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aku x against org yg memboikot.. eventho aku x memboikot..

tapi aku rasa.. xde org boleh memboikot sampai bila2..
dari dulu pon da ada org semangat tinggi memboikot2 nie.. tp x pnah ada berjaya pon dr jangka panjangnya..

dan aku suka mcd.. starbucks.. pergi la mampos nak suruh aku berhenti apa yg aku suka..

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yeah.i agree..it’s not gonna help the muslims to boycott things..in Islam also, it is not our responsibility to know where are the money goes from our daily purchasing, investment n stuff. So, buying a $4 cup of latte at Starbucks is not wrong, whether or not the reach the hand of the Israeli armies. What the main point for muslim now is competing with those israelis, not boycotting, killing or devastating this mother earth..salam

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salam… peace be upon you, I’m not really blame you about this article and I see clearly the point that what you want to say about boycotting. In Islam, all Muslims are brothers, we know we have to put love between each Muslims as one of the qualities to complete our Iman. Boycotting is one of our effort towards condemning Israel, but not all the stuff we can and we need to boycott. For example, I feel so responsible to boycott Starbucks, because we know the fact from this link [ http://stillforever.blogspot.com/2006/08/parody-thankyou-to-all-starbucks.html ] (the fact is true, quoted from Israeli magazine) all the profits produced by them will be given to the Israeli army for their needs in military. Would you let this thing keeps happen? Would you let your brothers being killed and slaughtered and even worst you help them (Israeli army) financially. Boycotting? Not all stuffs, but some is enough and I believe the power to do one lead to the power to do more.

woo..hold up..i think you went off on a tangent here…we’re talking about boycotting and stopping the Zionist from killing Muslims…not the unsolved criminal problems among the unemployed…that is a whole other topic..and that has its own solution..im not gonna say anything about intel or ibm or anything in that category..coz we all know it hard to not depend on them..but for the other things..you gotta do what you gotta do…

erm, mmg la byak syarikat amerika n israel, tp bukan sume yg AKTIF dgn aktiviti ZIONIS, boikot je r yg aktif kot, tp xnk boikot pon xpe, ske ati, antara yg aktif, mc d, starbucks , klu rajin cari r kt tenet

1 lg nk smbung, erm, jgn r kutuk atau larang dak2 yg nk boikot tu, wlopon diorg xleh boikot sepenuhnye, kurang2 ad sket r usaha diorg, igt x cite time nabi ibrahim saw kene bakar dlu, ad sekor kn burung kecik bw air gune paruh tu, time kecik2 mesti kite ckp, bagusnye burung tu, berusaha, tp xkn time2 besa cmni kite da xleh nk puji org2 cmtu

xleh sume,jgn tgglkn sume..wat mane yg mampu…at least ade usaha…dats all…

assalamualaikum.

“Boycotting so called ‘US goods’ is like banging our heads against the wall or slapping our own faces or shooting ourselves in the foot.”

i say, not everyone will have the same mindset as you do. if you feel that boycotting US products will have that much effect on you (slapping your own face, shooting your own foot etc.), then it’s better that you don’t go along with it as Islam doesn’t teach us to do harm on ourselves. =)

for me personally, it won’t do me any harm to do my part in boycotting the products.

now, the main reason many of us are taking this action is because by doing so, we believe that we can generate an impact to stop the support of american companies towards israel. this is done SPECIFICALLY to stop israel’s illegal occupation on Palestinian land.

it’s bad enough that we can’t go there to directly provide help to them, now such simple task of boycotting certain products for a good cause also is raising such post in such blog.

“If you don’t take any of Economics classes, I dare to say just shut up your baseless boycott statement.”

one doesn’t need to attend humanitarian class to be human (assuming there is such class). of course i know nothing about economics, but is that of any relevance when human lives are at stake? and why is it baseless? helping our brothers and sisters to end their suffering seems baseless to you?

Haziq has a point of his own. It does not necessarily means that making a left-sided choice is a bad thing after all. He even supported his argument with good economical perspective. It is not fair for us to ask him — are u a muslim? or will a human die in 2 days if they’re not drink or eat some of McD or starbucks stuff & the skin will change to something scary if we didn’t spray some Clinique ?!

answer me la k super brain one!

This is superlative! We can’t question somebody whether he/she is a muslim by the fact whether or not the individual do what most “muslim” does, in this case, “boycotting”.. He provided ample evidence on his opinion. And i respect that. Even if someone does not believe in boycotting, but that does not generalize that he does nothing to the benefits of the Palestinians. Everybody isn’t the same dude! He was probably thinking of methods on how to overcome this problem in a much more effective way. By boycotting alone isn’t gonna help. It requires more than that to settle with Israel bombarding our brothers. Denying other people’s thought does not do justice at all.

Bonus question – How Muslim are you? By comparative or by believing?

Just do whatever you believe in. If you think boycotting is good, do it. If you think it’s not, don’t do it. Islam itu mudah dah tiada paksaan. Sebab tu Islam tu hukum dia syumulliah.

Syaf, it is not really you can do on what do you believe or what you think of. Dr. Yusuf Al-Qhardawi urges muslim (us) to boycott their (Israel) product and was publicized by media in year 2004. He is the most respectful Islamic scholars nowadays and how can you easily hesitate on what did he said? It clearly shows boycott is the right way. Al-quran told us in this verse (Al-anfal 8:16) that in war we cannot stand behind our enemies and in the other situation, means that we as civilians cannot support them in any angle (economic or idealistic). It is true, some people tend to lose their job caused by boycotting but can you think logically, would it be better whether losing job rather than losing our Muslim brothers life. They can find find other jobs, I’allah if there are rezeki from Allah for them. Losing life, no one can replace it, and no more people in Palestine to stand and fight for our first qiblah which is Palestine and holy land of Muslim that also stated in Al-quran in verse (Al-Maidah 5:21). Please support on the right side not only judge and think that you can do on what are you thinking. Show your support not only through dua’ because you don’t really know whether your dua’ will be accepted by Allah. Please, do so. Boycot is the last way to help people in Palestine. Peace be upon you. AllahuAkbar.

poie, i think you mistook my statement slightly off the track. By clarifying that its your decision to make does not means *ikut hati membuta tuli* . It means, iktikad, knowledge and akal that you must follow. Even if Dr. Yusuf Al-Qhardawi or whoever he is being respected by a mass amount of people, it does not guarantee his opinion fits others. Heck, if all muslim would be the same, what kind of world would it be one day? Again, I am not against boycotting, I’m thoroughly alright with them, in fact, i support people who implement that with an aim, to help people in need, regardless of the choice they are making. But does it hurt to harness another alternative? Allah made people differently, Muslim who drinks, or who commit various crimes, but that does not necessarily guarantee that these people have no benefits whatsoever to the people of their faith. There is a story of a sahabat, who found a prostitute by the road, and helped a thirsty dog by the roadside to quench its afternoon thirst, and she was awarded paradise for he doing. Or, a group of sinful muslims who look at things in the most peculiar way ever thought, and soon after, that these people established companies that employ millions of our brothers across the border. That is the beauty of Islam, because in combines the fitrah, knowledge, akal and iktikad. If i think boycott is a the best way, of course, i’ll do so. But there is something in my mind and heart, that says it is not the best way possible. So, i’ll stick to it. Peace be upon you too, ameen

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Proven? Nah.. People still eating Mars Bar til now right here in the states. Not me.

If we want to boycott, we have to produce our own brand under the Muslim world (as like the cola produced in Middle East).

salam. thank you for your view and opinion about this matter. what do you say is all true.
think about the muslim people in non-muslim country yang terpaksa guna those brands to live, that doesn’t have muslims brand over there.
employees, memang betul diorang cakap mcm tu, but think about the consequences of not having a job especially anak2 muda yang sekarang ni bergantung pada kerja tu + . timbul pulak isu qada’ dan qadar. “oh, tawakkal jela, aku buat mcm ni utk orang2 islam kat palestin” < - are they gonna keep saying that?. senang lah kau cakap rezeki, ada fikirkan ke kerajaan nak hire mereka in their government company dalam keadaan politik macam ni?. unless kalau provided that you have alternative job, boleh la buat. unless if we have our own products yang sememangnya berkualiti tahapnya as barang2 boikot tu, boleh la kita boikot.

i always believe that we will be on top of those US n Israel stuffs. but boycott isn’t the way to go. sebabnya akan timbul perasaan benci, timbul perasaan nak kutuk rejim Zionis tu. apa yang mereka akan tengok tentang Islam, yang nak masuk Islam tu especially. Islam is the religion of kindness, not a religion of hate. Islam does not teach us to hate! macam mana nak tarik orang kafir masuk Islam macam tu kalau diajar pula boikot dan membenci orang yang bukan Islam. haram la dia nak masuk..
Hanya berjihad dengan jalan yang benar kalau ditindas.
Kalau nak boikot, kenapa la barang tu hari2 bertan2 sampai Pelabuhan Klang + Pelabuhan Penang + dok sibok gi protes depan US embassy. Kerajaan tu yang ada control export+import, tapi tak boleh sebab apa, dikatakan US tu “major partner” Malaysia. ah sudah. fikirkan juga kapal terbang buatan sape yang korang naik pergi menuntut ilmu.

bagi aku lagi mudah kalau kita gunakan ilmu2 yang kita ada ni expand kan product buatan Islam, tak tau la kalau eman pernah dengar anything about muslim cola kat arab saudi atau tak. bila dah ada benda2 mcm tu, kita lost dependency on barang2 buatan yang menindas umat kita di Palestin tu.

yup, they do. my american colleagues even discuss this with me about this boycott things that they heard from other muslim people yang tinggal in the city.
bila ditanya kenapa mereka boycott, they would discuss about it tapi eventually muslim2 tu sendiri yang marah + maki hamun orang US tu.
they even maki hamun US including those people yang tak tahu apa2 about the oppression. of course the media yang jadi main distraction untuk halang
dorang daripada tahu benda-benda mcm ni.
that’s the problem. we here in US as muslims, mmg kena sampaikan the truth to all non-muslims people, have to clarify what Islam is all about sebab mereka sememangnya
jahil dan ignorant tentang Islam. only way to get through is the similarity yang kita ada between us as muslims and them, jews and christians. kita pun kena selidik jugak
agama dorang macam mana, then baru boleh tackle the problem in an easier way.
i really appreciate your opinion and that’s help a lot in defining the problem that we as muslims are having right now.