Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Muslim Brotherhood debates
Dear members, Assalamu Alaikum. Please read this item fro Ikhwan web on the debates that are going on about Muslim Brotherhood.Ikhwan is under pressure for the last fifty years or more bur they have a very mature leadership who know how to handle internal and external problems.I hope in the end they will overcome their opposition and enemies. Shah Abdul Hannan -- Muslim Brotherhood debates abuaardvark - Amman, Jaban Thursday, March 01, 2007 There are a number of very interesting debates going on about the Muslim Brotherhood right now. No, not the silly ones from my comment section - those are garden variety foolishness, not really worth engaging. While I don't have a lot of time today (accursed real work and real life intrudes!), let me flag a few of them (and also be sure to check out Helena Cobban's interviews with Essam el-Erian and Abdel Monem Abou el-Fattouh, from which she kindly posted long excerpts ). I'm still processing a fascinating 20 page response to the supreme guide of the Ikhwan over his criticisms of al-Qaeda which was posted to the al-Tajdeed forum two days ago, so I'll hold off on that one for now. First, I've already noted the debates in Egypt about the proposal floated by MB Supreme Guide Mohamed Mehdi Akef to al-Masry al-Yom about the possibility of forming a political party which would be formally distinct from the dawa organization. This isn't totally new, of course - there have been internal MB proponents of such a party for decades (1984 is the first instance that I can recall off hand) - but Akef's reported embrace of its does seem significant since he is at least technically from the older generation (he's 78) and not from the famous middle generation of MB activists and thinkers. It's hard to know what will come of it. The entire thrust of the Egyptian regime's domestic agenda right now is to combat the MB's political weight, not because it represents a security threat but because it represents a political threat to the NDP. This begins, of course, with the extraordinary crackdown on the organization (including the arrest of hundreds of its members and alleged members (was it only two years ago that Erian announced that no MB were in prison for the first time since 1995?), the resort to military tribunals, the confiscation of their assets and freezing of their bank accounts, and so forth). It also includes a sustained media campaign against the MB, which has had some success - the al-Azhar milita story was a propaganda coup for the regime, whatever the truth behind it (al-Masry al-Yom has published lengthy excerpts from the case against them, if you're interested), and there has been a lot more. Finally, there are proposed legal and constitutional changes, such as the current proposal which would effectively ban independents from running - while also maintaining the regime's iron grip on the licensing of parties, thereby preventing the MB from either going legit as a party or running candidates as independents as they did in 2005. Several prominent Egyptian politicians and intellectuals (including some not known for their sympathy with the Ikhwan) have told me that they are all for the MB being allowed to form a party since it would expose its real weakness, but that does not seem to be the regime's opinion right now. MB leaders have been loudly defending the organization against the regime's offensive, and even arguing publicly that the arrest of Akef himself would not cripple the organization. I suppose we might soon find out. Second, Robert Leiken and Steve Brooke try in the current Foreign Affairs to respark a debate about the virtues of engaging with the Muslim Brotherhood. They do a good job of highlighting the great variation among the MB branches in different countries, which have generally evolved in response to local political conditions and over which the central MB organization has very, very little control. Leiken and Brooke are good on the political side of the MB, including its general pragmatism and ability to play by the democratic rules, though a bit weaker on the social and cultural side. It all depends on which battle the West is trying to fight - if the battle is to push democratic reforms, the MB is actually a potential partner, but if the battle is to spread liberal ideas then it isn't. To flesh out the question, you might check out Ken Silverstein's fascinating Parties of God in the current issue of Harpers (sadly not on line). Also, definitely check out Josh Stacher and Samer Shehata's recent MERIP piece on the Brotherhood in Parliament, and the exchange between three Carnegie scholars (Nathan Brown, Amr Hamzawy, and Marina Ottoway) and a number of Islamist (including Abou el-Fattouh, one of the most open-minded of
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Las Vegas Muslims Need your Help
* Islamic Information Center P O Box 230666 Las Vegas, NV 89105-0666 Phone: (702) 798- 4089 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sheikh Hafiz Taha Ibrahim Resident Imam Friday Prayers Stopped at the Islamic Information Center Paradise Board Approves the Relocation of IIC Las Vegas, NV USA February 24, 2007 Assalam' Alaikum May this email find you in good health and high spirit of Iman. The Paradise Board approved 4 – 1 vote for the Land Use Application for a Mosque, a Place of Worship, with a 50 ft high Minaret and a 40 ft high Dome on the new Russell Road, the main artery to the Las Vegas International Airport. The mosque will be visible from the new Terminal 3 of the McCarran International Airport. We are happy that first step toward the approval process went well. The next step is the meeting at the County Commissioners on March 6th, soo7 and it is expected that the project will be approved, said Tabitha Keetch, attorney for the Islamic Information Center. It was a very sad day for the entire Las Vegas Muslim Community, when the Jumah prayer was discontinued at the Islamic Information Center (IIC) due to parking and capacity issues raised by the Clark County Authorities. They had tears in their eyes, the voices were muffled and the hearts were sinking to note that there will be no more Jumah and Taraweeh prayers at the Center. As you all know, the Center was started after 9/11 and has provided information about Islam to Non – Muslims and many have accepted Islam since the inception of the Center. The Center also holds five daily prayers, a weekend school with 40 children currently learning about Basics of Islam, Quran, Salat and Tajweed. Shaikh Hafiz Taha Muhammad and Shaikh Hafiz Wisam Sherief and Sister Amina Berroho are volunteer teachers and are doing a great job with our next generation. As a community, we could not just ignore that Jumah was stopped and there will be no Taraweeh at the Center. The whole Community has come together to help the Center and this is very encouraging. The Center is therefore relocating to a new, bigger and better location. Together we will make a facility that we can all be proud of. The new facility will be about 7,000 sq ft and will be located opposite to the new Terminal 3, of the Las Vegas International Airport on the new 100 ft wide 6 lanes Russell Road, just east of Maryland Parkway. The best part is that the project will also have about 7,500 sq ft professional office space for lease to generate enough income to support the Center, insha Allah. It is a great opportunity for everyone, who can invest in the cause of Allah and help the IIC Relocation Project. Allah Subhanahu Wata'la says: The parable of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah, is as the likeness of a grain (of corn); it grows seven ears, and each ear has a hundred grains. Allah gives manifold increase to whom He pleases. And Allah is All-Sufficient for His creatures' needs, All-Knower. (2:261) The new property will be 1.62 acres prime location commercial property with a 2300 sq ft structure. Cost of Land with 2300 sq ft building = $995,000.00 Estimated cost for the new construction =$1,500,000.00 Funds Available (Cash) =$ 60,000.00 Estimated Proceeds from Sale of the Old property= $450,000.00 * Based on rezoning Amount in Escrow = $20,000.00 Current Pledges = $60,000.00 Funds Needed = $1,905,000.00 This is an opportunity for all of us, as we believe in the Words of Allah. We are requesting everyone to participate in this project. Invest what you can $50.00 to $1,000.00 and get 700 times and more return from Allah swt.. No contribution is too small. You can learn more by visiting us at: www.iiclasvegas.com See the Multi Media Presentation on the Web Site. You can also donate online by going to our website. May Allah swt reward you for your generous help. Remember no contribution is too small. Donate what ever you can. It is easy to Donate, by just clicking on the Donate button on the site. Sincerely, Shahzad Razi Ameer – Fund Raising Committee PS If we get only 2000 God Fearing Muslims worldwide who can spend in the path of Allah swt to build a mosque in Las Vegas (famous for other reasons) to donate $1,000 we will reach our goal in no time. So go ahead and visit our website and donate generously, remember no amount is too small. Only Allah can give you the reward for this. Please visit www.iiclasvegas.com to learn more and how to donate. *
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Americans Have Lost Their Country
Americans Have Lost Their Country by Paul Craig Roberts The Bush-Cheney regime is America's first neoconservativeregime. In a few short years, the regime has destroyed the Bill of Rights, theseparation of powers, the Geneva Conventions, and the remains of America's moralreputation along with the infrastructures of two Muslim countries and countlessthousands of Islamic civilians. Plans have been prepared, and forces moved intoplace, for an attack on a third Islamic country, Iran, and perhaps Syria andHezbollah in Lebanon as well. This extraordinary aggressiveness toward the US Constitution, international law, and the Islamic world is the work, not of a vast movement, but of a handfulof ideologues principally Vice President Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, LewisLibby, Douglas Feith, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, Elliott Abrams, ZalmayKhalilzad, John Bolton, Philip Zelikow, and Attorney General Gonzales. Theseare the main operatives who have controlled policy. They have been supportedby their media shills at the Weekly Standard, National Review,Fox News, New York Times, CNN, and the Wall Street Journal editorial page and by scholars in assorted think tanks such as the American Enterprise Institute. The entirety of their success in miring the United States in what could become permanent conflict in the Middle East is based on the power of propaganda and the big lie. Initially, the 9/11 attack was blamed on Osama bin Laden, but after an American puppet was installed in Afghanistan, the blame for 9/11 was shifted to Iraq's Saddam Hussein, who was said to have weapons of mass destruction that would be used against America. The regime sent Secretary of State Colin Powell to tell the lie to the UN that the Bush-Cheney regime had conclusive proof of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. Having conned the UN, Congress, and the American people, the regime invaded Iraq under totally false pretenses and with totally false expectations. The regime's occupation of Iraq has failed in a military sense, but the neoconservatives are turning their failure into a strategic advantage. At the beginning of this year President Bush began blaming Iran for America's embarrassing defeat by a few thousand lightly armed insurgents in Iraq. Bush accuses Iran of arming the Iraqi insurgents, a charge that experts regard as improbable. The Iraqi insurgents are Sunni. They inflict casualties on our troops, but spend most of their energy killing Iraqi Shi'ites, who are closely allied with Iran, which is Shi'ite. Bush's accusation requires us to believe that Iran is arming the enemies of its allies. On the basis of this absurd accusation a pure invention Bush has ordered a heavy concentration of aircraft carrier attack forces off Iran's coast, and he has moved US attack planes to Turkish bases and other US bases in countries contingent to Iran. In testimony before Congress on February 1 of this year, former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski said that he expected the regime to orchestrate a head-on conflict with Iran and with much of the world of Islam at large. He said a plausible scenario was a terrorist act blamed on Iran, culminating in a 'defensive' US military action against Iran. He said that the neoconservative propaganda machine was already articulating a mythical historical narrative for widening their war against Islam. Why is the US spending one trillion dollars on wars, the reasons for which are patently false. What is going on? There are several parts to the answer. Like their forebears among the Jacobins of the French Revolution, the Bolsheviks of the communist revolution, and theNational Socialists of Hitler's revolution, neoconservatives believe that theyhave a monopoly on virtue and the right to impose hegemony on the rest of theworld. Neoconservative conquests began in the Middle East because oil and Israel,with which neocons are closely allied, are both in the Middle East. The American oil giant, UNOCAL, had plans for an oil and gas pipeline through Afghanistan, but the Taliban were not sufficiently cooperative. The US invasion of Afghanistan was used to install Hamid Karzai, who had been on UNOCAL's payroll, as puppet prime minister. US neoconservative Zalmay Khalilzad, who also had been on UNOCAL's payroll, was installed as US ambassador to Afghanistan. Two years later Khalilzad was appointed US ambassador to Iraq. American oil companies have been given control over the exploitation of Iraq's oil resources. The Israeli relationship is perhaps even more important. In 1996 Richard Perle and the usual
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Mutual Love
As-salaamu ALykum: Do you know what the prophet may Allahs peace and blessings be upon him, said in describing the believers? To find out, I invite you to listen to the following lesson. Mutual Love This lesson is part of a new series titled Genuine Community. This series is a continuation of the Purpose of My Existence Help me spread positive teachings; forward this email to your contacts. Radwan Kouatli (Abunour) www.loveallah.net Barak'ALLAH~May the blessings of Allah (be upon you) Sister Nazia The only saying of the faithful believers, when they are called to Allâh (His Words, the Qur'ân) and His Messenger (SAW), to judge between them, is that they say: We hear and we obey. And such are the prosperous ones (who will live forever in Paradise (24:51) - The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing.
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Sex Slavery- The growing trade in Israel!
Quote: - Up to - 20,000 trafficked women in Israel and more than 280 brothels in Tel Aviv ... - What a Country! What behavior for God's Chosen Ones! - By Julie Lesser - Tribune Correspondent MONTREAL - Calling human trafficking one of the greatest human rights abuses of our time, Canadian journalist and social activist Victor Malarek addressed the Jewish community at a Montreal synagogue last Thursday. Promoting a book he has written on the subject, Malarek said destitute Third World and Eastern European females as young as 12 are tricked into leaving their homelands with promises of wealth and prosperity in the West, as well as Israel. Instead, they are sold into the sex trade by organized crime, gangs, pimps and brothel owners. Newspaper ads from modelling and employment agencies promise exciting jobs, but the women are duped, Malarek told the Jewish Tribune. They must submit, or they are raped, beaten and tortured. There are between 5,000 and 10,000 trafficked women in Israel and more than 280 brothels in Tel Aviv alone. It is a human rights issue the Jewish community knows about. They have a voice and they must use it. The United Nations has cited human trafficking as an international crime generating more than US $12 billion worldwide. More than 800,000 people are trafficked annually, forced into prostitution and threatened with death should they attempt to escape the clutches of their captors. Canada is both a means of access to the United States, as well as a final destination for approximately 2,000 women each year. Governments should be held accountable, said Liberal MP Irwin Cotler, who also addressed the crowd. It is a very serious problem in Israel, and Canada has been inadequate in the protection of victims of trafficking. It is a global slave trade. As the previous federal justice minister, Cotler aided in the implementation of several bills addressing the protection of vulnerable individuals, yet he openly admitted there have never been any prosecutions made for human trafficking. He focused on raising the public's awareness of trafficking as a method to prevent what he called the fastest rising criminal industry in the world today. Responding to an audience member's question, he said the problem of mistakenly granting Canadian visas to people who should not obtain them is an issue for the immigration department. As customers' demands for slave trade workers who do not have HIV or AIDS increases, the age of victims proportionally decreases. UNICEF has determined that approximately 1.7 billion children are victimized annually. Ironically, Malarek didn't realize the gravity of the situation until he personally witnessed how many young girls were trafficked into Kosovo to service troops sent by the United Nations. There is both national and international indifference, said Malarek. The public looks at the victims with apathy or scorn and foreign women are not the priority of most governments. Governments are complacent because the sex industry brings in money. Cotler noted that governments must work together in prosecuting oppressors while protecting their victims. He said the RCMP is part of an international trafficking unit that reflects cooperation among a number of governments. Human trafficking should be a priority on international policy-making agendas, he added, and complimented the United States on taking the lead in exercising what he called moral leadership. Most people don't know how big this problem is, said Larry Sakow, who attended the public event. As a Jew, I am upset about the trafficking in Israel. It is surprising that Jews have gotten into it and are making money. Victor Malarek's book, The Natashas: Inside the New Global Sex Trade, is currently available. Sex Slavery - The Growing Trade in Israel Sex slavery: The growing trade in Israel, thousands of Eastern European and Russian girls lured to TelAviv and enslaved into prostitution Commercial for attracting people to Israel: - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vblux0g4ouE Up to - 20,000 trafficked women in Israel and more than 280 brothels in Tel Aviv ... As customers - demands for slave trade workers who do not have HIV or AIDS ... Similar pages http://www.israelnewsagency.com/sexisrael69690531.html Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. You can will them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life. (Leviticus 25:44-46) There are an estimated 20,000 female sex slaves forced into prostitution in Tel-Aviv each year. According to a report released in 2005 by the Knesset Subcommittee on Trafficking in Women,
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNT FROM QURAN THAT APPLY TO OUR GENERAL LIVING
Bismillah, FYI Peace, Curtis Sharif Houston, Texas SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNT FROM QURAN THAT APPLY TO OUR GENERAL LIVING 1. Respect and honour all human beings irrespective of their religion, colour, race, sex, language, status, property, birth, profession/job and so on [17/70] 2. Talk straight, to the point, without any ambiguity or deception [33/70] 3. Choose best words to speak and say them in the best possible way [17/53, 2/83] 4. Do not shout. Speak politely keeping your voice low. [31/19] 5. Always speak the truth. Shun words that are deceitful and ostentatious [22/30] 6. Do not confound truth with falsehood [2/42] 7. Say with your mouth what is in your heart [3/167] 8. Speak in a civilized manner in a language that is recognized by the society and is commonly used [4/5] 9. When you voice an opinion be just, even if it is against a relative [6/152] 10. Do not be a bragging boaster [31/18] 11. Do not talk, listen or do anything vain [23/3, 28/55] 12. Do not participate in any paltry. If you pass near a futile play, then pass by with dignity [25/72] 13. Do not be contemptuous or arrogant with people [31/18] 14. Do not walk haughtily or with conceit [17/37, 31/18] 15. Be moderate in thy pace [31/19] 16. Walk with humility and sedateness [25/63] 17. Keep your gazes lowered devoid of any lecherous leers and salacious stares [24/30-31, 40/19]. 18. If you do not have complete knowledge about anything, better keep your mouth shut. You might think that speaking about something without full knowledge is a trivial matter. But it might have grave consequences [24/15-16] 19. When you hear something malicious about someone, keep a favorable view about him/her until you attain full knowledge about the matter. Consider others innocent until they are proven guilty with solid and truthful evidence [24/12-13] 20. Ascertain the truth of any news, lest you smite someone in ignorance and afterwards repent of what you did [49/6] 21. Do not follow blindly any information of which you have no direct knowledge. (Using your faculties of perception and conception) you must verify it for yourself. In the Court of your Lord, you will be held accountable for your hearing, sight, and the faculty of reasoning [17/36]. 22. Never think that you have reached the final stage of knowledge and nobody knows more than yourself. Remember! Above everyone endowed with knowledge is another endowed with more knowledge [12/76]. Even the Prophet [ p.b.u.h ] was asked to keep praying, O My sustainer! Advance me in knowledge. [20:114] 23. The believers are but a single Brotherhood. Live like members of one family, brothers and sisters unto one another [49/10]. 24. Do not make mockery of others or ridicule others [49/11] 25. Do not defame others [49/11] 26. Do not insult others by nicknames [49/11] 27. Avoid suspicion and guesswork. Suspicion and guesswork might deplete your communal energy [49/12] 28. Spy not upon one another [49/12] 29. Do not backbite one another [49/12] 30. When you meet each other, offer good wishes and blessings for safety. One who conveys to you a message of safety and security and also when a courteous greeting is offered to you, meet it with a greeting still more courteous or (at least) of equal courtesy [4/86] 31. When you enter your own home or the home of somebody else, compliment the inmates [24/61] 32. Do not enter houses other than your own until you have sought permission; and then greet the inmates and wish them a life of blessing, purity and pleasure [24/27] - - Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on Yahoo! Answers.
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] KENT STATE ISSUES STATEMENT ON JULIO PINO
KENT STATE ISSUES STATEMENT ON JULIO PINO Statement Regarding Associate Professor Julio Pino FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kent State University March 1, 2007 http://www.kent.edu/media/NewsReleases/StatementRegardingAssociateProfessorJulioPino.cfm Julio Pino, an associate professor of history at Kent State University, is being accused of authoring an anti-American Web site. This site has no connection to Kent State, and we object to having the university's name linked to it. When the issue came to our attention, we investigated the issue and found the following: n We have no evidence that this Web site is authored by Pino that is not his picture on the site, and it contains no reference to him or to Kent State. In any case, there is no connection between this site and the university. n No university servers or other resources have been used to create or maintain the site. n Further, there have been no complaints registered about Pino's classroom conduct or demeanor, by students or other instructors. n The opinions on the Web site do not represent the university. We do not speak for Pino nor defend any views he might have, and he does not speak for Kent State, his department or other faculty. n The university and Pino have been subjected to hate mail and threats, and we will continue to monitor the issue. n Regarding calls that Pino be summarily dismissed: As any employer, when deciding whether an employee should be terminated, we have a responsibility to follow proper processes as outlined by university procedures and protections under the law. The university has asked those blogs and other sources to refrain from writing or disseminating information that associates Kent State with this Web site. ### http://www.kent.edu/media/NewsReleases/StatementRegardingAssociateProfessorJulioPino.cfm
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Victims of Motherhood.
Mothers may avoid discrimination if they are on state benefit or husband earns? A child's bast friend is a mother who stays at home. *1st Article.* *Gender pay gap 'will take until 2085'* By Andrew Pierce Thursday, 01 March 2007 Mothers with young children are the most discriminated against section of society by employers, according to a study published yesterday by the Government's equality body. A mother with a child under the age of 11 was 45 per cent less likely to be employed than a man, with Bangladeshi and Pakistani women the second group most discriminated against. The Equalities Review warned that at current rates it will take until 2085 to close the pay gap between men and women. John Cridland, deputy director-general at the CBI, said that employers could give working parents a wider range of working options. But he added: It's a fact of life that women have difficult choices when balancing family and work. The Equalities Review, chaired by Trevor Phillips, the head of the new Commission for Equalities and Human Rights, warned that the employment penalty facing disabled people would not be eliminated unless there were changes in employers' practices. Mr Phillips said that more than £30 billion worth of talent was being wasted because of inequalities suffered by working women and disabled people. We have relied on the British sense of fair play. This is a rather vague way to approach an issue that should be of importance to the whole of society, he said. Mr Phillips warned: Unless we accelerate progress, it is unlikely that disadvantage will ever be overcome. We have to act now. Dr Katherine Rake, director of the Fawcett Society, said: This explodes the myth that today's women have it all. *2nd Article.* ** *Why does Britain hate mothers?* Thursday, 01 March 2007 *A new report highlighting widespread discrimination is depressingly accurate, says Tara Winter Wilson.* ** Here's a little game: it's called Guess the Social Group. Now follow some clues. We are the most resented, discriminated against and patronised social group in Britain. We have less chance of finding employment than those who are disabled or who don't have English as their first language. Ethnic minorities take priority over us. Who are we? We are mothers. If you have small children under the age of 11, forget trying to find a job. Why waste the ink and the time, not to mention the paper on which you diligently print out all those CVs? Chances are that you won't even get an interview. A landmark report into inequality, commissioned by the Prime Minister, to examine how our lives are affected by race, gender and age, confirms that mothers with small children are less likely to get the job than somebody without limbs or who is visually challenged. Mothers are 45 per cent less likely to have a job than any other social group. If you're a single mum, the figure is 49 per cent. Worse even than that, every year more than 30,000 women are sacked or forced out of their jobs because of pregnancy or because they have young babies. I've been there. The moment I came back from maternity leave there was a distinct change of atmosphere. Most of my executive responsibilities at the gallery where I worked had been delegated to others. I was insecure and unsure of my position. Hell, this had been my other family. Suddenly I was out of the club. Oh Tara, do you mind cleaning the windows? said my boss, on my second day back. Sure. Who are we using these days? Silence. Look, I would do it myself if I had the time... OK, I'll get some vinegar... I worked in a double-storey building made almost entirely of glass. It was humiliating, like a punishment for something I'd done wrong to spend most of the day cleaning it. The next day was no different. Oh Tara, I need a meeting at 6.30pm with you. We need to discuss the PR for the... So sorry, I cut in, I have to be at the childminder's no later than six. Can we make it earlier? Impossible. Really sorry, I just can't... 'Can't your husband pick the baby up?' He did it last night and he absolutely cannot tonight. God, she said impatiently, just make sure you come in an hour earlier tomorrow morning. Well, the child-minder won't allow us to drop her off any earlier than 8.30am. She swung her chair round to face me. No words were needed. I waved the white flag. OK, I said, you win. I'll resign. Good thinking. For both of us it was good thinking. I'd felt guilty not caring for my baby, for not working all the hours my boss wanted, felt guilty full stop. It's impossible to juggle a full-time, demanding career with the full-time job of caring for a baby. Another child later, it was time for me to hit the workplace again. I was an experienced, and efficient curator. I'd worked at a major auction house, a major public museum, a major private gallery and lectured at London University. Rejection after rejection followed. Self-esteem plummeted. I ended up applying for manual jobs,
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Request: Call 310-552-0242 or Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and Demand Muslim TV
Bismillah, FYI
ISGH - Islamic Society of Greater Houston
Peace, Curtis Sharif
Houston, Texas
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Dear Brothers Sisters,
Assalam Alaikum. ATT is launching cable television in Texas. Unfortunately,
ATT Television is refusing to add Bridges TV that is giving Muslims a voice in
America. ATT is further refusing to even meet with Imams and Community Leaders
to understand our needs.
Please contact Rob Thun of ATT Television and demand Muslim TV:
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better understanding of Islam and Muslims. Your personal attention to this
matter will greatly help all American Muslims. Thank you.
Wasalm JAK,
Br. Rodwan Saleh
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Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Reminding u to read Soorat AlKAHFon Friday
Reminding u to read Soorat AlKAHFon Friday نذكركم بقراءة سورة الكهف كل يوم جمعة وقال صلى الله عليه وسلم : ( من قرأ سورة ( الكهف ) في يوم الجمعة أضاء له من النور ما بين الجمعتين ) [ صححه الألباني في صحيح الترغيب والترهيب / 736 ] .. وقال عليه الصلاة والسلام : ( من قرأ سورة ( الكهف ) ليلة الجمعة، أضاء له من النور ما بينه وبين البيت العتيق ) [ صححه الألباني في صحيح الترغيب والترهيب / 736 ] ..
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Would you advise individuals to study hadith from al-Bukhari and Muslim on their own?
Would you advise individuals to study hadith from al-Bukhari and Muslim on their own? ©Nuh Ha Mim Keller 1995 Any Muslim can benefit from reading hadiths from al-Bukhari and Muslim, whether on his own or with others. As for studying hadith, Sheikh Shuayb al-Arnaut, with whom my wife and I are currently reading Imam al-Suyuti's Tadrib al-rawi [The training of the hadith narrator], emphasizes that the science of hadith deals with a vast and complex literature, a tremendous sea of information that requires a pilot to help one navigate, without which one is bound to run up on the rocks. In this context, Sheikh Shuayb once told us, Whoever doesn't have a sheikh, the Devil is his sheikh, in any Islamic discipline. In other words, there are benefits the ordinary Muslim can expect from personally reading hadith, and benefits that he cannot, unless he is both trained and uses other literature, particularly the classical commentaries that explain the hadiths meanings and their relation to Islam as a whole. The benefits one can derive from reading al-Bukhari and Muslim are many: general knowledge of such fundamentals as the belief in Allah, the messengerhood of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), the Last Day and so on; as well as the general moral prescriptions of Islam to do good, avoid evil, perform the prayer, fast Ramadan, and so forth. The hadith collections also contain many other interesting points, such as the great rewards for acts of worship like the midmorning prayer (duha), the night vigil prayer (tahajjud), fasting on Mondays and Thursdays, giving voluntary charity, and So on. Anyone who reads these and puts them into practice in his life has an enormous return for reading hadith, even more so if he aims at perfecting himself by attaining the noble character traits of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) mentioned in hadith. Whoever learns and follows the prophetic example in these matters has triumphed in this world and the next. What is not to be hoped for in reading hadith (without personal instruction from a sheikh for some time) is two things: to become an alim or Islamic scholar, and to deduce fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) from the hadiths on particulars of sharia practice. Without a guiding hand, the untrained reader will misunderstand many of the hadiths he reads, and these mistakes, if assimilated and left uncorrected, may pile up until he can never find his way out of them, let alone become a scholar. Such a person is particularly easy prey for modern sectarian movements of our times appearing in a neo-orthodox guise, well financed and published, quoting Quran and hadiths to the uninformed to make a case for the basic contention of all deviant sects since the beginning of Islam; namely, that only they are the true Muslims. Such movements may adduce, for example, the well-authenticated (hasan) hadith related from Aisha (Allah be well pleased with her) by al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, Shirk (polytheism) is more hidden in my Umma than the creeping of ants across a great smooth stone on a black night . . . (Nawadir al-usul fi marifa ahadith al-Rasul. Istanbul 1294/1877. Reprint. Beirut: Dar Sadir, n.d., 399). This hadith has been used by sects from the times of the historical Wahhabi movement down to the present to convince common people that the majority of Muslims may not actually be Muslims at all, but rather mushrikin or polytheists, and that those who do not subscribe to the views of their sheikhs may be beyond the pale of Islam. In reply, traditional scholars point out that the words fi Ummati, in my Umma in the hadith plainly indicate that what is meant here is the lesser shirk of certain sins that, though serious, do not entail outright unbelief. For the word shirk or polytheism has two meanings. The first is the greater polytheism of worshipping others with Allah, of which Allah says in surat al-Nisa, Truly, Allah does not forgive that any should be associated with Him [in worship], but forgives what is other than that to whomever He wills (Quran 4:48), and this is the shirk of unbelief. The second is the lesser polytheism of sins that entail shortcomings in one's tawhid or knowledge of the divine unity, but do not entail leaving Islam. Examples include affection towards someone for the sake of something that is wrongdoing (called shirk because one hopes to benefit from what Allah has placed no benefit in), or disliking someone because of something that is right (called shirk because one apprehends harm from what Allah has placed benefit in), or the sin of showing off in acts of worship, as mentioned in the sahih or rigorously authenticated hadith that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, The slightest bit of showing off in good works is shirk (al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn. 4 vols. Hyderabad, 1334/1916. Reprint
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] America's Alliance with Bin Laden?
-- Forwarded message -- *AMERICA'S ALLIANCE WITH BIN LADEN *PLAYING THE SUNNI CARD - AND FOOTSIE WITH AL-QAEDA *By: Justin Raimondo* The latest Seymour Hersh piecehttp://e8.octadyne.net/guest/index.cfm?fuseaction=guest.tccgLkID=7556sID=4147054finalURL=http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/070305fa_fact_hersh?page=1has a lot of new information, some of it shocking, some of it not at all surprising to readers of Antiwar.com http://antiwar.com/ and Etherzone.comhttp://etherzone.com/. An example of the latter: *The administration is now examining a wave of new intelligence on Iran's weapons programs. Current and former American officials told me that the intelligence, which came from Israeli agents operating in Iran, includes a claim that Iran has developed a three-stage solid-fueled intercontinental missile capable of delivering several small warheads - each with limited accuracy - inside Europe. The validity of this human intelligence is still being debated.* We can thank Scooter Libby and the vice president of the United States for having blinded American intelligence to Iranian WMD programs - Valerie Plame was reportedly the CIA's resident expert on Iranian WMD, and her outfit, Brewster-Jennings consulting, was the U.S. government's regional eyes and ears on nuclear proliferation issues. I guess that's why we have to depend on the Israelis. The Mossad has been quite busy, not only in Kurdistan but also in Iran. Although the Iranians indignantly deny it, the Israeli presence in Iran may have been responsible for the recent accidental death of a top Iranian nuclear scientist. In any case, the Israelis, according to an earlier report by Hersh, have thoroughly penetrated Kurdistan, where they train the * peshmerga*. Using the Kurdish rebels in Iran, known as Pejak, they have launched sorties into Iranian territory. What is less clear - although I've touched on the subject recently - is the extent to which clandestine activities are being carried out by the U.S. in Iran, and, according to Hersh, Lebanon. The policymakers are taking a new turn, says Hersh, supposedly necessitated by the consequences of the Iraq war. The U.S. invasion turned Iraq over to a Shi'ite coalition of pro-Iranian parties, and now we're playing the Sunni card. Hersh cites a former senior intelligence official as saying *We are in a program to enhance the Sunni capability to resist Shi'ite influence, and we're spreading the money around as much as we can…. In this process, we're financing a lot of bad guys with some serious potential unintended consequences. We don't have the ability to determine and get pay vouchers signed by the people we like and avoid the people we don't like. It's a very high-risk venture.* Doesn't anyone ever learn from history? U.S. aid to the Afghan freedom fighters in the 1980s consolidated the core of what was to become al-Qaeda - a Frankenstein's monster that turned on its creator. Now the U.S. is repeating that blunder, only this time on a much wider scale - with consequences we can only begin to imagine in our darkest, most sweat-soaked nightmares. Once again we are in league with the Saudis, who were instrumental in setting up the Afghan networks that morphed into al-Qaeda. Bin Laden is their errant son, come back to haunt them - and us. The Kingdom is the worst tyranny in the entire region, steeped in a fanatic version of Islam that is, by regional standards, barbaric. Ruled over by a sclerotic aristocracy more decadent and deserving of overthrow than even the haughty Bourbons or the crazed Romanovs, it is precisely our association with these royal kleptocrats that has generated anti-Americanism and killed the possibility of a genuine liberal movement. The Saudis are backing the Siniora government against Shi'ite Hezbollah and its Christian allies, and the U.S. is funneling covert aid that is allowed to end up in the hands of emerging Sunni radical groups in northern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley, and around Palestinian refugee camps in the south, writes Hersh. These groups, though small, are seen as a buffer to Hezbollah; at the same time, their ideological ties are with al-Qaeda. So let's get this straight: U.S. taxpayer dollars are subsidizing al-Qaeda's emerging Lebanese affiliate. Remember that as you fill out your income tax forms this year. The war on terrorism sparked by al-Qaeda's 9/11 attack has ended with the U.S. in alliance with bin Laden's boys against a supposedly emerging Shi'ite threat. Now how bitter is *that *ironic twist? Forget al-Qaeda: nobody is even trying to capture bin Laden, and no wonder. He's our ally now. That's what Michael Scheuer has always said, but now I see it's official. Bin Laden was yesterday's villain: today's hate figure is President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran. Although the Iranians insist their nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes, i.e., power generation, a full-court propaganda campaign has been ongoing to convince
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Stop Islam from taking over Europe, says Dutch politician.
So, where is the democracy! Why this Dutch politician is worried for out numbered Muslims in his country! Does he believe in democracy or he fears of true democracy? *Stop Islam from taking over Europe, says Dutch politician.* Bruno Waterfield in The Hague Thursday, 01 March 2007 An anti-immigrant politician is making a meteoric rise with his call on the Dutch - once one of the most tolerant nations in the world - to stop Islam taking over Europe. Geert Wilders, the 43-year-old leader of the Freedom Party, is convinced that governments are being forced to accommodate a 'tsunami of Islamisation' that is fundamentally incompatible with European social values. Islam itself is the problem. Islam is a violent religion, he told The Daily Telegraph. The Prophet Mohammed was a violent man. The Koran is mostly a violent book. We should invest in Muslim people but they have to first get rid of half the Koran and half of their beliefs, he said. The Freedom Party has jumped from six to 10 per cent in opinion polls since November. His passionate campaign for a ban on the Islamic veil, or burqa, in public places is gaining such momentum that the country's new coalition government could be forced to introduce the ban it does not support. On the burqa, Mr Wilders is adamant: It is a medieval token of a barbaric time, of how not to treat women, even if they want to wear it themselves, he argues. Allowing Muslims to wear the burqa in the Netherlands, or to have segregated swimming sessions so as not to offend religious sensitivities, amounts to religious apartheid he says. The new government coalition of mainstream centre right and left political parties had planned to ditch a decision by the previous government to ban the burqa in the Netherlands which now has a population of one million Muslims, six per cent of the total population. But, Mr Wilders crows, weekend opinion polls show 66 per cent of Dutch citizens support a ban. The minority opposition leader who has won two previous votes for a ban on the burqa is convinced that support will be there for new legislation he will table in the spring as the Dutch become increasingly concerned over Muslim separatism. Wilders is convinced there is growing support for his views across Europe but its political leaders, particularly in Britain, are too obsessed with being politically correct. There is almost no country more politically correct than the UK. Look at the terrible things that happened in London after Madrid, you have more reason than most to make this debate transparent and public, he said. Mr Wilders split from the Dutch liberals in September 2004 over their support for EU membership for Turkey. Two months later he was living in fear after police arrested suspected terrorists, armed with grenades, accused of planning to kill him. The Dutch politician says he and his wife have received more than 600 death threats. Mr Wilders, who is always surrounded by plain clothes police guards, said: I lost my freedom and privacy because of my opposition to Islam.
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Muslim parents Appeal Over Baby Named Jihad
Appeal Over Baby Named Jihad The German interior ministry is appealing against a decision by the Berlin authorities to allow an Islamist to name his son Jihad, the Arabic word used for holy war. Reda Seyam fought for 18 months for permission to give his sixth child the name after the registry in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg initially rejected his application, saying the name was inappropriate because of its association with terrorism, and may endanger the child. This week a court overturned the ruling, on the grounds that Jihad was a recognised male forename in the Arab world and loved by Muslims. Mr Seyam, 47, a self-declared Islamist, was shown on television this week presenting his son. Grinning into the camera, Jihad on his knee, he said: You had barely come into the world and you were in court. Your fight has already begun. In the same programme he defended the terror attacks on the United States on September 11 2001, and on Bali in 2002. Germany has strict rules governing the naming of children. Parents have to choose from a list of court-approved names, to prevent a child from becoming a victim of ridicule or confusion. The names Hitler and Stalin are banned, and in 2002 a Turkish couple living in Germany were denied permission to name their child Osama bin Laden. Berlin's interior minister, Erhart Körting, said a court that allowed a father who has welcomed al-Qaida attacks to name his child in this way has underestimated in an appallingly naive manner the meaning of this name. Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/ar...023810,00.html Comment: So it seems to name your child after cartoon characters, George Bush or Tony Blair is ok. But to name them based on Islamic terms like Jihad or even Usamah Bin Laden is not allowed. Even names like Adolph Hitlet and Stalin are also banned. Hard to believe that all this is happening in Europe in 2007 which is supposed to be a place of freedom and the right to act and do as u please, but obviously not for certain sections of its citizens. We have had western politicians dictating to Muslim women what they can and cannot wear and now we have them telling us what we can and cannot call our children. Names like Hitler and Stalin have been banned, yet western politicians are behaving exactly like those two despots did. I disagree with glorifying 9/11 and Bali attacks, but surely people are entitled to free thought and opinions based on their ideological inclinations? Or is this the beginning of thought control in Europe? Quite funny that Europeans ask Muslims to have a reformation which they went through in the middle ages when they divided church from state because it was dictating to people what they could and could not think about and yet they are doing the same thing , this time in the name of Secularism. - All New Yahoo! Mail Tired of unwanted email come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you.
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Egyptian Journalists Protest, Demanding Release of Ezzuddin
Egyptian Journalists Protest, Demanding Release of Ezzuddin Ikhwanweb - Cairo, Egypt Thursday, March 01, 2007 Egyptian journalists staged a vigil protesting at the unjust detention of their fellow journalist Ahmed Ezzuddin who was referred to a military court. Egyptian journalists staged a vigil in front of the Press syndicate on Wednesday to demand immediately releasing fellow journalist Ahmed Ezzuddin who was referred to a military court along with Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders. The journalists confirmed in their demonstration that Ezzuddin, a previous editor-in-chief of Al-Shaab (People) opposition newspaper, is shielded by only his pen, and that the Egyptian regime has crossed, in its suppression of freedoms, all limits. The journalists questioned also the reason for arresting him, let alone referring him to a military tribunal. Mohamed Abdul Qoddous, the secretary general of the freedoms committee in the Press Syndicate, condemned holding Ezzuddin, confirming that Egypt will not see any progress as long as the authoritarian regime maintains such injustice, including corruption, tyranny and transferring civilians to military justice instead of standing trial in front of a civilian judge. Abdul Qoddous told Ikhwanweb that Egypt is currently witnessing a real dilemma due to the political and economic collapse and ongoing policies of suppression and detentions under the current Egyptian autocratic regime. The journalists raised placards demanding the release of the fellow journalist Ahmed Ezzuddin; the demonstration witnessed a considerable media presence in addition to an intensive security presence. It is worth mentioning that journalist Ahmed Ezzuddin developed a slipped disc after he was thrown behind bars since Dec. 14, 2006. This is the second demonstration that Egyptian journalists organize to demand releasing Ahmed Ezzuddin. Ezzuddin lived for seven years in Kuwait, where he worked for the weekly Al-Mujtamaa. He returned to Egypt and became the managing editor of Al-Shaab, which has been published solely on the Internet since 2000 (at www.alshaab.com). Other Topics: ezz.gifWidth=250 Description: Binary data
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] The Big Event 2007 - Ummah Films Premiere
Salaam All, Can you please send the email below to all your mailing lists/contacts/groups, insha-Allah. Much appreciated. Wassalaam, Imran. - Salaam All, The Big Event 2007. It's back and it's Big. Baba Ali from www.ummahfilms.com will be coming to Imperial College London next month(Friday 23rd March) to premiere his new Reminder Series. Bookings for the event opened yesterday(28th February) and alhamdulilah already 150 seats have been booked. The seating is limited to 720. To book your places for the the premiere please visit: www.theisoc.com/ali The event is open to all and each person can book up to 10 tickets. To get a feel for the videos, watch them on youtube by typing in ummah films in the youtube search engine. Please note, when you book, you must also pay using the Paypal system otherwise your booking will be cancelled. Any queries, please email me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wassalaam, Imran Younas - President of the Imperial College Islamic Society [EMAIL PROTECTED]
