Today I got the following mail from one of the Islamic mailing lists I have subscribed to:

'''May Allah help you to wake up after going through my mail and start working for the cause of Deen.
Please watch these videos in sequence.
1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-jLUlG_lRc
2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Bkqwzl_Yg

Now please watch these videos in series patiently.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dawah+or+destruction%2Bdeedat&search=Search

May Allah guide us all to strive in the cause of Islam'''

I think if we can ban/remove these types of videos, that alone can bring harmony among different religion and contribute to the world peace.

I being a convert, and experienced both Hinduism and Islam in my society, I have a very different views on these videos and what scholars write in the books. And I would label this thread/conversation as more of a politics which will bring more hatred in us, than anything to do with religion. What faith/imaan these videos can bring into us ??

We (including me) generally, accept only those facts which justifies our society, culture and religion, and ignore all the rest. How many of us (muslims) have condemned some of the heinous acts committed by Islamic terrorism. There are tons of videos out there about Islamic terrorism, but I have never seen a single video on any islamic mailing list. And even if we know, we simply condemn them, by labeling them as fake, and made up.

A statement can give different meaning in different context, same applies to Qur'anic verses also. The videos does not show the occassion on which those statements were made.

As far as the Gujarat is concerned, no one media/muslims/Govt./Commission, talk about the Godhra case, where the train was allegedly burnt by a group of Muslims. We just talk about consequences after that, and spread more hatered among each other.

As far as Hindus are concerned, I am proud of the nation, which had never attacked any country in the past 1500 years. Whose teachings (shirk, monotheism set apart), teach non-violence and majority Hindus tries to follow that. It is remarkable, for instance, that the only country on earth where the Jewish people have lived for centuries and never experienced a single episode of anti-Semitism is India.

And lastly, most of us mis-interpret Hinduism itself, we consider Hinduism as a religion, but Hinduism is a nationalism concept, and has nothing to do with religion. A Hindu does not necessarily follow Ram, or is interested in Ram janma bhumi (Ram's birth place). Everyone who lives in India is a Hindu, A sikh is a Hindu, so is a Jain or Buddhist, even though they are different religions.

I just want to say that we should avoid spreading these types of videos, without having the full knowledge about the politics, economics, and philosophies of different people.