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Re: [IslamCity] Re: DANISH ALCOHOL v. MUHAMMAD (S.A.W.): MALAYSIA DECIDES

2006-02-11 Thread Abdeen









Assalamualaikum Moderator,

Anyway of sending these mails to Malaysia ?

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From: Islahonline
Date: 02/10/06 21:12:29
To: islamcity
Subject: [IslamCity] Re: DANISH ALCOHOL v. MUHAMMAD (S.A.W.): MALAYSIA DECIDES




What ashame to Malaysian Government especially as they are now the head of OIC. They should uphold Islam more than the tax gained from Carlsberg.

This is probably the new "version" of Islam as the Malaysian are promoting recently.


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Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [IslamCity] DANISH ALCOHOL v. MUHAMMAD (S.A.W.): MALAYSIA DECIDES





"Carlsberg beer is a cash cow for the Malaysiangovernment"
Q: During Mahathir Mohamed ( as PM) this business existed ?

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Date: 02/09/06 16:30:54
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Subject: [IslamCity] DANISH ALCOHOL v. MUHAMMAD (S.A.W.): MALAYSIA DECIDES
Assalamu aleikum.Malaysia won't be boycotting Danish products, adecision that maintains the high profitability inMalaysia of Danish Carlsberg beer and the rapidlyrising government revenues that accompany it.Carlsberg beer is a cash cow for the Malaysiangovernment.This year, Carlsberg tops the list of "Malaysian"corporations declaring higher dividends than before,while the Malaysian government has again increased itsown revenue from alcohol sales for the third year in arow. And just last year, control of Carlsberg Malaysialeft Malaysia for good and was placed under the directcontrol of its Danish masters. Malaysian shareholdersare now a minority. So Carlsberg cannot even berepresented as a Malaysian corporation anymore. Ineffect if not in law, Carlsberg Malaysia is now ajoint venture of Carlsberg Denmark and the governmentof Malaysia.Two excerpts from recent publications:"... beer companies such as Carlsberg Brewery MalaysiaBhd. raised retail prices in October after thegovernment increased tobacco and alcohol taxes for athird year in its Sept. 30 budget, making the productsmore expensive compared with a year earlier."Bloomberg, January 18, 2006http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=1080sid=a21N8o1jpMS4refer=asia-"At least 36 companies, with total marketcapitalisation of more than RM200bil, under itscoverage are anticipated to declare higher dividendper share (DPS). Topping the list are LBS Bina GroupBhd, Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd, Carlsberg BreweryMalaysia Bhd and Dutch Lady Milk Industries Bhd."The Star (Kuala Lumpur) January 27, 2006http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/1/27/business/13175034sec=business-Please note that 3 articles follow:*Malaysia Won't Boycott Danish Products: PM*Carlsberg nu majoritetsaktionær i Carlsberg (Danishlanguage original)*Carlsberg now majority shareholder in CarlsbergBrewery Malaysia Berhad (English language translation)---(1)Malaysia Won't Boycott Danish Products: PMIslam OnlineFebruary 7, 2006http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2006-02/07/article01.shtml-photos:Badawi said whatever action taken to protest thecartoons should not bring problems to other people.http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2006-02/07/images/pic01.jpgAn Egyptian passes by a supermarket sign on boycottingDanish productshttp://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2006-02/07/images/pic01a.jpg-KUALA LUMPUR, February 7, 2006 (IslamOnline.net  NewsAgencies) - Malaysia will not boycott Danish productsover the provocative cartoons of Prophet Muhammad(PBUH), Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announcedon Tuesday, February 7.Badawi, also the current chairman of the Organizationof the Islamic Conference (OIC), said his country hasno plans at present to take such a measure, reportedthe Malaysian news agency (Bernama).Iran announced Monday, February 6, that all trade withDenmark has been immediately suspended in retaliationfor the publication of the cartoons."As of tomorrow, you cannot register to importconsumer products from Denmark," Commerce MinisterMasoud Mir-Kazemi was quoted as saying by statetelevision."Any kind of business negotiation or agreement withDenmark is suspended as of today. All those agreementswhich are able to be cancelled will be cancelled," headded.Twelve cartoons of a man assumed to be the Prophet,first published last September by Denmark'smass-circulation Jyllands-Posten and then reprinted byseveral European dailies, have caused an uproar in theMuslim world and initiated calls for a Muslim boycottof the Danish products.Leading Muslim scholars and organizations have calledon world Muslims to boycott Danish products.Danish-Swedish dairy company Arla Foods, one ofEuropes largest dairy producers, said it is losing$1.8 million of sales a day in the Middle East overthe boycott.The company's products were removed from shelves ofsupermarkets in many Gulf countries.Branches of French hypermarket Carrefour in Qatar andthe United Arab Emirates (UAE) have also

[IslamCity] Re: NEWS: CAIR Condemns Iranian Holocaust Cartoon Contest

2006-02-11 Thread Islahonline






Something is definitely 
wrong with CAIR. It does not deserve my comment and 
time.


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From: Abdul Alim 
To: islamcity@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 5:41 AM
Subject: [IslamCity] NEWS: CAIR Condemns Iranian Holocaust Cartoon 
Contest


CAIR CONDEMNS IRANIAN HOLOCAUST CARTOON 
CONTEST(WASHINGTON, D.C., 
2/8/06) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations today condemned a plan by an 
Iranian newspaper to solicit cartoons denying the Nazi Holocaust.Iran's 
Hamshahri newspaper says the contest is in reaction to the publication in Europe 
of cartoons mocking Islam's Prophet Muhammad. The controversy over those cartoon 
sparked worldwide protests.In a statement, CAIR said:"Now is the 
time for responsible people of all faiths to avoid inflammatory actions that are 
clearly designed to incite hatred. We call on Hamshahri newspaper to drop its 
plans to denigrate the immense suffering caused by the Nazi Holocaust and urge 
the Iranian government to repudiate such an insensitive proposal."The 
Quran, Islam's revealed text, states: 'Goodness and evil cannot be 
equal.Repel (evil) with something that is better. Then you will see that he 
with whom you had enmity will become your close friend. And no one will be 
granted such goodness except those who exercise patience and self-restraint.' 
(41:34-35)"The Holocaust, like all other acts of genocide, represents 
one of the lowest moments in human history and should not be the subject of 
derogatory cartoons. One cannot demand responsible behavior from others while at 
the same time acting irresponsibly."Previously, CAIR and other American 
Muslim groups rejected the use of violence in response to the defamatory 
caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad published in European newspapers.In 
reaction to the cartoon controversy, CAIR officials met with the Norwegian and 
Danish ambassadors to express the Muslim community's concerns about the 
caricatures and urged American Muslims to educate others about the legacy of the 
Prophet Muhammad.CAIR, America's largest Muslim civil liberties group, 
has 31 offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance 
understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower 
American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual 
understanding.

CONTACT: Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787 or 202-744-7726, E-Mail: 
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(Holy Quran-16:125)

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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. 
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[IslamCity] The Wisdom of Prophet's [pbuh] Teaching

2006-02-11 Thread Media Watch






The Wisdom of Prophet's 
[pbuh] Teaching:

Prophet Mohamed (saw) said about;


Learning 
He dieth not who giveth life to learning. 
Whoso honoreth the learned, honoreth me. 
The Messenger of God was asked, "What is the greatest vice of man?" He said, 
"You must not ask me about vice, but ask about virtue;" and he repeated this 
three times, after which he said, "Know ye! The worst of men is a bad learned 
man, and a good learned man is the best." 
Verily god doth not taketh away knowledge from the hands of His servants; but 
taketh it by taking away the learned; so that when no learned men remain, the 
ignorant will be placed at the head of affairs. Causes will be submitted to 
their decision, they will pass sentence without knowledge, will err themselves, 
and lead others into error. 
An hour's contemplation is better than a year's adoration. 
Philosophy is the stray camel of the Faithful, take hold of it wherever ye 
come across it. 
Go in quest of knowledge even unto China. 
Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave. 
The knowledge from which no benefit is derived is like a treasure from which 
no charity is bestowed in the way of the Lord. 
Do you know what sappeth the foundation of Islam, and ruineth it? The errors 
of the learned destroy it, the disputations of the hypocrite, and the orders of 
kings who have lost the road. 
To spend more time in learning is better than spending more time praying; the 
support of religion is abstinence. It is better to teach knowledge one hour in 
the night than to pray all night. 
Whoever seeketh knowledge and findeth it, will get two rewards; one of them 
the reward for desiring it, and the other for attaining it; therefore, even if 
he do not attain it, for him is one reward. 
That person who shall die while he is studying, in order to revive the 
knowledge of religion, will be only one degree inferior to the prophets. 
One learned man is harder on the devil than a thousand ignorant worshippers. 
The pursuit of knowledge is a divine commandment for every Muslim; and to 
waste knowledge on those who are unworthy of it is like putting pearls, jewels, 
and gold on the necks of swine. 
That person who shall pursue the path of knowledge, God will direct him to 
the path of Paradise; and verily the superiority of a learned man over an 
ignorant worshipper is like that of the full moon over all the stars. 
He who knoweth his own self, knoweth God. 
Verily the best of God's servants are just and learned kings; and verily the 
worst are bad and ignorant kings. 
To listen to the words of the learned, and to instil into others the lessons 
of science, is better than religious exercises. 
The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr. 
He who leaveth home in search of knowledge, walketh in the path of God. 
One hour's meditation on the work of the Creator is better than seventy years 
of prayer. 
God hath treasuries beneath the Throne, the keys whereof are the tongues of 
poets. 
The acquisition of knowledge is a duty incumbent one every Muslim, male and 
female. 
Acquire knowledge. It enableth its posessor to distinguish right from wrong; 
it lighteth the way to Heave; it is our friend in the desert, our society in 
solitude, our companion when friendless; it guideth us to happiness; it 
sustaineth us in misery; it is an ornament among friends, and an armour against 
enemies. 
With knowledge man riseth to the heights of goodness and to a noble position, 
associateth with sovereigns in this world, and attaineth to the perfection of 
happiness in the next. 
Learn to know thyself. 
The calamity of knowledge is forgetfulness; and to waste knowledge is to 
speak of it to the unworthy. 
Who are the learned? They who practise what they know. 

Man's 
Growth 
The son of Man groweth and with him grow two things - the love of wealth and 
love of long life. 
"Who is the best man?" Muhammad replied, "He is the best man whose life is 
long and whose actions are good." "Then who is the worst man?" "He whose life is 
long and whose actions are bad. 

Marriage 
Marriage is incumbent on all who possess the ability. 
A woman may be married by four qualifications: one on account of her money; 
another, on account of the nobility of her pedigree; another on account of her 
beauty; the fourth, on account of her virtue. Therefore, look out for a woman 
that hath virtue: but if you do it from any other consideration, your hands be 
rubbed in dirt. 

Meanness 
Shall I tell you the very worst among you? Those who eat alone, and whip the 
slaves, and give to nobody. 

Mishaps 
Whatever mishap may befall you, it is on account of something which you have 
done. 
No misfortune or vexation befalleth a servant of God, small or great, but on 
account of his faults committed: and most of these God forgiveth. 

Modesty 
True modesty is the source of all virtues. 
Modesty and chastity are parts of the Faith. 
Meekness and modesty are two branches of Iman; and vain talking and

[IslamCity] HAMAS OFFERS TO MEDIATE CARTOON WAR

2006-02-11 Thread assalamu_alaikum_1427

Assalamu aleikum.

-
related photo:
Khaled Meshaal, leader of radical Islamic Palestinian group Hamas
gestures during a press conference in Doha. The supremo of the radical
Islamic Palestinian group Hamas offered today to seek to calm anger
among Muslims over the publication of cartoons of the Prophet
Mohammed.(AFP/Osama Faisal)
http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/afp/20060209/capt.sge.jam13.090206180643.photo00.photo.default-380x252.jpg
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Hamas chief offers cartoon mediation
Agence France-Presse
From correspondents in Doha
February 10, 2006
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18101393-23109,00.html 

THE supremo of the radical Islamic Palestinian group Hamas offered
today to seek to calm anger among Muslims over the publication of
cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

Khaled Meshaal told a press conference Hamas is prepared to play a
role in calming the situation between the Islamic world and Western
countries on condition that these countries commit themselves to
putting an end to attacks against the feelings of Muslims.

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(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] 
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[IslamCity] POLISH JOURNAL PUBLISHES COVER INSULT TO MARYAM, MOTHER OF ISA (A.S.)

2006-02-11 Thread assalamu_alaikum_1427

Assalamu aleikum.

All Muslims unreservedly condemn pop magazine Machina for its insolent
cover portrayal of the holy virgin Mary, the mother of Isa (A.S.), a
messenger of Allah (S.W.T.). Maryam was portrayed on the magazine
cover as the international singer slut Madonna.

It appears that yet another publication is cruising for a bruising.


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Madonna's face irks Catholics
Agence France-Presse
From correspondents in Warsaw, Poland
February 09, 2006
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18100090-23109,00.html
 
POLAND'S Roman Catholics expressed outrage today after a magazine
published a picture of the much revered icon of the Black Madonna with
pop singer Madonna's face transposed onto it.

We are shocked to see, yet again, the miraculous icon of the mother
of God used in a profanatory way for advertising and business
purposes, Paulinian monks at Jasna Gora monastery in the southern
city of Czestochowa.

The monks are the custodians of the icon which Poles believe was
painted by St Luke the Evangelist.

Pop magazine Machina published a photograph of the sacred icon, with
singer Madonna's face transposed over the face of the Virgin and one
of the singer's children in the place of the baby Jesus, on the cover
of the issue which hit the news stands today after a three-year
publishing hiatus.

The icon, along with the crucifix and the Bible, are key symbols of
faith for all Christians, the monks said in a statement on their website.

Current events have shown us where abuse of religious images and
symbols can lead, the statement said, referring indirectly to the
wave of protests that have hit the Muslim world since the publication
of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in several European newspapers.

The Black Madonna icon was brought to Poland in 1382 from Byzantium or
the Orient.

Besides being credited with many miraculous healings, Poland's
faithful attribute several battleground victories to the icon,
including the halting of Soviet Russian troops at the doorstep of
Warsaw on May 3, 1920.

The late Polish-born pope John Paul II visited the sanctuary six times
during his long papacy, and left the blood-stained and bullet-riddled
belt he was wearing when an attempt was made on his life in 1981 at
the shrine, as an offering to the Virgin Mary. 

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(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] 
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[IslamCity] Fw: [wp] questions

2006-02-11 Thread S A Hannan






Dear members of the list,

Assalamu Alaikum.I sent recently replies to some 
questions sent to me. The replies may be of interest to you.

Shah Abdul Hannan

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Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [wp] questions
S A Hannan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote: 

  Assalamu Alaikum. The following are the 
  answers:
  
  1 In Islam there is no official 
  priesthood.Whoever has learnt Islam through institutions or otherwise 
  and is recognized by the society, his legitimacy is established by 
  his work.
  
  2. In every society there are such scholars 
  respected by the society.
  
  3. It is not obligatory to follow any particular 
  scholar.
  
  4. We are not under anybody' jurisdiction, except 
  Allah and the Prophet and the state authority (lawful orders 
  )
  
  5. No surveillance is needed as we are not bound 
  to follow any scholar. However if a scholar or other person violates law he 
  should be dealt with by the law.
  
  6.Islamic state following Islam is called 
  khilafat. It is established by the will of the majority of the people. Laws 
  based on texts of Quran and Sunnah are obligatory. Rules made by Ijtihad are 
  not obligatory unless made into law by the state for the particular 
  state.
  
  7. Islamic state can be established at any time. 
  There is no clear text against this.
  
  
  Shah Abdul Hannan
  
andykhadi [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:
ASsalamu'alaykumI 
  don't know if it's OK to ask questions here, but I'm trying to find 
  some answers to essential questions and I'm therefore asking around 
  Islamic sites and institutes.Please either answer or pass over to 
  others!1. How is our authoritative 
  scholar's legitimacy established?2. Who 
  are they today?3. Is it obliging for the 
  individual Muslim to obey them even against his/her own common sense 
  or judgment?4. Are we always under their 
  jurisdiction regardless of where we 
  live?5. There are examples in Ahadith 
  that point at the permissibility of questioning authorities. Wouldn't 
  that establish the principle that authorities should be under 
  surveillance and therefore find support in the Muslim 
  population?6. Are both the Shari'a 
  law-stem and scholars later and contemporary conclusions obliging for 
  every Muslim regardless of where he/she lives and regardless of the 
  community having a Khalifat or 
  not?7. Will Islam ever become "State 
  apparatus" with Shari `a laws application and Khalifat on earth before 
  the end of 
  times?wassalamKhadidja





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(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] 
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[IslamCity] 1,000 SIGN UP FOR MARTYR OPS AS 100KG GOLD OFFERED FOR BAGGING CARTOONISTS

2006-02-11 Thread assalamu_alaikum_1427

Assalamu aleikum.

In addition to the 100 kg of gold for cartoonists, 5 kg of gold is
also being specially offered for bagging any occupier from Denmark,
Norway or Germany.


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Number of suicide bombers swells up to 1200, claim Mulla Dadullah
Afghan Islamic Press
2/9/2006
http://www.afghanislamicpress.com/english/viewnews.asp?newsID=1075newscat=2

PEAHAWAR (AIP): Taliban Chief Military Commander Mulla Dadullah on
Wednesday said the number of Taliban suicide bomber has incredibly
increased after the publication of blasphemous caricature.

In a detailed interview with Afghan Islamic Press via phone from an
undisclosed location the Taliban chief military commander said 1200
suicide bombers have been enlisted and they are ready for suicide
attacks, increasing the earlier number which was announced as 200.

After the publication of blasphemous cartoon the number of our
suicide bomber has further increased and 100 people have enlisted
their name in this connection he said.

Mulla Muhammad Omer is the supreme leader of Mujahideen of the world
and they are fighting as commanders of Mulla Muhammad Omer, he stated,
adding that Mulla Omer is alive and we have been continuing our
activities according to his orders.

War fighting comes unexpectedly but we have been planning to increase
suicide attacks, he said.

We have links with Mujahideen in Iraq and we have also been planning
to send our fighters from Afghanistan to Iraq and Iraqi fighters come
here, Mulla Dadullah continued.

Asked whether Osama bin Laden alive, he replied, Yes, he alive but I
do not know where he is?

When asked from where Taliban acquired anti-aircraft weapons, he said,
Non-Muslins give us aid owing to their differences with America while
the Muslims' support based on Islam which also includes anti-aircraft
weapons.

Our fight against US is not restricted to Iraq and Afghanistan but we
want an end to US rule from the entire Muslim countries, he unveiled.

Dadullah said: We hope the invading troops would soon be expelled
from Afghanistan Stan.

To a question about making suicide bombs, he said it is no more a hard
task as two Taliban can also impart this skill to each others.

He also warned infidels of the world to withdraw their troops from all
Muslim countries of the world.

About the publication of sacrilegious images of holy prophet Muhammad
(Peace Be Upon Him), the Taliban chief military commander said, We
will avenge disrespect to Islam and our holy prophet adding that a
reward of five kilograms gold on killing any soldier of Denmark,
Norway and Germany in Afghanistan has been announced while a reward of
100 kg gold will be give to those killing the cartoonists of the
sacrilegious caricature and other people behind its publication.

He also announced general amnesty to those who fought against Taliban.

He said Islam and infidelity (Kufar) are two separate ways and neither
we held talks with infidels in the past nor it can happen in the future.
 
Thirty eight-year-old Mulla Dadullah, chief military commander of
Taliban was also commander during the Taliban government. Dadullah
refused to surrender and escaped to Kandahar when Taliban command was
broken and Taliban surrendered in the north in November 2001. He also
lost his one leg during jehad against USSR in Afghanistan. 

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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] 
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[IslamCity] ISL: Gentle Ways to Present Islam

2006-02-11 Thread Abdul Alim

Gentle Ways to Present Islam By Adil SalahiWhile inviting people from other faiths, to Islam, it is wise if Muslims today follow the gentle ways of Hazrath Abu Bakr (RA) and Hazrath Umar (RA).Advocacy of the Islamic message is the central duty of all Muslims. God has given them His message as a trust. To be true to their trust means that they should make Islam known to mankind, calling on them to submit themselves to God, which is the essence of the divine message. Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was the first advocate of Islam in its final form embodied in the Quran. His companions were fully aware of their duty and went about its fulfillment as best as they could, setting for us a wide range of examples
of approaching people and putting to them why they should submit themselves to God, the Lord of all the worlds. The best among them in this respect was Abu Bakr,(RA) the closest to the Prophet among all his companions. Abu Bakr was a man with whom people got along very easily. They liked his refined manners, gentle ways and respectable character. He was well educated, and part of his education gave him thorough knowledge of all Arabian tribes, to the extent that he knew the ancestry of all Arabs, and the history of all people who lived in Arabia. Indeed, people of all ages went to him to benefit by what he said. When Islam started, Abu Bakr was the first person outside the Prophets own household to accept its message and declare himself a Muslim. He then proceeded to advocate Islam among his numerous friends and visitors, but he was selective as to whom to approach. He looked for people of intelligence and rational thinking, concentrating on the young. Soon he was
able to convince a few of them and he took them to the Prophet so that they could pledge their commitment to him as believers in Islam. Five of these were to be included among the ten of the Prophets companions to whom he gave the happiest news of being sure to be admitted into heaven. These were Uthman ibn Affan, Al-Zubayr ibn Al-Awwam, Talhah ibn Ubaydillah, Saad ibn Abi Waqqas and Abd Al-Rahman ibn Awf. Uthman was the eldest as he was around 30 years of age at the time, while the other four were still in their teens. With these the number of Muslim men other than the Prophet rose to eight. Thus, they were the nucleus of the Muslim community that was to carry the Islamic message into the wide world. When these people are mentioned as the earliest Muslims, many of us think that they were approached together and they gave their response straight away. The fact is that the message of Islam was still in its early days, when secrecy was imposed on it. Hence we can only see Abu
Bakr speaking to each one of them privately. He might have spoken to all of them on the same day, but most probably this was not the case. He must have spoken to them individually when an opportunity presented itself. Al-Zubayr and Talhah were very close friends, and he might have spoken to both of them at the same time, but we have no record of this. Anyway, we do not know who of these five was ahead of the rest in joining Islam, but they all became Muslims very early, and they formed a group of able men ready to support the Prophet in every way.Muslims must always be aware that they will have to answer Gods question about their effort to make the message of Islam known to mankind. The task of Islamic advocacy stops at this: Presenting Islam and stating to people that God wants them to be Muslims, submitting themselves to Him. No coercion should ever be employed to compel people to accept Islam. Faith relies on conviction, and conviction cannot be the result of coercion.
Muslims must always be aware that they will have to answer Gods question about their effort to make the message of Islam known to mankind. The task of Islamic advocacy stops at this: Presenting Islam and stating to people that God wants them to be Muslims, submitting themselves to Him. No coercion should ever be employed to compel people to accept Islam.When Hazrath Umar ruled the still expanding Muslim state, he had a talented slave called Asbaq who reports: Umar was my master and I was a Christian. He used to speak to me about Islam and call on me to become a Muslim. He also said to me: If you become a Muslim, I will get you to help me to discharge the trust God has given me in looking after the Muslim community. It is not permissible for me to put you in a position of trust with regard to the Muslim community when you belong to a religion other than theirs. But I refused. He used to say: Well! I will not compel you, as no compulsion is admissible in
religion. Shortly before his death, he set me free and told me: You can go wherever you wish.It is important to recognize the significance of this report. The ruler of the Muslim state, which was soon to become most powerful on earth, yet dealing most fairly with all people, could not influence his slave to adopt Islam,

[IslamCity] American law (!) prohibits publication of cartoons mocking Muhammad

2006-02-11 Thread Yusuf Toropov

Assalamu alaykum:

Below, the best response I have seen yet to those who defend abuse of
the Prophet (pbuh) on free speech grounds. Read it all the way
through, and you will see that those who make this defense are quite
ignorant of *AMERICAN* law!

Pass it on!

--

... These cartoons, especially their current, repeated republication are the
graphic equivalent of fighting words. All those U.S. commentators who
claim that free speech is absolute are obviously ignorant of their own
country's law in this regard.

Even in the U.S., which is often cited as the place with the strongest
tradition of free and unfettered speech, there is a legal doctrine that
limits speech when that speech is considered likely to be so provocative
as to incite a violent reaction.

In its 1942 decision, Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, the Supreme Court of
the United States articulated the fighting words doctrine, a limitation
of the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech. The Court said:

There are certain well-defined and narrowly limited classes of speech,
the prevention and punishment of which have never been thought to raise
any constitutional problem. These include the lewd and obscene, the
profane, the libelous, and the insulting or fighting words those which
by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate
breach of the peace. It has been well observed that such utterances are
no essential part of any exposition of ideas, and are of such slight
social value as a step to truth that any benefit that may be derived
from them is clearly outweighed by the social interest in order and
morality.

Certainly the reaction we are now seeing from some Muslims clearly shows
that the Danish cartoons are in this category of fighting words and
should not be included under the protection of free speech. That does
not mean that the ideas behind the cartoons cannot be expressed; it
means that they must be expressed in a form that does not rise to the
level of fighting words that incite a breach of the peace.

The Prophet Muhammad never retaliated against those who insulted him. He
did not seek vengeance on them. And in one instance, at least, it
appears that he did not tell his companions until much later about a
woman who was insulting him on a daily basis and throwing garbage down
on him out of her upstairs window. He kept silent, some believe, because
he was afraid that someone would take matter into their own hands and
teach the woman a lesson.

Now is the time for EVERYONE, regardless of their opinions in this
affair, to back off a bit and leave the way open for cooler heads to
prevail. Those who continue to engage in Muslim bashing by re-publishing
the cartoons are NOT practicing press freedom (a precious right) but
press license (the irresponsible use of that right).

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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)
 
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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. 
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[IslamCity] From a Minnesota Muslim group...

2006-02-11 Thread G.Waleed Kavalec

Salaam all

I have to share this.-- Forwarded message --

As-salaam alaykum everyone:

I have found this discussion very interesting and informative, and thank
everyone for participating.

As someone who was involved in Muslim community responses to the Salman
Rushdie controversy back in 1989 (in Washington state), I would like to
encourage everyone to study that situation and the lessons learned from it
for Muslim community activism and outreach. Our Muslim community leadership -
local, national, and international - handled that situation the same way as
the Danish cartoon controversy is being handled now. The approaches and
arguments are about the same now as then.

However, virtually all international, national and local Muslim community
representatives from that time learned not to take the bait from those
people, groups and forces wanting for their own purposes to prompt outbreaks
of Muslim extremism (or whatever you want to call it). There have been many
such attempts since that time until this Danish cartoon situation. Instead,
wisdom has prevailed for the most part and public education by Muslims has
taken sensible approaches that sidesteps these sorts of stereotyped
situations and avoids bad publicity, at least, until this Danish cartoon
controversy erupted.

I urge everyone to learn from American Muslim history, and from this recent
situation, and be prepared for the next such inevitable situation. I don't
see the involvement of the previous generation of Muslim community leaders in
handling this debate. I wonder if they were even consulted by the newer
generation of Muslim community leadership for their experience (even though
Muslim culture encourages us to value the experience of our elders, etc.)

I imagine this generation of Muslim community leaders will learn their
lesson, as did the previous one, and not take the bait for a while, perhaps
15-20 years. By that time, there will have been another turnover of
leadership, to the next generation of leaders who didn't experience this
Danish cartoon controversy, and won't remember there ever was a Salman
Rushdie controversy. They will handle the next big freedom of _expression_ vs.
insulting Islam controversy by taking the same approaches and using the same
arguments again, without having considered how effective they are (if at
all).

This is because we don't seem to learn from our community's history, or from
the experienced people of our community.

We need to be aware that the same types of issues and controversies keep
recurring, and that lessons have been learned about how to handle them. The
knowledge and experiences gained needs to be passed on by previous
generations of leadership. Newer generations of leadership need to be aware
that the situations they are dealing with are not new, and that they need to
maintain a relationship with the experienced generations of leadership and
learn something from them. There are lots of precedents and existing
information available with regard to how to handle controversial situations,
and we need to have a way to share these kinds of knowledge.

I urge everyone to give this matter some serious thought, otherwise it is all
going to be a matter of it has all happened before and it will all happen
again. We will all be wasting a lot of good energy on the same old, same
old thing over and over again instead of advancing our general goals, a few
of which seem to be improving public awareness of Muslim people, faith and
culture, and protecting our community (people and assets).

Sincerely,
Nahid Khan.

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(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.
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[IslamCity] Recently brought to my attention...

2006-02-11 Thread G.Waleed Kavalec




SA all

When (the 
righteous) hear vain talk, they withdraw from it saying: 'Our deeds are for us 
and yours for you; peace be on to you. We do not desire the way of the 
ignorant'. . .O Prophet (Muhammad), you cannot give guidance to whom you wish, 
it is God Who gives guidance to whom He pleases, and He is quite aware of those 
who are guided. (28:55-56) 

Aren't these cartoons vain 
talk?

Are we withdrawing from this vain talk, 
or just putting more fuel in the 
fire?







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(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] 
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[IslamCity] Re: on carton issue--a clash of civilsation (of Islam ) with Un-civilisation of the West.

2006-02-11 Thread S A Hannan

Dear Atiq,
Assalamu Alaikum.The piece below which you sent to
me shows the mental and moral degradation
of a person who has left or effectively left Islam.They are sold to money or
worldly allurement or their desire to please their new masters for
gains.Sometimes it is also because of Muslim failure to address dissent and
ignorance of some people in the communityin a nice way atthe
right time.

The present cartoon issue has exposed the
moral crisis of most of the leasership of the West.The so-called clash of
civilisation has in fact become a clash of civilsation (of Islam ) with
Un-civilisation of ( most of )the West.

Shah Abdul Hannan

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From:
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To: sahannan ; atq111
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 3:45
PM
Subject: on carton issue
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4698528.stm

Dutch MP backs Muhammad cartoons

Ms Hirsi Ali compared Islamism to
communismThe
Somali-born Dutch MP who describes herself as a "dissident of Islam" has
backed the Danish newspaper that first printed the Prophet Muhammad
cartoons.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali said it was "correct to publish the
cartoons" in Jyllands Posten and "right to republish them".
Her film-maker colleague Theo van Gogh was murdered by a
Muslim extremist in a case that shocked the Netherlands.
Ms Hirsi Ali, speaking in Berlin, said that "today the open
society is challenged by Islamism".
She added: "Within Islam exists a hardline Islamist movement
that rejects democratic freedoms and wants to destroy them."
Ms Hirsi Ali criticised European leaders for not standing by
Denmark and urged politicians to stop appeasing fundamentalists.
She also said that although the Prophet Muhammad did a lot
of good things, his decree that homosexuals and apostates should be killed was
incompatible with democracy.
Media 'fear'
Ms Hirsi Ali wrote the script for Submission, a film
criticising the treatment of women in Islam that prompted a radical Islamist
to kill Van Gogh in an Amsterdam street in November 2004.
Papers in several European nations have reprinted the
satirical Danish cartoons - most recently carried in the French magazine
Charlie Hebdo.
A dozen people have died in violent protests in Afghanistan
over the cartoons, which have also been denounced throughout the Islamic
world.
The drawings include an image of Muhammad with a bomb in his
turban. Islamic tradition explicitly prohibits any depiction of Allah and the
Prophet. Ms Hirsi Ali said the furore over the
cartoons had exposed the fear among artists and journalists in Europe to
"analyse or criticise intolerant aspects of Islam".

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[IslamCity] Africa Wants Reply What does Western Freedom of Thought Means? Labbayk Ya Rasulullah

2006-02-11 Thread Labbayk YaMahdi




Africa Wants Reply What does Western Freedom of Thought Means? Africanconfirm Love to Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. "Labbayk Ya Rasulullah"  February 9Mozambique: Row Over Danish Cartoons Reaches Mozambique   The Islamic Community of Mozambique (CIMO), based in the central city of Beira, has attacked "deplorable and vile provocations".AIM Kenya: Muslims to
 Demonstrate Over Cartoons   Security will be beefed up in Nairobi ahead of a demonstration by Muslims on Friday over cartoons published in a Danish newspaper.EA Standard South Africa: Cabinet Upholds Media Freedom in Cartoon Row   As the Muslim cartoon controversy continued to rage around the world yesterday, SA's government has made a strong stand on freedom of speech, while acknowledging the hurt caused to Muslims and warning against hate speech.Business Day Uganda [column]: The West Possesses No Monopoly On Freedom   I was a student in England when the Salman Rushdie affair broke out. Let's refresh our memories. Mr. Rush to Die, a celebrated British writer of Indian Muslim origin, had written a novel called Satanic Verses. In it, he repeated one of the many insinuations about prophet Muhammad, sexuality and women.New Vision Kenya: It is Reckless to Poke Fun At
 Muslims Over Their Religion   Swalleh Mdoe, the Kiswahili Editor /Anchor at Kenya Television Network (KTN) comments on the Muslim fury over cartoons of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). The commentary first appeared in The Standard newspaper on February 09, 2006:CISA Sierra Leone: S. B. Saccoh Mobilizes Muslims to Support Berewa   The ambassador to Guinea S. B. Saccoh is trying to mobilize Muslims in the north of the country to support Solomon Berewa for the presidency in 2007.Independent (Freetown) Kenya: Resign Now, Muslim Clerics Tell Ministers   A BBC interview with former Ethics and Governance Permanent Secretary, John Githongo, has sparked fresh calls for ministers implicated in the Anglo leasing scandal to resign to pave way for investigations.EA Standard Nigeria: Prophet's Cartoon: Lawmakers Burn Danish, Norwegian Flags   Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Alhaji Balarabe Saidu Gani, yesterday led his colleagues to burn the flags of Denmark and Norway, to protest recent cartooning of Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper.This Day Uganda: Gaddafi to Open Mosque   LIBYAN President Col. Muammar Gaddafi is expected to open the national mosque under construction at the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) headquarters, Old Kampala.New Vision South Africa: 'No Merit in Causing Gratuitous Offence,' Says Mbeki   President Thabo Mbeki today weighed in over a controversy raging worldwide sparked by the publication in several newspapers in different countries of cartoons that associated Islam's Prophet Mohammed with terrorism.BuaNews Liberia: AMEU Cleared, Gets Permit To
 Operate   The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) University has been cleared by the National Commission on Higher Education, which operates under the Ministry of Education, and is now free to operate in the Republic of Liberia as a full fledged higher institution of learning.Analyst Ghana [column]: Taboo! Whose Taboo?   It was the Satanic Verses. Now it is the Satanic Cartoons. You know, another twist is appearing in what is gradually becoming a long and sad tail - oh yes I meant tail. You will
 understand my bewilderment in this Alice in Wonderland world of ours.Accra Mail Nigeria: Apology Not Atonement for Blasphemy - Zakzaky Tells Denmark   Zaria- based Islamic scholar and leader of the Islamic movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, has described as ridiculous and totally unacceptable, the apology tendered by the Danish government for the blasphemous cartoon on the holy prophet of Islam.Daily Trust Niger: Thousands Protest Caricature of Prophet Muhammad   Thousands of Muslims took to the streets of the capital of Niger this week as protests against the publication of controversial cartoon images of the Prophet Muhammad reached West Africa.IRIN Nigeria: Lawmakers Burn Danish, Norwegian Flags Over Cartoons Depicting Prophet Muhammad   Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Alhaji Balarabe Saidu Gani, yesterday led his colleagues to burn the flags of Denmark and Norway, to protest recent cartooning of Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper.This Day Kenya: Police License Muslim Demo Over Cartoons   Police have licensed a demonstration by Muslims over cartoons published in a Danish newspaper last year.EA
 Standard Kenya: Police Okay Muslims Demo Over Cartoons   Police have allowed a planned protest by the Muslims on Friday, over the controversial cartoons published in a Danish newspaper.EA Standard Al Mahdi Unite Muslims 
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[IslamCity] Islam-West divide 'grows deeper'

2006-02-11 Thread atq atiq

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4699716.stm Islam-West divide 'grows deeper' Mr Badawi said many in the West thought Bin Laden spoke for Islam Malaysia's prime minister says a huge chasm has opened between the West and Islam, fuelled by Muslim frustrations over Western foreign policy. Abdullah Badawi said
many Westerners saw Muslims as congenital terrorists, but he added Muslims in turn must stop sweeping denunciations of the West. He spoke after shutting down a paper for publishing satirical Western cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. Their publication in Europe has led to major protests in Muslim countries. On Thursday hundreds of thousands of Shia Muslims turned a religious ceremony into a protest against the cartoons, while thousands marched in South Africa and Bangladesh. A dozen people have died in violent protests in Afghanistan. 'Demonisation widespread' The satirical cartoons - which have been denounced throughout the Islamic world - include an image portraying Muhammad with a bomb in his turban. Islamic tradition explicitly prohibits any depiction of
Allah and the Prophet. CARTOON ROW 30 Sept 2005: Danish paper publishes cartoons 20 Oct: Muslim ambassadors complain to Danish PM 10 Jan 2006: Norwegian publication reprints cartoons 26 Jan: Saudi Arabia recalls its ambassador 30 Jan: Gunmen raid EU's Gaza office demanding apology 31 Jan: Danish paper apologises 1 Feb: Papers in France, Germany, Italy and Spain reprint cartoons 4 Feb: Syrians attack Danish and Norwegian embassies in Damascus5 Feb: Protesters set alight Danish embassy in Beirut 6-7 Feb: At least eight killed in Afghanistan as security forces try to suppress violent protests In pictures: Cartoon
protests Timeline of the row How can row be resolved? Addressing an international conference in Kuala Lumpur, Mr Badawi said Islam and the West should stop demonising each other, and try to curb extremism and promote moderation. "They think Osama bin Laden speaks for the religion and its followers," he said, quoted by AP news agency. "The demonisation of Islam and the vilification of Muslims, there is no denying, is widespread within mainstream Western society." But Muslims for their part had to avoid "sweeping denunciation of Christians, Jews and the West", he added. Malaysia is currently the head of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.
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[IslamCity] Guess What? Islam and the US Supreme Court Agree on the Cartoons

2006-02-11 Thread Yusuf Toropov

===Guess What? Islam and the US Supreme Court Agree on the Mujhammad Cartoons===

By now, almost everyone knows about the crude cartoon caricatures of
Prophet Muhammad -- and about the outrage, economic boycotts, and
tragic loss of life that have followed their publication in Denmark
and other countries, including the United States. What is perhaps less
well known is that the publications of these cartoons, far from being
an example of Constitutionally protected free speech, actually
violates fundamental principles of American law.

In 1942, the U.S. Supreme Court held that certain forms of speech
could be, and ought to be, restricted by the legal system – if they
fell into the category of fighting talk calculated solely to provoke
outrage. Allow me to quote briefly from the landmark decision, 
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire:

There are certain well-defined and narrowly limited classes of
speech, the prevention and punishment of which have never been thought
to raise any constitutional problem. These include the lewd and
obscene, the profane, the libelous, and the insulting or fighting
words those which by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to
incite an immediate breach of the peace. It has been well observed
that such utterances are no essential part of any exposition of ideas,
and are of such slight social value as a step to truth that any
benefit that may be derived from them is clearly outweighed by the
social interest in order and morality.

It takes only a glance at the week's headlines to confirm that these
cartoons constitute the kind of expression that inflict(s) injury
and tend(s) to incite an immediate breach of the peace.

The Supreme Court's decision echoes centuries of Islamic tradition.
There is ample historical evidence that Islam, through the world's
final Prophet, Muhammad, taught and strengthened consultative
democratic traditions, respect for differing points of view, and basic
personal freedoms. Freedom of religion and speech are definitely among
the core Islamic values.  Yet, like the Supreme Court, Islam holds
that freedom of speech is not absolute. With freedoms come limits.

Muslims mention the Almighty only with reverence.  Likewise, all that
relates to the Most Merciful -- angels, prophets and messengers, books
of revelation, houses of worship, and so forth, are to be objects of
dearness and respect. Studying and understanding this well-established
tradition will go a long way toward helping non-Muslims come to terms
with the anguish and rage of the world's Muslims in recent days.

Yes. We take our religion seriously, and we will not sit unmoved as
the objects of our greatest love and admiration are desecrated on the
global stage.  We live in an era of knowledge and enlightenment, and
therefore we pray for the wisdom to use our freedoms for virtuous
ends, like furthering communication and cooperation between humanity
and bringing an end to war and privation. We must enlighten ourselves
with authentic knowledge to lift the yokes of ignorance and prejudice
from us.  At the same time, we must be sure that we respond
appropriately and nonviolently to provocations, and decline the
invitation to live in the 21st century, yet espouse values of revenge
and hatred that the Prophet rejected.

Historically, the Muslim world has offered a living example of
interfaith cooperation, harmony and justice.  Andalusia, for over 700
years the cradle of civilization in Europe, was where Muslims,
Christians and Jews lived peacefully, side by side. It was where
tolerance, consultation, and mutual respect carried the day. It was
where wise people from all of these faiths engaged in scholarly
interfaith discussions, research and learning. It was a legacy to the
noblest aspirations of the human spirit.

We see too little of the spirit of Andalusia, and perhaps too much of
the spirit of Rush Limbaugh, in our present situation.

These hateful, deeply prejudicial images – the latest in a stream of
high-profile abuses of Muslims and their faith system – have been
republished by supposedly reputable mainstream outlets such as the
Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News. I join not only today's mainstream
Islamic scholars, but also the precedents of the United States Supreme
Court, when I implore non-Muslims not to mistake the right to freedom
of speech (which, like all rights, comes with certain
responsibilities) for the right to engage in hate speech, an activity
with no virtue or benefit whatsoever.

And to Muslims, I urge a similar caution in the terms we use to
respond to the present situation, following our faith's dictate that
the believers use only the best words in all of their communications,
and steadfastly avoid the worst.

Yours truly,
Shpendim Nadzaku
Imam
Muslim Association of Greater Rockford


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[IslamCity] Fw: Praising the Prophet of Mercy--poetry and songs in praise of the Prophet

2006-02-11 Thread S A Hannan

- Original Message - 
From: Mahmudul 
Hasan 
To: S A Hannan 
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 3:57 PM
Subject: Praising the Prophet of Mercy

Praising the Prophet of Mercy

  By The IOL Art  Culture Team 

  Feb. 8, 2006 

  The door seal of 
  the Prophet's Mosque with Arabic inscription "Mohammed, the Messenger of 
  Allah"
The wisdom of Abraham, the patience of Job, the chastity of 
Joseph, the strength of Moses, and the charity of Jesus were all embodied in 
Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The Seal of the Prophets, 
assuming no holiness, personified ultimate human majesty. Despite losing his 
dear family members at a young age, he grew up to be 'a mercy to all the 
worlds'. His love extended from his family members, to believers, to 
non-believers, and even to animals. As a family man, he raised his cousin `Ali, 
always kissed his daughter Fatimah on the forehead, and cherished the memory of 
his wife Khadijah to the end of his life. He taught that feeding an animal can 
take one to Heaven whereas mistreating it could take one to Hell.
Unlike the bomb-turbaned figure in the blasphemous Danish 
cartoons that sparked outrage among Muslims recently, upon his victorious return 
to Mecca, Prophet Muhammad set his enemies free. On that day when one of his 
Companions said, "Today is the day of the battle. Today Allah humiliates the 
Quraish," the Prophet protested, "Today is the day of mercy. Today Allah honors 
the Quraish."
Whenever the Quraish attacked him he would supplicate Allah: 
"Please Allah, guide my people, for they don't know." On his way back from Taif, 
where the villagers stoned him until he bled, an angel appeared and offered to 
punish the transgressors. The Prophet declined, because maybe one day one of his 
assailants would be guided.
For his magnanimous character, the Prophet has been praised 
by Muslims throughout their history. Now, centuries after his death, believers 
around the world continue to express their devotion to him through poetry and 
song in many different tongues. Here we offer you a 
selection.

1) Sami 
Yusuf

  Muallim 

  Mustafa 

2) Zain Bhikha

  Nabi-un-Nabi 

  Tala'Al-Badru 'Alayna 

  Mount Hira 

3) Native Deen

  Salawat 

4) Raihan

  El-Hijrah 

  Nabi Anak Yatim 

5) Aa'shiq-al-Rasool

  Allahuma Salli `ala Muhammad 

6) The 
Burda
The Burda or The 
Poem of the Cloak is widely considered the greatest panegyric for Prophet 
Muhammad (peace be upon him). Composed by Imam Al-Busairi in the 13th century 
CE, it has been explained by scholars and sung by lovers of the Prophet ever 
since. For more information about the poem, please click here. There are many recordings of the Burda. This version is 
performed by Egyptian nasheed singer al-Atwany.
7) Sudanese Madih (Praise Poetry)

  A Breeze of Musk (Nafhatu 
  Miskin) 
Madh composed by Sudanese poet Muhammad 
Majdhub. Click here for a translation of the poem. 
8) Qatrunada
Indonesian Qatrunada is one of the many popular nasheed 
groups (merging
poppy tunes, vocal harmonies, and percussion) that were 
created
in the wake of Raihan's success. They have now built a 
considerable international fan base of their own.

  Salli Alayk Allah 

9) Salaat `ala Rasul
Video of an Arabic nasheed performed by an Indonesian 
munshid (singer of religious songs) and a group of 
children.

  To view the video click here. 

10) Mohammed Seyyid al-Baraya

  Arabic madh performed by the Tijani Brothers from 
  Senegal 
11) Salla Llah `alayk ya Nur

  Praise for the Prophet by members of the Alawiyya brotherhood in 
  Algeria. 

12) Habib Ali al-Jifri

  Yemeni scholar Habib Ali 
  al-Jifri sings in praise of the Prophet

http://www.islamonline.net/English/ArtCulture/2006/02/article04.shtml(10 
Feb 06)

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(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)

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[IslamCity] Dawah Seminar in London

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[IslamCity] The photos of Bush and Abramoff TOGETHER!

2006-02-11 Thread MA PA




Have a great weekend, everyone!Photos:http://mparent.livejournal.com/6274633.htmlAbramoff says he met Bush "almost a dozen" times http://mparent.livejournal.com/6266006.htmlToday's newswirehttp://mparent.livejournal.com/2006/02/10/MARC PARENT CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS  http://mparent.livejournal.com/  http://www.dailykos.com/user/ccnwon
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(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. 
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[IslamCity] ISL: Hinduism or Islam - No Religion Advocates Violence

2006-02-11 Thread Abdul Alim

No Religion Advocates ViolenceBangalore The difference between Hindus and Muslims happens to be just a small apostrophe in the way they think. Hindus think that everything sun, moon, stars, water, snake, earth and all is God. Muslims, on the other hand, think that everything is Gods creation. Hence the difference between the two is just an apostrophe. This is how the Founder of Islamic Research Foundation, Dr. Zakir Naik began the inter-religious dialogue on The concept of God in Hinduism and Islam in the light of sacred scriptures on January 21, 2006 in Bangalore. Dr Zakir Naik and Sr Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of Art of Living Foundation came together on a common
platform for this dialogue. While Dr Zakir Naik quoted extensively from the Hindu scriptures and the Quran, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said there is a need for a sense of belonging-ness to unite members of diverse communities. People always think they are on the right path and that everyone else is wrong. But there is need for broader understanding. They should take what is common and appreciate the common thread, he said. Be it Hinduism or Islam, no religion advocates violence, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar asserted. Dr Naik seconded him saying, no Muslim will spread violence if he is true to his religion. Both the speakers agreed upon one point that God was one despite the ways of worship being different.Let us not try to change the other. While there are differences, let us shake hands. Then there will be harmony. Love should be supreme. Do not criticise the idol worshippers, said Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. While Dr Zakir Naik impressed the crowd with his knowledge of the Quran, the
Vedas and the Upanishads, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar sent across his message of peace, love, forgiveness and humanitarian values in his soft and soothing voice. The dialogue was followed by an open Question and Answer Session for the audience.The inter-religious dialogue for understanding God, was a historic event as it not just brought together two great spiritual scholars, but also helped people from different communities understand each other, which really is the need of the hour today. The Event organised by the Discover Islaam Educational Trust (DIET) and Art of Living, was a crowd-puller with over 50,000 people listening to the two scholars amidst pin-drop silence. Millions across the world also watched this event while it was being telecast live on Peace TV.http://www.islamicvoice.com/February2006/CoverStory/ To listen to the audio of entire "Peace to India" event: http://www.thetruecall.com
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[IslamCity] HEZBOLLAH LEADER TELLS DAJJAL BUSH TO ''SHUT UP''

2006-02-11 Thread assalamu_alaikum_1427

Hezbollah Leader to Bush: 'Shut Up'
By SAM F. GHATTAS
Associated Press
February 9, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/prophet_drawings_145

BEIRUT, Lebanon - The leader of Hezbollah, heading a march by hundreds
of thousands of Shiite Muslims Thursday, said President Bush and his
secretary of state should shut up after they accused Syria and Iran
of fueling protests over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

Denmark, meanwhile, said it had temporarily closed its diplomatic
mission in Beirut, which was burned by protesters Sunday, and all
staff had left Lebanon.

Danes feared religious processions in Muslim countries Thursday to
mark the Shiite festival of Ashoura would spill over into violence
against its diplomats and soldiers after days of protests over the
caricatures, which were first published in a Danish newspaper in
September.

About 2,000 hard-line Muslims also rallied and burned a Danish flag
Thursday in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka.

In Beirut, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah urged Muslims
worldwide to keep demonstrating until there is an apology over the
drawings and Europe passes laws forbidding insults to the prophet.

The head of the guerrilla group, which is backed by Iran and Syria,
spoke before a mass Ashoura procession. Whipping up the crowds on the
most solemn day for Shiites worldwide, Nasrallah declared:

Defending the prophet should continue all over the world. Let
Condoleezza Rice and Bush and all the tyrants shut up. We are an
Islamic nation that cannot tolerate, be silent or be lax when they
insult our prophet and sanctities.

We will uphold the messenger of God not only by our voices but also
by our blood, he told the crowds, estimated by organizers at about
700,000. Police had no final estimates but said the figure was likely
to be even higher.

Speaking about the controversy for the first time on Wednesday, Bush
condemned the deadly rioting sparked by the cartoons and urged foreign
leaders to halt the spreading violence. Rice said Iran and Syria have
gone out of their way to inflame sentiments and to use this to their
own purposes. And the world ought to call them on it.

Iran has rejected the U.S. accusations. Syria has not commented publicly.

In protests throughout the Muslim world, demonstrators who saw the
drawings as deeply insulting to Islam have attacked embassies in
Syria, Lebanon and Iran and rioted in
Afghanistan. Islam is interpreted to forbid any illustrations of the
prophet.

Jyllands-Posten, the Danish paper that first published the drawings,
apologized last week for offending Muslims but stood by its decision
to print the cartoons, citing freedom of speech.

Other European publications recently reprinted the drawings, which
included an image of Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped with a burning
fuse, in a show of solidarity.

Denmark's government has said it could not apologize over a
newspaper's publication.

In Brussels, Belgium, Mohamed Ahmed Sherif, chairman of the
Libyan-based World Islamic Call Society, said Muslims see the drawings
as a direct attack on their values and called the decision to print
them in European newspapers a hate program.

Sherif, speaking during a visit Brussels where he met European Union
officials, said the cartoons only serve to fuel extremism.

Nobody should blame the Muslims if they are unhappy about the images
of the Prophet Muhammad, Sherif said. It's forbidden to create a
hate program to show that the prophet is a terrorist while he's not.
Don't ask us to try to make people understand that this is not a
campaign of hate.

Nasrallah, a black-turbaned, bearded cleric, demanded an apology for
the cartoons and laws to prevent a repetition.

There can be no settlement before an apology and there can be no
settlement before laws are legislated by the European Parliament and
the parliaments of European countries, he said.

Islamic nations should demand a law committing the press and the
media in the West that proscribes insulting our prophet. If this
matter cannot be achieved that means they (West) insist on continuing
this, he added.

Nasrallah said that if the controversy touched on Jews or Israel the
West would have reacted differently and quickly.

In Denmark, the Danish Broadcasting Corp., or DR, said its journalists
in Beirut had been warned to stay away from the Shiite Ashoura
ceremonies. It has become more difficult to be a Danish reporter in
the Middle East, Lisbet Knudsen, head of DR's news desk said.

The Bangladeshi protesters  most members of the hard-line group,
Islamic Constitution Movement  marched through the streets outside
the country's main mosque in downtown Dhaka shouting, Down with
Islam's Enemies! police said.

We can't tolerate such disrespect to our prophet. It's a shameful
act. We condemn it, A.T.M. Hemayetuddin, a movement leader, told
supporters.

In the capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, about 200 people turned
an Islamic procession into a protest against the prophet

[IslamCity] Urgent

2006-02-11 Thread Jav6Hay

TO All Muslims !!!THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT AND SERIOUS MESSAGE. THE FOLLOWING HAD HAPPENED IN DENMARK BY JYLLANDS POSTEN (A NEWSPAPER). THEY CONDUCTED A COMPETITION ON DRAWING FUNNY PICTURES FOR PROPHET MOHAMMED (PBUH), ALTHOUGH OF THE COMPLAINTS OF THE ISLAMIC ORGANISATIONS TO STOP THIS HUMILIATING COMPETITION, STILL THEY INSISTED ON DOING IT. UPON RAISING THE ISSUE TO THE GOVERNMENT, THEY SUPPORTED THE NEWSPAPER ON DOING SO AND IGNORED THE ISLAMIC ORGANIZATIONS
REQUEST. THE RESULT WAS PUBLISHING PHOTOS FOR PROPHET MOHAMMED (PBUH) SHOWING HIM LIKE A TERRORIST AND OTHERS MAKING FUN OF HIM. THIS IS A SERIOUS MESSAGE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE TO START TAKING ACTIONS AGAINST DANISH PRODUCTS SUCH AS NIDO, ANCHOR, LAURPACK OR ANY DANISHPRODUCT.YOU HAVE A FATHER,MOTHER, AND SISTER, WHAT WILL YOU DO IF SOMEONE HUMILIATE THEM.THEN REMEMBER THIS GOD'S MOST BELOVED PERSON ON THE WHOLE UNIVERSE AND TOMORROW HE WILL ASK YOU WHAT HAVE YOU DONE.SPREAD THIS MESSAGE OR SEND SMS TO
WHOM EVER YOU CAN AND LETS DO SOMETHING FOR OUR PRECIOUS AND BELOVED PROPHET MOHAMMED (PBUH). STOP BUYING DANISH PRODUCTS, LET THEM KNOW THAT WE HAVE DIGNITY AND PRIDE. REMEMBER THE SAHABA THEY SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR HIM, WILL YOU SACRIFICE A FEW MINUTES FROM YOUR TIME TO SPREAD THIS MESSAGE OR EVEN STOP PURCHASING A DANISH PRODUCT, INSHALLAH YOU CAN ITS NOT THAT DIFFICULT.
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