Bismillah, Sadl but true, indeed, Imams at the Houston Masjid of Al-Islam / Mercy Community Center continue a decades old practice of blocking worshippers access to Allah's House of Worship andworship services, after they have answered the call to prayer. They do so by dictate, without filing charges, or holding any due process judicial proceedings or proving them guilty of any offenses, without giving them any opportunity to defend themselvesk and without giving any Islamic justification for these practices..
These Imams are blocking worshipers access to Allah's House of Worship in the same manner that the Meccan enemies of Islam blocked Prophet Muhammad and his Ummah's (PBUT) access to the Kabbah. This practice is condemned by Allah in the Holy Quran Sura 2-217 " They ask thee concerning fighting in the Prohibited Month. Say: "Fighting therein is a grave (offence); but graver is it in the sight of Allah to prevent access to the path of Allah, to deny Him, to prevent access to the Sacred Mosque, and drive out its members." Tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter.." The Houston Masjid of Al-Islam website is: http://www.houstonmasjid.com/ and says to direct comments on it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and its contact information is:: Houston Masjid of Al-Islam 6641 Bellfort Avenue Houston, Texas 77087 (713) 649-7789 Peace, Curtis Sharif Houston, Texas --- On Thu, 7/10/08, abdeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: abdeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008, 7:18 PM You mean that the mosque authorities are blocking the worshippers ? Isnt this called "nonsense" ? ----- Original Message ----- From: Curtis Sharif To: Model Community Muslims Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 7:05 AM Subject: Muslim Prayer Guide Bismillah, As Salaam Alaikum - FYI After a worshipper has answered the congregational call to prayer, and come to the masjid to join the prayer, what quranic support or Islamic justification is given by those who practice blocking worshippers access to the masjid, congregational prayer, Jummah, Ramadan prayers and Eid prayers?G Peace,Curtis Sharif Houston, Texas http://flickr. com/photos/ emiraty911/ 390297364/ page2/ Excerpts: Muslim prayer "Five times a day a Muslim is bound to perform the Salaah, the fixed ritual of the Islamic prayer - worship. He should properly go to the nearest mosque to offer his prayers together with the whole congregation. Each of the five periods is preceded by the adhaan (or azaan - ezan as it is more commonly called). The muezzin (mu'adh-dhin in Arabic) calls out on each occasion:... ...... Then follows the actual performance of prayer itself in which anything between two or four rituals (each one known as a rak'ah - a "bowing") are performed." " ....on Fridays the great congregational prayer just after midday, the Juma prayer, replaces the midday prayer."I
