Asizi nto kakhulu ngobomi bamaSilamsi kunye nesimo sabo sengqondo malunga nento eyenzekayo kwezopolitiko zehlabathi nakwilizwe labo. Ke ngoko, sasinomdla wokwenene wokufunda udliwanondlebe noSara Hayder (uSara Hayer), ingcibi yaseMelika ye-Exmistan yePakistan.
Ndandineminyaka esi-8 ubudala xa ndafika eMelika, kwaye ndiyakhumbula ukuba ekuqaleni wayebonakala kumnye umntu kwaye engaqhelekanga. Ndikhumbula indlela endifundisa ngayo isiNgesi, obonakale kangaka kum. Kwiminyaka embalwa yokuqala ibinzima kum, kodwa emva koko ndatsalela kum kwaye ndenza umbono omkhulu kakhulu eMelika Kukho inkululeko yokuthetha, amalungelo abantu angekhoyo kwezinye iindawo zehlabathi. Ungathetha nantoni na - kakuhle, akukho nto, kunjalo. Kwaye xa ndandisesikolweni, saqala ukufunda izifundo zentlalo, ndachukumiseka kakhulu nguMthetho oYilwayo kumalungelo, ukwahlukana kwabasemagunyeni - ndaye ndaya kwisifundo sazo zonke ezi ziqwenga zipholileyo.
Ndaba nethamsanqa, yayinethamsanqa kakhulu ukuba utata abe yinkululeko yokwenene. Ewe kunjalo, andikwazanga ukuhambahamba kwindlu ngefutshane okanye ndidibane namakhwenkwe, kunjalo, kwakulindelwe ukuba umtshato wam uza kugqitywa ngesivumelwano, kodwa uBawo akazange alungiseleleke ngokukodwa malunga nomxholo wabo . Wayekholelwa ukuba ndiza kuthi ngandlel 'ithile ndiye kwiinkolelo ezilungileyo. Kwiminyaka nje embalwa kamva, ndavunyelwa ukuba ndimke ekhaya ukuya ekholejini. Ndaba nethamsanqa lokuba utata wam wandinika ukuba ndifumane, njengomfazi, ukuziva ndingazithembi, apho amaSilamsi amaninzi angaphikanga ziintombi zabo, kodwa noomama. Khange ndinyanzelwe ukuba ndinxibe i-hijab, nangona ndiyifaka izihlandlo ezininzi ngokwam.
ELizwini, ndiyakholelwa ukuba ndinethamsanqa kakhulu - ndiyaqonda ukuba linokuvakala lingaqhelekanga - ukuba ubuntwana bam batyhutyhekile kwimeko kufutshane neintsapho zamaKristu olondolozayo.
Kwaye, mhlawumbi, okokuqala ebomini bakhe, ndaye ndafundwa ngokwenyani kuwo. Kum, yayiluhlobo lokufuna - ukubonisa bonke aba bangakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo njengoko bephosakele, ukungqina ukuba i-Iblam yeyona nto yenyaniso yeyona nto ibalulekileyo kubafazi . Kwaye ndaqalisa ukufunda umxholo. Rhoqo, kumxholo, babonakala basiba mandundu, kwaye kwakufuneka ndivume ukoyisa kwam. Kwaye andikhange ndithathe ixesha elininzi lokuzixelela ukuba andisaboni naphi na le nto kuyo yonke le nto, kwaye ukuba andisakwazi ukubiza ngokuba ngumSilamsi.
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Kwiminyaka emithathu, bendibaxhasa abantu abavela kwi-Islam. Kwaye ihlala indiqhuba ndisiya kwi-stirr impendulo yasekhohlo. Ndihlala ndiva abanye abaphembeleli ababenethemba lokufumana phakathi kwamantshontsho aseleyo kunye nabazalwana ababenethemba lokufumana ekhohlo kwenkxaso yokuziphatha. Kodwa abo ndibajongile ukuba babengabantakwethu noodadewethu kulo mzabalazo, ndijike nje kum, ngenxa yezizathu zezopolitiko. Kwaye emva kohlaselo 'lwe-charli ebdo ", uninzi lwabantu bezenzelwa - uninzi lwabo luye lwathi ngokubhekisele ekuhloniphekileyo lunokuziva luthintelwe malunga nenqaku elingenantsingiselo malunga ne" Islamophobia ". Kwaye ndaziva ndilahliwe ngokupheleleyo.
Baninzi abantu abazama ukundibeka "ilungelo lokulungisa." Ukutsho okungenani into engalunganga nge-Islam kuthetha ukuzisa izityholo zokunganyamezelani. Ayinamsebenzi ngokuthe ngqo nokuba uqhutywa lixhala kumalungelo oluntu okanye intiyo ecocekileyo yamaSilamsi. Ayinamsebenzi into oyithethayo nendlela oyithetha ngayo.
Ngamanye amaxesha ndibuze, andikwazi ukucebisa uRichard Dobinz noSam Harris ukuze bagxeke ubuSilamsi. Ndicela impendulo, kodwa ngaba ukhona umntu omaziyo onokuthi agxeka i-Islam, kwaye ukuze imncede abulale ngaphandle kokunganyamezeli, kwaye wakwazi ukugcina igama lakhe lenkululeko?
Ngokuphathelele amaSilaratshini, ndicinga ukuba kungalunganga ukuba saqala ukusebenza kunye, kuba iinjongo zethu zahluke kakhulu. Ngayo inqaku, ziyafana: Sifuna ukunciphisa inani lobubi emhlabeni, sizikhusela amaxabiso, amalungelo abantu. Kodwa iindlela zethu zisisiseko. Ewe, ndinxibe nabo kwaye ndibahlonipha kakhulu - kodwa andivumelani nabo.
Kwisiseko se-Islam, akukho nto ndiyifunayo. Andifumani luhlobo olunye "lobuhle" okanye "uthando lommelwane" kwisicatshulwa sequran. Ngamanye amaxesha ndibizwa ngokuba yi-overrimist - kodwa ayinjalo. Kwinxalenye yam ngoku ndinganyaniseki ukuthetha nge-Islam ngamanye amagama. Ndicinga ukuba ukungakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo yindlela eyaneleyo kwaye enamandla kakhulu inkolo engangqinelaniyo ngaphakathi, kodwa ayiquki nkcaso kwimigaqo yokuziphatha. Kwaye ndiyakholelwa ukuba oku kuyakuthiwa oku kuthiwa, ukuba inqaku lokujonga abakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo kufuneka lingeniswe kwinkundla yamatyala oluntu njengoko injalo. Ukuba sithetha ngemibono yentengiso, kubalulekile ukuba sibeke uphawu isikhundla sethu - kwaye ke abantu baya kukhetha oko bakulungele ngakumbi.
Uninzi luthi ndicela amaSilamsi kakhulu ukuba amaSilamsi angekhe avumelane nam. Kodwa asiyazi nokuba ayinjalo okanye hayi. Andicingi ukuba ndiphembelele kakhulu. Uninzi lwamaSilamsi aluzange luve into endingathanda ukuyithetha. Kwaye ndiyakholelwa ukuba ukuba bendinethuba lokundiva, liza kutshintsha kakhulu.
Ndiyakrokrela ukuba ndiyazi ngokobuqu amaSilamsi ngakumbi kunaye nabani na. Kwaye ndihlala ndiva kubafazi ukuba isimo sengqondo sokuya kumfazi waseSilam sisizathu sokuba bamshiye. Baziva ngathi bahluthile inceba yesidima, eyabakwa kumadoda aseSilam. Kwaye ubugqwetha kubo badlala indima enkulu. Yintoni enomdla kakhulu, kuba xa sithetha ngobuqhetseba, apha eMelika, bendilindele ukufumana uninzi lwabantu ababhinqileyo abandincedayo. Ukutsho ukuba ndiphoxekile- ayisiyonto.
I-femism, amalungelo abasetyhini-yile nto indisondela kum xa ndisilela inkolo eyandikhuthaza ukuba ndibe lixhoba. Ke ngoko, ndihlisa ukungaqondi kakuhle kubafazi. Umzekelo, kwiindawo ezininzi zebhinqa unokubona amanqaku abhalwe ngamabhinqa angamaSilamsi, ukuba "ukhululiwe" uHijab. Ewe kunjalo, ukuba olu lukhetho lwabo, ukuba ngaba le yindlela abakujonga ngayo ukuba imfuneko ukuba uphile, akukho mibuzo. Kodwa umSilamsi, obhala into efanayo, ijongeka ngathi ngumfazi we-30s, eyayiza kuthi ineqhayiya ngokuba ngumfazi wasekhaya owayehlala ekhaya. Ndonwabile ngawe, ndonwabile ukuba uluntu oluphilayo lulola ngokugqibeleleyo ngokukhethwayo.
Kodwa okwangoku, kufanele ukuba yamkelwe into yokuba kwi-30s eMelika, abo bafazi babephupha ngomsebenzi balinganiselwe kancinci kwinkululeko yokhetho, eyabakho izinto ezininzi ezazibathintele njengoko befuna. Kwaye ndidinga bonke aba bafazi kwi-hijabacch "baqonde ukuba inani elikhulu lamaSilamsi alifuni kulandela iingqengqelo zeslamic zenkululeko yazo ukuze iphile.
Ndandidiniwe kukuva ukuba "ubukoloniyali kukubek 'ityala ngayo yonke into." Andizikhanyezi iintonga zezinto ezoyikisayo zobukoloniyali, kubandakanya, eMzantsi Asia, apho ndivela khona, kwaye apho iziphumo zobukoloniyali zisabonakala. Kodwa xa kufikwa kwi-islam ye-radical-kuya kuba lula kakhulu ukuyichaza ngenye kuphela ngobukoloniyali. AmaSilamsi afumene ukugweba ubundlobongela egameni lenkolo kudala ngaphambi kokuba uKololoni ubonakale kwinqanaba lembali. Ukugxeka kubo bonke uConalim- kuthetha ukwala yonke ibali elandulelayo, kukhanyela ingcinezelo yezizwe ezininzi egameni le-Islam, ekwakhe lenzeka ngaphambili kwaye kuqhubeka ngaphambili kwaye okuqhubekayo ngoku.
Ngamanye amaxesha bathi abantwana abakhulileyo kwiintsapho zabafuduki kunye namazwe angamaSilamsi anjengenkcubeko ezimbini. Kodwa kubonakala kum nje ukuba kungabi nako ukukhetha. Abasenakho ukubamba ukholo ngokwesiko labazali babo kwaye kwangaxeshanye, abalungelanga kwibutho laseNtshona laseNtshona. Abanamathela kwinto enye okanye enye. Kungenxa yoko le nto banokuyifumana ngokulula ingqondo ye-islamy ye-islam.
Kwaye thina, siyala ukugxeka i-Islam, enyanisweni, siphume idabi lingenamlo. Endaweni yokubandakanya inzala yabaphambukeli babo, kwiinqobo zabo kunye nendlela yabo yokuphila, sibanika ezandleni zabashumayeli bamaSilamsi. Umxholo wenkcubeko yeenkcubeko zenzakalisa kakhulu kwaye kufuneka ilahliwe kwangoko. Ndiva ukuba iMelika yam, kodwa ndiyoyika ukuba ayingabo bonke abantwana abafuduki babelana ngeemvakalelo zam. Kodwa ndifuna ukuba bakwazi ukuva abantu baseMelika.
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