Catism

Dr. Zakir Naik is in Kuwait.

He’s presenting a public lecture on the concept of God in religions.

Friday, February 29th, 2008
6:30 PM
Touristic Park, Jileeb Alshuyookh.
Near Indian Central School in Abbasiya.

http://www.idristawfiq.com

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Zain is the new name for MTC, the leading telecommunication magnet in Kuwait and the Middle East. Zain in Arabic (in Kuwaiti dialect to be more specific) means good or nice. But the new advertising campaign of Zain is not that zain!

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The new campaign presents 6 different ads that show 3 men and 3 women. The men advertisements say about Zain:

1. This is my chart
2. his is my choir
3. his is my highway

And as you can notice, these statements touch different aspects of life; career and business (my chart), leisure, hobbies, and entertainment (my choir), general achievement in life (my highway)

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Now, let’s have a look at the what the lady ads say:

1. This is my mirror
2. This is my Perfume
3. This is my jewelery box

The lady ads are totally centered around the beauty industry.

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Now let’s have a few things clear. I’m a woman, and only a woman will understand how important looking beautiful is. This is an intrinsic thing with us. But this is not the only thing we do and care about in life. We are also interested in personal and professional achievements, and have hobbies and leisure time activities that are not confined to the vanity.

I’ m not a client of Zain, and I have nothing personal to the company, but from an objective point of view, the new campain of Zain, is really un-zain!

I have to say that is a legitimate question after all.

Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) betrothed Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) when she was 6, and consummated the marriage when she was 9. I know that a Western will be just appalled by this. Actually I once heard someone call the Prophet “a pedophile”.

I have to points to make here:

1- If he were a pedophile, why didn’t he consummate the marriage when she was 6? Why did he wait for 3 years? I guess for pedophiles, it goes by “the younger the better” approach.

The answer is simple. He waited until she became a woman. Until she reached puberty.
I know it’s hard for you to believe that a 9-year girl can be a mature woman, but that is so possible. It has to do with race and the influence of the climate.
To share a personal story with you, I have a relative (she’s 50 something now), she had her first period cycle when she was 10 years old only. And she was completely healthy and no one of the family was alarmed because they knew that was common in our part of the world. And when I say that she had her first menses when she was 10, I also mean that by that time she was not child, she was -medically, mentally, and psychologically- almost a woman not a child. She was a bit short for a woman but that’s normal, as she was only ten. And in case you are interested, she had her menopause sooner than usual.

2- If Muhammad were a pedophile, why didn’t anyone speak up back then? And by “anyone” I mean those who were fighting Muhammad?
Come on! This was the chance for them to undermine Muhammad and his message.

Actually, the marriage was very normal when seen in context. At that time it was OK to do so. And the sheerest proof is Muhammad’s foes silence over it. The other option is to call everyone who was born 1400 years ago pedophiles because it was OK with them to do it. Actually there are examples outside Arabia of such practices.
Now please note that Muhammad never encouraged his companions to marry young girls. He did it because the costumes allowed it.

These were some quick points that I wanted to share with you. And I would very much like to hear from you and the door is wide open for discussion.

Have a nice day.
Catism

I finally decided that I should blog. I already have a blog in Arabic, and now it’s high time to blog in English.

Why? Because no one is too old to blog. And it’s never too late to blog. Or is it?