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There is something very artificial and unappealing about systems.

The khutbah Jumaat today was about water. As much as I don't want to, I thought; 'hey, anywhere in this country today, the khatibs will be preaching on exactly the same thing I'm hearing here..' and hence, 'what's the point, then? Can't the khutbahs be made into an audio file or something? Then at least you can hear them at random -and not just the same thing everywhere- any Fridays..?' Don't get me wrong here; I'm not undermining the role of the khatibs here, nor am I -God forbid- playing down the importance of going for solat Jumaat; I am emphasizing the need for freedom, the need to be human for us humans. I mean, surely there are communities which would benefit more if the respective khatibs were to talk about something else other than water, right (no disrespect to the khutbah text writer or the subject itself)?

I felt that some khatibs might feel strongly about certain subjects and hence can deliver the khutbah about these subjects more passionately, hence making it more memorable and/or effective. Is that not the whole point of having solat Jumaats anyway? So that we can meet and remind each other and correct whatever wrongs? Why are we such suckers for this system of having a uniform khutbah? What's the point of emphasizing on mukims and such if we actually have the same things said everywhere? Different places have different problems and must be rectified via different approaches.

Scrap systems. People should stop being plastic and start being human.