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{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]
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[IslamCity] Verse of the day
In the name of Allah. My Lord! Bestow Hukman (religious knowledge, right judgement of the affairs and Prophethood) on me, and join me with the righteous; Al-Quran ( 26:83) Read Quran with Translation q[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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{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]
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Re: [IslamCity] Quran Stories
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{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]
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[IslamCity] Jews and Freemasons controlled war on Iraq, says No 10 adviser By Toby Helm Courtesy Telegraph 12/092005
Jews and Freemasons controlled war on Iraq, says No 10 adviserBy Toby Helm(Filed: 12/09/2005) Tony Blair decided to wage war on Iraq after coming under the influence of a "sinister" group of Jews and Freemasons, a Muslim barrister who advises the Prime Minister has claimed. Ahmad Thomson, from the Association of Muslim Lawyers, said Mr Blair was the latest in a long line of politicians to have been influenced by the group which saw the attack on Saddam Hussein as a way to control the Middle East. A Government spokesman
confirmed last night that ministers and officials consulted Mr Thomson on issues concerning Muslims but refused to be drawn on his views. "We talk to a lot of people, including many whose views we do not necessarily agree with," she said. Mr Thomson said: "Pressure was put on Tony Blair before the invasion. The way it works is that pressure is put on people to arrive at certain decisions. It is part of the Zionist plan and it is shaping events." Mr Thomson wrote a book in 1994 in which he said Freemasons and Jews controlled the governments of Europe and America and described the claim that six million Jews died in the Holocaust as a "big lie". In The Next World Order, Mr Thomson, a Muslim convert who was born Martin Thomson in Rhodesia, wrote: "When the majority of people in a predominantly Christian society cease to worship God, the result is fascism. "When the people in a predominantly Jewish society cease to
worship God, the result is either communism or capitalism. A predominantly Christian society is concerned primarily with establishing a political ideology, whilst a predominantly Jewish society is concerned primarily with establishing an economic system." This, he suggested, led to the rise of Adolf Hitler. Mr Thomson, who was called to the bar in 1979, wrote: "The fascism of Hitler was the Christian element in the increasingly "Jewish" environment in which he and his followers found themselves." He also wrote that the Jews have no right to live in "the Holy Land" because they are not a pure race and therefore not the true biblical Israelites and that Saddam was used as an excuse for US troops - "including thousands of Jews" - to occupy Saudi Arabia. A Government source said: "It is by talking to people with varying views that we find out what the range of opinions is. It doesn't mean we agree with what they are
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{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]
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[IslamCity] What Clash of Civilizations?
http://www.slate.com/id/2138731/ What Clash of Civilizations? Why religious identity isn't destiny. By Amartya Sen Posted Wednesday, March 29, 2006, at 6:02 AM ET This essay is adapted from the new book Identity and Violence , published by Norton. That some barbed cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed could generate turmoil in so many countries tells us some rather important things about the contemporary world. Among other issues, it points up the intense sensitivity of many Muslims about representation and derision of the prophet in the Western press (and the ridiculing of Muslim religious beliefs that is taken to go with it) and the evident power of determined agitators to generate the kind of anger that leads immediately to violence. But stereotyped representations of this kind do another sort of damage as well, by making huge groups of people in the world to look peculiarly narrow and unreal. The portrayal of the prophet with a bomb in the form of a hat is obviously a figment of imagination and cannot be judged literally, and the relevance of that representation cannot be dissociated from the way the followers of the prophet may be seen. What we ought to take very seriously is the way Islamic identity, in this sort of depiction, is assumed to drown, if only implicitly, all other affiliations, priorities, and pursuits that a Muslim person may have. A person belongs to many different groups, of which a religious affiliation is only one. To see, for example, a mathematician who happens to be a Muslim by religion mainly in terms of Islamic identity would be to hide more than it reveals. Even today, when a modern mathematician at, say, MIT or Princeton invokes an "algorithm" to solve a difficult computational problem, he or she helps to commemorate the contributions of the ninth-century Muslim mathematician Al-Khwarizmi, from whose name the term algorithm is derived (the term "algebra" comes from the title of his Arabic mathematical treatise "Al Jabr wa-al-Muqabilah"). To concentrate only on Al-Khwarizmi's Islamic identity over his identity as a mathematician would be extremely misleading, and yet he clearly was also a Muslim. Similarly, to give an automatic priority to the Islamic identity of a Muslim person in order to understand his or her role in the civil society, or in the literary world, or in creative work in arts and science, can result in profound misunderstanding. The increasing tendency to overlook the many identities that any human being has and to try to classify individuals according to a single allegedly pre-eminent religious identity is an intellectual confusion that can animate dangerous divisiveness. An Islamist instigator of violence against infidels may want Muslims to forget that they have any identity other than being Islamic. What is surprising is that those who would like to quell that violence promote, in effect, the same intellectual disorientation by seeing Muslims primarily as members of an Islamic world. The world is made much more incendiary by the advocacy and popularity of single-dimensional categorization of human beings, which combines haziness of vision with increased scope for the exploitation of that haze by the champions of violence. A remarkable use of imagined singularity can be found in Samuel Huntington's influential 1998 book The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order. The difficulty with Huntington's approach begins with his system of unique categorization, well before the issue of a clash—or not—is even raised. Indeed, the thesis of a civilizational clash is conceptually parasitic on the commanding power of a unique categorization along so-called civilizational lines, which closely follow religious divisions to which singular attention is paid. Huntington contrasts Western civilization with "Islamic civilization," "Hindu civilization," "Buddhist civilization," and so on. The alleged confrontations of religious differences are incorporated into a sharply carpentered vision of hardened divisiveness. In fact, of course, the people of the world can be classified according to many other partitions, each of which has some—often far-reaching—relevance in our lives: nationalities, locations, classes, occupations, social status, languages, politics, and many others. While religious categories have received much airing in recent years, they cannot be presumed to obliterate other distinctions, and even less can they be seen as the only relevant system of classifying people across the globe. In partitioning the population of the world into those belonging to "the Islamic world," "the Western world," "the Hindu world," "the Buddhist world," the divisive power of classificatory priority is implicitly used to place people firmly inside a unique set of rigid boxes. Other divisions (say, between the rich and the poor, between members of different classes and occupations, between people of different politics, between distinct nationalit
[IslamCity] MacKay & Palestine - If we don't speak up for ourselves, who will?
Dear Friends, Please write letters to Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding Canada's hypocritical abandonment of Palestinians. We need to speak up for ourselves. If we don't, who will? [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] See below. Susan. Monzer Zimmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: "Monzer Zimmo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: You Made Canada Appear HypocriticalDate: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:47:57 -0500 Friends, Below is my letter to Mr. Peter MacKay, Canadas Minister of Foreign Affairs. I encourage you to write to Minister MacKay informing him of your views on his
decision to stop all official contact with, and discontinue all aid to, the Palestinian Authority. Monzer The Honourable Peter MacKay Canadas Minister of Foreign Affairs Dear Mr. MacKay, It is indeed a sad day for Canada that you decided to cut all aid to the Palestinian Authority. I recognize that in your statement you stated that Canada will endeavor to find ways to support the Palestinian people. What is
disappointing in your statement is that it demonstrates how far removed you seem to be from comprehending how hypocritical Canada will appear in distinguishing between supporting the Palestinian people and rejecting their democratically elected government. Less than a month ago, I wrote you a letter congratulating you on your positive reaction to the Russian initiative to invite representatives of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas and deal directly with them. When you praised the Russian initiative, you demonstrated good judgment and you made me feel proud. Now, you are second only to Israel in declaring that Canada will not deal with Hamas, and that Canada will cut all aid to the Palestinian Authority. My disappointment in you, Mr. MacKay, is beyond my ability to describe. Let me assure you of one thing: The Palestinian people will not evaporate. They will not disappear from the face of this earth, whether you deal with their duly, democratically elected representatives or not. However, in the eyes of history, Canada will be judged as
hypocritical in dealing with the oppressed Palestinian people, and you will be known as the man who brought about that judgment. Monzer Zimmo Ottawa, Ontario, Canada "Conventional knowledge is death to our souls... Live where you fear to live, destroy your reputation, be notorious." Rumi.__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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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] Blair's visit to Indonesia leaves the students in doubts and double standards of West.
Indonesia PM given rough ride by high school students Matthew Tempest and agenciesThursday March 30, 2006 Tony Blair visits a boarding school in Jakarta. Photograph: Jefrey Aries/Getty Images Tony Blair was met with a barrage of calls to withdraw from Iraq as he toured Indonesia to promote better links with the world's largest Muslim country. The prime minister, on the final day of his tour of the southern hemisphere, issued a joint statement with the Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyon, promising greater trade links, school twining and joint counter-terrorism messages. But the PM also met a delegation of moderate Muslim leaders who called on him to pull British troops out of Iraq, and was given a rough ride at a question-and-answer session with high school students. Welcomed by pupils as he witnessed displays of martial arts and dancing and heard the girls school band serenade him with John Lennon's Imagine, Mr Blair's visit to the Pondok Pesantren Darunnajah, an Islamic boarding school twinned with the Holy Family School in Keighley, West Yorkshire, took a different turn when he took questions. He was asked how he would feel if he was an Iraqi civilian and what he was doing to resolve the Israel/Palestinian dispute. The prime minister told them: "I want to say, as someone from the Christian faith, that I believe that people of different faiths can live together in harmony and peace." He then faced his first question on the recent row over a Luton schoolgirl forbidden from wearing full Islamic dress to class. He was asked what British rules were. Mr Blair replied: "We leave it up to the individual school, some schools permit it, some do not but we let the final decision be with the school. There are different views in my country about this." Another student then asked if he would persuade his "best friend" the US president, George Bush, to stop the war in Iraq. Mr Blair, dressed in a white open neck shirt and slacks in sweltering heat and humidity replied: "I think we will not agree about Iraq and the decision to remove the government there but there is a process now on Iraq for the people to vote their government in. "In Iraq today they have got the right to vote, and in Afghanistan, and whatever we thought about the original decision to remove Saddam, today we should work with the United Nations and other countries to make sure people have the same rights as the people in the UK and you have here." Another student then asked: "How would you feel if you were an Iraqi civilian?" who had had relatives killed in the conflict. Mr Blair replied: "One of the most important things if we are to have this understanding between us is that people try to understand the other point of view. "You feel very strongly that what happened in Iraq and Afghanistan was wrong. I understand that. "But in those countries now people can vote and their government should decide what's right and what is wrong." He went on: "You might say Iraqi Muslims want this, I might say they want that." But the best test of what the people truly wanted was how they voted. Mr Blair went on: "You have a view of America which is not a view I share. We have got to see how we build a bridge of understanding between the West and the Muslim world. "That doesn't mean we always agree but we understand why we disagree. That's the important thing so that in the end even if we do disagree we never distrust or hate each other." He was then tackled on the Middle East peace process and urged to ask the new Israeli government to resolve the issue. The prime minister replied: "I agree with you. There's no more important issue than to bring peace between Israel and Palestine. "This has been difficult but I will try to do my best to ensure we can bring peace there." At Mr Blair's earlier visit to New Zealand he was picketed by anti-war protestors and today in Jakarta there were also protests against his visit, this time from an Islamic group. After his meeting with Mr Yudhoyono, Mr Blair said the two nations would "work closely" on ways to combat international terror, and invited the president to visit the UK in return. Mr Blair then met five moderate Islamic leaders who urged him to withdraw British troops from Iraq and talk to the recently elected Hamas government in Palestine. Din Syamsudin, leader of the country's second largest Muslim group Muhammadiah, said: "We told him to withdraw his troops from Iraq because the occupation is only promoting more radicalism and new acts of terrorism." Downing Street had billed the visit as the "right time" to repair relations. Mr Blair's official spokesman said: "It's the right place because Indonesia is the third largest democracy in the world, right people because it's the largest Muslim country in the world, with 210 million Muslims, right because under its current president it is not only committed to democracy but also to clean
Re: [IslamCity] The evil eye
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas
Sahih Muslim
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: The influence of an evil eyes is a fact; if anything would precede the destiny it would be the influence of an evil eye, and when you are asked to take bath (as a cure) from the influence of an evil eye, you should take bath.
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From: "Julianne (Noora) Alsamman"@slt12.lk
Date: 03/29/06 15:15:40
To: eGroup For Muslims Around The World
Subject: [IslamCity] The evil eye
Assalamu alaikum rahmatu Allah wa barakatu. Recently I have been having a big problem. I was wondering if someone could give me advice on this. I am scared to go out of my home. Maybe it sounds stupid but I have been getting the evil eye so bad I almost get like a panic. Just the other day I was walking my baby in the stroller with my friend when a man driving by in a car yelled a rude comment to me. People give me aweful looks and are rude to me. Alhomdulilah I wear hijab. My husband tells me "I don't want to hear it" when I tell him about it. I just don't know what to. I live in the U.S. I can't just stay in the house all the time, but what should I do? You brothers wouldn't believe the way we sisters get treated sometimes. Subhana Allah. Assalamu alaikum rahmatu Allah wa barakatu.
Quran:surahÂl-'Imrân,ayah 15. Shall I inform you of things far better than those?For Al-Muttaqûn the pious there are Gardens(Paradise)with their Lord,underneath which rivers flow.
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{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]
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{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]
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[IslamCity] Blair's Islamophobia
http://counterpunch.org/carmichael03242006.html Islamophobia at Downing Street Tony Blair's Bipolarity By MICHAEL CARMICHAEL This week, Tony Blair launched a scathing ideological attack on Islamism. Describing the conflict between Islamism and the world as a, "battle for modernity," he quoted the conservative American historian, Samuel Huntington, in order to refute him. Contrasting his interpretation of a "conflict about civilisation" in a historical chiaroscuro with Huntington's "conflict of civilisations," Blair blasted Islamism as the fountainhead of the world's escalating level of ultra-violence. Promising to make further keynote speeches to address the Israel- Palestine conflict in the Middle East, Blair sought to defend the pointed attacks on Islamic fundamentalism by George Bush and Christopher Hitchens as the raison d'etre for the war in Iraq. In his latest lamentation on the exclusively Islamic sources of ulta- violence, terrorism and war, Blair echoed the mantras of the coterie of deeply Islamophobic neoconservative intellectuals who emerged from the right-wing witches' cauldron of Leo Stein at the University of Chicago. Blair's diatribe was the performance of a committed idealist, a demagogue mesmerized by his own ideology and not that of an intellectual, an academic, a mainstream politician or a statesman. Blair inhabits that shadowy region of Christianity that sees itself as totally separate and apart from the other faiths stemming from the house of Abraham: Judaism and Islam. In Blair's vision of Christianity, there are no Muslims who accept the messianic status of Jesus; no Christians who launch terrorist atrocities and no Jewish terrorists, either. In the mind of Tony Blair, the trouble with world terror stems exclusively from the ideology and culture of Islamic fundamentalism. In Blair's deeply bipolar world, Christianity and Judaism are blameless for the rising tide of terror. In Blair's definition of terror, the lynchings of the Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the terror bombings of Oklahoma, the brutal beatings of Muslims in Britain, the extra-judicial killings of Palestinians, the Christian bombings of pharmaceutical factories in Sudan and the Israeli military assassinations of Palestinians simply do not exist. His selective vision of the world is troubling for it emanates from a double standard. Fundamentalist Christian terror does not exist for Blair. Fundamentalist Judaic terror does not exist for Blair. Whether Blair is capable of discerning fundamentalist Hindu terror is--at this point in time--unknown. The question arises: Is Tony Blair Islamophobic? Islamophobia has emerged as the anti-Semitism of the twenty-first century. Blair recently gave an interview in which he revealed his inordinate commitment to Christianity. Explaining his decision to wage war on Iraq, Blair said that his religious beliefs had shaped his decision to join forces with Bush's neoconservative juggernaut. Much has been made of Blair's personal religious idiosyncrasy. Married to a traditional Roman Catholic, Blair's solemn devotion to religious orthodoxy has been exposed to the microscope of public scrutiny. In 2004, a Roman Catholic priest was foolish enough to give a press conference stating Blair's personal desire to convert to the Church of Rome. Reliable witnesses have confirmed that Blair and Bush pray together during their wartime summits. The extremist religious ideology of Bush is well-established. His political partnership with Blair is founded on much more than the special relationship between Britain and America. These two men share a common faith in the fundamental veracity of some of the most orthodox and conservative attitudes in Christendom and apparently some of the most extreme ones, as well. Their's is a partnership that not only prays, but also preys together. Praying together, Bush and Blair consistently prey on their common enemy - the Islamic culture that has fostered what in their myopic vision is pure "evil"--i.e. terror. Their common myopia places the bombings launched by Christian fundamentalists, the assassinations committed by Jewish fundamentalists and the religious motivation of the tractor-driving assassin who fractured the skull, severed the spine and crushed the life out of Rachel Corrie outside of their narrowing cone of perception. Their condition is simply a twin case of visual, optical and intellectual bipolarity. In their world: Islam is evil. Christianity is good. Judaism is invisible. But, does this intellectual bipolarity make Blair Islamophobic? Is he, in fact, as bipolar in his reaction to Islam as the anti-Semitic bigots of the last century? To date, let it be noted that Blair has not called out in public for the genocidal extermination of the entire Islamic population of the world. Let it also be noted that Adolf Hi
[IslamCity] Anger from US soldiers back from Iraq - video: "We're sorry"
When the dust settles: Anger from US soldiers back from Iraq - video: "We're sorry"Wednesday, 29 March, 2006 BBC When
the dust settles: Anger from US soldiers back from IraqUS soldiers We have a powerful film this evening. We follow a group of former US soldiers who have returned from Iraq deeply affected by the experience. As they march across America to protest against the war they reveal their own experiences of the conflict, make some disturbing allegations about military practices in Iraq and reflect on how it feels to come home. We'll discuss some of the issues raised with the former Judge Advocate General for the US Army who is also a decorated combat veteran. Video via: http://mparent.livejournal.com/7361624.html
'If you start looking at them as humans, then how are you gonna kill them?' They are a publicity nightmare for the US military: an ever-growing number of veterans of the Iraq conflict who are campaigning against the war. http://mparent.livejournal.com/7353469.html MARC PARENT CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS http://mparent.livejournal.com/ http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/14409 http://www.dailykos.com/user/ccnwon
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{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]
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[IslamCity] Fatwa on apostacy from islamonline---Mufti Ahmad Kutty
Dear members of the list, Assalamu Alaikum. Please read this opinion on apostacy from a major Islamic scholar. Shah Abdul Hannan Fatwa Question Details Name Hossam Title Should an Apostate Be Put to Death? Question Respected scholars, as-salamu `alaykum. Is it true that in Islam a person must be put to death if he or she converts to another religion? Jazakum Allahu khayran. Date 27/Mar/2006 Mufti Ahmad Kutty Topic Apostasy Answer Wa`alaykum as-salamu wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. Dear brother in Islam, thanks a lot for your question, which reflects your care to have a clear view of the teachings of Islam. Allah commands Muslims to refer to knowledgeable people to learn more about the teachings of Islam. It is absurd for anyone to suggest that Islam advocates killing people who choose to leave Islam. To kill anyone who chooses to follow a religion other than Islam is against the fundamental teachings of the Qur'an. Freedom of conscience is a fundamental principle of the Qur'an that is clearly stated. Thus, if apostates cause no harm to the Muslim community and do not call for spreading hostility towards Islam, they should not to be punished; rather they should be advised kindly and wisely to learn the truth about Islam. In his response to your question, Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior lecturer and Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, states the following: Freedom of conscience is one of the fundamental rights of humans enshrined in the Qur'an; it is therefore, absurd for anyone to suggest that Islam allows putting people to death just because they convert to another religion. Even a casual reader of the Qur'an will not fail to be impressed by its emphasis on the freedom of conscience as a cornerstone of its moral structure. To cite a few verses as follows: [There shall be no compulsion in religion. Distinct has now become the right way from [the wayof] error: hence, he who rejects the powers of evil and believes in God has indeed taken hold of a support most unfailing, which shall never give way: for God is all-hearing, all-knowing] ( Al-Baqarah 2:256) [If it had been your Lord's will, all who are in the earth would have believed. Will you, then, force the people to become believers?] (Yunus 10:99) [And if they surrender themselves unto Him (i.e. God), they are on the right path; but if they turn away behold, thy duty (O Muhammad,) is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.] (Aal `Imran 3:20) [Hence, pay heed unto God, and pay heed unto the Messenger, and be ever on your guard [against evil]; and if you turn away, then know that Our Messenger's only duty is a clear delivery of the message [entrusted to him].] (Al-Ma'idah 5:92) [But if they turn away [from thee, O Prophet, know that] Wehave not sent thee to be their keeper: thou art not bound to do more than deliver the message [entrusted to thee] .] (Ash-Shura 42:48) I should further state that all of the moral teachings of the Qur'an are based on the notion of moral responsibility, which entails the freedom of choice. Therefore, to state that one must be put to death for choosing to disbelieve would only undermine the entire moral edifice of the Qur'an. Furthermore, the Qur'an does not allow anyone to harm those who are leaving in peace, no matter what religion they hold on to. This principle has been clearly stated in the Qur'an as follows: [Thus, if they let you be, and do not make war on you, and offer you peace, God d
[IslamCity] HIJABS - Some interesting facts
HIJABS The author of this article "Observations on Hijab" is unknown. It is however, thought to be written by a brother. Funny as it is, there are a number of lessons to be learnt... It has been my personal observation that some Muslim
girls and women do not realise the significance of hijab. Hijab is Arabic for protection and cover. Some people put a lot of effort into their hijab, yet it serves No purpose. I am referring to the pointless hijab that some girls wear. The first pointless hijab is referred to as the headband hijab. It is a band of fabric approximately 4 inches wide. It covers the back of the head and allows all the hair to be exposed. It doesn't serve much in terms of modesty but at least it comes in handy in case of an unexpected tennis match! The second pointless
hijab is the dupatta, also known as the Saran wrap hijab. It covers all the hair, but it is totally transparent. Again, it doesn't serve much in terms of modesty, but it keeps the hair nice and fresh! The third type of hijab is known as the Micky Mouse Hijab. It is when a girl wears a black scarf and tucks it behind her ear so that her ears stick out! We now move on to my favourites The yo-yo hijabs: The first yo-yo hijab is the scarf that keeps falling down and needs to be constantly pulled back up up, down, up, down, just like a yo-yo!
The second yo-yo hijab is also referred to as the convertible hijab. This type of hijab is predominant at any type of social event, i.e. an Aqeeqah, Bismillah party, Ameen party, wedding, etc. This is when an Imam or Qari comes up to the microphone and starts to recite Qur'an. At this point, all the convertible hijabs come
up... until he says "SadaqAllahu Atheem." I'm not sure, but apparently in some cultures that translates to "OK sisters, you may take off your scarves. "I'm sure this may seem odd, but what's even funnier is when people do not anticipate the recitation of Qur'an at a social event and are forced to be creative and use accessories such as a
purse to cover one's hair. I was surprised to see a woman hold her purse over her head as "hijab"... as if the multitudes of men surrounding her are not a good enough reason to wear hijab, but some guy reciting du'a compels her to hold a purse over her head. Her friends were more creative... one friend used her dinner napkin.
I was also laughing when I saw the communal hijab- two or more girls dropped under one dinner napkin during the recitation of Qur'an. Her other friend was still more creative. She used her coffee saucer on the back of her head. I wasn't sure if it was hijab or Yamaka. I didn't know if she was a Muslim or a Jew. I felt like going up to her and saying "Salamu allaykum, sister." And, people should remember that hijab is not just a protection from guys, but from a girls' nafs (ego) as well. It should prevent girls from having to spend hours in front of the mirror doing her hair. But, unfortunately, you see girls in front of the mirror for hours doing their hijab as they would do their hair, with all sorts of elaborate braids and the like. I wanted to go up to a sister and say "Is your hijab naturally curly?" I also felt compelled to go up to another girl and say "Pardon me, but is
your hijab naturally that colour or did you dye it"? Well the point is that some people make an effort to wear hijab but it is futile, because it is not fulfilling its purpose. It is like using an umbrella with holes in it. Hijab is used for protection from guys aswell as for the girl herself, and should not be used as an accessory or for beautifying one's self. Any way, that's it. If any one disagrees with me or is offended then you are disagreeing with the teachings of Allah Subhaanuhu wa Ta'ala. Salaam Aleykum (may Allah protect you)
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{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
[IslamCity] FATWA ON WATCHING TV
Fatwa # 14129 from United KingdomDate: Wednesday, March 29th 2006 Category Worldly Possessions Title The Ummah really needs a COMPLETE fatwa on tv so that thereafter no one can complain: Question The Ummah really needs a COMPLETE fatwa on tv so that thereafter no one can complain: 1. The issue of watching kafir tv: I know that is completely haram 2. Issue of 'Muslim' tv - like a sword, it can be used for good or bad - is it same with tv? 3. Is tv really picture making? I heard a fatwa of Mufti Taqi Usmani that digital camera pics are ok as long as no really hard copy pictures are printed - i.e there thus hasn't been picture 'making'. so with an image of tv - this isn't a hard copy tangible image becuase it goes away when tv off? This is the most important point in making a fatwa of tv. 4. even if tv isn't picture making and thus haram in that sense, what about Allahs verse -tell believers to lower their gaze. How can people watch tv by lowering gaze? you cant control men watching only men and women watching only women. Must women equally lower their gaze to men? 5. Use of tv systems for benefit - e.g security and revealing of diffuclt state of Muslims round world etc. Answer It is totally Haraam (forbidden) to watch Kafir TV or Muslim TV. The reason for Kaafir TV being Haraam is obvious. Pictures of nude males and females are portrayed, music is played in the background, immoral acts are viewed and countless of other immoral acts are displayed, let alone an ordinary Muslim. Even the Kuffaar of today admit to the harms of TV and the filth that is displayed on it. Muslim TV is also Haraam because strange [non-Mahram] men and women are viewed as well as Muslim TV contains pictures of animate objects. Allah Taala has commanded the men and women to lower their gazes and prohibited us from looking at the opposite gender. Allah Taala states in the Quraan, Say, O Muhammad, to the believing men that they should lower their gazes. Thereafter, in the next Aayat, Allah Taala states, Say, O Muhammad, to the believing women that they should lower their gazes. Together with that, to produce pictures or images, be it digital or hard copy is Haraam. There is no difference regarding pictures or images portrayed on TV, digital camera or hard copy pictures. To produce such pictures and to view such pictures is totally Haraam. The argument used that the image goes away when the TV is switched off therefore, it should not be Haraam is baseless. The fact that it is an image or picture makes it Haraam. There are extremely severe warnings in the Hadith regarding picture-making. 1. It is narrated on the authority of Abu Talha [radhiallaahu anhu] that Rasulullah [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam] said, The Malaaikah [angels] do not enter a house wherein pictures are displayed. 2. It is narrated on the authority of ibn Umar [radhiallaahu anhu] that Rasulullah [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam] said, Those who create pictures will be punished on the day of judgment. They will be ordered to bring to life those pictures which they created. (Muslim Hadith5501) 3. It is narrated on the authority of ibn Abbaas [radhiallaahu anhu] that Rasulullah [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam] said, Every person who is involved in picture making will be thrown in Jahannam (hell) and each picture which he created will be brought to life and will torment this person in Jahannum. (Ibid) 4. It is narrated on the authority of ibn Abbaas [radhiallaahu anhu] that Rasulullah [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam] said, Whoever creates a picture of animate object in this world, he will be ordered to bring it to life whereas he will not be able to do so. (Ibid) 5. It is narrated on the authority of ibn Masood [radhiallaahu anhu] that Rasulullah [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam] said, People who will be given the most severe punishment on the day of judgment will be those who were involved in picture making. (Ibid) >From the abovementioned narrations, the severity of the sin of picture making is clear. One should stay far away as possible from anything related to pictures. Although it may be argued that Muslim TV holds a lot of good in it, for example, recitation of the Quraan, Islamic discourses and prayers being broadcasted from the holy Musjids, etc. nevertheless, there is more evil and wrong in it than good. The first evil in it is viewing pictures of animate objects which is impermissible in the Shariah. The Quraan has laid down the general principle that that item which holds good and bad or benefit and harm and the bad is more than the good, then that item will be declared Haraam in the Shariah. This is the very same reason why wine was made Haraam. Wine in itself holds many benefits as well as many harms because of wine holding more evil and harm than the good it contains, it was declared Haraam in the Shariah. The same law applies to Muslim TV apparently it may seem good as it contains the recitatio
[IslamCity] Freemasons Meetup near Dubai-Courtesy Yahoo Search Web Result
Find a Meetup near you Start a local Meetup Group Home Sign In Register HelpFreemasons Meetups worldwide9 Meetup Groups worldwide 1,752 Freemasons (1,254 who are waiting) United Freemasons Meetup Day: First Tuesday Welcome Your City Map Message Board Members Photos United Meetup Day Invite Friends Alert List Start a Meetup Ads by Google We're sorry, the Meetup you're looking for is closed. Explore below to find a new Meetup or start your own! Sign up to hear when a new Freemasons Meetup starts near DubaiChange city Already a Meetup.com member? Sign inYour name:Your email:Create a password:I agree to the terms of service and I am 18 or older Meetup.com will never sell or share your personal information. These 42 Freemasons near Dubai signed up too! janni Dubai · May 11, 2005 "Good Evening - and may I add, it is wonderfull to see some light at the end of the tunnel. I hope to meet up with all of the brotherhood at the first availible oppertunity South African Male. 34 years of age, Single Status, General Manager." Arch_bongDosjr Dubai · January 17, 2006 "I want local Freemasons Meetups because I want to meet and keep in touch with other brethren. am from Philippines, Maribulan Lodge 304, District 48... a Senior DeMolay of Mt. Matutum Chapter...my celfone no. 09198529319" raf Dubai · January 1, 2006 "I want local Freemasons Meetups because ,we share the same goals in life,brotherly love relief and truth e.mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]" Saeed Shaarawi Dubai · March 22, 2006 "I want local Freemasons Meetups because i would like to be linked to such great community all the time." Errol Dubai · January 1, 2006 "I am Errol T. Lachica of Andres Bonifacio Lodge No. 199 F. & A.M. I have been here in Dubai for almost 9 months now. My contact no. is +6397150-2578846. I hope to meet my brethren here in Dubai." julliard monilla Dubai · December 27, 2005 "I want local Freemasons Meetups because you get to meet people with the same interests and for wholesome fellowship" adelmann Dubai · December 19, 2005 "Dear Bretherns !! I want local Freemasons Meetups because i have lived in lodges Scotland, USA and Philipines and am impressed want to practice the faith and carry out all masonic activities. My number is 050-4560463" kami Dubai · November 26, 2005 "I want local Freemasons Meetups" Rafat Dubai · November 15, 2005 "I want local Freemasons Meetups because I am so interested in Meeting People." kenneth Dubai · November 21, 2005 "I want local Freemasons Meetups because i find meeting people from all walks of life to be most enlightening" Mas Sam Umm al-Qaywayn · July 29, 2005 "Hi, I am in the UAE and I am interested in Joining the Free Masons Fraternity, it has always been my dream, can i do that in the UAE? can a brother contact me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more details?" Deepak Chauhan Dubai · September 6, 2005 "i am from hongkong st Johns lodge,my home lodge is in wolverhampton uk .i have been working in south east asia the last 7 years,now based in uae 2 months ago.looking forward to meeting dubai members.i was born in kenya left to go to uk early 70's gre" ian ellston Dubai · August 28, 2005 "My name is Ian. I am a PM of St John's Lodge No.90 in the EC. I was secretary until moving overseas. I'm a PZ in the HRA, PM of the Mark, RAM, AMD & KT. I also hold office in the OSM, RCC, and Rose Croix. Further I am a member of the SRIA, ROS, RSM." Tosh Dubai · July 26, 2005 "I seek to become a member of the Freemason society." Sadooon Dubai · August 20, 2005 "Dear All: Well am intrested to gain more knowledge about freemasonary. Am finance graduate from the states and currently working in Dubai, my msn is [EMAIL PROTECTED], and am intrested to be with the crafters. If anyone get the message you got my c" Nidalito Dubai · June 22, 2005 "Want to know more about this movement and would like to be part of any activities you are conducting in the UAE" garry dryburgh Dubai · August 16, 2005 "Hello Brethern, warm ferternal greetings. I have been living in Dubai for the last couple of months. I'am a MMM and my ML is L.Wemyss No777, Scotland. I have been looking to continue my masonic interest since arriving. I have held office as DoS." ram Dubai · June 24, 2005 "hi every one, my name is ram and i am an arab holding a british passport,I am very intreasted in knowing more about freemasons,i tried to read and read and i have faced alote of confusions,, i would love 2 meet any body who has a knowledge to spare" Thilo Lippert Dubai · May 28, 2005 "Hi there, seeking contact in Dubai. MM / from Germany/S
[IslamCity] Muslim Heritage: Dams
Peace be upon you, "Historians of civil engineering have almost totally ignored the Muslim period, and in particular historians of dam building, such as there have been, either make no reference to Muslim work at all, or even worse, claim that during the Umayyad and Abbasid times dam building, irrigation and other engineering activities suffered sharp decline and eventual extinction. Such a view is both unjust and untrue" [Norman Smith, History of Dams, 1971] Dams are some of the largest civil engineering structures ever built and they play a vital role in civilization. Without dams more floods would ravage lands, irrigation wouldn't have been as large-scale and today we woldn't have hydro-electric plants pmping ot power. Without dams and their reservoirs, life as we know it wouldn't be the same because of the major impact they have had on economic and social life. For thousands of years engineers have been trying to control water with various types of dams that have to hold a raging torrent and provide water in a dry spell. There are arch dams, buttress dams, embankment dams to name just a few, and where to put which depends on factors like the shape of the valley and the bedrock of the river. These considerations are nothing new as the Mslims built many dams in a rich variety of structures and forms. >From studying the river, its flow and surrounding topography, these medieval engineers decided whether a dam should be arched or straight, thick or thin, or have deep or shallow foundations as all these considerations influenced the most efficient ater storage. The design and aesthetics of the most impressive were built by the Aghlabids of Tunisia in the 9th century. Their remains are still preserved, attracting the curiosity of thousands of tourists today. Al-Bakri an 11th century geographer and historian from Southern Spain wrote about one of them. He said, "..it is circular in form and of enormous size. In the center rises an octagonal tower covered by a pavilion with four doors. A long series of arcades of arches resting one upon the other ends on the south side of the reservoir". In this region of Tunisia there were over two hundred and fifty reservoirs with two basins each. One was used for decantation, the separating of sediment from the water, and the other was a reserve. Sometimes on the larger scheme, there was a third one for drawing water. In Iran is the Kebar dam, the oldest arched dam known and about 700 years old. This dam, like many, had a core of rubble masonry set in mortar.. The mortar was made from lime crushed with the ash of a local desert plant, making it strong, hard and impervious to cracking. Then there was the impressively curved Qusaybah dam which was 30 meters high and 205 meters long. It was built near Medina in Saudi Arabia. In today's Afghanistan, three dams were completed by King Mahmoud of Ghaznah in the 11th century near his capital city. One named after him was located 100 kilometers south of Kabul. It was 32 meters high and 220 meters long. Half of the dams constructed had a flood overflow at one end and many had a downstream training wall to guide the spilled water to a safe distance from the dams foot. Dam construction in Muslim spain was immense and the masonry they used was a type of cement that was harder than stone itself, so they needed hardly any repairs in a thousand years. Each of the eight dams on the Turia river have foundations that go fifteen feet into the riverbed, with further support provided by rows of wooden piles. The solid foundations was due to the rivers erratic behavior in times of flooding its flows were a hundred times greater than normal. The dams had to be able to resist the battering of water, stones, rocks and trees, which they did and now over 1000 years later, they still meet the irrigation needs of Valencia, requiring no addition to the system. The dam on the river Segura, in the Murcia region of Spain, shows how the Muslims understood location and that the nature of the local environment mattered. The height of this dam was only 25 feet, but the thickness of its base was between 150 and 125 feet. This was because of the softness and weakness of the rivers bed, and its design prevented the dam from sliding along. The water flowing over the crest initially fell vertically through a height of 13 to 17 feet onto a level platform, then ran the length of the dam. This dissipated the energy of the water spilling over the crest. The overflow then ran to the foot of the face. In this way the whole dam acted as a spillway which reduced the risk of disturbing the downstream foundations. The city of Cordoba, on the river Guadalquiver, probably has the oldest surviving dam in the country. According to the 12th century geographer al-Idrisi it was built of qibtiyya stone and included marble pillars. The dame follows a zigzag course across the river, a shape which shows that the builders were aiming at a long crest in order to increase
Re: [IslamCity] Re: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk; was a jewish?
JUDGE them by their deeds, you will find what they stand for?
Thanks
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From: Abdeen
To: islamcity@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 29 March, 2006 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: [IslamCity] Re: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk; was a jewish?
Which is the Truth:
> Kemal was a Freemason and is Pakistan's President General Musharraf
Pervez - a Qadiani?
What say about the mighty Akbar of India ?
Sorry about Saddam - but call him what ?
Can you name a few Muslim Leaders during last century?
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Date: 03/28/06 16:18:54
To: eGroup For Muslims Around The World
Subject: [IslamCity] Re: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk; was a jewish?
This is nothing but slander, and you should fear Allah for spreading
rmours and falsehood. And may Allah have mercy and guide us all, ameen.
--- In islamcity@yahoogroups.com, Abdul Wahid Osman Belal wrote:
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> Kemal was a Freemason and is Pakistan's President General Musharraf
Pervez hero.
> Please read Pages 28, 29, 188, 189, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231of
Biography "Grey Wolf Mustafa Kemal An Intimate Study of a Dictator by
H.C.Armstrong". Published by Penguin Books 6th. Impression May 1940
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{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."
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{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
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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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RE: [IslamCity] We do dawah and media training courses for your local area.. please read and pass on the message
I would be very intrestesd in doin a course like this in my area which is east london, ilford to be precise.ma salaam
Message Received: Mar 31 2006, 12:03 AMFrom: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: "eGroup For Muslims Around The World" Cc: Subject: [IslamCity] We do dawah and media training courses for your local area.. please read and pass on the messageDear All, Assalamualikum, I am fowarding you a mail of one of the dawah courses that we are running at the moment , so dear brothers and sisters if you want to do similar courses in your local area please let me know. Wassalam Zahid khanFaraz Mir <> wrote:
Assalamu Alaikum
I hope you are all well Insha Allah.
Please find below details of a dawah training course to be held in Luton in two weeks time. It should be very beneficial Insha Allah, especially for us as members of a dawah organisation:
DAWAH TO NON-MUSLIMS
Training course - presentations & workshops detailing how to:
Communicate Islam effectively
How to begin a conversation on Islam
How to develop and maintain a discussion
Giving evidence for the truthfulness of Islam
Use body language to your advantage
Dealing with common misconceptions
Brothers and Sisters welcome - register here (will launch email) or download the registration form here and reply by email.TIME: 11am-5pmDATE: Sunday 9th April 2006VENUE: CYCD (Entrance opposite Khidmat) 96-108 Leagrave Road LU4 8HZFEE: £5 inc. materials + lunch - registration form hereCONTACT: 07967151442 Book now as spaces are limited. Download registration form (word version)
Wassalam
Faraz
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{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]
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[IslamCity] URGENT PRESS RELEASE
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URGENT PRESS RELEASE
Unscrupulous Newspaper Sting
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Islam Channel can today reveal that it has been the target of an
unscrupulous newspaper sting using highly questionable methods.
The focus of the sting was Chief Executive Mohamed Ali and RESPECT MP
George Galloway.
Two men posing as wealthy Indian businessmen first contacted the
London-based channel last month saying they wanted to invest in the TV
station. As with all such proposals, CEO Mohamed Ali, invited the
two into his head office to scrutinise their proposal and establish the
intentions which lay behind the offer.
During this meeting the two also expressed an interest in
helping financially the political party RESPECT headed by MP George
Galloway. Another meeting was set up to include the Bow and
Bethnal Green MP who has been the target of international media
before.
It was during this meeting that both the MP and Mr Ali began to
suspect all was not what it seemed as their hosts talked about
terrorism, expressed potentially anti-semitic sentiments and views both
Mr Galloway and Mr Ali found offensive.
After a further investigation Islam Channel discovered the real
identity of one of the businessmen as News of the World journalist
Mazher Mahmood. Mr Ali, Islam Channel CEO said: 'I am not a
naïve person, but as the head of the Islam Channel I don't expect to
be approached by 'fake sheikhs or dodgy dealers'.
'The Islam Channel is an honourable project with high ideals and
those who offer to help us come from eclectic backgrounds, but always
their intentions are honourable. 'I am still rather bemused as to
why this notorious investigative journalist should try and enveigle his
way into Islam Channel. 'We are an trying to build bridges of
understanding between the Muslim and non-Muslim world and between
faiths and cultures. I am deeply saddened that the News of the World
has chosen these troubled times to try and damage these aims.
'This elaborate sting was designed to besmirch the reputation of
this TV station, those who work for it and supporters of Islam
Channel. 'Our supporters come from many diverse political,
charitable and business backgrounds. 'Mazher Mahmood obviously
thought we would be an easy sting '! but he picked on the wrong target
this time' added Mr Ali who is now considering turning the tables on
the journalist who is obsessive about maintaining his own privacy.
Written into Mahmood's employment contract is a clause stating
that his photograph will never be published in the newspaper. 'I
am still deliberating whether to expose him now by using images which
are in the possession of Islam Channel and which reveal his full
identity,' added Mr Ali from Islam Channel's head office in Moorgate,
London.
For more information contact Islam Channel: 0207 374 4511
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{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]
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[IslamCity] Palestine Lives ! 2nd Annual Conference, McMaster University, Sat. April 1.
On Saturday, April 1st, some of the best speakers on Palestinian issues in Canada are coming to McMaster. This is a good chance to get educated with experienced activists. PALESTINE LIVES !!2nd Annual ConferenceMcMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario- A people live within a country, Palestine lives within its people -Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights at McMaster University would like to invite everyone to attend our national conference. This conference brings together some of the most experienced academics and organizers on Palestinian history and politics. In turn, this conference will provide the most up-to-date information, analysis and space for discussion on the
Palestinian struggle for sovereignty. Join the discussion!Saturday, April 1 -- 10:00 am - 6:00 pmCouncil Chambers, Gilmour HallMcMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaSuggested Donation: Advance $15 / At the door $20Pay what you can, no one turned away.Includes Palestinian cultural show & art; food and refreshments all day.To register or for information: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (905) 527-1114SPEAKERS:Dr. Ismail Zayid, Canada-Palestine Association, Halifax, NSAl Awda: Right of Return Coalition, Toronto, ONHana Kawas, Canada-Palestine Association, Vancouver, BCDr. David Noble, Professor of History at York University, Toronto, ONTOPICS:History: From the British Mandate Onwards.Canada's Role & Policy on Palestine.Facts on the
Ground: Elections, Gaza Disengagement, Political Prisoners.Refugees: The Inalienable Right of Return.Sponsored by McMaster Muslims for Peace & Justiceand Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights McMaster. "Conventional knowledge is death to our souls... Live where you fear to live, destroy your reputation, be notorious." Rumi.
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{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]
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