Comments on: About Me (and John Walker Lindh)

by: Dawood

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:02:06 +0000

” What I think he is not is any kind of model or example of what an aspiring young new muslim convert should aim for. If you find yourself holding an AK47 within three years of embracing Islam, know that you have gone far far astray.”

You realize that there were sahabah that fought against the enemies of Islam in the very early hours after becomming muslim. Some of them never even prayed 1 rakat before being martyred.

He is probably in a better position than any of us Allahu aalum. If he had been killed by the enemies of Islam then he would be shaheed if his intentions were right. Thats what all of us should be hoping for. Allah’s(ta aala) greatest reward. How can you call that futile?

Sufism is far far astray.

by: haroon

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:50:10 +0000

i just know one thing .i love this great man jhon walker lindh

by: haroon

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:46:03 +0000

i dont know what u want to told people about jhon walker lindh.but what he did is some thing i can only wish.when i saw him first time on the newspaper where he seems to be in a miserable condition to the world.but for me he is looking beautiful.a single man from america stood against his own selfish president george bush.
may ALLAH bless him and freed him as soon as possible.

by: Administrator

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:19:35 +0000

Against him? I’m trying to think what you could mean here. Mixed messages, indeed! I think boiling the world down to absolutes like “for” or “against” is exactly what got JWL into trouble in the first place. JWL’s case is sufficiently complex that any reasonable reaction to him will be “mixed”. I think JWL was a naive and foolish kid with pure intentions who only avoided a futile death through the unpouring of the Lord’s Mercy upon him. I think that any one of us American converts could have wound up that way, but for the grace of God, since authentic Islamic knowledge was so hard to come by in the US at that time (and even now). I think JWL is by no means a simple or one-dimensional character, and what state he is in now or will be when he emerges from seclusion we will all just have to wait to find out. I find it sad that he is as alone now in his quest as he has been from the outset. And I don’t think that he was guilty of breaking the laws of the United States. What I think he is not is any kind of model or example of what an aspiring young new muslim convert should aim for. If you find yourself holding an AK47 within three years of embracing Islam, know that you have gone far far astray. Rather, we should admire his sincerity and determination but pray for more knowledge. The ink of the scholar’s pen is more precious than the blood of the martyr. Ya Rabbi Zidna Ilma!

by: HSK

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:17:43 +0000

Salam
i read your article you wrote on John Walker Lindh, at the time, and was wondering if your opinions of him have since changed ?
I’m getting mixed messages, it feels like your against him.