No man the topic of this thread is about what happened to Notre Dame Cathédral and the reconstruction project.
Andour discussion become off topic because it is a more general question : should we as muslim living in foreign country to help people to rebuild their church ?
That's following my message where i gave a link for people who are interested to participate. That's all.
I understand your point of view in general, but what you don't know French State do not finance church or whatever religious building. It's the people themselves. It's only done on private donations. And the Notre Dame was not as you described as mostly not used.
I currently don't have enough time to reply you because family obligations. I will reply you later.
Update :
I will reply part by part :
No I stayed on topic. We are talking notre dame. You are just not happy that I do have same opinion as you and thus you are labelling as off-topic.
No it's not about being or not being happy because your opinion differ from mine.
As I said previously the point you raised is very interresting. I used th word "subject" for this. I said this point require another thread. Am I wrong ?
With hundreds of millions already pledged by rich billionaires and even the government has promised to fix the place, then why do the french require your help? Are a few pounds from PDF necessary?
Did i say France require
my help ? I wrote "for anyone who is interrested". I really dont understand why you intervene if you are not interrested ? But forget it.
Look I don't care about french businesses or french tourism. Neither should any Pakistani (unless they hope to make money themselves and then I could sort of understand why they choose that view). The french economy isn't going to be drastically affected by fixing some old building. This is just a desperate argument you're using to defend yourself from scrutiny.
Good if you don't care about french business or french tourism. Nobody requested
YOUR care about it. Don't worry.
But as I'm living in France I do care for OUR economy. Am I wrong by the care I could have for it ? My interests are here. If French economy is not going well, then my own job is at risk. That's as simple as that. Yes it is very selfish. But the jobs of our muslims brothers also are at risks and especially jobs of Pakistanis expatriates who send a lot money to Pakistan. If you don't care about it then what can I tell you ? What are you doing in UK ? Go back home.
I'm sure you wont leave UK because all advantages you have there and which you cant have in Pakistan.
So yes I do care about France. Unfortunately you don't know how many muslims work in construction sector. There are many. you don't know how many muslims work in transports sector. There are many. Rebuilding a Cathedral is a such a task that it will have for sure an impact on economy, because it will involve several sectors from cimentery/wood, electricians, roofs makers, transoporters for all the materials needed, and many others that I forgot here.Who said workers, said also impact on foods sellers. And when the project will be finished, all the transports companies (taxis etc) for the tourism (hotels, restaurants etc).
So yes it will have a serious impact on severals small businesses owned by people of differents faith.
Nobody need you scrutinity. Only Allah's scrutinity is important. But thank you very much the scrutinity you do for which nobody asked you to do, because nobody knows who you are...
A church which is under the protection of Muslims and has been destroyed by rioters is a different case to a mostly unused muesem burning through an accident in a rich foreign country. They are not comparable.
You didn't get my point. My point is uniting a nation, because yes there are French, Muslims French and Muslims too, who were born here, so the economy of France has a direct impact on our situation. And from our situation depends also our funding for our mosques.
I've seen people/organisations asking for mosques online and on TV shows. It's not as old school as you think. And if you do think the process of finding funding for mosques can become more digital and efficient then go do something about it.
Did you saw on french channels ? I was talking about Muslims in France. I never saw any ads for that nor on internet.
I think you suffer from an inferiority complex whereas in your mind western countries are some perfect places to whom you owe favours. You owe them nothing. Similarly I owe Britain nothing. My dad works and pays his taxes which directly contribute to things like free health care and education. I have worked, I have paid taxes too. The french state does not provide these things out of kindness, the only countries who really do offer these things to their citizens for free are the small oil rich counties who don't require taxes from their citizens in return such as Bruinei.
inferiority complex ? you are talking without knowing me. Whenever I had to defend muslims or Pakistan against what you call white people at my work, I did it with full force.
Taking care of does not mean inferiority complex. Inferiority complex is what i saw among pakistanis and africans who use cream to whiten their skin.
About owing something or not to these countries, i dont know about UK, but French people struggled to have the system they have. We are enjoying this system. So yes I care for it, and it could continue to work if i take care of its economy. Yes its not free, but when i was young my father's salary was below the taxation limite. He didn't pay any other taxes apart the one on National Security System (Health system) which is very low compared to what paid the company for which he was working for and the VAT. It is a repartition system.
So I can safely say that i benefited of good quality free school and a free good health system. And all that without bothering about my faith. This is what is called Equality.
And unfortunately France dont have petrol like Brunei and others.
But sure I'm used to help anyone in the need whenever I can whatever is his faith, or skin color. Does it mean that i'm having inferiority complex ? I don't know. If that is exactely the complex of inferiority then ok i accept it. And proudly ! At least by my behaviour, our christians neigbhours started to have a different opinion about Islam. Maybe it is a first step ? Only Allah know.
More often than not. People like you and me are in these countries as a direct consequence of these nations having looted our homelands in the not too distant past and so our fathers and grandfathers had to go look for a good earning life abroad. And don't get me wrong, I don't blame them for everything but it's obvious that they had a big hand in ruining our countries.
If you were born 100 or 200 years, I doubt your brown *** would've even been allowed in the place over which you're crying ever.
looting countries didn't started few years ago, or 100 or 200 years ago.
Why people immigrated in those countries ? its because they were able to start creating, innovating new technologies, new industries which we weren't able. Why ? that's another debate and in this yes the could have a hand, but as you said we are also responsible.
But History is made of loots and ruins. And the wheel turned, is turning and will turn again in the future.
We are living in present time, not in past time or 100 or 200 years ago. Wake up we are in 21st century.
Noone's going to convert to Islam because you became upset over a muesem/mostly unused church being burnt down. You know that's most likely true and so do I. If you want to convert people to Islam so badly - go join a dawah organisation.
I know what's important but I'm afraid you do not.
I don't know where yu saw i was upset, maybe it's because my english is not good enough so i maybe i expressed my opinion in a wrong way.
Accidents happened everywhere. It happened yesterday to friends of relatives of my family in law in UK. But Alhamdulliah they have been protected by Allah and left hospital despite the car being totally destroyed and their injuries.
I never said that by giving the link here and by taking care of France someone wil become muslim, but i saw many frenchs converting because they saw what are truly some muslims.
I had met those french converted and i talked to them about their shahada etc et they clerly told me that was because they saw very kind persons who turned out to be muslims and then they started to have interests in studying Islam.... yep their was a first step from muslims who lead to their conversion.
As i said by my general behaviour the could. Only Allah know.
The riches are giving money because they kniw they will benefit from taxe refund law. So after all we will still have to pay it indirectly. Now some voices raised this issue, and the rich people who promised to give millions have also said that they wont apply for tax refunds.
I agree its a very complex situation. And per my feelings and knowloedge and according to what is important to me, i have posted this link for people who are interested. That's all.