Comments on: Roses & Bulbul Birds http://calitreview.com/15 An arts and culture magazine. Tue, 22 May 2012 10:12:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: tchttp://calitreview.com/15/comment-page-1#comment-528 tc Mon, 28 May 2007 03:34:29 +0000 http://calitreview.com//essays/roses-bulbul-birds/#comment-528 "...from whatever ?objective? point of view, is something of which these people are utterly incapable.." 'These people' eh? Could you have provided a more pathognomic display of orientalism? 'Bemused' you say? Well, having compared 9/11 and the Rushdie book burning without so much as a glimmer of understanding, i'm surprised. As they say, stupidity is it's own reward. Although surely UCLA also pay. “…from whatever ?objective? point of view, is something of which these people are utterly incapable..”

‘These people’ eh? Could you have provided a more pathognomic display of orientalism?

‘Bemused’ you say? Well, having compared 9/11 and the Rushdie book burning without so much as a glimmer of understanding, i’m surprised.

As they say, stupidity is it’s own reward. Although surely UCLA also pay.

]]> By: Mohideen Ibramshahttp://calitreview.com/15/comment-page-1#comment-527 Mohideen Ibramsha Mon, 28 May 2007 03:33:43 +0000 http://calitreview.com//essays/roses-bulbul-birds/#comment-527 From their claims on Jerusalem as their third most holy site, one would suppose that Mohammed actually spoke in the Koran of that city or the Byzantine churches built on the ruins of the Temple Mount. The life of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, was a practical demonstration of the Holy Quran; it was the explanation of the Holy Quran. It is not necessary to have Jerusalem mentioned in the Holy Quran for that city to become a city of reverence to the Muslims. The URL http://www.searchtruth.com/searchHadith.php?keyword=Jerusalem+three&translator=1&search=1&book=&start=0&records_display=10&search_word=all gives four Traditions indicating that it is acceptable for a Muslim to go on a journey specifically to visit the Masjid at Jerusalem. So, the Masjid Al-Aqsa is the property to be guarded by all Muslims, unlike the Babri Masjid in India which was to be guarded by the local Muslims alone. From their claims on Jerusalem as their third most holy site, one would suppose that Mohammed actually spoke in the Koran of that city or the Byzantine churches built on the ruins of the Temple Mount.

The life of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, was a practical demonstration of the Holy Quran; it was the explanation of the Holy Quran. It is not necessary to have Jerusalem mentioned in the Holy Quran for that city to become a city of reverence to the Muslims.

The URL http://www.searchtruth.com/searchHadith.php?keyword=Jerusalem+three&translator=1&search=1&book=&start=0&records_display=10&search_word=all
gives four Traditions indicating that it is acceptable for a Muslim to go on a journey specifically to visit the Masjid at Jerusalem. So, the Masjid Al-Aqsa is the property to be guarded by all Muslims, unlike the Babri Masjid in India which was to be guarded by the local Muslims alone.

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