Bismillah [IslamCity] Reminding u to read Soorat AlKAHF on Friday
Reminding u to read Soorat AlKAHF on 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 ] ..
Bismillah [IslamCity] Most Muslim coverage 'negative' -- BBC news
Most Muslim coverage 'negative' Researchers looking at the way British Muslims are represented by the media say they have found that most coverage is negative in tone. A Cardiff University team behind the study looked at nearly 1,000 newspaper articles from the past eight years. Two-thirds focused on terrorism or cultural differences, and much of it used words such as militancy, radicalism and fundamentalist. The research was commissioned by Channel Four's Dispatches. Dr Paul Mason, a member of the team, said the team looked at three areas. They carried out a statistical analysis looking at types of stories and the way Muslims were described and the language used, the photographs used alongside the stories and they analysed the types of case studies used. You get these inaccurate stories about this threat of there is going to be more mosques than churches which is a complete nonsense Dr Paul Mason He said: We looked at both nouns and adjectives and the way in which British Muslims were described. And we found the highest proportion of nouns used were about things like extremism, suicide bombers, militancy, radicalism - which accounted for over 35% of the adjectives used about British Muslims - fanatic, fundamentalist - those kinds of languages were used. And Islam was portrayed or constructed in the language as dangerous or backward or as a threat, he said. The team found that since the attacks of 11 September 2001 in the United States and 7 July 2005 in London there had been an increase in stories about British Muslims and this peaked to more than 4,000 in 2006. 'Perceived threat' Mr Mason added: What you have to be careful of here is to watch the kind of generalisation of the very, very small number of people that are involved in political violence of any kind and the generalisation about Islam which is carried out by the newspapers. So following 9/11 and 7/7 of course there is a perceived threat from the public and the public are concerned about political violence. But it is wholly wrong to make what the newspapers do in the generalisation of those who carry out public violence to the whole of Islam and the whole of the British Muslim community. He said there were concerns that journalists and editors may have sought to appeal to their own readership about some perceived threat to British unity or values. You get these inaccurate stories about this threat of there is going to be more mosques than churches, which is a complete nonsense. There are roughly 900 mosques and there are 42,000 churches, so this is a ridiculous report. The Channel Four documentary, It Shouldn't Happen To A Muslim, investigated whether the 7/7 London bombings and the fear of terrorism had fuelled a rise in violence, intolerance and hatred against British Muslims. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7495384.stm Published: 2008/07/08 12:17:34 GMT © BBC MMVIII For any personal reply, please reply me [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks a lot for your time. BeJustPeace N.B.: I never mail any advertisement or spam - so if you get somethine like this from this account, please forgive me as sometimes, people may spam using my ID. Wish you all the best. RESPECT. __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html
Bismillah [IslamCity] Saudi Arabia's first professional woman pilot
Capt. Hindi to become Saudi Arabia's first professional woman pilot Saudi Arabia will soon have its first accredited female pilot, the Arab News reported today. Capt. Hanadi Zakariya Hindi will begin flying one of the jets owned by Kingdom Holding Company Chairman Prince Alwaleed bin Talal when she completes her advanced pilot proficiency training program in mid-2007 She obtained her commercial pilot's license last year. Despite being the first Saudi woman to fly professionally, the 26-year-old Hindi will still need to be driven to the airport by a male driver, a fact she laughed off. I am busy building my flying hours and will be attending a short-term course to equip myself with more intimate knowledge of the jet owned by Prince Alwaleed, Hindi told the Arab News. I am proud of myself and my family for supporting me, and I'm especially proud of Prince Alwaleed, who hired me. The prince is currently bearing all the cost of the advance training programs. Hindi, who wears a veil along with her pilot's epaulets and trousers, takes pride in being the first Saudi woman to fly professionally. The aviation industry is no longer a male bastion, she said, as quoted in the Arab News. Hindi is convinced that many Saudi women have it in them to succeed. Saudi women are very ambitious and capable when given the opportunity, she told the Arab News. Women are capable of taking on any job monopolized by men. http://www.saudiembassy.net/2007News/News/TraDetail.asp?cIndex=6814 spacer.gif
Bismillah [IslamCity] From Triumph To Torture - John Pilger
The Israelis were trying to punish me for the work I am doing and getting the message out, Omer told IPS from his bed in the European Hospital in Gaza. But they won't break me. As soon as I am better, and my limbs are working properly, I will be back on the beat and reporting what is happening. They have made me more determined than ever. - Mohammed Omer, IPS Gaza correspondent From Triumph To Torture By John Pilger 02 July, 2008 http://www.countercurrents.org/pilger020708.htm Two weeks ago, I presented a young Palestinian, Mohammed Omer, with the 2008 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism. Awarded in memory of the great US war correspondent, the prize goes to journalists who expose establishment propaganda, or official drivel, as Gellhorn called it. Mohammed shares the prize of £5,000 with Dahr Jamail. At 24, he is the youngest winner. His citation reads: Every day, he reports from a war zone, where he is also a prisoner. His homeland, Gaza, is surrounded, starved, attacked, forgotten. He is a profoundly humane witness to one of the great injustices of our time. He is the voice of the voiceless. The eldest of eight, Mohammed has seen most of his siblings killed or wounded or maimed. An Israeli bulldozer crushed his home while the family were inside, seriously injuring his mother. And yet, says a former Dutch ambassador, Jan Wijenberg, he is a moderating voice, urging Palestinian youth not to court hatred but seek peace with Israel. Getting Mohammed to London to receive his prize was a major diplomatic operation. Israel has perfidious control over Gaza's borders, and only with a Dutch embassy escort was he allowed out. Last Thursday, on his return journey, he was met at the Allenby Bridge crossing (to Jordan) by a Dutch official, who waited outside the Israeli building, unaware Mohammed had been seized by Shin Bet, Israel's infamous security organisation. Mohammed was told to turn off his mobile and remove the battery. He asked if he could call his embassy escort and was told forcefully he could not. A man stood over his luggage, picking through his documents. Where's the money? he demanded. Mohammed produced some US dollars. Where is the English pound you have? I realised, said Mohammed, he was after the award stipend for the Martha Gellhorn prize. I told him I didn't have it with me. 'You are lying', he said. I was now surrounded by eight Shin Bet officers, all armed. The man called Avi ordered me to take off my clothes. I had already been through an x-ray machine. I stripped down to my underwear and was told to take off everything. When I refused, Avi put his hand on his gun. I began to cry: 'Why are you treating me this way? I am a human being.' He said, 'This is nothing compared with what you will see now.' He took his gun out, pressing it to my head and with his full body weight pinning me on my side, he forcibly removed my underwear. He then made me do a concocted sort of dance. Another man, who was laughing, said, 'Why are you bringing perfumes?' I replied, 'They are gifts for the people I love'. He said, 'Oh, do you have love in your culture?' As they ridiculed me, they took delight most in mocking letters I had received from readers in England. I had now been without food and water and the toilet for 12 hours, and having been made to stand, my legs buckled. I vomited and passed out. All I remember is one of them gouging, scraping and clawing with his nails at the tender flesh beneath my eyes. He scooped my head and dug his fingers in near the auditory nerves between my head and eardrum. The pain became sharper as he dug in two fingers at a time. Another man had his combat boot on my neck, pressing into the hard floor. I lay there for over an hour. The room became a menagerie of pain, sound and terror. An ambulance was called and told to take Mohammed to a hospital, but only after he had signed a statement indemnifying the Israelis from his suffering in their custody. The Palestinian medic refused, courageously, and said he would contact the Dutch embassy escort. Alarmed, the Israelis let the ambulance go. The Israeli response has been the familiar line that Mohammed was suspected of smuggling and lost his balance during a fair interrogation, Reuters reported yesterday. Israeli human rights groups have documented the routine torture of Palestinians by Shin Bet agents with beatings, painful binding, back bending, body stretching and prolonged sleep deprivation. Amnesty has long reported the widespread use of torture by Israel, whose victims emerge as mere shadows of their former selves. Some never return. Israel is high in an international league table for its murder of journalists, especially Palestinian journalists, who receive barely a fraction of the kind of coverage given to the BBC's Alan Johnston. The Dutch government says it is shocked by Mohammed Omer's treatment. The former ambassador Jan Wijenberg said: This is by no means an
Bismillah [IslamCity] Say Inshallah - If Allah Will
Bismillah Hir Rahmeen Nir Raheem Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatuallahi wa barakatuhu *Surah Kahf[The Cave]* 23. And never say of anything, I shall do such and such thing tomorrow. 24. Except (with the saying), *If Allâh will! And remember your Lord when you forget and say: It may be that my Lord guides me unto a nearer way of truth than this. * Ibn-e-Abbaas(RA) reported that a man said, *O Messenger of Allaah, whatever Allaah and you will. He(PBUH) said,Are you making me equal to Allaah? [Say instead:] What Allaah alone wills.* [Ahmad , Al-Musnad : 1/283] -- *Surah Isra 17 verse 80 Say: O my Lord! let my entry be by the Gate of Truth and Honor and likewise my exit by the Gate of Truth and Honor; and grant me from Thy Presence an authority to aid (me). Ameen Transliteration :Wa qur rabbi adkhilni mudkhala sidqiw wa akhrijni mukhraja sidqiw wa-j'al li mil ladunka sulta_nan nasira_(n). Al-Tirmidhi HadithHadith 2482 Narrated by AbuHurayrah (May Allah be pleased with him) Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) used to say, O Allah, grant me benefit in what Thou hast taught me, teach me what will benefit me, and increase my knowledge. Praise be to Allah in all circumstances. I seek refuge in Allah from the state of those who go to Hell. Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a tradition whose isnad is gharib. Ameen *
Bismillah [IslamCity] europe: Dutch Police Encouraged To Read Qur'an
Dutch Police Encouraged To Read Qur'an http://www.islamonline.net:80/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_Ccid=1209357951534pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout Abdolah, author of three novels and two short story collections, issued this month a translation of Quran in Dutch. (Photo through Google) THE HAGUE — Dutch police are being encouraged to read a translation of the Muslim holy book, Qur'an, and a biography of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) to deepen their knowledge of Islam. Police bosses have decided that staff who buy these books will be refunded half the price, spokesman Ebe van der Land told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Monday, May 26. A new translation of the Qur'an and a biography of Prophet Muhammad, called The Message, in Dutch were published by Hossein Sadjadi Ghaemmaghami Farahani, who uses the penname Kader Abdolah, last month. While studying for his physics degree at Arak College of Science in Tehran he was active in the leftwing underground movement against the Shah and later Khomeini. He fled his homeland in 1985. In 1988, at the invitation of the UN, he came to the Netherlands as a political refugee. His penname is created to honor friends who reportedly died under the Iranian regime. He authored three novels, including two about life under the Khomeini regime, two short story collections and numerous works of nonfiction. Rapidly mastering Dutch, his works blending the two cultures have put him on the bestseller lists. In 1997, he received the Dutch Media Prize for his collected columns from the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant. Understanding Police officers on the beat are being encouraged to read the translation and the biography. These two books will make for a better understanding and knowledge of the Quran and the life of the prophet, said spokesman van der Land. MP Geert Wilders, the leader of the far-right Freedom Party, posted an anti-Qur'an documentary on a video-sharing website on Thursday, March 27. The documentary, entitled Fitna – an Arabic word for sedition or strife –intersperses images of the 9/11 attacks and the 2004 Madrid train bombings with verses from the Muslim holy book. The documentary drew criticism from across the political spectrum, the government and Dutch Jews. Earlier this month Dutch cartoonist Gregorius Nekschott was arrested for incitement to Muslim hatred in his drawings. Muslims make up one million of the Netherlands's 16 million population, mostly from Turkish and Moroccan origin.
Bismillah [IslamCity] it is a non-symmetric-terrorism !!
Any child who shall not be shut-down ,here and now, by this courageous-Israeli-soldiers may probably become a Terrorist , some day, soon. Any Israeli-soldier who may shoot at Palestinian children will, some day, get a Medal , provided he is not using only rubber-bullets whereby ,in that case ,he gets only a tap-on-the-shoulders. A Terrorist never gets any Medals unless he is an Israeli-soldier. How about equipping the Palestinian-suicide-bombers with hidden-rubber-bomb-belts ?? instead of those other heavy ones !! How come ,that the Palestinian-authority does not have any Medals to distribute ?? and only Israel does have them ? it is a non-symmetric-terrorism !! Sherlock Hommos a-Semetric-Secular-Semite July 9th.2008 __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html
Re: Bismillah [IslamCity] UK Muslim law - comments please
The Mahomedan Law is binding upon all, from the crowned head to the meanest subject, it is a law interwoven with a system of the wisest, the most learned and the most enlightened jurisprudence that ever existed in the world. Edmund Burke in Impeachment of Warren Hastings The following books are also suggested for further reading: 1.Criminal Law of Islam by Abdul Qader Oudah Shaheed English 4 Volumes Printed by International Islamic Publishers (Pvt) Ltd. Karachi Pakistan 2.This Law of Ours and Other Essays by Muhammad Asad Printed by Islamic Book Trust, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. 3.Punishment in Islamic Law by Mohamed S. El-Awa Printed by American Trust Publications, Indianapolis International Islamic Publishing House, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 4.Islamic Law Contemporary Issues by Ahmad Zaki Yamani Printed by The Crescent Publications, Takoma Park USA 5.Islamic Law by Dr.Said Ramadan. Islamic Book Centre UK Islamic Mission 148, Liverpool Road London N.1 ABDUL WAHID OSMAN BELAL --- On Sat, 5/7/08, Omar Bouderdaben islamcity@yahoogroups.com wrote: From: Omar Bouderdaben islamcity@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Bismillah [IslamCity] UK Muslim law - comments please To: eGroup For Muslims Around The World islamcity@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 5 July, 2008, 8:56 PM As-salaamu Alaikum brothers and sisters, I read the article and forwarded it to some friends. I do believe it is a good idea! Not only that, I believe a Muslim who does not support this idea should review his or her Iman. The West, very much ignorant of the details of Islamic law, concentrate on few rulings taken out of context and point to it as unfair. By doing this they are saying (and I seek repentence from such a thought) that Allah is unfair. Allah is exalted from such claim. It seems to me that Lord Phillips, the Lord Chief Justice did actually look into Sharia and liked what he saw; similarly the Archbishop of Canterbury saw the same thing in the Islamic Sharia. I do pray for them that may Allah guide them to the choice of Fitrah. The British Muslims who oppose this Idea have no understanding of Sharia yet they oppose it just to show that they want to be treated like everyone else! They should put their trust in ALlah and support it and pray for us in other western countries to get such forwarded looking judges and archbishops to help us also in our quest to freedom from human oppressive and unjust laws. As Lord Phillips mentioned, the Jews are already using their laws to judge between themselves in some aspects! Why would this be a descriminatory act if the Muslims want the same thing. As more people (judges and lawyers study Islamic law they will realize the benefit and the fairness and the Justice of Islam, and then, may be, Allah willing, those judges and lawyers start thinking of changing thier lifes... Ameen.. So what do you think... Fi Amaani Allah. Zifri Baharudin [EMAIL PROTECTED] com wrote: From: Zifri Baharudin Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 12:49 PM To: Media Monitoring Group Subject: [MMG-UK] UK Muslim law - comments please Assalamualaikum yesterday there was news in the media on shariah law in the UK. Perhaps we all can read and put up our comments there: Sharia law could have UK role, says lord chief justice Background info: http://news. bbc.co.uk/ 1/hi/uk/7489815. stm http://www.guardian .co.uk/uk/ 2008/jul/ 04/law.islam http://www.telegrap h.co.uk/news/ uknews/2242340/ Muslims-in- Britain-should- be-able-to- live-under- Sharia-law, -says-top- judge.html As examples of positive comment by bro Inayat MCB and madeleine [we can use their comment to help us sending our own comments]: Inayat: http://www.guardian .co.uk/commentis free/2008/ jul/04/islam. religion1 madeleine: http://www.guardian .co.uk/commentis free/2008/ jul/04/islam. religion? gusrc=rssfeed=networkfront 1- BBC is accepting comments on this topic. Can we all please submit our comments on it. http://newsforums. bbc.co.uk/ nol/thread. jspa?forumID= 5061edition=1ttl=20080705124244 Should aspects of Sharia law be used in the UK?The most senior judge in England and Wales has said that aspects of Islamic sharia law could be used in the UK, provided they don't conflict with existing laws. Do you agree? Lord Phillips, the Lord Chief Justice, said that sharia and other religious laws could be used for mediation in disputes if both parties agreed. But he added that any sanctions must be based on English and Welsh laws and severe physical punishments would not be acceptable. Sharia is a set of principles which govern the way many Muslims believe one should live one's life. The Archbishop of Canterbury made similar comments earlier in the year, sparking a huge controversy which leds to calls for his resignation. What do you think of Lord Phillip's views? Could
Bismillah [IslamCity] RE: Please write to your MP today!For publication..URGENT
TO ALL MUSLIM BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN BRITAIN URGENT FOR PUBLICATION MUSLIMS PLEASE HELP US TO STOP MORE KILLING OF THE UNBORN CHILDREN! On Monday 14th July, the Embryo bill with amendments will be debated in the Parliament.Unfortunately these amendments will increase the killing of the innocent unborn children through the barbaric procedure of abortion. Already about 600 unborn babies are killed in Britain every day by abortion. The inhumane immoral recommendations are: To allow abortions to be done with the signature of only one doctor instead of two as is required now. To allow nurses and midwives to do abortions, when they are not medically qualified to deal with emergencies that could arise during an abortion. They also want to take out the conscience clause, which allows doctors to opt out of doing abortions or any other unethical or immoral medical procedure.This is unfair, undemocratic and is an oppressive interference with our basic religious beliefs and human rights! Surely this should be opposed by every British citizen. We appeal to every Muslim man and woman to do their Islamic, humane duty in order to stop this growing madness in our Parliament.Please write quickly to your member of the parliament (MP) and ask him or her to stop these or any other pro-abortion amendment to the embryo/abortion bill. To get the details about your Member of the Parliament (MP), please go to this website: www.writetothem.com Dr A. Majid Katme Spokesman: Islamic Medical Association/UK Tel: 07944 240 622 Address: 31 North Circular Road Palmers Green London N13 5EG E-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bismillah [IslamCity] Dubai to set up Muhammad museum
Dear Shahid AOA It is always required to uses sallAllaahu `alaihi wasallam whenever we use the word prophet Muhammad or only Prophet wasalam nasir - Original Message - From: Shahid. To: eGroup For Muslims Around The World Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 10:13 AM Subject: Bismillah [IslamCity] Dubai to set up Muhammad museum Dubai to set up Muhammad museum ref: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7290803.stm Dubai has been a bridge between East and West in commercial terms The Gulf emirate of Dubai has said it is to set up the world's first museum dedicated to the Prophet Muhammad. It aims to shed light on his life in 7th Century Arabia, as well as his legacy for the world's 1.3bn Muslims. There will also be a wing explaining the Muslim pilgrimage, or Hajj, and another for the other pillars of Islam. Dubai, more usually known for its burgeoning commerce and tourism, is hoping to provide a bridge between the Islamic world and other countries. The Prophet Muhammad Museum will be the first project undertaken by the Dubai Authority for Culture and Arts, which was established last week by the emirate in an attempt to widen its global appeal. 'Shining milestone' Those behind the plans for the new museum say it aims to shed light on the life and legacy of the man Muslims believe is the last messenger of God, as well as introducing the message of eternal love and peace they he gave the world. In a city which is never shy of using superlatives when it comes to its own ideas, the museum is being described as a shining milestone in the history of Dubai. Home to more than 100 nationalities, Dubai is one of the more tolerant cities in the region, allowing, if not encouraging alcohol to be drunk and skimpy clothing to be worn. Until now, Dubai has positioned itself as showing what Arabs can achieve commercially. It has been a self-proclaimed beacon for other Arab states shining a light on what it has shown is possible in a troubled region. Now though, it is hoping to go one step further, providing not only a bridge between East and West in commercial terms, but also by providing a link between the Islamic world and the rest of the world. _44485240_dubainightgetty203b.jpg
Bismillah [IslamCity] 4th Anniversary of ICJ ruling, Motorolla, National Assembly, Green Party
So far, 1.2 million Iraqis have lost their lives since the US invasion (the largest genocide on earth in this five year period). http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html This is the fourth anniversary of an historic ruling by the International Court of Justice on the Apartheid wall. Al-Haq human rights organizations stated that On 9 July 2004, at the request UN General Assembly, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an Advisory Opinion on “The Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.” The ICJ found the construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), its associated regime of movement restrictions, land confiscation and property destruction, as well as the Israeli settlements in the OPT, to be in breach of customary international law. Furthermore, the ICJ declared that the facts on the ground created by continued construction of the Wall would be 'tantamount to de facto annexation.' The Advisory Opinion therefore held that Israel must cease construction of the Wall, dismantle those parts already constructed in the OPT, and provide remedies to the affected Palestinian civilians. At the same time, the ICJ outlined the legal responsibility of the international community, declaring that it must not recognise or assist in maintaining the illegal situation created by the Wall, and must consider further actions to bring that situation to an end. On this anniversary, which happens to also be (not coincidentally) the third anniversary of the Palestinian Civil Society Call for BDS against Israel, the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)* launched the Global BDS Movement Website at http://www.bdsmovement.net and Palestinians demonstrated in two villages in the West Bank. To act: Hang up on Motorolla, a campaign initiated by the US Campaign to End the Occupation http://www.hanguponmotorola.org/ (Good news, US specific) Our success at the National Assembly. Read about it:bApproval of mass action, independence from political parties and Support for Palestinian rights as integral to the movement and calls for boycotts, divestment and sanctions A Damned Good Assembly http://www.counterpunch.org/heller07092008.html (US Specific event) In Chicago Starting Thursday: Green Party National Convention. I will be conductinga workshop titled The 60th Anniversaries of the Palestinian Catastrophe (Nakba) and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The Green Party's Response 10:45-Noon FGriday, in Clark 3 Rm., The Palmer House Hilton, 17 East Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60603, 1 877 865 5321 and 312-726-7500 Details at: http://www.greenparty2008.org (BTW, Stan forgot to mention that Arab and Muslim Americans led and two were elected to the new Administrative Committee) Mazin Qumsiyeh http://justicewheels.org Attend the August 8 Palestine Conference, see http://palestineconference.org *BNC Member organizations include: Council of National and Islamic Forces in Palestine General Union of Palestinian Workers Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) Federation of Independent Trade Unions Union of Arab Community Based Associations (ITTIJAH) Palestine Right of Return Coalition Occupied Palestine and Golan Heights Initiative General Union of Palestinian Women Union of Palestinian Farmers Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (STW) Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel National Committee to Commemorate the Nakba Civic Coalition for the Defence of Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem _ It’s a talkathon – but it’s not just talk. http://www.imtalkathon.com/?source=EML_WLH_Talkathon_JustTalk
Bismillah [IslamCity] San Francisco may name sewage treatment plant after Bush
San Francisco may name sewage treatment plant after Bush By Jesse McKinley Published: June 25, 2008 http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/25/america/bush.php SAN FRANCISCO: Reagan has his highways. Lincoln has his memorial. Washington has the capital, and a state, too. But President George W. Bush may soon be the sole president to have a memorial named after him that you can contribute to from the bathroom. From the Department of Damned-With-Faint-Praise, a group going by the regal-sounding name of the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is planning to ask voters here to change the name of a prize-winning water-treatment plant on the shoreline to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant. The plan - hatched, naturally, in a bar - would place a vote on the November ballot to provide an appropriate honor for a truly unique president. Supporters say that they have plenty of signatures to qualify the initiative and that the renaming would fit in a long and proud American tradition of poking political figures in the eye. Most politicians tend to be narcissistic and egomaniacs, said Brian McConnell, an organizer who regularly suits up as Uncle Sam to solicit signatures. So it is important for satirists to help define their history rather than letting them define their own history. Not surprisingly, those Republicans in a city that voted 83 percent Democratic in 2004 are not thrilled with the idea. Howard Epstein, chairman of the ever-outnumbered San Francisco Republican Party, called the initiative an abuse of process. You got a bunch of guys drunk who came up with an idea, Epstein said, and want to put on the ballot as a big joke without regard to the city's governance or cost. The renaming would take effect on Jan. 20, when a new president is sworn in. And regardless of the measure's outcome, supporters plan to commemorate the inaugural with a synchronized flush of hundreds of thousands of toilets that would send a flood of water toward the plant, now named the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant. It's a way of doing something physical that's mentally freeing, said Stacey Reineccius, 45, a supporter of the plan. It's a weird thing, but it's true. logo_all.gif
Bismillah [IslamCity] Fw: Islamophobia: Swiss far right seeks vote on minarets ban
Islamophobia: Swiss far right seeks vote on minarets ban * Ian Traynor, Europe editor * The Guardian, * Wednesday July 9, 2008 The minaret of the Mahmud mosque is pictured close to a Christian church in Zurich, Switzerland. Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters Switzerland braced itself for a troubled campaign of Islamophobia yesterday after the far right drummed up enough support to force a national vote to ban minarets. In a country that is home to more than 300,000 Muslims but boasts only three minarets, a series of court cases and votes in regional parliaments has recently dismissed attempts to have minarets outlawed. But a campaign, led by the rightwing populists of the Swiss People's party, to enshrine a ban on minarets in the Swiss constitution yesterday mustered more than enough signatures to warrant a referendum on the sensitive issue. Disputes over mosque and minaret-building are rife across Europe, with controversies in Germany, Austria, Italy, and the Netherlands. In Switzerland, Christoph Blocher's anti-immigrant Swiss People's party, which won the national elections last year after a campaign branded racist by UN monitors, has repeatedly used the building regulations and zoning laws to try to prevent minarets being built. It has failed, as in Zurich, last month. Last year a Turkish association won a supreme court case authorising it to put a minaret on a mosque in the village of Wangen.. By yesterday People's party activists had gathered 115,000 signatures, more than the 100,000 needed under Switzerland's direct democracy system. The campaign demands a constitutional amendment, stating: The building of minarets in Switzerland is forbidden. The government has already opposed the demand and may try to prevent the referendum, citing reasons of national security and the impact on the country's international relations and interests. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/09/religion.islam __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html
Bismillah [IslamCity] Israel's impasse
Analysis: Israel's impasse By Tobias Buck Published: July 9 2008 03:00 | Last updated: July 9 2008 03:00 As the former head of Mossad, Israel's secret service, Danny Yatom is not a man easily ruffled. Yet halfway through his second term in the Israeli parliament, where he served as a deputy for the Labour party, Mr Yatom found he could take no more. Dismayed by the latest backroom deal to preserve the life of the current government for another three months, he announced his decision to retire from politics last week. The leadership in Israel has made political survival its only goal. Moral and ethical codes that were once fundamental have been eroded, Mr Yatom declared. While he placed the primary blame on Ehud Olmert, Israel's embattled prime minister, Mr Yatom also took aim at his own party, which forms part of the governing coalition: Olmert failed . . . but he is not alone. As a Knesset member in a coalition party, I feel as though I am a partner in the deterioration when I vote in favour of the government. Israel's former top spy is far from alone in voicing dismay at the state of Israeli politics. According to polls, three out of five Israelis want Mr Olmert, who is the target of an embarrassing corruption probe, to resign immediately. Despite his personal travails and his chronically weak and fractious coalition, the prime minister has shown no intention of heeding such pleas: although he has agreed to hold primaries aimed at electing a new leader of his Kadima party by September, no one is counting out Mr Olmert as he continues his gravity-defying battle to stay in office. Unpopular governments are hardly un-usual in Israel, where prime ministers have repeatedly been hounded out of office only to be voted back into power again a few years later. But a growing number of Israelis believe that the country faces not so much another coalition collapse but something larger: a full-blown crisis in the country's political system that is sapping the ability of political leaders to tackle crucial challenges - from reaching a peace deal with the Palestinians to facing down the threat of an increasingly hostile Iran. The three symptoms of the country's political malaise are easy to spot: exceedingly low levels of trust in politicians and democratic institutions, the chronic instability of Israeli governments and the fragmentation of parliament and political life in general. Mr Olmert's turbulent tenure is a case in point: his botched war in Lebanon two years ago and a string of corruption allegations have increased voter disillusionment; at the same time, the fragmented nature of Israeli politics forced him into an unwieldy coalition and left him exposed to constant political blackmail. The need to satisfy the narrow and often contradictory wishes of his coalition partners made it almost impossible for Mr Olmert to pursue coherent policies and deliver on promises such as reaching a peace deal with the Palestinians. An example of the limitations placed on the prime minister is his inability to negotiate the status of Jerusalem - one of the keys to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Shas, the biggest ultra-orthodox religious party and a member of Mr Olmert's coalition, has warned repeatedly that it will pull out of the government if he even discusses handing back occupied East Jerusalem to the Palestinians. One factor hindering political cohesion in the country is its electoral system, which leads to a highly fragmented parliament. Unlike the winner-takes-all of some western democracies such as the UK or the percentage threshold required by others before a party can enter parliament, Israel elects its MPs through pure proportional representation. Seats in parliament are allocated according to the percentage that a party achieves. There are no direct run-offs in constituencies and districts and candidates are selected by political party lists. Signs of voter disillusionment can be found everywhere, but a good starting point is the country's annual Democracy Index, a survey published by the Israel Democracy Institute. The most recent study found only 17 per cent of Israelis have trust in the prime minister, while the Knesset fared little better with 29 per cent. Even the Supreme Court - hitherto seen by respondents as the body that best safeguards Israeli democracy - saw its rating plunge by 12 points to just 49 per cent. Voter turnout at general elections has also fallen steadily, reaching a new low of 63 per cent two years ago. Opinion polls, meanwhile, make grim reading not just to Mr Olmert but to most of his political rivals as well - a reflection, perhaps, of the fact that nine in 10 Israelis believe the country is tainted with corruption, according to the same survey from the Israel Democracy Institute. Such ratings, says Ari Shavit, a political analyst and commentator for Haaretz newspaper, mean Mr Olmert has no chance of pulling off a
Bismillah [IslamCity] Former head of MI5 says 42-day detention plan is 'unworkable'
Former head of MI5 says 42-day detention plan is 'unworkable' By Ben Russell, Political Correspondent Independent.co.uk, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 Reuters Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller took the highly unusual step of using her maiden speech in the House of Lords to denounce the plans Plans to hold terror suspects for up to 42 days are neither practical or principled, the former head of MI5 warned yesterday. Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller, who stood down as the director general of Britain's domestic intelligence agency last year, took the highly unusual step of using her maiden speech in the House of Lords to denounce the plans. It was the first time she had spoken on the subject. I don't see on a practical basis, as well as a principled one, that these proposals are in any way workable, she told peers. The comments by Lady Manningham-Buller, an anti-terrorism specialist who led MI5 during the London Tube bombings three years ago, represent a serious blow to Gordon Brown's anti-terror laws, which were forced through the Commons on the votes of Democratic Unionists (DUP) last month after a major rebellion by Labour MPs. She told peers: I have weighed up the balance between the right to life – the most important civil liberty – the fact that there is no such thing as complete security, and the importance of our hard-won civil liberties. Therefore, on a matter of principle, I cannot support 42 days' pre-charge detention. I do understand different views and that there are judgements honestly reached by others, and I respect these views. Peers are expected to vote overwhelmingly to defeat plans to extend detention without trial when the anti-terror Bill faces detailed scrutiny in the autumn, and will trigger a damaging new round of trench warfare for Mr Brown in the Commons. Yesterday, a string of eminent figures in the Lords vented their anger at the proposals, attacking them as an affront to civil liberties and a recruiting sergeant for extremists. Lord Falconer, the former lord chancellor and one of Tony Blair's closest allies, said: I'm absolutely clear that there is no advantage to fighting terrorism that will be gained by extending pre-charge detention to 42 days. He criticised the Government for relying on the DUP to get the Bill through the Commons, adding: We in this country determine whether people should be detained on the basis of a judge's view. I find it worrying that someone could be detained in prison on the basis of a deal done with another political party. Lord Goldsmith, the former attorney general, also condemned the proposals, telling peers that you cannot keep somebody for as long as it takes. He added: I dealt with the plots which we believed were being uncovered in the summer of 2006. I flew back from my holiday. I stayed with the prosecutors and got detailed briefings through that period. I was anxiously considering and wanting to know whether a longer time was necessary. It wasn't. I asked the prosecutors, 'If you had had longer than 28 days, would you have used it?' 'No', they said. I cannot support this. I believe that detention without charge for a long period would undermine fundamental freedoms on which this country is based, of which this country should be proud, of which I will say my party ought to be proud. I will not undermine them in this way. But Lord West of Spithead, the Security minister, insisted the new powers were needed. He said: The question we all have to face is whether there is a potential need for more than 28 days. I have looked at this in depth and I believe there is. It is better for us to legislate on a precautionary basis than find ourselves scrambling for emergency legislation in the heat of a serious operation. __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html
Bismillah [IslamCity] Missing the anti-missiles, missiles
There are missiles and there are anti-missiles,missiles Israel has both , Israel has all of them Thanks to the generosity of the USA that never leaves any tyrant-oppressor-state , standing alone. But sometimes too much of anything may become a problem. I shall explain myself. The Arab-air-forces was never a threat to Israel The Arab-foot-warrior would be and was indeed in many occasions. What came lately were the Rockets , the Hezbollah-Rockets to be precise.. and the Hamas Rockets also. We assume that a missile would cost around 75.000 dollars up to 350.000 dollars on the other side an anti-missile would cost 50.000 dollars up to 200.000 dollars when the Hezbollah-rockets cost between only 2.500 dollars up to maximum of 75.000 dollars. A Hamas-rocket cost 1.785 dollars only. What happens when Hezbollah sends 500 rockets ?? per day. Israel would have to send around 750 anti-missiles to intercept them in the air. Make your calculation... what would it cost and what is the rate of the effectiveness. What happens when Hezbollah sends 500 rockets during 12 days ?? Israel will have to use 9000 anti-missiles to stop them. Imaging that on the 13Th. day Syria or Iran would send a real-Missile or even 10 real-missiles on Israel. How many anti-missiles would Israel still have in stock ??? Would the US-Tax-Payers pay that much ?? Because to stop a cheap-Rocket or a real-big-Missile it will cost Israel, the same anti-missile. And to prove my analyses as correct , you will remember that during the Summer of 2006 Israel did not use its anti-missiles although it used anything else , including the cluster-bombs !! Israel must have read my thoughts, then, or it really is cleverer than me. Eng. Moustafa Roosenbloom falafel centre for strategic annalise's , of Annapolis 10Th of July 2008 __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html
Bismillah [IslamCity] Fw: Muslim News Coverage Negative: Irresponsible Media Role' --Asia Post, Dhaka, editorial dated 10.7.08
- Muslim News Coverage Negative: Irresponsible Media Role' Researchers looking at the way British Muslims are represented by the media say they have found that most coverage is negative in tone. A Cardiff University team behind the study looked at nearly 1,000 newspaper articles from the past eight years.Two-thirds focused on terrorism or cultural differences, and much of it used words such as militancy, radicalism and fundamentalist. The research was commissioned by Channel Four's Dispatches. Dr Paul Mason, a member of the team, said the team looked at three areas. They carried out a statistical analysis looking at types of stories and the way Muslims were described and the language used, the photographs used alongside the stories and they analysed the types of case studies used. He said: We looked at both nouns and adjectives and the way in which British Muslims were described. And we found the highest proportion of nouns used were about things like extremism, suicide bombers, militancy, radicalism - which accounted for over 35% of the adjectives used about British Muslims - fanatic, fundamentalist - those kinds of languages were used. And Islam was portrayed or constructed in the language as dangerous or backward or as a threat, he said. The team found that since the attacks of 11 September 2001 in the United States and 7 July 2005 in London there had been an increase in stories about British Muslims and this peaked to more than 4,000 in 2006. Mr Mason added: What you have to be careful of here is to watch the kind of generalization of the very, very small number of people that are involved in political violence of any kind and the generalization about Islam which is carried out by the newspapers. So following 9/11 and 7/7 of course there is a perceived threat from the public and the public are concerned about political violence. But it is wholly wrong to make what the newspapers do in the generalization of those who carry out public violence to the whole of Islam and the whole of the British Muslim community. He said there were concerns that journalists and editors may have sought to appeal to their own readership about some perceived threat to British unity or values. You get these inaccurate stories about this threat of there is going to be more mosques than churches, which is a complete nonsense” There are roughly 900 mosques and there are 42,000 churches, so this is a ridiculous report. We feel deeply worried at this type of biased reporting in Britain. The situation in Europe and US is probably worse. A similar investigation should be launched there. In some Muslim countries even Muslim organizations get bad press , in an unfair manner. We hope the report will be an eye-opener for all and the Press agencies and media in general should review its position and free itself from all sorts of exaggerated bias.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Wife-beating? That's fine – unless you're a Muslim
Mark Steel: Wife-beating? That's fine – unless you're a Muslim The Sun newspaper has come over a bit modest. Following a Channel 4 documentary about media reporting of Muslims, the paper accepts some of its stories were distorted. But they're not doing themselves justice. They weren't distorted – they were entirely made up. For example, a story about a Muslim bus driver who ordered his passengers off the bus so he could pray was pure fabrication. But if reporters are allowed to make up what they like, that one should be disciplined for displaying a shocking lack of imagination. He could have continued, The driver has now won a case at the Court of Human Rights that his bus route should be altered so it only goes east. This means the 37A from Sutton Coldfield will no longer stop at Selly Oak library, but go the wrong way up a one-way street and carry on to Mecca. Local depot manager Stan Tubworth said, 'I suggested he only take it as far as Athens but he threatened a Jihad, and a holy war is just the sort of thing that could put a service like the Selly Oak Clipper out of business'. Then there was a story about Muslim thugs in Windsor who attacked a house used by soldiers, except it was another invention. But with this tale the reporter still claims it's true, despite a complete absence of evidence, because, The police are too politically correct to admit it. This must be the solution to all unsolved crimes. With Jack the Ripper it's obvious – he was facing the East End of London, his victims were infidels and he'd have access to a burqua which would give him vital camouflage in the smog. But do the pro-Muslim police even bother to investigate? Of course not, because it's just Allah Allah Allah down at the stations these days. Maybe Muslim newspapers should retaliate by publishing their own made-up stories. So it will be reported that Barmy PC teachers in Leicester have banned children from playing Noughts and Crosses, claiming the cross reminds Church of England kiddies of the suffering undertaken by Lord Jesus. A spokesman for the Board of Education said, 'We have to be sensitive. Which is why we've replaced the game with 'Noughts and Hexagons'. We did look into calling it 'Noughts and Crowns of Thorns' but decided Hexagons was more appropriate. Or, Doctors have been told that patients are no longer to be referred to as 'stable', as this is offensive to followers of Jesus, who was said to have been born in one. So medical staff have been informed they must use an alternative word, or if they can't think of one just let the patient die. The most common justification for ridiculing Islam is that the religion is backward, particularly towards women, as a fundamental part of its beliefs. The Sun's old political editor suggests this as a defence of his newspaper's stance, saying that under Islam, women are treated as chattels. And it's true that religious scriptures can command this, such as the insistence that, a man may sell his daughter as a slave, but she will not be freed at the end of six years as men are. Except that comes from the Bible – Exodus, Chapter 21, verse 7. The Bible is packed with justifications for slavery, including killing your slaves. So presumably the Sun, along with others who regard Islam as a threat to our civilisation, will soon be campaigning against Sunday Schools of Hate where children as young as seven are taught to read this grisly book. And next Easter they'll report how, I saw a small child smile with glee as he opened a Cadbury's egg filled with chocolate buttons. But behind his grin I couldn't help but wonder whether he wanted to turn me into a pillar of salt, then maybe sprinkle me on his menacing confectionary treat. In his defence of making stuff up, the Sun's ex-political editor spoke about the amount of domestic violence suffered by Muslim women. But there's just as much chance of suffering domestic violence if you're not a Muslim, as one of the 10 million such incidents a year that take place in Britain. Presumably the anti-Islam lobby would say, Ah yes, but those other ones involve secular wife-beating, which is not founded on archaic religious customs, but rational reasoning such as not letting him watch the snooker. And finally the Sun's man defends the line of his paper by saying that, after all, these Muslims are trying to bomb our country. So it's their civic duty to make stuff up – the same as keeping a look-out for spies during the Second World War. So we should all do our bit, and every day send in something, until the press is full of stories like Muslims in Darlington have been raising money for semtex by organising panda fights. Or In Bradford all nurseries have been ordered to convert their dolls' houses into miniature mosques so that Muslim teddies have somewhere to pray. Independent, Wednesday, 9 July 2008
Bismillah [IslamCity] Sue Watson, Professor, Pastor, Church Planter and Missionary
Sue Watson, Professor, Pastor, Church Planter and Missionary, Now in Saudi Arabia http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/56/ What happened to you? This was usually the first reaction I encountered when my former classmates, friends and co-pastors saw me after having embraced Islam. I suppose I couldn't blame them, I was a highly unlikely the person to change religions. Formerly, I was a professor, pastor, church planter and missionary. If anyone was a radical fundamentalist it was I. I had just graduated with my Master's Degree of Divinity from an elite seminary five months before. It was after that time I met a lady who had worked in Saudi Arabia and had embraced Islam. Of course, I asked her about the treatment of women in Islam. I was shocked at her answer, it wasn't what I expected, so I proceeded to ask other questions relating to God and Muhammad [may the blessing and mercy of God be upon him]. She informed me that she would take me to the Islamic Center where they would be better able to answer my questions. Being prayed up, meaning-asking Jesus for protection against demon spirits, seeing that what we had been taught about Islam is that it is Demonic and Satanic religion. Having taught Evangelism, I was quite shocked at their approach, it was direct and straightforward. No intimidation, no harassment, no psychological manipulation, no subliminal influence! None of this, Let's have a Quranic study in your house, like a counter part of the Bible study. I couldn’t believe it! They gave me some books and told me if I had some questions they were available to answer them in the office. That night I read all of the books they gave. It was the first time I had ever read a book about Islam written by a Muslim, we had studied and read books about Islam only written by Christians. The next day I spent three hours at the office asking questions. This went on everyday for a week, by which time I had read twelve books and knew why Muslims are the hardest people in the world to convert to Christianity. Why? Because there is nothing to offer them!! (In Islam) There is a relationship with God, forgiveness of sins, salvation and promise of Eternal Life. Naturally, my first question centered on the deity of God. Who is this God that the Muslims worship? We had been taught as Christians that this is another god, a false god, when, in fact, He is the Omniscient-All Knowing, Omnipotent-All Powerful, and Omnipresent-All Present God - The One and Only without co-partners or co-equal. It is interesting to note that there were bishops during the first three hundred years of the Church that were teaching as the Muslim believes, that Jesus [may the blessing and mercy of God be upon him] was a prophet and teacher!! It was only after the conversion of Emperor Constantine that he was the one to call and introduce the doctrine of the Trinity. He, a convert to Christianity who knew nothing of this religion, introduced a paganistic concept that goes back to Babylonian times. Space, however, does not permit me to go into detail about the subject, but God willing, we will another time. Only, I must point out that the word TRINITY is not found in the Bible in any of its many translation nor is it found in the original Greek or Hebrew languages! My other important question centered on Muhammad [may the blessing and mercy of God be upon him]. Who is this Muhammad? I found out that Muslims do not pray to him like the Christians pray to Jesus. He is not an intermediary and in fact it is forbidden to pray to him. We ask blessing upon him at the end of our prayer but likewise we ask blessings on Abraham. He is a Prophet and a Messenger, the final and last Prophet. In fact, until now, one thousand four hundred and eighteen years (1,418) later there has been no prophet after him. His message is for All Mankind, as opposed to the message of Jesus or Moses (peace be upon them both) which was sent to the Jews. Hear O Israel But the message is the same message of God. The Lord Your God is One God and you shall have no other gods before Me. (Mark 12:29) Because prayer was a very important part of my Christian life I was both interested and curious to know what the Muslims were praying. As Christians we were as ignorant on this aspect of Muslim belief as on the other aspects. We thought and were taught, that the Muslims were bowing down to the Kaaba (in Mecca), that that was there god and center point of this false deity. Again, I was shocked to learn that the manner of prayer is prescribed by God, Himself. The words of the prayer are one of praise and exaltation. The approach to prayer (ablution or washing) in cleanliness is under the direction of God. He is a Holy God and it is not for us to approach Him in an arbitrary manner, but only reasonable that He should tell us how we should approach Him. At the end of that week after having spent eight (8) years of formal
Bismillah [IslamCity] cause of such high oil price
Dear members, Assalamu Alaikum.I want to study the cause of such high oil price.Can any one of you let me what is the main reason, the overcharging by oil-producing countries / their oil producing companies OR it is over-charging and high profiteeing by the western buying and distributing oil companies? Can you furnish me the price at which the Saudi or Qatar or Iranian or other oil-producing companies sell oil, that is the FOB price or C F price ( of crude or refined or both ) Shah Abdul Hannan
Bismillah [IslamCity] Sheikh Wagdy Ghoneim Forced to Leave South Africa
Sheikh Wagdy Ghoneim Forced to Leave South Africa IkhwanWeb - Egypt Saturday, July 5, 2008 South Africa Court has passed Friday a verdict forcing outspoken Sheikh Wagdy Ghoneim out of the country after jailing him for three days with the charge of Illegitimate Residence Visa”, Ikhwanweb reporter said. This is the same charge he faces during living in the USA and Bahrain after being ousted from Egypt late in 2004. Sheikh Wagdy emphasized that he was forced out of South Africa after a judicial verdict with the charge of having illegitimate residence visa. He indicated that that he was arrested from his house rather than being stopped and arrested at the airport on his way to Yemen. He stressed that he obtained legitimate residence visa at South Africa for three successive years since last March. He indicated that he could travel from and to South Africa with the same documents he had without being harassed or accused. He refused to comment on the decision and said that he would head to Yemen on Thursday in his tour in the Gulf region to attend an Islamic Conference; after which he should decide where he will live. http://www.ikhwanweb.net/Article.asp?ID=17339SectionID=0
