4 posts tagged “vox hunt”

I chose this word because it is central to the teachings of Islam but at the same time it is overrated, over used and has sort of become a cliche (in terms of explaining to a non-Muslim that the religion of Islam means peace when yet another terrorist attack or suicide bomb has just occured in their neighbourhood)

All we here about it is people working towards peace, we have groups here on Vox with Peace on their agenda, we even have Peace TV (which is an Islamic Channel associated with Dr.Zaka Naik) but what is peace? I don't think peace can be achieved in my lifetime as it requires individuals collectively to want to achieve peace, and the nature of man dictates that majority of individuals (which includes the vast majority of Muslims) do not want to work towards this goal as conflict and war leads to so many other advantages (those who seek peace like myself are in the minority). 

How can we as human beings achieve peace as one nation when we are envious, jealous of our neighbours, children, siblings, friends - we start disputes with people, we rant at people who cut us up on the road, we argue with our families over petty things, we don't want the best for them so how can we care for the rest of humanity?

Immortal Technique - ignore the swearing and you will find that he has a lot to say about everything and he's not afraid to say it unlike those rappers out there rapping about how many cars and girls they have.He encourages people to think and educate themselves not to take what people say for granted, just because you are born in a poor deprived neighbourhood doesnt mean you have to stay there - think, act, change for the better. I first came across him when i found one of his CD's in my car (my bro in law must have left it there), he encourages people to illegally download his music if you cannot afford it lol,  his song "dance with the devil" i started listening to it because the hook was from an old hamlet cigar ad that used to come on tv when i was a kid. I thought to myself he's just another rap artist, but i couldn't believe it when i heard the full song. All his videos are on youtube, my favourite is not this one ( i chose this one because of the  WTC footage and also the bit with Mumia Abu Jamal in it (and no they are not Muslims!) but the one about the media being the fourth branch of the government and of course dance with the devil.