Muslim pop stars repudiate terror

bhkad · 08-11-07, 02:29 AM

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Muslim pop stars repudiate terror
'Yeh Hum Naheen' music video: 'Story spread in our names is a lie'
Posted: August 11, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

In Pakistan's newest hit song, produced in the tradition of "We Are The World," the nation's pop stars repudiate terrorism, and proclaim innocence for the nation's Islamic residents who oppose the violence they see being inflicted in the name of their religion.

The song, "Yeh Hum Naheen," is Urdu for "This is Not Us," and was turned from an idea into a YouTube video by Waseem Mahmood and his sons, Khurrum and Khaiyyam.

"This story that is being spread in our names is a lie … The name by which you know us we are not" are the lyrics.

Fox News reports the Pakistan-born British man simply was responding to what "a lot of people have been demanding: They are Muslims declaring that those who use terror in the name of Islam are wrong."

The song is performed by top pop singers in Pakistan, and the video of the performance has been interspersed with shots of the ugly results of terrorism, and the dire headlines of its impact.

Also included are shots of the joyful and peaceful lives Pakistanis live.

The sons had told their father they were tired of being targeted in Britain by extremist Muslims who thought they were too secular, Fox said. "And they were sick of seeing terrorists cloak their activity in religion."

It was launched almost immediately into the No. 1 position in Pakistan and on the web has circled the world, with tens of thousands of downloads.

The performance, by singers including Ali Haider, Hadiqa Kiani, Ali Zafar, Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan, Haroon and Shuja Haider, also now features subtitles in English.

It also has attracted opposition. Waseem said extremists have criticized the result, saying it should target governments, not terrorists.

One Pakistani-born blogger noted his nation's residents do not support terrorism. "It is our misfortune that not only are we a poor country that has seen its share of despotic, ideological regimes, but that we are also surrounded by countries that have often offloaded their instability onto us," wrote the MIT graduate who now is a corporate executive.

"So this song, in my opinion, is the moderate and modern Pakistan's effort to stand up against extremism and terrorism. We reject the proxy jihadi fights that others hope to fight on our territories, and we reject the label of terrorists because we are not. Ordinary Pakistanis want to have fruitful lives like anybody else," he said.

The lyrics, according to an Internet translation posting, includes:

This story that is being spread in our names is a lie
These stamps of death on our forehead are the signs of others
The name by which you know us - we are not that
The eyes with which you look at us - we are not that
This is not us - this is not us…

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Lerxst · 08-13-07, 08:06 AM

It kind of goes along with what I have always believed. The "Islamic threat is not a general threat to our way of life. Radical extremists pervert Islam and kill in it's name, but represent only the smallest minority in Islam. Modernism and moderation are overtaking Islam. Artists like this are more powerful in shaping an Islamic response to it's own militancy and defeating it than all the firepower on the planet.

bub · 08-13-07, 08:48 AM

I think it's the first post of Bhkad I thank.

Hey, have you posted it by accident or have you finally realized Islam is hijacked by a bunch of extremists ***** who do not represent the majority of Muslims?

bhkad · 08-21-07, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffMerriman

It kind of goes along with what I have always believed. The "Islamic threat is not a general threat to our way of life. Radical extremists pervert Islam and kill in it's name, but represent only the smallest minority in Islam. Modernism and moderation are overtaking Islam. Artists like this are more powerful in shaping an Islamic response to it's own militancy and defeating it than all the firepower on the planet.

Just like the G.O.P. represents only the smallest minority in America?

Thales · 08-21-07, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bhkad

Just like the G.O.P. represents only the smallest minority in America?

Alright, I think all of us on this forum are capable of stomaching most of your slightly bizarre views. But this line is just complete and utter bull****, and you have to know it.

Lerxst · 09-06-07, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by bhkad

Just like the G.O.P. represents only the smallest minority in America?

What are you getting at here? How do these thing parallel each other?

You know why I think this video is so powerful? Because it helps to debunk all of these ****ing bull**** lies that are being spread that this is a "clash of cultures", that it's "Islam vs. the world." It's not. It's a small sliver of Islam perverting a religion to suit it's ends. Despite what you or some other here may truly want to believe, Islam is shifting. Modernism is claiming more ground. Just like it has with Christianity and Judaism.

Why the hell do people actually try to preach a coming cataclysm between Islam and the world? How stupid do you think I am? Or others are? If you truly believe this you are either very naive and gullible yourself, or you are deliberately spreading hate and misinformation in the hopes that this horrible event will occur.

Generalization and universal application of fear and lies to world events related to religion in any way is very dangerous. It doesn't enlighten anyone to the "growing Islamic threat." It exacerbates a problem fueled by hate and ignorance. We have enough issues with world governments and corruption without having to worry about people deliberately inciting religious intolerance for the sole purpose of creating some self-fulfilling prophecy of violence.

Voidwar · 09-07-07, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffMerriman

How stupid do you think I am? Or others are?

Be prepared for the truth when you ask this question.

Very.

Islam is NOT just Christianity with funny hats.

Your postings here belie a fantasy view of Islam that does not mesh at all with the overwhelming evidence of the real totalitarian nature of Islam. Your ignorance of the reality of Islam will turn you into a dhimmi, and perhaps your ignorance will hamstring the rest of us enough to take us down with you.

Lerxst · 09-07-07, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Voidwar

Be prepared for the truth when you ask this question.

Very.

Islam is NOT just Christianity with funny hats.

Your postings here belie a fantasy view of Islam that does not mesh at all with the overwhelming evidence of the real totalitarian nature of Islam. Your ignorance of the reality of Islam will turn you into a dhimmi, and perhaps your ignorance will hamstring the rest of us enough to take us down with you.

Well let's go ahead and go down this road. My position that you will paint your side of this argument with broad strokes, generalities, universal applications of singular or limited events, mis-characterizations, and blind ignorance will born out I'm sure.

Explain to me the totality of Islam please. You obviously know SOOOOO much about it. Go ahead Mr. Knowitall....I really would like to hear this. Preach to me about the coming culture war that will engulf the whole world in an "us against them" Armageddon for mere survival. Explain to me how Islam is an imminent threat to the west. Or how we should be worried because they are all fundamental militants at heart because the Quran tells them to be so, and that they are slowly but surely infiltrating our nations in a bid to enslave us to Allah or murder us as infidels.

The same ****ing ignorance you project here is the garbage that so many morons use to splatter Christianity. I used to buy into all this bull**** until I was forced to take teachings from an Imam in Kansas City. My training was to educate us on the practice of Islam and the very distinct sects within it. Your view appears to be one of "they are all alike" just as in saying all Christians are turpentine swilling, snake kissing pentecostal holy rollers.

Please....respond.

Thelost1 · 09-07-07, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffMerriman

Explain to me the totality of Islam please. You obviously know SOOOOO much about it. Go ahead Mr. Knowitall....I really would like to hear this. Preach to me about the coming culture war that will engulf the whole world in an "us against them" Armageddon for mere survival. Explain to me how Islam is an imminent threat to the west. Or how we should be worried because they are all fundamental militants at heart because the Quran tells them to be so, and that they are slowly but surely infiltrating our nations in a bid to enslave us to Allah or murder us as infidels.

...and do it while wearing a yellow poncho.