Bismillah [IslamCity] Women and the interpretation of Islamic sources
Dear members, Assalamu Alaikum. Heba Raouf Ezzat is a recognised scholar and her views deserve special attention. If any body has any copy of the Interpretation of the Quran by Zainab al Gazali, published in 1994 ( as mentioned in the article )please let me know, how i can get it Shah Abdul Hannan - Original Message - From: Heba Raouf Ezzat Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 1:01 PM Subject: Women and the interpretation of Islamic sources Women and the interpretation of Islamic sources Written by Heba Raouf Ezzat Sep 04, 2007 Can a feminist reinterpretation of Islamic sources be set in the context of Islamic theology? In other words: Can there be a feminist interpretation of Quran and Sunna? Was there one in the past, and if not…can we initiate one in the future? These questions have appeared on the agenda of women’s debates in the Muslim world in the past two decades…stressing the “feminist” as different…currently absent and …urgently needed. Introductory issues 1- Women’s contribution to Islamic sciences dates back to early Islam, and has not seized through the centuries, with interruptions here and there in history due to different reasons in each case. This history of women’s involvement in ‘Ilm and Fiqh was recorded by male scholars themselves in books of history of Islamic sciences. The issue is not initiated by contemporary Western feminism but has its roots in our culture. This is important to clarify that the liberating potential of Islam is inherent in Islam itself and its history and is not a result of forces outside the culture and civilisation of Islam or a result of the contact with the West in the colonial era. The issue is not necessarily “feminist” and other terminology can –and sometimes should- be used instead of the confusion and the enforcement of the concept “feminist” on the Islamic concepts and their semantic field as a key concept. 2- The text dealt with in Christianity (the Bible) differs substantially from the Book (Quran) in Islam regarding the status of the text , its origin , its legacy , and its position in the religion. While Jesus is the logos of the Christian faith , Muhammad is not the logos in Islam, but the revelation…the Book…the Quran. This gives the text - as well the Sunna that put it into action - a centrality in the process of jurisprudence and legislation that is quite unique. This raises the question whether one can talk about an international cross-cultural and cross religious, unified or common agenda for women in this matter. 3-While in the back of mind of the Western discourse of the matter is only related to the text , in Islam the interpretation can not be completed without the a complex interaction with the Sunna , a thorough understanding and critical reading of the fiqh , and a continuous process of Ijtihad and Tajdid to place the divine and absolute within the relative and present. The knowledge of related Islamic disciplines and methodologies is a must, along with a profound updated knowledge of the social and political contexts. Not only average Muslims are required to study carefully the Islamic sciences, but Islamic scholars are also required to know the realities of life - a strict condition of Fatwa and Ijtihad that is known to everyone. 4-Contemporary Muslim women have been involved in studying and teaching the Islamic sources, and Islamic Universities have distinguished women scholars…the most prominent Bint Al-Shati -the professor of Tafsir in Egypt and Morocco who died recently, as well as many female professors at Al-Azhar and in all Islamic Universities. It has been neglected in recent writings that started giving attention to the role of women within the Islamic movements in transmitting and studying the Islamic sources that they, too, contributed to the knowledge and Ijtihad. Ann Sophie Roald (In K.Ask M.Tjomsland 1998 ) for example studied Bint Al-Shati, yet forgot Zainab A-Ghazali - the leading Egyptian Muslim activist of the Muslim Brotherhood - who published an interpretation of the Quran 1994. Though published by the famous Dar Al Shorouk publishers, and forwarded by a praise by a (male) professor of Tafsir at Al-Azhar University, Karam did not even refer to that volume when studying Ghazali’s “feminist” ideas. (A.Karam , 1998) Women’s reading and interpretation of the Islamic sources is then an ongoing process in the Islamic as well as Islamist circles. 5-Taking the awareness about women’s problems and the unjust treatment of women in Islamic societies with different Islamic pretexts as the criteria according to which one classifies writings as “feminist” or not (sometimes regardless of the sex/gender of the author], one can find indeed that male scholars have been more outspoken and “revolutionary” than women scholars. Hence insisting on “feminist” as description for the
Bismillah [IslamCity] Jews Christians Will Never Be Satisfied
*Bismillah Hir Rahmaan Nir Raheem* *Assalamau alaykum wa rahmatuallahi wa barakatuhu* ** *Jews Christians Will Never Be Satisfied 2:120 Never will the Jews or the Christians be satisfied with thee unless thou follow their form of religion. Say: The guidance of Allah that is the (only) guidance. Wert thou to follow their desires after the knowledge which hath reached thee then wouldst thou find neither protector nor helper against Allah. * -- 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
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Dear Sister Maryam,
Alhamdoolillah, Jazakallah, for sending me this e-mail.Insha Allah,
I will look up the website and with Allah's help I will try to read
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Appreciate your early reply. Mubaraq Mikraj for tommorow evening.
Salam,
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Bismillah [IslamCity] Six Saudi satellites launched successfully into space
Six Saudi satellites launched successfully into space 04/17/2007 The Kingdom has successfully launched six satellites into orbit, the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) announced. The satellites were launched from the Baikonur Base in Kazakhstan on a Russian-Ukrainian missile. Prince Dr. Turki bin Saud Al-Saud, Vice President of KACST, said that a Saudi team at the Space Research Institute performed all the preparation and testing on the satellites. The launch had been originally scheduled for March 27, 2007 but was postponed for technical reasons. This latest launch brings the total number of Saudi satellites in orbit to 12. Most are used for communications. http://www.saudiembassy.net/2007News/News/TraDetail.asp?cIndex=7076spacer.gif
Bismillah [IslamCity] australia: Young Muslim Women urged to enlist
What's next? join strip clubs to show you can blend in with kuffar society? Young Muslim Women urged to enlist Richard Kerbaj http://www.theaustr alian.news. com.au... 3-2702,00. html YOUNG Australian Muslim women will be targeted to join the Army Reserve and prove they are part of the national security solution. The plan by Sydney Muslim leader Jamal Rifi - which has been welcomed by the Australian Defence Force - is designed to break down barriers between Islam and mainstream Australia . It also aims to revive an element of Islamic culture that saw men and women fighting side by side during the days of the prophet Mohammed. Dr Rifi, president of Lakemba Sports and Recreation Club in Sydney 's southwest, said he wanted hijab-wearing women between the ages of 17 and 26 to become reservists and would soon begin promoting the idea to Muslim parents on Arabic and Islamic radio networks to urge them to let their kids join. I will be encouraging Arab-speaking Australians to join overall, but I will concentrate mainly on the Muslim community, he told The Australian yesterday. I would like to send the message to the wider Australian society that we are not part of the problems, we are part of the solution. TAFE student Hala Ayache said she was keen to join the Army Reserve so she could give back to Australia and would encourage her friends to sign up with her. We can join the country that we were born in and, you know, we can go lose weight a little bit, too, said the 19-year-old from Punchbowl in Sydney 's southwest. University student Alaa Hashem, 20, said becoming a reservist would help dispel misconceptions about religious Muslim women that we stay at home and are uneducated. The nation's most senior female Muslim leader, Aziza Abdel-Halim, welcomed the idea. I'm all for it, she said. If the country needs them, they are there to lend their support. Dr Rifi said a focus group discussion earlier this year found that Muslim women were keen on becoming reservists and that many would sign up when the recruitment drive took off within two months. He acknowledged there were cultural barriers such as Islamic dress codes that would discourage Muslim parents from encouraging their daughters to join. But Dr Rifi said he would run discussion groups for parents to learn more about the benefits of allowing their children to become involved. A defence force spokesman said the women would be welcomed provided they met entry requirements. Defence and the ADF encourage an inclusive workplace that recognises and respects the significance of peoples culture and beliefs, he said. But Australian Defence Association executive director Neil James said the hijab might present occupational health and safety issues. Is There an Army Cover Up of Rape and Murder of Women Soldiers? The Department of Defense statistics are alarming - one in three women who join the US military will be sexually assaulted or raped by men in the military. The warnings to women should begin above the doors of the military recruiting stations, as that is where assaults on women in the military begins - before they are even recruited. MORE: http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/28/8564/
Bismillah [IslamCity] Thought for the day
As Salaamu Alaikum
Sweetness looks for the good in things, for at its heart is the conviction that
good is somewhere there in everything.
Anonymous
PoEtEsS
Happiness is the key to the foundation of satisfaction, contentment and
acceptance…Zohra Moosa
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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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Bismillah [IslamCity] upon hearing the Adhan
Jabir (Radhi Allaho anho) reported: The Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said, He who says upon hearing the Adhan: `Allahumma Rabba hadhihid-da`wati-ttammati, was-salatil-qa'imati, ati Muhammadanil-wasilata wal-fadhilata, wab`athu maqaman mahmuda nilladhi wa `adtahu [O Allah, Rubb of this perfect call (Da`wah) and of the established prayer (As-Salat), grant Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) the Wasilah and superiority, and raise him up to a praiseworthy position which You have promised him]', it becomes incumbent upon me to intercede for him on the Day of Resurrection.'' [Al-Bukhari]. __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
Bismillah [IslamCity] 2009 Mexican Government Scholarship for Foreigners
2009 Mexican Government Scholarship for Foreignerswww.anuies.mxScholarship Description and Availability This scholarship is offered to an unspecified number of people.Open for applications until August 7, 2008. This award is to be used for research. This scholarship is paid unspecified. Research Information This scholarship is for any field of research. Application Details You can download a PDF with more information about the scholarship here. Terms and conditions are subject to change. Web Address: Payment Information The value of this scholarship is unspecified (total may vary).http://becas.sre.gob.mxwww.edumexico.orgwww.conacyt.mxThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico has officially opened its Call of Scholarships to receive applications from Non-Mexican citizens interested in applying for any of the following types of activities for the calendar year 2009: Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree, medical Specialisation; Research Fellowships; Post-doctoral Study; Visiting Professors; Specialisation; Artistic Fellowships; Expert Conferences; Research on Mexican Studies; Research on the Mexican Revolution; Research on the Mexican Independence. Please refer to PDF for further details. Other information websites about Mexican educational institutions are: __ 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] Obama Cheers Ring HOLLOW in the Mideast
*Obama Cheers Ring Hollow in the **Mideast*** *Jonathan Steele | The Guardian* *http://arabnews.com/?page=7section=0article=112120d=26m=7y=2008*** *What a contrast. In Western Europe Obama-mania is in full flood, epitomized by raving crowds in Berlin last night as well as the polls which show the Democratic candidate to be far more popular than John McCain in almost every country. In **Israel** he is met with apprehension, and in the Palestinian territories there is only the faintest hope that the deadlocked conflict will ever end.* *The difference is that Europeans know the American president holds the keys to war or peace. He has enormous influence in dragging European governments after him, as the disastrous **Iraq** adventure showed. So it is not surprising that many Europeans are crying out for a man in the White House who will be less aggressive, less unilateral, less imperial, and more attuned to the complexities of international policy. Obama seems to be the one. In the **Middle East** the **US** leader has much less power. **Israel* * calls the shots, and what's happening on the ground is deeply gloomy and anti-peace. The chances of creating a viable Palestinian state have almost vanished as Israeli settlements on the **West Bank** go on increasing and yet more checkpoints appear.* No wonder that, while they like Obama more than McCain, Palestinians feel little optimism. Obama might create a different atmosphere, says Yasser Abd Rabbo, the secretary-general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, stressing the might. Bush polarized things between him and Osama Bin Laden. The moderates were the big losers. People in the middle felt crushed, he argues. Others expect Obama will take time to focus on the Middle East in spite of his promise this week to be engaged in peace from day one. He'll concentrate first on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and the economy, which all matter more for Americans, an adviser to the Palestinian negotiating team told me. His visit to the Israeli border town of Sderot was one-sided, not just because he did not balance it with visits to places where Palestinians are oppressed. Sderot is more than a place under threat of terror. It is a model for how cease-fires are negotiable, and why they are the vital first step toward any serious peace agreement. Yet Obama ignored the point. Why have a cease-fire in Gaza, but not one in the West Bank? Do they want us to develop missiles and rockets here before we can have a cease-fire? asks Mustafa Barghouti, one of the most respected independents in the Palestinian Parliament. He points to the spate of arrests by Israeli troops in recent weeks in Nablus, Hebron and Jenin, which have gone virtually unreported. The Israelis conduct almost nightly raids on schools, clinics and charities, seizing files, computers, and patients' records. *Since Bush's **Annapolis** conference no progress has been made. In spite of a half a dozen meetings with Mahmoud Abbas, the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert refuses to put forward drafts for the framework deal that Bush wanted to see signed before he leaves office. It is all talk but no work. Going against peace, another 9,700 housing units for settlers have been announced for **East Jerusalem**, compared with 1,600 in the previous four years. Eighty-six new checkpoints have gone up in the **West Bank**. Meanwhile, the EU chooses this moment to upgrade its cultural and economic relations with **Israel**, forfeiting the little leverage it has.* What could Obama do as president? Watching the candidate with Israel's President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem this week, it was hard not to be touched by the younger man's grace. As they strolled across the lawn before making press statements, Obama inclined his head and put his hand gently on Peres' back like a respectful son or even grandson. Peres repaid the compliment, all but endorsing Obama. I've read both your books and was impressed by their moving humanity ... Those who say the future belongs to the young are wrong. The present belongs to the young. *The chances of a settlement have never been bleaker. The Palestinians are deeply split between Fatah and Hamas, and without unity there is no way Abbas can pretend to reach a deal with **Israel**. In **Israel** every politician is a hard-liner, whether Kadima, Labour or Likud. Olmert is playing a game of deception when he says peace is close. The negotiations are going in circles. Nothing is moving forward, except the confiscation of land, the expansion of the wall, and the building of industrial zones round the settlements. You can't trust them to want a deal this year, next year or any year, says Abd Rabbo.* On both sides the public mood is grim. Israeli attitudes toward the Palestinians are built on fear — all-pervasive and sometimes turning into panic. Palestinians are consumed with anger, rekindled by every new injustice — an anger that sometimes turns to rage. It is no coincidence that this year's
Bismillah [IslamCity] Science refutes doctrine of trinity
Saudi Gazette - Science refutes doctrine of trinity Search : Today All IssuesAdvanced Search Monday, 28 July 2008 - 25 Rajab 1429 H ISLAM Science refutes doctrine of trinity By Ahmad Wahaj Al-Siddiqui Saudi Gazette IN a report narrated by Ibn Jarir and Ibn Hatim a Christian delegation from Najran came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and disputed about Jesus son of Mary and said who is his father, and they attributed falsehood to God. The Prophet (peace be upon him) addressed the delegation and said, “Don’t you know that the son resembles his parents.” They replied in the positive. He said, “Don’t you know, that God is Ever Living, never dies, and death shall come upon Jesus (after his second coming). They said, yes. He said, “Don’t you know that our God is the Sustainer of all that exists, He is the Preserver and Protector and gives sustenance to all.” They said, yes. He said, “Did Jesus possess any of these qualities? They said, no. He said, “Don’t you know that nothing is hidden from God in or on the earth or in the heavens. They said, yes. He said, “Did Jesus know any of these things except what God had made him know? They said, yes. Do you know our Lord does neither eat nor drink and is free from any attributes of weaknesses of mankind, and God shaped Jesus in the embryo as He wished. They said, yes. He said, “Don’t you know that Jesus mother conceived him, as every woman conceives, then she gave birth to him and fed him as every woman feeds her child, and he used to eat, drink, excrete and urinate. They said, yes. He said, “them how he can be what you alleged i.e. God the son. Yet they did not believe in the Prophet (peace be upon him); then Allah sent down, “There is no God but He (the Unique), the Ever-Living, Sustainer (of all) that exists.” (Qur’an, 3:2) (Literal translation from Pickthall). In another verse, And they say Allah has begotten a son. Be He Glorified, nay, to Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. (Qur’an, 2:116) Over and above the dogma of godhood of Jesus, the Jews also claimed Ezra being the Son of God and the pagans said, the angels are the daughters of God. God denied them all. He is too exalted and far above from any such fabrications. He is the Creator of everything and everything created depends for its existence on Him. Secondly God is sempiternal, Immortal and Omnipresent, but the one born of out of mother is mortal. But God is eternal and perpetual therefore, a mortal can’t be a son to immortal. The modern science found the truth of what was uttered by the Prophet (peace be upon him) in the 7th century. Let us consider the signs in their existence and in such human traits as eating human food as mentioned by the Prophet an also as per directions of the Qur’an. “The Messiah [Isa (Jesus)], son of Maryam (Mary), was no more than a Messenger; many were the Messengers that passed away before him. His mother [Maryam (Mary)] was a Siddiqah [i.e. she believed in the Words of Allah and His Books (See Verse 66:12)]. They both used to eat food (as any other human being, while Allah does not eat). Look how We make the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) clear to them; yet look how they are deluded away (from the truth).” (Qur’an, 5:75) The science has unraveled the mechanism that fulfills the Genesis Law of reproduction only after its kind. The substance is called deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) consisting of complex molecules present in the chromosomes of all plants and animal cells and carrying in coded form instructions for passing on hereditary characteristics. DNA is the microscopic computer with a built-in memory. It contains a fantastic number of blueprints and at the right time issues orders to build the cells and structures of every plant, animal and human beings to its kind. Therefore, Ezra and Jesus had all human limitations from their mothers: the limitations of ageing and decaying, eating and excreting, drinking and urinating, working and sweating, laughing and crying, awakening and sleeping, tiring and relaxing, breathing and spitting, gaining and losing, fearing and hiding and hence any one with all these infirmities can’t be a God, neither a person with the attributes of godhood. God is Unique, Besought of all, He begotteth not, nor He was begotten and there is none comparable unto Him. Whatever the Prophet (peace be upon him) had told the delegation of Najran, had been duly confirmed by the modern science. OTHER NEWS FROM Islam a.. Scientific miracles in the Holy Qur’an b.. Knowledge: Obligation and honor for a Muslim – II c.. Sincerity in teaching religion d.. Fatwas Print this Article Post Your Comments Email this Article Contact Us To Top MAIN NEWS HOME NATION BUSINESS SPORTS ISLAM WORLD OPINION Today's Feature DIWANIYA Good MorningIssue TitlesRSS RSS Feeds Archived IssuesSelect Issue : Home | About The Saudi Gazette | Subscribe to The
