Reconciling conflict within oneself:
The world in which I live is a juxtaposition of faith, modernity, traditional, and non-denominational. It's taken me years to reconcile this reality.
My faith has been always in my heart. My nationality has been the reality from birth. My cultural heritage the same too. My observance of faith has been far from perfect. My acceptance of other people is as I want. I like to meet people from all walks of life. I can travel a mile and it would seem that i have travelled across three continents in London.
The politics of this nation I have questioned, the policies I have questioned, it has not cost me my life. There are issues that I would have trouble reconciling with faith, with tradition, with modern day demands and so on.
How I have come to reconcile the irreconcilable Is not to reconcile it. There are some things that cannot be mixed. This is the reality in which we all exist. The church as well as judaism & Islam has issue with gay marraiges. We are not alone in that respect. The sale and consumption of alcohol, is another in Judaea/Islamic teaching which is not negotiable. Pre marital sex is another. They are not able to be reconciled, So I do not try to.
I Walk the path I have chosen for myself, temptation is everywhere even in the Islamic world. There is no nirvana in this world it's in the hereafter. I do not politicise faith in a nation of such diversity, it is not living in the reality in which I exist. I try to focus on my own journey and the journey of my family, and i let my family discover their path for themselves once they've reached maturity.
I cannot change the world, I can only change myself. I have the freedoms to choose how to live. I'm grateful for the choice. If there are matters with which I disagree. There is a political system and a judiciary to make my voice heard.
This is the very same system that gives me the freedom to be Muslim or not. I let that very system that allows me to be who I am, allow people who do not share my faith, be who they choose to be. I am only accountable for my own actions and not for those of others.
I can only act within the framework provided by the state, any action that is contrary to the laws of my state is un-Islamic. If I don't like what the state is doing, I use the processes in place to have my say. If the process fails, I have the right to appeal.
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