Showing posts with label Muhammad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Muhammad. Show all posts

Friday, December 17, 2010

Whose name is on the Moon this time?

Trace your favourite outline on the Moon.
For the last couple of years, a rumor spreads via short messaging service (SMS) on important religious occasions, that name of a certain religious or political personality has appeared on the Moon's surface. People point their fingers towards the Moon and try to show you the name of their religious, political personality, written on the Moon's surface. If you are unable to see the holy name, you are branded atheist and infidel. The safe way to survive the moment is just to nod and get away.
I was working in the Express 24/7 during the last Muharram, people called at our channel's landline to tell us about the 'miracle'. They wanted us to run our bulletin over it. People and friends from Sunni sect were adamant that the Moon had the name of a reverend personality written on it whereas friends from Shia sect wanted us to see the name of their reverend personality on the Moon.
A funny situation developed in a friend's home. All family members present in the house were illiterate except my friend's elder brother's wife (bhabi) who was a graduate. The whole house saw Muhammad written on the Moon, except that poor lady. She had to face the whole family’s taunts for many days for “not having a strong faith in Islam”.
On of my flat-mates was a bearded Sunni guy who had a Shia girlfriend in Karachi. They both were insiting over the telephone to tell and show each other the names of their respective reverend religious personalities on the Moon at the same time. When I returned late at night, they were having a serious brawl over the religious history of Islam.
Many people from Larkana called the television channel on the eve's of Benazir's first death anniversary. They all claimed to have seen the name of Benazir written on the Moon.