Boycott Israel [IslamCity] ANGER AS EGYPTIAN TRAIN COLLISION KILLS AT LEAST 80
ANGER AS EGYPTIAN TRAIN COLLISION KILLS AT LEAST 80 Assalamu aleikum. Innaa lillaahi wa inna ilayhi raaji'uun. Photos relating to the disaster at: http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=Qalyoub&n=100&c=news_photos Please note that 2 articles follow: *Anger as Egyptian train collision kills dozens *80 killed as trains crash in Egypt --- (1) Anger as Egyptian train collision kills dozens Sapa-AFP via The Star (South Africa) August 22, 2006 http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3403359 Qalyoub, Egypt - At least 58 people were killed and 143 passengers injured when two trains collided north of Cairo, turning carriages into mangled heaps of metal and setting one train ablaze. Yesterday's crash was the country's deadliest in four years. "The number of victims has risen to 58 dead and 143 injured, including four in a serious condition," Health Minister Hatem Al-Gabali said. Officials had previously put the death toll at 51 and the number of wounded at 138. "Sons of bitches! Where were you?" screamed a distraught young man to the police and rescue services who, witnesses said, were slow to arrive at the site of the collision. As rescue workers searched through wreckage for bodies or injured passengers, a cordon of riot police quickly formed to keep angry onlookers away. Families of the deceased would receive $870 (R7 100) in compensation, officials said. "An emergency sum of 5 000 Egyptian pounds will go to the family of each deceased," said Minister of Social Security Ali Moselhi. A security source said the smash happened after one train, heading for Cairo from Mansura, 130km north of the capital, rammed into another on the same track, coming from Benha. "I was in the train from Benha, which had stopped for five minutes. Suddenly we felt something like an earthquake. We jumped out the windows and we saw fire at the back of the train," said Mamduh Amer, a 29-year-old policeman. A resident in a nearby building, Suad Abdallah, said: "I had just woken up at 7am, when I heard a dreadful noise. I ran to the balcony and saw smoke and bodies hanging from the train." Her sons, like many residents near the tracks, jumped low walls separating houses from the railway, and began removing corpses and helping the wounded. "We called the fire service, but they didn't believe us," said Shaima Samir (23), her voice almost drowned out by the wail of ambulance sirens. Earlier, the security source said rescue workers had extricated at least 43 bodies from the twisted remains of the two carriages as cranes were brought in to help lift the wreckage. Preliminary findings of a police investigation into the cause of the crash suggested the train coming from Mansura ignored a light and rammed the back of the other train. Ambulances rushed the injured to Cairo and other hospitals in this southern region of the Nile Delta. Egypt has a history of train crashes. The deadliest rail disaster occurred on February 20 2002 when a passenger using a stove set ablaze a train heading to the south. At least 361 people died. Since February this year there have been three major train crashes in Egypt. In May, 45 people were injured when a cargo train slammed into a passenger train near the village of Alshat in the northern Egyptian governate of Al-Sharqiya. Three months earlier, 20 people were injured when two trains travelling in the same direction collided near Alexandria. The second, faster train, ran into the back of the first when the driver failed to see it because of poor visibility. Most crashes have been blamed on negligence and poor maintenance. Forty-one people were killed in a crash near Alexandria in 1998, 30 perished in another accident between the southern cities of Luxor and Aswan in 1997, and 75 died in a disaster south of Cairo in 1995. Transport has a reputation for being dangerous in Egypt, the most populous country in the Middle East. About 6 000 people die in road accidents each year. About 1 000 people died in February when an Egyptian ferry sank in the Red Sea, in one of the worst maritime disasters in recent history. http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3403359 --- (2) 80 killed as trains crash in Egypt Dawn August 21, 2006 http://www.dawn.com/2006/08/22/top9.htm QALYOUB (Egypt), Aug 21: A collision between two trains killed 80 people and injured 131 on Monday in a Nile Delta town north of Cairo, a security source said, in Egypt's worst rail disaster since 2002. About 25 ambulances rushed to the crash site, along with hundreds of bystanders and relatives anxious for news of passengers who might have been killed or injured, a witness said, adding that damage to the trains was extensive. The accident took place at about 7.30am near the town of Qalyoub, about 20 km north of Cairo, official sources told the state news agency MENA. They said one of the drivers had apparently ignored traffic signals. A photographer at the scene said one of the trains had derailed and was o
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Dealing with the Media Machine* from islamonline.net
Dear members, Assalamu Alaikun. Please read this important article on media. In the South Africa context, the article says about how to confront media distortion. It also says how media review network can be established in other countries/ places. Shah Abdul Hannan Dealing with the Media Machine* By Dalia Yusuf** Translated by Abdelazim R. Abdelazim 15/08/2004 The morning newspaper you browse daily may contain what falls in line or clashes with your values, mindset, and, sometimes, some of the facts you know. The content may be explicit (as in a point-of-view or analytical article) or implicit (as in an advertisement or photo caption). The radio or TV program you listen to may transmit similar content. The question is: Have you ever thought of interacting with this material so as to influence the performance of the different media channels? This is accomplished by many projects. One of these is the Media Review Network (MRN) endeavor, which I got acquainted with in South Africa. The MRN project monitors the media, as required by current events, and conducts other activities that could make the Muslim community in South Africa more influential, something that is needed more than ever. Stepping into the Experience It was an office in a small building in Pretoria, South Africa. Once I stepped in, my attention was captured by the huge amount of posters displaying caricatures, articles, and comments, most of which tackle the Palestinian issue, the sanctions (now occupation) imposed on Iraq, the status quo of Muslims in South Africa, and many other issues that involve international justice. I also bumped into an enormous collection of cassette and video tapes of TV interviews and public conferences, a number of computers, and a cupboard full of several books on topics ranging from the experiences of national liberation to comparative religious studies. Although the staff consists of a small number of people, their faces are friendly and their voices are enthusiastic. This is the office of the Media Review Network. I was introduced to the organization with the following words: There are more than 1 million Muslims living in South Africa. The mainstream media have always defined who we are and what we represent for the general SouthAfrican public. Our views and opinions, our policy positions and strategic interests have either been ignored or deliberately distorted. The Media Review Network, through a loose informal group of individuals and in association with some research centers, considered it imperative in the rapidly changing socio-political landscape of the new South Africa, to ensure that the dynamism of Islam is not lost in the maze of perverse innuendo. As Muslims, we need to have our opinions and insights heard on a daily basis as a matter of routine, rather than as an exception. The aspiration of the Media Review Network is to dispel the myths and stereotypes about Islam and Muslims and to foster bridges of understanding. Muslim perspectives on issues impacting on South Africans are a prerequisite to a better understanding and appreciation of Islam. The challenge that Muslims face in South Africa is that they are a minority, one which had contributed in the struggle for national liberation and, accordingly, has won a respected position, but whose passive dependence on how they are portrayed by the media might lead them to be misunderstood and marginalized. While Muslims have successfully established a solid infrastructure of organizations, mosques, and schools, there has remained the need to face the challenges that the complex media system poses. More Objectives Yes. Our aim is to monitor, analyze, and sometimes refute the media distortions about Islam and Muslims. This Media Review, which the Network is named after, may be in the form of periodic reviews, complaints and/or messages sent directly to the media organizations, newspapers, and TV and radio stations in South Africa. So replied Sayd Iqbal Gazit, head of the MRN, when I asked him about the nature of the reports and comments the network issues. These are the circumstances and motives behind the establishment of the Media Review Network. Its team, therefore, focusing on the coverage and othe
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Jamaat-i Islami in Kashmir: 'Moderate' Voices Seek to be Heard
Dear members , Assalamu Alaikum. Please read an interesting and informative report on Kashmir poltical situation . Shah Abdul Hannan - Original Message - From: To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 12:27 PM Subject: [mukto-mona] Jamaat-i Islami in Kashmir: 'Moderate' Voices Seek to be Heard > Jamaat-i Islami in Kashmir: 'Moderate' Voices Seek to > be Heard > > Yoginder Sikand > > > On a recent trip to Doda, I had the opportunity of > interacting with a group of activists and sympathizers > of the Jamaat-i Islami of Jammu and Kashmir (JIJK), a > leading Islamist movement and a key player in the > politics of Kashmir. Contrary to what I had expected, > the men, mostly middle-aged, lower-middle class and > clearly having had limited access to formal education, > were friendly and hospitable. I explained to them > about the research project I was working on, dealing > with inter-community relations in Doda and the impact > of the last fifteen years of strife in the region. I > asked them what they thought of how the armed conflict > in Doda had transformed relations between Hindus and > Muslims, who number roughly the same in the district. > > 'The Constitution of the Jamaat-i Islami of Jammu and > Kashmir clearly lays down that all humans, > irrespective of religion and caste, are slaves of > God', one of the senior-most of the men, whom I shall > call R, responded with alacrity. 'So, we must all fear > and believe in Him and follow His commandments that He > has sent through the prophets. We need to recognize > all humans as fellow creatures and brothers and > respect their rights', he said. 'The Jamaat's > Constitution', he went on, 'clearly allows for only > peaceful methods and forbids any violence that might > lead to chaos (fitna)'. > > That was all very well in theory, I interrupted, but > what precisely had the JIJK done to improve > Hindu-Muslim relations in Jammu and Kashmir, I asked. > Was it true, I pointed out, that, as many have argued, > the JIJK had floated the Hizbul Mujahidin (HM), one of > the key players in the ongoing military conflict in > Kashmir? How, I asked R, did that square with his > claim of the JIJK being committed to only peaceful > methods of activism? I raised the issue of the ongoing > debate in JIJK circles between 'moderates', committed > to peaceful dialogue as a means to resolve the Kashmir > conflict, and 'hardliners', some of who are also known > to have been instrumental in the creation of the HM. > > 'Yes, it is true that some people in the Jamaat did > support the HM', R cryptically replied, 'but the amir > of the Jamaat has announced that we have nothing to do > with it'. 'The HM was set up at a time when militancy > was a mass wave-like thing', he added. 'Young boys > joined militant groups without their parents' > permission, and it may have been that children of some > Jamaat activists, too, did the same. Many Jamaat > leaders did not want their youths to take to > militancy. They tried to stop them, because our > Constitution says that we must oppose strife (fasad). > The Jamaat does not want its workers to get involved > in any form of controversy (gar-bar)', he explained, > suggesting that an influential section of the JIJK > leadership was now realizing the futility of violent > means of seeking to resolve the Kashmir conflict. > > I asked R how he characterized the ongoing movement in > Kashmir. Did he regard it a religious war, a jihad > between Islam and 'infidelity' (kufr), as some > hardliner Islamists describe it? Or was it a political > issue, to do with Kashmiri nationalist or community > aspirations? > > R was emphatic that the ongoing conflict was not about > religion as such. Rather, he said, it was simply a > demand for the exercise of the right to political > self-determination that Congress leaders, including > Nehru, had promised the Kashmiris. It was, he argued, > a jihad in the narrow sense of a struggle for Kashmiri > self-determination, but it was not an Islamic or > religious jihad. It was, therefore, he admitted, > essentially a nationalist movement, a political, > rather than a religious, issue. To call it a religious > jihad that entailed violence in defence of the faith, > he said, was erroneous. 'Such a jihad can only be > declared when Islam is in danger, when Muslims are > forbidden to pray and build mosques and so on'. That, > however, he acknowledged, had not been and was still > not the case in Kashmir or in India as a whole. 'There > is no doubt that Muslims have religious freedom in > India', he added. 'We are free to organize meetings > and publish literature. We are doing our work of > religious propagation without any restriction. We > enjoy this freedom that we are given and even praise > it'. 'Some people', he went on, 'are fed with the > propaganda that Muslims are not allowed to pray in > India, but when they come here they are surprised that > this is not the case, seeing Muslims enjoying
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Islamic Video's & Documentary on Line.
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Purification of the Soul.
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When the Muslims ruled Spain (documentary)
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Imam Bukhari Complex in Uzbekistan
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Islamic Art Doc.
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What is Islam Doc.
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The Prophet Muhammed (saws) documentary. 1-4 parts.
Islam empire of faith 1
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Documentary on Islam in French.
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The message (Film) in Spanish.
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Interview with Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens).
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Tackling Extremism Conference.
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Islam denounces Terrorism Video.
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Women turning to Islam and the problems they face.
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Collapse of Atheism by Harun Yahya.
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Paradise Found (documentary on Islamic Architecture).
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Islam and Science by Dr Zakir Naik (part 1 and 2)
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Boycott Israel [IslamCity] International efforts made to bring Sunni and Shia Iraqi brothers for civil war
Baghdad killings mar pilgrimage Tens of thousands are making the annual pilgrimage Gunmen have opened fire on Shia Muslim pilgrims in Baghdad, killing at least 20 and injuring 300, officials say. Tens of thousands of Shias are making the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of revered Imam Musa Kadhim in the Kadhimiya neighbourhood.
Officials said the gunmen were thought to be Sunni extremists. Shia militiamen are guarding some of the pilgrims. At the pilgrimage last year almost 1,000 people died in a stampede sparked by rumours of suicide bombers. Iraq's health ministry told the BBC the deaths occurred in incidents in different parts of Baghdad on Sunday. The Iraqi prime minister earlier warned that those using mosques to provoke sectarian violence would be prosecuted. 'Under control' Security had been heightened and a ban on cars introduced to try to prevent sectarian violence. Police said there were protected corridors for pilgrims but the sheer weight of numbers led some to try short cuts, where they were ambushed by snipers.
Militiamen protected some of the pilgrims in Baghdad Defence Minister General Abdul Qader Jassim told Reuters news agency 30 suspected militants were arrested and 14 police injured. Qassem al-Mussawi, head of joint operations at the prime minister's office, said there had been some shooting but the situation was "under control". Armed Shias of the Mehdi Army militia could be seen protecting some of the route. Some
Sunni leaders accused Shias of provoking the attacks and said security officials allowed militiamen to attack Sunni homes. "We demand that the government stand up to these saboteurs," said a statement from the Sunni Islamic Party. The numbers at the pilgrimage remained huge despite the threat of attacks. Men, women and children, many in traditional Shia black, carried Korans and colourful flags to the imam's tomb. Some beat their chests in a traditional show of grief. Worshippers inside the mausoleum kissed the tomb of the imam to remember his martyrdom in the 8th Century. One pilgrim, Kareem Risan, who had walked from the southern city of Amara, told AFP news agency: "It took us seven days. We risked our lives and braved all possible danger to reach here." The BBC's Mike
Wooldridge, in Baghdad, says the challenge now is protecting so many thousands of people on their way home. Last year mortars were fired at the mosque housing the tomb and rumours spread of possible suicide bombers. In the ensuing stampede, almost 1,000 pilgrims died - the highest death toll on a single day since the 2003 war that toppled Saddam Hussein.
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Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Expensive psychotropic drugs
MURAD BANA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Expensive psychotropic drugs Sale thriving at the cost of patients' wellbeing By Shahina Maqbool ISLAMABAD: The absence of effective regulations governing the introduction, sale and consumption of expensive drugs for the treatment of mental disorders, coupled with lack of qualified psychiatrists and the existence of an unholy alliance between drug manufacturing companies and doctors, have combined to increase the trauma of people suffering from psychiatric and mental disorders in Pakistan -- a country where mental health services are almost nonexistent, and where available, are limited either to the psychiatry departments of teaching hospitals or private-run clinics. A consumer survey released by TheNetwork for Consumer Protection here Friday reveals that the sale of psychotropic drugs (allopathic only) in Pakistan is touching an annual figure of Rs3 billion. For instance, during the year July 2003-June 2004, the sales stood at Rs2.76 billion (US $46.77 million). Of these, antidepressants accounted for sales worth Rs821.17 million (US $13.4 million), showing an increase of 23% from the previous year; tranquillisers and hypnotics worth Rs1.36 billion (US $23.18 million), showing an increase of 18% and 137% respectively, from the previous year; and antipsychotics worth Rs377.02 million (US $6.39 million). The sale of 'nootropics' (so-called brain stimulants) was worth Rs187.6 million (US $3.18 million). To put the above figures in context, the Gross Domestic Product of Pakistan is approximately US $61.6 billion whereas the per capita income is US $440. Pakistan has only 150-200 qualified psychiatrists -- an alarming ratio of one psychiatrist to a population of one million. The majority of the psychiatrists is urban-based, whereas 70% of the population is rural-based. Except in a few instances, psychiatry is neither taught nor examined at undergraduate level, leaving most practicing physicians with poor diagnostic and management skills. In view of the acute shortage of psychiatrists, most people end up consulting general practitioners for the treatment of mental and psychiatric disorders. Patients who cannot afford doctors' fees or purchase expensive drugs, which are sold even without prescriptions, have to rely on quacks. According to studies, 25-66% women and 10-40% men in Pakistan suffer from common mental disorders. There are an estimated 3 million drug addicts. Suicide rates have dramatically increased from a few hundred to more than 3000 annually. Serious mental illnesses account for another 1-3% of the population. Health spending is a pitiable 1% of the government's annual budget and mental health does not have a separate budget. There is no health insurance and a poorly funded public health service is accessed by only the poorest. All healthcare costs are borne by patients themselves. Coming to the murky relationship between drug manufacturers and doctors, the survey reveals that a multinational pharmaceutical company recently launched a drug for dementia in Pakistan and flew about 70 Pakistani doctors to Bangkok for a three-night all-expenses-paid trip. Pakistani doctors were part of a larger group that also included doctors from other countries. A conservative estimate of costs for the Pakistani doctors alone comes to about Rs. 7 million (US$ 120,000). The drug in question costs Rs. 320 per recommended daily maintenance dose - prohibitively expensive for the vast majority. The survey quotes an article by Dr. Murad Musa Khan, Professor of Psychiatry at the Aga Khan University, Karachi. "With little or no regulation of medical practice or drug prescribing and dispensing, companies and physicians are free to act as they deem fit. Malpractice litigation against doctors is unheard of. Pharmaceutical companies have therefore targeted psychiatrists aggressively. The traffic is bidirectional - psychiatrists are as demanding of favours as companies are of providing them," he writes. According to Dr. Murad, some of the inducements on offer include sponsoring attendance at conferences, all-expenses-paid trips for self and spouse for a drug launch abroad, free drug samples and expensive gifts (watches, air conditioners, briefcases, laptops, etc). Other methods include funding a physician's family wedding, holidays and other events. "One of the latest incentives is for the pharmaceutical company to provide the physician with a down payment for a new car. All the physician has to do in return is write 200 prescriptions for the company's expensive drug," he writes. Can integrity be regained by psychiatrists in Pakistan? Dr. Murad believes they can, provided that there is a will. "No matter what the circumstances, the interest of the patient should remain paramount. Anything that compromises this must be identified and eliminated. This includes accepting any kind of inducement
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Egypt conference calls for effective plan for freeing al Aqsa
Egypt: Conference Calls For Effective Plan To Free Aqsa Saeed Abbady, Ikhwanweb - Cairo, Egypt Monday, August 21, 2006 The Sharia Committee affiliated to the Egyptian Lawyers Union on Saturday August 19,2006, organized a rally under the slogan ( Day for Aqsa ). The rally was attended by MB Chairman Mohamed Mahdi Akef, Former Prime Minister Dr. Aziz Sedqi, who is also the general coordinator of the National Front for Change, Islamic History Professor Dr. Gamal Abdul Hadi, Secretary General MB Parliamentary Block Dr.Mohamed el Beleaguer, and lawyer Hazem Abu Ismael. The rally was inaugurated with a word by Secretary General of Lawyers Union Saif el Islam Hassan el Banna, in which he affirmed that the Palestinian cause is the Muslim Brotherhoods chief concern and that the popular resistacne will continue to be the only way to liberate Palestine. In his word, MB Chairman Mohamed Mahdi Akef briefly reviewed the history of the Palestinian cause throughout fifty years and its position in the Muslim Brotherhood Call, condemning Arab rulers for their failure to support it. Akef hailed the heroic stance of the Arab and Islamic people in general and the Palestinian people in particular since the occupation of Arab land. The MB Chairman called on the Arab and Muslim people to expel the Americans- turned Zionists from the Arab land, lamenting the absence of any role by the Arab rulers or the international organizations throughout fifty years, seeing the latter as ones categorically biased with Israel. We wish the Arab rulers announced even a lip service support to the Palestinians, he said. He condemned the call for reconstructing Lebanon, pointing out that it is the perpetrators of this destruction that must reconstruct what they devastated. The MB Chairman called for drawing up a practical plan to expel what he dubbed as the Zionist gangs from the land of Palestine, expounding that those who co exist with us are welcome, but those who live in our land as occupiers will see nothing but resistance . He laid emphasis that Muslim Brotherhood will not forsake the Palestinian people until their land is liberated. Former Egyptian Prime Minister Dr. Aziz Sedki hailed Hizbullah Chairman Hassan Nasrullah, saying that he inflicted a crushing defeat on Israel. He attached great importance to strong faith as the only way to victory. He also called on the Arab rulers to draw up a well studied plan for liberating the usurped Arab land including Palestine; he lashed out at Camp David and called on Arab rulers to renounce it. Dr. Sedqi lamented the corruption which has plagued Egypt including embezzlement of public funds and smuggling them abroad, calling for formatting of the state agencies and purging Egypt of the corrupts. The rally organizers displayed a videophone message dispatched by Chairman of Hamas Politburo Khaled Meshal in which he affirmed that resistance is a legitimate right enshrined in all international constitutions and laws, adding that resistacne has become a strategic option to fill the gap of the Arab armies and readjust the balance of power in the region. Meshal heralded that crushing the Zionist entity used to be something unbelievable but now it has become a reality in the light of the brave resistance which proved that defeating Israel is possible even if it possesses mass destruction weapons. Meshal slammed the reality of the Arab and Muslim nation at the official level, while hailing the popular reaction to the Arab causes in general and the Palestinian cause in particular. He called on the Arab and Muslim to encounter the American and Zionist globalization by globalizing resistance. While the Muslim Brotherhood Chairman gave a brief revision of the Palestinian cause, Islamic History Professor Dr.Gamal Abdul Hadi( MB leader) reviewed it in detail since it was occupied in 1918 and the role of the British government and the then League of Nations and the Security Council in creating the Zionist entity in the heart of Palestine. He warned that the current campaign will not stop at Palestine or Lebanon or Iraq but rather it is a Crusade Jewish led by the Zionist entity on Palestine land and backed by the US and all European states, using Arab rulers as a means to achieve their ultimate goals. He added that the international organizations aim to divide the Muslim world into factious cantons, with Israel as being the only actual and active power in the region. He alerted to th
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Seminar: Raoshan Khialee (Enlightened Moderation) and Islam 2005, Pakistan. There are 3 Parts, each of one hour and very interesting and Eye Openning in URDU.
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Seminar: Raoshan Khialee (Enlightened Moderation) and Islam 2005, Pakistan. There are 3 Parts, each of one hour and very interesting and Eye Openning in URDU.
If you don't understand URDU, ask for help from someone who knows URDU, if you can.
Listen to Dr. Israr Ahmed the founder of Tanzeem-e-Islamei, Dr. Javaid Iqbal (son of Allama Iqbal, the Great Poet) and few more speakers in URDU.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1808509011239162630&q=dr+israr+ahmad+2005&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7212858240531736598&q=dr+israr+ahmad+2005&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3601754654648066326&q=dr+israr+ahmad+2005&hl=en
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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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Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Did Prophet[sallalahu alaihi wa sallam] Saw Allah?
In The Name Of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful Assalaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatuallahi wa barakatuhu Did Prophet[salla lahu alaihi wa sallam] Saw Allah?42:51 It is not given to any human being that Allâh should speak to him unless (it be) by Inspiration, or from behind a veil, or (that) He sends a Messenger to reveal what He wills by His Leave. Verily, He is Most High, Most Wise . *Note: No one can see Allah before judgement day. The Greatest Lie Against Allah. The Book of Faith (Kitab Al-Iman) Muslim :: Book 1 : Hadith 337 It is narrated on the authority of Masruq that he said: I was resting at (the house of) 'A'isha that she said: O Abu 'A'isha (kunya of Masruq), there are three things, and he who affirmed even one of them fabricated the greatest lie against Allah. I asked that they were. She said: He who presumed that Muhammad (may peace be upon him) saw his Lord (with his ocular vision) fabricated the greatest lie against Allah. I was reclining but then sat up and said: Mother of the Faithful, wait a bit and do not be in a haste. Has not Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said:" And truly he saw him on the clear horizon" (al-Qur'an, lxxxi. 23) and" he saw Him in another descent" (al-Qur'an, . 13)? She said: I am the first of this Ummah who asked the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) about it, and he said: Verily he is Gabriel. I have never seen him in his original form in which he was created except on those two occasions (to which these verses refer) ; I saw him descending from the heaven and filling (the space) from the sky to the earth with the greatness of his bodily structure. She said: Have you not heard Allah saying." Eyes comprehend Him not, but He comprehends (all) vision. and He is Subtle, and All-Aware" (al-Qur'an, v. 104)? (She, i. e. 'A'isha, further said): Have you not heard that, verily, Allah says:" And it is not vouchsafed to a human being that Allah should speak unto him otherwise than by revelation, or from behind a veil, or that He sendeth a messenger (angel), so that he revealth whatsoever He wills. Verily He is Exalted. Wise" (al. Qur'an, xii. 51) She said: He who presumes that the Messengerof Allah (may peace be upon him) concealed anything, from the Book, of Allah fabricates the greatest lie against Allah. Allah says:" O Messenger! deliver that which has been revealed to thee from thy Lord, and if thou do (it) not, thou hast not delivered His message" (al-Qur'an, v. 67). She said: He who presumes that he would inform about what was going to happen tomorrow fabricates the greatest lie against Allah. And Allah says" Say thou (Muhammad): None in the heavens and the earth knoweth the unseen save Allah" (al-Qur'an, xxvii 65). Imam Bukhari in his Kitab at Tawhid, Chapter XXXVII. His words, "And Allah spoke directly to Musa." (4:164) Hadith # 7079 a Marfu Hadith .Excerpts.. the Lord of Might approached and descended until he was the distance of two bow spans from him or nearer. "Part of what Allah revealed to him was 'Fifty prayers for your community every day and night.' Then he descended until he met Musa who stopped him and said, 'Muhammad, what did your Lord contract with you?' He answered, 'He contracted with me fifty prayers every day and night.' He said, 'Your community will not be able to do that. Go back and ask your Lord to lighten it for you and for them.' The Prophet * turned to Jibril as if he wished to consult him about that and Jibril indicated to him, "Yes, if you wish.' So he ascended to the Compeller and said while he was in his place, 'O Lord, lighten it for us. My community will not be able to do this!'*Note:Prophet felt closeness to Allah in his heart,also Allah subhanawatala was there that is why Prophet Muhammad salla lahu alaihi wa sallam was taken to miraj without adding any anthromorphism in any way wht so ever,Allah is not restricted to place,and Allah is not omnipresent. The Holy Prophet saw Allah with, his heart. The Book of Faith (Kitab Al-Iman) Muslim :: Book 1 : Hadith 334 It is narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that he (the Holy Prophet) saw (Allah) with, his heart. *Note:Ibn Abbas said- he saw with his heart,it means he felf his nearness in his heart. He is a Light;. how could I see Him? The Book of Faith (Kitab Al-Iman) Muslim :: Book 1 : Hadith 341 It is narrated on the authority of Abu Dharr: I asked the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him): Did you see thy Lord? He said: He is a Light;. how could I see Him? His Veil Is The Light The Book of Faith (Kitab Al-Iman) Muslim :: Book 1 : Hadith 343 Abu Musa reported: The Messenger ofallah (may peace be upon him) was standing amongst us and he told us five things. He said: Verily the Exalted and Mighty God does not sleep, and it does not befit Him to sleep. He lowers the scale and lifts it. The deeds in the night are taken up to Him before the deeds of the day. and the deeds of the da
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] SAUM - FASTING PART 1
SAUM - FASTING
In the Hadith, great rewards have been mentioned for
fasting. The
fasting person has a very high status in the sight of
Allâh Ta'âla.
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: "The
person who fasts
in the month of Ramadhân solely for the pleasure of
Allâh Ta'âla and
for gaining His reward, all his past minor sins will
be forgiven."
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: "The
smell which
emanates from the mouth of a fasting person is more
beloved in the
sight of Allâh Ta'âla than the fragrance of musk." On
the day of
judgement, one would receive great rewards for
fasting.
It is related in a Hadith that a table below the Arsh
of Allâh
Ta'âla will be laid for the fasting persons on the day
of judgement.
They will sit at this table and partake of the food
while all the
other people will still be busy giving their account
of deeds. On
seeing them, they will say: "How is it that these
people are eating
and drinking while we are still occupied in giving an
account of our
deeds?" It will be said to them that they used to fast
while you
abstained from fasting. This fasting is also a great
pillar of
Islam. The person who does not fast in the month of
Ramadhân commits
a major sin, and his Deen shall become weak.
Fasting in the month of Ramadhân is fard on every
Muslim who is not
a lunatic nor an immature person (minor). As long as
there is no
valid excuse, it is not permissible to abstain from
fasting. If a
person vows to fast, fasting becomes fard on him on
account of this
vow. The qada and kaffarah fasts are also fard. Apart
from this, all
other fasts are nafl - if a person keeps them he will
be rewarded,
and if he does not do so, there will be no sin on him.
However, the
fasts of eid ul-fitr, eid ul-ad'hâ, and the three days
following eid
ul-ad'hâ are all harâm.
Once the time of fajr salâh approaches (i.e. dawn)
until the time of
sunset, a person should make the intention of fasting
and abstain
from all food, drink, and sexual intercourse. This is
known as
fasting in the Shariah.
It is not necessary to make a verbal intention.
Instead, once a
person has this in his heart that today he is fasting
and he does
not eat or drink anything, nor does he indulge in
sexual
intercourse - his fast will be valid. If a person
makes a verbal
intention by saying: "O Allâh! I will fast for Your
pleasure
tomorrow", or he says the following words in Arabic:
even then there is no harm in this.
A person did not eat nor drink anything the entire day
and remained
hungry and thirsty from morning till evening. However,
in his heart
he did not have the intention of fasting but merely
abstained from
food due to a lack of hunger, or, for some reason or
the other he
did not get the opportunity of eating anything - in
such a case his
fast will not be valid. Had he made the intention of
fasting in his
heart, his fast would have become valid.
According to the Shari'ah, the time of fasting
commences from subah
sâdiq. Therefore, as long as the subah sâdiq time does
not expire,
eating, drinking, etc. is permissible. Some women wake
up early and
after having a meal, they make the intention of
fasting and sleep
away thinking that once the intention is made, eating
and drinking
is not permissible. This is a gross error. As long as
the subah
sâdiq time does not expire, it is permissible to eat
and drink. This
is irrespective of whether the intention of fasting
has been made or
not.
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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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Recommended:
http://www.ikhwanweb.com
http://www.islamonline.net
http://www.islam-guide.com
http://www.prophetmuhammadforall.org
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