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Originally posted by Al-Afghani
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Lets dissect the case and comment. Here is the best story we have to date regarding what happened in this case.
Certainly, this was a crime, and all involved are guilty of murder and mob rule. But let us see what role Islam played and we might be surprised.
I am deeply dismayed at the level of general stupidity and lack of analytic skill that I see here. Instead of having two dueling hypotheses (or simply an open mind) and trying to get to the truth based on data (facts), people here see some article and superimpose their own narrative onto the events thereby delaying justice and ensuring more injustice.
The best article to date is found here:
So let us see who was ad Dawla al Islam and who was "cultural" shall we?
First, let us examine the wronged and murdered Miss Farkhonda and see what she was doing that day:
Although ill, Farkhunda had kept up with her studies at a madrasa. On Thursday morning, after leaving school, she turned up at the shrine of the King of Two Swords, which honors a Muslim conqueror in Afghanistan who died in the seventh century fighting Hindu warriors.
Apparently, she was intent on making sure that visitors’ prayers at the shrine were in strict Islamic accordance. The attendants at the shrine say they did not recognize her, but she quickly made her presence felt.
One of the attendants, Shad Mohammad, said that Farkhunda began berating visitors, men and women alike. It was acceptable to pay their respects at a shrine like this, she instructed visitors, but it was not an appropriate place to worship.
“Don’t come here to pray,” she shouted, according to Mr. Mohammad. “God won’t accept your prayers here.”
Apparently, she was intent on making sure that visitors’ prayers at the shrine were in strict Islamic accordance. The attendants at the shrine say they did not recognize her, but she quickly made her presence felt.
One of the attendants, Shad Mohammad, said that Farkhunda began berating visitors, men and women alike. It was acceptable to pay their respects at a shrine like this, she instructed visitors, but it was not an appropriate place to worship.
“Don’t come here to pray,” she shouted, according to Mr. Mohammad. “God won’t accept your prayers here.”
So let us see now who ordered her death? Was it a Salafist? Was it a Deobandi Mullah? Let us define these terms: They are puritanical sects known for actually being involved in the shutting down of such shrines. They are generally classified into the world wide term of "wahhabi" by most.
To the contrary, the person who instigated and ordered her death is described in the following way:
A policeman who witnessed the incident on Thursday told AP news agency that Farkhunda was arguing with a local mullah. Her father said she had complained about women being encouraged to waste money on the amulets peddled by the mullahs at the shrine.
Any cultured Afghan knows EXACTLY who she was dealing with and who she was up against. I personally clashed with these sorts of people back in my own day and during my own visits. I was once touring the area in on a medical visit and was told by family members of a miracle worker mullah. I saw the sad sight of many young people gathered in a 2 hour long sign in the baking sun who had illnesses that require surgical intervention. One poor soul was born with a cleft palate. Others were there for minor ailments like allergies. Once they got to the front of the line, an old man dressed in his robe and gear would give out rolled up slips of paper that are known as Taweezoona and send the indigent and sick home claiming that this would cure their illnesses. Lucky for me, I was a male, had armed men with me, and was able to out quote the fool running the show. So I survived. It was therefore nothing brave on my part - though she was brave.
The interesting thing is that this is a CULTURAL vestigial remnant of a our shamanistic UNISLAMIC past lol. The Quran was on distributed pieces of parchment and partial copies in the lifetime of the Prophet Mohammad and there is not ever an instance where he bound up Quranic verses in an amulet and sent the ill home establishing this as some sort of puritanical or literature based Islam. It was in Uthman's time that the recensions were unified and copies were sent to the provinces.
Rather, this act of a healing shaman with taweez is something that predates the advent of Islam in our regions.
Mukhter Ahmad, writes in Ancient Pakistan - An Archaelogical History: Volume 4: Harrapan Civilization:
...the power of the sacred word, the widespread use of taweez, the amulets, the reverence for the spirits of saints and walees....can safely be traced to shamanistic practices of simple cultures.
It actually continues to be a practice in India:
Hadith commending the practice are in the muwatta:
It was narrated from ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Aamir al-Juhani that a group came to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) [to swear their allegiance (bay’ah) to him]. He accepted the bay’ah of nine of them but not of one of them. They said, “O Messenger of Allaah, you accepted the bay’ah of nine but not of this one.” He said, “He is wearing an amulet.” The man put his hand (in his shirt) and took it off, then he (the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)) accepted his bay’ah. He said, ‘Whoever wears an amulet has committed shirk.”
And just as the Pharisees (who were guilty of serious sins) attempted to stone the prostitute in Christ's time based on a perversion of religious law, so too did these brigands jump the defense of these faux mullahs and faux muslims when they shouted about Qurans being burned.
Even then, it is well known that way the Muslims of old used to dispose of the Quran was to actually burn it since that was the proper way of its disposal... there is actually no punishment prescribed for "burning a Quran."
In the future please make sure your commentary is more informed and less foolhardy. You may have fascist Persian nationalist narratives embedded in that tiny brain of yours, but the rest of us seek to think through problems instead of generating half truths and lies to support our narratives.
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