M.H.Mubarak
17-03-03, 05:54 AM
As Salamu Alaikum,
I have fantasized upon an event of a simple but spectacular demonstration of faith for a long time.
In as much as the Qibla is the spiritual pole for the entire globe, the point of reference for all our salat, it would be fitting to have a prayer for peace performed simultaneously around the world in every mosque and masjid.
Fill all the mosques and masjids with the ranks of the faithful!
Put out the call for peace. Encourage all to attend. Break Eid attendance records! It would be a somber message to the world populace, that over a billion people of the faith are praying at precicely the same moment toward Mecca!
Numbers do make the difference!
A carefully prepared statement, a Khutbah so to speak, composed of contributions from Imams around the globe would be released to the press upon the occasion... a call to peace, a call to respect Islam, and a prayer for the cessation of all hostilities.
And should this fantasy come to pass, the organizers could respectfully invite the Pope and the billion or so followers to perform a special service for peace on that day also. And ,why stop there! Invite people of all faiths to hold prayers and vigils of peace on that day.
Preferably the time of this event would preceed the advent of the oncoming war!
The power of peace is the highest form of Jihad.
I have fantasized upon an event of a simple but spectacular demonstration of faith for a long time.
In as much as the Qibla is the spiritual pole for the entire globe, the point of reference for all our salat, it would be fitting to have a prayer for peace performed simultaneously around the world in every mosque and masjid.
Fill all the mosques and masjids with the ranks of the faithful!
Put out the call for peace. Encourage all to attend. Break Eid attendance records! It would be a somber message to the world populace, that over a billion people of the faith are praying at precicely the same moment toward Mecca!
Numbers do make the difference!
A carefully prepared statement, a Khutbah so to speak, composed of contributions from Imams around the globe would be released to the press upon the occasion... a call to peace, a call to respect Islam, and a prayer for the cessation of all hostilities.
And should this fantasy come to pass, the organizers could respectfully invite the Pope and the billion or so followers to perform a special service for peace on that day also. And ,why stop there! Invite people of all faiths to hold prayers and vigils of peace on that day.
Preferably the time of this event would preceed the advent of the oncoming war!
The power of peace is the highest form of Jihad.