As Muslims, we sometimes fall into the trap that many groups fall into.
We develop a feeling of superiority based upon our association with
Islam. We often look at people who are different from us and we scoff
at them. We ridicule them, and insult them. We neglect to even approach
them with Islam, yet we say how they need Islam in their lives. This
type of attitude is the one of blissful ignorance. It's just lame.The
question I ask is,"Are you ready?". Are you ready to embrace someone
who looks likethis? What are you going to do if he enters our ranks?
What will be your reaction if you saw him at Hajj, huh?I ask this
because, I ran into an interesting situation. A friend of mine met a
man who had converted to Islam. In his past, he had engaged in
homosexual activity, but he turned away from that. My friend
appreciated the fact that this person was honest. This person divulged
this info because of interest in marrying my friend.When all of this
was explained to me, I mentioned that although this person had a past,
he has also taken on Islam. It's the questions..."Does my friend reject
this person because of his past?""Will rejection potentially cause this
person to withhold this information the next time they wish to pursue
marriage?""Is there a chance that this person sees marriage as a cure
for his previous behavior?""How will such information play into the
married life of this person? Will it be a cause for argument or enmity
between spouses?""Should this person have even shared such information
about past acts?""But isn't sharing such information the responsible
thing to do? Especially in this day and age?""Would a better match be
with another convert who also had similar behaviour in the past?"Oh the
list went on. No answers though. What I know without a doubt is that we
need to decide whether or not we want to continue to ignore these
issues? We need to decide if brother "Tat Face" will be judged by his
character content and if brother "Past Life" will have space among his
ranks during salat.

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Posted By Dynamite Soul to The Scent at 5/16/2007 12:01:00 AM