Author: ishmaelabraham

  • Iceberg of sexual revolution

    Keith M Morgan Crimes of passion maybe the tip of iceberg of sexual revolution. Porn has made us traditionalists unsafe in our own homes so people here are choosing psychotic monasticism which is unhealthy.

  • Underestimating once in a lifetime sin and near death virtue

    A monk prayed for sixty years in a room. After sixty years, he came out and was attracted to sin and did zina. He felt guilty so he went to pool to purify himself for prayer. A beggar came and requested him. He gave him in charity. During purifying, he died of heart attack. Angels of reward and angels of justice had a negotiation. Angels of justice said his zina nullifies his sixty years of worship. Angel of reward said but his near death charity has outweighed his zina. So, neither underestimate a once in a lifetime sin nor a small near death virtue.

  • Whale of existence

    A Central Asian Naqshbandi saint recommends reciting SubhanAllah hundred times tonight before sleeping with the prayerful intention of liberating consciousness from inescapable Jonah’s whale of stressful existence.

  • Can Talmudic narcissism lead to vengeance

    Alperovich Anatoly But sometimes we can feel that rabbis are not respected enough which can result in narcissistic injury and therefore vengeance.

  • Towards universal anti capitalism

    Riley Wishart I am a pro Shariati orthodox Muslim. Shariati a pious sociologist proposed pious socialism as an alternative to post Jewish Marxism. We look upto Catholic socialism. Afghan, Chechen, Uyghur and Syrian grievances can be co opted by open minded post secular socialists to arrive at a universal anti capitalist and anti-imperial consensus.

  • Irreducible Eastern complexity

    Belal Ahmed Two of us are trying to think outside Eastern boxes. But west has no tangible advantage in post secular progress. But I think even the sophistication of game theory cannot make our irreducible complexity tractable for them. My mission is finite. My two simple loathings are sin and blood. I pray my virtual existence contributes to damage control sins and bombs in East.

  • Existential BPD and Ariane Sherine

    My wife is BPD so your experiences have helped me understand her and empathize with her. You talked about religion complicating BPD. My wife is ultra orthodox while I am neo orthodox but religion helped her cope better before marriage. BPD are more disposed to self transcendence which expresses either as her traditional outreach or your humorous secular outreach. I pray for your post secular progress. I would request you to make Eastern BPD struggles visible because we live in a quite egoless world not suited to make individualistic BPD stories famous. Thanks again for your contribution towards a world with more tolerable and meaningful disequilibrium.

  • Altruistic feminism in 2020 Pakistan

    پاکستان میں خواتین کی حقوق پسندی اور حقوق پرستی کی کشمکش

    Response to a passionate anti traditional western feminist:

    Dealing with anarchist feminism is not my priority right now. A famous Pakistani drama Ranjha Ranjha Kardi created by faithful semifeminists has made the idea of altruistic feminism popular, so I don’t think there is a need for radical anti feminism at least in 2020 Pakistan. My orthodox wife is a semi anti feminist. My wife has co opted with free flow of knowledge and she is an orthodox political scientist. You can study how battle of Jamal has already refuted feminism in Eastern world. But this is too much nuance for you to deconstruct. I hope you leave your comfort zone of self sufficiency to at least re read what I have said. Thanks again for outreach

  • Pakistani tribal majoritarianism

    { Similarly, even if every single tribeswoman ‘willed’ that her right to vote be taken away, a democratic government cannot uphold that will, no matter how many tribesmen deem it offensive to their traditions.}

     

    Why should a modernist dictate what is tribal will. Isn’t modernity itself a form of post Judaeo-Christian Anglo Saxon tribalism?

  • Traditional anti feminist polemic

    تم ٹائر بدل لیتی ہو !
    میرا شوہر تو مجھے
    وزنی سامان تک نہیں اٹھانے دیتا

    تم موزہ ڈھونڈنے کا کہتی ہو !
    میرا شوہر مجھے ڈھونڈتا ہے

    تم برابری کا نعرہ لگاتی ہو !
    میرا شوہر خود سے بڑھ کر
    مجھے مان دیتا ہے
    خود پرانے لباس میں ہو
    مجھے ہر بار نئے جوڑے دیتا ہے
    خود سالہا سال ایک جوتے
    میں گزار دیتا ہے
    مجھے ہر بار نئے جوتے دیتا
    ّود سستے کپڑے لے کر
    مجھے برانڈڈ دلواتا ہے

    تمہیں حق کے لیےباہر آنا پڑا
    میرا شوہر مجھے خود سے
    سارے حق دیتا ہے

    روز آفس سے کال کر
    مجھ سے پوچھتا ہے
    آج کیا لانا ہے
    گویا میری رائے ہی
    سب باتوں پر مقدم ہے
    میری چاہت ہی اعظم ہے

    تم اپنا بتاؤ

    کیا ہے کوئی جو تم سے کہے
    چھوڑ دو یہ میں کرتا ہوں
    وزنی ہے یہ نہ تم اٹھاؤ
    اسے میں اٹھاتا ہوں

    ارے نہیں نہیں !
    تمہاری قسمت ایسی کہاں
    تم تو دوسروں کی
    عیاشی کا سامان ہو
    گھر سے اپنے فرار ہو
    تم تو ٹائر بدلتی ہو
    تمہیں تو بے طریقہ
    بیٹھنے کا حق چاہیے ….

    سنو !
    مییرا شوہر میرا ایمان ہے
    دھوپ میں سائبان ہے
    میرے لیے تحفۂ رحمان ہے
    میں اسے کھانا بھی دونگی
    موزے بھی ڈھونڈوں گی
    اس کے پسینے کی بو سے
    مجھے جنت کی خوشبو آتی ہے

    تم خود تو برباد ہو
    دوسروں کی بربادی کا سامان ہو

    تم پہلے میری برابری تو کر لو
    پھر کسی سے برابری کا دعوا کرنا
    منقول…..

    You can change tyres. While my husband doesn’t allow me to lift any heavy object. You want him to look for his own socks, while my husband looks for my existence. You talk about equality, while my husband gives me priority over himself. He buys me new clothes while consider his old clothes to be sufficient. He is happy with old shoes while he buys new shoes for me. He is happy with cheap traditional clothes while he buys branded clothes for me. You had to leave home for your rights, while I receive rights at home. He calls me everyday from office as if my opinion is more important and my wish is supreme. Tell about yourself. Do you have someone who is a helper. No you cannot be so fortunate. You are a toy for others. You do not like your own home. You know how to change tyres and you want the right to womanspreading. While my husband is my faith, my shelter, my divine gift. I will prepare food for him at all costs. I will even find his socks. His sweat is perfume of Paradise for me
    . While you are a loser and want other women to be losers. So, before trying to become equal to men, try to be equal to me first.