Respect Sentiments

As a big carnival is around the corner, I thought to pen down something about festivals: and its value for its followers. What is a festival? How much worth does a festival has for its followers? A festival is a period of celebration, with cultural significance, celebrated usually in remembrance of a religious or historic event. Every festival has its own values, cultural and religious rituals. So let’s guess! Which festival is about to come?? Some would say, we don’t have any festival at the end of the year. Let me remind you now, “Diwali- the feast of light” is here. All our Hindu fellows are all set to celebrate it in full swing.

What we are supposed to do?? Why am I spending my time saying all this??

 All we need to do is to at least wish everyone on their feast.

So here I wish all of them:

HAPPY DIWALI TO ALL OF THOSE WHO CELEBRATE IT. MAY THIS DIWALI BRING ABOUT JOY, PEACE, LOVE AND HAPPINESS IN YOUR LIFE!

Now bring all those “Nahiiiiiiiiii…. You are a Muslim, ye kehna or sunna haram hai...” Guys I am waiting for such fatwas in the comments section. In Pakistani culture, forget celebrating, even wishing any festivals other than the ‘muslim’ festivals is frowned upon, no matter how harmless or globally celebrated they are. We must respect all the communities, be it Hindus or Christians, that residing in our country or anywhere, no matter how small or large in numbers. We must share their happiness and grieving. Becoming part of others’ happiness or grieving is the quickest and easiest way to get a special place in others hearts.

Here I want to make myself clear again. I am suggesting to WISH our Hindu / Christian fellows with a simple small message of ‘care’ by either posting it on your social media account or telling them personally. Our country’s harmony can be healed by a simple display of ‘care’ and mutual respect to each other’s’ beliefs and sentiments.

We witness every year before Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr, there are sale offers or deals on gift items, clothing, FMCGs and almost on everything around the world to serve the Muslim segment of the world. These bargains are often labelled as ‘Ramadan Kareem Offers’. Even the Prime Minister of Canada ‘Justin Trudeau’ took this beautiful initiative to wish ‘Ramadan Kareem’ and ‘Eid Mubarak’ to all the Muslims across the globe just to show that he ‘cares’. Even many Indian TV channels also wish ‘Ramadan Kareem’ and Eid Mubarak to their viewers. There are numerous examples of non-Muslims celebrating or wishing on Muslim festivals. So why don’t we reciprocate? After all, this is Islamic teaching to respect everyone’s sentiments. Lekin nahiii..!!! Hume tu mout parte hay kisi ko accha kehtay ya suntay huay.

For the first time ever, Sindh government announced a public holiday for #Diwali and our people instead of demanding a public holiday for Christmas, started showing their rash behaviour by saying humara tehwaar tu nahi hai phir chuti kyuon derahay hain? Kisi ko nahi manana chahye, etc.

Stop whining guys, this is just a soft gesture of care. There are much bigger issues requiring your “Social media Jihad”. High time to wake up, grow up and raise your voice for bigger things in world, the right and wrong. Let’s spread the awareness rather than badmouthing about Malala and her western outfit or Diwali and Christmas wishes etc.

Looking forward to your fatwas or support whatever here in the comments section. We are open to hear your opinions. So brush up your keyboards fellows and let us know what you have to say.

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