And the same ustaz was also quoted saying
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I think all this petty hullabaloo does not even deserve to be highlighted. It's just 'holier than thou' warriors doing what they do best. Picking up the worst in everything, especially when it's something new in their religion, just so that they could gloat and smirk at our growing hatred for other religions for their imperceptible method of evangelisation, so it would seem.
That said, I have my own opinion about this issue. Why do i need to have my own opinion on this issue when the ustaz, the man of religion has already decreed his estimation?
Because I'm honestly wondering how does designating one special day for you to take your hat off to your mother could actually hurt your belief? I'm wondering too why has the ustaz derived such a verdict? Let us first look at the history of this controversial day.
"In medieval Europe, the fourth Sunday of Lent was a day set aside for people to honor the church where they were baptized, their “mother church,” by decorating it and making special offerings.
But in England, in the 17th century, a church decree designated that day as Mothering Day, and proclaimed that it would be a day to honor one's human mother. It was a popular holiday because families were allowed to feast on that day, despite it's being in the middle of Lent. And at that feast, mothers were the guests of honor, who, in addition to visits from their children, got lots of gifts." Source: AthensPatch
Isn't it obvious how ostensible is the claim celebrating Mother's Day could hurt your belief? Yes, it was first performed to pay honour to the mother church of the believers of that particular religion. However, as stated there, the nature of the celebration has been amended. It's no longer made as a day where people would identify it as related to one's religion. The day has been re-designated for people to personally take their hats off to their mothers for everything that their mothers have ever done and sacrificed for them.
Surely, it's something that you should do every day, to appreciate your mother that is, but what is wrong with entitling one date every year, to do it? Where's the harm in that?
Surely, it's something that you should do every day, to appreciate your mother that is, but what is wrong with entitling one date every year, to do it? Where's the harm in that?
Just because one famous ustaz, or anyone for that matter, says you should not do something because that something is a practice of the believers of other religion, must you stop looking more into it, must you stop asking questions? I don't know about you, but my answer is always 'no'.
