Syrian blogs.
An interesting series of posts are emerging on the Syrian blogsphere. Apparently, the whole thing started when Razan* rightly lashed out at another Syrian ‘blogger’ (whom I am not aware of, yet.) Both Razan’s and the other guy’s blogs are in Arabic. Dania picked up from Razan and gave her input on the subject. Followed by Abu Fares, whose post I read this morning (and the other posts in backward order) and been thinking about them since then.
Apparently, there’s a divide in the Syrian blogsphere between the religious and the secular. OK. I will try my best not to offend anyone here. But let me first give you an idea what’s going on.
A blogger X (I don’t know who’s he yet and please Razan if you’re reading this, link him to me), is mobilizing and inviting hackers from around the Muslim world to seek and destroy certain Syrian blogs with suspicious agenda.
You know the kind of blogs that are irrelevant (according to him).
Or the kind of bloggers that express their immoral personal freedom in an immoral style, which sometimes reaches the limit of blasphemy and sexual perversion.
As you see, this is a very clear and basic criterion. Should you have any doubt, you can always refer to Mr. X. He’s the absolute arbiter in the world of morality and immorality alike.
I think I should send my posts for his gracious approval before I post them here, because if I am not sane enough to fear (and seek) his moral judgment, then I’ll be the next subject of his electronic scalpel. Oh, it’s not him with the scalpel; it’s his army of pious hackerz in their bloodstained scuffs.
What a childish, immature, insecure and utterly disgusting bullshit.
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* Razan for those who don't her, is a courageous, anti-occupation, pro Palestine blogger with great enthusiasim and tenacity. And opposite to the public belief, I admire her and her blog immesly. :)
Apparently, there’s a divide in the Syrian blogsphere between the religious and the secular. OK. I will try my best not to offend anyone here. But let me first give you an idea what’s going on.
A blogger X (I don’t know who’s he yet and please Razan if you’re reading this, link him to me), is mobilizing and inviting hackers from around the Muslim world to seek and destroy certain Syrian blogs with suspicious agenda.
You know the kind of blogs that are irrelevant (according to him).
Or the kind of bloggers that express their immoral personal freedom in an immoral style, which sometimes reaches the limit of blasphemy and sexual perversion.
As you see, this is a very clear and basic criterion. Should you have any doubt, you can always refer to Mr. X. He’s the absolute arbiter in the world of morality and immorality alike.
I think I should send my posts for his gracious approval before I post them here, because if I am not sane enough to fear (and seek) his moral judgment, then I’ll be the next subject of his electronic scalpel. Oh, it’s not him with the scalpel; it’s his army of pious hackerz in their bloodstained scuffs.
What a childish, immature, insecure and utterly disgusting bullshit.
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* Razan for those who don't her, is a courageous, anti-occupation, pro Palestine blogger with great enthusiasim and tenacity. And opposite to the public belief, I admire her and her blog immesly. :)
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Dear DJ,
it's been a long time since i last visit this blog, for who long, a year?
thank you for your sweet words and support.
AL MUDAWWEN aggregator deleted his post from their page just recently, but you can still find his post on his blog here:
http://ahmadedilbi.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/hackers/
i just want to make a clarification:
i am not a secular person and i dont consider myself one as i dont believe in such thing called secularism in the first place, you can read about this here on my friend's blog, Bachir, he puts it more eloquently that i would:
http://remarkz.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/the-politics-of-the-rule-of-law-and-that-of-god/
(to give an example of how i perceive religious or secular people, i think hezbolla is the ONLY secular entity in the region, and their secularism is not classic)
my post was not anti religion or religious people. i am anti people who speak on behalf of morals and act accordingly in the name of islam or secularism, hence the example of the blogger who considers himself a religious, and the example of wafa2 sultan, who considers herself as secular, is put in my post in the same level, its not about the "background" one's rhetoric, its the rhetoric itself.
so for those who thought i was arguing against religious people and for secularism, i would like clarify that was not what i was trying to say.
two faces for the same icon.
maybe you should reread the post again to see that the author and the person hich the post discussed his attitude are pretty much the same.
but one is doing it with stylish and civlized - like manner and the other doing it with stupidity.
Regards
Such thing should be addressed technically.
Since you are a technical person, how can a hacker do that?
Is there a counter respond or is there a protection for this.
The internet not supposes to be jeopardized by one person like him, isn't it?
DJ
Thanks for coming to my defense against Wassim's senseless insult. I just posted on this same topic.
Hmmmm theres nothing worse than being the religious poiliceman. If I knew someone personally who openly insulted my religion I would definately make an attemt to correct that person, but if said person stuck to their beliefs, or spoke in a way that was not digestible by my code, I would at best stop associating with said person. Just move away from their sphere.
As far as the blogosphere goes, I dont even venture out on these sites because I know what kind of fruitcakes one can get.
Conversely if someone picked my blog to malign me or my charachter, or tried to invade and destroy, then I would be annoyed , yes. But I will never give that person the satisfaction of thinking that his/her insane ranting can intimidate me.
having said that, I am quite happy with my private blog, and can say and do as I please.
People on the net are fully aware of the maniacs that lurk, and at best in todays politically/morally fragile world it is sensible to use strategy and not antagonism.
DJ
I\'m going to quote you exactly as you commented on my blog:
\"The bottom line my friend is that religion is a personal matter, period. Why do you care if my phone was Nokia or Mottorolla? Similarly, why do you care what other people believe in? I don\'t. We keep talking about Islam and how it should be interpreted, but what about other religions? Don\'t we have Christians in our midst too? Don\'t we have people who chose to worship Satan? Don\'t we have people who choose not to believe in any deity AT ALL? How do you handle those? To what set of beliefs do you want them to conform? You see my friend, it\'s a futile endeavor. I say let everybody believe whatever the heck he/she wants to believe and get on with it.
And what makes a bloke an authority in moral issues? Is it not that the divine retribution is going to come in the day after? So why do you want to expose people to a celestial penal code here and now even though they may not believe in it? Would you rather have people following what you out of fear, laziness and apathy, or would you rather let people BE what they feel like being? Wouldn\'t that be healthier for you and me and everybody?\"
It can\'t get any better than that.
Dear Razan, welcome back. It’s been a while :)
I took a quick look at Ahmad’s blog and it seems that he’d retracted what he said as he was advised to adhere to the civilized rules of dialogue. And for this I applaud him.
As for secularism, I will have a look at remarkz post later and tell you what I think of it. but for the mean time I go by the simple definition of secularism which is provided by the good old wikipedia: “the assertion that governmental practices or institutions should exist separately from religion or religious beliefs.” That should do it for me, but I agree with you in the sense that we usually take those words for granted.
Thank you for coming!
Hello Omnya, I don’t really mind the attitude. What is not acceptable is to try to muzzle the other person. Don’t you think we’ve got enough censorship already to start censoring each other?
@ anon 23, 2008 7:22 PM,
I am told that hacking into blogs on free domains is near impossible. But that’s not really the point here.
@ Abu Kareem, you are always welcome. I will certainly drop by to read your post.
Kaya, your approach toward the subject is exemplary. Indeed, if an X person is saying something I don’t like, I will happily plug my ears and move away. The last thing I’d do is to try to gag that person. It’s silly.
Abu Fares my friend, thank you very much. Your quoting me is an honor I think I still not yet earned, so thanks for the generosity :)
BTW DJ thanks for the shoulder!
I needed a friend right then.
Hugs.
Sorry, but i find the whole thing immature and a total waste of time to even read about.
I think, and thats my personal opinion, we have better and more important things to worry about than a bunch of people with way too much time on their hands...
Lets meet up soon ya bash mohandes.. its been ages..
Did i hear something about hackers??!! :P
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