Therefore be patient with what they say, and celebrate (constantly) the praises of thy Lord, before the rising of the sun, and before its setting; yea, celebrate them for part of the hours of the night, and at the sides of the day: that thou mayest have (spiritual) joy.
Nor strain thine eyes in longing for the things We have given for enjoyment to parties of them, the splendour of the life of this world, through which We test them: but the provision of thy
Lord is better and more enduring.
(Al-Qur'an, 20.130-131 (Ta-Ha [Mystic letters Ta-Ha]))
Something Is Rotten in the State of Denmark
Tarek Mishkhas, Arab News
Tarek Mishkhas, Arab News
Danish ministers say the government cant condemn the cartoons a daily published mocking the Prophet Muhammad (peace be
upon him), and that freedom of speech is guaranteed for all and that freedom of the press is also guaranteed by the Danish constitution. This argument would have been accepted if the constitution does not state otherwise and if the Danish government can say the same thing when it comes to making anti-Semitic remarks. The Danish constitution says:
The law prohibits publicly disseminated statements, which threaten, insult, or degrade persons based on their religion.
And this law was used by the Danish government to condemn anti-Semitic activities and investigate them, as mentioned in the human rights
report made by the US Department of State regarding Denmark
From January through June, there were five incidents of anti-Semitic vandalism, primarily graffiti, and one incident of an anti-Semitic mailing, which the government condemned and investigated.
Why a different stand when it comes to Islam? Of course there is nothing new in this. In April last year the queen of Denmark Denmark
She said: We are being challenged by Islam these years globally as well as locally. It is a challenge we have to take seriously. We have let this issue float about for too long because we are tolerant and lazy. We have to show our opposition to Islam and we have to, at times, run the risk of having unflattering labels placed on us because there are some things for which we should display no tolerance.
The problem is not confined to Demark; some newspapers in some European countries used the same cartoons to say that they support the Danish newspapers freedom of speech. These countries that boast about freedom of speech and freedom of press are the same countries that make it illegal and punishable by prison for anyone to question the holocaust or brandish Nazi symbols in public.
In France Germany
There are many examples to show that freedom of press in Europe stops when it comes to some historical facts that two can differ upon, but when it is about insulting Islam then it is freedom of speech. No freedom is absolute; a persons
freedom ends when it encroaches into another persons freedom.
Muslim governments should ask the United Nations to pass a law against insulting any religion. We should use all our resources and powers economical and political to make this happen. If we stay silent now then we will never be able to raise our heads. Muslim people have said their word and took action by boycotting Danish goods; now it is up to governments to take a strong stand.
AB
"For to us will be their return; then it will be for us to call them to account." (Holy Quran 88:25-26)
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{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.}
(Holy Quran-16:125)
{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33)
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim]
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all."
[Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah]
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