Re: Bismillah [IslamCity] help with a name
Dear Linda and members, Assalamu Alaikum. Muhammad is a name for a male not female.It should not be pre-fixed by Abdul as that will mean slave of Muhammad which is not appropriate. Some of the good names for a Muslim girl are Fatima, Ayesha,Khadija, Jainab. Shah Abdul Hannan - Original Message - From: linda young To: eGroup For Muslims Around The World Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 7:59 AM Subject: Bismillah [IslamCity] help with a name Asalaam aliakum Hi, can anyone help me with a query? As a recent revert i know that the name Muhammad should be prefixed with Abdul/ Abdullah when given to a male but what is the female prefix when using Muhammad in a females name? Thanks for your help. Rania Wasaalam http://www.petitiononline.com/hb24332/petition.html -- To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.2/1184 - Release Date: 12/14/2007 11:29 AM
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Bismillah [IslamCity] next time......try Norway !!
If you think that ,we the Arabs are fanatic-people, backward-people and all religious-fundamentalists, why would you then not just avoid us ??. next time. You came to our Iraq and invaded it , recently and you came 60 years ago and settled-down in our Palestine !! You called our Algeria. Alegerie-Francaise and you made our Libya become part of your Italy Next time you want to rob another country , try Norway !!! if is full of blue-eyed-gentile-people, and guess what .it has a lot of Oil !!! too. ( as bonus) Besides that you can claim , more credibly, when you say that you are a descendant of a Viking , and you came back to Norway , now, to claim your roots !! Try Norway !! next time.., you might miss our warm sunshine ,and our Hommos but the girls in Norway are much more emancipated and less complicated too Sherlock Hommos 22.12.2007 on the day Lebanon shall try , for the ninth time, to find a Puppet that dances for Iranian and American tunes , at the same time.a kind of Mahmoud Travolta !!! - Support the World Aids Awareness campaign this month with Yahoo! for Good
Bismillah [IslamCity] Listen to Eid Songs (Audio) and watch Videos of Eid songs
Assalamo Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahe Wa Barakatahu. EID MUBARAK! *Listen to Eid Songs (Audio) and watch some interesting Videos of Eid songshttp://www.biharanjuman.org/eid-songs.htm * PS: Actions may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action, so act we MUST. - Wishing you and all your loved ones greatest of times ahead! Aspiring 2 c u happy! Shakeel Ahmad Dubai, United Arab Emirates +971.50.4599172 http://www.biharanjuman.org - Largest network of people from Bihar or Jharkhand Remember, growing older is mandatory. Growing up is optional. We make a Living by what we get, we make a Life by what we give. If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Jews and Muslims Set Up Big Interfaith Effort
Jews and Muslims Set Up Big Interfaith Effort By Michelle Boorstein Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, December 16, 2007; Page A09 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/15/AR2007121501363.html Two major Jewish and Muslim organizations unveiled an interfaith dialogue curriculum yesterday and are urging their hundreds of thousands of members to use it. Both sides say it is the broadest Jewish-Muslim interfaith effort in the continent's history. Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, North America's largest Jewish movement, announced the partnership with the Islamic Society of North America at his group's biennial convention in San Diego. As a once-persecuted minority in countries where anti-Semitism is still a force, we understand the plight of Muslims in North America today, Yoffie said yesterday. We live in a world in which religion is manipulated to justify the most horrific acts, a world in which -- make no mistake -- Islamic extremists constitute a profound threat. For some, this is a reason to flee from dialogue, but in fact the opposite is true. When we are killing each other in the name of God, sensible religious people have an obligation to do something about it. This summer Yoffie became the first major Jewish leader to address ISNA, the continent's largest Muslim organization with 30,000 attendants coming to its annual convention. ISNA President Ingrid Mattson will address the 980-congregation Jewish group today, the first leader of a major Muslim group to do so. The manual and video are built around five sessions that touch on topics including the place of Jerusalem in Jewish and Muslim tradition and history. The toughest potential sticking points will probably be related to Israel and to stereotypes both groups carry about the other, Mark Pelavin, director of interreligious affairs for the Jewish group, said in an interview. Jews want to know how Muslims feel about terrorism in the name of Islam, and Muslims want to know how Jews feel about Palestinian suffering. Eleven synagogue-mosque pairs have already been set up as pilot programs, including two in the D.C. area: the Islamic Society of Southern Prince George's County of Temple Hills and Temple Solel in Bowie is one, and the All Dulles Area Muslim Society in Sterling and the Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation in Reston is the other. Yoffie also announced that the two groups created an adult curriculum on Islam and pressed every synagogue to consider offering it. There exists in our community a profound ignorance about Islam, along with a real desire to learn about what moves and motivates Muslims today. We must respond to this desire with serious programs of education, he said. Both groups already have dialogue programs with various other faith groups, but on a much smaller scale. --- Every honest Jew who knows the history of his people cannot but feel a deep sense of gratitude to Islam, which has protected the Jews for fifty generations, while the Christian world persecuted the Jews and tried many times 'by the sword' to get them to abandon their faith. -- Uri Avnery, a Jewish Journalist Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
Bismillah [IslamCity] Students hired to promote Israel
Students hired to promote Israel 12/17/2007 http://www.jta. org/cgi-bin/ iowa/breaking/ 105928.html An advocacy group is hiring students as on-campus promoters of Israel. StandWithUs is offering up to $1,000 a year this semester to 38 Emerson fellows, Jewish student leaders at key colleges and universities targeted by the organization. Their duties will include bringing in speakers and films that show Israel in a positive light. Officials from StandWithUs told reporters that they gave particular consideration to applicants from problem campuses such as Columbia, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Michigan, which the organization identifies as hotbeds of anti-Israel sentiment. More than 100 students applied for the fellowships, funded by California-based philanthropists Rita and Steven Emerson. StandWithUs is an international pro-Israel education organization founded in 2001. - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Canadian situation--campaign against hijab--enemies looking for alibisb
Dear members, Assalamu Alaikum.Please read this important piece Shah Abdul Hannan - Original Message - Jawed Anwar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Canadian Muslim Kills His Daughter Two Times JAWED ANWAR MUHAMMAD Parvez, a Canadian Pakistani, resident of Mississauga, Greater Toronto Area, has killed his daughter two times: once when he admitted his daughter into a public school, and secondly when he killed her after seeing the natural outcome, which was the different lifestyle for which he prepared his daughter.. Influenced by the atmosphere of the public school, Aqsa Parvez, age 16, endorsed and accepted the new life style and left her home. When she went home to get her belongings and leave her home forever, her father failed to control his anger. To the shock and anguish of the whole community, the father murdered his daughter.. No one, including the father, realizes the first murder, but now the whole world knows the sad news of the second killing of the same daughter. The horrible news has provided fresh ammunition to the Islamophobic zealots who don't miss a single chance to prove that Islam equals terrorism and is the most terrorist and worst religion on the earth. The father's actions provided a focal point for North American talk show hosts who pleaded aggressively to ban the hijab. The talk show hosts never tire of saying that we are living in multiculturalism and that we are proud of it, but when it comes to Islam, there is no room in the multicultural society. We have a cultural mosaic, they argue, but girls wearing hijabs have no place in the mosaic. They insist that Muslims must abandon their modest and pious dress for the sake of our cultural mosaic. The murderous father also provided an issue to the vultures of Muslim Society who are waiting for these kinds of issues to cash in on an opportunity to serve their master. Their main aim is to demonize Islam, its life style, and all the symbols of faith so that they can get promotions, fellowship, and lucrative job in think tanks and anti-Islam research centers. Historically, it is not the first time. In pre-Islam, [before the advent of the prophethood of Muhammad (s.a.w.)], Makkah was a plural society proud of its multiculturalism. The people accommodated all kinds of worship, life styles, and practices. But they violently opposed Prophet Muhammad's message and the motto of Tawheed (One God, One Universe, One Humanity). The companions of the Prophet (s.a.w.) were tortured at extreme levels and were violently forced out of the country. The society had tolerance for all except Muslims, and the cultural mosaic welcomed all except followers of Islam. In Pervez's case, Islamophobic fascists are trying to present the issue as an issue of honor killing instead of an issue of anger management or domestic violence. The reason is that anger management or domestic violence is a social issue, but, in the media's warped perspective, honor killing is an Islamic issue. The honor killing issue gives them a chance to beat the obnoxious Islamophobic drum. The person who knows only the basics of Islam knows that the so-called honor killings are haram (extremely prohibited in Islam). All those with any sense understand that Aqsa's death was not an honor killing but an anger killing instead. In the first murder, Muhammad Pervez is not alone in sacrificing his daughter's life to the public school system. The majority of us are all culprits. The reason is obvious: either there is no alternative, or the alternatives may not be practical for all. Education is mandatory. Two alternatives to the public school system are Islamic schools and home schooling. Due to a lack of resources within the community, Islamic schools are few and very expensive and not affordable to all. Most state governments accommodate home schooling, but there are requirements that parents may not be able to meet. The reality, therefore, is that most people really do not have an alternative to the public school system. Do we need an alternative? Yes, and Muslims are not the exceptional community. Nearly all Jews go to their private religious schools from primary to college level. Practicing Catholics send their children to strict, religious schools, and most of the Canadian states provide government funding to them. When the Toronto conservative candidate John Tory was promising government funding to private schools in the October Ontario Provincial election, the Muslims, the new community of Canada might be of the main or immediate beneficiary. Tory was opposed by the mainstream media so vigorously on the issue that his party lost the election, including his own seat. Canadian Muslims, mostly ignorant political community, did not even realize the advantage of private school funding, which
Bismillah [IslamCity] World Against War Conference
World Against War Conference 1 December 2007 A Call for International Demonstrations on 15-22 March, 2008 Over 1,200 delegates from the anti war movement across the globe came to London for the World Against War International Peace Conference in London. Delegates from 26 countries addressed the conference, reported on developments in their regions and discussed strategy for the movement. The conference issued a declaration which is included below. There was unanimous agreement to organise demonstrations for Troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan and against an attack on Iran in every country around the fifth anniversary of the attack on Iraq between 15 and 22 March. Delgates attended from Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Egypt, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States. - Check out the videos of the speeches delivered at the World Against War conference (London, 1 December 2007) on the Web site of the Stop the War coalition. Here are some of the videos: Karamat Ali, Pakistan Institute of Labour Education Abbas Edalat, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran Sabah Jawad, Iraqi Democrats Against Occupation Marzieh Mortazi Langroudi, Mothers for Peace, Iran Ibrahim Mousawi, Editor, Al Intiqad (Hezbollah's newspaper) Mohammad Omidvar, Tudeh Elaleh Rostami Povey, Campaign Iran Sami Ramadani, a political exile from Iraq and a senior lecturer at London Metropolitan University Hamdeen Sabahy, MP, Al-Karama (Dignity), Egypt - Declaration of World Against War Conference This conference of delegates from peace, anti-war, anti-imperialist and liberation movements across the world declares its opposition to the endless war prosecuted by the US government against states, peoples and movements in all parts of our planet. We oppose the interference of the US and its allies in sovereign states, and assert the right of all peoples to self-determination. We support all people fighting for peace and against imperialism. In particular, we demand: An immediate end to the illegal military occupation of Iraq, which has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and displaced millions of people, a withdrawal of all foreign troops and the full transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqi people and their representatives. A halt to all preparations for an attack against Iran, and a commitment to solve any issues through exclusively diplomatic means. A withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan, allowing the Afghan people to determine their own future Justice for the Palestinian people, and an end to Israeli aggression throughout the Middle East. An end to plans for US missile defence, and that all states actively pursue nuclear disarmament. We affirm the solidarity of all those fighting for peace, social justice and self-determination worldwide, and commit ourselves to strengthening our unity and developing new forms of co-operation. We therefore designate the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq as a worldwide day of action in support of the demands NO ATTACK on IRAN and TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN and call on all national anti-war movements to hold mass protests and demonstrations on that day. - URL: mrzine.monthlyreview.org/waw151207.html - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.
Bismillah [IslamCity] february
23rd February 2008 is World Chechnya Day. A day few are aware of and yet none should forget. Read more here www.worldchechnyaday.org _ Who's friends with who and co-starred in what? http://www.searchgamesbox.com/celebrityseparation.shtml
Bismillah [IslamCity] The Two Festivals (Eids)
The Two Festivals (Eids) Bukhari :: Book 2 :: Volume 15 :: Hadith 69
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Umar:
Umar bought a silk cloak from the market, took it to Allah's Apostle and
said, O Allah's Apostle! Take it and adorn yourself with it during the 'Id and
when the delegations visit you. Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) replied, This dress
is for those who have no share (in the Hereafter). After a long period Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) sent to Umar a cloak of silk brocade. Umar came to Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) with the cloak and said, O Allah's Apostle! You said that
this dress was for those who had no share (in the Hereafter); yet you have sent
me this cloak. Allah's Apostle said to him, Sell it and fulfill your needs by
it.
The Two Festivals (Eids) Bukhari :: Book 2 :: Volume 15 :: Hadith 71
Narrated Al-Bara':
I heard the Prophet (p.b.u.h) delivering a Khutba saying, The first thing to
be done on this day (first day of 'Id ul Adha) is to pray; and after returning
from the prayer we slaughter our sacrifices (in the name of Allah) and whoever
does so, he acted according to our Sunna (traditions).
The Two Festivals (Eids) Bukhari :: Book 2 :: Volume 15 :: Hadith 73
Narrated Anas bin Malik,:
Allah's Apostle never proceeded (for the prayer) on the Day of 'Id-ul-Fitr
unless he had eaten some dates. Anas also narrated: The Prophet used to eat odd
number of dates.
Bukhari :: Book 2 :: Volume 15 :: Hadith 75
The Prophet delivered the Khutba after offering the prayer on the Day of Nahr
and said, Whoever offers the prayer like us and slaughters like us then his
Nusuk (sacrifice) will be accepted by Allah. And whoever slaughters his
sacrifice before the 'Id prayer then he has not done the sacrifice. Abi Burda
bin Niyar, the uncle of Al-Bara' said, O Allah's Apostle! I have slaughtered
my sheep before the 'Id prayer and I thought today as a day of eating and
drinking (not alcoholic drinks), and I liked that my sheep should be the first
to be slaughtered in my house. So slaughtered my sheep and took my food before
coming for the prayer. The Prophet said, The sheep which you have slaughtered
is just mutton (not a Nusuk). He (Abu Burda) said, O Allah's Apostle! I have
a young she-goat which is dearer to me than two sheep. Will that be sufficient
as a Nusuk on my behalf? The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, Yes, it will be
sufficient for you but it will not be sufficient (as a Nusuk)
for anyone else after you.
Bukhari :: Book 2 :: Volume 15 :: Hadith 98 Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to Nahr or slaughter sacrifices at the Musalla (on
'Id-ul-Adha).
Bukhari :: Book 2 :: Volume 15 :: Hadith 102 Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
On the Day of 'Id the Prophet used to return (after offering the 'Id prayer)
through a way different from that by which he went.
Bukhari :: Book 2 :: Volume 15 :: Hadith 102 Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
On the Day of 'Id the Prophet used to return (after offering the 'Id prayer)
through a way different from that by which he went.
Malik :: Book 10 : Hadith 10.4.8 Yahya related to me from Malik from Damra
ibn Said al-Mazini from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utba ibn Masud that Umar
ibn al-Khattab asked Abu Waqid al-Laythi what the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, used to recite in the prayers of Adha and Fitr.
He said, He used to recite Qaf (Sura 50) and al-lnshiqaq (Sura84).
Dawud :: Book 15 : Hadith 2783 Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: I have been commanded to celebrate
festival ('Id) on the day of sacrifice, which Allah, Most High, has appointed
for this community. A man said: If I do not find except a she-goat or a
she-camel borrowed for milk or other benefits, should I sacrifice it? He said:
No, but you should clip your hair , and nails, trim your moustaches, and shave
your pubes. This is all your sacrifice in the eyes of Allah, Most High.
Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya) Dawud :: Book 15 : Hadith 2789 Narrated Jabir
ibn Abdullah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) sacrificed two horned rams which were white
with black markings and had been castrated. When he made them face the qiblah,
he said: I have turned my face towards Him. Who created the heavens and the
earth, following Abraham's religion, the true in faith, and I am not one of the
polytheists. My prayer, and my service of sacrifice, my life and my death are
all for Allah, the Lord of the Universe, Who has no partner. That is what I was
commanded to do, and I am one of the Muslims. O Allah it comes from Thee and is
given to Thee from Muhammad and his people. In the name of Allah, and Allah is
Most Great. He then made sacrifice.
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Bismillah [IslamCity] Thought for the day
Kindness
Great souls take advantage of every moment and every opportunity to give
happiness to others through kindness in their thoughts; such souls are willing
to overlook weaknesses and mistakes and have the desire to help everyone reach
their potential.
PoEtEsS
Scarlet headscarf I wear is as red as a rose with a perfect pose but I care
what's inside me…Zohra Moosa
***
{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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Re: Bismillah [IslamCity] help with a name
Wa A'alaikum Assalaam; The closest name is Humdeyah. Thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bcc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:59 am Subject: Bismillah [IslamCity] help with a name Asalaam aliakum Hi, can anyone help me with a query? As a recent revert i know that the name Muhammad should be prefixed with Abdul/ Abdullah when given to a male but what is the female prefix when using Muhammad in a females name? Thanks for your help. Rania Wasaalam http://www.petitiononline.com/hb24332/petition.html To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com
Bismillah [IslamCity] Thought for the day
Determination and Patience
Determination is the strength that will enable you to pass the barrier of
useless thoughts in order to create positive thoughts and to be successful in
whatever you wish. It comes from within and its partner is patience. Patience
teaches you not to push but rather to wait and appreciate the game of life
instead, knowing that nothing remains the same, and everything will change at
some point.
PoEtEsS
Scarlet headscarf I wear is as red as a rose with a perfect pose but I care
what's inside me…Zohra Moosa
***
{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] Freedom of Expression and The Offending Cartoons
Watching Global Islamic Relations for better understanding الموقع العربي Sunday, 21 May 2006 10:32: AM Dear, AHMAD TOTONJI has sent you the following article: AHMAD TOTONJI [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Freedom of Expression and The Offending Cartoons http://www.MuslimsToday.com/EN/Contents.aspx?AID=4410 Mohamed Elmasry I thank Paul Schneidereit, president, of the Canadian Association of Journalists for inviting me to participate in this panel. I have a soft spot in my heart for Nova Scotia, as my wife is from Yarmouth. First I must say that I have four personal reasons for advocating freedom of expression: a.. 1. I am a Muslim. Islam, more than any other religion, makes it one's religious duty not only to support -- but also to protect -- the rights of fellow human beings to freedom of expression, freedom of conscience, and freedom of religion. b.. 2. I am an academic. Academics are paid to speak, to use their voices as teachers and researchers. Any compromise to their freedom of expression, any silencing of their voices, adversely affects their own academic freedom, and ultimately that of their peers. Academic freedom is the basis for their social and economic contributions to the well-being of this country. c.. 3. I am a writer who addresses religious, national, and international issues. d.. 4. I am a Canadian activist -- not only a Canadian activist but a Canadian Muslim activist -- living in a post 9/11 era, marked by dangerously high levels of Islamophobia and the threat of further erosion to the civil liberties and human rights of the Muslim minority right here in Canada. I agree with the notion that in Canada anyone can say almost anything, but the sad reality is only those with money can print or communicate it. Journalists constantly make decisions about what other people will read, hear, or see. They are guided by their backgrounds and values. Factors such as standards of taste and judgments of importance also play a role. No editorial choices to publish, or not to publish, are value-free. Editors are trained professionals who are supposed to strive for excellence. They should rise above personal views and follow basic principles of balance and fairness. For example, cartoons glorifying the Holocaust, making fun of Jews, or violence against women; or those which ridicule gays, lesbians, the disabled, the mentally challenged, etc., are usually not published. But the case for Islam and Muslims is different. The offending material is usually published. This is because: a.. 1. There are too few Muslim journalists in any senior editorial or corporate positions in Canada. b.. 2. Islamic groups representing Canadian Muslims are not as powerful as those representing Jews, gays, lesbians, women, the disabled, the mentally challenged, and so on. c.. 3. There is a general hostility towards Islam and Muslims which stems from political conflicts like the ones resulting from the occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. d.. 4. The rise of fundamentalist Christianity and extreme rightwing politicians, especially in the U.S. e.. 5. Few Canadian journalists have ever met a Muslim or lived among Muslims. f.. 6. The high concentration of Canadian media ownership in the hands of a few families or corporations, none of which are friendly to Muslims. In cases where objectionable material appears in a Canadian publication, special interest groups usually protest in a number of ways: using a.. (a). professional persuasion (e.g. meeting with editors); b.. (b). political activism (e.g. asking elected politicians to condemn the publication's lack of sensitivity); c.. (c). emotional involvement (e.g. public expressions of displeasure, such as writing op-ed’s, letters to the editor, phone calls to complain, etc); d.. (d). economic action (e.g. boycotts, picketing); and e.. (e). legal or semi-legal responses (complaints to press councils, the CTRC, hate law enforcement agencies, civil suits, human rights). This multi-dimensional form of protest has been used, and will continue to be used by special interest groups, seeking to prevent the publication of objectionable material. But when Canadian Muslims tried to use the same methods in the case of the offending cartoons reprinted in Canada, months after appearing in a Danish newspaper, they were labelled as extremists, fascists, Islamists, or
Bismillah [IslamCity] Truth about Christianity
Truth about Christianity 1. Debate: Was Jesus Really Crucified? Pt 1: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7645977768965605060q=was+jesus+really+crucified%3Ftotal=136start=0num=10so=0type=searchplindex=0 Pt 2: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2743274210637656975q=was+jesus+really+crucified%3Ftotal=136start=0num=10so=0type=searchplindex=2 2. Debate: Did Jesus die for the sins of the world? http://youtube.com/results?search_query=Did+Jesus+die+for+the+sins+of+the+world%3Fsearch=Search 3. Debate: Is the Bible True Word of God? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4058605158253427977 4. Debate: Is Bible God's Word? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9130099160470613217q=Is+The+Bible+God%27s+Word%3F 5. Debate: Quran or Bible which is God's Word? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5846830623419914840 6. Debate: Jesus in Christianity and Islam http://youtube.com/watch?v=NXZZg2dE3_Q 7. Truth about Trinity http://www.islamicinvitationcentre.com/audio/Ahmad_Dedat/Truth_Trinity/Truth_Trinity.html 8. Debate: Quran or the Bible http://youtube.com/watch?v=GIXDievehzI 9. Did Jesus Want to Die? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=754ovI0QIxUmode=relatedsearch= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMEZbLPHGlcmode=relatedsearch= 10. Jesus in Islam by Yusuf Estes, a former Christian Priest http://youtube.com/watch?v=-Flh7epISs4 11. The True Jesus, Jesus of the Quran or the Bible? Parts 1 to 3: http://youtube.com/watch?v=PlNtB8APAoA http://youtube.com/watch?v=SEvoxHmzHLA http://youtube.com/watch?v=xv_5-UgBVlcmode=relatedsearch= 12. Similarities between Islam and Christianity Pt-1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=0X06jlhJbQk Pt-2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=g7WfwVF-YQYmode=relatedsearch= 13. Bible Compared to Quran By Yusuf Estes and Dr. Gary Miller http://www.islamtomorrow.com/articles/Bible_vs_Quran.asp 14. Debate: This House Believe that Jesus was a Muslim http://youtube.com/watch?v=KK2yBU21qFY 15. Prophet Muhammad in the Bible By Ahmed Deedat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ4MtFMwi0A By ex-Christian: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIoXsBQ-m-I Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
Bismillah [IslamCity] The exposure of faked evidence for a thinktank report is a warning of the dangers of Britain's anti-Muslim media campaign
The exposure of faked evidence for a thinktank report is a warning of the dangers of Britain's anti-Muslim media campaign Seumas Milne Thursday December 20, 2007 The Guardian Last Saturday, Ahmed Hassan, a 17-year-old Muslim student, was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack by a gang of white youths at Dewsbury railway station in west Yorkshire. Two have now been charged with his murder, and police say they are investigating whether there was a racial or religious motivation. In the Muslim communities in Dewsbury and neighbouring Batley, where Hassan lived, there's little doubt about it. In the run-up to today's Eid festival, Hassan's family issued a statement saying they hoped their loss would help unite the community and all faiths. But divisions run deep in the area. The far-right British National party, which has increasingly turned its racist venom against Muslims in recent years, won over 5,000 votes in Dewsbury in the last general election, its highest tally in the country. Its leader, Nick Griffin, has argued that his party must capitalise on the growing wave of public hostility to Islam currently being whipped up by the mass media. It's not hard to see why he sees an opportunity. Since the July 2005 bombings in London, there has been a stream of sensationalised and poisonous stories about Britain's Muslims. This media onslaught - often based on research by apparently reliable thinktanks - has clearly fed anti-Muslim prejudice. Combined with hyped terror-plot reports, the point has now been reached where Britons are found in polls to be more suspicious of Muslims than are Americans or citizens of any other major European state. For many Muslims, that heightens a sense of intimidation and alienation. For a minority, it translates into Islamophobic violence on the streets: Asian people are now twice as likely to be stabbed to death as a decade ago, and four out of five convictions for religiously aggravated offences last year involved attacks on Muslims. But now the seamy underbelly of this dangerous campaign is coming to light. At the end of October, the influential Conservative-linked thinktank Policy Exchange published a report entitled The Hijacking of British Islam, which claimed that 26 out of nearly 100 mosques surveyed had been found to be selling extremist material, some of it antisemitic, misogynistic, separatist and homophobic. The story was given top billing by newspapers and broadcasters. One in four British mosques is in the grip of extremism, the Sun screamed, while the Times splashed it across its front page under the headline: Lessons in hate found at leading mosques. But last week, BBC's Newsnight programme - previously not shy of running inflammatory items itself on the Muslim community - revealed that a forensic examination of five receipts provided by Policy Exchange for the material had found them to be either faked, written by the same person, and/or were not issued by the mosques in question. A sixth receipt was also regarded as unreliable. It might be supposed that receipts from the other 20 mosques were nevertheless found to be authentic and that Policy Exchange's basic case held. Not so. Newsnight didn't have the resources to check them. But it has since emerged that in one of these cases, Edinburgh central mosque, the mosque authorities insist books said by Policy Exchange to have been found there were in fact dumped in its grounds after the report was published. In another, the Times has this week had to publish an apology to East London mosque chairman Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari, after reporting Policy Exchange's claim that the mosque was selling extremist literature. Yesterday I contacted yet another mosque, Rochdale Central, claimed by Policy Exchange to have provided a receipt for extremist literature. No, said the imam, Hafiz Ikram, we haven't got a bookshop and we don't sell books. Once or twice a year, people set up stalls in the carpark outside the mosque after Friday prayers, but they have nothing to do with us. That makes all nine receipts so far investigated either fabricated or inaccurate. Policy Exchange insists it is standing by its research. But, given the evidence of falsification, it clearly cannot be regarded as reliable, nor can there be any confidence that the mosques supposedly surveyed were a representative sample. The thinktank has form in this area: earlier this year, the methodology and reliability of another heavily publicised report on Muslim separatism came under heavyweight academic attack. But it was still used by David Cameron to rubbish multiculturalism. Charles Moore, Policy Exchange's chairman and former Daily Telegraph editor, claims Newsnight told a small story about dodgy receipts to kill a much bigger story - that extremist literature was available in the mosques. But the extent of that availability is crucial: one of Policy Exchange's researchers told Newsnight
Bismillah [IslamCity] who needs to listen to the confession of any liar ??
document.write(cnnRenderT1TimeStamp(119878828));Blair converts to Catholicism Tony Blair, has converted to Catholicism, officials said Saturday. Blair had long been a member of the Church of England. Some good news for some are bad news.. for others and to loose a bad-thing is not a lostbut a gain . Today the Anglican Church has won in the lost of Tony Blair and the Catholic Church has lost in admitting someone like Tony. But , who am I to judge ?? At least being a Catholic Tony would now have to confess , as each good Catholic does...regularly but then and again... who needs the confession of any liar ?? Eng. Mousfata Roosenbloom inter-faith-expert 22.12.2007 PS : Eventually , and for the sake of honesty , or rather for the sake of his political-honesty, Tony Blair could convert into Judaism instead of Catholicism if only Judaism would have anything to do with the Zionism , but it does not !! anyhow. - Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Imams Complete UAE Training Program and Begin Hajj Pilgrimage
Fourteen Imams have graduated from the historic, first Imams Training Program for Americans sponsored by the United Arabic Emirates Government. Graduation ceremonies were held Monday December 10 in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi. It was followed by a reception at the Palace of the Crown Prince of the Abu Dhabi Emirate, who sponsored the program. Today the Imams begin their Hajj Pilgrimage with a flight from the UAE to Medinah, Saudi Arabia, enroute to Mecca where the Hajj rites will be performed, God willing. Photos of some of the programs events and experiences can be viewed at : http://picasaweb.google.com/zayeditp Peace, Brother Curtis . - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
