ok people, time to warm up them lets-get-offended mittens. Or simply not watch EastEnders. That has worked well for me.
I probably should not be publicising this as to me it seems that is what the writeres want - get their viewership figures up.
Muslim property developer to share on-screen kiss with gay caterer in 'traditional love affair with a modern multicultural twist'
EastEnders is to tackle one of the last taboos left in soap, with a storyline featuring a Muslim character embarking on a gay love affair.
MediaGuardian.co.uk can reveal that the plot, which will hit screens in mid-June, will see Syed Masood, a Muslim property developer with a girlfriend who arrived in Albert Square six weeks ago, fall for openly gay Christian Clarke. The pair will share an on-screen kiss.
The BBC has billed the storyline as a "traditional love affair, albeit with a modern multicultural twist".
The BBC1 soap's production team researched the plot, which is bound to prove controversial with some viewers, contacting academics, gay Muslim support groups and members of the Muslim Council of Great Britain...
Read more @ The Guardian
This should be interesting.
Some people really hate Syed Masood for some reason and I haven't watched Eastenders in ages...so might pick it up again.
Yeah i read about this earlier today was gonna make topic but just never felt right , i mean the writers are doin this on purpose to make musllims look bad ,
and some retard in the article on bbc said u can be gay and muslim aswel and im thinkin are you off your nut or something RETARD< i think i can use abuse in tthis case lol
Its just what they wana do to portray us like hypocrits and stuff
Disagree with that. THey are doing it because they expect people to be interested, to cause a commotion. Controversy means more people will watch, and that is what the business is about - getting more eyes glued to the show.
I played right into their marketing hands.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Big deal :roll:
Jeez. People want to be accepted and treated the same and then demand special rights...
'Muslims' aren't a different species, they're humans.
In some Christian denominations, homosexuality is forbidden, but they don't kick up a fuss and get all offended because Christians and CHRISTIANITY are different things
as are Muslims and Islam...
Some people who call themselves Muslims ARE Gay. Face it and stick the dummy back in
#Before you look at the thorns of the rose , look at it's beauty. Before you complain about the heat of the sun , enjoy it's light. Before you complain about the blackness of the night, think of it's peace and quiet... #
Apparently there will be a debate on this at 11.15pm tonight on 5 Live featuring people from MPAC. I wonder what they will say.
PS there are many christians that take offence. However there are also other Christians who see Christianity as a social club where its ok to bend/break the rules as long as more people are accepted into the fold.
You just have to look at all the parishes/leaderships that have refused to debate homosexual priests. Can't be a priest if you are having relations outside wedlock - unless you're gay and then its ok apparently.
(Catholic position of not allowing wedlock for priests is also ludicrous.)
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
See what i mean? a DEBATE about it...
Why do people complain about getting too much attention when they bring so much of it on themselves by blowing things out of proportion so much? it's just a soap :roll: just want to be wrapped in cotton wool...
Yeah well maybe Christians DON'T like it but they don't have big debates or go mad about it do they? and they're blatantly a minority. And it's different... England was/is a 'Christian country'... it doesn't matter how much attention is drawn to them, people will always generally see Christianity as mild and a 'religion of love'.... Islam doesn't NEED the bad publicity.
#Before you look at the thorns of the rose , look at it's beauty. Before you complain about the heat of the sun , enjoy it's light. Before you complain about the blackness of the night, think of it's peace and quiet... #
(sigh)
Im tired so ill keep this brief, 2 things:
1. Sounds like they're just doing this to get a reaction out of people and get more people interested and talking about Eastenders (wat YOU said).
2. Gay Muslims... it happens, thats a reality. Ignoring it wont make it go away. Theyr just putting it in the limelight.
But i hav no immediate plans to ever watch this show. It no longer interests me.
Back in BLACK
publicity is over rated.
Besides, we are all doing East Enders a favour. Its crap, but by getting under some people's skin, they will win extra viewers.
(Christians do have big debates, but they are not able to agree, so the leadership when trying to put forward a united front push the debates to different occasions. On the otehr hand, Muslims do agree that it is sinful, so there is no need to push things away in the same way.)
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
So it did at some point?
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Once upon a time... it didnt last long.
Back in BLACK
Err... the whole Anglican church is splitting over homosexuality at the moment. It's quite a big deal.
Don't just do something! Stand there.
Pfft.
#Before you look at the thorns of the rose , look at it's beauty. Before you complain about the heat of the sun , enjoy it's light. Before you complain about the blackness of the night, think of it's peace and quiet... #
Read more @ The Guardian's CIF
Interesting to find that 0% approval rating for homosexual lifestyles. Pretty unanimous it seems (even though it is being thought of as inaccurate).
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
don't watch it doesn't bother me. Apparently they are considered to be greater than coronation st, win all the awards. So why are they acting so desperate with this storyline. Desperate to stay on top i guess, they want the ratings nothing else. i doubt it's a bid to get muslims angry. There are other ways to get muslims angry, easier ways.
“O my people! Truly, this life of the world is nothing but a (quick passing) enjoyment, and verily, the hereafter that is the home that will remain forever.” [Ghafir : 39]
I don't think is=f someone is gay they can't be Muslim, that's not our call, we all do stuff that we shouldn't but that doesn't automatically make us non-Muslim.
“Before death takes away what you are given, give away whatever there is to give.”
Mawlana Jalal ud Din Rumi
Homosexuality is totally prohibited in islam...yh i guess your write as people we dont have right to call someone else a non muslim but if your gay and think your also muslim....clearly something is wrong ...hmm wonder what islam says at about punishing gays.....guess would lay it out clearly .the worse the crime the higher the punishment
If ur Muslim ur not gay. If ur gay ur not Muslim, simple as that
*dirol*''Biggy'*dirol*
This is quite dumb
you'd think, being in ur mid 20s, youd have figured out already if u were gay or not
I dont see why muslims have to get offended though, jus cos the actors playing a muslim a muslim who then has to have a gay affair
it might be done just to get a reaction
or not
who knows
if u dont wanna watch it then dont
I bet when the storyline happens some morons will start protesting on the streets and embarrass us all
There is a difference between action and belief.
If you do something wrong, that is a sin. If you believe something wrong, that is potentially disbelief.
"potentially" as believing that person x is stronger than you is not a matter of faith.
However accepting the Qur'an in its entirety is a matter of faith and if you believe homosexuality is allowed, the majority/unanimous decision is that that is disagreeing with the qur'an, calling it wrong and inaccurate. That is kufr and you/the people are saying that God is not infallible.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Their free and democratic right to do so. Its IMO more embarrassing to think that people standing up for what they believe is embarrassing. Let those that may want to do that go their own way.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
I've got a friend who s Muslim and gay, all at the same time!
His view is that ALL sex outside marriage is forbidden, and you are not allowed to marry another man.
So.... potentially if he did 'act' on his gayness, he would be committing a sin - but there are PLENTY of Muslims who go around having sex outside marriage, I would never say that they suddenly become 'non-Muslim' (I know there is a hadith about that, but it says as soon as they finish, they enter the fold of Islam again).
Don't just do something! Stand there.
being gay and having sex outside marriage are two different things.
point being that if your gay but you don't act upon that gayness the fact of the matter is that you still bilieve yourself to be gay....which goes against islam and is a major sin as homosexuality is 'prohibited' , so theres no 'if' or 'buts' about it...
basically haram is haram dont try to reason with it and dont give into your desires when you clearly no its wrong.
but do u think u can help being gay? like the feeling? u cant help who u fall, can u? for so if u dont act on it, is it still wrong?
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
That doesn't make any sense.
And even if it did, it would be incorrect.
In Islam, if you have an intention to commit a sin and then you decide not to, then you DON'T get punished for it! In fact, you get a reward. Did you know that?
Also, if you have the intention to do a good deed and then later you can't be bothered and don't do it, you DON'T get punished either. In fact you get a reward for it too!
And if you have the intention to do a good deed and then you ACTUALLY go through with it, you get 10 rewards!
You are being ridiculous. you KNOW it's haraam to have sex with someone you're not married to, right? Does that stop you wanting to bang Beyonce? I doubt it. Fear of God (amongst other reasons) might stop you from ACTUALLY hooking up with her, but it's not going to stop you WANTING it.
That is why it's a test. If being Muslim suddenly meant we didn't WANT to commit sins, then it wouldn't be a test. Now, if someone is gay, and they also believe in Islam, then it is THEIR test not to act on their desires.
And it's OUR test to not hate them.
Don't just do something! Stand there.
If on the other hand you decide that Islam does not discourage it, or that Islam is wrong to discourage it, then you may leave the fold of Islam (just being cautious as, well, IANAS - I am not a scholar).
When it comes to faith, the issue is not one of what you do, but what you think and why you think it.
Homosexual acts do not make a person lose faith. Believing there is nothing wrong in committing them is what does (which is where Ya'qub's friend is on the right side. He has urges, he avoids them. Hence, Good Muslim).
I assume you mean "not to".
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Close, but I went for the split infinitive version.
Don't just do something! Stand there.
what does that even mean?
Haha xD
Made me lol.
And i agree with Cube + Jack + The Lamp ^_^
Thank God for rational Muslims.
#Before you look at the thorns of the rose , look at it's beauty. Before you complain about the heat of the sun , enjoy it's light. Before you complain about the blackness of the night, think of it's peace and quiet... #
Why does this story-line not surprise me. This story line has been concocted to cause oh so controversy and drama because of his being a "Muslim". Well done, how original. That deserves one clap for the entire Eastender plot writers. :roll:
This story only reinforces the image and stereotype of a deeply conservative and horrible, disengaged Muslim family, whose family and friends will no doubt be outraged and ostracise. Any guesses for will happen next?? Muslim guy will be seen as the hero who seeks freedom from the cage that his family is, and eventually survives. Genius story line.
It is an amplified story and tried and tested method reel in viewers. I am sure the Director General of the BBC will be pleased.
Pardon my sarcasm.
May Allah shine sweet faith upon you this day and times beyond. May your heart be enriched with peace, and may your home be blessed always. Ameen.
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