to you my friend

hi, here i am again, writing to share my thought. i feel like writing about religion today; don't worry, there will be no heavy material - just the simple ones.

the world is coming back to religion. yes, we are living in a post modern world. let us go into that for a moment. according to sheikh Omar, the definition of modern is being skeptical to the past. in pre-modern world, people with different faith would kill each other if they were living in the same house. people in modern world would say you are right for your religion and so am i.people in post modern world is coming back to the religion.

coming back to religion is actually a good thing at the first glance. (i never say it is bad after the second glance). but i prefer to see it like competition. yes, competition among YOUTH with different faith. here are few examples based on my experience. one Hindu friend of mine, he told us with confident about his goddess, deva and devi. another friend, who is Christian, made his asian girlfriend converted into catholic; and, i can see how strong he hold to his belief. one morning, i went to the basement of my building and i saw one Jewish boy who was one or two year(s) younger than me reading his old testament - alone. i can tell he was a Judah by his attire.

after all those examples the Mighty Lord hath shown me, it comes to a question. how is our youth? well, it is not easy to generalize them but again, here are few examples.

1)there is one time when I talk about my religion to different faith friend of mine. someone (who is Muslim too) whispered "hey, you might annoy him". that was not even encouraging. even the "infidel" listened to every words of mine.

2)we were required to make a presentation in Islamic Education. i was so depressed with some of their presentation. yeah, read Quran always, perform solah and blah..blah..blah. man, our religion is not just about that. are we really understand about our religion? i could say that all those cliche statements were made by people who do not live in their faith yet confessed to believe so. "to believe in something but not to live it, is dishonest" -Mahatma Gandhi

3)this is a very typical example.a group of "pious" people accused the-not-so-pious one with swear words for being ignorant about religion. yet the "unfortunate" group remain calm. the main question is-which one is the ignorant? i am not saying one side is 100% true and another is 100% wrong. but think about it this way, the God gives you a little bit more education and knowledge about religion as a sign of His kindness. and why would you discriminate the not-so-bright-about-religion guys? i tell you what, no matter who we are, we are the victims. i pray so that when we stand before God, we don't have anything to regret.

4)"uh, sorry, you can ask the ustaz about this matter" said one guy after being asked about religion.

what's next? being cynical to the religion? yes, again, one question that can answer that is "are you really believe in God; and if so, are you believe in Him?".

anyway, there are still brothers and sisters that never give up fighting for religion in whatever way. congratulation and keep it up guys. may the God be with you.

i don't want to make this post longer. yet, this is a reminder for you and me in case we forgot. please correct me if i am wrong.