This is juat a photo of two indians celebrating an indian festival...so will you ppl. stop fighting over this hindu muslim point. Why cant you take the photo for its face value...does there have to be a secret agenda for everything that a hindu or a muslim person does???!!! Instead of fighting over the stupid religion issue, look at the positives instead of always finding faults!
There are few people who has confused the indian masses with their gimmicks..Shabana is one of them..Various festivals are celebrated across the country and in different religions..The way they have shown goes out the message to the masses that they are the true muslims who have integrated in indian culture and all muslims should follow suit..irrespective of whether its unislamic and against the islam tenets..It feels good watching our brothers celebrating Holi but as a muslim it is not necessary to participate to show secular colour..Individuals choice is there and one can go ahead and do things.. but then if you are representing muslims then you dont have to degrade islam and overide it with your own views (As in case of the Veil issue.)..Islam has said..unka deen unke liye..hamara deen hamare liye..Deen mein koi zabardasti nahin..
RE:RE:gimmick
by Sanjeev on Mar 06, 2007 12:39 PM
You are anywayconfused. Of course it is your choice to participate or not in Other Religious festivals, However, to feel that participating in other festivals is somehow Unislamic is pathetic...One thing is sure u are a total looser
Point is not who played holi or who did not. Really it is a personal affair. Point is why would Rediff.com go to their Juhu home and take orchestrated pics of them and then post them? Is that not hilarious? These bugs like Shabana, Arundhati and Mahesh Bhat are only after personal publicity one way or another and they will go to any extent to display it. They must be having a running media package going on with the likes of rediff.com for consistent converage every few months. Hilarious I tell you. They think the world is foolish and cannot see. Hellooooo!! Get a life you guys. And rediff...OMG needs to be ashamed of carrying such silly news as headlines. Have they bothered to find out what disaster recovery tools are in place by the Govt if something like that horrid Mumbai Deluge occurs again? No. They will not do anything constructive, ask anything that must be asked. Who the heck is Shabana after all and why would anyone care what she does or does not do?? eh?
RE:Publicity stunts
by rama prasad on Mar 06, 2007 10:17 AM
I think rediff is playing a game here. U do some better job and invite comments on things that can increase the knowledge of people. Invite discussions that can spark good and constructive thoughts. Answer to this question? There are many others who celebrate festivals in a very menaingful manner. Are u blind to see those. Or are you getting some lucrative package from these people. If u r sincere answer to this. Do some thing good rather than showing these scraps.
RE:GREAT NOW LET THE MATCH begin
by K on Mar 06, 2007 04:41 AM
YEAH PLS LET the fight begin (clapping) I have never watched a REAL fight since 6th grade. (Jumping and clapping).. how about some banners and adverts on each side? This part of the "fight" is brought to you by ...
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by Zeeya Shaikh on Mar 06, 2007 08:13 AM
Well the Muslims cannot play colors as they need to offer namaz which is more important than the colors can someone tell me y? do the doctors says that we need to careful while playing holi now forget about the muslims playing or not playing the holi can any one of you let me know i may answere these question(holi) for them you can email me my address is zee_ya2001@yahoo.co.in
RE:RE:RE:GREAT NOW LET THE MATCH begin
by K on Mar 06, 2007 08:48 AM
Well, if you dont have an inclination for colours you might as well consider dining out with your family. Perfect way to celebrate 'holi'day. Sounds like a plan?
Muslims in India (or the world over) are in a mess .. But right now lets talk about only India .. Guys like Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi have to play holi to prove their secularims .. There is nothing wrong in Muslims playing Holi, but the problems here is that if a Muslim does this, then its judged. Some people appreciate it, some people think its only publicity stunt .. I recall an incident which happened a few years ago in Thane. India had won a cricket match against Pakistan and some Muslims were celebrating the win by bursting fire crackers .. Some Shiv Sainiks protested to this and they has a fight with the Muslim guys saying that why are they celebrating .. Pakistan has lost .. and actually there was a big fight .. and Police had to intervene .. lot of things happened after that .. but I wont go into that .. The point is that why the hell Muslims have to prove their secularism and patriotism .. I have a Hindu friend who hates India and says without any problems .. He says he doesnt like India .. So be it .. He is now in USA .. What if a Muslim Indian says that he doesnt like India .. I am an Indian Muslim and proud of that .. I dont play Holi or Diwali, but hat doesnt mean I am not secular or patriotic .. I dont have to prove anything to anyone ..
RE:Sad state of affairs ..
by bindaas boy on Mar 06, 2007 10:10 AM
dont be sad buddy...if u know that u r patriotic and secular then anythg else doesn't matter and u dont need to prove anythg to anybody...and these shiv senas and bajrand dals are total farce, they do all this to mint money..nothing else
RE:Sad state of affairs ..
by Chitra on Mar 06, 2007 11:45 AM
INDIAN FESTIVALS ARE NOT MEANT FOR HINDUS, MUSLIMS OR...... WE ARE INDIAN WE MUST LIKES AND RESPECTS ALL FESTIVALS.. EITHER ID, CHRISTMAS , NAVROZ OR DIWALI OR....
ALL FESTIVALS ARE COMES ONCE IN A YEAR.. IN THIS OCCASSION WE ALL ARE GET TOGETHER AND SHARES OUR HAPPINESS WITH OUR FRIENDS.
RE:Sad state of affairs ..
by farhan faisal on Mar 06, 2007 05:00 AM
Hello brother... I do agree with you that no one has to prove anything to any body...I also agree that there r lot of hindus who unknowingly expect u to prove ur indianness which is ridiculous...Beauty of festivals lies in being celebrated by one community and participated by the other...there r lot of good ppl in every community and lot of conservatives in every community...it bother me to see any random article becoming a slinging match betweek hindus and muslims...
