Just because someone has made a good point, it doesn’t mean we agree with everything they write. I think that is how quotes work.

As for the obession with anti-zionism, I highlighted a prescient piece a while back http://www.mooslim.com/blog/?p=190

Finally, HMC – again, a sincere scheme, if there wasn’t a push to make it the arbiter of things halal. There is a national chain of butchers that have inspectable abbattoirs, have non-stunned meat and are exceptionally clean and hygienic. Yet, because they are not HMC, certain people will not shop there. Its silly to make a committee override ones intellect and understanding of what is allowed and what isn’t. I actually don’t have a problem with the folks at HMC, the issue is lemming-like view of ‘it’s only halal if its filtered through the HMC’. And really, there have been enough examples for me to highlight this, consistently.

I am not sure I understand the joke about anti-zionism. Are you saying that before we condemn the Israeli massacre in Gaza and brutal occupation of Palestine we somehow need to pass a sort of personal benchmark of education, material possession and intellectual rigor as decided by you and Mona??? It is very sad if this is the case.

Now don’t get all coy and say, its all a big joke, where is your sense of humour, Muslims need to learn to laugh, or all the other excuses you use when someone rebukes you. Think carefully about my critisims. Yes we are all flawed people but that should not prevent us from having the confidence to take a stand.

Oh and by the way, the obsession with HMC is not funny. Its call attempting to practise your religion. Sorry if we are cramping your style.

May Allah swt guide us all to the right path.