This is a citation from the Existentialists-most particularly Jean-Paul Sartre.As you know,I think we need to learn from everyone and every situation.Muslims, particularly, need to reflect on this phenomenon as it is endemic in our community.It does have a parallel concept in Islam-nifaq(hypocrisy) but that concept has a more specific meaning around those who don’t really believe in the religion.The concept of”bad faith” has a more general application and can apply to believing Muslims and Christians as well.Thus it has a more general applicability.See if you can spot it in or around you.This is a very important matter for Muslims who are more susceptible to social and family pressure than most and often use the terms of the religion -‘adab’, ‘bir walideyn’,avoiding ‘ghiba’ etc. to prevent themselves from being authentic.Think about it.
Bad faith (French: mauvaise foi) is a philosophical concept utilized by existentialist philosophers Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre to describe the phenomenon in which human beings, under pressure from social forces, adopt false values and disown their innate freedom, hence acting inauthentically.[1] It is closely related to the concepts of self-deception and ressentiment.
Please write something about the Indian held Kashmir . The rogue government of India is raping unarmed women and killing children…
In the last century there were three apparitions of the Virgin Mary( Maryam to us).In one of them I believe it was in Medugorge, she said the following: ” If mankind does not stop its ways of materialism and nationalism, there will be more and more natural catastrophes, as we are seeing globally.The problem of nationalism whether Hindu.Burmese, Sri Lankan OR Muslim for that matter is completely out of control.And when we denounce it as we should, no one listens.All we can do is pray for the people!
Materialism and social forces now have such control over us all that we are “fish jumping in a net” to use a Sheikh Nazim phrase.