> > > > *No Burqa For Clinton > <http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1577>* > > Prophet’s picture in textbook stirs row in Uttar Pradesh, India by IANS > > *Hafiz Saeed – India’s Most Wanted Free in Pakistan by Mukhtar A. Khan* > > *Wheree did US Ten billion dollar aid to Pakistan go*? by Dr Ashfaque H > Khan > > Nigerian Islamist Attacks Spread > > *Al Qaeda seen gaining new foothold in Yemen by Andrew Hammond * > > Nigeria and Al Qaeda by Douglas Farah > > *Sufi Soul: A List of Essential Sufi Books* > > Hamas dress code aims to make Gaza more Islamic by DIAA HADID > > *Global media’s war by Manzoor Ali Memon* > > Pakistan arts-lovers defy Taliban stage fright by David Loyn > > *Ironic similarity of Iranian women to Iranian Baha'i's by Faramarz_Fateh* > > German University Takes Step toward Integrating Islamic Education by Bernd > Volkert > > *Compiled by Syed Asadullah* > > > More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1577> > > Debate > *Asad Farooqui responds to Sultan Shahin’s plea of forgiveness on Babri > mosque > dispute<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1574> > * > > Mr. Sultan Shahin has made an excellent suggestion to the Indian Muslims on > the late Babri Masjid. While I support his suggestion of taking the > spiritual path of forgiveness, I must express some reservations that I have. > Mr. Shahin is apparently a very highly spiritually evolved Muslim. But he > doesn’t seem to have his feet firmly on the ground. > > *Sultan Shahin on Babri mosque dispute: A spiritual > response<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1559> > * > > http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1559 > > > > *Babri Masjid: Opportunity for Muslims > *<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1514> > by Sultan Shahin > > http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1514 > > > > *We adopted the practice of outsourcing of religion 14 centuries ago, > something that all other religions used to follow before us and Islam had > come to finish off. * > 2 Comments > More<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1574> > > > Urdu Section > *Islam and Sectarianism: The reality of Deobandi-Bareilvi > clash<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1578> > * > > *By Maulana Nademul Wajidi* > > ** > > ** > > > More..<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1578> > > > Islam and Pluralism *Wednesday, 29 Jul 2009* ‘Love in Jihad’ – Myth or > Reality?<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1576> > > Are Muslim boys luring Hindu girls to love and marriage in order to convert > them to Islam deliberately, on purpose, as part of a Jihad, as communal and > divisive elements in India are propagating? Prominent Delhi-based Urdu > columnist *Maulana Nadeemul Wajidee* looks at the issue, in the process > revealing his own mindset and outlook, indeed a worldview widely prevalent > in our Mullah class – no introspection, merely blaming others, contempt for > religions brought to the world by prophets preceding Prophet Mohammad - > respecting whom equally as our own Prophet is an essential, inalienable part > of our Faith. I am particularly offended by the fact that Maulana Saheb > shows no regard for the sentiments of our *ahl-e-kitab *brethren in India: > he seeks God’s protection from the Satan by saying *Naooz billah* before > relating the fact that some Muslim boys and indeed girls too are converting > to Hinduism for love. > > Maulana Saheb also reveals total insensitivity to the emotion of love. For > his class of maulanas, women are nothing more than child-bearing machines, > or at best, an object of occasional lust. Indeed he says so in so many words > in this article reproduced below (Translated by* Syed Raihan Ahmad Nezami) > *. How can he possibly understand that love is the highest virtue a human > can aspire to? Love is Truth. Love is God. And love is universal. It is not > for nothing that couples in love are prepared to sacrifice their all for > love. And they do. Everywhere in the world and in all ages. Only today I > read the story of teenager Afsana and a Dalit boy Manoj, brutally killed in > a Meerut village allegedly by Afsana’s brothers, with the connivance of the > entire village and support of probably the majority of our countrymen of all > faiths. > > Of course, no Muslim is falling in love or luring Hindu girls to love and > marriage and conversion as part of a Jihad or any other conspiracy. The very > idea is preposterous. But, those who don’t want to see India prosper would > not let go of any opportunity to divide the country. The Maulana may be > right in seeking to dispel the notion, even though the idea is too ludicrous > to be given such serious notice. > > However, the sooner our Maulanas learn to see Islam as just one of the many > religions in the world brought to the world by tens of thousands of prophets > or messengers of God in every part of the world, as the Holy Quran informs > us, the better. According to Quranic teachings, we Muslims have no > distinction over other religious communities. The only factor that could > have given us distinction– taqwa (piety) – is present in us in more or less > the same measure as in other communities. So why should we feel superior in > the eyes of God than other religious communities? Islam-supremacism is not > only untenable and unsustainable from the teachings of Islam itself; this is > also the cause of many of our woes. Indeed feeling and even acting superior > is proof that we are inferior beings in the eyes of God. No pious person can > have contempt for other creations of God and even consider them lesser > beings. Remeber *Hoqooqul Ibad *is more important in Islam than > even*Hoqooqullah. > * > > *Sultan Shahin, Editor, New Age Islam* > 1 Comments > More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1576> > > > -- > Asadullah Syed > >
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