Islamic Sharia Laws *Justifying child abuse in the name of Shariah <http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1390>*
*Hazrat Ayesha was 19, not 9 when she married the Prophet* Marriage in Islam is a civil contract, meesaaq (4:21), and as such it can be finalized only between persons who are intellectually and physically mature enough to understand and fulfil the responsibilities of such a contract. This can be further understood from the verse; “And test the orphans until they reach the age of nikah (marriage), and if you find in them rushdh (maturity of intellect) release their property to them.”(4:6). The Quran makes intellectual maturity (which always falls beyond the age of puberty) the basis to arrive at the age of marriage. This is also in conformity with the Quranic description of marriage as emotional bonding between two mutually compatible persons through which they seek “to dwell in tranquillity” (see 7:189 and 30:21) in the companionship of each other which is not possible if either of the spouses is mentally undeveloped. -- *A. Faizur Rahman* More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1390> Islam and the West *The Muslim world: Humanity cries for freedom <http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1389>* *Plight of Muslims: Some plain speaking* It is not for nothing that nearly 50,000 Muslim scientists are working in the United States; that the best books on contemporary Islam and Muslim societies have been authored by intellectuals like Murad Hofmann, Ziauddin Sardar, Jeffery Lang, Jamal Badawi, Karen Armstrong, G. H. Jansen, Carol L. Anway, Raji L. Faruqi, all having benefited from Western scholarship; that women could pray alongside men in the Western mosques; that erudite Muslim women scholars like Amina Wadud, Nimat Hafez Barazangi, Asma Barlas, Fatima Mernissi could blossom only after taking up asylum in the West; that Muslims could carry on the dawah in all these societies without hindrance; that innumerable non-Muslims find spiritual solace in the fold of Islam there; that ISNA or ICNA could stage massive conclaves in Washington or Chicago. Simply criticizing the West for our plight would not work. Making others wrong does not offer solution to our ills. Muslim world and communities are in need of rationally analyzing the mess that surrounds them. They need to shift from rituals to values, from hollow advocacy to activism, from praising Islam to practicing it, from denigrating the West to learning from it, from criticism of others to introspection. Unless this is done, the siege would deepen, snuffing out life from the ummat e wast (the moderate nation) that we need to be. -- *Maqbool Ahmed Siraj* 1 Comments More.<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1389> -- Syed M. Asadullah --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Dear Friends Check your inbox daily + delete your junk emails & keep your inbox empty! Its a friendly Request for all of my group members. ----------------------------------------------------- For More Information: Contact Us : M'E-Sagari Group Network Email: [email protected] : [email protected] Cell : +92- 333 - 82 666 08 ----------------------------------------------------- ...........|""""""""""""""""""""""""|\|_ ...........|........Hot Paki.........|||"|""\___ ...........|__________________|||_|___|) ...........!(@)'(@)""""**!(@)(@)***!(@)'' -~*´¨¯¨`*•~-.¸,.-~*´¨¯¨`*•~-.¸,.-~*´¨¯¨`*• Visite: www.hotpaki.net.ms Subscribe mail to: [email protected] send your comments and mail : [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
