RE: [IslamCity] We do dawah and media training courses for your local area.. please read and pass on the message

[tpatel]

I would be very intrestesd in doin a course like this in my area which is east london, ilford to be precise.ma salaam
Message Received: Mar 31 2006, 12:03 AMFrom: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: "eGroup For Muslims Around The World" Cc: Subject: [IslamCity] We do dawah and media training courses for your local area.. please read and pass on the messageDear All, Assalamualikum, I am fowarding you a mail of one of the dawah courses that we are running at the moment ,so dear brothers and sisters if you want to do similar courses in your local area please let me know. Wassalam Zahid khanFaraz Mir  wrote: 





Assalamu ‘Alaikum

I hope you are all well Insha Allah.

Please find below details of a da’wah training course to be held in Luton in two weeks time. It should be very beneficial Insha Allah, especially for us as members of a da’wah organisation:



DAWAH TO NON-MUSLIMS
Training course - presentations  workshops detailing how to: 

Communicate Islam effectively 
How to begin a conversation on Islam 
How to develop and maintain a discussion 
Giving evidence for the truthfulness of Islam 
Use body language to your advantage 
Dealing with common misconceptions 

Brothers and Sisters welcome - register here (will launch email) or download the registration form here and reply by email.TIME: 11am-5pmDATE: Sunday 9th April 2006VENUE: CYCD (Entrance opposite Khidmat)96-108 Leagrave RoadLU4 8HZFEE: £5inc. materials + lunch - registration form hereCONTACT: 07967151442Book now as spaces are limited. Download registration form(word version)
Wassalam
Faraz


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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. 
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Re: [IslamCity] Re: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk; was a jewish?

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JUDGE them by their deeds, you will find what they stand for?
Thanks

  - Original Message - 
  From: Abdeen 
  To: islamcity@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: 29 March, 2006 10:48 PM
  Subject: Re: [IslamCity] Re: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk; was a jewish?


Which  is the Truth: 
  Kemal was a Freemason and is Pakistan's President General Musharraf
Pervez - a Qadiani?
What say about the mighty Akbar of India ?
Sorry about Saddam - but call him what ?
Can you name a few Muslim Leaders during last century?

---Original Message---

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 03/28/06 16:18:54
To: eGroup For Muslims Around The World
Subject: [IslamCity] Re: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk; was a jewish?

This is nothing but slander, and you should fear Allah for spreading
rmours and falsehood. And may Allah have mercy and guide us all, ameen.


--- In islamcity@yahoogroups.com, Abdul Wahid Osman Belal wrote:

 Kemal was a Freemason and is Pakistan's President General Musharraf
Pervez hero.
   Please read Pages 28, 29, 188, 189, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231of 
Biography Grey Wolf Mustafa Kemal An Intimate Study of a Dictator by
H.C.Armstrong. Published by Penguin Books 6th. Impression May 1940









   
   
   
   

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am one of the Muslims.} (Holy Quran-41:33)

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camels. [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] 

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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 
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[IslamCity] Freemasons Meetup near Dubai-Courtesy Yahoo Search Web Result

[Abdul Wahid Osman Belal]

 Find a Meetup near you Start a local Meetup Group   Home   Sign In   Register   HelpFreemasons Meetups worldwide9 Meetup Groups worldwide   1,752 Freemasons (1,254 who are waiting)   United Freemasons Meetup Day: First Tuesday Welcome   Your City   Map   Message Board   Members   Photos   United Meetup Day   Invite Friends   Alert List   Start a Meetup   Ads by Google   
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[IslamCity] Anger from US soldiers back from Iraq - video: We're sorry

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When the dust settles: Anger from US soldiers back from Iraq - video: "We're sorry"Wednesday, 29 March, 2006 BBC   When
 the dust settles: Anger from US soldiers back from IraqUS soldiers   We have a powerful film this evening. We follow a group of former US soldiers who have returned from Iraq deeply affected by the experience.   As they march across America to protest against the war they reveal their own experiences of the conflict, make some disturbing allegations about military practices in Iraq and reflect on how it feels to come home.   We'll discuss some of the issues raised with the former Judge Advocate General for the US Army who is also a decorated combat veteran.   Video via:  http://mparent.livejournal.com/7361624.html   
 'If you start looking at them as humans, then how are you gonna kill them?'   They are a publicity nightmare for the US military: an ever-growing number of veterans of the Iraq conflict who are campaigning against the war.  http://mparent.livejournal.com/7353469.htmlMARC PARENT   CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS  http://mparent.livejournal.com/  http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/14409  http://www.dailykos.com/user/ccnwon
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(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. 
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[IslamCity] Fatwa on apostacy from islamonline---Mufti Ahmad Kutty

[S A Hannan]

Dear members of the list,

Assalamu Alaikum. Please read this opinion on apostacy from a 
major Islamic scholar.

Shah Abdul Hannan



  
  

  


  Fatwa Question Details

  Name
  Hossam 

  Title 
  Should an Apostate Be Put to 
Death?

  Question
  
Respected scholars, as-salamu 
`alaykum. Is it true that in Islam a person must be put to death if 
he or she converts to another religion? Jazakum Allahu 
khayran.

  Date
  27/Mar/2006

  Mufti
  Ahmad Kutty

  Topic
  Apostasy

  Answer

  

Wa`alaykum as-salamu wa 
rahmatullahi wa 
barakatuh.
In the Name of 
Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and 
thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His 
Messenger.
Dear brother in Islam, thanks a lot for your question, which 
reflects your care to have a clear view of the teachings of Islam. 
Allah commands Muslims to refer to knowledgeable peopleto 
learn more about the teachings of Islam.
It is absurd for 
anyone to suggest that Islam advocates killing people who choose to 
leave Islam. To kill anyone who chooses to follow a religion other 
than Islam is against the fundamental teachings of the Qur'an. 
Freedom of conscience is a fundamental principle of the Qur'an that 
is clearly stated. Thus, ifapostates cause no harm to the 
Muslim community and do not call for spreading hostility towards 
Islam, they should not to be punished; rather they should be advised 
kindly and wisely to learn the truth about Islam.
In his response to 
your question, Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior 
lecturer and Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto, 
Ontario, Canada, states the following:
Freedom of conscience 
is one of the fundamental rights of humans enshrined in the Qur'an; 
it is therefore, absurd for anyone to 
suggest that Islam allows putting people to death just because they 
convert to another religion.
Even a casual reader 
of the Qur'an will not fail to be impressed by its emphasis on the 
freedom of conscience as a cornerstone of its moral structure. To 
cite a few verses as follows:
[There shall be no 
compulsion in religion. Distinct has now become the right way from 
[the wayof] error: hence, he 
who rejects the powers of evil and believes in God has indeed taken 
hold of a support most unfailing, which shall never give way: for 
God is all-hearing, all-knowing] ( Al-Baqarah 
2:256)
[If it had been your 
Lord's will, all who are in the earth would have believed. Will you, 
then, force the people to become believers?] 
(Yunus 
10:99)
[And if they surrender 
themselves unto Him (i.e. God), they are on the right path; but if 
they turn away – behold, thy duty (O Muhammad,) is no more than to 
deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His 
creatures.] 
(Aal 
`Imran 
3:20)
[Hence, pay heed unto 
God, and pay heed unto the Messenger, and be ever on your guard 
[against evil]; and if you turn away, then know that Our Messenger's 
only duty is a clear delivery of the message [entrusted to 
him].] (Al-Ma'idah 
5:92)
[But if they turn away 
[from thee, O Prophet, know that] Wehave not sent thee to 
be their keeper: thou art not bound to do more than deliver the 
message [entrusted to thee] .] (Ash-Shura 
42:48)
I should further state 
that all of the moral teachings of the Qur'an are based on the 
notion of moral responsibility, which entails the freedom of choice. 
Therefore, to state that one must be put to death for choosing to 
disbelieve would only undermine the entire moral edifice of the 
Qur'an.
Furthermore, the 
Qur'an does not allow anyone to harm those who are leaving in peace, 
no matter what religion they hold on to. This principle has been 
clearly stated in the Qur'an as follows:
[Thus, if they let you 
be, and do not make war on you, and offer you peace, God does 

Re: [IslamCity] The evil eye

[Abdeen]

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas
Sahih Muslim
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: The influence of an evil eyes is a fact; if anything would precede the destiny it would be the influence of an evil eye, and when you are asked to take bath (as a cure) from the influence of an evil eye, you should take bath. 

---Original Message---


From: "Julianne (Noora) Alsamman"@slt12.lk
Date: 03/29/06 15:15:40
To: eGroup For Muslims Around The World
Subject: [IslamCity] The evil eye

Assalamu alaikum rahmatu Allah wa barakatu. Recently I have been having a big problem. I was wondering if someone could give me advice on this. I am scared to go out of my home. Maybe it sounds stupid but I have been getting the evil eye so bad I almost get like a panic. Just the other day I was walking my baby in the stroller with my friend when a man driving by in a car yelled a rude comment to me. People give me aweful looks and are rude to me. Alhomdulilah I wear hijab. My husband tells me "I don't want to hear it" when I tell him about it. I just don't know what to. I live in the U.S. I can't just stay in the house all the time, but what should I do? You brothers wouldn't believe the way we sisters get treated sometimes. Subhana Allah. Assalamu alaikum rahmatu Allah wa barakatu.


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(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."
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(Holy Quran-16:125)

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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. 
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[IslamCity] Blair's Islamophobia

[Altaf Bhimji]

http://counterpunch.org/carmichael03242006.html

Islamophobia at Downing Street

Tony Blair's Bipolarity

By MICHAEL CARMICHAEL

This week, Tony Blair launched a scathing ideological attack on  
Islamism. Describing the conflict between Islamism and the world as  
a, battle for modernity, he quoted the conservative American  
historian, Samuel Huntington, in order to refute him. Contrasting his  
interpretation of a conflict about civilisation in a historical  
chiaroscuro with Huntington's conflict of civilisations, Blair  
blasted Islamism as the fountainhead of the world's escalating level  
of ultra-violence.

Promising to make further keynote speeches to address the Israel- 
Palestine conflict in the Middle East, Blair sought to defend the  
pointed attacks on Islamic fundamentalism by George Bush and  
Christopher Hitchens as the raison d'etre for the war in Iraq. In his  
latest lamentation on the exclusively Islamic sources of ulta- 
violence, terrorism and war, Blair echoed the mantras of the coterie  
of deeply Islamophobic neoconservative intellectuals who emerged from  
the right-wing witches' cauldron of Leo Stein at the University of  
Chicago.

Blair's diatribe was the performance of a committed idealist, a  
demagogue mesmerized by his own ideology and not that of an  
intellectual, an academic, a mainstream politician or a statesman.  
Blair inhabits that shadowy region of Christianity that sees itself  
as totally separate and apart from the other faiths stemming from the  
house of Abraham: Judaism and Islam. In Blair's vision of  
Christianity, there are no Muslims who accept the messianic status of  
Jesus; no Christians who launch terrorist atrocities and no Jewish  
terrorists, either.

In the mind of Tony Blair, the trouble with world terror stems  
exclusively from the ideology and culture of Islamic fundamentalism.  
In Blair's deeply bipolar world, Christianity and Judaism are  
blameless for the rising tide of terror.

In Blair's definition of terror, the lynchings of the Christian  
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the terror bombings of Oklahoma, the  
brutal beatings of Muslims in Britain, the extra-judicial killings of  
Palestinians, the Christian bombings of pharmaceutical factories in  
Sudan and the Israeli military assassinations of Palestinians simply  
do not exist.

His selective vision of the world is troubling for it emanates from a  
double standard. Fundamentalist Christian terror does not exist for  
Blair. Fundamentalist Judaic terror does not exist for Blair. Whether  
Blair is capable of discerning fundamentalist Hindu terror is--at  
this point in time--unknown.

The question arises: Is Tony Blair Islamophobic? Islamophobia has  
emerged as the anti-Semitism of the twenty-first century. Blair  
recently gave an interview in which he revealed his inordinate  
commitment to Christianity. Explaining his decision to wage war on  
Iraq, Blair said that his religious beliefs had shaped his decision  
to join forces with Bush's neoconservative juggernaut.

Much has been made of Blair's personal religious idiosyncrasy.  
Married to a traditional Roman Catholic, Blair's solemn devotion to  
religious orthodoxy has been exposed to the microscope of public  
scrutiny. In 2004, a Roman Catholic priest was foolish enough to give  
a press conference stating Blair's personal desire to convert to the  
Church of Rome. Reliable witnesses have confirmed that Blair and Bush  
pray together during their wartime summits. The extremist religious  
ideology of Bush is well-established. His political partnership with  
Blair is founded on much more than the special relationship between  
Britain and America. These two men share a common faith in the  
fundamental veracity of some of the most orthodox and conservative  
attitudes in Christendom and apparently some of the most extreme  
ones, as well.

Their's is a partnership that not only prays, but also preys together.

Praying together, Bush and Blair consistently prey on their common  
enemy - the Islamic culture that has fostered what in their myopic  
vision is pure evil--i.e. terror.

Their common myopia places the bombings launched by Christian  
fundamentalists, the assassinations committed by Jewish  
fundamentalists and the religious motivation of the tractor-driving  
assassin who fractured the skull, severed the spine and crushed the  
life out of Rachel Corrie outside of their narrowing cone of perception.

Their condition is simply a twin case of visual, optical and  
intellectual bipolarity. In their world: Islam is evil. Christianity  
is good. Judaism is invisible. But, does this intellectual bipolarity  
make Blair Islamophobic? Is he, in fact, as bipolar in his reaction  
to Islam as the anti-Semitic bigots of the last century?

To date, let it be noted that Blair has not called out in public for  
the genocidal extermination of the entire Islamic population of the  
world. Let it also be noted that Adolf Hitler 

[IslamCity] Blair's visit to Indonesia leaves the students in doubts and double standards of West.

[Shaikh Hyder]

  Indonesia PM given rough ride by high school students Matthew Tempest and agenciesThursday March 30, 2006 Tony Blair visits a boarding school in Jakarta. Photograph: Jefrey Aries/Getty Images  Tony Blair was met with a barrage of calls to withdraw from Iraq as he toured Indonesia to promote better links with the world's largest Muslim country.   The prime minister, on the final day of his tour of the southern hemisphere, issued a joint statement with the Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyon, promising greater trade links,
 school twining and joint counter-terrorism messages.   But the PM also met a delegation of moderate Muslim leaders who called on him to pull British troops out of Iraq, and was given a rough ride at a question-and-answer session with high school students.Welcomed by pupils as he witnessed displays of martial arts and dancing and heard the girls school band serenade him with John Lennon's Imagine, Mr Blair's visit to the Pondok Pesantren Darunnajah, an Islamic boarding school twinned with the Holy Family School in Keighley, West Yorkshire, took a different turn when he took questions.   He was asked how
 he would feel if he was an Iraqi civilian and what he was doing to resolve the Israel/Palestinian dispute.   The prime minister told them: "I want to say, as someone from the Christian faith, that I believe that people of different faiths can live together in harmony and peace."   He then faced his first question on the recent row over a Luton schoolgirl forbidden from wearing full Islamic dress to class.   He was asked what British rules were. Mr Blair replied: "We leave it up to the individual school, some schools permit it, some do not but we let the final decision be with the school. There are different views in my country about this."   Another student then asked if he would persuade his "best friend" the US president, George Bush, to stop the war in Iraq.   Mr Blair, dressed in a white open neck shirt and slacks in sweltering heat and humidity replied: "I think we will not agree about Iraq and the decision to remove the government there but there is a
 process now on Iraq for the people to vote their government in.   "In Iraq today they have got the right to vote, and in Afghanistan, and whatever we thought about the original decision to remove Saddam, today we should work with the United Nations and other countries to make sure people have the same rights as the people in the UK and you have here."   Another student then asked: "How would you feel if you were an Iraqi civilian?" who had had relatives killed in the conflict.   Mr Blair replied: "One of the most important things if we are to have this understanding between us is that people try to understand the other point of view.   "You feel very strongly that what happened in Iraq and Afghanistan was wrong. I understand that.   "But in those countries now people can vote and their government should decide what's right and what is wrong."   He went on: "You might say Iraqi Muslims want this, I might say they want that." But the best test of what the
 people truly wanted was how they voted.   Mr Blair went on: "You have a view of America which is not a view I share. We have got to see how we build a bridge of understanding between the West and the Muslim world.   "That doesn't mean we always agree but we understand why we disagree. That's the important thing so that in the end even if we do disagree we never distrust or hate each other."   He was then tackled on the Middle East peace process and urged to ask the new Israeli government to resolve the issue.   The prime minister replied: "I agree with you. There's no more important issue than to bring peace between Israel and Palestine.   "This has been difficult but I will try to do my best to ensure we can bring peace there."   At Mr Blair's earlier visit to New Zealand he was picketed by anti-war protestors and today in Jakarta there were also protests against his visit, this time from an Islamic group.   After his meeting with Mr Yudhoyono, Mr
 Blair said the two nations would "work closely" on ways to combat international terror, and invited the president to visit the UK in return.   Mr Blair then met five moderate Islamic leaders who urged him to withdraw British troops from Iraq and talk to the recently elected Hamas government in Palestine.   Din Syamsudin, leader of the country's second largest Muslim group Muhammadiah, said: "We told him to withdraw his troops from Iraq because the occupation is only promoting more radicalism and new acts of terrorism."   Downing Street had billed the visit as the "right time" to repair relations. Mr Blair's official spokesman said: "It's the right place because Indonesia is the third largest democracy in the world, right people because it's the largest Muslim country in the world, with 210 million Muslims, right because under its current president it is not only committed to democracy but also to clean up 

[IslamCity] What Clash of Civilizations?

[KarimAG]

http://www.slate.com/id/2138731/



What Clash of Civilizations?

Why religious identity isn't destiny.

By AmartyaSen
Posted Wednesday, March 29, 2006, at 6:02 AM ET 

This essay is adapted from the new book Identity and Violence , published by Norton.


That some barbed cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed could
generate turmoil in so many countries tells us some rather important things
about the contemporary world. Among other issues, it points up the intense
sensitivity of many Muslims about representation and derision of the prophet in
the Western press (and the ridiculing of Muslim religious beliefs that is taken
to go with it) and the evident power of determined agitators to generate the
kind of anger that leads immediately to violence. But stereotyped
representations of this kind do another sort of damage as well, by making huge
groups of people in the world to look peculiarly narrow and unreal. 

The portrayal of the prophet with a bomb in the form of a hat
is obviously a figment of imagination and cannot be judged literally, and the
relevance of that representation cannot be dissociated from the way the
followers of the prophet may be seen. What we ought to take very seriously is
the way Islamic identity, in this sort of depiction, is assumed to drown, if
only implicitly, all other affiliations, priorities, and pursuits that a Muslim
person may have. A person belongs to many different groups, of which a religious
affiliation is only one. To see, for example, a mathematician who happens to be
a Muslim by religion mainly in terms of Islamic identity would be to hide more
than it reveals. Even today, when a modern mathematician at, say, MIT or
Princeton invokes an algorithm to solve a difficult computational
problem, he or she helps to commemorate the contributions of the ninth-century
Muslim mathematician Al-Khwarizmi, from whose name the term algorithm is
derived (the term algebra comes from the title of his Arabic
mathematical treatise Al Jabr wa-al-Muqabilah). To concentrate only
on Al-Khwarizmi's Islamic identity over his identity as a mathematician would
be extremely misleading, and yet he clearly was also a Muslim. Similarly, to
give an automatic priority to the Islamic identity of a Muslim person in order
to understand his or her role in the civil society, or in the literary world,
or in creative work in arts and science, can result in profound
misunderstanding. 

The increasing tendency to overlook the many identities that
any human being has and to try to classify individuals according to a single
allegedly pre-eminent religious identity is an intellectual confusion that can
animate dangerous divisiveness. An Islamist instigator of violence against
infidels may want Muslims to forget that they have any identity other than
being Islamic. What is surprising is that those who would like to quell that
violence promote, in effect, the same intellectual disorientation by seeing
Muslims primarily as members of an Islamic world. The world is made much more
incendiary by the advocacy and popularity of single-dimensional categorization
of human beings, which combines haziness of vision with increased scope for the
exploitation of that haze by the champions of violence. 

A remarkable use of imagined singularity can be found in
Samuel Huntington's influential 1998 book The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World
Order. The difficulty with Huntington's approach begins with his system
of unique categorization, well before the issue of a clashor
notis even raised. Indeed, the thesis of a civilizational clash is
conceptually parasitic on the commanding power of a unique categorization along
so-called civilizational lines, which closely follow religious divisions to
which singular attention is paid. Huntington
contrasts Western civilization with Islamic civilization,
Hindu civilization, Buddhist civilization, and so on.
The alleged confrontations of religious differences are incorporated into a
sharply carpentered vision of hardened divisiveness. 

In fact, of course, the people of the world can be classified
according to many other partitions, each of which has someoften
far-reachingrelevance in our lives: nationalities, locations, classes,
occupations, social status, languages, politics, and many others. While
religious categories have received much airing in recent years, they cannot be
presumed to obliterate other distinctions, and even less can they be seen as
the only relevant system of classifying people across the globe. In
partitioning the population of the world into those belonging to the
Islamic world, the Western world, the Hindu
world, the Buddhist world, the divisive power of
classificatory priority is implicitly used to place people firmly inside a
unique set of rigid boxes. Other divisions (say, between the rich and the poor,
between members of different classes and occupations, between people of
different politics, between distinct nationalities and residential 

Re: [IslamCity] Quran Stories

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(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. 
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(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. 
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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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