[IslamCity] Verse of the day
In the name of Allah. Al-Quran(29:5) `tB tb%x. (#qã_ötƒ uä!$s)Ï9 «!$# ¨bÎ*sù Ÿ@y_r& «!$# ;NUy 4 uqèdur ßì‹ÏJ¡¡9$# ÞOŠÎ=yèø9$# ÇÎÈ "For those whose hopes are In the meeting with Allah (in the Hereafter, let them strive); for the term (appointed) by Allah is surely coming and He hears and knows (All things)." Read Quran with Translation [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. *** {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". SPONSORED LINKS Holy quran YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "islamcity" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[IslamCity] Saudis Rebuff Custodian of Israel's Demand to Stop Aid to Palestinians
Cluster Bombs & Cruise Missiles May Only Kill Thousands But it is the Anti-Zionist Words that will Land You in Trouble in the Land of FREE Speech! Saudis Will Keep Up Aid Flow to Palestinians Kingdom's Policy Rebuffs Rice's Push To Isolate Hamas By Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff WriterThursday, February 23, 2006; Page A10 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/22/AR2006022201496.html RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 22 -- Saudi Arabia, the biggest Arab donor to the Palestinians, said Wednesday it would continue that aid despite the prospect of a Hamas-led cabinet, though it also expressed support for peace initiatives rejected by Hamas that allow for the eventual recognition of Israel. "We wish not to link the international aid to the Palestinian people to considerations other than their dire humanitarian needs," the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, said after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met one-on-one for nearly 2 1/2 hours with King Abdullah. Saud's statement put the kingdom at odds with the U.S. push to isolate the Palestinians, except for the provision of humanitarian aid. It came one day after Egyptian officials also told Rice that Islamic groups needed to be given time to evolve and accept Israel. On a day of delicate diplomacy that also included a lengthy one-on-one meeting with the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, Rice confronted the contradictions of the administration's Middle East policy. On trips to the region in the past year, she repeatedly pushed Arab governments to step up monetary support for the Palestinians while arguing that they must open up their political systems. This week, in her first trip since Hamas's unexpected victory Jan. 25, she has urged caution in supporting a Palestinian legislature that came to power in a democratic election. Rice said she was not muting her push for democratic reforms. In Egypt, she met for more than an hour Wednesday with a small group of dissidents and democracy activists, who complained bitterly about Mubarak's efforts to limit political freedom. But on Tuesday she also spent nearly two hours discussing the Palestinian situation with the Egyptian intelligence chief, who handles contacts with Hamas -- and keeps tabs on dissidents. Saudi Arabia, as an Islamic kingdom, is wary of being perceived as punishing Palestinians who elected a parliament dedicated to Islamic rule. "It would be the ultimate of irony that, at the time when we need to take care of these people who are seeking peace, we shall fall short of doing so," Saud said. "How do we distinguish between humanitarian and non-humanitarian aid? Infrastructure projects or humanitarian aid projects? They need both, infrastructure and humanitarian aid." Hamas, formally known as the Islamic Resistance Movement, receives substantial funding from individuals and groups in Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations, as well as Iran, partly because of its charitable work building schools and hospitals. According to the Web site GlobalSecurity.org, Hamas receives about $12 million a year from various Saudi sources. Despite the differences over aid, which could lessen the pressure on Hamas, U.S. officials have taken comfort in the statements by Arab officials calling on Hamas to work for a negotiated settlement with Israel. "Different countries will have different modalities on how to deal with this," Rice said at a news conference with Saud. "For the United States, Hamas is a terrorist organization. We cannot give funding to a terrorist organization. It's really that simple." U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that in private meetings Saudi officials expressed discomfort with Hamas's victory and reserved judgment on how aid might be affected. Saudi Arabia currently provides about $15 million in monthly aid through the Arab League for the Palestinian Authority budget, and U.S. officials said Saudi officials made it clear that aid would continue for now. But the Saudis also suggested that money eventually might be redirected away from the government to other Palestinian entities, the U.S. officials said. A Saudi official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said months might pass before Saudi Arabia believes Hamas has failed to prove itself. He noted that the ailing Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, was considered an extremist when he was elected, and now he is hailed as a peacemaker. Rice's aides provided only general details of the secretary's discussions with Mubarak and Abdullah, which also dealt with Iran's nuclear program. Suleiman Awad, a spokesman for Mubarak, said the president emphasized the need to maintain support for the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, a member of the Fatah party, which lost control of the legislature to Hamas in the elections. Rice, who will address foreign ministers from the Persian Gulf states in a meeting Thursday in the United Arab Emirates,
[IslamCity] FUNDAMENTAL PRINICIPLES OF SHIA RELIGION
Fundamental Principles Of Shia Religion Peace and blessings be to Prophet Muhammad whenever his name is mentioned. ACCORDING TO SHIA RELIGION THERE ARE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF DEAN AS STATED IN THEIR FAMOUS BOOK (TOHFATUL AWWAM) . THESE ARE "TAWHEED AD'L (JUSTICE), NUBUWAAH (PROPHETHOOD) IMAMATE AND QIYAMAH (DOOMSDAY). 1. TAWHEED STANDS FOR THE UNITY OF GOD (ALLAH). (HOWEVER, SHIA DOCTRINES LIKE BADA AND IMAMATE NEGATA TAWHAAD). 2. AD'L i.e. ALLAH IS JUST (ADIL). IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AGAINST THE JUSTICE OF GOD IF AFTER THE CESSATION OF PROPHETHOOD BY MUHAMMAD , THE IMAMS WERE NOT APPOINTED BY ALLAH ONE AFTER THE OTHER IN SUCH A WAY AS PREVIOUS PROPHETS WERE GIVEN THEIR DEPUTIES. 3. NUBUWWAH i.e. MUHAMMAD , IS THE NABI (PROPHET)OF ALLAH. ALTHOUGH SHIAS ACKNOWLEDGE PROPHET MUHAMMAD AS THE LAST OF PROPHETS BUT BECAUSE OF THEIR BELIEF IN IMAMATE WHICH IS CONSIDERED HIGHER THAN PROHETHOOD AND THAT THE IMAMS CAN ALTER THE SHARI'AH, THE CONCEPT OF NUBUWWAH BECOMES MEANINGLESS . AS THE ISSUE OF FINALITY OF THE PROPHETHOOD IS THE CENTERAL CORE OF ISLAM TO WHICH SHIAS ALSO SUBSCRIBE OUTWARDLY, ANYONE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IN IT OR UNDERMINES ITS IMPORTANCE BY VARIUOS INTERPRETATION IS THROWN OUTSIDE THE PALE OF ISLAM. THE DIVINE INSTITUTION OF NUBUWWAH AND IMAMATE OF THE SHIAS ARE OPPOSITE ENTITIES WHICH CANNOT BE RECONCILED. 4. IMAMATE: THERE ARE TWELVE IMAMS IN SHIA RELIGION FROM HADHRAT ALI TO IMAM MAHDI WHO LIKE THE PROPHETS ARE NOT ONLY MASOOM (SINLESS AND INFALLIBLE) AND HAVING BEEN COMISSIONED BY ALLAH BUT THEY ARE EVEN SUPERIOR TO HADHRAT IBRAHIM KHALILULLAH, HADHRAT MUSA ROOHULLAH, HADHRAT ISSA KALIMULLAH AND REST OF ALL OTHER PROPHETS. THIS IS THE STATEMENT OF THE SHIITTE BUT ACCORDING TO RESEARCH AND HISTORICAL EVIDENCE THE SO-CALLED 12 IMAMS OF THE SHIA NEVER IN THEIR LIVES CLAIMED THAT ARE DIVINELY APPOINTED IMAMS OR LEADERS OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. THEY LIVED LIKE ORDINARY CITIZENS AND OFFERED CONGREGATIONAL PRAYERS ALONG WITH OTHER MUSLIMS IN THE MASJID BEHIND THE IMAM OF THE AREA/LOCALITY. IN FACT SHIA AS A SEPERATE ORGANISED RELIGION DID NOT EXIST FOR SOME 200 YEARS OF ISLAM. FURTHER DETALIS ARE DISCUSSED IN CHAPTER 17 "THE BASIS OF FIQH JAFARI'AH." 5. QIYAMAH: THE SHIAS BELIEVE IN THE LAST DAY (QIYAMAH) BUT WITH SOME DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT HAS BEEN STATED IN THE QUR'AN AND HADITH. ACCORDING TO BELIEF OF AHLE-SUNNAH AS TAUGHT BY THE HOLY QUR'AN AND RASUL-ALLAH (SAW), ALL THE HUMAN BEINGS WHETHER MUSLIMS OR KAFIRS WILL BE BROUGHT TO LIFE AGAIN ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT (QIYAMAH) AND WILL BE PUNISHED OR REWARDED ACCORDINGLY BY ALMIGHTY ALLAH. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO SHIAS, THERE WILL BE A SMALLER QIYAMAH WITH THE ADVENT OF IMAM MAHDI BEFORE THE GREATER QIYAMAH. IN THIS SMALLER QIYAMAH,THE AUTHORITY FOR GIVING PUNISHMENT OR REWARD WILL BE IMAM MAHDI HIMSELF. IN THIS WAY HE WILL BE THE POSSESSER OF DIVINE ATTRIBUTE (MIGHTY,ABLE TO REQUITE THE WRONG) IT MAY BE NOTED HERE THAT ACCORDING TO SHIA RELIGION, BELIEF IN IMAMATE IS A FUNDAMENTAL IN ISLAM LIKE TAWHEED, RISALAT AND QIYAMAH (DOOMSDAY). ANYONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE FAITH IN IT IS A KAFIR (INFIDEL) AND DESTINED TO HELL.* ACCORDING TO SHIA BELIEF THE NAME OF THEIR 12 IMAMS ARE INSCRIBED ON THE THRONE . ALMIGHTY ALLAH HAS DECLARED ABOUT THEIR LEADESHIP IN THE QUR'AN . KHOMENI IN EXPOSITION OF VERSE 67 OF SURAH AL-MAIDAH* WRITES THAT THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD WASAFRAID * TO DECLARE THE IMAMATE OF ALI AS HE SENSED SERIOUS OPPOSITION FROM HIS PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT FAVOURABLY DISPOSED TOWARDS ALI (R.Z). IN THE LONG RUN ACCORDING TO KHOMENI THE PROPHET DID MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ALI'S (R.Z) SUCCESSION ON RECEIVING DIVINE PROMISE OF PROTECTION BUT THE MAJORITY OF SAHABAH (BELONGING TO THE OPPOSITION PARTY* OF HADHRAT ABU BAKR (R.Z) AND HADHRAT UMAR (R.Z) WHO WERE AGAINST ALI (R.Z) DEFIED THIS PROCLAIMATION AND INSTEAD OF ALI (R.Z) BECAME THEMSELVES THE CALIPHS BY COERCION. THIS IS A GREAT TRAVESTY OF TRUTH HADHRAT ALI HAD THE UTMOST LOVE AND REGARD FOR HADHRAT ABU BAKR (R.Z) HADHRAT UMAR (R.Z) AND OTHER SAHABAH OF RASUL-ALLAH . HE CONSIDERED HADHRAT ABU BAKR (R.Z) MOST SUITED AND DESERVING FOR THE OFFICE OF CALIPHATE AFTER THE DEMISE OF RASUL-ALLAH .* IF HOWEVER , FOR A MOMENT FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT WE ADMIT THAT KHOMENI IS CORRECT IN WHAT HE HAS SAID ABOVE WHICH IS THE BASIS OF SHIA RELIGION THAT RASUL-ALLAH . NOMINATED HADHRAT ALI (R.Z) FOR THE OFFICE OF CALIPHATE AND IMAMATE AND MADE A DECLARATION TO THIS EFFECT AT GHADIR-KHUM, THEN IT WILL HAVE TO BE ADMITTED AS ITS LOGICAL OUT COME THAT RASUL-ALLAH MISERABLY FAILED IN THE TRAINING AND CHARACTER BUILDING OF HIS UMMAH TO THE EXTENT THAT NO PREVIOUS PROPHET OR REFORMER HAD FAILED SO CONSPIOUSLY RASUL-ALLAH SINCE THE DAWN OF PROPHET HOOD UNTIL HIS DEMISE REFORMED AND REFINED THOSE PEOPLE WITH HIS TEACHINGS, PREACHINGS AND EXAMPLE WITH WHOM HE LIVED, TRAVELLED AND WHO WERE TAUGHT IN HIS COMPANY BUT THOSE VERY PEOPLE AS SOON AS HE DIED COMMITTED SUCH A TREACHERY THAT IN PURSUIT OF WORLDLY GAIN AND POWER, THEY O
[IslamCity] Inews Daily - 09/03/06
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Inews Daily Thursday 9th March 2006 - 8th Safar 1427 Baghdad rocked by kidnappings and mass killings Armed men in camouflage uniforms abducted up to 50 employees of a private security firm in eastern Baghdad yesterday, less than 24 hours after 18 blindfolded bodies were found in an abandoned lorry in a western suburb. The slaughter was the latest in a series of killings which has sent fear through the city. Small groups of people have been periodically tortured and murdered in recent months, in addition to the many assassinated individually. The victims were handcuffed giving rise to the possibility that this brutal act was done by US-linked militia. Iran threatens reprisals if punished in nuclear rowIran warned the US on Wednesday it could inflict 'harm and pain' to match whatever punishment Washington persuaded the UN Security Council to dole out for Tehran’s refusal to give up atomic research. "So if the United States wishes to choose that path, let the ball roll," a senior Iranian national security official said in an interview with Reuters.Iran, the world’s No. 4 oil provider, also said it would review its oil export policy should the Security Council tackle its case, which EU powers claimed was now inevitable as Tehran had flouted demands to prove it was not secretly after atomic bombs. US lawmakers vote to block ports dealA Republican-run US House of Representatives committee has voted overwhelmingly to block a Dubai-owned company from taking control of some US port operations in an election-year repudiation of President George Bush. The House Appropriations Committee voted by 62-2 on Wednesday to bar DP World, run by the government of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, from holding leases or contracts at US ports. The vote underscored widespread public opposition to the deal and Republican fears of loosing its edge on the issue of national security in November's elections. Bush has promised to veto any legislation that would block the deal. Pakistan-Iran rail link suspendedTrain services linking Pakistan and Iran have been suspended after a series of bombings and rocket attacks on the rail network in Pakistan. The service connected Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, with the Iranian border town of Zahedan. "There were five rocket attacks on the Quetta-Zahedan track over the past 10 days," an official said. It is the only rail link between the two countries. Pakistani authorities suspect that Baluch tribesmen have carried out the attacks as part of a campaign to compel the central government to increase payments the region receives for resources extracted there. Cairo-Tel Aviv bus service to resume after 10 yearsIsraeli and Egypt agreed in principle yesterday to renew the Tel Aviv-Cairo daily bus service after 10 years, it was reported. The Zionist Tourism Minister and his Egyptian counterpart, agreed to renew the symbolic service, which an Israeli public bus company suspended in 1996 because it was unprofitable, the report said. The two ministers met during a conference in Berlin and agreed that their governments would soon meet to reach a final agreement on the issue. The link was inaugurated with great fanfare in 1981 after Egypt became the first Arab state to sign a peace treaty with Israel two years earlier. Jordan jails would-be jihadisJordan’s state security court yesterday jailed 11 men for crossing into Syria in the hope of joining insurgents fighting US troops in Iraq, judicial sources said. Four others among the group of Jordanians who were indicted in October were acquitted for lack of evidence, the sources said. Five of the suspects were sentenced in absentia to 15 years hard labour while six, under arrest since July 2005, were given between 20 months and four years in jail, the sources said. Ten of the men were arrested in July after they returned to Jordan from neighbouring Syria, having failed to enter Iraq. The other five are still on the run. Yemeni opposition warns of elections delayYemen’s major opposition parties warned yesterday that presidential and municipal elections due next September could not be held on time owing to disagreements over the formation of electoral committees. Seven opposition parties told a Press conference that the Higher Commission for Elections and Referenda was insisting on not letting opposition parties participate in forming the electoral committees charged with the administration of the polls. The parties, grouped in the 'Joint Meeting' block, also cautioned that the elections could come out with 'illegal results' if the opposition do not take part in operating the process. Malaysian Muslim women suffer 'apartheid': Mahathir’s daughterThe daughter of former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has likened the status of Muslim women in Malaysia to that of South African
[IslamCity] Qur'aanic Studies - Part 94
Study the Qur'aan in Qur'aanic light, to understand Islam in its pristine simplicity, clarity, beauty & purity Click: Qur'aanic Studies - Part 94 and bookmark website Invitation To Salvation for future additions, inshaAllah, to these Studies. Mohammad Shafi *** {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". SPONSORED LINKS Holy quran YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "islamcity" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[IslamCity] Islamic Television: Al-Resalah Launched
http://islamic-world.net/read.php?ArtID=5712 Al-Resalah Launched March 07, 2006 - 21:38 Prince Alwaleed ibn Talal, CEO of Kingdom Holding Company, officially launched yesterday an Islamic satellite channel to project Islam as a religion of moderation and tolerance. Al-Resalah (The Message) Channel (http://www.alresalah.net/) had made its debut informally on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference at the headquarters of Kingdom Holding Company, Prince Alwaleed said the 24-hour channel would target the Arab audience, especially the youth, by projecting our Arab heritage through a modern medium. It will be the forerunner of an English-language Islamic channel for the Western audience at a later stage. Pointing out that the channel would seek to project the true message of Islam and its teachings, the prince said it would provide a platform for a dialogue on a range of religious, social and economic issues that affect everyday life. But more important, its priority would be to counteract the misconceptions of Islam in other societies. Elaborating on Prince Alwaleeds comments, Shoura Council member Walid Hashem told Arab News that the channel would feature cartoons and animated films with a moral content. These programs would be procured from TV companies operating in Turkey and unspecified Arab countries. Asked if the channel would provide a platform for different schools of thought, he said that the main objective was to unify the ranks of the Islamic community, counter the negative perceptions of Islam and wean the youth away from the path of extremism. To this end, there would be an assortment of programs from prominent scholars. Tarek Alsuwaidan, the channels general manager, said that 40 percent of the programs would be youth oriented, 30 percent would target women and families, and 10 percent would focus on children. Noting that the channel was the brainchild of Prince Alwaleed, Alsuwaidan, who designed the contents of the program, said: I was delighted with Prince Alwaleeds idea to plan and launch such a unique channel. This channel represents pure and moderate Islam and our Arab heritage through a modern medium. The press conference was attended by members of the Supreme Advisory Committee of the new channel, including Abdullah ibn Sulaiman Al-Manai, Abdullah Omar Naseef, and Hamed Al-Refaie, president of the International Islamic Forum for Dialogue. -- Islam is the only solution. Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. *** {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". SPONSORED LINKS Holy quran YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "islamcity" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[IslamCity] The Crime of Samara is the Work of America aimed at Igniting Tensions
The Crime of Samara is the Work of America aimed at Igniting Tensions amongst the Muslims O Muslims, O People of Iraq, Has the time not come for you to understand that the occupying forces in Iraq, under the leadership of America, are the source of all the tribulations and excessive evil? Has the time not come for you to understand that it is the occupying forces that are behind the bombing of the mosques and the markets, the killing of civilians and the assassination and abduction of the Muslim scholars, both Sunni and Shia? Has the time not come for you to understand that relying on the occupying forces, taking them into your confidence, considering them as your allies or giving them justification to remain in Iraq, is not but a path to increase and aggravate the crimes? The occupying forces are in a quagmire in Iraq, on the brink of drowning in their defeats and their casualties. Whenever the trap they put themselves in intensifies upon them, they orchestrate a crime here and another there. After they prepare the crime scene to make it seem as if the Sunnis are behind what is afflicting the Shia, and that the Shia are behind what is afflicting the Sunnis, and thus making both sides clash with each other, they remain safe and secure, observing the situation from a distance. It is no coincidence that the crime of Samara occurred soon after the announcement of sectarianism by the American Ambassador in the ministry of defense and internal affairs. O Muslims, The one who follows the explosions of the resting place of the two Imams (may Allah be pleased with them both) in Samara will see clearly that this action is not the doing of ordinary people. Nay, it is the action of a professional and systematic state apparatus. The severe destruction that occurred indicates that the explosives used had the most precise design in terms of quantity and quality, to the extent that they were placed in the precise area from where they could not miss the target. Furthermore, we must also consider the fact that the place which was bombed was not any ordinary neglected place. On the contrary it was heavily guarded. So how is it possible that such a crime be executed with such precision with the perpetrators also withdrawing safely, except with the systematic support of those dominating, those who possess the power and authority in the land? What happened in Samara was of the planning and execution of the occupying forces and her assailants, and it is a calamity. However what is worse and more detestable is the occupying forces achieving their objective by making the Muslims, Sunni and Shia, fight amongst each other. The news spread after the incidence of the crime about the occurrence of abduction and killing of Sunni scholars and the damaging of their mosques, followed by what was heard of the killings of some prisoners and journalists. These further facilitated the occupying forces, particularly America, to achieve their goals by causing sectarian mischief. Indeed, America and Britain and all the occupying forces, are ruthless in their treatment of the Muslims. As we see them and their assailants behind the bombing of the mosque in Samara, we do not doubt that they have a hand, many hands, in the incidents that followed in order to make the events seem to be sectarian fight between Muslims. O Muslims O People of Iraq, Hizb ut-Tahrir emphasises three realities for you in order to shed light upon this situation: Firstly: it is the occupying forces, with America at their head, who are behind the incidences of killing civilians, bombing markets and mosques, abducting scholars and killing those who are sincere to their Deen and Ummah. As for the Muslim, he is the one who resists the occupier and does not harm his people, his markets or his mosques, for the killing of a Muslim without a right is worse in the sight if Allah than the destruction of the Kabah and then the demise of the world. Indeed the Muslim in his wars against his enemies does not kill an elderly man or a child or a woman, nor does he destroy a place of worship or kill the worshippers therein. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: « لَزَوَالُ الدُّنْيَا أَهْوَنُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ قَتْلِ مُؤْمِنٍ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ » The destruction of the world is easier on Allah than the killing of a believer without right (Ibn Majah) And he (saw) said as advice to the departing army: انْطَلِقُوا بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ وَبِاللَّهِ وَعَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَلاَ تَقْتُلُوا شَيْخًا فَانِيًا وَلاَ طِفْلاً وَلاَ صَغِيرًا وَلاَ امْرَأَةً وَلاَ تَغُلُّوا وَضُمُّوا غَنَائِمَكُمْ وَأَصْلِحُوا وَأَحْسِنُوا » « إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ Go in the name of Allah and with His help and on the way of the Messenger of Allah. Do not kill an elderly man or a child or an infant or a woman and do not steal. Gather your spoils and do what you do with excellence. Indeed Allah loves those who do good. (Abu Dawud) Secon
[IslamCity] American agenda rules Pakistan
Dear editor / members of the list, Assalamu Alaikum. I am sending to you an important article American agenda rules Pakistan By Senator Qazi Hussain Ahmad Amir Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan and Chairperson, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal for your information. Shah Abdul Hannan American agenda rules PakistanBy Senator Qazi Hussain AhmadAmir Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan andChairperson, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal President Bush is visiting Pakistan by squeezing precious time from his occupation in the large-scale security issues Washington has created for itself all over the world. Therefore, his visit purely aims at securing Washington's strategic interests in the region with the help of his ally General Musharraf at a time when US troops are facing a retreat in Afghanistan and Iraq due to massive public resistance. Contrary to the expectations generated by the pro-government lobbies and opinion makers, this visit has nothing to do with any strategic interests of the state of Pakistan. Washington has time and again in the recent past proved that it considers India as the most trusted partner in South Asia and the Bush administration has openly declared Delhi its 'Natural Strategic Ally' for its long term interests in the region. Naturally, Bush's visit will focus on strengthening India's position in the region against rivals like China and Pakistan, and protecting its interests at all costs. It has been an open secret that, besides uprooting Islamic fundamentalism, Washington's prime objective in the region is to help India become a regional super power to counter China's economic, strategic and military growth so that Beijing is confined to the Asian region and blocking its march towards expanding its strategic interest all over the world. To achieve this objective Washington wants to force Pakistan to acknowledge Indian hegemony in the region and solve the Kashmir issue for the sake of Delhi's strategic interests. The recent inking of Washington's nuclear cooperation agreement with India is an ample proof of that. The Bush administration is trying to make both countries acknowledge the LoC as international border, with slight changes and the Kashmiri people should remain contended with a temporary and limited internal autonomy. This offer of limited internal autonomy is actually a political trap because it could be withdrawn any time once the situation is normalised. India desperately wants to withdraw the privileged status already given to Kashmir in its constitution. Pakistan is ruled by a military general in uniform and under a de facto martial law, which was proved when Rangers moved into Lahore and sealed the city on January 26 to foil the rally condemning blasphemous caricatures reportedly without any formal request by the civil administration. Besides, the Corps Commander used a threatening tone against the opposition parties leading the mass protests against the west. President Bush has repeatedly praised General Musharraf's role in the US-launched war against terror because he extended unprecedented cooperation to the US army against the wishes of the Pakistani people. Perhaps as a reward, Bush has recently stated clearly that he likes Musharraf's model of democracy. Acknowledging the military commander as head of state of a democratic country proved that Bush has dual standards for Pakistani people and he is backing Musharraf's policies that are against the interests of the Pakistani nation and democracy, just because they serve Washington's interests. The real agenda of Bush in Pakistan is to speed up military operation in the Tribal Areas, even if innocent civilians are killed and carry out Bajaur like attacks to pursue hunting Islamists in the name of Al-Qaeda. Take action against religious seminaries to root out concepts of jihad and fundamentals of Islam, secularisation of syllabi and consolidation of the Aga Khan Education Foundation for this purpose. To force Pakistan to roll back its nuclear programme and hand over Dr Qadeer Khan for investigation and extracting information from him to use as a pretext for attacking Iran. Patronisation of Israeli and Indian nuclear programmes, force Pakistan to accept an Indian designed solution of the Kashmir dispute and agree upon extending an anti-Taliban like role against Iran. Musharraf is rejoicing that Bush has no objection to his being president in uniform. He is a true believer of the fallacy that the combined support of GHQ and Washin
[IslamCity] painful interview of Mutahana Hareth Al-Dari, spokesman of the influential Iraqi Association of Muslim Scholars.
Dear editor/ members of the list, Assalamu Alaikum. Please see the painful interview of Mutahana Hareth Al-Dari, spokesman of the influential Iraqi Association of Muslim Scholars. Shah Abdul Hannan There is ethnic cleansing" Mutahana Hareth Al-Dari, spokesman of the influential Iraqi Association of Muslim Scholars, tells Amira Howeidy that the time has come for everyone, including Sunnis, to arm themselves Al-Dari On the brink Before and after Askariya The myth of civil war Living murder Federal choices needed The threat of sectarianism Sedition in Iraq "..any voice that says "No" gets killed. They want to clear the scene to execute their plans of maintaining the sectarian and ethnic dominance that we see today. This is why Iraqis migrate in massive numbers... Yes. There is ethnic, sectarian and political cleansing and it is executed by [Iraq's] security forces." As Iraq falls near to the abyss of civil war, a security clampdown on the Iraqi Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS) twice this week went almost unnoticed. On Monday, US forces supported by other unidentified armed groups raided the headquarters of the influential and largely Sunni Association and arrested two of its main leaders. Al-Ahram Weekly caught up with the AMS's spokesman, Mutahana Hareth Al-Dari, 37, during a visit to Cairo where he was putting the final touches on the soon-to-be-launched AMS satellite channel Al-Rafedein, to be based in Cairo. During the interview, Al-Dari cautiously avoided adopting what could be interpreted as a sectarian discourse but argued that there are forms of ethnic cleansing occurring in Iraq. When asked about the role of Muqtada Al-Sadr's Mahdi Army in last week's sectarian violence, Al-Dari declined to comment. According to informed Iraqi sources who spoke to the Weekly on condition of anonymity the Mahdi army has been "infiltrated" by the Badr Organisation, the military wing of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq and other state-sponsored militias. And as a result, Al-Sadr gradually lost direct control over his militia which is now associated with sectarian violence in Iraq. AMS considers Al-Sadr, who is of Arab origin, a nationalist figure and ally. Excerpts: The Washington Post reported that 1300 Iraqis, mostly Sunnis, were killed in the violence that erupted following the blast in Al-Askariya Mosque in Samarra. Has the civil war started in Iraq? No. God willing, it won't start. There are attempts to ignite a civil war. How then do you describe what's happening in Iraq? What's a civil war if this isn't one? There were prospects of a civil war but they were contained. But the fire will remain underneath the ashes. The forces that were behind the recent crisis will work on igniting it again. Civil war will begin when some forces lose their conscious awareness; I mean the forces which are armed with patience and who endure pain rather than slip into fitna (civil strife). When that happens there will be civil war. But thank God, they chose the general interest of the people over personal interest. As for the number of Iraqis killed in the past week, the AMS already announced that the death toll exceeds 300. This was confirmed today when the general manager of Al-Teb Adli hospital and its morgue said they have 329 bodies. Then of course there are tens of bodies that were buried by their families before they reached the morgue. So we're actually talking about approximately 400. The 1300 figure is an exaggeration, a way to pour fuel to the fire. A death toll of 400 is not a small figure either. Reports from Iraq Tuesday said that Sunnis from across Iraq are sending or preparing to send weapons to Baghdad to protect Sunnis and their mosques. Can you confirm this? Do the Sunnis need to be armed? This need has existed for a long time now. Long before the recent violence, the current government and the security apparatus unfortunately exercised many forms of terrorism against citizens ...
[IslamCity] OPIN: Israeli Policy of Assassination
Wednesday, 8, March, 2006 (07, Safar, 1427) Editorial: Policy of Assassination8 March 2006 It is official. The elected leadership of the Palestinians will become targets for assassination if there is a suicide attack in Israel and Tel Aviv decides that Hamas is responsible. No evidence will be needed. Israels defense minister, Shaul Mofaz, has said so. This chilling threat demonstrates the contempt in which Israel and Washington hold the democratic process if the result of the election does not suit them. The world rightly condemned the 2001 slaying of hard-line Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Zeevi by PFLP militants. The Palestinian Authority was no less strident in deploring the crime but called upon Israel to stop the murders of leading Palestinians. That policy of eradicating key opponents, however, continued, culminating in the assassination of the two top Hamas leaders, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz Al-Rantissi in 2004. Now that the Israelis have stated publicly that they will, if they wish, kill Hamas politicians chosen by the electorate just six weeks ago, it will be instructive to see which Western governments, if any, denounce the policy for the international political thuggery that it is. The world ought to be looking closely also at the way that the new premier designate, Ismail Haniyeh, has been setting out his political aims, taking advantage of the invitation to visit Russia when other countries were hamstrung by their refusal to talk to Hamas. There is still no sign that Hamas will recognize Israels right to exist until it ends the occupation nor renounce the violence which they see as a legitimate response to Israeli aggression. Such changes depend upon a corresponding agreement from the Israelis. Meanwhile, Haniyeh is making it refreshingly clear that Palestine must no longer be used as a political football by outsiders intent purely on strengthening their own political agendas. Saddam Hussein obscenely offered to leave Kuwait if the Israelis pulled out of the West Bank and Gaza. Indonesias Jemmah Islamia justified its crimes in the name of the plight of the Palestinians. And now Al-Qaedas No. 2, Ayman Al-Zawahiri has once again tried to identify his terrorist organizations depravities with the Palestinian cause. Hamas reaction has been to suggest Zawahiri and his partners in crime mind their own business. The Palestinian cause is no longer going to be hijacked by others. This is an act of statesmanship which demonstrates a Palestinian confidence and maturity that the outside world should take careful note of. For all the apparent complications of the Hamas election victory, the issue of Palestine may actually have become simpler. Palestinians have tried moderate, soft-talking leaders who, since Oslo, have been strung out by the Israelis and betrayed by the international community. Now maybe for the first time, Palestinians can negotiate with Israelis as equals, not oppressed supplicants. Israel of course will do what it can to avoid substantive talks by discrediting Hamas any way it can. Zawahiris headline-grabbing intervention on Al-Jazeera might have helped them had not Hamas so swiftly and decisively rejected it. http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=78905&d=8&m=3&y=2006 Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. *** {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
[IslamCity] Asper Holocaust Museaum - reply from PM Steven Harper
Prime Minister/Premier ministre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Subject: Canadian Heritage - Museums - 130Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 11:01:31 -0500From: "Prime Minister/Premier ministre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: "Susan Howard-Azzeh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>CC: "Beverley J. Oda, P.C., M.P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Dear Ms. Howard-Azzeh,: On behalf of the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, I would like to acknowledge receipt of your recent e-mail correspondence regarding the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Please be assured that your comments have been carefully noted. As the issue you have raised is of particular interest to the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women, I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your correspondence to her, for her review. I am certain that the Minister will appreciate being made aware of your views and will wish to give them every consideration.Thank you for writing to the Prime Minister. B. Funes Executive Correspondence Officer for the Prime Minister's Office Agent de correspondance de la haute direction pour le Cabinet du Premier ministre >>> Susan Howard-Azzeh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006/03/08 10:54:41 AM >>> Dear Mr. Harper, Prime Minister of Canada Re: Publicly funded Asper Holocaust Museum renamed the Canadian Museum of Human Rights, but still exclusionary. Inclusivity won't deny the Jewish holocaust. The Asper Holocaust Museum was recently renamed the Canadian Museum of Human Rights -- it is self-evident that the Jewish holoocaust was extremely tragic. It is, however, no more tragic than the simultaneous Nazi holocaust of the estimated 5.5 million other "enemies of the German State" who were murdered under equally inhumane circumstances -- Roma Gypsies, Poles, the disabled, mentally ill, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, socialists and political opponnents to Nazism. (http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/gypsies.html)It is also no more tragic than the holocaust by Lon Nol and Pol Pot against the Cambodian people where half of the population were wiped out, but which was reported on the back pages of most newspapers of the time. It is also no more tragic than the Black holocaust created by slavery. It is also no more tragic than the silent holocaust against the Palestinian people by Israel. A person is a person, each life is sacred. All of these and additional holocausts and genocides must be included equitably in the museum, otherwise the museum will only generate misinformation, resentment, and anti-Semitism; not education and healing.It is reported that Canadian taxpayers will contribute over $140 million (James Kafieh, president Canadians for a Genocide Museum) towards what is essentially the Aspers' private museum. Canadian taxpayers do not want to support a public museum which violates the history and pain of some groups, by giving exclusivity and priority to the history and pain of one group. Apparently it is taboo to ask this question, but is the staunchly pro-Israel Aspers' remembrance of the Jewish holocaust for the purpose of honouring the dead, or aslo to make non-Jews feel guilty and thus turn a blind eye to the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people? Let us apply the goal of 'Never again' to all peoples. Especially in our publicly funded institutions. Susan Susan Howard-Azzeh, Co-President, Niagara Palestinian Association, Suite 112, 111 Fourth Ave, Ridley Square, St Catharines, ON L2S 3P5 905-984-6515 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/niag_pal_news/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] As the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once wrote, "In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness."_ Find your next car at Yahoo! Canada Autos Niagara Coaition for Peace http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NC4P/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Share your photos with the people who matter at Yahoo! Canada Photos *** {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 less
[IslamCity] Open letter to Jim Nicola re: "My Name Is Rachel Corrie"
Mr. Nicola: John Heilpern writes: For me, the most disturbing aspect of the craven postponement of the production of My Name Is Rachel Corrie isn't that it happened, but that it was the adventurous downtown New York Theatre Workshop that did the postponing. We have reached the unacceptable face of the New York arts scene when the theater that produced the original Rent—and, more to the point, the conscience plays of Tony Kushner and Caryl Churchill—should cave in like this to peculiar, unspecific pressure. We've heard about unnamed Zionist pressure groups and anonymous theater donors who object to the telling of a humane story about a utopian 23-year-old American girl who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she protested the destruction of a Palestinian's home. A Scandal for our Times: Rachel Corrie Ignites Uproar . John Heilpern asked you: "How many members of the Jewish community in New York have made their feelings known to you opposing the play?" (i.e., the London production of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie.") You replied: "I haven't personally spoken to any members of the Jewish community who've opposed the play. I have spoken to many Jewish friends who have had degrees of discomfort with the topic." *** Yesterday's NEW YORK TIMES, however, painted a very different picture, and featured some truly chilling words: "... production of the controversial British play 'My Name Is Rachel Corrie' was delayed at the New York Theatre Workshop because of political concerns ..." (New York Times, Tuesday, March 7, 2005, page B1). Theatre production stalled. Because of political concerns. That's not in Cuba or Iran or Sudan or Saudi Arabia or North Korea. That's Manhattan. According to the TIMES, you "said last week that (you) had decided to postpone the show after polling local Jewish leaders as to their feelings about the play, which follows the story of Rachel Corrie, an idealistic American demonstrator who was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in March 2003 while trying to prevent the destruction of a home in the Gaza Strip." (same article, page B8). Your web site reads in part: "...our intent in asking for the postponement was to allow us enough time to contextualize the work ..." -- whatever that means. You have apparently contextualized yourself right out of a production. Is it credible for you to maintain now that you are are unaware of that? The Royal Court Theatre in London, where the play premiered and was a hit, is currently shopping the piece to other venues in New York, according to the Times. It opens in a new run on the West End later this month. A spokesperson for the Royal Court Theatre told the Times that press releases had been finalized, budgets approved, flights booked, and tickets listed for sale at New York Theatre Workshop. "Contextualizing" the piece at this late date apparently means caving in to "political concerns" -- not my phrase, the TIMES's phrase -- to avoid producing the show and thus avoid offending supporters of Israel. Is that kind of acquiescence to political pressure the legacy your theater has championed? Lacking a date for production, what possible logic can lead you now maintain, as your web site presently does, that, "Our commitment to 'My Name is Rachel Corrie' " has never wavered'"? Brandon Yusuf Toropov 167 Essex Street Middleton MA 01949 *** {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 set
[IslamCity] The numbers of Iraqis murdered by the enemies of HUMANITY
"Soon the Iraqi people will see the great compassion of not only the United States, but other nations around the world who care deeply about the human condition inside that country," -G.W. Bush at Pentagon Briefing, March 25, 2003 http://humanclub.org/Faces%20of%20the%20Liberated.htm * The numbers of Iraqis murdered by the enemies of HUMANITY T== The Anglo/American/European racist humanly-abnormal barbaric forces of darkness death and destruction "Thanks to Roberts, his international team, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and the editorial board of the Lancet, we have a clearer picture of the violence taking place in Iraq than that presented by "mainstream" media.Allowing for 16 months of the air war and other deaths since the completion of the survey, we have to estimate that somewhere between 185,000 and 700,000 people have died as a direct result of the war.Coalition forces have killed anywhere from 70,000 to 500,000 of them, including 30,000 to 275,000 children under the age of 15.Roberts has cautioned me to remember that whether someone is killed by a bomb, a heart attack during an air strike, or a car accident fleeing the chaos, those who initiated the war and who "stay the course" bear the responsibility."Burying The Lancet Report Z Magazine, February 2006 Issue . إحصائيات عن تقرير طبي علمي عن عدد ضحايا إحتلال العراق:ـ إن العدد التخميني للذين قتلوا بسبب الحرب يتراوح ما بين 185،000 الى 700،000 نسمة قنلت قوات الإحتلال ما بين 70،000 الى 500،000 نسمة منهم،ـ وبضمنهم 30،000 الى 275،000 طفلاً تحت سن الخامسة عشر من العمر.ـ . *** {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". SPONSORED LINKS Holy quran YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "islamcity" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
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Salaam A documentary film depicting the experiences of 3 innocent British Muslim detainees at the notorious Guantanamo Prison premieres this Thursday on Channel 4 at 9pm. Guaranteed to be gripping viewing as well as enlightening of current events. Demonstrate on Saturday 18 March http://www.stopwar.org.uk/ Daily news http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/index.html Here is a link to psychological warfare tactics http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/mil/html/ml_042100_psychologica.htm You can have islamic exhibition for your local area from Exhibition Islam please visit their website www.exhibitionislam.com Australian newspaper is voting for publishing cartoons of our beloved Prophet Mohammad SAW. Voting for "NO" will not take more than 2 sec from your time in the following address: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/vote.aspx?qid=2106 Should an Australian newspaper publish the Prophet Mohammad cartoon? Please forward this messege to all of your friends and your voice is counting. Weapons of Missionary Deception (WMD) Christian Missionaries use WMD http://www.usislam.org/missionaries/missionaries.htm watch this clip (recitation of Surah Qiyamah by Qari Kanderi)http://www.love-islam.com/qiyamah.wmv About sweet mother Please read When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you. You thanked her by crying all night long.When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk.You thanked her by running away when she called. When you were 3, she made all your meals with love.You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor.When you were 4, she gave you some crayons You thanked her by colouring the dining room table When you were 13, she suggested a haircut.You thanked by telling her she had no taste. When you were 15, she came home from work, looking for a hug. You thanked her by having your bedroom door locked. When you were 18, she cried at your school graduation.You thanked her by staying out partying until dawn.When you were 19, she paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus, and carried your bags. You thanked by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn't be embarrassed in front of your friends. When you were 25, she helped to pay for your wedding, and she cried and told you how deeply she loved you. You thanked her by moving halfway across the country.When you were 30, she called with some advice on the baby. You thanked her by telling her, "Things are different now. When you were 50, she fell ill and needed you to take care of her. You thanked her by reading about the burden parents become to their children. And then, one day, she quietly died. And everything you never did came crashing down like thunder on YOUR HEART. IF SHE'S STILL AROUND, NEVER FORGET TO LOVE HER MORE THAN EVER. AND IF SHE'S NOT, REMEMBER HER UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND PASS IT ON! Regards and wassalam, May ALLAH be with U Remember me in UR Prayers Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. *** {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". SPONSORED LINKS Holy quran YAHOO!
[IslamCity] PRACTICE MEDITATION � Part 3
Practice Meditation  Part 3 Meditation in Islam aims at bringing man closer to God. When man worships God, when he remembers Him, when his heart is turned towards Him in full concentration, when he makes a request or a plea, then he establishes a rapport with his Maker. In the words of the Hadith, at that particular moment he comes to whisper with his Lord. He has the tangible feeling that he is pouring his heart out to God and that God in turn is answering his call. When this communion is established between God and man, man can feel himself becoming imbued with a special kind of peace. His eyes are moist with tears. He starts receiving inspiration from God. It is in moments such as these that man can rest assured of his prayers being granted by God. According to a hadith the Prophet Muhammad said the highest form of worship is to pray as if you were seeing God. We learn from this hadith the true sign of a superior form of worship. The true sign is for man to sense the presence of God during worship, and feel that he has come close to God. That is when he can experience the refreshing, cooling effect of GodÂs love and blessings for man. It is this feeling of closeness to God which is the highest form of spiritual experience. That is Allah, your Lord. There is no god but Him, the Creator of everything. So worship Him. He is responsible for everything. (6:102) Those who are in the presence of your Lord do not consider themselves too great to worship Him. They glorify His praise and they prostrate to Him. (7:206) I am Allah. There is no god but Me, so worship Me and perform prayer to remember Me. (20:14) (Al-Quaran) Soul Power Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. *** {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". SPONSORED LINKS Holy quran YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "islamcity" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[IslamCity] Inews Daily - 08/03/06
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Inews Daily Wednesday 8th March 2006 - 7th Safar 1427 US, Russia close ranks on IranThe US has warned Iran of "meaningful consequences" if it continues to pursue its nuclear programme and Russia appears to have closed ranks behind the US on the issue. reiterating that it "is keeping all options on the table in addressing the irresponsible conduct of the regime", the US has said it has no intention of using military force for now, but has declined to completely rule it out. At a joint news conference the Russian Foreign Minister said there was no compromise in sight with Iran. His statement signalled Russia was backing away from what EU diplomats said was a proposal to let Iran do some atomic research if it agreed to refrain from enriching uranium on an industrial scale for seven to nine years. US still opposes Iran-Pakistan-India pipelineThe United States still opposes a proposed natural gas pipeline linking Iran, Pakistan and India because of ongoing concerns about Iran’s nuclear program and support for terrorism, the White House said on Tuesday. President George W. Bush had appeared to soften US opposition to the pipeline last week in Pakistan when he said the main US concern was over Iran’s nuclear program. "As we stated before, the US government does not support the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline," said a White House National Security Council spokesman. He said while the United States recognizes the growing energy needs of India and Pakistan, "we have repeatedly expressed concerns about international participation in energy projects with Iran." World Bank approves emergency aid to PalestiniansThe World Bank said on Tuesday it had approved a $42 million aid package to help keep the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority running until Islamic resistance movement Hamas forms the next government. The money, from an existing trust fund managed by the World Bank, will be used by the Palestinian Authority to meet its immediate financing needs and to avoid suspension of basic services, the international lending agency said in a statement. Bank officials said they were awaiting a decision by the Quartet of Middle East mediators - the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia - on how any future assistance would be delivered to the Palestinians once a Hamas-led government was formed. Aide: Mubarak will welcome successorThe main political adviser to Hosni Mubarak has said that the Egyptian president would welcome retirement if he could find a replacement. But the Mubarak family are not thinking of putting forward the president's 42-year-old son Gamal as a successor, adviser Osama el-Baz said on Tuesday. Mubarak is 78 in May and has ruled Egypt since 1981. Baz said: "He will remain, as long as he's able. But if he finds that there is another group of people, another person, who are willing to carry the torch, I have the feeling that he would welcome it." Baz, who has advised three successive Egyptian presidents since the 1960s, said being president was especially difficult these days but, as a military man, Mubarak would not give up. Iran boosts Gulf presence with locally-made submarineIran’s armed forces have deployed a new locally-built submarine in Gulf waters, state television reported yesterday. The vessel is named the Nahang, meaning whale, and was built by specialists in the Iranian defence ministry and has the capability to carry multipurpose weapons for different missions. The submarine is fully adapted to the Persian Gulf and the Iranian navy is pursuing a policy of deterrence in the strategic waters - home to the world’s largest oil reserves. No further details on the submarine were given. Last May state media announced Iran had begun producing its first locally-built submarine. Israel threatens to assasinate HaniyaZionist leaders warned on Tuesday they would assassinate the incoming Palestinian prime minister and other Hamas politicians if the Islamic resistance movement resumes attacks. Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and others in his front-running Kadima Party delivered these messages just three weeks before Israel’s election. On Tuesday, Zionist Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told Army Radio that Israel would not hesitate to assassinate Hamas leaders if the group resumes attacks against Israel. "...Not just Ismail Haniyeh. No one will be immune." Mofaz said, a day after a Zionist air strike on an ice cream truck killed four people. In the past five years, Israel has killed hundreds of palestinians in so-called targeted attacks, usually missile strikes from helicopters. Bahrain nod for quizzing of ministers in the openIn order to maintain transparency of its functioning, the Chamber of Deputies approved a draft law, facilitating the questioning of ministers and officials during its sessions. The Chamber agreed that there was a n
[IslamCity] Fw: Please visit this article on www.MuslimsToday.com website !!
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 11:21 PM Subject: Please visit this article on www.MuslimsToday.com website !! Watching Global Islamic Relations for better understanding الموقع العربي Tuesday, 07 March 2006 20:21: PM At the crossroad of Islam, the Westhttp://www.MuslimsToday.com/EN/Contents.aspx?AID=4140 Tariq Ramadan IN COPENHAGEN last October, as demonstrations provoked by the Danish cartoons were starting, a reporter from the newspaper that published them told me during an interview how intensely the editorial staff had debated the issue and how many of the journalists were uncomfortable with the publication of the cartoons and surprised by the strong reaction from Muslims and the Arab embassies. At the time, the tension seemed to remain within Danish borders. To the Danish Muslims denouncing a racist behavior, a provocation that was to be capitalized on by the expanding far-right political wing, my advice was to avoid reacting emotionally, to try to explain quietly why these cartoons were offensive and to neither demonstrate nor risk activating mass movements impossible to master. At the time, a resolution seemed to be at hand. One might ask then, why is it that three months later, some are pouring fuel on the fire of a controversy with tragic and potentially out-of-control consequences? A few Danish Muslims recently visited some Middle Eastern countries and fanned the flames of resentment. Governments, only too happy to prove their attachment to Islam, took advantage of this and presented themselves as champions of the great cause. On the other side, this was just what some politicians, intellectuals, and journalists needed to paint themselves as champions of the great struggle for freedom of _expression_ and resistance fighters against religious obscurantism in the name of Western values. Here we are, facing an incredible simplification, a simplistic polarization: It would be a matter of a clash of civilizations, with the inalienable freedom of speech in one corner and the inviolable sacred sphere in the other. Presented in such terms the debate has, unfortunately, become a battle of wills. Who is going to win? Muslims want apologies, threaten to attack European interests, even to attack people; Western governments, intellectuals, and journalists refuse to bend under the threats and certain media outlets added to the controversy by republishing the cartoons. The majority of people around the world are perplexed about these excesses: What madness has gripped the world? It is critical to find a way out of this infernal circle and to demand from those fueling this fire to stop their polemics and to create a space for a serious, open, and in-depth debate and peaceful dialogue. No, this is not a predicted clash of civilizations. This affair does not symbolize the confrontation between the principles of Enlightenment and those of religion. What is at stake at the heart of this story is a measure of whether or not the parties have the capacity to be free, rational (believer or atheist), and, at the same time, reasonable. The fracture is not between the West and Islam but between those who, in both universes, are able to assert who they are and what they stand for with measure in the name of a faith and/or a rational reason and those driven by exclusive certainties, blind passions, reductive perceptions of the other, and hasty conclusions. These character traits are shared by some intellectuals, religious scholars, journalists, and the ordinary people on both sides. Facing the dangerous drifts these attitudes entail, it is urgent to launch a call for wisdom. In Islam, representations of all prophets are strictly forbid
[IslamCity] Ahmad (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam)
"And certainly We have made the Quran easy to understand" [54:17] . ALQURANIC Mail [The Best Guide ALQURAN] AssalamAlaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu, [2. Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 121] Those to whom We have given the Book read it as it ought to be read. These believe in it; and whoever disbelieves in it, these it is that are the losers. Downloadable Audio Quran and Video Quran Ahmad (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam) [61. Surah As-Saff : Ayah 6]And when Isa son of Marium said: O children of Israel! surely I am the apostle of Allah to you, verifying that which is before me of the Taurat and giving the good news of an Apostle who will come after me, his name being Ahmad, but when he came to them with clear arguments they said: This is clear magic. Give your Suggestion, help us improve SuggestInvite a Friend to join the ALQURANIC Group Invite or If you'd like to add your relatives/friends emails inthis mailing list then Email us (one address per line)If you are receiving this email as a forwarded message, Join NowYahoo Group ALQURANICWebsite URL: www.alquranic.com Group URL: www.yahoogroups.com/group/alquranicPrevious Messages: www.yahoogroups.com/group/alquranic/messages Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. *** {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 Visit your group "islamcity" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[IslamCity] Miscellaneous Questions on Islamic Belief & Practices
Miscellaneous Questions on Islamic Belief & Practices Adil Salahi, Arab News http://www.arabnews.com/?page=5§ion=0&article=66599&d=18&m=7&y=2005 Question A group of people meets every Friday night in the mosque to recite the Quran, offer night worship and stay until the dawn prayer. When they have offered the dawn prayer, they depart. Is their practice recommended? Answer No, their practice is certainly not recommended. In fact it runs contrary to the Prophets (peace be upon him) teachings. Abu Hurayrah quotes the Prophet as saying: Do not single out the night of Friday for special night worship. (Related by Muslim). This is a clear Hadith that shows that the practice of these people is the very thing the Prophet advised against. We need to remember that Friday counts as a day of Eid, and the Prophet has made it clear that it should not be singled out for voluntary fasting, unless one wishes to fast a day before it or a day after it. In the same way, Friday night may not be singled out for special prayer or tahajjud. Moreover, staying in the mosque for a whole day is recommended in the last ten days of Ramadan, but not on other days, unless it is something done once in a while. Question If a person is required to slaughter seven sheep for mistakes done during the pilgrimage, is it sufficient for him to slaughter a cow or a camel? Answer No, it is not permissible to combine atonements in this way, even though it is permissible for seven people to share in the sacrifice of one cow or one camel instead of sacrificing seven sheep. In the latter case, the sacrifice is made to express gratitude to God for enabling us to do the pilgrimage and the Umrah in the same season. In compensatory sacrifice, this is made in atonement for mistakes or omissions. Hence, the better option is preferred, and seven sheep provide more meat to the poor than one camel or one cow. Hence, it cannot be combined. Question I want to accompany my mother during her pilgrimage. Will it be necessary for me to perform the pilgrimage myself, or can I travel with her in my ordinary clothes, as I have already done my pilgrimage? Answer You may choose to accompany your mother without offering the pilgrimage yourself. However, it is infinitely better for you to offer the pilgrimage as this would count as a Sunnah pilgrimage. You will be accompanying your mother throughout, attending at all places, and taking her to do all her rituals. You may just as well fulfill the same duties at the same time, unless your mother requires extra care and you will be better able to look after her if you do not do the pilgrimage. In this case, you are better advised not to do the pilgrimage. Question It is said that God descends to the nearest heaven late in the night. This means that He remains there round the clock as midnight occurs at every moment in one spot or another. Why is it said that God descends, instead of saying that He is always there? Answer We do not know how God descends or comes near to the lowest heaven. What we know is that time and place do not apply to God, because He transcends these. All that is related to God belongs to the realm that is beyond the reach of human perception. However, it is expressed in terms that we can understand. We accept these as they are, but we do not actually know how they happen. Therefore, it is wrong to say that God is always close to the earth, because this means that a place or space applies to Him. However, He is always close to us, watching over us, and watching us. He says that He is closer to every one of us than our jugular veins. Question Since it is permissible to give interest given by ones bank to poor people, can one give it to an imam, or to the teacher of an Islamic school if they are very poor? Answer If the imam or the teacher are poor as you say, then it is permissible to help them with the interest paid by the bank in addition to helping them with sadaqah and zakah. Question What is the difference between a prophet and a messenger? Answer A messenger is a prophet who is given a message to deliver to his people, or to mankind, as in the case of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). A prophet may not have a message of his own, but rather he endorses the message of an earlier or contemporary messenger. Question You said once that it is permissible to have a life insurance policy, but such a policy pays a person more than he pays into it, which I think is interest. Please clarify. Answer Life insurance policies pay on maturity more than the amount paid into them because the premiums paid by the insured are invested by the insurance company. Therefore, it is important to know in what ways the insurance company invests its customers money. If it invests them in usurious transactions, one should not take that policy. If it invests in commercial enterprises, this is perfectly legitimate. AB [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[IslamCity] Distortion of the Qur'aan [Qur'an, Quran] by the Raafidis
Distortion of the Qur'aan [Qur'an, Quran] by the Raafidis Question: I have also heard by a shia collegue that their is a surat in their book which is not in the QURAN. can u confirm this? the surat in qs is called SURAT AL-WILAYAT. Answer: Praise be to Allaah [Allah]. With regard to Soorat al-Wilaayah, some of the Shi'ah scholars and imams have stated that it exists. Any of them who denies that does so by way of taqiyah (dissimulation). One of those who clearly stated that it exists is Mirza Hussein Muhammad Taqiy al-Noori al-Tubrusi (d. 1320 AH). He wrote a book in which he claimed that the Qur'aan [Qur'an, Quran] had been distorted and that the Sahaabah has concealed some parts of it, including Soorat al-Wilaayah. The Raafidis honoured him after his death by burying him in al-Najaf. This book by al-Tubrusi was published in Iran in 1298 AH, and when it was published there was a great deal of controversy because they wanted the doubts about the validity of the Qur'aan [Qur'an, Quran], which were known only to their leaders, to remain scattered throughout hundreds of their major books, and they did not want that to be compiled in one book. At the beginning of his book he said: "This is a good and noble book entitled Fasl al-khitaab fi ithbaat tahreef Kitaab Rabb il-Arbaab (Decisive comment on the distortion of the Book of the Lord of Lords)… He mentioned aayahs and soorahs which he claims that the Sahaabah concealed, including `Soorat al-Wilaayah,'" the text of which, according to them, and as quoted in this book, is: "O you who believe, believe in the Prophet and the Wali [i.e., `Ali] whom We have sent to guide you to the straight path, a Prophet and a Wali who are part of one another, and I am the All-Knowing, All-Aware…" And they have another soorah which they call Soorat al-Noorayn: "O you who believe, believe in the two lights (al-noorayn) which We have sent down to you to recite to you My Verses and to warn you of the punishment of a great Day. They are part of one another and I am the All-Hearing, All-Knowing. Those who fulfil the covenant with Allaah [Allah] and His Messenger mentioned in the verses (of the Qur'aan [Qur'an, Quran]), the Gardens of delight will be theirs, but those who disbelieve after they believed by breaking their covenant and disobeying the command of the Prophet, they will be thrown into Hell. They have wronged themselves and gone against the wasiyyah of the Prophet (i.e., the appointment of `Ali as khaleefah), and they will be given to drink of boiling water…" and other such nonsense. You can see the entire soorah, along with a telegraphic picture of the Persian mus-haf at the following site: http://arabic.islamicweb.com/shia/nurain.htm Prof. Muhammad `Ali Sa'oodi _ who was one of the greatest experts of the Ministry of Justice in Egypt _ examined an Iranian mus-haf kept by the Orientalist Bryan and he obtained a copy of this soorah; above the lines of Arabic script there is written the translation in the Iranian language. As it was mentioned by al-Tubrusi in his book, Fasl al-khitaab fi ithbaat tahreef Kitaab Rabb il-Arbaab, it is also mentioned in their book Dabastan Madhaahib, which is in Farsi, written by Muhsin Faani al-Kashmiri. This book has been printed numerous times in Iran, and this false soorah was quoted from it by the Orientalist Noeldeke in his book The History of Qur'anic Manuscripts, 2/120, and was published by the French Asian newspaper in 1842 (p. 431-439). It was also mentioned by Mirza Habibullaah al-Haashimi al-Kho'i in his book Manhaaj al-Baraa'ah fi Sharh Nahj al-Balaaghah (2/217); and by Muhammad Baaqir al-Majlisi in his book Tadhkirat al-A'immah (p. 19, 20) in Farsi, (published by) Manshoorat Mawlana, Iran. See also al-Khutoot al-`Areedah li'l-Asas allati qaama `alayha deen al-Shi'ah by Muhibb al-Deen al-Khateeb. This claim of theirs is a denial of the words of Allaah [Allah] (interpretation of the meaning): "Verily, We, it is We Who have sent down the Dhikr (i.e. the Qur'aan [Qur'an, Quran]) and surely, We will guard it (from corruption)" [al-Hijr 15:9] Hence the Muslims are unanimously agreed that anyone who claims that anything in the Qur'aan [Qur'an, Quran] has been altered or changed is a kaafir. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said: The same applies to those among them who claim that some verses of the Qur'aan [Qur'an, Quran] have been taken away or concealed, or who claim to have some esoteric interpretations that exempt him from having to do the actions prescribed in sharee'ah etc., who are called al-Qaraamitah and al-Baatiniyyah, and who include al-Tanaasukhiyyah [names of esoteric sects]. There is no dispute that they are kaafirs. Al-Saarim al-Maslool, 3/1108-1110. Ibn Hazm said: The view that the Qur'aan [Qur'an, Quran] has been altered is blatant kufr and is a rejection of what the Messenger of Allaah [Allah] (peace and blessings of Allaah [Al