Re: Bismillah [IslamCity] fatwa
Assalaamu 'alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh, Who gave this fatwa? A reference would be good. JazakAllahu Khayr Fi Amanillah Abu Khadijah Melbourne [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many Aayat are in Quran Majeed? question How many Aayat are in Quran Majeed? Please sent me correct figures oblige. answer Generally known number of the verses of the Holy Qur'an is , though some have quoted a different numberI have been 'fixed up' with a girl with the intention of definitely marrying her. Our families are quite pious and decent, and the elders of both sides have agreed that the two of us will marry in 4 months time (and I and her are also happy and willing). However, the Nikah has not been done, we are just officially fixed up / engaged. My question then is that is it jaaiz for the two of us to write to each other, phone each other (we have decided never to meet alone until after the nikah). So , in the mean time is it jaaiz for us to talk on the phone/ write to each other? answer You and your fiance are non-Mahram to each other till the marriage is not accomplished. It is neccessary till then to take care of your behaviours - both of you. reference - Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Inviting Business Partners (Franchisees) - Hidayaa
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RE: Bismillah [IslamCity] Now Open - Scholarships for Universities -Ummul-Qura, Madinah, Riyadh
Assalam alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatau, Is this offer only for brothers?, can sisters apply too? JazakAllahu khairan Sadia Nasar To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 06:18:57 -0700Subject: Bismillah [IslamCity] Now Open - Scholarships for Universities -Ummul-Qura, Madinah, Riyadh Learn Arabic Language Study in Prestigious Universities -- on scholarships -- Makkah, Madinah, Riyadh Dear OIC students, as you all know we are working very closely with officials of universities in Saudi Arabia Alhamdulillaah many Students were accepted while some are waiting for their acceptance latter for upcoming semester insha Allaah. We are absolutely commited to help you learn the Arabic Language in Islamic and Arabic environment. We are constantly looking for opportunities to help students get accepted in most prestegious universities. If you have a strong desire to learn Arabic Languge and wish to study in Islamic Universities (Makkah, Madinah, Riyadh) then we will do our best to help you get accepted insha Allaah. This is a FREE service to serve Islaam and Muslims and is open to all Muslims throught the world, may Allaah accept it from us. To apply please email the Application to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Application can be found at : http://www.albaseerah.org/university/registration.doc - Schedule- Weekly Lectures - OIC-- Online Intensive Courses http://www.albaseerah.org/audio/schedule.htm On-Line Exam -AQ101- Click here Aqeedah Course: AQ101 http://www.albaseerah.org/course/past.htm Al-Qawaaid Al-Arbaa By Imam Muhammed Ibn Abdul-Wahhab Rahimahullaah. Click HERE for TEXT Click HERE for AUDIO Click HERE for Students Notes Date = May 30 - June 1st (All day long online test) Location = Ready to take exam ? Please click HERE Questions= For ongoing discussion about exam please click HERE All qualified participants will be awarded certificate, For more details please visit: Certification -Degrees http://www.albaseerah.org/course/certificate.htm If you have any question please visit our discussion Forums: Intensive Courses in Islamic Sciences Students' Lounge http://www.albaseerah.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=11 For schedule of upcoming LIVE lectures please visit http://www.albaseerah.org/audio/schedule.htm Ali Ibn Abi Taalib Educational Seminar A Unique Golden Opportunity TO: Spend your vacation in Makkah, Madinah and With Scholars... Details of seminars attended - in person - by More than 50 Senior Scholars, Mashaaykh, and professors = http://www.albaseerah.org/seminar/ Scholars Attended --- Books Covered--- Field Trips--- Participant's Testimonies All Thanks are due to Allaah, The All Mighty, Who blessed us to successfully organize Three educational seminars with senior scholars and Mashaaykh of Ahli Sunnah. Seats are going VERY FAST - Due to overwhelming respond we have added more seats but new seats are of higher price. Registration Form : Word PDF To register please fill out the registration form and email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.albaseerah.org/seminar/new/flyer.jpg _ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl001009ukm/direct/01/
Bismillah [IslamCity] We must talk to the enemy - Peter Hain
We must talk to the enemy By Peter Hain [Peter Hain is MP for Neath and former secretary of state for Northern Ireland. A longer lecture on this subject, delivered today in New York, will be available at irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu] Northern Ireland offers a model for peace that can help other regions still locked in bitter conflict Observing Northern Ireland today, it's hard to recognise what was, just a decade or so ago, the theatre for such horror, barbarity, hate and bigotry. For 14 months now, old enemies have worked together - and even smiled at each other - when they had never exchanged a courtesy before. Last year's historic agreement has so far stuck, and I believe will stick through ups and downs, precisely because it was brokered between the two most politically polarised positions - Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party and Gerry Adams' Sinn Féin. But what are the lessons for international policy in other areas still locked in similarly bitter conflict and crippled by terrorism? First, a need to create space and time, free from violence, in which political capacity can develop; second, identifying key individuals and constructive forces; third, the importance of inclusive dialogue at every level, wherever there is a negotiable objective; fourth, the taking of risks to sustain political progress, including by talking with enemies; fifth, the need to align national and international forces; sixth, avoiding or resolving preconditions to dialogue; seventh, gripping and micro-managing conflict resolution at a high political level, not intermittently but continuously, whatever breakdowns, crises and hostilities get in the way. In the Middle East, the conflict has not been gripped at a sufficiently high level, over a sufficiently sustained period. Initiatives have come and gone, and violence has returned to fill the vacuum. International forces have not been aligned. Preconditions have been, and now are, a crippling bulwark against dialogue. However, despite the intensity of bitterness and hatred between Hamas and Israel, neither can militarily defeat the other - they will each have to be a party to a negotiated solution that satisfies Palestinian aspirations for a viable state and Israel's need for security. Addressing Palestinian grievances - from security to jobs to housing - as we did in Northern Ireland, can create more fertile ground for a political process to complement engagement. However, al-Qaida terrorism is fundamentally different. It is not rooted in political objectives capable of negotiation, but rather in a reactionary, totalitarian ideology completely opposed to democracy, freedom and human rights. Negotiation with al-Qaida and its foreign jihadists is, therefore, politically and morally out of the question. Yet, offering individuals attracted to al-Qaida a non-violent, political avenue to address their concerns could conceivably help produce change in years to come. Northern Ireland's chief constable, Hugh Orde, only last week told the Guardian that discussions with al-Qaida wouldn't be unthinkable, the question will be one of timing. When the IRA's bloody armed campaign was raging more than 30 years ago, nobody in the British government could stomach talking with republican leaders except in surrender terms, since they were regarded as beyond the pale. Yet, in the middle of all this bloodshed and mayhem, contact was initiated which much later came to fruition. Similar issues arise in Afghanistan, although the situation there of warlords attached to the Taliban for tactical reasons on the one hand, and the presence of al-Qaida leaders on the other, make the whole process especially complex. The west urgently needs to match its commitment to global security with a commitment to global justice and global conflict resolution. The Northern Ireland experience, horrendous as it was, points to a rebalancing of foreign policy that can overcome horror with hope. __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
Bismillah [IslamCity] Our Birth Right
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Bismillah [IslamCity] HRW Slams Turkey Hijab Ruling
*HRW Slams Turkey Hijab Ruling* Sat. June 7, 2008 http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_Ccid=1212666061742pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout [image: Image] *HRW said the court ruling forces Turkish women to choose between their faith and education. (Reuters)* http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_Ccid=1212666061742pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout ANKARA — Amid calls to curtail the powers of Turkey's Constitutional Court over its ruling annulling a constitutional reform bill easing ban on hijab in universities, Human Rights Watch on Saturday, June 7, denounced the verdict as a violation of religious freedom. This decision means that women who choose to wear a headscarf in Turkey will be forced to choose between their religion and education, Holly Cartner, Europe and Central Asia Director at HRW, said in a statement cited by Reuters. This is truly disappointing and does not bode well for the reform process. The Constitutional Court, Turkey's highest court, on Thursday, June 5, annulled a constitutional reform bill easing restrictions on hijab on campus. The Constitutional Court decision is direct interference in parliament's legislative power, AK deputy chairman Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat told reporters after an emergency meeting chaired by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday. This is an open violation of the principle of separation of powers. The parliament passed last February a constitutional change allowing students to cover their heads only with traditional scarves tied loosely under the chin. Veils covering the neck remained banned. The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) petitioned the Court, whose verdicts can't be appealed, to scrap the amendment. Many universities defied the law, refusing to allow students to don hijab, an obligatory code of dress in Islam. Hijab has been banned in public buildings, universities, schools and government buildings in Muslim-majority Turkey since shortly after a 1980 military coup. *Violation* The court ruling also drew fire as a violation of the Turkish Constitution. This decision has raised questions over the separation of powers, said parliament speaker Koksal Toptan. It has led to serious concern over the development of our democracy, added Toptan, who hails from the ruling AK party. The Constitutional Court made a decision about the contents of this law passed by 411 deputies of our parliament even though the constitution clearly states the court can only carry out procedural examinations. The speaker suggested drafting a new constitution and establishing a senate in addition to a parliament to trim the powers of the Constitutional Court. I believe it will be beneficial to debate a new constitution and the bicameral system, he said. The Turkish parliament was bicameral under the 1961 constitution, but became unicameral again under the 1982 constitution, a legacy of a 1980 military coup. Such a system will reduce the load on the Constitutional Court and allow it to work more comfortably, said Toptan. The burden of the Constitutional Court may ease in a two-chamber system. The government has not commented on the senate proposal. Turkish TV quoted the staunchly secularist, main opposition party CHP Chairman Deniz Baykal as rejecting such a move. The CHP would not be able to block it on its own and it was not immediately clear how other parties would respond. *Related Links:* Turkish Court Annuls Hijab Lawhttp://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_Ccid=1212666031153pagename=Zone-English-News%2FNWELayout Turkey's Delayed Hijab Dreamhttp://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_Ccid=1203759015320pagename=Zone-English-News%2FNWELayout Turkish Campuses Fail Hijab Test http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_Ccid=1203757440638pagename=Zone-English-News%2FNWELayout Turkey Secularists Protest Hijab Lifthttp://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_Ccid=1201957527256pagename=Zone-English-News%2FNWELayout Turkey's Hijab Dilemma Intensifies http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_Ccid=1199279699807pagename=Zone-English-News%2FNWELayout Turkish Court Considers AKP Banhttp://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_Ccid=1203758585387pagename=Zone-English-News%2FNWELayout Why wear Hijab? http://www.jannah.org/sisters/hijab2.html Hijab Protects http://www.jannah.org/sisters/hijab_protect.html Hijab- Questions and Answers http://www.jannah.org/sisters/hijabfaq.html Liberation by the Veil http://www.jannah.org/sisters/hijbene.html Hijab: A lesson to be learned http://www.jannah.org/sisters/sultana.html Only For Allah http://www.jannah.org/sisters/hijabidentity.html My Body is My Own Business http://www.jannah.org/sisters/naheed.html The War of the Women http://www.jannah.org/sisters/warwomen.html Thinking about Hijab...some steps to consider? http://www.jannah.org/sisters/hijabthink.html Some advice to a young sis who wants to wear hijab
Bismillah [IslamCity] israel: Holocaust Remembrance Day - How Israelis celebrated it
Holocaust Remembrance Day - How Israelis celebrated it On April 30, 2008 - a message began to circulate, via the internet, among Jewish youth in Jerusalem. It said every real Jew should meet at 10 p.m. at a north Jerusalem shopping mall - to kill Arabs! As many as 200 teenage boys, some driven by their parents - gathered in the mall to attack Arabs. Because the mall had been closed in anticipation of Holocaust Remembrance Day, not an Arab was seen for two hours. Finally, two Arab teens passed on their way home to their refugee camp. The Jewish youth descended on them. They kicked, beat, and stabbed the two teens. Fortunately, a police vehicle happened by. The teenage mob scattered. One assailant told police that the fiercest attack began on the smaller Arab boy. I more or less saw that they jumped, kicked, stepped on him, on the Arab. The kid was a trampoline and punching bag.I cried a little on the side. And then the police came, and all of them ran away like ants. If the police hadn't come after five minutes, that boy would have been done for. I came back after three or four minutes to see what was happening with him, and I heard him shouting, 'Mother, mother!' Another participant said, I saw the Arab running with holes in his back and his whole jacket was full of blood. The emergency room log reports, Hematoma under right eye, shortness of breath, stabbed by a knife in two places on the back part of the chest cavity, etc. Surgeons had to open the boy's stomach to remove blood. Full article @ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/988477.html
Bismillah [IslamCity] Bilderberg exposed - Must watch videos
The Bilderberg Group, an elite club of 120 families (politicians executives) and they wants to rule the world. The group gained notoriety throughout the years as its meeting were highly secretive and participants agreed not to discuss details with the media. Bilderberg exposed - Part 1 of 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moX9BH5dtCo Bilderberg exposed - Part 2 of 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHcDgatKed0feature=related Bilderberg exposed - Part 3 of 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tyvpfisI0sfeature=related Bilderberg exposed - Part 4 of 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM5hL3jNGCUfeature=related Bilderberg exposed - Part 5 of 6- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBO3CYcE65Yfeature=related Bilderberg exposed - Part 6 of 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEmtGrNwRzkfeature=related Related stories on Bilderberg Group == Secretive meeting held in United States http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=106654 Hillary Obama In Secret Bilderberg Rendezvous http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2008/060608_hillary_obama.ht m It has emerged that Obama's press entourage were not informed of his secret meeting with Hillary Clinton in Northern Virginia until they were literally locked inside a plane that was taxiing down the runway on its way to Chicago. http://infowars.net/articles/june2008/060608Exclusion.htm Spooks Infest Marriott Hotel As Bilderberg Begins http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2008/060508_spooks_infest.ht m Photos: Bilderberg 2008 at the Westfields Marriott in Washington D.C. http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2008/060608Photos.htm G. Edward Griffin on the Alex Jones Show: Bilderberg's NWO http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2008/060608Griffin.htm allah hafiz
Bismillah [IslamCity] Israelis Enjoy Torturing Palestinians: Research
Israelis Enjoy Torturing Palestinians Grossman said the study shows a pattern practiced by hundreds and thousands. CAIRO - Israeli soldiers enjoy torturing Palestinians, both men and women, and many of them use it to discharge energy, according to a recent study by an Israeli psychologist. At one point or another of their service, the majority of the interviewees enjoyed violence, Nufar Yishai-Karin, a clinical psychologist at the Hebrew University, told The Observer on Sunday, October 21. Interviewing 18 Israeli soldiers and three officers, Yishai-Karin heard confessions of brutal assaults troops routinely commit against Palestinians. All of the interviewees were among those serving with her at an army base in Rafah in the Gaza Strip. After finishing service, Yishai-Karin spent seven years investigating soldiers' abuse of Palestinians during the first intifada in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Some of the interviews soldiers revealed how they enjoyed the intoxication of power when they abuse helpless Palestinians. It's like a drug, one soldier told her. If I don't go into Rafah and if there isn't some kind of riot once in some week, I go nuts. God For some of the Israeli soldiers, bashing the Palestinians made them feel important. You feel that you are the law. You are the law. You are the one who decides, another soldier said. As though from the moment you leave the place that is called Eretz Yisrael [Israel] and go through the Erez checkpoint into the Gaza Strip, you are the law. You are God. With such pleasure in power, soldiers said, nothing was prohibited. One soldier described an incident when a Palestinian passer-by was shot for no fault of his. We were in a weapons carrier when this guy, around 25, passed by in the street and, just like that, for no reason - he didn't throw a stone, did nothing - bang, a bullet in the stomach, he shot him in the stomach and the guy is dying on the pavement and we keep going, apathetic, he recalled. No one gave him a second look. A fourth soldier revealed how he had no problem abusing Palestinian women in particular, recalling when he brutally beat one woman for throwing a clog on him. I kicked her here [pointing to the crotch], I broke everything there. She can't have children. Another woman's fault was to spat at him. I gave her the rifle butt in the face. She doesn't have what to spit with any more. Culture Yishai-Karin found that soldiers start abusing Palestinians from as early as their first weeks of training. Yishai-Karin found that the soldiers engage in violence against Palestinians from as early as their first weeks of basic training. Soldiers described how their commanders encouraged brutality against helpless Palestinians and even endorsed it. They recalled how one of their commanders began the first days of his leadership with beating up a four-year-old Palestinian child. So we do a first patrol with him. It's 6am, Rafah is under curfew, there isn't so much as a dog in the streets. Only a little boy of four playing in the sand, one soldier remembers. He is building a castle in his yard. Once spotting his target, the Israeli commander suddenly started running with his soldiers around him. He grabbed the boy. I am a degenerate if I am not telling you the truth. He broke his hand here at the wrist, broke his leg here. And started to stomp on his stomach, three times, and left, said the soldier . We are all there, jaws dropping, looking at him in shock. The next day I go out with him on another patrol, and the soldiers are already starting to do the same thing. The report findings, which recently found they way to mainstream Israeli media, sent shock waves in Israel, where new recruits are usually taught they are joining the most ethical army in the world. Israeli author David Grossman said Yishai-Karin's research is not about individuals but rather about hundreds and thousands who carried out a kind of 'privatization' of a vast and general evil. Erlik Alhanan, the public face of Israeli refuseniks, has said that the number of soldiers who defy army orders to serve in the occupied territories is on the rise due to illegal army practices. At least 80 percent of reservists who refuse to do their military service in the occupied Palestinian territories have lost confidence in the declared moral principles of the Israeli army. -- Source: http://www.mpacuk.org/content/view/4124/34/ Vidéos of Interest Why ME bleeds - http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=7713806100545252588hl=en Peace, Propaganda The Promised Land - http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-6604775898578139565hl=en Israeli Strip Searching Women Children -
Bismillah [IslamCity] Just For Today
-- Forwarded message -- *June 7* *Someone who believes in me* * * *Just for today, I will have faith in someone in NA who believes in me and wants to help me in my recovery.* *Basic Text, p. 96* = Not all of us arrive in NA and automatically stay clean. But if we keep coming back, we find in Narcotics Anonymous the support we need for our recovery. Staying clean is easier when we have someone who believes in us even when we don't believe in ourselves. Even the most frequent relapser in NA usually has one staunch supporter who is always there, no matter what. It is imperative that we find that one person or group of people who believes in us. When we ask them if we will ever get clean, they will always reply, Yes, you can and you will. Just keep coming back! We all need someone who believes in us, especially when we can't believe in ourselves. When we relapse, we undermine our already shattered self-confidence, sometimes so badly that we begin to feel utterly hopeless. At such times, we need the support of our loyal NA friends. They tell us that this can be our last relapse. They know from experience that if we keep coming to meetings, we will eventually get clean and stay clean. It's hard for many of us to believe in ourselves. But when someone loves us unconditionally, offering support no matter how many times we've relapsed, recovery in NA becomes a little more real for us. = *Just for today:* I will find someone who believes in me. I will believe in them.
Bismillah [IslamCity] No Justice for Palestine, no golf for Israel! SPSC
--- On Sat, 6/7/08, Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; wrote: From: Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; Subject: No Justice for Palestine, no golf for Israel! To: SPSC lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; Date: Saturday, June 7, 2008, 4:41 PM 1. Build a settlement in Eaglesham against Zionist fundraising for ethnic cleansing PROTEST GLASGOW JNF FUNDRAISER -TUESDAY JUNE 17th 8am ONWARDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY The Scottish branch of the racist JNF (Jewish National Fund) are having a fundraiser on June 17th - a pro-am golf tournament at Bonnyton golf club, Eaglesham, near Glasgow.nbsp; The JNF is a major pillar of Israeli apartheid; their financing of illegal settlement-building is an outrage.nbsp; The British and Scottish governments implicate all of us in the crimes of the JNF by according these criminals charitable status over here. Bonnyton golf club supports illegal settlement-building in Palestine - join Scottish PSC to build a settlement on Bonnyton gold course! There will be protesters at Bonnyton throughout the day of June 17th.nbsp;There arenbsp;frequent number 44 buses from Union Street, outside Central Station, to Eaglesham.nbsp; A shuttle service of cars will take you from there to the nearby golf course protest.nbsp; E-mail or call 0795 800 2591 to arrange. 2. A Palestinian-Scottish couple are driving a ton and a half of urgently-needed medicines to Gaza on July 10th Khalil Al Niss and Linda Willis will take a van loaded with 1.5 tons of medical supplies from Scotland to Gaza, leaving from the Scottish Parliament at noon on Thursday, July 10th and arriving at the Rafah crossing in Egypt on Tuesday, July 15th. They will drive their precious cargo across Europe and the Middle East to Egypt’s border with Gaza, where Israel’s US- and EU- backed siege is causing critical shortages of all medical supplies, needless deaths and immense suffering. Khalil is originally from Jerusalem, Linda is a Scottish nurse. They are both taking time off work to make the journey.nbsp; Linda and Khalil need help of all kinds: medicines and medical supplies financial donations to buy medicine and desperately-needed spare parts for medical equipment. All donations to Nationwide account sort code 07-44-56, account number 13670627 assistance and support along the way from Scotland to Gaza (see route map) letters to your Egyptian Embassy to urge that Khalil and Linda be allowed unimpeded access into Gaza with their humanitarian cargo any other skills or energy you can offer – fundraising of any kind, publicity, design Contact Khalil amp; Linda on 079600 87 000 or Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: 0131 620 0052, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The situation in Gaza is absolutely desperate. The UN agency that provides food for Palestinian refugees says it can continue to distribute aid in Gaza for another 20 daysnbsp; The situation is deteriorating every day, with waste, water supply and transport problems increasing. Go to our website for a video appeal by Khalil and Linda and a map of their route: www.scottishpsc.org.uk 3. Keep informed: some key articles from SPSC website In Occupied Palestine - June 5, 2008 Israel 'committing memorycide' Living in a house which was taken from the owners is stealing. It's that simple. Zionism or barbarism: Israeli strategist says large number of killed innocent civilians justified UN report says Israeli demolition threatens thousandsnbsp; Israeli police violent attack on peaceful demonstration by Palestinian citizens of Israel Israeli military kills Gaza UN teacher in front of her children
Re: Bismillah [IslamCity] Arabs shocked by Obama speech
nbsp;Did you expect anything else as he has to conform to the policy of those who pull the strings---The Jews --- On Sat, 7/6/08, Islahonline lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; wrote: From: Islahonline lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; Subject: Bismillah [IslamCity] Arabs shocked by Obama speech To: eGroup For Muslims Around The World lt;islamcity@yahoogroups.comgt; Date: Saturday, 7 June, 2008, 1:36 PM nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; NEWSnbsp;AMERICAS Arabs shocked by Obama speech Barack Obama said he spoke as a true friend of Israel [EPA] Arab leaders have reacted with anger and disbelief to an intensely pro-Israeli speech delivered by Barack Obama, the US Democratic presumptive presidential nominee. nbsp; Obama told the influential annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Council (Aipac): Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided. His comments appalled Palestinians who see occupied East Jerusalem as part of a future Palestinian state. nbsp; Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, told Al Jazeera on Thursday: This is the worst thing to happen to us since 1967 ... he has given ammunition to extremists across the region. What really disppoints me is that someone like Barack Obama, who runs a campaign on the theme of changenbsp;-nbsp;when it comes to Aipac and what's needed to be said differently about the Palestinian state, he fails. nbsp; RELATED Reporter's diary: Divided Jerusalem Inside the US-Israel lobby I say to Obama ... please stop being more Israeli than the Israelis themselves, leave the Israelis and Palestinians alone to make decisions required for peace. nbsp; Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, rejected the statement, saying: We will not accept an independent Palestinian state without having Jerusalem as the capital. nbsp; I believe that case is clear. nbsp; He said: Jerusalem is part of the six points that are subjects on the negotiations' agenda. nbsp; And the whole world knows that East Jerusalem, Arab Jerusalem and Holy Jerusalem were occupied in 1967. nbsp; 'Hope slashed' nbsp; Sami Abu Zuhri, anbsp;spokesman for Hamas, the largest Palestinian resistance group, also condemned the speech, saying on Thursday: These statements slash any hope of any change in the American foreign policy. nbsp; [They] assure that there is a total agreement between the two parties, the Democratic and the Republican, on support for the Israeli occupation at the expense of the rights of Arabs and Palestinian interests. nbsp; IN DEPTH Israel and the NakbaThe ancient city of Jerusalem is divided into East and West. Israel captured East Jerusalem in the 1967 war and unilaterally annexed it, in a move condemned by the United Nations as illegal. nbsp; Jerusalem'snbsp;status as part of Israelnbsp;is notnbsp;internationally recognised and remains a central issue in peace negotiations. nbsp; 'Unbreakable bond' nbsp; Obama, hours after securing his party's nomination on Wednesday, had gone on to say the US bond with Israel was unbreakable today, unbreakable tomorrow, unbreakable for ever and drew a standing ovation. nbsp; He told the gathering of one of US politics' most influential lobbyingnbsp;groups that, as president, he wouldnbsp;never compromise when it comes to Israel's security. nbsp; Your Views What do you think the status of Jerusalem should be? Send us your viewsHe also said any deal between Israelis and Palestinians should preserve Israel's identity as a Jewish state and that Hamas should be isolated and pledged to approve $30bn in aid to Israel over the next 10 years. nbsp; 'Impressive speech' nbsp; Ehud Olmert, Israel 's prime minister, called the Illinois senator's speech very impressive. His words on Jerusalem were very moving, Olmert told reporters after meeting George Bush, the US president, at the White House. The Illinois senator's comments come a day after US media projected that Obama had enough delegates to win the Democratic nomination and face John McCain, the presumptive Republican candidate, in the November election. Iranian 'threat' Obama also had harsh words for Iran, vowing to work to eliminate the threat it posed to security in the Middle East and around the globe. Obama said an undividednbsp;Jerusalem should remain the capital of Israel [AFP]There's no greater threat to Israel or to the peace and stability of the region than Iran, he told the Aipac assembly. Calling for aggressive, principled diplomacy with Tehran, he also warned he would never take the military option off the table in guaranteeing US and Israeli security. Iranians responded cautiously, but optimisticly, with officials expressing nbsp;hope he can bring about change in Iran-US relations. Hamidreza Hajibabaee, member of Iranian parliament, said: We hope that Obama turns his words into actions,
Re: Bismillah [IslamCity] FIOE Strongly Condemns Danish Embassy Attack
M intersting, However it was notnbsp;Islam that published cartoons of Danish leaders. I lslam does not provoke. nbsp; Islam has many who believe in tackling those who would insult the religion directly. nbsp; The West know this, yet they still provoke. nbsp; I am always saddened by the deaths of the innocent ones, I have a great compassion for them, but they will have their place in paradise. I doubt if anyone in the WEST really knows, or caresnbsp;about how many innocent little children and their vulnerable families were allowed to die due to ten years of illegal sanctions against Iraq, without mentioning the disasterous effects on the illegal invasion. We in the West have blood on our hands, the blolod on innocent Muslim families, we have never learned anything since the Crusader days, and in fact boost about such atrosities. nbsp; Thses things have an upside, as they turn people like me away from my country of birth and to Islam which In the name of Almighty ALLAH, may he always be priased,nbsp;I have been guided to and embraced, --- On Sat, 7/6/08, Islahonline lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; wrote: From: Islahonline lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; Subject: Bismillah [IslamCity] FIOE Strongly Condemns Danish Embassy Attack To: eGroup For Muslims Around The World lt;islamcity@yahoogroups.comgt; Date: Saturday, 7 June, 2008, 1:49 PM nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; FIOE Strongly Condemns Danish Embassy Attack PRESS RELEASE - 2 June 2008 The Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe (FIOE) condemns the attack on the Danish Embassy in Islamabadnbsp; Expressing its strongest condemnation, the Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe (FIOE) received news of the attack on the Danish Embassy in Islamabad with a number of innocents falling victim.nbsp; The Federation in condemning this attack, emphasises that it is an unacceptable and appalling act that cannot be justified. Moreover, it was unacceptable to respond to the abuse and misrepresentation aimed at the religion of Islam and the Noble Messenger Muhammad—peace be upon him, by committing acts that are rejected—absolutely. Responding to such provocation is fundamentally by working to enlighten minds, win hearts, and reinforce the values and culture of dialogue, rather than rousing tensions, targeting innocents, and perpetrating disgraceful acts that are to be condemned, and which Islam does not condone.nbsp; Muslims in Europe have followed with grave concern, the attempts to defame and misrepresent the religion of Islam, and the Noble Messenger Muhammad—peace be upon him, in some Danish newspapers. Many wise voices, Muslim and otherwise, had expressed fears of the negative consequences resulting from poisoning the atmosphere, inciting hatred, and fanning the flames of extremism. The Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe (FIOE) had time and again warned all concerned of answering provocation with reactions that only inflame such insults and escalate matters, and achieving some of the aims of those agitating against Islam, i.e. entrenching hostility and driving Muslims and non-Muslims farther away from each other.nbsp; Muslims in Europe are persevering in their efforts to bridge any gaps and draw Europe and the Muslim world ever closer, and shall continue to strive in that regard. Muslims in Europe hope that all concerned parties contribute positively; in the interests of supporting a culture of harmony and mutual understanding, and that all concerned act with a great measure of responsibility in dealing with such crucial matters.nbsp; The Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe (FIOE) encourages Danish society, with all its constituents, including the Muslims, to show their unity and solidarity in confronting these events, and facing up to all those who harbour ill-intentions towards the values of coexistence, harmony, and mutual understanding.nbsp; The Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe (FIOE) 2 June 2008 nbsp; nbsp; Islahonline nbsp; nbsp; __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
