Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Re: Little thing save us from worlD of sin

2006-10-20 Thread Khurram Jamal � 







Dear Sister,
 
Wa-Aliekum us-Salam Wa-rahmatullahi 
Wa-barakatuho
 
Hope that you may be in the best of health & faith and 
enjoying the blessing of Almighty Allah by performing the Ibadah in 
the Holy month "Ramadan Mubarak". I am 100% agree with you. Its the dilemma 
of all our muslim rothers and sisters. There is no concept in Islam such 
friendship which promotes materialism and sexualism. Islam is holy religion and 
it describes the proper , fair and right way for men and women. The Marriage 
(Nikkah System) is a blessings of Almighty Allah. There is concept of 
Muharram wa Ghair-Muharram in our shariah. For its 
detail please read the translation of 
Sura-tun-Nissa.
 
So i request to all Muslim 
brothers and sisters that please leave this habit and don,t waste your time 
in this un-usefull and sin-full thing. Try to Take / Give time to learn 
Deen-e-Islam.
 
May Allah bless us Hidayat and 
strong faith (Ameen)
 
Jazaka Allah
Wa-Aliekum 
us-Salam Wa-rahmatullahi Wa-barakatuho

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  sania  
  wrote
  Asalam  A likum Brother and sister i want to say that  chatting 
  is circulating in our bodies like blood , now days  it is Quit commom to 
  make girl Frind and boy frind. But when we want find life partner, we 
  alway  try to find most puriest person on this Earth . EAch and every 
  thing   even our worDS are amanaT of Our life partner . Every buddy 
  wants to get a thing which will be  best among all , we all ARe muslim we 
  all love Allah more than anY thing any buddy  , the right way to show 
  your love is to follow the principles of islam which are for our betterment . 
  plz try to avoid making girl frinds or boy frinds it is 1 step toward world of 
  sin 
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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] Qur'aanic Studies - Volume VI (Verses 3.21 & 3.22)

2006-10-20 Thread Mohammad Shafi 






  


  
  
  
   In the 
  Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful 
  Study the Qur'aan in Qur'aanic light, to 
  understand Islam in its pristine simplicity, clarity, beauty & 
  purity
  
  Click:
  Verses 3.21 & 3.22 
  added to Volume VI of Qur'aanic Studies, 
  and bookmark website
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  Salvation
  for future additions, inshaAllah, to these 
  Studies.
  Mohammad Shafi  
  
  
   
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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] A Press Release from FRC

2006-10-20 Thread ko_linn_yu 
 

Press Release on the Allegations against Rohingya Community 

All of the first, we would like to point out some allegations 
against Rohingya community that made by the Burmese ruling junta and 
their thugs. Briefly those are as: -
•   Rohingyas are illegal Bengali migrants that are from 
Chittagong region of Bangladesh. 
•   Rohingyas are neither the ethnic minority of Arakan nor the 
citizen of Burma.
•   Rohingyas are terrorism keeps links with Al-Qaeda and 
Taliban.
•   Rohingyas are separatists and religiously Islamic extremists 
that work together with Jamaat Al-Islamiah from Bangladesh and 
Pakistan, and etc..

Some politicians from Buddhist community in Arakan also use the 
roles as they are imagined a copy of junta. Even many innocent 
people from Buddhist communities in both Arakan and Burma were 
taught the above anti-Rohingya propagandas and sending many 
misinformations by using the media under their control. As a result 
most of the people believe the Rohingyas as non-Burmese and a head-
ache for all the people in the state.

Now again, the chief convener of "Islamic Society of North America" 
Mr. Hajji U Aye Lwin wrote in the paper on their 43rd anniversary, 
under the topic of "Building a culture of Peace – Myanmar 
Experience" as:-

Only the small portion of Muslims in Burma advocate armed struggle, 
and few actively look for international assistance. Even fewer favor 
links with extremist pan-Islamic organizations. Indeed, some 
Rohingya insurgent groups have been at pains to refute suggestions 
that they are in any way associated with radical movements of this 
kind. Over the past decade, however, it appears that the Bangladesh-
based Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO) has developed 
connections with Muslim extremist organization in Bangladesh, 
Pakistan and possibly even the Middle East. 
In public speeches, bin Labin has referred to the massacre of 
Muslims in Burma and in 2001 he openly praised his supporters there, 
in what was seen as an oblique reference to the RSO. Also, notebooks 
and videotapes discovered in Afghanistan by the US led coalition 
referred to the struggle in Burma, and reportedly listed Burma among 
those countries in which Bin Ladin had sympathizers. According to 
Time magazine, Taliban and al-Qaeda members escaping from 
Afghanistan have sought refuge among Islamic extremists (including 
RSO) in Bangladesh. There have also been claims that the RSO has 
established some kind of link with the al-Qaeda associated terrorist 
group, Jemmah Islamiyah, in Southeast Asia.

We don't know what his intention is and why he wrote here like this 
but can say it is not necessary. Although he should be realized how 
does the world taking care on what the Burmese junta claims against 
Rohingyas. All the junta's acidities are to be considered as they 
are likely to show the United State if she is co-operating with it 
on the war against terror. And the next reason may be to get an 
opportunity from the world on eliminating the Rohingya from Burmese 
soil.   

The history is witnesses that the Rohingyas are the original 
inhabitants of Arakan and whatsoever the junta claims against them 
are ignored by the world communities including the China, United 
State and European Community. 

Indeed the junta is among one of the ten most oppressive governments 
in the earth and the Rohingya is the only community in the world 
that having under the defenseless suffering of the junta's inhuman 
violations.  

We believe that the said SPDC and their thugs were unaware to the 
declarations of State Department of the United State and other UN 
bodies on this issue.

We would like to point out that Rohingyas are denied the citizenship 
right in their own territory since 1982 which is also to be realized 
as it is even denied the security issue of this people. Whenever the 
government of a nation behaves irresponsible to the safeguard of 
lives and properties of a person or a community then the self 
protection is essential for them. Even though the self brutal regime 
is offending the systematic human right violations of all levels in 
the Rohingya territory means the Rohingya needs self-defense to 
survive their own generations. In this situation, if the Rohingya 
looks for international sympathizers for any assistance no one cry 
as it is unjustified.

We also like Mr. Hajji- Aye Lwin to recollect the massacres on 
Muslims in Prom, Mandalay, Taung Gnu, Bago, Yangon and Taung Gyi 
since later 1988 in various forms. It is the true that all those are 
happening to the Muslim communities throughout the country in every 
hour, everyday, every month and every year. If all these prevalence 
are like to say accidences then we like to remind the booklet in 
which is fully written anti-Islamic propagandas with many abusive 
words to our holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) and distributed it 
door to door on all over the Buddhism. 

The intension of the said Rohingya organization is to

Boycott Israel [IslamCity] A British Teacher Finds Islam in Ramadan

2006-10-20 Thread K H U R R A M 



A British Teacher Finds Islam in Ramadan  http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1159951551633&pagename=Zone-English-Discover_Islam%2FDIELayout   By  Idris TawfiqIdris TawfiqWe can all look back at memorable times in our lives. People and places can have a special significance for us and we need to look back, from time to time, to see how the hand of Allah has been at work in our lives, even though we did not notice.   We are often too busy to see the pattern which our life has taken and which has led us to where we are today. By reflecting on what has been, we can learn to be grateful and learn to see all things as part of Almighty
 Allah's eternal plan for us.   I look back at my first Ramadan as a Muslim and ponder on all that has happened in my own life since then. That first Ramadan was very special. Before talking about that, though, I need to say something about the two Ramadans before it.   I was Head of Religious Education in a Boys' School in South London and it was my responsibility to teach the pupils about the world's different religions. In English schools the pupils learn information about the six major world faiths: Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Sikhism and Hinduism, although no preference is given to any. My classroom was the only room in the school with a fitted carpet and a washbasin, essential for the prayers. Whilst providing information, it is supposed to be a way of encouraging tolerance and understanding in an increasingly multi-cultural world. It is one way, if handled sensitively, of counter-balancing the wrong ideas about Islam which British people get by the stories they see on the television news.   I had already visited Egypt and seen for myself how sweet and gentle Muslims can be. Now, though, I had to teach about Islam. Since I was not Muslim, reading about Islam was one of the
 ways I prepared for my lessons, learning as much myself as I would teach the pupils.   In schools in the UK, as in many non-Muslim nations, there is usually no allowance made for pupils of any religion who wish to pray. Many of the boys in this school where I taught were Muslim, and many of them were from the Arab world.   Just before the first Ramadan I was at the school, the pupils approached me and asked if they could use my classroom to pray, even though they knew I was not Muslim. Allah works in very extraordinary ways, using the simple things of life to work marvels in our lives.   My classroom was the only room in the school with a fitted carpet and a washbasin, essential for the prayers, so it was my
 classroom that was to be used. I agreed to their request, but the head teacher asked that a teacher be present to supervise the pupils. So, for the whole of Ramadan I sat at the back of the classroom every lunchtime, while the boys prayed the noon prayer and, on Fridays, the Friday congregational prayer.   By the end of that Ramadan I knew how Muslims prayed and I could recite the prayers to myself, even though I didn't know what they meant. After Ramadan we kept using the classroom at lunchtime for prayers, and this continued all year.   The following Ramadan, while still not a Muslim, I fasted along with the pupils, to show my solidarity with them. Not long after that, Al-hamdu lillah , I embraced Islam. But that is another story. The example of the students had led me to become Muslim.
 I then joined the pupils each day for prayers, the newest Muslim and the least knowledgeable of all. That evening of my first Ramadan as a Muslim was a very special evening that I will never forget.My first Ramadan as a Muslim, then, was to be very special. At the end of the holy month the pupils and I organized a special iftar meal for ourselves. Iftar is quite literally the breakfast, when the fast is broken. To
 celebrate the blessed night of Laylat Al-Qadr, when Prophet Muhammad is received the first revelation of the holy Qur'an, the boys stayed behind after school.   During the time between the end of lessons and the Call to Prayer we watched a film about the life of the Prophet. We then prayed the sunset prayer together, with the oldest boy leading the prayers and reciting the holy Qur'an in a very beautiful voice.   As the sun was setting, gathered together in that simple classroom, it was as though an angel came down to visit us. After prayers we had an iftar party. Everyone had brought some food or drink, however little or how lavish, to share with the others and we had a splendid meal.  Although this took place after the events of September 11, 2001 when many in Britain were deeply suspicious about Islam and Muslims, many of the non-Muslim teachers came to congratulate us and to wish us a happy Ramadan.   The head teacher had to be in a meeting, but he took some dates with him to eat at the time we were going to break the fast. The headmaster had learned from us that the Prophet used to break the fast during Ramadan by ea

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2006-10-20 Thread S A Hannan 







  
  

  


  
  


  
  
Question and Answer 
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  Name of 
  Questioner

  Marzouq 
    - India
  


  Title

  Films and 
  Drama in the Islamic Perspective 
  


  Question

  As-Salamu 
  `alaykum! What does Islam say on watching or making films, 
  drama that are void of licentious scenes and deal with war, 
  heroism, etc.? 
  


  Date

  30/Dec/2003
  


  Name of 
  Counsellor

  Sheikh 
  Ahmad Ash-Sharabasi
  


  Topic

  Cinema, 
  Theatre & TV
  
  


  
  


  
  
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, 
we commend your eagerness to become well acquainted with Islam and 
its teachings, which is the way Allah has chosen for the welfare of 
His servants. As regards your question, we would like to say 
that basically watching films, plays and artistic works is 
permissible as long as they do not present what is contrary to 
Islamic teachings. Art that provokes vices and temptation is 
prohibited. It is permissible to watch films that uphold 
virtue, morality and humane principles while maintaining the rule of 
lowering gazes. Islam does not go against beautiful art. On the 
contrary, it always encourages art that agree with pure humane 
nature. Art is an effective tool which could be placed at the head 
of the good deeds in our world only if it is perfectly used. That is 
why Muslims should not ignore this field, leaving it to enemies of 
religion and humanity. It becomes incumbent upon all Muslim 
intelligentsia to make use of what Allah endows them with in 
reforming society. We greatly need, through films or serials, to 
remind the new generation about the heroic lives of Muslim reformers 
and scholars. Moreover, society is in great need to present good 
morals, history of Islam, and to provide solutions for its problems 
through works of art that strongly affect different classes in 
society. Focusing more on the question, the late Sheikh 
Ahmad Ash-Sharabaasi, a prominent Azharite scholar says: 
"Movie, unlike theatrical works, depends more on pictures. 
According to actors, acting aims at analyzing life experiences. It 
depicts faults as something to be avoided and highly praises virtue 
and calls people to adhere to it. It exposes lessons and experiences 
in a way that makes the message presented indirectly, through 
inspiration. As long as acting, either cinematic or theatrical, 
achieves this aim, presents morality and good taste, does not reveal 
private parts or provokes sexual instincts , it is deemed lawful as 
religion does not prohibit this kind of acting. However, it 
is prohibited to watch x-rated movies or plays, as well as any form 
of acting that attacks religion and virtue, encourages vices, and 
presents what is prohibited, for this kind of acting spreads evil 
and corruption. This is based on the juristic rule that what leads 
to something prohibited is in itself prohibited, and we are ordered 
to block all channels of evil. Concerning movie in 
particular, Al-Azhar scholars consider it a double-edged weapon, as 
some people use it in proper way to benefit the whole nation, 
upholding religion and good manners, while others misuse it, by 
encouraging c

Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Fwd: Special Comment: 'Beginning of the end of America'

2006-10-20 Thread Romi Elnagar 



APFN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  By Keith Olbermann  Special Comment: 'Beginning of the end of America'  Wed Oct 18, 2006 22:18http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?disc=149495;article=105550;title=APFN  Special Comment'Beginning of the end of America'Olbermann addresses the Military Commissions Act in a special commentAUDIO:http://www.apfn.net/pogo/L001I061018-countdown.MP3'Beginning of the end of America'Olbermann addresses the Military Commissions Act in a special commentENTER:GOOGLE NEWS:Results 1 - 10 of about 871 for Military Commissions Act of 2006.Special Comment'Beginning of the end of America'Olbermann addresses the Military Commissions Act in a special commentAUDIO:http://www.apfn.net/pogo/L001I061018-countdown.MP3Keith OlbermannAnchor, 'CountdownAnd now—our rights and our freedoms in peril—we slowly awake to learn that we have been afraid of the wrong thing.Therefore, tonight have we truly become the inheritors of our American legacy.For, on this first full day that the Military Commissions Act is in force, we now face what our ancestors faced, at other times of exaggerated crisis and melodramatic fear-mongering:A government more dangerous to our liberty, than is the enemy it claims to protect us from.We have been here before—and we have been here before led here—by men better and wiser and nobler than George W. Bush.We have been here when President John Adams insisted that the Alien and Sedition Acts were necessary to save American lives, only to watch him use those acts to jail
 newspaper editors. American newspaper editors, in American jails, for things they wrote about America.We have been here when President Woodrow Wilson insisted that the Espionage Act was necessary to save American lives, only to watch him use that Act to prosecute 2,000 Americans, especially those he disparaged as “Hyphenated Americans,” most of whom were guilty only of advocating peace in a time of war.American public speakers, in American jails, for things they said about America.And we have been here when President Franklin D. Roosevelt insisted that Executive Order 9066 was necessary to save American lives, only to watch him use that order to imprison and pauperize 110,000 Americans while his man in charge, General DeWitt, told Congress: “It makes no difference whether he is an American citizen—he is still a Japanese.”American citizens, in American camps, for something they neither wrote nor said
 nor did, but for the choices they or their ancestors had made about coming to America.Each of these actions was undertaken for the most vital, the most urgent, the most inescapable of reasons.And each was a betrayal of that for which the president who advocated them claimed to be fighting.Adams and his party were swept from office, and the Alien and Sedition Acts erased.Many of the very people Wilson silenced survived him, and one of them even ran to succeed him, and got 900,000 votes, though his presidential campaign was conducted entirely from his jail cell.And Roosevelt’s internment of the Japanese was not merely the worst blight on his record, but it would necessitate a formal apology from the government of the United States to the citizens of the United States whose lives it ruined.The most vital, the most urgent, the most inescapable of reasons.In times of fright,
 we have been only human.We have let Roosevelt’s “fear of fear itself” overtake us.We have listened to the little voice inside that has said, “the wolf is at the door; this will be temporary; this will be precise; this too shall pass.”We have accepted that the only way to stop the terrorists is to let the government become just a little bit like the terrorists.Just the way we once accepted that the only way to stop the Soviets was to let the government become just a little bit like the Soviets.Or substitute the Japanese.Or the Germans.Or the Socialists.Or the Anarchists.Or the Immigrants.Or the British.Or the Aliens.The most vital, the most urgent, the most inescapable of reasons.And, always, always wrong.“With the distance of history, the questions will be narrowed
 and few: Did this generation of Americans take the threat seriously, and did we do what it takes to defeat that threat?”Wise words.And ironic ones, Mr. Bush.Your own, of course, yesterday, in signing the Military Commissions Act.You spoke so much more than you know, Sir.Sadly—of course—the distance of history will recognize that the threat this generation of Americans needed to take seriously was you.We have a long and painful history of ignoring the prophecy attributed to Benjamin Franklin that “those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”But even within this history we have not before codified the poisoning of habeas corpus, that wellspring of protection from which all essential liberties flow.You, sir, have now befouled that spring.You, sir, have now given us chaos
 and called it order.You, sir, have now imp

Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Iran's Ahmadinejad Bonds With Rabbis In NYC

2006-10-20 Thread G.Waleed Kavalec 
Iran's Ahmadinejad Bonds With Rabbis In NYC
(CBS)

NEW YORK Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad railed against
"Zionists" during a meeting with rabbis who agreed with him during a
strange meeting in New York City on Thursday.

CBS affiliate WCBS-TV gained exclusive access to the event, held at
the Intercontinental Hotel in Manhattan.

"They have no respect for the lives and dignity of the Jews,"
Ahmadinejad said through a translator. "If they could they would
destroy 6 billion people in the world.

"But their time is ending, God willing," he said.

The rabbis, who believe Israel's founding violated God's will, had
praise for the controversial Iranian leader.

"God should give you long life and health and strength and not to be
intimidated by the attacks of Zionism, that is attacking you as being
anti-Semitic, which is a pure ploy of Zionism to intimidate people,"
said Rabbi Yisroel David Weiss of United Jews Against Zionism. "They
shouldn't speak up against their illegitimate state."

Ahmadinejad again questioned the existence of the Holocaust. The
rabbis, some of whom lost relatives in the war, suggested it was all a
Zionist conspiracy.

New York City Jewish groups told WCBS-TV the meeting was a travesty.

When told by WCBS-TV that mainstream Jewish groups were calling the
meeting an obscenity and a charade because these men represent
nothing, Ahmadinejad replied, "Why are you asking this question from
me? You represent Jews?"



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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] Islamic Renaissance in the West: http://www.islamonline.net/English/artculture/2004/01/article07.shtml

2006-10-20 Thread S A Hannan 







  
  

  
   
  

  
  Islamic Renaissance in the 
  West: An Interview with Murad Hoffman*
  


  
By Hossam Tammam 
Staff 
writer - IslamOnline.net 
  
15/01/2004 
  
  
  


  
 

  
Murad Hoffman 

  "I can see that because I'm standing with one leg in 
  the orient and with the other one in the Occident that's why I understand 
  both worlds sufficiently well to explain them to each other, so often when 
  I'm in the Muslim world I explain to them the west and in the west I 
  explain Islam". This is how Murad Hoffman the famous Muslim German thinker 
  reflects his unique situation, being exposed to different knowledge and 
  experiences. 
  
  


  
Murad Wilfried Hoffman was 
  Germany’s ambassador to Algeria and Morocco between 1987-94 and was 
  earlier Director of Information for NATO at Brussels. He embraced Islam in 
  1980. He received his education at Union College in New York and did his 
  Masters degree in German Law in Munich and took his doctorate from 
  Harvard. His first book on Islam was Diary of a German Muslim 
  (1990). Second book Islam: the Alternative raised protests in 
  Germany and he was dubbed a fundamentalist by Leftists. 
  
  
  


  


Eleventh of September has in the 
long run been an advantage to Islam in as much as more people than 
ever are seeking information about Islam 

  


  Here Hoffman discusses with Islam Online his views and 
  concerns about various intellectual and practical problematic contexts of 
  both the common grounds and the differences between the East and the West 
  especially after September eleventh. He tries to reassert the 
  opportunities and challenges of Islam and Muslims in the western 
  societies, drawing the difference between these western societies. 
     
  * Can we consider September 
  eleventh events as a turning point and a beginning of another era? And do 
  you think that there is a suitable Islamic project, dealing with the 
  western mentality, by which we can confront the ramification of such 
  events? 
  I don’t believe really that eleventh of September was 
  such a monumental change. It was very important for the American mentality 
  just like Pearl Harbor have been for instance. In Germany we had 
  monumental events like the end of World War II which was an enormous 
  catastrophe. The Japanese had events like the atomic attacks and yet after 
  some time the world gets back to normal. I also think that this will be 
  the fate of eleventh of September; it will be an important date in the 
  history books, but the world will settle down to normal and as far as 
  Islam is concerned eleventh of September has in the long run been an 
  advantage to Islam in as much as more people than ever are seeking 
  information about Islam, all books on Islam were sold out within 14 days. 
  In Germany, a translation of the Quran which I edited sold 40,000 times 
  within a year which goes to show that the shock effect can translate into 
  more knowledge about Islam in the long run and if we move out of the 
  present hysteria, we may see more appreciation of Islam after all. 
  
  * But at least those events 
  have had serious effects on Muslims, how do you evaluate these 
  effects? 
  
  


  


D'awa can not be centralized. 
Effective D'awa can only be carried out locally because if somebody 
speaks for Islam with a foreign accent, Islam will automatically be 
treated as a foreign thing, not as a universal thing.  

  


  Of course I'm living these effects. I encounter 
  suspicion, when you are law abiding, even then you are suspected of being 
  a potential terrorist. When you travel to the United States, you are being 
  treated as never as before; you have to wait for hours for your suitcase 
  and you are obviously under suspicion. But the Muslims in America 
  reasserted their approach; they even organized after eleventh of September 
  the first central meeting of Muslims in America, the so called ISNA 
  (Islamic Society of North America) meeting. They organized that for the 
  first time in Washington to make a point and 42000 Muslims came to 
  Washington, most of them very young and most of the very young women 
  wearing Hijab.  That was the answer of the Muslims; not to

Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] French forces: Stop Lebanon overflights or we'll open fire

2006-10-20 Thread Shaikh Hyder 



But there were French, British, American & Dutch forces, etc. who couldnot stop the massacres of Bosnian Muslims."G.Waleed Kavalec"@yahoo.com wrote:  French forces: Stop Lebanon overflights or we'll open fireBy Gideon AlonThe commanders of the French contingent in UNIFIL (United NationsInterim Force in Lebanon) have warned that if Israeli warplanescontinue their overflights in Lebanon, they may have to open fire onthem, Defense Minister Amir Peretz told the Knesset Foreign
 Affairsand Defense Committee yesterday.Peretz told members of the committee that despite the warnings, Israelwould continue to patrol the skies of Lebanon as such operations werecritical for the country's security. Over the past few days, Peretzsaid, Israel had gathered clear evidence that Syria was transferingarms and ammunition to Lebanon, meaning that the embargo imposed by UNResolution 1701 was not being completely enforced.[...]http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/775564.htmlJust what France needs, a war with Israelthink of the possibilities!-- -- -- G. Waleed Kavalec-"Lets is rot in de staat Denemarken."-- Hamlet (I, iv, 90) 
		 
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{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: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Devotion in Salaat

2006-10-20 Thread mamarghoob 



AssalaamuAlaikum,


 


Both brothers, Mohammad Shafi and Taher, are saying the same with different _expression_. My comments are:


Yes, my mind wanders during Salah.


Yes, I feel guilty and ask my Rab to forgive me with the supplication that I have obeyed Him bodily. 


I long for Salah fully devoted to Him and pray for it.


In my nawafil, I recite what I understand.


Trying to learn Quranic Arabic and continue to concentrate what the Imam is reciting.


At the end of the Salah try to reflect what had I listened and ask Him for the guidance.


 


Many a times my mind wanders and does not follow the above but again I knock at His door.


 


We seek His guidance, may Allah(SWT) guide us all.


 


Marghoob.
 
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As salaam aly kum. I agree with this article in the sense that a beleivers mind will wander when perfroming salaat and my mind does wander.
I disagree with the claim that the iman is superficial, the author as an individual does not have the right to say that. Only Allah (SWT) is entitled to judge on that basis.
Furthermore Allah (SWT) judges mankinds intentions and all prayers are thus judged on intentions.
I would welcome postive suggestions from other members on ideas to implement to ensure the mind does not wander whilst in salaat state.
I cannot remember exactly a syaing but it goes like this... one of the holy prophets (SAW)s ashab was asked "how do you perform salaat he replied I close my eyes and think of the holy kaaba in front of me, and the angel of death standing there also." Please feel free to quote the exact quote.
I personally blame satan as he does whisper in beleiving peoples minds, remember the the holy quran when Allah (SWT) outcast him out and he (iblees) said he will lead all beleivers astray and will come to them from all directions.

Your prayers are requested for me : May Allah (SWT) guide me and forgive me if I have said anything to offend.

tahir



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In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful


 


In Verse 2.238, the Qur'aan directs the believers to stand in Salaat, completely in devotion to Allah, and to Allah alone. It directs them therein, moreover, to protect all their prayers (Salawaat) in like manner.


 


Do we, as Muslims, follow those divine directions? The sad fact is: most of us do not! Many of us do go through the ritual of Salaat, but our minds wander. They dwell on matters pertaining to our businesses, workplaces, neighbours, relatives, families - in short, to any sort of worldly affair. Our thoughts seldom remain devoted to Allah.


 


And to make the matter worse, we have come to believe that such straying of thoughts, while offering Salaat, is a normal thing! But what does the Qur'aan say? It forebodes sorrow, distress or trouble for those who are negligent/inattenti ve in their prayers!! [107.4,5]


 


And if we do believe in the Qur'aan - as we vehemently say we do - we are doomed to suffer in terms of those Verses in Surah 107. And do we need any proof that we are suffering, in this very worldly life? Hardly. Our position, as a community, in the polity of nations is despicable, as any one can see. We have become the favourite whipping boys for any Tom, Dick or Harry everyshere in the world.


 


It is grievously wrong on our part therefore to treat the straying of our thoughts as something normal. We've got to do something about it. What do we do?




First and foremost, we stop thinking that it is normal for our thoughts to wander while in a ritual Salaat.



Second, we realise that our thoughts wander because our Faith is superficial. The Faith has not gone deep into our hearts. We're hardly interested in studying the Qur'aan, the Creator's Manual for the right conduct of our worldly lives. We've to shed our indifference to this most important Book that every human being is duty-bound to read and study.



Third, we've to shorten our Salaat, till at least the Faith really enters our hearts. Allah would look to the quality, rather than to the quantity, of our prayers. The longer the duration of the prayers, the greater would be the tendency of our minds to wander. Our Wise Lord has therefore prescribed only short ritual prayers after long intervals of day time.


Another thing, that has contributed to our undoing, is our blatant disregard to the divine edicts:




"...and be attentive at every place of worship and invoke Him alone to make the Religion exclusive for Him..." [7.29]



"And the Masaajid are for Allah Alone; so invoke not anyone with Allah." [72.18]


We have to ponder deeply on these edicts. Aren't most of us

Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Muhammad's (S) Letter to Christians

2006-10-20 Thread jawad khan 



- Original Message From: "S A [EMAIL PROTECTED]" To: eGroup For Muslims Around The World Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:07:44 AMSubject: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Muhammad's (S) Letter to Christians
- Original Message - From: Raihan To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 1:32 PMSubject:Fwd: Muhammad's (S) Letter to ChristiansProphet Muhammad's Charter of Privileges to Christians (Letter to the Monks of St. Catherine Monastery) In 628 C.E. Prophet Muhammad (s) granted a Charter of Privileges to the monks of St. Catherine Monastery in Mt. Sinai. It consisted of several clauses covering all aspects of human rights including such topics as the protection of Christians, freedom of worship and movement, freedom to appoint their own judges and to own and maintain their property, exemption from military service, and the right to protection in war. An English translation of that document is presented here: This is a message from Muhammad ibn Abdullah, as a covenant to those who adopt Christianity, near and far, we are with them. Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my
 followers defend them, because Christians are my citizens; and by Allah! I hold out against anything that displeases them. No compulsion is to be on them. Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their monasteries. No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims' houses. Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God's covenant and disobey His Prophet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure charter against all that they hate. No one is to force them to travel or to oblige them to fight. The Muslims are to fight for them. If a female Christian is married to a Muslim, it is not to take place without her approval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to pray. Their churches are to be respected. They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants.
 No one of the Ummah (Muslims) is to disobey the covenant till the Last Day. (Meezan-il-Faaris, Ad-Deen Wad-Daulah) ***{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] --Recommended:http://www.ikhwanweb.comhttp://www.islamonline.nethttp://www.islam-guide.comhttp://www.prophetmuhammadforall.org--All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in
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I found this letter can't be from prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him). 
 
The Islam is upgrade version of Christianity, before Islam the followers of prophet Jesus were close to Allah (God) and later followers of Holy Bible(The book came of Jesus) are the true be livers until Islam came into picture.
 
Allah send ed upgrade version of Holy Bible is Holy Quran through Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him),  two more book has been send ed by Al

Boycott Israel [IslamCity] beautiful

2006-10-20 Thread G.Waleed Kavalec 
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0BtNv2eRwRc

Masalaam !


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G. Waleed Kavalec
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"Lets is rot in de staat Denemarken."
   -- Hamlet (I, iv, 90)



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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] Moonsighting for Eid-ul-Fitr

2006-10-20 Thread Curtis Sharif 
Bismillah, FYI  Peace, Curtis Sharif
  Houston, Texas
 Moonsighting for Eid-ul-Fitr   Posted by: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL 
PROTECTED]   hasana00   Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:22 pm (PST)   Assalaamualaykum wa 
rahmatullahi wa barakatuhuh!

The last 10 days of Ramadan are upon us and as we fill the nights with prayer 
and dua'a, Eid follows quickly in a succession of a few days.

As Eid-ul-Fitr approaches us in less than two weeks, we will have to follow 
the commandment of Allah by sighting the moon to confirm its date.

I. Moonsighting Webpages

http://www.zaytuna. org 

http://www.hilal- sighting. com

http://www.hilalbas e.com/mambo

http://www.calculat orcat.com/ moon_phases/ moon_phases. phtml

http://iieonline. org/chicagohilal /index.htm

http://www.icna. org/icna/ index.php

Moon Watch: http://islamonline. net (see left pane)

http://www.islamicm oon.com

II. Articles and Audio Lecture Regarding Moonsighting and more:

http://lamppostprod uctions.org/ The%20Moon. pdf 
Audio: http://www.zaytuna. org/audio/ ramadan/Moon% 20Sighting. mp3 
Cesarean Moon Births: http://www.zaytuna. org/articleDetai ls.asp?articleID =100
III. Reversing ISNA's Stance on Moonsighting

Email, call, and fax ISNA to reverse their position on solely using 
calculations. 

Kindly email them to use moonsighting (as done by Muslims for 1400 years and by 
the ulema) AND using the calculations as a guideline. 

contact ISNA at:

http://www.isna. net/contact/ staff.html 
http://www.isna. net/contact
ISNA Fiqh Council: http://www.fiqhcoun cil.org/contact. html

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with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone 
astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy 
Quran-16:125)

{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in 
His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites 
(men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I 
am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33)
 
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] =?windows-1252?Q?Which_is_better,_reading_Qur'aan_together_or_individually??=

2006-10-20 Thread Muhammad Abdul-Rahman 
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46088: Which is better, reading Qur'aan together or individually? 

Question: 

What is the manner in which Jibreel review the Qur'aan with the Prophet (peace 
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in Ramadaan? Does that indicate that it is 
better to study the Qur'aan together rather than individually? Is it better to 
do that at night rather than during the day? We hope you can explain. 


Answer: 

Praise be to Allaah. 

Shaykh Muhammad ibn `Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: 

Firstly: 

With regard to how he reviewed it with him, I do not know how that was done. 

Secondly: 

With regard to whether it is mustahabb for people to gather to read Qur'aan 
together or for each person to read it individually, that depends on the person 
himself. If gathering with his brothers to study Qur'aan together will make him 
more focused and help him to learn better, then gathering with others is 
preferable, i.e., if gathering with others will make him have proper presence 
of mind and be more focused on pondering the meanings of the Qur'aan, and allow 
the opportunity to discuss the meanings, then that is better. But if it is the 
opposite then reading it on his own is better. 

Thirdly: 

With regard to Jibreel reviewing the Qur'aan with the Prophet (peace and 
blessings of Allaah be upon him), that was for the purpose of making sure that 
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) memorized it. 

With regard to the third part of your question _ which is whether it is better 
to do that at night rather than during the day _ the answer is yes, but a 
person may need to do other things which means that he cannot study Qur'aan at 
night, in which case he should study it more during the day. 

So each person should look at what is best for him, because of the general 
meaning of the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon 
him): "Strive to do that which will benefit you." So whatever is more 
beneficial for you, so long as it is not forbidden according to sharee'ah, is 
best. 

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(i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue 
with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone 
astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy 
Quran-16:125)

{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in 
His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites 
(men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I 
am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33)
 
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if 
Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of 
camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] 

The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)  also said, "Whoever 
calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who 
follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." 
[Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] 
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