Insulting Jibrail

TMI - Guitars, football kits haram, says Islamic scholar

well-known Muslim musician Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)

Collecting guitars or football kits is no music to the ears of Muslims, says an Islamic scholar who declared the religion forbids such hobbies.

His puritanical views tabled at a seminar in Kuala Lumpur come at a time when Malay Muslim groups are seeking a stricter implementation of Islamic laws in the country.

Abdul Raof Nurin said the majority of ulama forbid the use of musical instruments, such as piano, drum and saxophone, as they were deemed part of Western culture, which was not in line with Islamic values.

Only musical instruments like kompang or gong were encouraged, he said while presenting his paper at the National Seminar on Entertainment and Islam organised by the Malaysian Muslim Consumer Group (PPIM) and the Human Development and Investigation Bureau.

Sheer bullshit because the archangel Jibrail (pbuh) is known to blow a horn.

Furthermore the bloke should not cherry pick when he asserted that the above prohibited items "...  were deemed part of Western culture, which was not in line with Islamic values."

Then he should not, for a start, travel by car (including taxis and buses), trains, modern ships and airplanes as these inventions came from and are part of Western culture.

He should also not use a phone, computer, airconditioning room (is he now staying in a 5-star hotel?), nor even a microphone to deliver his speech.

The list of items from Western culture is endless. But the sickest joke is that he prohibits playing drums while encouraging the use of kompang - huh?

If he uses any of the above mentioned Western inventions he is just a bloody cherry picking hypocrite.

He should also pray for forgiveness from the archangel Jibrail (pbuh) for insulting the archangel as being unIslamic for blowing his horn.