Re: Bismillah [IslamCity] �Implement Sachar Commission report� - Madani
STOP INDIA GOVERNMENT STEPS AGAINST MUSLIMS AND ISLAM SIGN A PETITION TO PREVENT MUSLIMS FROM BEING RELEGATED TO RESERVATIONS,CLICK WWW.PETITIONONLINE.COM/1428R786/PETITION.HTML STOP DEMONIZING MUSLIMS IN INDIA SIGN A PETITION WWW.PETITIONONLINE.COM/7862007/PETITION.HTML WWW.BISMILLAHNEWS.IN WWW.ALHUDACHANNEL.COM WWW.ALHUDADAILYNEWS.COM [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Karnataka - Mangalore Implement Sachar Commission report Staff Correspondent PDP is planning to revive its presence in the State - The report will benefit minority communities A conference is scheduled to be held on January 1 - MANGALORE: Abdul Nasir Madani, chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said here on Saturday that his party would extend its political presence in Karnataka and would set up a State committee in the next six months. Stating that an ad-hoc committee would be set up within two months, Mr. Madani told presspersons that steps were being taken to re-establish the party in the State. The PDP had last contested the election for Ullal Assembly seat in 1995-96 with Ismail Shafi as its candidate. Mr. Madani expressed doubts on the prospects of the Union and State governments implementing the Sachar Committee recommendations. Terming the report as factual and beneficial for the minority community, Mr. Madani said governments had not shown the resolve to implement the commissions recommendations. Mr. Madani had stopped here on his way to Kasargod to attend a PDP rally there. Apprehension Expressing scepticism on the Governments ability to implement such reports, Mr. Madani said most of such reports ended up in debates in academic circles. Lauding the move by the Kerala Government to set up a State-level committee to monitor the implementation of Sachar Commission report, he said government announcements should be followed by action. Parrying a question on his nearly a decade-long incarceration for his alleged involvement in the Coimbatore bomb blast case, Mr. Madani said: I want to forget that chapter in my life. I do not want to conduct a post-mortem into the incident for it may create a bad situation. It may cause political turmoil or create a law and order situation. However, he termed his imprisonment as political vendetta. Future plans On the political plans of his party, Mr. Madani said the PDP would organise a national-level social justice conference at Kochi on January 1, 2008. About five lakh people, including 1,000 delegates from all over the country, will attend the conference. Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and other leaders are likely to attend it, he said. http://www.hinduonnet.com/2007/11/18/stories/2007111858900300.htm With Regards Abi - Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. - Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. Click here to know how.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Reconstruction Of Islam Thought
How do we look at a religion? As a set of rituals, dogmas and institutions? Or
as values and thought system? Some emphasise the former and others the latter.
Generally the masses of people are more concerned with rituals, dogmas and
institutions whereas the intellectuals lay more emphasis on thought system and
values, particulary on the thought system. For the masses, religion is nothing
but performance of certain rituals as laid down and to have belief in certain
dogmas formulated by the learned scholars. For them anyone who deviates from
performance of these rituals or questions any of these dogmas is a 'heretic'
worthy of condemnation.
The intellectuals may lay more emphasis on the thought system of a religion but
there are those who accept the thought system as inherited and there are those
who are intellectually quite active and consider it necessary to rethink the
thought system of the religion they have inherited. In a dynamic society ,
there are much greater possibilities of rethinking the thought system. In a
stagnant or a closed society such possibilities are smothered. The early
Islamic society was highly dynamic and full of vitalities. Islam was a great
revolution, not only religious but also social and economic. It had upturned
all old ideas and ideologies. It gave human society a new value system and
heightened the human sensitivity for change for the better. Islam put greater
emphasis on change and called everything old into question. It encouraged
people to rethink the beliefs of their ancestors. All that ancestors believed
in was not necessarily right and beneficial.
Thus in early Islam change was never thought to be a 'sin'. The Qur'an laid
great emphasis on 'ilm as well as 'amal (knowledge and practice). The Arab
peninsula was an area of darkness in many ways. Only poetry was their passion.
The other area of information they were proud of was what they called ansab
i.e. the family tree. For them the nobility (sharf) of ancestors was more
important than their own. They were greatly proud of their ancestry. Islam
changed all this. It brought about complete revolution in the Arab mind set
which spread to other areas conquered by the Arabs. The emphasis was on present
and future, not on the past. The Individual was brought at the centre, not the
tribe. The individual was made responsible for everything, not the tribe one
belonged to.
Knowledge and practice:
There was no quest for knowledge in the pre-Islamic Arabia. In fact any
knowledge except that of ones tribal ancestry was derided upon. The Qur'an, on
the other hand, put all the emphasis on 'ilm (knowledge) which is a very
comprehensive word in Arabic. 'Ilm is used for science as well. It includes
knowledge of everything created by Allah including the knowledge of creator
himself. Allah invites human beings to think, to brood and to reflect on the
whole universe, on the creation of Allah, the stars, the earth, the plants and
the animals. Also, the Qur'an lays great emphasis on induction rather than
deduction. The former leads to objective knowledge of the universe and latter
to speculation. Modern science is based on induction rather than deduction.
Also, knowledge was given further practical orientation by laying equal
emphasis on 'amal (practice). 'Ilm without 'amal was projected as bereft of any
benefit to humanity. Correct knowledge ('ilm al-yaqin) and healthy practice
('amal salih) is the most desirable synthesis. The word 'ilm al-yaqin (i.e.
knowledge with conviction) is of great value. It is thus clear that the Qur'an
neither encourages superficial knowledge nor allows its instrumentalisation.
Qur'an has been described as hudan lil muttaqin i.e. a guide for the God
fearing or the pious. Thus the term 'ilm is not only comprehensive but also
value-oriented. Knowledge must not only be true but should also be based on
conviction; it should not only advance the state of information about the
universe but should also serve the humanity.
Similarly 'amal (practice) as pointed out above, has to be nothing but salih
(healthy). The practice, based on knowledge and conviction, must promote the
health of society. What kind of revolution it was in a stagnant society of
Arabian peninsula whose whole universe was its own tribe cannot be easily
imagined by us today. It was nothing short of a total break from the past; a
break which changed the whole quality of social life and brought about
tremendous advancement in knowledge. The ritual system of Islam - 'ibadat - was
also not devoid of value-system.
Islam does not accord any priority whatsoever to race, tribe, language, creed
or colour. The Qur'an makes categorical statement to this effect (see 49:13 and
30:22). It also strictly forbade the Muslims from making any distinction
between an Arab and non-Arab and a white and a black. The Prophet, in order to
effectively demolish any such hierarchical distinctions, appointed a
Bismillah [IslamCity] Ahadith Qudsi-Superiority of Monotheism . . . Qudsi Hadith: 20
Ahadith Qudsi-Superiority of Monotheism . . . Qudsi Hadith: 20 Prohibition of Abusing Time 20) Narrated Abu Hurraira (r.a.) Allah's Messenger (s.a.w.s.) said: Allah Azzawajal said: The son of Adam displeases Me by abusing the time whereas I am Myself the time. In My Hand lay all the things and I am the one who causes the revolution of the day and night. (This Hadith is sound and reported by Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Da'ud and Nas'i). Once Allah Azzawajal causes the day and night and controls time, abusing time is a bed deed that should not happen. Precisely, abusing time is not permissible in Islam. *** Saying of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) Having Allahs Statements. From Darussalam Islamic Books - Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Cyclone Loss Much More Than Expected--Asia Post, Dhaka , editorial
Cyclone Loss Much More Than Expected We request the international community to come in a big way in immediate food assistance as Bangladesh is food short now, in building at least another five hundred shelters and also building at least a few houses for poor people in every village in the most vulnerable areas of the coast which can also serve as shelter in such times. . Cyclone Loss Much More Than Expected. The devastating cyclone that hit Bangladesh on 16 th night of this month has left behind much more devastation than was initially estimated.Despite making of many shelters the death in the off-shore islands and sea shores has been very large The loss of cattle , crop and house property has been immense.As the housing is poor the stored food in the huts have also been lost.The entire population has to be fed now for the next four months till the new crop comes. In addition the houses have to be built again apart from rehabilitation of agriculture and communication. This would require massive fund.The government and the people would be doing maximum.Even then we expect the rich nations to stand by us. Donor nations and agencies have pledged over US$ 25 million in assistance to help Bangladesh meet the requirements rising in the aftermath of Cyclone Sidr.This is nothing compared to the need. Mia Muhammad ,Ayub, secretary of the Food And Disaster Management Ministry, said that the donor nation and agency representatives will hold further talks with government representatives on Thursday to assess what steps are to be taken next. He said that a total of 42 representatives from different donor nations along with UN alliances attended the meeting yesterday. In addition to monetary help, they have also committed to provide rice, blanket, tent and other infrastructure items. We request the international community to come in a big way in immediate food assistance as Bangladesh is food short now, in building at least another five hundred shelters and also building at least a few houses for poor people in every village in the most vulnerable areas of the coast which can also serve as shelter in such times. .
Bismillah [IslamCity] Demolition of Ancient Religious Symbols
Written by Professor Azizah Y. Al-HibriHave been asked by concerned American and Canadian Muslim organizations to comment on a recent statement made by the Taliban, the ruling party in Afghanistan, which was reported in the Washington Post on March 2, 2001. According to the Washington Post, the Taliban announced the beginning of a campaign to destroy all statutes in including the historical statues of Bamiyan, in the name of Islam. In responding to these Muslim organizations, I rely primarily on the Qur'an, and sunnah. I also rely on traditional sources of Islamic jurisprudence as well as Islamic history. Additionally, in matters of jurisprudence I rely heavily on a fatwa issued earlier by Dr. Taha Jaber al-Alwani on a related topic. In matters of Islamic history and world religions, I rely on statements made by Professor Seyyed Hussein Nasr on this and other occasions. Introduction: There is no doubt that something is very wrong with the Taliban position on this and other matters. Chief among these other matters is the Taliban's oppressive limitations on Muslim women's rights, which have been addressed elsewhere. While there is no central interpretive authority in Islam, an acceptable interpretation must satisfy a minimum number of requirements. For example, the interpretation must be based on the Qur'an and sunnah (the reported words and example of the Prophet). It must be based on knowledge and motivated by piety. It must also serve (rather than harm) maslaha (public interest) of Muslims in particular and humanity in general. Assuming arguendo that the Taliban's interpretation of Islam satisfies these minimal requirements, the Taliban are still not entitled to force their views on other Muslims, within and outside Afghanistan, and on the rest of the world. For, the very Islamic jurisprudence which protects their right to freedom of thought, also protects the freedom of thought of other Muslims and non-Muslims as well. It is for this reason that when the Abbasid Khalifah (Caliph) Abu Ja'far al-Mansour approached Imam Malik with the idea of adopting the Maliki math.hab (school of thought) as the official math.hab of the land, the Imam rejected the idea repeatedly. Realizing that he is only a human being who is capable of error, he refused to impose his views on a whole people. The Taliban seem to have no such concerns. This is consistent with their rejection of other basic Islamic principles, such as shura (consultation with other Muslims), and bay'ah (a system of elective non-authoritarian governance). It is also consistent with their rejection of the Islamic injunction that the pursuit of education is the duty of every Muslim, male and female. Finally, it is consistent with their rejection of the overarching Islamic model of harmonious gender, racial, religious and general human relations. For centuries, Islam has preserved and even maintained all prior cultural expressions, including the Egyptian Sphinx, the Persian Persepolis, ancient houses of worship belonging to other religions, and the pictures, images, artifacts and possessions they housed. In fact, had it not been for Islamic protection, these structures and artifacts may not have survived. Khalifah 'Umar provides an excellent example. Upon entering, he prohibited the destruction of any Christian images or places of worship. Muslim jurists also prohibited the destruction of places of worship and religious artifacts belonging to non-Muslims. The medieval Ibn al-Qayyim noted that the Qur'an itself prohibits such destruction . The verse states that had it not been for God counterpoising (daf') one people by another, monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques (that is, places where the name of God is remembered frequently) would have been surely destroyed. The medieval writer al-Zajjaj commented that had God not counterpoised one people by another, there would have been destroyed synagogues in the time of Moses, destroyed churches and monasteries in the time of Jesus, and destroyed mosques in the time of Muhammad (SAAS).[ Shayban reported that protection of such places extends to people other than those who believe in an Abrahamic religion. Al-Ashaj reported that the protection extends even to those who are kafir (do not believe in God). Al-Hassan added that God counterpoised Muslims to stave off those who want to destroy non-Muslim places of worship. The wisdom of this Qur'anic verse and related ancient discussion among Muslim jurists becomes clear in modern times through incidents such as the destruction of the Barbri mosque in India, and the Abrahamic shrine in Hebron, and through violence at al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. These incidents illustrate the fact that if followers of various religions start destroying each other=s sacred places, then not a single sacred place will remain standing. The Qur=an pointed this fact out very clearly, which is why jurists
Bismillah [IslamCity] On Iran, no news is good news for U.S.
No immediate or remote threat is posed by this enrichment. The international community would be foolish to destabilise the work the IAEA and Iran are doing to resolve the core issue of the P-2 because of a derivative issue like non-compliance with the suspension fatwa. Indeed, to the extent to which it is in everyones interest that Iran resume its voluntary adherence to the Additional Protocol, the UNSC should suspend its sanctions and return the Iranian file to the IAEA in exchange for that adherence. On Iran, no news is good news for U.S. Siddharth Varadarajan - The IAEAs latest report on the Iranian civilian nuclear programme will take the wind out of the sails of the war party in Washington. It suggests Tehran might be telling the truth about not having worked as extensively on its centrifuge designs as the Anglo-American bloc alleges it has. - FILE PHOTO: AP The Natanz uranium enrichment facility in Iran. Somewhere along the line, between the blur of sanctions and the threat of war, the world has forgotten what the Iranian nuclear crisis is really all about. The crisis does not revolve around Iranian defiance of the United Nations Security Councils demand that all uranium enrichment, reprocessing, and heavy water-related activities be suspended immediately. Rather, it is about the underlying question that led to the Iranian file being sent to the UNSC in the first place. And that question is the following: Does Iran have any undeclared nuclear facilities which the world and the International Atomic Energy Agency do not know about and where, presumably, work is being carried out on a secret weapons programme? Any non-nuclear weapon state that is party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is required to adhere to one principal obligation to not develop or manufacture nuclear weapons. In order to implement this obligation, all nuclear facilities in that country have to be safeguarded by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which ensures the country is not diverting nuclear material for any prohibited purpose. The import of nuclear material is supposed to be reported to the agency in a timely manner, as are any experiments or research projects involving the use of source or fissionable material. The Additional Protocol, which embodies obligations not included in the standard IAEA safeguards agreement, further requires that there be no undeclared nuclear activities in the country. Iraq, prior to the first Gulf war, had a fully safeguarded nuclear programme, but it also developed unknown to the IAEA facilities where weapons research was being conducted. The Additional Protocol emerged in response to the challenge posed by Iraqs clandestine weapons programme. It was believed that granting the IAEA enhanced access to physical locations and documentation could help establish the absence of undeclared nuclear activity and material in a country. Iran, like many NPT signatories, has not yet ratified the Additional Protocol but undertook, in 2003, voluntarily to adhere to its provisions. Iran withdrew its voluntary adherence in February 2006, following the decision of the IAEA Board of Governors to refer its file to the U.N. Security Council. During the intervening period, however, it provided information to the Agency that helped the latter discover a number of instances going back to the 1980s of Iranian failure to declare or provide information about certain nuclear imports and experiments. These failures were serious but not consequential and by 2005 the IAEA said it was able to close the file on most of them. None of these failures suggested the existence of a hidden nuclear weapons programme. Moreover, the one issue which American officials and propagandists most often speak about the construction of a hidden enrichment facility at Natanz was not a violation of Irans safeguards agreement. Indeed, at no point has the IAEA characterised the facility as such. Once Iran announced its adherence to the Additional Protocol, the IAEA was mandated not only to certify that no safeguarded material in Iran was being used for military purposes but also that there were no undeclared nuclear facilities anywhere in the country. At the best of times, implementing the second mandate is time consuming and complicated. One of the questions the IAEA sought an answer for during its work to establish a complete history of the Iranian nuclear programme was when precisely did fabrication work seriously begin on the P-1 and P-2 centrifuge designs. The P-2 drawings were acquired by Iran in 1996 but Tehran insisted it never began work on the P-2 until 2002. The discrepancy was important only to the extent to which one might assume Iran used the six years to master the P-2 manufacturing process and set up a hidden
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Bismillah [IslamCity] Rewards for fluent recitation..
Aishah (Radhi Allaho anha) narrates that Rasulullah (sallallaho alaihe wasallam) once said, One who is well versed in the Qur'an will be in the company of those angels who are scribes, noble and righteous; and one who falters in reading the Qur'an, and has to exert hard for learning, gets double the reward. (Bukhari) One who is well versed in the Qur'an means one who is proficient in memorizing as well as in reciting it. It is highly praiseworthy if one masters its meaning and significance as well. To be with the angels, means that, like the angels who transferred the Qur'an from 'Lauhe-e-Mahfuz' (Protected Tablet in the Heavens), therefore, both have the same occupation; or that he will join the company of such angels on the Day of Judgement. One who falters will get double reward-one for his reading and the other for his effort in reading the Qur'an, in spite of faltering again and again. It does not mean that his reward will exceed that of a well-versed person. The reward that is mentioned for a well-versed person is far greater, so much so that he will be in the company of special angels. The explanation is that the labor involved in faltering and the difficulties in the reading of the Qur'an carry an independent reward. As such, reading of the Qur'an should not be given up, even though faltering may be an excuse. Mulla Ali Qari has reproduced from the 'riwayat' (saying) of Tibrani and Baihaqi that one who cannot memorize the Qur'an well and yet persists in learning it by heart gets double reward. Similarly, one who cherishes a longing for memorizing it and does not possess the ability to do so, but does not give up his efforts, will be reckoned by Almighty Allah among the 'huffaz' (Plural of hafiz-one who has learnt the whole Qur'an by heart) on the Day of Resurrection.
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10th Dhul-Qada 1428 , 20th November 2007
Newsletter Volume 7, Number 45
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Assalamu aleykum Islam-Online Members!
Jewels In The Quran:
Allah never changes a favour (condition) which He has conferred upon a people
until they change what is in their own selves.(8:53)
This Week's Hadith (Sahih Muslim, Book 011, Number 3928:
Usama b. Zaid reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A
Muslim is not entitled to inherit from a non-Muslim, and a non-Muslim is not
entitled to inherit from a Muslim.
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In this issue:
1) Live Fatwa.
2) News: AROUND THE WORLD.
3) The Right to Return Home.
4) Youth 4 the Future : Outstanding Muslim Youth.
5) Muslim Affairs: Failure Risks Devastating Consequences.
6) European Muslims: German Muslims Life in Shots.
7) Health Science: Fish Farming: A Hope for HIV-Positives.
8) Art Culture : Iraq War Destroys Cradle of Civilization.
9) Living Shariah: Islam and the Restoration of Meaning.
1) Live Fatwa
Guest : Sheikh Mohamed El-Moctar El-Shinqiti
Subject : Fiqh of Muslim Minorities
Data: Wednesday,Nov 21 ,2007
Time: Makkah From... 01:00...To... 05:00
GMT From... 22:00...To...02:00
2) News : AROUND THE WORLD
- US Revives Musharraf-Bhutto Deal Hope.
- EU Warns Kosovo Over Independence.
- Introduction to Islam.
- US Blog Diplomacy.
- Bangladeshis Crave for Cyclone Relief.
- Canada Hijab Phobia Spreads to Judo.
- Muslims Race to Aid Bangladesh.
- Gaza Siege Kills Cancer Patient.
- World in Pictures.
More News..
3) The Right to Return Home --- A Message to Islamonline
Psychological Support Team - A Poem by One of Al- Bared's Children - When Men
Cry
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4) Youth 4 the Future : Outstanding Muslim Youth Actually, young Muslims
should have a significant role in their societies and toward the Islamic ummah,
and act positively towards any issue...
5) Muslim Affairs : Failure Risks Devastating Consequences The following
letter on the Middle East peace conference scheduled for Annapolis, Maryland,
in late November, was sent by its signers on October 10 to President George W.
Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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6) European Muslims : German Muslims Life in Shots
Previously a small minority, the Muslim community in Germany has grown to
three million, forming the third-largest followers of a religion in Germany...
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7) Health Science : Fish Farming: A Hope for HIV-Positives
Nathan Phiri, a fisherman for 50 years, is about to take a drastic change in
his profession, choosing to embark in integrated agriculture aquaculture rather
than traditional fishing. The concept of fish farming could hold the key to
empowering some of Malawi's HIV-affected families and allow them a second
chance.
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8) Art Culture : Iraq War Destroys Cradle of Civilization
Southern Iraq was home to one of the earliest civilizations which was built by
the Sumerians. After the ongoing war in Iraq, there is wide-scale and
irrevocable looting and destruction of Iraq's precious archaeological heritage.
9) Living Shariah: Islam and the Restoration of Meaning
In this paper,
