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Suntu:

Take a chill pill. You're taking Haruna too seriously. If you insist on
resurrecting him, give him a call and provide one-on-one counseling instead.
We'll wish you luck.

-Laye

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 8:01 PM, SUNTOU TOURAY <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> I hope Haruna don’t mind me making this view comments on his quest to
> always comment on anything Islamic here on our G-L.
>
> Haruna, like many here has cultural and religious background which in one
> way or the other is influence by the Islamic faith. Like him, many of us
> here were brought up with our respective ethnic tradition and Islam as our
> religion.
>
> Like him, many of us here were train early in our childhood on Islamic
> religious obligations and commandments couple with our respective
> traditions.
>
> Like him, many of us learn parts of the Noble Qur’an through different
> forms of religious education. In local karantas, dairas, madrasas, primary
> and secondary schools.
>
> Our parents live their lives according to their respective cultures and
> with the Islamic faith as spiritual guide. With that as a backdrop, our
> parents spend their lives bringing us up as good people according to the
> cultures they know and with the Islamic spiritual teachings.
>
> In fact, Haruna spend a good part of his early childhood practising the
> Islamic faith like no other person. His father was well known for his love
> of the Islamic teaching. His grandfather was a respectable Islamic scholar.
> Haruna in essence is no stranger to Islam.
>
> A point of departure: a change of heart.
>
> Unless I misread Haruna or misunderstand his take on Islamic issues. His
> statements here indicating that, he doesn’t practise the five daily prayers
> sacred to Muslims, he doesn’t practise fasting during the month of Ramadan,
> he doesn’t consider the annual pilgrimage to Mecca as important and finally
> he has develop his own Harunasilo departing completely from his dad, his
> granddad and many of his kit and kin understanding of religion.
>
>
>
> The reason i asked the question of what does Haruna hope to achieve is
> that, he never leave any occasion pass him dealing with Islamic subjects.
> With the backdrop of not praying the five daily prayers, not fasting in
> Ramadam, not even valuing the annual pilgrimage and many other Islamic core
> values, haruna doesn’t count himself Muslim. So why bother about Islamic
> issues?
>
> He never leave a chance without questioning Islamic matters, yet he has
> already move on and even develop his own spiritual path. Did Haruna wish to
> influence practising Muslims with his Harunasilo which some are taking to be
> a light hearted joke?
>
> Finally, it is natural that exposure cause us to adapt and inhibit new
> thinking and/or even new faith. Haruna is not alone on that aspect. He
> should at least make himself clear on his spiritual design here so that, we
> the practising Muslims can know how to deal with him and his Harunasilo
> (haruna path).
>
> Thank you
>
> Suntou touray (a Muslim forever)
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