Comments on: Is This the First “Allahu Akbar” Oscars? http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dschlussel/2009/02/22/is-this-the-first-allahu-akbar-oscars/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:54:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kiran2 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dschlussel/2009/02/22/is-this-the-first-allahu-akbar-oscars/comment-page-1/#comment-274346 kiran2 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:24:03 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dschlussel/2009/02/22/is-this-the-first-allahu-akbar-oscars/#comment-274346 I can't believe what you wrote. Rahman was born a Hindu. He is one of the most humble and unpretentious persons to have reached the top of his profession. What he said at the awards ceremony in Tamil translates to 'praise to the almighty'. This is a guy who lost his dad at the age of 9, had to discontinue school and support his family since then by playing music at all sorts of events. When one of his terminally ill sisters was cured miraculously by the prayers of a sufi saint, he converted from hinduism to islam. He is a believer of Sufism, which teaches the unity between all religions. At any sufi shrine in India, one can find hindus and muslims offering prayers together. Rahman believes in Sufism, some his most heart rending music reflects that. I can't believe what you wrote. Rahman was born a Hindu. He is one of the most humble and unpretentious persons to have reached the top of his profession. What he said at the awards ceremony in Tamil translates to 'praise to the almighty'. This is a guy who lost his dad at the age of 9, had to discontinue school and support his family since then by playing music at all sorts of events. When one of his terminally ill sisters was cured miraculously by the prayers of a sufi saint, he converted from hinduism to islam. He is a believer of Sufism, which teaches the unity between all religions. At any sufi shrine in India, one can find hindus and muslims offering prayers together. Rahman believes in Sufism, some his most heart rending music reflects that.

]]> By: AmazedByYou http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dschlussel/2009/02/22/is-this-the-first-allahu-akbar-oscars/comment-page-1/#comment-232586 AmazedByYou Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:02:10 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dschlussel/2009/02/22/is-this-the-first-allahu-akbar-oscars/#comment-232586 You are an attorney? Really for true? I thought they taught logic in law school. Guess not. You are an attorney? Really for true? I thought they taught logic in law school. Guess not.

]]> By: Barry http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dschlussel/2009/02/22/is-this-the-first-allahu-akbar-oscars/comment-page-1/#comment-232438 Barry Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:34:14 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dschlussel/2009/02/22/is-this-the-first-allahu-akbar-oscars/#comment-232438 Should we be complaining that Schindler's List didn't show the massacre of Germans in the wake of WW II? Do you have any compassion for muslims who get killed just for practicing the muslim religion? Do their stories deserve to be told? P.S. Many Arab Christians use the word "Allah" for G-d, so saying Allah is the greatest is not claiming ownership, or denigrating other people's description of G-d. (By contrast, "Shma Yisroel" arguably claims superiority over others' idea of G-d). Should we be complaining that Schindler's List didn't show the massacre of Germans in the wake of WW II?

Do you have any compassion for muslims who get killed just for practicing the muslim religion? Do their stories deserve to be told?

P.S. Many Arab Christians use the word "Allah" for G-d, so saying Allah is the greatest is not claiming ownership, or denigrating other people's description of G-d.

(By contrast, "Shma Yisroel" arguably claims superiority over others' idea of G-d).

]]> By: Mo_ http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dschlussel/2009/02/22/is-this-the-first-allahu-akbar-oscars/comment-page-1/#comment-227378 Mo_ Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:19:31 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dschlussel/2009/02/22/is-this-the-first-allahu-akbar-oscars/#comment-227378 I was just lamenting that I must be the last person on earth who hasn't seen this movie. I had no idea it had such a scene! Now I'm going to have to save it for DVD so if this gets me too upset I can just turn it off. Because if I'd gone to a theater and seen such a thing I would've been furious! Thanks. I was just lamenting that I must be the last person on earth who hasn't seen this movie.

I had no idea it had such a scene! Now I'm going to have to save it for DVD so if this gets me too upset I can just turn it off. Because if I'd gone to a theater and seen such a thing I would've been furious!

Thanks.

]]> By: CharlesWinecoff http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dschlussel/2009/02/22/is-this-the-first-allahu-akbar-oscars/comment-page-1/#comment-227314 CharlesWinecoff Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:18:00 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dschlussel/2009/02/22/is-this-the-first-allahu-akbar-oscars/#comment-227314 Thank you for pointing that out. I must have blocked it out. Thank you for pointing that out. I must have blocked it out.

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