Current affairs Media not helping India-Pakistan peace process In Pakistan the media toed the official line of denial but those who exposed Ajmal Kassab’s links with Faridkot were hounded. While Indian media was out rightly blaming Pakistan, a section of the Pakistani media also gradually drifted in the same mode with the passage of time and behaved in the same manner when terrorists attacked the Sri Lankan Cricket team in Lahore. It was not liked by the viewers despite their lack of trust of India. Having said that, such state of affairs only prove that peace constituency in the media in both India and Pakistan is weak because of the corporatization of media , and also due to lack of political will on part of the political parties to pursue the course of peace despite stumbling blocks. -- Shamim-ur-Rahman 1 Comments More.http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1237
Islamic World News Rising Criticism of Child Bride Marriages in Saudi Arabia Rein in Extremist Wahhabis, Ayatollah Khatami Tells Saudi King Prominent Tunisian woman academic calls for Ijtihad Fear of death stalks Pakistan women in Swat Mullah Omar Calls for a Taliban Surge Taliban cement rule, hard-line law after truce Pervez Hoodbhoy: Pakistan needs a new vision? Officer Leads Old Corps in New Role in Pakistan Religion Provides Emotional Boost to World’s Poor Obama urged to push for democracy in Muslim world Muslim Women “Warriors” Palestine And The Post-State Era Compiled by Syed Asadullah More-- http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1231 Radical Islamism & Jihad Arab wars for power were not Islamic jihad Husain stood for Islam and Islamic values and Yazid for power The first casualty of transformation of khilafah into monarchy was battle of Karbala which is great tragedy of early history of Islam. It was greed for power on the part of Yazid, son of first Umayyad ruler Mu’awiyah that led to martyrdom of Imam Husain, the grandson of the Prophet (PBUH). Husain stood for Islam and Islamic values and Yazid for power. It was Umayyad greed for power which resulted in killing of members of Prophet’s family. It is unfortunate that these wars for power were often called ‘jihad’ and not only meaning of jihad which originally means struggle for truth was corrupted to mean war in the way of Allah. These wars were anything but war in the way of Allah. Qur’anic doctrine nowhere requires war with sword to spread Islam. So all conquests that took place had nothing to do with religion and were anything but jihad. In fact the series of conquests begin with the 2nd Caliph Umar and Sassanid and parts of Roman Empire were conquered…. It was certainly not for spread of Islam or spread of truth. The text of treaties … indicate that conquered people were not asked to convert to Islam but negotiated with them the terms of jizya, supply of military provisions, slaves etc. Nowhere are they invited to convert to Islam. If some people convert it was purely a voluntary act. -- Asghar Ali Engineer 1 Comments More. http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1232 Islam and Pluralism North Indian Muslim superiority complex is not justified Madrasas in Kerala do not churn out fatwa-hurling mullahs holding bone-chilling views on politics, women and non-Muslims --Writings about India’s madrasas generally focus on the most ultra-conservative or reactionary of these institutions, of the sort that churn out fatwa-hurling mullahs characterized by bone-chilling views on politics, women and non-Muslims. This owes principally to a distinct prejudice on the part of many observers—non-Muslims as well as many Muslims themselves—as well as to lack of personal knowledge of and interaction with the ulema and students of such institutions on the part of many of those who glibly write about them. It also stems from to a marked, although thoroughly mistaken and misleading, tendency to regard traditional north Indian madrasas as typical and representative of all madrasas across the country. Yoginder Sikand 1 Comments Morehttp:// www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1233 -- Syed M. Asadullah --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Asalam o Alaikum, You Are Receiving This Message, Because You Are A Member Of FOCUS ON ISLAM, A Google Group [..:: The Best Group For Nice Islamic Mails ::..] \/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<>\/ You can Post Your Comments and Suggestions to Me [Moderator of this Group] on this email address: [email protected] To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.google.com/group/focusonislam/ To post messages/mails to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Please forward our Mails to Your friends, and convence them to join our Group. Wanna subscribe to this group, send email to [email protected] \/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<>\/ *********************************************************** The Official Website of Group is LAUNCHED, http://www.geocities.co -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
