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For background on the multiple evils of Uganda's proposed "Domestic Relations Bill" that is the subject of the main article "Odongo backs Muslims on DRB" (below) insha'Allah visit: MUSLIMS FORCEFULLY REFUSE PARTICIPATION IN ZINA PROMOTION BILL http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamiccommunitynet/message/8056 MUSLIMS IN DEMO OVER DOMESTIC RELATIONS BILL http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamiccommunitynet/message/8055 MUSLIMS PLAN DEMO OVER POLYGAMY TODAY http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamiccommunitynet/message/8049 --- Odongo backs Muslims on DRB By Mariam Nalunkuuma New Vision (Kampala) Wednesday, 20th April, 2005 http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/429972 --- photo: BACKS: Odongo http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/NP/1113975998Odongo.jpg --- STATE minister for environment Lt. Gen. Abubaker Jeje Odongo has backed the Muslim leaders� stand on the Domestic Relations Bill (DRB). �Those who want to pass the bill should understand that it is aimed at distorting our society. As Muslims, we should be given chance to explain ourselves better over the bill. We do not want to create disharmony in this country,� Odongo said yesterday. He was meeting Mufti Sheikh Shaban Ramdathan Mubajje and the Muslim parliamentary caucus at Old Kampala over the DRB. Odongo said �I am proud to be a Muslim. As Muslims MPs with the guidance and leadership of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC), we will struggle to protect the beliefs of Islam and rights of Muslims. The UMSC and the Muslim community should stand firm on position taken on the bill,� he said. He commended the UMSC for fighting for unity among Muslims. Mubajje asked the MPs to fight for the rights of the Muslims, saying they were ministers and MPs for a short period but Islam came first. Mubajje said the bill was being transformed from the defeated western culture because Africa has become a dumping place. http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/429972 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/hjtSRD/3MnJAA/i1hLAA/TXWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** {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] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamcity/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
