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Bismillah [IslamCity] Debating Islam Democracy
The on-going debate amongst Islamists in discussion for a on the Internet provide a contrasting rainbow of ideas and interpretations. There are those who assert that democracy contradicts Islam completely in the fundamentals and in the details,. Once such discussant state the following points to prove his view. He says: (i) Democracy gives the sovereignty to the people and entrusts them with the whole matter. Hence, people are the supreme reference in everything. According to the rules of democracy, people are the source of power. Thus people are the source of the legislative power, the judicial power and the executive power. It is people who legislate the laws, appoint the judges and establish the rulers. This is contrary to Islam which makes the sovereignty to Shari'ah and not to people. In this way the whole matter is to the Shari'ah and it is the supreme reference in everything. As for the powers, Islam has made the legislative power for Allah (swt), not to people. It is Allah (swt) alone Who legislates the rules in everything, be it in regard to worship, transactions, the punishments or otherwise. It is forbidden for anyone to legislate, even if it was a single rule. People in Islam have the authority - namely the rule, so it is the people who elect the ruler and appoint him. Thus people are the source of the executive power only -they select the man who assumes the authority and the rule. As for the judicial power, this is assumed by the Khaleefah or whoever deputizes for him in this. It is the Khaleefah who appoints the judges or appoints someone who appoints the judges. No person from among the people, individuals or groups alike have the authority to appoint a judge. This is rather restricted to the Khaleefah and his deputy. (ii) The leadership in the democratic system is collective and not for the individual. The power is also collective and not for the individual. The authority, or the rule is assumed by the council of ministers meaning the cabinet. The head of state, be it a king or a president, is a nominal figure who reigns but does not rule. The body that rules and assumes the power is the cabinet. This is contrary to Islam, where the leadership is for the individual and not a collective and where the power is also for the individual and not a collective. It has been reported on the authority... Respons by Dr. Abdelwahab El-Affendi: The remarks mentioned above contain a rather large number of contradictions and misunderstandings that need to be clarified: 1. He starts by saying that the people cannot have sovereignty, but in the next paragraph, he tells that one person, the Khalifa, must have full, unquestioned authority. In this he indirectly clarifies the question he tries to bury into confusion. For the issue here is not God's sovereignty versus that of the people. No Muslim questions the sovereignty of God or the rule of Shari'ah. However, most Mulsims do (and did) have misgivings about any claim by one person that he is sovereign. The sovereigny of one man contradicts the sovereignty of God, for all men are equal in front of God. 2. The leadership in Islam is indeed collective. The ahadith quoted by the brother all prove this, in fact. The Hadith about appointing an amir is directed to the group. It is the group which appoints the amir, which means that he is accountable to them, and must consult with them. Consultation in Islam is obligatory, because it is an order from God, given explicitly in the Quran. What God orders is not optional, but obligatory. Blind obedience to one-man rule is contrary to Islam. If you have read enough hadith you would have come across the story of the amir sent by the Prophet to lead an expedition. One day he lit up a fire and told his men to jump into it. They naturally refused, even though the man reminded that the Prophet had ordered them to obey him. When they went back and related teh incident to the Prophet, he said: If they had entered it they would never have come out of it. Meaning they will go straight to hell. Any man who claims to be a Khalifa and orders things that are contrary to reason or Shariah may be disobeyed. In fact he must be. But if this is not to lead to chaos as happened in past Muslim history, it is advisable to have insitutions which arbitrate between the ruler and the people, such as parliaments, an independent judiciary, etc. We need not copy these instituions, but we must recognise the useful function they serve. 3. The claim that the Prophet regularly defies majority opinion is incorrect. Whenever the Prophet issued an order or gave an opinion, the Sahabah sometimes asked::: is this a divine order or just an opinion? This happened in Badr and during Ghazawat al-Khandaq. When he said it was not divine injunction, the Sahabah immediately gave a different opinion, which the Prophet then accepted. Since any person after the Prophet cannot claim the
Bismillah [IslamCity] Warning to the Arabs and the Muslims living under a Western-sky
Jesus of Nazareth said once : Not from bread alone , shall the man live obviously my wise-countryman must have meant that Bread alone is not as important as food and that the man must nourish himself also spiritually. 2007 years later , that verse must come handy, because I hear that in different parts of the Western-world and in different cities the police is drawing a map where eventual Muslims and Arabs, are to be found. Probably the police would think that knowing the address of any person , can help to find out his or her intentions or his/her convictions and most probably his/her plans.. In Cairo and Algiers and Baghdad and Jeddah and Tehran and Islamabad and Sanaa , the Police does not need having such a planalmost ererybody is Muslim. The Western Police in western-cities under western-Democracies shall follow up the distribution network of Arabic Bread from Arabic Bakeries and shall note down the address of each delivery Inspired by the Spanish-Inquisition , when the Catholic-religious-police was following up the deliveries of Pitah-Bread from the Jewish-Bakeries in Toledo,Saragossa, Madrid,Granada and Sevillia. This way ,and today, the Police shall trace each of us living under the Western-skies.in Western-cities so we better watch-out, for our diet !! or simply ,and in order to fool the police , we must order home-deliveries of only Pitah-Bread* instead of the normal,usual ,Arabic-Bread because the Pitah-Terrorists do not count as Terrorists !! and they are not under control of the Police especially not in Tel Aviv , nor New-York, nor Haifa,London and Lodd . Sherlock Hommos Dietist 17Th of November 2007 *NB : the Pitah Bread, eaten by our Jewish-cousins , looks a lot like Arabic-bread but it is , of course, Kosher !! - Too much spam? Try Yahoo! Mail and we'll help keep the junk out of your inbox.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Civic Involvement: An Islamic Imperative
Muslims have to build social and political networks in order to improve the condition of society, argue two leading American scholars by HAMZA YUSUF and ZAID SHAKIR Improving the world in which we live is an Islamic imperative. God says in the Qur'an, You are the best of communities brought forth for mankind. (3:110) Abu Su'ud describes this verse in his commentary: This means the best people for others. This is an unambiguous expression which states that the good [mentioned here] lies in bene#64257;t provided to the people. This is also understood from the expression, brought forth for mankind namely, brought forth to bene#64257;t them and advance their best interests.[1] Our Prophet Muhammad, may the peace and blessings of God be upon him, said, God will continue to assist the servant, as long as the servant is assisting his brother.[2] We can thereby understand that divine aid and succor will accrue to this community as long as we are providing the same to fellow members of the human family. Historical basis for involvement In today's socio-political environment, concern and bene#64257;t can be understood as civic involvement. The word civic is derived from the word city. Hence, civic involvement refers to the meaningful ways in which a private citizen is best involved in the life of his or her city. Despite its appearance in a largely agrarian context, if we consider the nature of the dominant means of economic production at the time of its emergence, Islam is best associated with the city. Our Prophet, may the peace and blessings of God be upon him, is identi#64257;ed with the city. God mentions in the Qur'an, I swear by this city, and you are a free man of this city. (90:1-2) The Prophet's migration was from Mecca to Medina, from one city to another. Islamic learning and culture is associated with great cities Damascus, Baghdad, Cairo, Isfahan, Samarqand, Bukhara, Tashkent, Qayrawan, Fez, Cordova, Seville, Granada, Istanbul, Sarajevo, Zabid, Timbuktu, Delhi, and many others. It was the involvement of Muslims in the lives of these cities, many of which were established before the arrival of Islam, which de#64257;ned them in their historical contexts. As Muslims, our involvement in the life of our cities should similarly leave a lasting and positive mark on them. Surely we have much to offer in that regard. It is not without purpose that God has placed us in signi#64257;cant numbers in and around the great metropolises of America. Now is the time for our constructive involvement in the lives of these cities to commence. Such involvement is especially critical in these times of political transformation and the rede#64257;nition of both the role and scope of government here in America. As the two major political parties become increasingly responsive to special interest groups, particularly those associated with big business, large unions, and wealthy individuals, their role as facilitators of democratic and civic involvement is being eroded. This shift in responsiveness is leading to what is referred to as a dealignment of those parties. This dealignment causes private citizens to search for new institutions to serve as their primary means of political involvement, which consequently results in the proliferation of smaller, grassroots civic organizations. The collective weight of these organizations and their facilitation of direct citizen involvement in local politics is viewed by some as the reinventing of American democracy.[3] Position of Muslims and contributions The potential contributions of Muslims and the benevolent in#64258;uence of Islam in this process are tremendous for a number of reasons. In terms of addressing issues associated with poverty, the social welfare policy of both governmental and non-pro#64257;t organizations has centered on what has been referred to as a de#64257;cit model that focuses on the de#64257;ciencies of individuals and communities, rather than building upon the individual, associational, and institutional assets and networks that already exist.[4] This de#64257;cit model systematically weakens citizens and communities, as the power of governmental and private agencies ascends. As government retreats from the obligations assumed by the welfare state, the aforementioned organizations are threatened. Hence, the existence of this ineffective model is also threatened. As a result, an opening exists for Muslims to provide an alternative model of civic involvement and activism. The unique position of Muslims is rooted in the dichotomous nature of our community wherein less af#64258;uent, largely minority converts and recent immigrants live in inner-cities, while more af#64258;uent and established immigrants reside in suburbs. This dichotomy creates a situation in which the Muslims of inner-cities have a tremendous potential of social capital, or the ability to draw on developed internal communal
Bismillah [IslamCity] Volume 1, Book 2, Number 55
Volume 1, Book 2, Number 55: Narrated Ziyad bin'Ilaqa: I heard Jarir bin 'Abdullah (Praising Allah). On the day when Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba died, he (Jarir) got up (on the pulpit) and thanked and praised Allah and said, Be afraid of Allah alone Who has none along with Him to be worshipped.(You should) be calm and quiet till the (new) chief comes to you and he will come to you soon. Ask Allah's forgiveness for your (late) chief because he himself loved to forgive others. Jarir added, Amma badu (now then), I went to the Prophet and said, 'I give my pledge of allegiance to you for Islam. The Prophet conditioned (my pledge) for me to be sincere and true to every Muslim so I gave my pledge to him for this. By the Lord of this mosque! I am sincere and true to you (Muslims). Then Jarir asked for Allah's forgiveness and came down (from the pulpit). - Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Time To Rethink Rohingya Issue--Asia Post, Dhaka, editorial dated 17.11.07
Time To Rethink Rohingya Issue Press has reported that speakers in a seminar held in Dhaka on Thursday said that Bangladesh should work internationally to link Rohingya refugee problem to ongoing democratic movement in MyanmarThe seminar titled 'Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: Issues and concerns' was organised by Neeti Gobeshona Kendra at the National Press Club in the city. Director of the Kendra Mahbubul Haque Ripon presented a keynote paper highlighting the plight of Rohingya refugees. He said according to official statistics, the number of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is 20 thousand, but unofficially this number is around five lakh. Rohingyas are not confined to Cox's Bazar and Chittagong only, they are also living in the slum areas of Dhaka and other big cities, he added.In slum areas the Rohingyas are leading inhuman life posing the risk of giving rise to militancy again, said Mr Mahbub, also the trustee of the Kendra. He criticised the role of the government and the civil society for not focussing the Rohingya issue before the international community properly to help end their problems. He suggested that the government should allow international organisations to provide better facilities for Rohingya refugees. Speaking on the occasion, Prof CR Abrar of Dhaka University urged all to help solve Rohingya refugee problem. He called on the media to play its due role to place the issue before the international community.General Secretary of Ain O Salish Kendra Advocate Asaduzzaman suggested for constructive dialogue with Myanmar government.Presiding over the seminar National Press Club President Shaukat Mahmood said although Bangladeshi people possess the instinct of helping others, the government sometimes fails to treat refugees properly. AHM Nurul Islam, former secretary to Prime Minister's Office, Mohammad Shafiullah, an academic from Cox's Bazar, and Aminur Rasul, a trustee of Unnyan Dhara, also spoke on the occasion. We feel that the seminar has been held in an appropriate time and the recommendations are also very thought provoking.The Rohingyas did not get their civil and political rights for a long time like other minorities in the Myanmar.They have suffered deprivation in cconomic, social and political fields.It is time to take the matter of their due rights within the federation of Myanmar with th government and opposition movement there and also brief the UN representative for Myanmar in this matter.We hope that the government of Bangladesh as a neighbor and as an affected country of Rohingya refugees should give special attention to this matter.
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The secret of good health is good nourishment and exercise. We need daily
nourishing food and exercise to maintain a healthy body and it takes care and
attentiom to fulfil this responsibility. Making the effort underlines our value
and importance as a human being.
However, the human spirit needs the same attention in the form of the thoughts
we have and how the mind puts them to use. Feeding both body and mind with
nourishing food gives a powerful and consistent message to respect and
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Prayer is the stepping stone of rewards and success when my life has its
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{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom
(i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue
with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone
astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy
Quran-16:125)
{And who is better in speech than he who [says: My Lord is Allah (believes in
His Oneness), and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites
(men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: I
am one of the Muslims.} (Holy Quran-41:33)
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: By Allah, if
Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of
camels. [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim]
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, Whoever
calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who
follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all.
[Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah]
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Re: Bismillah [IslamCity] Islam: Its Not What You Think
Dear Brothers Sisters, Thank you very, very much for sharing this wonderful material, including Dr. Jeremiah McAuliffe's superb article on Islam: Its Not What You Think, and addition to the absolutely fascinating story of his re-version to Islam. What an inspiring and heartening story! This is the kind of positive and enlightening material you should strive to disseminate (rather than the trivial and/or demeaning stuff about the virtues of Hijab/Purkah, or the divisive and counterproductive stuff about the Islamicity, or lack of, of certain Muslim groups or schools of thoughts. Keep up the good work. JAZAKUMU ALLAHU KHAIRAN. Regards best of wishes, Ibrahim Hayani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Islam: Its Not What You Think BY Jeremiah D. McAuliffe, Jr., Ph.D., USA http://www.city-net.com/~alimhaq/text/islamz.html http://www.city-net.com/%7Ealimhaq/text/islamz.html His Conversion Story: http://www.islamawareness.net/Converts/jermiah.html http://www.islamfortoday.com/webmaster.htm http://www.city-net.com/~alimhaq/text/whyislam.htm http://www.city-net.com/%7Ealimhaq/text/whyislam.htm Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51732/*http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/
Bismillah [IslamCity] sowing the seeds of discord
(An excellent story forwarded to me) There were three bulls, a white bull, a red bull, and a black bull. A hungry wolf approached the red and the black bull and told them if they let him eat the white bull he would not have any further interest in eating them. So in order to save themselves they agreed, and the wolf devoured the white bull. A few days later the wolf returned and stealthily took aside the black bull and told him if he let him eat the red bull he would not attack or eat the black bull. The black bull agreed and the wolf devoured the red bull. A few days passed and once again the wolf returned as hungry as ever. He found the black bull and they both knew what was coming next. The wolf told the black bull to at least try and save himself to which the black bull responded, 'I was dead the day I allowed the white bull to be devoured'. Whilst united the wolf could not devour any of them, but once the wolf began sowing the seeds of discord, he was able to conquer them one at a time. When the black bull realised what the wolf was up to, it was too late.May Allaah swt save us from this and may we unite in favour of Allaah swt and his commands. Ameen _ Feel like a local wherever you go. http://www.backofmyhand.com
Bismillah [IslamCity] Muslims Globalizing Al-Quds Cause
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Muslims Globalizing Al-Quds Cause
CAIRO Drawing the world attention to a place close to the hearts of
world Muslims, Turkey's historical city of Istanbul will host in November an
international forum on Israeli-occupied Al-Quds, home to Islam's third holiest
shrine.
Al-Quds International Forum will bring together a galaxy of dignitaries from
all over the world for the first time, Akram Adeloni, secretary general of
Al-Quds International Institution (AII), the organizer of the November 15-17
meeting, told IslamOnline.net.
We have invited notables from Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa as well
as Arab and Muslim figures, he added.
More than 4,000 dignitaries from the four corners of the globe are expected
to show up.
Leading among notables invited are Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, former
US president Jimmy Carter, former US justice secretary Ramzy Clark, former
Iranian president Mohamed Khatami and Mayor of London Kin Livingstone in
addition to Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the president of the International Union for Muslim
Union (IUMS), Sheikh Raed Salah, the head of Al-Aqsa foundation for
Reconstruction of Islamic Sanctities, and former Al-Quds Bishop Attallah Hanna
have been also invited.
We want to get the Al-Quds case from its inner Arab and Muslim circle to the
broader international sphere, said Adeloni.
The forum focuses on Al-Quds as a human heritage and a civilization on its
own.
Photo galleries, exhibitions and documentaries in different languages about
the holy city's heritage will be held on the sidelines of the forum.
The AII, a non-profit organization established in Lebanon in 2001 with a
permanent headquarters in Al-Quds, organizes the forum in tandem with Turkiye
Gonullu Tesekkuller ( Turkish Waqf of NGOs) and the Union of NGOs of the
Islamic World.
The AII'sboard of trustees features a cohort of Arab and Muslim figures, who
seek to keep Al-Quds cause alive and pass it on from one generation to another.
Istanbul Declaration
The forum will issue the Istanbul Declaration to defend Al-Quds identity.
The declaration is about a set of facts that prove the Muslims' historical
right to the holy city and entire Palestine, said Adeloni.
It will also underscore that defending Al-Quds is not the responsibility of
Arabs or Muslims alone given the city's human heritage.
The Muslim activist said occupation cannot be accepted retrospectively.
Occupation, obliteration of the city's identity and the evacuation of its
aboriginal people cannot be imposed on us as a fait accompli.
Israel captured Al-Quds in the 1967 six-day war and later annexed the city,
in a move not recognized by the international community.
The city is home to Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Muslims' first Qiblah [direction
Muslims take during prayers] and the third holiest shrine after Al Ka'bah in
Makkah and Prophet Muhammad's Mosque in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
Its significance has been reinforced by the incident of Al Isra'a and Al
Mi'raj the night journey from Makkah to Al-Quds and the ascent to the Heavens
by Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).
Al-Quds is also home to some of the holiest Christian worship places,
including the Jerusalem Church and the Greek Orthodox Church.
Israel has been seeking to Judaize the holy city.
Britain's the Guardian daily recently unveiled a confidential UK memo
accusing Israel of rushing to judaize Al-Quds to prevent the city from
becoming the capital of the future Palestinian state.
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Bismillah [IslamCity] CAIR: OFFICEMAX DROPS MICHAEL SAVAGE ADS OVER ANTI-ISLAM BIAS
OFFICEMAX DROPS MICHAEL SAVAGE ADS OVER ANTI-ISLAM BIAS (WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/15/2007) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced that OfficeMax, a leading office products retailer, has joined a growing list of companies that have stopped advertising on Michael Savage's nationally-syndicated radio program because of the host's anti-Muslim views. CAIR recently reported that Savage, whose The Savage Nation airs on more than 300 radio stations nationwide, screamed attacks on Muslims, Islam and the Quran, Islam's revealed text, during his October 29, 2007, program . To listen to Savage's bigoted statements, click here. SEE: National Radio Host Goes on Anti-Muslim Tirade The Washington-based Islamic civil rights and advocacy group called on radio listeners of all faiths to contact companies that advertise on Savage's program to express their concerns about the host's anti-Muslim bigotry. Companies that have dropped ads from Savage's program include Citrix Systems Inc., a global leader in application delivery infrastructure. It is encouraging that companies nationwide are choosing not to associate with Mr. Savage's hatred and bigotry, said CAIR Communications Coordinator Amina Rubin. Freedom of speech includes the right not to subsidize hate. Rubin thanked OfficeMax for its prompt response to Muslim concerns. She said CAIR is asking other Savage advertisers to follow that company's example. CAIR, America's largest Muslim civil liberties group, has 33 offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding. - END - CONTACT: CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787 or 202-744-7726, E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; CAIR Communications Coordinator Rabiah Ahmed, 202-488-8787 or 202-439-1441, E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; CAIR Communications Coordinator Amina Rubin, 202-488-8787 or 202-341-4171, E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SEE ALSO: CAIR ACTION ALERT #529 ASK JCPENNEY TO FOLLOW OFFICEMAX'S EXAMPLE IMMEDIATE ACTIONS REQUESTED: (As always, be POLITE. Hostile comments can and will be used by Savage to further defame Islam and Muslims.) 1. CONTACT JCPenney, today's featured Savage Nation advertiser. (Other advertisers will be featured in the future.) As part of the ongoing campaign to ask companies that advertise on The Savage Nation to stop buying air time on that program, today's featured company is JCPenney. Please contact company officials to express your concerns about their support of such a hate-filled program. CONTACT: Mr. Myron E. Ullman Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer J.C. Penney Company, Inc. 6501 Legacy Drive Plano, TX 75024 Tel: 972-431-1000 Fax: 972-431-9140 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] COPY TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. Because The Savage Nation is a syndicated program, many of the advertisers vary from station to station. FIND OUT which station carries Michael Savage's program in your area, LISTEN to the program and write down the contact information for both local and national advertisers. CONTACT those advertisers to POLITELY inform them that you and your friends and family will not purchase their products or services as long as they continue to subsidize a hate-filled program. For a listing of radio stations that air Michael Savage's program, click here. 3. CONTACT Talk Radio Network, Michael Savage's syndicator, to express your concerns about his hate-filled attacks on Muslims, Islam and the Quran. Mr. Mark Masters Chief Executive Officer Talk Radio Network P.O. Box 3755 Central Point OR 97502 Phone: 541-664-8827 or 541-474-2297 Fax: 541-664-6250 or 866-876-5075 - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.
Bismillah [IslamCity] THREE TYPES OF MUSLIMS - FOR MUSLIMS
THREE TYPES OF MUSLIMS 1) NON-PRACTICING 2) PART TIME PRACTICING 3) THOSE WHO TRY TO OBEY ALLAH(swt) IN EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE. FIRST OF ALL WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL TO ALLAH(swt) THAT HE MADE US MUSLIM. WE ALL HAVE TO CHECK IN WHICH CATEGORY WE FALL. IF WE FALL IN FIRST TWO CATEGORIES THEN STILL WE HAVE TIME TO CHANGE OURSELVES. BEING A MUSLIM WE KNOW IT VERY WELL THAT THERE WILL BE A DAY OF JUDGEMENT AND WE HAVE TO ANSWER ALLAH(swt). WE ALSO KNOW THAT WHY WE ARE HERE AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO GET SUCCESS IN HEREAFTER. BUT WE HAVE FORGOTTON THE TRUTH OF DEATH. WE DO ATTEND FUNERAL CEREMONIES OF OUR DEAR ONES BUT JUST AS A CUSTOM. WE DONT THINK THAT OUR TURN IS NOT TOO FAR. WE ARE PUTTING ALL OUR EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE LUXURIES OF LIFE AND HAVE NO TIME TO THINK ABOUT DEATH. WHY DONT WE THINK ALLAH(swt) IS ALSO PROVIDING ALL SUCH LUXURIES TO THE UNBELIEVERS. HOW IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE WILL BE LOOSER IN CASE WE CHOOSE TEY WAY OF ALLAH(swt) TO PASS THE LIFE. WE THINK THAT ALLAH(swt) IS GHAFOOR-UR-RAHEEM AND BEING MUSLIM WE WILL NOT BE PUNISHED WHATEVER WE DO. IF IT IS TRUE THEN WHY STRESS HAS BEEN GIVEN ON FOLLOWING QURAN SUNNAH BY THE PROPHET(pbuh). GOOD AND BAD CAN NEVER BE EQUAL, RELIGION IS THE NAME OF OBEYING NOT JUST ONLY ACCEPTING. WE STILL HAVE TIME TO REPENT AND ASK ALLAH(swt) TO GUIDE US. FOLLOWING ARE THE REQUIREMENTS OF TRUE REPENTENCE: 1. Asking repentance from ALLAH when alone (specially in Tahajjud) with tears in eyes and true feeling of sorrow on all sins. 2. Promise to ALLAH that those sins will not be repeated again. 3. In reality leave those sins 4. Pay back compensate the deserving in case Huqooq-ul-Ibad broken or ask for forgiveness from them. WE HAVE DOUBLE RESPONSIBILITY FIRST IS TO FOLLOW RELIGION IN ITS TRUE SPIRIT AND SECOND IS TO CONVEY TRUE MESSAGE TO THE UNBELIEVERS. ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT THESE NON-MUSLIMS WILL ASK ALLAH(swt) THAT THESE MUSLIMS WERE THE CUSTODIAN OF YOUR RELIGION, THEY NEVER FOLLOWED NOR CONVEYED YOUR MESSAGE TO US. LET US BE READY TO REPLY THIS BY ASKING TRUE REPENTENCE FROM ALLAH(swt) AND FOLLOWING QURAN SUNNAH ALONGWITH CONVEYING TRUE MESSAGE TO OTHERS. MAY ALLAH(swt) GIVE US HIDAYA .AAMEEN ABUANAS ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how.
Bismillah [IslamCity] I know what you know not
In the Name of Almighty Allah Rabbul Ala'meen Most Gracious, Most Merciful and Most Exalted. Assalamualaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu Alhumdoelillahi Rabbil Ala'meen. Was Salaatu was Salaamu 'alaa Ashrafil Anbiyaa'e wal Mursaleen. Wa Ba'd: O people of Imaan! For every human being, the enormity of darkness is more overwhelming than the intensity of dazzling sunlight. All day long, he or she enjoys the sunlight but little does he or she deliberate over the source and meaning of the rays of light. The days of affluence and comfort, however long they may be, scarcely have an impact upon our attitude and emotions. As the night falls, darkness vanquishes our faculties and we yearn for some safe haven to hide therein. As the adversities befall us, we yell and complains; and all we can see and feel is pain and anguish. So much so that other wretched people who have hitherto been somehow hidden from our eyesight suddenly come to our view. 'Oh Allah. Why this world? Are you not the Merciful? Are you not the all Powerful and the Almighty? Why this misery? Why this bloodshed?' The positive aspect of the world remains ignored and the negative comes to surface. The blessings are neglected and the miseries counted. This is man. The blessed creature! Perhaps the same is also true of other creations of Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wata'ala. Despite the bitter appearance of pain, it produces special fruit for the mind and soul. Man's spiritual abilities become more clearly manifested in the darkness of pain. Reason and human spirit evolve in the folds of continuous sacrifices and unsubmissive struggle...to the peak of human perfection. The most obedient species is obviously the angels. They never get tired of praising and glorifying the Most Gracious and Supreme Lord and Creator of the heavens and the earth. They are commanded to do a task and the same is done without hesitation or thinking about self-interests not to mention any effort whatsoever to secure them. In the beginning Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wata'ala addresses all the Angels [Verse 30 Surah Al-Baqara]: I want to create a vicegerent on earth. Almighty Allah, being the Greatest and most Exalting from a faithful Muslim point of view, addresses the angels to introduce His vicegerent. Thus, with this providential address the mission of man on this Doonya is clarified. That is, man's mission on earth is to fulfill Almighty Allah's creative work in the universe. Man's first superiority is that he represents his Glorious Maker and Creator on earth. The angels objected: O Almighty Allah! Will Thou place therein one who will make mischief therein and shed blood? But Almighty Allah Rabbul Ala'meen responds: I know what you know not. O you who believe! And so, Almighty Allah engaged in creating man. And this is the point which symbols, loaded with profound anthropological connotations, come into being. Since Almighty Allah Jallah Wa'ala wants to create a vicegerent for Himself on this Doonya, He must, as a rule, choose the most valuable and sacred material. Yet He selects the basest matter. In the Most Holy and Noble Qur'an there are three references relative to the material that man was made of: from a sounding clay, like unto pottery, and from mud. Finally, Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wata'ala breathed His Spirit into the dry mud and man came into being. In the human tongue Almighty Allah Rabbul Ala'meen is the most Sacred and Exalted Being, while mud stands as a symbol of the meanest and the basest thing. And the Spirit of Almighty Allah is the most sacred, exalting, and the noblest part of His being. Accordingly, in creating man, Almighty Allah Tabaraka Wata'ala did not use His breath, blood, or flesh, ; rather He blew His own soul into man. Almighty Allah is the most sublime Being and His Spirit is the finest entity for which man can possibly have an epithet in his language. Thus, man who was formed from mud and Almighty Allah's Spirit is a two-dimensional being. For unlike all other beings which are one dimensional, man is two-dimensional; one dimension tends towards mud, lowliness, sedimentation, and stagnation while the other aspires to the loftiest imaginable point possible. So man is composed of two contradictions - mud and Almighty Allah's spirit. Thus man's significance and grandeur lie in the fact that he possesses two poles [mud and the spirit the Glorious Creator]. It is up to man to choose where to go, towards mud or providence. And as long as he has not selected either of the poles as his fate, struggle will perpetually rage within him. O Ummatul Muslimeen! Once man was created, Allah taught Adam the names of all things. Man became the possessor of names. At this point the angels protested: We are made from smokeless fire but man was made from mud. Why should he have superiority over us? Whereby Almighty Allah responded: I know what you know not. And in verse 34 of Surah Al-Baqara: And behold, We said to the angels:
Bismillah [IslamCity] A Week of Islamophobia-reports Ethar Kamal El-Katatney
A Week of Islamophobia Ethar Kamal El-Katatney*, EgyptToday - Egypt Tuesday, November 13, 2007 IVE TRAVELED to several different countries for conferences promoting dialogue, coexistence and peaceful co-operation between religions: Denmark, Turkey, the UAE. Ive met people of all nationalities, liberals and conservatives alike: German, Lebanese, Scottish. Ive met people of almost every religious affiliation: Hindus, Atheists, Jews, and people from various sects and schools of thought in Islam: Sufis, Wahabis, Shiites. kk Over and over again, Ive heard the same questions from non-Muslims. The same reservations and suspicions. But I can safely say that not one of the non-Muslims Ive met abroad, most of who had no idea of what Islam really was, were ignorant of the extremist side of it. Had they heard of the concepts of Islam, Iman and Ihsan? Blank faces. Had they heard of radical Islam, jihad, Osama Bin Laden? Bingo. American conservative David Horowitz has brought another term into the mix, declaring the second-to-last week of October as Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, which he believes constitutes the greatest danger Americans have ever confronted. The week, part of his Terrorism Awareness Project, organized by the misnamed David Horowitz Freedom Center, of which he is president. A former leftist turned hardcore right-winger who is also editor in chief of FrontPage Magazine, an online publication, and founder of Students for Academic Freedom, he put the wheel in motion for over 100 college campuses across America to hold protests, film screenings, panels, memorials, teach-ins and sit-ins with pamphlets to distribute with titles such as Why Israel is the Victim. The theme of this noble endeavour? Oppression of Women in Islam and the threat posed by the Islamic crusade against the West. His goals were To explain who the enemy is...A fanatical religious movement associated with the Muslim Brotherhood [eh?]; to protest the violent oppression of womeh in Islam [so is he raising money to send to these poor women?]; and to strengthen those on campus who reject the anti-American curriculum of the tenured left. The left, he believes, is propagating two Big Lies: that George Bush created the war on terror [oh no, the radical Muslims woke up one day and decided to attack the non-existent troops on their land] and that Global Warming is a greater danger to Americans than the terrorist threat [tell that to Al-Gore]. He also circulated a student petition denouncing Islamo-Fascist violence against women, Christians, Jews and non-religious people, deliberatly written in such a way that the failure of Muslims to sign it would immediately prove his point. Never mind that Islam prohibits violence against women, and against any other religion if unprovoked (i.e. didnt show up in your country with guns). And who are the speakers that are devoting their time to so splendid a cause? As Ali Eteraz on the Huffington Post sarcastically puts it: An ex-senator that opposes individual rights of women [Rick Santorum]; a pundit that calls people faggots and considers Islam a cult [Ann Coulter]; a Christian scholar who is considered a polemicist and an Islamophobe by conservative Christians themselves [Robert Spencer]; and an intellectual who has received millions from far right organizations since 2001 [David Horowitz himselfwho made $352,647 in 2005, according to tax records]. One of the movies screened was Obsession, of which a 12 minute extract is available online. It starts with a miniscule disclaimer, saying that This is a film about the global threat of radical Islam. A violet strain within the Islamic religion [Not within an interpretation of Islamic religion]. Most Muslims do not support terror [Not Islam does not support terror]. This is not a film about them. This is a film about a radical worldview and the threat it poses to us all. Ill let it pass. But what I cant let pass is that in addition to having no official representation from the Muslim side, the movie goes on to subtitle Arabic speakers mentioning love of jihad (the Islamic concept of struggle) as love of fighting, and shahid (martyr) as suicide warrior. It shows clips from Arabic TV out of context, and compares Islam to Nazism, because you see, according to a former Hitler youth officer interviewed, the fanatic Muslim world and Hitler both believe that no ideology can exist beyond theirs. Basicallyif they have the chance, the radical Muslims whose goals are to kill all the Jews, opress the democracies, and destroy western civilization, are going to hunt innocent Americans down and gas them to death. Just thinking of those 12 minutes makes me want to pull my hair out. The Western Muslim community reacted as expected, calling the week an extremist and prejudiced campaign seeking to polarize the nation and spread Islamophobia, bigoted information and a
