooge?

The overall analysis of his life goes to suggest that Mohammed did not have a divine revelation; rather it was a pipe-dream wherein the devil appeared to subscribe to his sentiments and living style. No wonder then that his own followers go berserk unable to digest the fact that their game of deifying the devil is being staunchly opposed by devout and God-fearing people all over the world.

Where was the need of a prophet for a world that was very much on track much to the detriment of peace and harmony?

How do his followers distinguish between God and the devil? Where do they draw the dividing line between the Supreme Good and the greater evil? If the logic of a prophet satiating his bodily needs, living by feminism, persecuting innocents, fuelling his ambitions and still enjoy divinity duly applauded by his blind followers, then every Muslim following in the footsteps of Mohamed may be regarded as a prophet doing what has been  counseled to them and deserving to be called as much – allah-ho-akbar.

 

The true followers of God, in the meantime, send up a fervent prayer to God Almighty that He save the world, prevent the devil from anointing these prophets of doom and deign to forgive their overindulgence and contamination of the world!

 

As an afterthought one might emphatically assert that Islam which refers to Jesus Christ as a prophet only, the absurdity with which they project or eulogise an ordinary man by name Muhammad, who lived to excel as an immoral being with craze to satiate his lust of flesh till his dying years, who was pitted against his own ambitions to kill or annex territories, fails reason and logic how he awfully failed to leave a message of peace and love to the beleaguered people who unto this day are unable to safeguard their belief but through kill and extremism.

NEWS PAPER

A cup of morning tea without a newspaper by the side is like holding a fishing rod without dangling a bait on it. Newspaper with its wide ranging features and attractions has become the most sought after piece of informative material to start the day with for most people around the globe. With its coverage engulfing most areas and day to day requirements, newspaper has become indispensable nationally as well as internationally.  What makes it all the more attractive is its highly qualitative approach to bringing people around on prominent issues and attractions of an ever advancing world. Even with all the advanced technologies on the media front, news paper undoubtedly maintains its uniqueness when it comes to bringing people and the world together.

Newspapers adorn not only residential houses. In fact it is made available in all offices, reception counters, restaurants, tea-stalls, shops etc. all of which display the daily newspapers in a prominent place or a corner, to attract guests in to a leisurely wait.  Visitors who occupy their idle hours avidly scanning their contents hardly feel hours roll by while their hosts finish off with exigencies and urgent appointments.  Newspaper has come to be regarded as a necessary ingredient that brings the world and various events at the flash of an eye blink.  It is in fact a marvelous piece of attraction that has come to be regarded as a necessity for every human being, for keeping abreast of developments in and around the country and the world in general.  Newspaper is, in fact, a symbol of refreshing drink that invigorates its readers while keeping the general public updated on important events and developments. To most people, reading newspaper in the morning hours is indispensable, it forewarns the government on the pulse of the people and the people are acquainted with what the government is about.

 

Newspaper, besides providing ample update on political developments and summarized interviews of people and departments alike, the intermittent interviews with high profile individuals and party dignitaries bring the news alive, leaving an eerie suspense in the minds of people and opponents alike. In essence newspapers keep alive a rhythm on every front with retorts and rebuttals while the general public make individual assessments on the performance of a government or the opposition.

 

Going by statistics, India is said to be having approximately 5,600 dailies in circulation in various languages all over the country.  The above figure may provide an insight in to the literary status and informative standards maintained by the country.  The whole structure and appearance of a newspaper is designed in such a manner as to make it appealing to every generation, be it rich or poor, young or old.  One salient feature of a newspaper is that its style and focus keep changing according to time and requirements.  Every segment of a society relish it with avidity, so much so, many people including business men and scholars cannot go without scanning the newspaper for once during the day.

 

NATURE OF ITS CONTENTS

 

A newspaper carries various features which, in essence, adorn its pages besides carrying headlines highlighting important events or happenings relevant to the occasion or period.  Modern day newspaper caters to every class of people, by means of updates on business as well as economy related topics plus inputs on political events and personalities, interviews with people of high standing, providing news of vital importance with images and illustrations, besides classified columns which dwell on day to day requirements of different categories of people.  In short, a newspaper may be referred to as an ‘encyclopedia’ of daily activities both inside and outside the country.

 

BENEFICIARIES OF A NEWSPAPER

Generally speaking every bit of print on the newspaper benefits various sections of a society frm diplomats, politicians, professionals like doctors, lawyers, business class, office goers, besides labour class, whether employed or unemployed and alos the students who form the core group of youngsters who are to shoulder the responsibility of taking the future of the country forward.  The other all encompassing features of a newspaper include, among others, advertisements of various categories, minor items like forecast of weather, cross word puzzle as also astrological inputs and other classifieds.  With such vast scope of comprehensive information features with dexterity and focus, with inputs systematically added to create the required colour and flavour needed to satisfy the readers, the newspaper holds tremendous scope for the upliftment of every section of masses towards a better tomorrow and immense benefit is derived through its informative pages all of which enable a person to step on to a better tomorrow.  In essence, the newspaper is a ‘daily reckoner’, which imparts education and connects a today with the coming tomorrow, thus excelling in every aspect of life.  It carries with it a future for every section of the society for earning livelihood and for achieving their desired goals.

                                                                                                  

ABUSES

 

This medium of instruction that holds great values for people and society at large, sometimes come under manipulation by certain categories of people, who tend to abuse its usage to further their vested interests.  Incidentally, some people utilize its scope and circulation for furthering the sale of their products or for providing adverse comments on the competitor’s products through unlawful means.  Faced with prospects of a bleak future for their products in the dwindling market, certain categories of people resort to planting incorrect information, with a view to confuse the market.  Some even use this media to plant news items that do not conform to truth or at times may even directly infringe on the rights of another individual or section of the society. Such acts and manipulations by vested interests indirectly harm the reputation, not only of the products, but the paper as well and needs to be checked. 

 

TILTING THE BALANCE

With very large number of dailies in circulation all over the country and the world as well, there is a need to base every bit of information that is brought out in print to be founded on ethics and truth.  The world is gradually slipping towards a period of anarchy and insecurity among countries.  Extremism has taken the centre stage of human existence. Media too is gradually going astray by undermining the achievements of the world leaders and projecting achievements of extremists rather than censuring the same.  This approach is weakening the fight against terrorism or failing to achieve the desired results.  The world is practically being bent to the will of extremists who have taken the world for a ride.  There is need to counter this trend and the media should come forward to project the need for a concerned fight against terrorism, or else, it would be a ‘yesterday’ for the world and a blooming tomorrow for terrorists.  Any departure from these criteria could jeopardize the progress of the society and the world at large, which is being continuously slammed by inclement forces of extremism and human rights violation.