Boycott Israel [IslamCity] ruling: The virtue of Friday
12309 Question #12309: The virtue of Friday Question: Which day of the week do you consider most holy and your sabboth? Answer: Praise be to Allaah. It should be noted that the entire life of a Muslim is worship of Allaah; there is no special day for worship, for the Muslim is worshipping Allaah all the time. But there is a day which Allaah has made special for this ummah (nation), the nation of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and which Allaah has favored above all the other days of the week. That day is Friday. There are a number of ahadeeth which speak of the virtue of this day, including the following: It was narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "We (Muslims) are the last (of the nations) but (we will be) the foremost on the Day of Resurrection, although the former nations were given their scriptures before us and we were given our after them. And this (Friday) is the day concerning which they disputed. So Allaah guided us (to it), tomorrow (i.e., Saturday) is for the Jews and the day after (i.e., Sunday) is for the Christians." (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, al-Jumu'ah, 847). It was also narrated (by al-Bukhaari) that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The best day on which the sun rises is Friday. On this day Adam was created, on this day he entered Paradise and on this day he was expelled from it." (Narrated by Muslim, al-Jumu'ah, 1410) It was narrated that Taariq ibn Shihaab said: "A Jewish man said to 'Umar, 'O Commander of the faithful, if this aayah - 'This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion' [al-Maa'idah 5:3 - interpretation of the meaning] - had been revealed to us, we would have taken that day as an 'Eid (festival)." 'Umar said, "I know on which day this aayah was revealed; it was revealed on the Day of 'Arafaah, which was a Friday." (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, Al-I'tisaam bi'l-Kitaab wa'l-Sunnah, 6726). Among the hadeeth which explain the reward for this day is that which was narrated by Abu Hurayrah, which says that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Each of the five daily prayers and from one Jumu'ah prayer to the next is an expiation for the time in between, so long as one does not commit any major sin." (al-Tahaarah, 342). It was narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: "The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 'When Friday comes, at each door of the mosque there are angels who write down the first ones to come to the mosque. Then when the imaam sits down they close their books and come to listen to the sermon. The one who comes early (for Friday prayer) is like who sacrificed a camel, then those who come after him (in order of their coming) are like one who sacrificed a cow, then one who sacrificed a horned ram, then one who sacrificed a chicken, then like one who offered an egg." (narrated by al-Bukhaari, al-Jumu'ah, 1416). It was also narrated in a hadeeth that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "One of the best of your days is Friday. On it Adam was created and on it he died. On it the Trumpet will be blown and on it all creatures will perish (prior to the Resurrection on the Last Day). So send many blessings upon me on that day, for your blessings will be shown to me." They said, "How will our blessings be shown to you when your body will have become dust?" He said, "Allaah has forbidden the earth to consume our [Prophets'] bodies." (Narrated by Abu Dawood and al-Nasaa'i; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb wa'l-Tarheeb, no. 695). It was narrated in a hadeeth that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever makes his wife do ghusl and does ghusl himself [i.e., has intercourse] on Friday and goes out early, walking not riding, and comes close to the imaam and listens [to the sermon] without interrupting, will have for each step he takes a reward equal to that of fasting and praying at night for one year." (Narrated by Ahmad and al-Tirmidhi; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb wa'l-Tarheeb, no. 687) It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) mentioned Friday and said: "On this day there is an hour when no Muslim slave stands and prays and asks Allaah for something, but Allaah will give it to him," and he gestured with his hand to indicate that whatever he asks for is as nothing to Allaah. (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, al-Jumu'ah, 883) It was narrated from Anas ibn Maalik that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Seek the hour in which there is hope that prayers will be answered, on Friday after 'Asr (mid-afternoon) prayer, until th
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] article: The People of Innovations are Worse than the People of Sins
The People of Innovations are Worse than the People of Sins AUTHOR: Jamaal bin Fareehaan Al-Haarithee SOURCE: His book: Lam ad-Durr al-Manthoor (pg. 47-49) PRODUCED BY: Al-Ibaanah.com Chapter 15: The People of Innovations are worse than the People of Sins [134] Abu Moosaa said: "That I live next to a Jew and a Christian, and monkeys and pigs, is more beloved to me than that if I were to live next to a follower of desires (i.e. deviant), who will spread disease to my heart." [1] [135] Yoonus bin 'Ubaid said to his son: "I forbid you from fornicating, stealing and drinking alcohol. But if you were to meet Allaah having committed these (sins), that would be more beloved (to me) than if you were to meet Him with the views of 'Amr bin 'Ubaid or the followers of 'Amr." [2] [136] Abul-Jawzaa said: "If the apes and the swine were to live with me in a house, that would be more beloved to me than if a person from Ahlul-Ahwaa (deviants) were to live with me. They have entered into the ayah: 'And when they meet you they say: We believe. But when they are alone, they bite the tips of their fingers at you in rage. Say: Perish in your rage. Allaah knows what is in the hearts.' [Surah Aali 'Imraan: 119]" [3] [137] Al-'Awwaam bin Hawshab said about his son 'Eesaa: "By Allaah, if I saw 'Eesaa gathering with the people of musical instruments, alcohol and falsehood, that would be more beloved to me than if I were to see him sitting with the people of argumentation - the innovators." [4] [138] Yahyaa bin 'Ubaid said: "A man from the Mu'atazilah encountered me (one day), so I got up and said: "Either you pass on or I will pass on, for indeed if I were to walk with a Christian, that would be more loved to me than if I were to walk with you." [5] [139] Arta' Ibn al-Mundir said: "If my son were one of the sinful wicked people, that would be more beloved to me than if he were a Follower of Desires (i.e. a deviant)." [6] [140] Sa'eed bin Jubair said: "If my son were to keep the company of a sinning scoundrel upon the Sunnah that would be more beloved to me than if he were to accompany a worshipping innovator." [7] [141] It was once said to Maalik bin Mughawal: "We saw your son playing with the birds." So he responded: "How wonderful that it preoccupies him from accompanying an innovator." [8] [142] Al-Barbahaaree said: "If you see a person whose manner and opinion is despicable, he is wicked, sinful, and oppressive, yet he is a person of the Sunnah, accompany him and sit with him, since his sin will not harm you. And if you see a man who strives hard and long in worship, is abstemious, being continual in worship, except that he is a person of innovation, do not sit with him, do not listen to his words, and do not walk along with him, since I do not feel safe that you will not eventually come to be pleased with his way and go to destruction along with him." [9] [143] Abu Haatim said: "I heard Ahmad bin Sinaan said: "That a Tanboor player were to live next to me is more beloved to me than if an innovator were to live next to me. This is since I can forbid the Tanboor player and I can break the tanboor (a mandolin-like instrument). But as for the innovator, he corrupts the people, the neighbors and the youth." [10] [144] Imam ash-Shaafi'ee, may Allaah have mercy on him, said: "If the servant were to meet Allaah having committed every sin except Shirk, that would be better for him than if he were to meet Allaah with some deviant belief." [11] [145] Imaam Ahmad, may Allaah have mercy on him, said: "The graves of sinners from People of Sunnah is a garden, while the graves of the pious ascetics from the People of Innovation is a barren pit. The sinners among Ahlus-Sunnah are the Friends of Allaah, while the pious among Ahlul-Bid'ah are the Enemies of Allaah." [12] Footnotes: [1] Al-Ibaanah (2/468, no. 469) [2] Al-Ibaanah (2/466, no. 464) [3] Al-Ibaanah (2/467, no. 466-467) [4] Al-Bid'a wan-Nahee 'anhaa (56) [5] Al-Bid'a wan-Nahee 'anhaa (59) [6] Ash-Sharh wal-Ibaanah of Ibn Battah (132, no. 87) [7] Ash-Sharh wal-Ibaanah (132, no. 89) [8] Ash-Sharh wal-Ibaanah (133, no. 90) [9] Sharh as-Sunnah (124, no. 149) [Translator's Note: Refer to Explanation of the Creed] [10] Al-Ibaanah (2/469, no. 473) [11] The checker of the book Sharh as-Sunnah of al-Barbahaaree mentioned it (124) and attributed it to al-Bayhaqee in Al-'Itiqaad (158) [12] Tabaqaat al-Hanaabilah (1/184) http://al-ibaanah.com/articles.php?ArtID=94
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] "Death in Cell #5 " -- Oury Jalloh
"Death in Cell #5 " Rec. 4-2-07 1) 1:36 Radio essay Mp3 http://www.prisonradio.org/audio/mumia/2007MAJ/april07/Death%20in%20Cell%205.mp3 Call for observation of the Oury Jalloh Court Case break the silence! Come to Dessau on March 27th - 30th and April 19th-20th of 2007. Observe the trial and participate in the permanent vigils, events and rallies during this time. Break the silence! On the 7th of January, 2005, Oury Jalloh agonizingly burned to death---tied at his hands and feet in Cell Number 5 in Dessau. He was a 21 year-old refugee from Sierra Leone. The smoke and fire alarm were simply ignored by the supervising police officer; the communication system connected directly to the cell was turned off, supposedly because the police officers felt bothered by the "burbling noises" while they were talking on the telephone. Since his death to this day, the State Prosecutor, responsible for carrying out the investigations, has exclusively promoted the theory that Oury Jalloh committed suicide. Nevertheless, there are simply too many contradictions in their theory: Why does a lighter first appear in a second inventory taken of the items found in the cell? How did a lighter enter into the cell when two police officers carried out a body search of Oury Jalloh? How do they explain the broken nasal bone and the injuries to the middle ear as found in the second autopsy organized by the Initiative in Memory of Oury Jalloh? What role did the racist attitude of Dessau's police play, which was recorded on tape before and during the fire and made partially public? On the basis of the ascertainable facts regarding the death of Oury Jalloh and until it is proved otherwise we will continue to believe and make our opinion known: Oury Jalloh was murdered. That all of these contradictions have even been made known to a wider public has only been possible thanks to the mobilization and engagement of friends and acquaintances of Oury Jalloh as well as diverse migrant, refugee and anti-racist organizations, who in spite of the attempts at criminalization and the persecution of several activists have never given up in fighting for an exhaustive clarification of the circumstances surrounding the death of Oury Jalloh as well as justice and reparations. All of these groups have come together to form the Initiative in Memory of Oury Jalloh. Finally, after two years of mobilization and public campaigning of the Initiative, court proceedings are to be held in March against two of the police involved in the crime. Although we find this to be an important step in the direction of shedding light on the death of Oury Jalloh, we have serious doubt as to whether the proceedings will bring either justice or an exhaustive clarification of the circumstances. Since Oury's murder, neither the court nor the State Prosecutor has shown interest in discovering the truth behind the events in Dessau. Rather, the case has been plagued by two years of impediments, cover-up and the denial to cooperate with the lawyers of Oury's parents. Only for the recognition of the mother and father as co-plaintiffs in the case did the court need 17 and 15 months to come to a decision, respectively. In addition, the State Prosecutor refused to allow an x-ray of Oury Jalloh's corpse to be carried out with the justification that it simply wasn't necessary. The second autopsy, carried out independently in the name of the Initiative in Memory of Oury Jalloh, demonstrated then demonstrated the serious injuries to Oury's nose and middle ear. But Oury Jalloh was not alone. Dominique Koumadio, for example, was shot and killed by the police on the 14th of April, 2006. The General Public Prosecutor has already absolved the police of any crime. The justification? Self-defense. Indeed, crimes by the police enjoy almost complete impunity, especially when those crimes are committed against refugees and migrants. Indeed, German police abuse refugees and migrants on a daily basis, and physical mistreatment is widespread, though punishment is seldom?if it even comes that far. In general, it is fair to say that the police, just as society, is dominated by a racist, inhumane consensus that sees refugees and migrants in general as sub-humans. In general, Europe has made it known and enforced the fact that refugees and migrants, but especially Blacks, are not welcome here. Alone in 2006 more than 7,000 HUMAN BEINGS were forced into their death by a system which has systematically and eternally robbed them of their most basic right: the right to life. Who will pay the price for these murders? Who can give their families and friends back their loved ones? These are just some of the reasons why we totally distrust the German legal system. It is our responsibility to Oury, his family and all victims and survivors of racist police violence and even murder to come together and demonstrate to the court, to the society and to the world that we will not stand silently by while they
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Quran Translation Pages - temporary alternate URL
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Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Re: Fwd: RE: Regarding Islamic materials for inmates
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Ministry of Community and Social Services
Ministry of Children and Youth Services
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
Ministère des Services sociaux et communautaires
Ministère des Services à l'enfance et à la jeunesse
Ministère de la Santé et des Soins de longue durée
Ministère de la Sécurité communautaire et des Service Correctionnels
Chaplaincy Services Ontario
24th Floor
2 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M7A 1E9
Asalaamu alaikum,
My name is Rev. Lynda Kelly the Provincial Coordinator of Chaplaincy Services
Ontario. We very much appreciate the quick and overwhelming response from
Islamic groups and individuals to the request for Muslim materials sent out by
Chaplain Wayne Moore at Central East Correctional Centre.
Let me begin by suggesting that there is a need to create a mechanism to
connect the Islamic community and their members who are in government
institutions (Correctional institution for adults and youth, Seniors Homes
etc.). This has been a chronic problem that, until now, we have not been able
to resolve.
Wayne, one of our chaplains, has asked me to begin this process by responding
directly to you. It is our hope that we may be able to assist the Islamic
community with the following:
Ø Providing awareness of the
needs of Muslims who are in Correctional institution for adults and youth,
Seniors Homes etc.
Ø Providing awareness of where
their donations can be sent
Ø Researching a way to provide
donors with a charitable donation receipt
Ø Ensuring that 100% of their
donations will be spent on materials
Ø Ensuring that the material
purchased will be appropriate and acceptable for distribution within government
institutions
Ø Ensuring that the purchasing of
the materials will use the most cost effective methods
Please let me provide details as to who I am and what we hope to
accomplish as we partner with the Islamic Community.
Chaplaincy Services Ontario is a part of the government of the province
Ontario, Canada. We assist government agencies in the provision of adequate
and appropriate spiritual and religious care to persons who are in their
institutions.
We work with institutions and chaplains across the province. To assist in
ensuring the Muslim clients across the province receive appropriate materials
we will be working on some guidelines to assist you to know what materials can
be used. We have begun preparing the list of criteria for any materials that
enter government institutions. Al materials must meet health and safety
standards and be respectful of other beliefs including such things as:
Ø must not criticize other faith
traditions or beliefs
Ø must not support or encourage
behaviour that is contrary to Canadian law
Ø must not pose a danger to the
individual receiving the item or to others
We consult with the diverse faith communities through the Ontario Multifaith
Council on Spiritual and Religious Care (OMC) on matters of faith practice and
religious needs. This consultation process assists in policy development and
in the implementation of spiritual and religious care programs and services.
To coordinate the efforts of the many Islamic groups/individuals, we are
asking the OMC to work with those who have volunteered resources. The OMC is a
private transfer payment agency that receives government funding to maintain a
network of around 30 faith groups to provide the government of Ontario with
advice on matters relating to the appropriate provision of spiritual and
religious care in all government institutions. Each faith community names a
member to sit on the Council. The Council has a representative from the Muslim
community.
The OMC is well positioned to assist us maximize the efforts of donor groups
and ensure the materials are sent to the institutions where there is a need.
The OMC will play an important role in identifying needs, working with the
Islamic community to arrange distribution and in organizing this exciting
initiative. The OMC is also seen as being in the best position to ensure that
consultation with the Islamic community is established and maintained. Our
goal is to develop a network so we will be able to organize your very generous
offers of resourc
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Institutionalized Racism
Siddique Abdullah Hasan is a prisoner on Death Row at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown, Ohio. For more information about Siddique, visit: www.prisonersolidarity.org Induced Failure Commentary by Siddique Abdullah Hasan Scroll down for a written transcipt 1) 6:16 Radio Essay MP3 Institutionalized Racism http://www.prisonradio.org/audio/Siddique/Induced%20Failure%2002-07.mp3 Commentary by Siddique Abdullah Hasan Scroll down for a written transcipt 1) 2:36 Radio Essay MP3 http://www.prisonradio.org/audio/Siddique/Inst.%20Racism%2002-07.mp3 Induced Failure Copyright 2007/ Siddique Abdullah Hasan The current penal system in America is not working. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to come to the conclusion, that it predisposes prisoners to recidivism, a relapse into a life of crime. Since man is ultimately a product of his environment, the current system products speak for themselves: failure. The system practices set it's occupants up for exclusion from the mainstream success stories of society, except for the families, friends and loved ones of prisoners and ex-prisoners. Most Americans have not really considered prisoners plight and daily struggles. Though various studies show that from one-half to two-thirds of parolees return to prison for violating the conditions of their release, or for reoffending, few people, tax-payers, prosecutors, politicians and CEO's of corporations seemed to have really pondered the critical question: Why is this colossal recidivism taking place on our soil? Have the citizens of this great industrial nation become so detached and desensitized that they could care less about prisoner's lives. Well, I hope not because prisoners desperately need your assistance in reintegrating back into society and upholding the anticipation that they will become an asset to their respective community. Richard Gustufson, a columnist and retired teacher who taught 30 years at Miami Valley Career Technical Center, said, "National statistics indicate that recidivism is cut in half with support from the community." It is my personal and unyielding belief that recidivism is also tremendously reduced when the system pursues its once desired effect, rehabilitation. However, rehabilitation is a thing of the past. It was in 1790 that the first penitentiary in this country opened its doors to house criminals. The purpose of this new creation was to place criminals in a confined area, where they might ponder over their crimes, repent and reform themselves, hence, the term penitentiary. Much has changed in the last three decades due to the influences of tough talking, opportunistic politicians, who have reduced funding for rehabilitative programs to almost nil, so much so that rehabilitation, or producing a repentive person is no longer the desired objective. Instead, the current objective is to warehouse prisoners and deliberately create the circumstances for their failure. This cruel objective is being perpetrated to perpetuate job security for parole officials, individuals in corporate America and the like, who benefit financially from the prison boom, which currently incarcerates 2.2 million people in our nation's prisons. This new trend of merely warehousing and punishing prisoners is not conducive to the security and stability of this nation. All it does is mentally crush prisoners will and doom them to inevitable failure. As a result of this new trend, prisoners are being released with no skills, no education, no support system, no job and only a few dollars in their possession to try to make it in this dog-eat-dog society. Indeed, a recipe for disaster. It's implausible for prisoners to survive under these bleak conditions. Let us not forget that unemployment, poverty, exclusion and a lack of education and guidance are the ingredients which led to their imprisonment, so how can the system or any rational human being expect ex-prisoners to succeed when they are still caught in a catch-22 cycle? Although a job is an essential means of support to help people acquire the things they need, trying to secure a job is the ex-prisoners greatest obstacle. Except when family or friends have been able to secure them employment, ex-prisoners are refused work due to their criminal history, something they can't change. With this revolving door being slammed in their faces, how do we expect them to react when they are stuck between a rock and a hard place? They then end up adopting the only culture they know, survival of the fittest. In plain old English, they resort to exploiting their old ways of living that is, victimizing others to survive. Because of this induced failure, I share the sentiments of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, also known as Malcolm X, who said, "I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people and penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight." It is my only hope that society will come to realize prisoners have the sam
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Special Sessions: Family Matters- Evaluating Marriage-Marital Stress-Marital Intimacy
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Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Fwd: Patrick boycotts prayer, praises religious freedom
"Conservatives" show their true colors... Hypocrites or munafiqeen. The language is irrelevant, the odor is the same. -- Forwarded message -- All - I believe we should start a drive to write to this Senator letting him know that we are ANGRY that he would use the first Muslim prayer in the Texas Senate as a means to defame his own constituents. Instead of preaching tolerance and understanding, Patrick has chosen to divide and hate. We need to become more active in the political process so that we have the means to put pressure on these representatives who encourage this kind of intolerance. Here is the article from the Chronicle... *Patrick boycotts prayer, praises religious freedom* By CLAY ROBISON Complete Texas Legislature coverage AUSTIN — Republican Sen. Dan Patrick on Wednesday boycotted the first prayer delivered in the Texas Senate by a Muslim cleric, and then praised religious tolerance and freedom of speech in an address at the end of the day's session. "I think that it's important that we are tolerant as a people of all faiths, but that doesn't mean we have to endorse all faiths, and that was my decision," he said later. "I surely believe that everyone should have the right to speak, but I didn't want my attendance on the floor to appear that I was endorsing that." Patrick, a conservative radio talk show host from Houston and self- professed Christian, said he wasn't the only senator to miss the invocation — in English and song — by the Imam Yusuf Kavakci of the Dallas Central Mosque. But he was the only senator known to have passed out to other senators copies of a two-year-old newspaper editorial criticizing Kavakci for publicly praising two radical Islamists. Patrick's political ally, Harris County Republican Chairman Jared Woodfill, had sharply criticized the fact that the Muslim prayer was scheduled during the week before Easter. The timing was coincidental, said Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, who sponsored the cleric's appearance at the Capitol on the Texas Muslims Legislative Day. Shapiro is Jewish, and this also is Passover, a major Jewish holiday. Shapiro praised Kavakci's "extensive interfaith experience" and said he represents a "substantial constituency of Texans who deserve to be represented." She said she checked out his reputation with the Anti-Defamation League and other groups to "make sure he was not somebody I would be embarrassed by." Shapiro said she never leaves the floor when Christian ministers deliver an invocation "in Jesus' name" and doesn't consider her presence an endorsement of Christianity. "I have a great respect for Christianity. I have a great respect for anyone who comes and prays. That's what this country was based on, its freedom of religion," she said. Patrick and Shapiro met privately during the Senate session. A warning to Shapiro Shapiro said Patrick told her he was "concerned because there could be a problem here." She said Patrick wanted to "warn" her, referring to e-mails that suggested the cleric may "espouse things that are wrong." In a personal privilege speech at the end of the Senate session, Patrick called the Muslim invocation an "extraordinary moment," coming during Passover and before Easter. "In many parts of the world, I know that Jews or Christians would not be given that same right, that same freedom," he said. "The imam that was here today, he was fortunate to be in this great country." . -- -- -- G. Waleed Kavalec - http://www.facebook.com/p/G_Waleed_Kavalec/618860864
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] RAND Corp - Create Networks of MUTTERATE Muslims to Promote US Policy
We Will STAY THE COURSE Come What May In Our WAR ON ISLAM Until We SUCCEED In Getting the Muslims Back To the Teachings of Islam. We Are Making Great PROGRESS in this Regard & Will Not Rest on Our Laurels Until We Can Proclaim to the World MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. I Would Be Failing In My Duty If I Do Not Thank the SICKularists, the MUTTerates, the FROGressives, the FOOLarists & the DEFORMists (SMUFFED) Within the Muslim Community For Their GREAT HELP in Assisting Us In Achieving This Our NOBLE MISSION. GWB Rand Corporation's New Recipe to Handle the Muslim World By Abdus Sattar Ghazali Al-Jazeerah, April 2, 2007 http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/2007%20Opinion%20Editorials/April/2%20o/Rand%20Corporation's%20new%20recipe%20to%20handle%20the%20Muslim%20World%20By%20Abdus%20Sattar%20Ghazali.htm The semi-official U.S. think tank, Rand Corporation, suggests creation of networks of the so-called moderate Muslims to promote US policy objectives in the Muslim World. In its latest report, titled Building Moderate Muslim Networks the Rand Corp advocates that the building of moderate Muslim networks needs to become an explicit goal of the U.S. government policy, with an international database of partners and a well-designed plan. Just as it fought the spread of Communism during the Cold War, the United States must do more to develop and support networks of moderate Muslims who are too often silenced by violent radical Islamists, according to the Rand Corporation report issued on March 26, 2007. Lead writer of the report Angel Rabasa says that the United States has a critical role to play in aiding moderate Muslims, and can learn much from the way it addressed the spread of Communism during the Cold War. The efforts of the United States and its allies to build free and democratic networks and institutions provided an organizational and ideological counter force to Communist groups seeking to come to power through political groups, labor unions, youth and student organizations and other groups. The report defines a moderate as a Muslim who supports democracy, gender equality, freedom of worship and opposition to terrorism. This looks an amplification on its two previous reports - Civil Democratic Islam: Partners, Resources, and Strategies (March 2004) and US strategy in the Muslim World after 9/11 (December 2004) - which also suggested supporting moderate Muslims and exploitation of inter-Muslim religious differences. Interestingly, a novelist turned research scholar, Cheryl Benard is the author of Civil Democratic Islam and co-author of Dec. 2004 and March 2007 reports. In the December 2004 study Rabasa had suggested to exploit Sunni, Shiite and Arab, non-Arab divides to promote the US policy objectives in the Muslim world. Echoing this theme, the latest report recommends reaching out to Muslim activists, leaders and intellectuals in non-Arab countries such as Turkey as well as in Southeast Asia and Europe. The report recommends targeting five groups as potential building blocks for networks: liberal and secular Muslim academics and intellectuals; young moderate religious scholars; community activists; womens groups engaged in gender equality campaigns; and moderate journalists and scholars. The report warned that moderate groups can lose credibility and therefore, effectiveness if U.S. support is too obvious. Effective tactics that worked during the Cold War include having the groups led by credible individuals and having the United States maintain some distance from the organizations it supports. This was done by not micro-managing the groups, but by giving them enough autonomy, Rabasa said. As long as certain guidelines were met, they were free to pursue their own activities. To help start this initiative, the report recommends working toward an international conference modeled in the Cold War-era Congress of Cultural Freedom, and then developing a standing organization to combat what it called radical Islamism. The recent summit of "Secular Islam Conference" in St. Petersburg, Florida, almost coincided with the release of the latest Rand Report. A small group of self-proclaimed secular Muslims from North America and elsewhere gathered in St. Petersburg for what they billed as a new global movement to correct the assumed wrongs of Islam and call for an Islamic Reformation. The St. Petersburg conference, held on the sideline of the Intelligence Summit, was carried live on (Islamophobe) Glenn Beck's CNN show. Some of the organizers and speakers at the convention were well known thanks to the media spotlight: Irshad Manji, author of "The Trouble With Islam," and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the former Dutch parliamentarian and author of "Infidel," were but a few there claiming to have suffered personally at the hands of "radical" Islam. One par
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Hypocrisy your name is Bush
Dear Waleed this article will be ignored by Bush, but if WD, Siraj tell him then he will be more receptive as coming from Muslim leaders. Otherwise your efforts are just waste of time. And Muslim leadeers will go and shake hands with Bush and continue with their iftar parties with the enemy of Islam. "G.Waleed Kavalec"@yahoo.com wrote: April 8, 2007 North Koreans Arm Ethiopians as U.S. Assents By MICHAEL R. GORDON and MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON, April 7 Three months after the United States successfully pressed the United Nations to impose strict sanctions on North Korea because of the country's nuclear test, Bush administration officials allowed Ethiopia to complete a secret arms purchase from the North, in what appears to be a violation of the restrictions, according to senior American officials. The United States allowed the arms delivery to go through in January in part because Ethiopia was in the midst of a military offensive against Islamic militias inside Somalia, a campaign that aided the American policy of combating religious extremists in the Horn of Africa. American officials said that they were still encouraging Ethiopia to wean itself from its longstanding reliance on North Korea for cheap Soviet-era military equipment to supply its armed forces and that Ethiopian officials appeared receptive. But the arms deal is an example of the compromises that result from the clash of two foreign policy absolutes: the Bush administration's commitment to fighting Islamic radicalism and its effort to starve the North Korean government of money it could use to build up its nuclear weapons program. Since the Sept. 11 attacks, as the administration has made counterterrorism its top foreign policy concern, the White House has sometimes shown a willingness to tolerate misconduct by allies that it might otherwise criticize, like human rights violations in Central Asia and antidemocratic crackdowns in a number of Arab nations. It is also not the first time that the Bush administration has made an exception for allies in their dealings with North Korea. In 2002, Spain intercepted a ship carrying Scud missiles from North Korea to Yemen. At the time, Yemen was working with the United States to hunt members of Al Qaeda operating within its borders, and after its government protested, the United States asked that the freighter be released. Yemen said at the time that it was the last shipment from an earlier missile purchase and would not be repeated. American officials from a number of agencies described details of the Ethiopian episode on the condition of anonymity because they were discussing internal Bush administration deliberations. Several officials said they first learned that Ethiopia planned to receive a delivery of military cargo from North Korea when the country's government alerted the American Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, after the adoption on Oct. 14 of the United Nations Security Council measure imposing sanctions. "The Ethiopians came back to us and said, 'Look, we know we need to transition to different customers, but we just can't do that overnight,' " said one American official, who added that the issue had been handled properly. "They pledged to work with us at the most senior levels." American intelligence agencies reported in late January that an Ethiopian cargo ship that was probably carrying tank parts and other military equipment had left a North Korean port. The value of the shipment is unclear, but Ethiopia purchased $20 million worth of arms from North Korea in 2001, according to American estimates, a pattern that officials said had continued. The United States gives Ethiopia millions of dollars of foreign aid and some nonlethal military equipment. After a brief debate in Washington, the decision was made not to block the arms deal and to press Ethiopia not to make future purchases. John R. Bolton, who helped to push the resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea through the Security Council in October, before stepping down as United Nations ambassador, said that the Ethiopians had long known that Washington was concerned about their arms purchases from North Korea and that the Bush administration should not have tolerated the January shipment. "To make it clear to everyone how strongly we feel on this issue we should have gone to the Ethiopians and said they should send it back," said Mr. Bolton, who added that he had been unaware of the deal before being contacted for this article. "I know they have been helpful in Somalia, but there is a nuclear weapons program in North Korea that is unhelpful for everybody worldwide. "Never underestimate the strength of 'clientitis' at the State Department," said Mr. Bolton, using Washington jargon for a situation
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Fwd: What Is the Shari`ah?
Erooth Mohamed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 14:31:56 +0300 From: "Erooth Mohamed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Place 4 Truth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: What Is the Shari`ah? What Is the Shari`ah? * By Khurram Murad http://www.islamonline.net/English/In_Depth/ShariahAndHumanity/Articles/2005-04/01.shtml Man-God Relationship To understand the essence of the Shari`ah, one must understand the relationship between man and God that Islam lays down. There is no god but One God; Muhammad is the Prophet of God: This simple sentence is the bedrock of the Islamic creed. God is the Creator; to Him alone, therefore, belongs the kingdom and He is the only Sovereign. [Surely Your only Lord is God who has created the heaven and the earth... verily to Him belong the creation and the sovereignty ] (Al-A`raf 7:54). And [He has created the heavens and the earth with a purpose. He wraps night about day and He wraps day about night... He has created you from one being... That then is God, your only Lord; His is the kingdom. There is no god but He ] (Al-Zumar 39:5-6). God is the Creator. To Him alone, therefore, as his only Lord and Master, man must submit his entire being: [Your God is One God, so only to Him submit ] (Al-Hajj 22:34). [That then is God, your only Lord; there is no god but He, the Creator of everything. So Him alone serve ] (Al-An`am 6:102). God is the only true Provider. It is He Who has bestowed on man such faculties and capabilities as seeing, hearing, thinking, and articulatingattributes which man cannot live without, but which he cannot create for himself. It is He Who has made available the resources of the external world which man may discover, exploit, and develop but again, cannot create. Yet surely man's greatest need is to know how to live his life so as to fulfill successfully the purpose of his creation; how to relate himself to his Creator, to his own self, to his fellow human beings, and to everything around him. To Him alone he must therefore turn to seek guidance. For there is no one apart from or beside Him who can truly provide answers to man's eternal questions or is capable of guiding him. All else can only be speculation and conjecture. And why should the One Who has provided even for man's most trivial material needs, not also have provided for his more important moral and spiritual needs? The Qur'an says [Say: Is there any of those you associate (with God) who guides to the Truth? Say: only God guides to the Truth. Does then, He who guides to the Truth deserve more to be followed or he who can guide not unless he be guided? What ails you? How judge you? And most of them follow naught but speculation, and speculation can never take the place of truth ] (Yunus 10:35-6). And further [Or, do they (claim to) have associates who have laid down for them the Way for which God gave not leave ] (Al-Shura 42:21). It was to provide for this greatest human need that God sent His prophets from amongst men in all ages and to all nations, bringing them the light of the divine guidance revealed to them. Among them were Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. And Muhammad was the last of them, in no way different or new. May God bless all of them. [He has laid down for you the Way that He entrusted to Noah, and that We have revealed to you, and that We entrusted to Abraham, Moses and Jesus. Establish fully the Way and follow not different ways ] (Ash-Shura 42:13). Man's relationship to God is expressed by the very word Islamsubmitting to Him by following His will and guidance as brought by His prophets. But this submission must be total and all embracing. A Muslim submits his entire person to his Creator as his only Lord and Master. No part of his life can be exempt from the need of divine guidance or from the writ of divine sovereignty. God and His lordship and sovereignty are indivisible; and so is man's life in its submission to Him. It would indeed be an imperfect God Who could only be experienced or related to in the realm of the spirit or the provision of material needs like one's daily breada God unconcerned, uncaring, or incompetent to help man in the more arduous and complex task of living his life. Him he worships; Him he invokes; Him he depends upon; Him he trusts; Him he seeks; and, equally important, Him he obeys. Man has been given the freedom to reject God; but, once having accepted Him, he must follow His guidance. He is not free to follow one part of it and ignore another, nor to seek guidance from sources other than God. Denial of part is denial of the whole. [What, believe you in part of the Book and deny part thereof? And what is the reward of those who do so except ignominy in the present life, and on the Day of Resurrection to be returned unto most grievous punishment. ] (Al-Baqarah 2:85) [What, do they seek anoth
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] April 9, 1948 -- FPA: THE MASSACRE OF DEIR YASSIN – LESSONS FOR TODAY
April 9, 1948 -- FPA: THE MASSACRE OF DEIR YASSIN – LESSONS FOR TODAY April 9, 1948 is engraved in the collective memory of the Palestinian people – it is the day the Zionist movement carried out the Massacre of Deir Yassin. In our commemoration of this monumental turning point, the FPA attempts to draw lessons for today as we place the struggle of our people in its historical context. We believe that we are presently enduring a period in Palestine and elsewhere that is similar in many ways to that of the Nakba era , during which Arab regimes and functionary aristocracies played a critical role in deflating the fledgling anti-colonial Arab struggle. Between the thirties and sixties of last century the struggle was over the advance of colonial projects. Today, it is about normalizing the material gains of these same colonial projects as integral parts of the Arab national fabric in all of its components. PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY 7ata Al3awda Until Return Nader Abuljebain FPA: THE MASSACRE OF DEIR YASSIN – LESSONS FOR TODAY INTRODUCTION: April 9, 1948 is engraved in the collective memory of the Palestinian people – it is the day the Zionist movement carried out the Massacre of Deir Yassin. In our commemoration of this monumental turning point, the FPA attempts to draw lessons for today as we place the struggle of our people in its historical context. We believe that we are presently enduring a period in Palestine and elsewhere that is similar in many ways to that of the Nakba era , during which Arab regimes and functionary aristocracies played a critical role in deflating the fledgling anti-colonial Arab struggle. Between the thirties and sixties of last century the struggle was over the advance of colonial projects. Today, it is about normalizing the material gains of these same colonial projects as integral parts of the Arab national fabric in all of its components. On an overall Arab level, today there is an aggressive attempt to advance the reactionary monarchy of Saudi Arabia as the viable leading voice for the Arab people. Coupled with the multitude of other functionary despots, primarily Egyptian and Jordanian regimes, the Saudi monarchy is in fact completing the very role it was destined to fulfill - to deliver the Arab Nation to Western colonialism - all the way while the project to de-Arabize and truncate the Arabs is in full swing. On the Palestinian level, the project to end Palestine is also in full swing. The Palestinian decolonization movement for freedom and independence is being replaced with a quarrel over the size of the mini-Bantustan in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank – and damned be the rest of the Palestinian people and the rest of Palestine. And rather than firmly continuing the insistence that the Palestinian struggle is one of national liberation, the Palestinian movement is being reduced to one of "refugee rights" merely requesting human rights. Lest it is forgotten, we believe that there can never be return without liberation and there can never be liberation without return. This inseparable dialectical relationship between the two is what anchors the Palestinian movement and is further shored up by its third anchor, the democratic and populist nature of this anti-colonial struggle, away from monarchs and functionary despots. HISTORY IN PERSPECTVE: Much like a long list of successive massacres against Arabs and Palestinians, such as Sabra and Shatila of 1982 and Janin of 2002, Deir Yassin is a shameful blot on the conscience of the world while, ironically, also constituting a reminder of the resilience of those struggling for freedom. It is a story told in blood and enduring pain, as it is repeated today albeit with the perpetrators assuming differing names. In a vivid reminder of today's Palestinian calls for solidarity and support, Abed Al-Qader Al-Husseini, then leader of the Palestinian resistance movement during the late forties, returned empty handed from various Arab countries, except for the popular support of the Arab masses. He was at the helm of the resistance movement facing the advance of Zionist forces throughout Palestine. On April 8, 1948, Al-Husseini was murdered by Zionist forces in a counter attack in the Battle of Al-Qastal in western Jerusalem. His death sent shock waves throughout Palestine. On the following day, and no sooner than the news began to spread, the vicious gangs of Irgun and Stern led by Menahem Begin and Yitzhaq Shamir, both to become Israeli prime ministers, swept the nearby village of Deir Yassin, which had previously brokered an understanding of non-violence with the nearby Zionist colony . At least 245 unarmed Palestinians were executed, with many of the victims discarded in mass graves. Two days later, on April 11, the Zionist Haganah forces destroyed Kalonia, and by April 30, all Palestinians in the areas of Jerusalem occupied by Zionists were forcibly expelled. These are the primary areas of Jerusalem that is often ref
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Pakistan World Cup Debacle - Overdose of Religion in Team is the REASON
So Islam Becomes a SCAPEGOAT for Your Failures in Life. Forget About All the Corruption, Nepotism, Incompetencies, Unprofessionalism, Political Interference etc That Goes On in Pakistan Cricket. This Accusation Will Be MUSIC to the Ears of the Enemies of Islam. - AB Media Manager Re-Opens Controversy Mir blasts overdose of religion in team Cricinfo staff April 7, 2007 http://content-gulf.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/289265.html PJ Mir, Pakistan's media manager during the World Cup, has blamed the influence of religion in the dressing room for Pakistan's disastrous performance in the Caribbean. Speaking to reporters after his appearance at the performance evaluation committee looking into Pakistan's shambolic display, Mir said, "I could not disclose this fact before, but today I inform the media that most of the members had no focus on cricket. Their fixation was on preaching, affecting the team's preparations." Mir complained that the players devoted more time to praying and preaching than to the game itself. "The boys were up against the most challenging task of proving their skills in the prestigious tournament, but I am sorry to say they had no drive for the game and were much more active in preaching and praying." Mir argued that the religious influence had gone "beyond limits. I told the committee that Pakistani players, rather than pray privately, tried to make it a public spectacle." Mir added that he told the committee of incidents to highlight his point, highlighting instances where some players, led by former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, even made it a point to pray in the galley of aircrafts on flights rather than privately in their seats. He said that there is video evidence to prove his point and is offering to pass it onto the PCB to assess the situation further. Since the England tour last summer, criticism over what is perceived as the team's overt religiosity has steadily grown. In one of his first public statements after taking over as chairman of the board, Nasim Ashraf called on the team to dampen down 'public displays of religiosity' in a TV interview. The remark led to a sharp retort from Inzamam, since when the issue has simmered away under the public radar, a number of PCB officials privately echoing Ashraf's stance. In a tense press conference last week, Inzamam dismissed speculation of religion taking priority within the team but Mir's comments have dragged the issue out into the open once again. The evaluation committee began its work last week and has interviewed a number of players and officials, including Inzamam and Mushtaq Ahmed, Pakistan's assistant coach. They are due to meet former chairmen Tauqir Zia and Shaharyar Khan as well and are expected to hand in their report on Pakistan's debacle within a month. © Cricinfo AB [EMAIL PROTECTED] First They Came for the EXTREMIST, FUNDAMENTALIST & MODERATE Muslims. And I DIDNT Speak Out Because I Wasn't An Extremist, Fundamentalist or a Moderate Muslim. Then FINALLY They Came for Me the NON-PRACTICING Muslim And NO Muslims Were Left to Speak Out for ME. - Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta.
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Big Brother
JAMIATUL ULAMA (KZN) ISLAMIC WEBSITE Council of Muslim Theologians Big Brother As the spiral of evil tightens its grip on humanity more alarmingly the density of evil is escalating at a far greater pace. The well-publicised Big brother television series needs no introduction. The filth, squalor and hazard that this putrid series displays very frankly discloses the moral degeneration and low ebb that man has stooped to. There is no distinction of private life, personal etiquette and consciousness anymore. The animalistic tendencies within man have long taken control of every action of his. The irony though is, whilst this shameless morally demoralising behaviour is restricted to those participating only, there seems to be an equal amount of inquisitive, curious spectators. What thrill can there be in watching someone act the most mundane necessities in life ie. answering call of nature etc. there has to be a limit to which one can stoop! Islam is firm and clear-cut in issues of morality, chastity, and purity. It promulgates deep-rooted respect and discipline for every sphere of human life. The bedrock of Imaan is based on chastity and modesty. Any person bereft of this inherent armour is a candidate for the most shameful deeds. Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) said, "When morality leaves you then do as you please" strongly implying that no vice or evil is beyond a person who has surrendered his morality. The extent of immorality has even got many westerners thinking as to how can such vice even exist. Recently, the Daily News surprisingly carried an article dubbed "Another bunch of morons" referring to the Big Brother series. It was pleasing to note that some sanity still prevails in a world that seems to have gone crazy. The Daily News, June10, 2002 says, "as before, it degrades its victims - the poor vain fools who have put themselves in the big bro house - as it degrades the people who watch it." " None of them are great conversationalists. It is hardly surprising that they have nothing interesting to say, since most of them are ignorant, ill- educated, self - absorbed, boring and without opinions." " Most of them are egoists, which is why it is wrong to describe them as ordinary They lack the modesty and self - directed humor of ordinary people" "They are rather sad people being manipulated by the channel 4 producers. They are fodder." " In France, things have gone even further. Pay- TV and cable channels offer more regularly hard-core porn . According to a survey published last week, nearly half of all French children have seen an adults - only sex film by the age of 11. Cases of rape of children by children have been attributed to the influence of hard- core porn. What a ghastly, empty, sleazy world this is. The people behind big bro understand this, since they are probably intelligent and well educated. But they are also cynical, and they care infinitely more about their ratings than they do about an ideal of human behaviour," The harms of watching such animalism cannot be more palpable. Only someone with a deeply deranged mind will opt to differ. May Allah Ta'ala protect the Ummah. Aameen. - No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started.
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Aussie Muslims refuses to sack Mufti Sheikh Taj el-Din al-Hilali
Aussie Muslims Deny Sacking Mufti IslamOnline.net & Newspapers "He is definitely one of the most knowledgeable, most qualified in Australia," Patel said. CAIRO - The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC) gainsaid on Sunday, April 8, reports of giving Australia's Mufti Sheikh Taj el-Din al-Hilali the axe, reported The Australian. "No, we haven't sacked the mufti... (Hilali) is still the mufti," AFIC President Ikebal Patel told Sky News. He confirmed that the salary of the Egyptian-born scholar had been suspended for some time. "The position of mufti itself is very much there and the ... incumbent, while not being paid for the position, is still the holder of the position." Australian media earlier claimed that the AFIC had sacked Hilali, who has held the title since 1988, and abolished the position of mufti altogether. Patel asserted that such a decision was up to the Australian National Imams Council. "If the position should remain, we are quite happy to be guided by the National Council of Imams," he said. After a day-long meeting on Sunday, March 25, in the Sydney suburb of Lakemba, the council decided to reinstate al-Hilali as mufti and form a 15-member executive council to consult more widely about who should be the next mufti. Muslims, estimated at 300,000, make up 1.5 percent of Australia's population of 20 millions. Guidelines The AFIC president voiced confidence in Hilali, saying he is the best man for the job. "He is definitely one of the most knowledgeable, most qualified in Australia," he said. "I will probably be scoffed at when I say this, but he's probably one of the most moderate of the imams in Australia, but he certainly doesn't bring that out in his approaches with the media." Yet, Patel said Hilali HHiwould require special assistance if he is to remain in office. ".if he wants to remain mufti then there would have to be some very strict guidelines that would have to be placed," he said. "He might need some resources in terms of having people who can speak English (to) articulate his thoughts clearly, so there's no excuse ever put forward that he was misrepresented." Late last year, Hilali made international headlines for likening immodestly dressed women to "uncovered meat" that might invite rapists. Cindy Taylor, a woman who had twice been raped, had defended Hilali, saying he had not intended to justify rape by his comparison. "He's a wonderful man and his analogy certainly did not justify the act of rape," she said. The non-Muslim Anglo-Saxon parents of the man married to Hilali's daughter also defended him after remarks on Australia's convict ancestors. "We know what he means and we don't believe he deliberately meant to offend anyone," said Brian Tocock. "We know that the mufti loves this country but we can understand how people can be offended by his comments," he added. "He is a lovely man who has helped so many people in his community," agreed his wife Christine. Related Links a.. Aussie Imams Reinstate mufti, Gov't Irked b.. Australia's Anti-Mufti Hysteria Draws Fire c.. "Rape Victim" Defends Aussie Mufti d.. Aussie Imams Urged to be Firefighters e.. Aussie Muslims Plan Open-for-all Party Top Stories a.. Selling Iran Stories Sparks Furor in UK a.. Sectarian Clashes Plague N. Pakistan a.. Britons Damn Blair's Bleak Tenure a.. Iraq Christians Mark Grim Easter a.. Aussie Muslims Deny Sacking Mufti a.. AU Backs Sudan on Darfur Force
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] A revert sister needs help
Note: forwarded message attached. Abida Rahmani If all the trees in the world were used to make paper it would not be sufficient to write all the blessings provided to us. - From: Zee Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 00:08:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: A revert sister needs helpAssalamu Alaikum, There is revert sister who suffered a lot after becoming muslim, she was kicked out of her home her Shia husband left her as well and now ignorantly she is married to a non muslim, ofcourse she doesn't know please use good preaching and kind wisdom with her, coz the husband is willing to know about Islam. She is asking for a copy of Quran so her new husband can read, is there any one who can send her a copy of Sahih International Translation of the Quran? her address: Diana Koch 6564 Elizabeth Street Gagetown Michigan, 48735 989-553-0223 As I said b4 don't tell her from the beginning that this is haram (her non Muslim Husband) otherwise she might leave Islam.
