The problem with “I don’t care enough…” Is that it is often misinterpreted as “I don’t care, period.”

If I said “I don’t care enough about memorizing the Quran” people will think I am some sort of heretic.

Of course, one can insist on being blunt and ignore people’s weak irrational minds, but it is easier to avoid long explanations and arguments.

Sorry if this comes across as robotic to the extent of missing the point of the inspirational quote. Caffeine is partially responsible for this.

Besides, I don’t care enough about how this comment comes across. :)

A little story… My grandmother, the wife of a presbyterian minister, hated the concept of her children begging for candy during halloween. She didn’t mind dressing up as characters from stories, but the begging was not acceptable to her sensibilities. As I understand the story, one year there was a need for winter coats, so she instructed her daughters that when they rang the doorbells they were to ask for coats for the needy instead of for treats. The next year it was shoes. Her husband saw that this was an opportunity for children to be instrumental in helping other children. They started “Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF”. This is their greatest legacy which has raised tens of millions by children and for children. It is possible for traditions to change and that the intentions of what people are celebrating to be completely different then the origins. As a child I dressed up in costumes based on silly characters or costumes that made me feel beautiful for a day, the ghoulishness was not ever a part of the day, it was a day to feel good and to do good…….But today as a mother who feels that my responsibility for the deen of my children is stronger than tradition, I do not allow my children to participate. I do however crave a way for my children to participate in an activity that would be zakat from children to children.

Salam,

Since this is Open Thread so I’m just thinking aloud with these thoughts:

So I’ve been reading MM from it’s very inception, and it has definitely come a long way with the kind and quality of material they put here. Their line up of authors has improved too. However, I clearly remember that they started off with the usual stuff including ‘sufi’ bashing. As they become more famous they seems to have turned the whole thing around and have developed this intellectual schizophrenia- especially regarding their moderation of comments.

Another point I’ve noted: the FOBS, yes FOBS writing for MM (without naming any name), have this weird sense of entitlement and belonging. Their writings seem to suggest that only BAD ever came out of their country of origin (which in most cases is Pakistan). It’s funny how MM moderators routinely call out ‘arm-chair’ criticism, yet they do the same thing about their own ‘origins’. Is it because it’s a cool thing to do? Is it because being associated with Pakistan now something really shameful? Or is it because as one FOB writer, who left MM, suggested that most Pakistanis are just a bunch of jahils and nothing can be done about them? Similar suggestions and quips are routinely made about Pakistan which sometimes suggest that there are barely any mosques in Pakistan that following sunnah, then you have them suggesting that Pakistan is only full of extremists. And, when I make a valid criticism and answer back with things that are TRUE, it gets censored? Masha’ Allah ‘alaykum.

So, one thing at least I would like to know is what on earth is MM’s moderating policy, because it seems haphazardly innocent; only comments that would suggest that people disagree with anything on MM, or are somehow threatening its monolithic groupieness strangely disappear.

I know, this comment probably won’t see the light of day, but you know AMAD an answer would be nice which you probably aren’t gonna give (If you do delete this last sentence please, thanks). :P