Comments on: the followers of orders http://almusawwir.org/2006/11/03/the-followers-of-orders/ Huwa Allah, Creator, Originater, Shaper (Al Musawwir), To Hu belong The Most Beautiful Names (Quran 59.24). Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:56:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: altaf http://almusawwir.org/2006/11/03/the-followers-of-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-9309 altaf Sat, 04 Nov 2006 08:03:42 +0000 http://almusawwir.org/2006/11/03/the-followers-of-orders/#comment-9309 salaam ¬† yes Irshaad —- this is fracturing, or fragmenting ourselves – where you are supposed to be something here, and something else over there… such a fragmented self often ends up in survival mode.

]]> By: Anna in Portland (was Cairo) http://almusawwir.org/2006/11/03/the-followers-of-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-9282 Anna in Portland (was Cairo) Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:42:50 +0000 http://almusawwir.org/2006/11/03/the-followers-of-orders/#comment-9282 Salam Been thinking about that case myself a lot. I consider her a hero. Salam
Been thinking about that case myself a lot. I consider her a hero.

]]> By: Irving http://almusawwir.org/2006/11/03/the-followers-of-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-9258 Irving Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:19:07 +0000 http://almusawwir.org/2006/11/03/the-followers-of-orders/#comment-9258 How right you are , brother! The phrase, "I was only following orders." caused some of the worst horrors of the last century, and still are an excuse for the horros of today. Ya Haqq! How right you are , brother! The phrase, “I was only following orders.” caused some of the worst horrors of the last century, and still are an excuse for the horros of today.

Ya Haqq!

]]> By: Irshaad http://almusawwir.org/2006/11/03/the-followers-of-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-9243 Irshaad Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:06:19 +0000 http://almusawwir.org/2006/11/03/the-followers-of-orders/#comment-9243 "she was having a difficult time separating her personal feelings from her professional duties." That was the same line that struck me when I first read that news item. As you point out, we stand in danger of making ouselves something less than human when we compartmentalize our lives and fracture our selves in order to participate in mutually contradictory activities. We live in tension, or dismissal of what we feel, or we deaden or distract ourselves to cope. “she was having a difficult time separating her personal feelings from her professional duties.” That was the same line that struck me when I first read that news item. As you point out, we stand in danger of making ouselves something less than human when we compartmentalize our lives and fracture our selves in order to participate in mutually contradictory activities. We live in tension, or dismissal of what we feel, or we deaden or distract ourselves to cope.

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