Bismillah [IslamCity] Prophet's wife novel to be released in UK

[Shahid]

If you look throughout the Muslims' history, you will find that the kuffar and 
the enemies of Islam have always attacked Islam in Ramadan and at other 
religious times. 

It was Europe that sent the crusades on the muslims, it is Europe that 
supported and protected Salman Rushdi, it was Europe that created the 
"Muhammad" cartoons and spread them across Europe, it was Europe that banned 
the hijab and building of minarets/masjid, and even now it is Europe that is 
publishing this book. 

It should be obvious to the muslims that Europe is an enemy of Islam and is 
attacking Islam anyway it can. Muslim world should respond by boycotting 
anything and everything that is European (from the countries involved)!




Prophet's wife novel to be released in UK 

 

 

Martin Hodgson 

 

The Guardian, Thursday September 4 2008 

  

A novel about the child bride of the prophet Muhammad is to be released in the 
UK next month, after its publication was cancelled by a US publisher. 

  

The Jewel of the Medina is by first-time novelist Sherry Jones, and was 
published in the US last month by a division of Random House, but was pulled 
after scholars of Islam objected. At the time, Random House said it had 
received cautionary advice that it might be offensive to some Muslims and 
"could incite acts of violence by a small, radical segment". 

  

Yesterday, Jones' agent, Natasha Kern, said the rights had been bought in 10 
countries, including by Gibson Square in the UK. In a statement, the firm's 
publisher, Martin Rynja, said: "I was completely bowled over by the novel and 
the moving love story it portrays. The Jewel of Medina has become an important 
barometer of our time. " 

  

As the story of Muhammad's favourite wife, Aisha, the novel is criticized as 
being provocative and historically inaccurate by academics. Denise Spellberg, 
who teaches Islamic history at the University of Texas at Austin, described it 
as "soft core pornography" . 

  

But Random House's decision to pull the book sparked intense criticism from 
critics and literary bloggers, who compared the case to Salman Rushdie's The 
Satanic Verses. 

  

Kern said that Gibson Square had been chosen because it of its past experience 
of controversial books - last year, it published OJ Simpson's hypothetical 
account of the murder of his ex-wife. 

  

In August, a Serbian publisher quickly withdrew an edition of The Jewel of 
Medina from shops after protests from local Islamic leaders who said it 
insulted Muhammad and his family. 

  

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/sep/04/religion

Bismillah [IslamCity] CALIPH UMAR'S SON MARRIES A MILKMAID

[muslimah muslimah]

CALIPH UMAR'S SON MARRIES A MILKMAID
One night, Caliph Umar as usual went in disguise with his companion Ibn Abbas 
to see the condition of the people. They strolled from one quarter to another. 
At last they came to a colony where poor people lived.
While passing by a small house, the Caliph heard a whispering talk within. The 
mother was telling her daughter that the amount of milk fetched by her for sale 
that day was very little. She told her that when she was young, and used to 
sell milk, she always mixed water with milk, and that led to considerable 
profit. She advised her daughter to do the same.
The girl said, "You adulterated milk, when you were not a Muslim. Now that we 
are Muslims, we cannot adulterate milk." The mother said that Islam did not 
stand in the way of adulteration of milk. The daughter said, "Have you 
forgotten the Caliph's order? He wants that the milk should not be 
adulterated." The mother said, "But the Caliph has forgotten us. We are so 
poor, what else should we do but adulterate milk in order win bread?" The 
daughter said "Such a bread would not be lawful, and as a Muslim I would not do 
anything which is against the orders of the Caliph, and whereby other Muslims 
are deceived."
The mother said, "But there is neither the Caliph nor any of his officers here 
to see what we do. Daughter you are still a child. Go to bed now and tomorrow I 
will myself mix the milk with water for you." The girl refused to fall in with 
the plan of her mother. She said, "Caliph may or may not be here, but his order 
must be obeyed. My conscience is my Caliph. You may escape the notice of the 
Caliph and his officers, but how can we escape the notice of Allah and our own 
conscience." Thereupon the mother remained quiet. The lamp was extinguished and 
the mother and the daughter went to sleep.
**
The next day, Caliph Umar sent a man to purchase milk from the girl. The milk 
was unadulterated. The girl kept her resolve. CaliphUmar turned to his 
companion and said, "The girl has kept her resolve in spite of the exhortation 
of her mother. She deserves a reward. What reward should I give her? She should 
be paid some money," said Ibn Abbas. Caliph Umar said, "Such a girl would 
become a great mother. Her integrity is not to be weighed with few coins; it is 
to be measured in the scale of national values. I shall offer her the highest 
award in my gift, and which shall also be in the highest interest of the 
nation."
The Caliph summoned the daughter and the mother to his court. The mother 
trembled as she stood before the mighty ruler. But the girl faced the Caliph 
boldly and with great equanimity. She was beautiful, and there was an 
impressive dignity about her. Then before the gathering, Caliph Umar related 
how he had overheard the mother and the daughter, and how in spite of the 
exhortations of the mother the daughter had kept her resolve.
Someone suggested that the mother should be taken to task. The Caliph said that 
ordinarily he would have punished the mother, but he had forgiven her for the 
sake of her daughter. Turning to the girl the great Caliph said, "Islam needs 
daughters like you and as a Caliph of Islam it devolves on me to reward you by 
owning you as a daughter." The Caliph called his sons, and addressing them 
said, "Here is a gem of a girl who would make a great mother. I desire that one 
of you should take this girl as wife. I know of no better bride than this girl 
of sterling character. In matters of wedlock, it should be the character and 
not the stature in life that should count."
Abdullah and Abdur Rahman the elder sons of the Caliph were already married. 
Asim the third son was yet unmarried, and he offered to marry the girl. 
Thereupon with the consent of the milkmaid and her mother Asim was married to 
the girl, and milkmaid became the daughter-in-law of the Caliph.
>From this union was born a daughter Umm Asim, who became in due course the 
>mother of Umar bin Abdul Aziz. Umar bin AbdulAziz was elected as Caliph and 
>served for a short period during 717 - 720.
-
While other Caliphs of the Ummayad dynasty reveled in luxury, Umar bin Abdul 
Aziz as a Caliph set up standards for austerity and simplicity following in the 
footsteps of Caliph Umar, the second Caliph of Islam. It is said that if ever 
there was a noble Caliph after the first four Rightly guided Caliphs,such a man 
was Umar bin Abdul Aziz. And he inherited the noble qualities of the milkmaid 
who married the Caliph's son, and those of Caliph Umar Farooq who had the eye 
to discern the nobler qualities of sterling character in a poor girl.
 


  

Bismillah [IslamCity] Querry

[Aasim]

Assalam-o-Alaekum,
   Can anyone or Ms Abhiyya tell me the meaning of 
Abhiyya?, as I heard that Prophet Muhammad Mustafa Sallallah o Alaeh e Wasallam 
used to call his beloved daughter Fatima as her nick.
Is it true ?



To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 04:49:48 -0700Subject: Bismillah 
[IslamCity] Anwar rises above allegations of immorality to challenge the 
foundations of UMNO rule in Malaysia










Anwar rises above allegations of immorality to challenge the foundations of 
UMNO rule in Malaysia
By Abdar Rahman Koya in Kuala Lumpur
http://www.muslimedia.com/my-anwarwin.htm
If the trend of powerful political parties expiring after fifty years’ rule is 
anything to go by, then Malaysia ’s ruling United Malays National Organisation 
(UMNO), in power since the country’s independence from Britain in 1957, had 
better be prepared.  Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is thought to be close to 
carrying out his now-familiar threat to engineer a mass-defection of government 
MPs and show UMNO the door long before the next general elections, which are 
due in 2012.  His threat seems to be real, especially now that he has 
embarrassed the government and grabbed a resounding victory in a by-election on 
August 26, barely six months after the setbacks suffered by the UMNO-led 
National Front coalition in the last general elections.
 PIC: Anwar with wife Wan Azizah, casting their ballots on August 26.
The by-election on August 26, called the “mother of all elections” by both 
opposition and government supporters, followed a gruelling multi-million-dollar 
campaigning by UMNO in Permatang Pauh, a semi-urban multiracial town in the 
northern state of Penang .  Anwar obtained a majority bigger than that won last 
March by Dr Wan Azizah Ismail, his wife, who resigned the seat she had held 
while Anwar was in prison to pave the way for her husband’s official return to 
Malaysia ’s political stage.
The result shows that the Malays’ political loyalty – and indeed the respect 
they have for the ruling UMNO – was affected badly by Anwar’s dismissal and his 
launch of the reformasi movement, and indeed it now seems to be lost almost 
permanently.  But all that was more than ten years ago; such a loss in Malay 
support is worse now because of the almost complete desertion of the ruling 
coalition by the non-Malays, namely the Chinese and Indians, caused by a number 
of factors, the most important of which is the perceived discrimination against 
them in the distribution of the socio-economic pie.
No amount of assurance by government leaders that judicial and economic reforms 
will take place has removed the suspicion that change can only come through 
Anwar and the coalition of parties he leads.  That the larger show of support 
comes at a time of intense propaganda against Anwar’s character also confirms 
how little credibility (scarcely any) the ruling party has managed to retain 
since 1998/99, which is when Mahathir orchestrated the campaign to destroy his 
deputy’s political career.  This time around even an oath sworn upon the Qur’an 
by the accuser in the latest sodomy allegation against Anwar, which was 
broadcast repeatedly during television news bulletins almost every day 
throughout the campaign, had failed to persuade voters to forsake Anwar.  The 
result is that a clear line has been drawn, and for the first time in Malaysia 
’s history the government, despite all the machinery on its side, has found its 
match.
Although Anwar could not have pulled off such a feat without the full support 
of the Islamic Party (PAS) and the Chinese-dominated Democratic Action Party 
(DAP), the fact is that neither could the opposition have achieved the kind of 
political storm that is now rapidly changing Malaysia .
The by-election marks Anwar’s return to active politics.  But Anwar, a shrewd 
politician whose rise from student leader to the number-one man in the 
government has been meteoric, had returned to politics the day he was released 
in September 2004.  This by-election victory, more than filling up the void 
left by Dr Wan Azizah, not only brings Anwar back to parliament, but also 
answers the question of whether he can really get a decisive margin with which 
to implement his plan to take over power by means of defections in Parliament.  
Now, with that endorsement in hand, the one-time prime-minister-in-waiting has 
never been any closer to the seat he was supposed to occupy ten years ago.  The 
proximity is also true literally: as the parliamentary opposition leader, he 
now sits in parliament face-to-face with prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
But being an opposition leader has never been his intention, something he 
indirectly made clear days after the opposition coalition denied the UMNO-led 
government its traditional two-thirds parliamentary majority, in the general 
elections on March 8.  He had then already started talking about toppling the 
ruling coalition.  At that p

Bismillah [IslamCity] Asian Youth Fellowship (AYF)

[Arif Bhuiyan]

Asian Youth Fellowship (AYF)ayf @ asiaseed.org 
More info
 
: http://www.asiaseed.org/ayfj/
 
Asian Youth Fellowship (AYF) Program aims to nurture human networking among 
ASEAN countries, Bangladesh and Japan.
 
The AYF preparatory course before entering Japanese Graduate School as Japanese 
Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship student is offered by The Japan 
Foundation. AYF program is open to university graduates in the region who wish 
to contribute to regional cooperation after obtaining a Master and/or Ph. D. 
Degree in Japanese Graduate Schools as follows: 
Features of the Asian Youth Fellowship ProgramAYF consists of the following 
component:
Co-ordination of a host professor and research plan development during the 
preparatory course in Japan
 
Preparatory course (Japanese Language and cultural activities)
Follow ups after completing the preparatory course
The scholarship grantees shall receive a preparatory course in the Japanese 
language for approximately 7 months, at The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language 
Institute, Kansai, Japan. The preparatory course is developed for people who 
have never learned Japanese language before. Grantees are provided with 
dormitory. Accompanying family is NOT allowed during the preparatory course.
 
After completing the preparatory course, grantees will be proceeding to 
Japanese graduate schools as Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship 
students (principally Research Student) .  
Field of Study
Any of the fields in Humanities, Social Sciences, Engineering and Natural 
Science is acceptable..
Students pursuing study areas that would contribute to his/her country or 
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* Technical training course is excluded.
 
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Grant Coverage during the Preparatory CourseExpenses Meals Accommodation 
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Round-trip, economy-class airline between the nearest international airport 
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students. Allowances, accommodations, and other status are subject to 
Monbukagakusho’s regulations. 
Selection
Japanese diplomatic missions concerned, in cooperation with the foreign 
governments concerned, will select preliminary candidates from among applicants 
by means of a review of the documents submitted.
Those who have been selected as the preliminary candidates will be recommended 
to Asian Youth Fellowship Committee, Tokyo, Japan. The Committee will select 
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Final announcement in writing will be provided by the Embassy of Japan after 
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a bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree (those who will graduate from 

Bismillah [IslamCity] Fw: Imternational Hijab Solidarity Day Observed In Dhaka--Asia Post, Dhaka, editorial dated 5.9.08

[S A Hannan]

Imternational Hijab Solidarity Day Observed In Dhaka



The international hijab solidarity was observed in Dhaka like last four 
years.The day is observed against restriction on hijab in france, Turkey and 
some other European countries.A national daily has reported that ”Speakers at a 
discussion yesterday underscored the need for following the Islamic dress code 
for women to maintain decency, dignity, social discipline and protecting the 
local culture. In the name of beauty, modernisation and personal liberty our 
new generation is being instigated to follow western dresses that are indecent, 
dangerous for personal security and detrimental to moral values and social 
discipline that is contrary to our own culture, they added.They called upon the 
parents to choose decent dresses for their children on the religious and other 
social occasions. Their observation came at a discussion on "Dresses: Veil and 
Beauty" jointly organised by 'The Witness' and 'Assembly for Protection of 
Hijab, Bangladesh' on the occasion of International Day for Hijab Solidarity at 
the conference lounge of the National Press Club.
Justice Md Abdur Rouf, former Chief Election Commission (CEC) was present as 
chief guest at the discussion, while Nasima Hasan, Chairman of the Witness 
presided over. Shah Abdul Hannan, former secretary and Mostafa Kamal Majumder, 
Editor of daily New Nation were also present as special guests. Dr Syeda 
Sultana Razia, department of Chemical Engineering of Bangladesh University of 
Engineering and Technology (BUET) presented keynote paper.
Mahbubul Huq, journalist, Dr Sharmin Islam,Secretary General, the Witness, 
Kaniz Fatema, Assistant Prof of Darul Ihsan University and Dr Mira Momtaz 
Sabeka, among others, took part in the discussion"



The speakers said only Islamic dresses could ensure guarantee for protecting 
dignity, beauty and personality of women in the society.They urged all to wage 
a campaign against indecent dresses and encourage women to wear the Hijab.
Justice Md Abdur Rouf said Hijab is the protection of women to save them from 
all evils and ensure their personal dignity.
"Many women in Muslim and non Muslim countries put on the Hijab not only on 
religion consideration but also for scientific reasons, like protecting 
themselves from dust or cold," he said. He hoped that constant campaign would 
definitely impress the next generation to put on the Hijab.Shah Abdul Hannan 
said Islam does not permit any dress that breaks personal moral values and 
social discipline.Dr Syeda Sultana Razia said there is a sharp dissimilarity 
over the conception of dresses between Islamic and the Western countries. 
Nasima Hasan urged the fashion designers to include and disseminate Islamic 
design dresses among the younger generation.

We congratulate the Witness organization and  Assembly For protection Of Hijab, 
Bangladesh for observing the day and highlighting the need for decent dress and 
behavior of all.There is no doubt that Muslim women should not make them like 
most western women who have become short-dressed sex symbols as if they are 
attracting men folk to them.We believe this hijab movement will benefit the 
nation.

Bismillah [IslamCity] Fridays of Ramadan

[www.MuslimYouths.org]

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful




Fridays of Ramadan


 
This is just a reminder to all Muslims that the Fridays of the month of Ramadan 
possess an excellence over the Fridays of the other months.
 
The first friday is upon us so let us take advantage from this excellent day in 
this holy month. While we fast let us increase our worship and remembrance 
of the Almighty. Let us recite the holy Qur'an, let us brush up on our 
knowledge of our deen. Let us make ourselves useful by helping others in any 
way possible. This help doesn't necessarily have to be financial, even a smile 
is a form of sadaqa. Let us invite people for breaking of the fast.. Let us 
teach others the knowledge that we have, and let us learn that which we do not 
know. Let us be kind towards towards other people and even animals. He who has 
mercy on the creation shall receive mercy from the Creator.
 
Let us truly humble ourselves and submit to the Will of Allah. Let us truly 
become a "Muslim" in this holy month. A journey of a thousand miles begins with 
the first step. If we haven't done so already let us start improving ourselves 
now, both internally and externally, starting this blessed Friday which is more 
blessed than the Friday of other months. Let us then continue our improvement 
throughout the month, the entire year and, consequently, the entire life.
 


  

Bismillah [IslamCity] past sins will be forgiven

[***hajikhan***]

  
 

 
Narrated Abu Huraira:

(May Allah be pleased with him)
"I heard Allah's Apostle
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
saying regarding Ramadan, "
Whoever prayed at night in it (the month of Ramadan) out of sincere Faith
and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be 
forgiven."
 

[Bukhari]
 
  


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Bismillah [IslamCity] Prophet's wife novel to be released in UK

[PoEtEsS]

 Prophet's wife novel to be released in UK 

Martin Hodgson 

The Guardian, Thursday September 4 2008 
  
A novel about the child bride of the prophet Muhammad is to be released in the 
UK next month, after its publication was cancelled by a US publisher. 
  
The Jewel of the Medina is by first-time novelist Sherry Jones, and was 
published in the US last month by a division of Random House, but was pulled 
after scholars of Islam objected. At the time, Random House said it had 
received cautionary advice that it might be offensive to some Muslims and 
"could incite acts of violence by a small, radical segment". 
  
Yesterday, Jones' agent, Natasha Kern, said the rights had been bought in 10 
countries, including by Gibson Square in the UK. In a statement, the firm's 
publisher, Martin Rynja, said: "I was completely bowled over by the novel and 
the moving love story it portrays. The Jewel of Medina has become an important 
barometer of our time. " 
  
As the story of Muhammad's favourite wife, Aisha, the novel is criticised as 
being provocative and historically inaccurate by academics. Denise Spellberg, 
who teaches Islamic history at the University of Texas at Austin, described it 
as "soft core pornography". 
  
But Random House's decision to pull the book sparked intense criticism from 
critics and literary bloggers, who compared the case to Salman Rushdie's The 
Satanic Verses. 
  
Kern said that Gibson Square had been chosen because it of its past experience 
of controversial books - last year, it published OJ Simpson's hypothetical 
account of the murder of his ex-wife. 
  
In August, a Serbian publisher quickly withdrew an edition of The Jewel of 
Medina from shops after protests from local Islamic leaders who said it 
insulted Muhammad and his family. 
  
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/sep/04/religion 
 



PoEtEsS

"Prayer is the stepping stone of rewards and  success when my life has its 
trials and my eyes has its tears"…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] 
--

Recommended:
http://www.ikhwanweb.com
http://www.islamonline.net
http://www.islam-guide.com
http://www.prophetmuhammadforall.org

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Bismillah [IslamCity] Russia SUPPORT for Separatists Could Have Ripples

[Yusuf Ibrahim]

*Russia** Support for Separatists Could Have Ripples*



*By PAISLEY DODDS, Associated Press Writer 24 minutes ago *

*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080831/ap_on_re_eu/georgia_the_domino_effect*

LONDON - *Russia**'**s conflict with **Georgia** and recognition of its
small breakaway territories as independent states may have broad
repercussions for separatist movements in the former Soviet sphere and
around the world. The crisis could give a jolt of energy to other breakaway
regions, especially those with links to **Russia**, or embolden **China** to
pursue a tougher line in **Tibet** and **Taiwan** in the absence of tough
Western measures.*

"Any country that has a potential separatist movement will view the events
in Georgia through its own unique prism," Richard Holbrooke, the
former U.S.envoy who mediated peace in
Bosnia in the mid-1990s, told The Associated Press. "But the greatest cause
for concern lies in the Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova — all states that
border Russia."



With the exception of the Balkans, post-Soviet era Europe has grown
accustomed to the notion of territorial integrity as stable — if not
sacrosanct. Russian's push into Georgia and its recognition of the
territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia have undermined this status quo —
and may start to warm up so-called "frozen conflicts" in Moldova's
Trans-Dniester region and Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh, where Moscow backs
separatist movements.

*Azerbaijan and Armenia are locked in conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, which
is encircled by **Azerbaijan** but controlled by ethnic Armenian forces.
Russia has close historical and economic ties to Armenia, which surrendered
control of key sectors of its economy to **Russia** in exchange for debt
forgiveness. For the Kremlin, the stakes in oil-rich **Azerbaijan** have
been raised by **Washington**'**s plan to build a military base there — a
project that has incensed the Russians, who have a large military
installation in **Armenia** with hundreds of personnel, fighter jets and air
defense systems.*

*Russia** also continues to back the breakaway Russian-speaking **province**of
**Trans-Dniester**, that has split from **Moldova** over its feared
reunification with **Romania**. Russian troops remain stationed in the
province to guard a huge stockpile of Soviet-era military equipment. It**'**s
a situation with eerie echoes to **South Ossetia** — the flashpoint of the
Russia-Georgia conflict — where **Russia** kept "peacekeepers" before the
eruption of this month**'**s war.*



"By illegally recognizing the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and South
Ossetia, Dmitry Medvedev — Russia's president — made clear that Moscow's
goal is to redraw the map of Europe using force," Georgian President Mikhail
Saakashvili wrote in an editorial that appeared in the Financial Times on
Friday.

Perhaps nowhere are concerns about Russian designs in its "near-abroad" so
acute as in Ukraine. The country the size of France with a population of 46
million has long held a special place in Russian hearts and Moscow has been
humiliated by its drive to join the European Union and NATO.

Many now fear Moscow has its sights on the strategic Crimea peninsula on the
Black Sea — once one of the glories of the Russian empire. Russia has not
explicitly declared it wants to regain control of Crimea but nearly 1.2
million of the region's 2 million residents are ethnic Russians, many of
whom believe Crimea should be Russian. Russia has a lease that gives it
control of the Sevastopol military base until 2017 and has hinted that it
does not want to leave when the lease runs out.



*The events in the **Caucasus** have been watched closely by a resurgent **
China**, which has tried to extinguish separatist movements in **Tibet** and
its far western **province** of **Xinjiang**, where **Beijing** says
radicals are trying to set up an Islamic state. For **Beijing**, the
Russia-Georgia conflict may be double-edged. On one hand, the spectacle of *
*South Ossetia** and Abkhazia making a big leap toward independence with **
Moscow**'**s backing may send chills through the Chinese ruling elite as it
struggles with its own separatist movements. *



On the other, the Kremlin's use of military might to reassert dominance in a
region it considers own backyard could set a valuable precedent for Beijing
as it maneuvers to assert its will in places like Taiwan — which China has
vowed to take back by force if necessary. That may account for Beijing's
ambivalent response to Russia's request for support at a meeting last week
in Tajikistan.

China, along with four Central Asian nations, refused to endorse the
invasion or recognize the breakaway provinces — but also criticized the West
and signed a statement praising the "active role of Russia in promoting
peace and cooperation" in the region. "We have our Western friends and those
in Central Asia who are not in agreement with Russian actions. But we also
have a strong relationship with Russia," said

Bismillah [IslamCity] Bdesh Project

[Abu Jumanah]

Bismillaah Hir Rahmaanir Raheem
 
Brothers and Sisters.
 
Like previous Ramadhan, our brother Hammad Billah[1] in Bangladesh is 
organising and co-ordinating with other fellow brothers, various activities in 
order to help the poor and the needy as well as orphans and widows to make 
their fasting be as easy as possible and to educate them about their deen. So 
that they pray and fast and practise Islam based upon knowledge and not on 
culture, custom, tradition and blind following of fore-fathers. So that after 
Ramadhan comes to an end, the people still carry on adhering, 
practising and traversing upon this religion, learning and acting by it and 
being patient upon it. And so that they do not stop practising once the month 
of Ramadhan comes to an end. Insha’Allaah.
 
This is accomplished by setting up temporary guidance and teaching centres in 
various localities in and around Sylhet, holding knowledge based lessons, 
Qur'an Tajweed classes, Arabic language classes as well Theraweeh in the 
evening.
 
Since Bangladeshis a developing country, majority are poor, thus with education 
goes hand-in-hand food and drink for Iftar/Sehri..and is provided free to those 
who attend the centres and the local people that live around them. Plus this 
project is not just restricted to Ramadhan, but is carried on in other 
months…..throughout the year.
 
This and other projects will not be materialised, except after Allaah's decree 
and then the efforts of the Muslims and their financial assistance. 
 
We request you to give for the sake of Allaah your extra surplas, saved money 
to this project. Indeed your reward will be multiplied by Allaah in this 
blessed month of Ramadhan.
 
If you wish to donate, you can use our charity current account below;
 
Islamic Bank of Britain, Whitechapel, London.
Masjid Q & S & Islamic School of
Current Account No: 0108 60 01
Sort Code: 30-00-83   
 
www.islamicknowledge.co.uk
 
http://www.al-burhan.co.uk/application/Donations/tabid/194/Default.aspx
 
 
[1]Hammad Billah is a senior brother who is a student of Islamic 
knowledge/Daee. He has studied in Saudi Arabiaat the Islamic University of 
Madeenah and under many of the Mashaykhs. He translates regular lessons of the 
Scholars via telephone to the students in Bangladeshand also delivers lectures 
himself. He also has translated many books and articles from Arabic to English, 
such as Usool as-Sunnah of Imam Ahmad, Usool as-Thalasa of Imam Muahmmad bin 
Abdul Wahhaab Expl. by Ibn Uthaymeen, Manhajul Anbiyah of Shaykh Rabiee amongst 
others. Allah has blessed him to learn to speak and write Bengali, Arabic, 
English and German.
 
He gives dawah to Islam as understood by the early generations of Muslims and 
is co-ordinating and establishing Masjid At-Taqwah, Madhrasa and Aitham Centre 
in Sylhet. Which is about to be built at a cost of £10,000 insha'Allaah. He has 
35 orphan boys under his care and educates and accommodates them. Currently 
nine of them are sponsored by individuals, the rest are not, but are maintained 
from various sources. If you wish to sponsor any of them or help with other 
projects or even visit Hammad Billah and his institute, please do not hesitate 
to drop us an email. Jazaqum’Allaahu khairan.    
 
   
 
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Bismillah [IslamCity] Report: Israeli Bombers Planned to Use Georgian Airfields in Iran Strike!

[Nashid Abdul-Khaaliq]

Report: Israeli Bombers Planned to Use Georgian Airfields in Iran Strike
Posted September 2, 2008 
Last Updated 9/3 3:05 PM EST

In part of what was termed Georgia’s “special relationship” with Israel, UPI 
Editor at Large Arnaud de Borchgrave reported in a commentary today that a 
secret agreement between Georgia and Israel had earmarked two
military airfields in the south of Georgia for use by Israeli
fighter-bombers in a potential pre-emptive strike against Iran.

Israel has been a close ally of the Black Sea republic, and Israeli
contractors have provided the Georgian military with considerable
amounts of training and armament, much to the chargrin of Russia. Israeli 
companies have been arming the Georgian military for the past seven years, and 
ties have been further strengthened by the fact that Georgia’s Defense Minister 
Davit Kezerashvili is a former Israeli.
Russian General Anatoly Nogovitsyn said Israel has provided Georgia
with “eight types of military vehicles, explosives, landmines and
special explosives”.

In perhaps another signal for how key Georgia believes military
support from Israel is, while most of the western media was running
stories about Georgia being completely overrun by Russia’s invasion earlier 
this month, Georgia’s Minister of Reintegration was giving an interview to 
Israel’s Army Radio.
In it, he praised Israel’s training of Georgia’s soldiers, and credited
it with Georgia’s having inflicted “enormous damage” on Russia’s
military.

And while Israeli defense officials publicly announced a halt to military sales 
to Georgia earlier this month, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili denied 
that any halt had taken place. He also said “the Israeli weapons have
proved very effective,” and credited them with Georgia’s military
successes in the brief war with Russia.

Israeli-Russian relations had already been strained amid reports
that Russia was planning to sell Iran its most advanced anti-aircraft
missile system, which prompted a claim from the Israeli military that they were 
developing some “electronic warfare” means to neutralize what has become the 
backbone of Russian air defense. Iran’s Foreign Ministry denied yesterday that 
they had purchased the system.

Another consequence of Israel’s backing of Georgia came when long-time rival 
Syria praised Russia’s military operations. This has led to talks of new arms 
sales to Syria, and a report that Russia will increase its naval presence in 
Syrian ports. Syria and Israel have been engaged in ongoing indirect peace 
talks, though those are at present delayed due to the resignation of Israel’s 
top negotiator.
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Bismillah [IslamCity] hadith: Fasting in Ramadan is equal to 10 months

[Shahid]

Fasting Ramadaan is equivalent to fasting ten months 
  See Musnad Ahmad, 5/280; Saheeh al-Targheeb, 1/421 



Narrated from Abu Ayyoob al-Ansaari: 
  "Whoever fasts Ramadaan then follows it with six days of Shawwaal, it will be 
like fasting for a lifetime." 

  Saheeh Muslim (1164) 



The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 
  "Whoever fasts Ramadaan, a month is like ten months, and fasting six days 
after al-Fitr will complete the year." 

  Ahmad (21906) 

Bismillah [IslamCity] Virtues of Surah Mulk

[Mohammed A]

 

Reading Soorat al-Mulk protects one from the torment of the grave 
 
Question: Reading Surat al-Mulk protects a Muslim from the trials of the grave, 
but how often does one have to read it? Once a day or more?. 

Answer:


Praise be to Allaah.   

It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (peace and blessings of 
Allaah be upon him) said: “A soorah from the Qur’aan containing thirty verses 
will intercede for a man so that he will be forgiven. It is the soorah Tabaarak 
Alathi bi yadihi’l-mulk [i.e., Soorat al-Mulk].” 
Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2891; Abu Dawood, 1400; Ibn Maajah, 3786. 
Al-Tirmidhi said, this is a hasan hadeeth. It was classed as saheeh by Shaykh 
al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah in Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 22/277, and by Ibn Maajah, 3053. 
What is meant is that a person should read it every night, act in accordance 
with the rulings contained in it, and believe in the information mentioned in 
it. 
It was narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Mas’ood said: Whoever reads Tabaarak 
allaahi bi yadihi’l-mulk [i.e., Soorat al-Mulk] every night, Allaah will 
protect him from the torment of the grave. At the time of the Messenger of 
Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) we used to call it 
al-maani’ah (that which protects). In the Book of Allaah it is a soorah which, 
whoever recites it every night has done very well. 
Narrated by al-Nasaa’i, 6/179; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh 
al-Targheeb wa’l-Tarheeb, 1475. 
The scholars of the Standing Committee said: 
One this basis there is the hope that whoever believes in this soorah and reads 
it regularly, seeking the pleasure of Allaah, learning the lessons contained in 
it and acting in accordance with the rulings contained therein, it will 
intercede for him [in the Hereafter].
 Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 4/334, 335
 And Allaah knows best.

 

http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-israeli-dates.php 



  

Bismillah [IslamCity] Thought for the day

[PoEtEsS]

A THOUGHT 
 
TEN THINGS WE WASTE
-
1. Our Knowledge: Wasted by not taking action with it.
2. Our Actions: Wasted by committing them without sincerity.
3. Our Wealth: Wasted by using on things that will not bring us Ajr (reward 
from Allah). We waste our money, our status, our authority, on things which 
have no benefit in this life or in Aakhirah (hereafter). 
4. Our Hearts: Wasted because they are empty from the love of Allah, and the 
feeling of longing to go to Him, and a feeling of peace and contentment. In its 
place, our hearts are filled with something or someone else.
5. Our Bodies: Wasted because we don't use them in Ibaadah (worship) and 
service of Allah.
6. Our Love: Our emotional love is misdirected, not towards Allah, but towards 
something/someone else.
7. Our Time: Wasted, not used properly, to compensate for that which has 
passed, by doing what is righteous to make up for past deeds.
8. Our Intellect: Wasted on things that are not beneficial, that are 
detrimental to society and the individual, not in contemplation or reflection.
9. Our Service: Wasted in service of someone who will not bring us closer to 
Allah, or benefit in Dunya.
10. Our Dhikr (Remembrance of Allah): Wasted, because it does not affect us or 
our hearts. 
~ Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah ~ 



PoEtEsS

"Prayer is the stepping stone of rewards and  success when my life has its 
trials and my eyes has its tears"…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] To seek Refuge in other than Allah is a part of Shirk Part 13

[yunus ali]

Surah 72. Al-jinn verse 6 And verily, there were men among mankind who took
shelter with the male jinns, but they (jinns) increased them (mankind) in
sin and disbelief.

Muslim reports that Khawlah bint Hakim ((May Allah be pleased with
him)*) *said,
I heard Allah's (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) say:
"Whoever goes into a dwelling and says (while entering it): 'I seek refuge
in Allah's perfect words from the evil (of those creatures) which He
created', no harm shall befall him until he departs from that place."
(Muslim)


--
Surah 2. Al-Baqara verse 28: 28. How can you disbelieve in Allâh? Seeing
that you were dead and He gave you life. Then He will give you death, then
again will bring you to life (on the Day of Resurrection) and then unto Him
you will return.

Bismillah [IslamCity] The wail of Kashmir

[waheedahsan]

Ahsan Waheed

It hardly rains, but it pours in India. Were it not enough that the 
pent up feelings of Kashmir's Muslims burst the dam with the Amarnath 
shrine land deal controversy, India's Maoists have decided to join in 
the fray for the liberation of Kashmir. According to a Mathaba News 
Agency report, the banned Maoist Communist Party of India (CPI) urged 
its appendage, the Peoples Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) 
to "mobilize in support of Kashmiri peoples struggle for azadi 
(freedom)".

Labeled Naxalites, India's Maoists are reported to already exercise 
control in sundry parts of central-east India (below West Bengal, 
where Marxists hold sway), and have been looking to penetrate other 
areas rife for rebellion. The wail of Kashmir presented them the 
opportunity and the Maoists have called on Kashmiris to resist 
the "conspiracy of reactionary rulers to bring in the ghost of 
Pakistan to justify the brutal repression of the Kashmiri people's 
struggle".

The current struggle is one of "procession and not guns", writes 
Muzamil Jaleel in his Khaleej Post Post September 3 column 
titled `Kashmir's New Peaceful Resistance', but with militant Maoists 
entering the Kashmir picture, there could be a new and dramatic turn 
of events, even with the 700,000 security personnel India has 
positioned there. India, then, would be better advised to rethink its 
policy if it is to assuage the seething discontent that rages in the 
valley.

Bismillah [IslamCity] India goes Anti-Christian

[waheedahsan]

Raven Gale

About 30 million of India's population is Christian but the Indian 
government has failed to prevent the increasing violence against 
them. The Government is now exploiting communal tensions for 
political ends.

The 37-page report Politics by Other Means: Attacks against 
Christians in India by The Human Rights Watch, states the details of 
the violence that has been committed against Christians, starting 
from the country's National Parliamentary Elections in 
September/October1999 and on to the months before and following the 
elections. Attacks against Christians throughout the country have 
increased significantly since the BJP began its rule in March 1998.

The Human Rights Watch report states horrifying crimes like the 
killings of priests, the raping of nuns, and the physical destruction 
of Christian institutions, schools, churches, colleges, and 
cemeteries. Thousands of Christians have also been forced to convert 
to Hinduism. The report states that the attacks against Muslims in 
1992 and 1993 were similar to the attacks against the Christians now, 
and that they are all a part of a concerted campaign of right-wing 
Hindu organizations, collectively called the sangh parivar, to 
promote and exploit communal clashes to increase their political 
power-base. These groups cannot be separated from the ruling BJP 
party, and although eyewitnesses have identified politicians and 
local officials as participants in the attacks, the state 
administration and Hindu nationalist leaders continue to portray the 
incidents as actions instigated by minority communities.

65 churches have been burned down, 600 Christian homes destroyed, 
hundreds of Christians forced to flee into forests to save their 
lives, and thousands left homeless. Despite promises by state and 
central government leaders during meetings with AICC leaders, the 
violence continues. Hindu leaders have urged crowds against the 
Christian community, inciting them to destroy everything non-Hindu in 
their path, accusing Christians of being behind the assassination of 
Hindu fundamentalist leader Swami Laxanananda Saraspati, who himself 
was behind last December's anti-Christian violence. Laxanananda's 
organization is also well known for its opposition to Christian 
social activism in favor of Tribals and outcasts and for its 
accusations against bishops, priests and nuns for allegedly 
proselytizing.

India, which is 83 percent Hindu, is a country of minorities, with 
180 million Muslims, 70 million tribal people, 60 million Sikhs and 
uncounted millions of others. Each of these groups represents a 
potential voting bloc in India's democracy. However, the national 
politicians do not consider the 30 million Christians to be in 
significant numbers to even have the importance of being catered to 
by them.

Christians in India are already discriminated against in government 
programs of reservations for jobs and university education. This 
program gives preference to people of the lower castes and those 
below caste. To qualify for these benefits, applicants must state 
their caste origin. Christians, having denounced caste, are unable 
even to do this. Yet many Christians come from the very groups for 
whom these programs were devised. Why violate people who are already 
devoid of their basic rights? How long will India brutalize the life 
of its own citizens for its ulterior motives?

http://raven-gale.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/04/1824370-india-goes-
anti-christian

Bismillah [IslamCity] IslamOnline NewsLetter

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2 th Ramadan1 1429 ,2 th September 2008
Newsletter Volume 8, Number 34

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In this issue:
 
1)  Live Fatwa & Live Dialogues
2)  News: AROUND THE WORLD.
3) Ramadan
4)Art & Culture --Welcome Oh Ramadan (Nasheed)
5) Family --Tips for Working Women in Ramadan
6) Youth 4 the Future --Charity Activities in Ramadan: Discover the Real Value!.
7)Living Shari'ah--Differences on the Beginning of Ramadan: Why?.
8)Helth & Science -- Can Planet Earth Ever Have Rings?
9)Reading Islam--Achieving Piety Through Fasting.
 


1)  Live Fatwa
Guest : The Da`iyah, Zienab Mostafa 
Subject :Ramadan & Women Issues
Data: Thursday,Sep 4 ,2008
Time:Makkah From. 14:00...To... 15:30
GMT   From...   11:00...To...12:30

- Recent Dialogues
Guest :Altaf Husain 
Subject :Making the Most of Ramadan at Work & School
 






2) News : AROUND THE WORLD

Ramadan Brings Peace to Tribal Pakistanis
America's Largest Tarawih
Morocco Mosques Shine Up for Ramadan
Religion Booms on British TV
Nigerian Divorces 82 Wives
Death Threats for UK Top Muslim Cop
Mosque Adds to California Ramadan Joy

Ramadan Monday in Most Countries

- World in Pictures.
   More News..

3) Ramadan--





 






The Real Competition

Allah Knows the Secrets of All Hearts





In Paradise, the righteous will be given to drink of a pure drink, securely 
sealed with a seal of musk Their drink is absolutely pure, free of any unwanted 
additions or particles of dust. Describing it as securely sealed…
 

The basis of this insincerity is the assumption that nobody will know their 
secret thoughts. Therefore, guilty people may act as if they were innocent, 
despite their sins or wrong doings. In an ignorant society, people do not 
really…



 





4) Art & Culture -- Welcome Oh Ramadan (Nasheed)
Welcome oh Ramadan You are honored Oh month of the Qur'an It is Ramadan Oh one 
who sleeps Stand up and declare The oneness of Allah The oneness of Allah...










5) Family -- Tips for Working Women in Ramadan
Nothing seems to stop for this all important time of the year. Everyone else 
seems to be able to slow down and make time to be in a state of fast and not 
just simply stop ating and drinking. Then you have a job to go to, children and 
a husband tocater for, an family and friends - all who make their demands on 
you...






6)Youth 4 the Future --Charity Activities in Ramadan: Discover the Real Value!  
 Ramadan is the month of mercy, and time in which we need to focus more on 
charitable activities. To know more about the significance of charity work in 
Ramadan, listen to IslamOnline.net's Youth 4 the Future interview with Altaf 
Hussien, a social worker in the US. Don't miss out!






7)Living Shari'ah--Differences on the Beginning of Ramadan: Why?  
It is unbecoming of Muslims to differ on the beginning or ending of the blessed 
month of Ramadan especially if the difference comes from Muslims living…





8)Helth & Science --Can Planet Earth Ever Have Rings?
Four planets out of the eight that make up our Solar System are graced with a 
permanent set of rings around them. Of them, the Lord of the Rings title is 
preeminently held by Saturn. Could our planet have possessed a similar set of 
rings at some point in its past history? Or could it do so in the future?




9) Reading Islam--Achieving Piety Through Fasting.
When Muslims fast together in the month of Ramadan, it builds an atmosphere of 
virtues and brotherhood. They come closer to their Creator and also come closer 
to each other. Unity, peace, harmo

Bismillah [IslamCity] ayat: Zakat is only for...

[Shahid]

Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 60

   ??? ??? ? 
 ??? ? ?? ??? ? ??? 
?? ??? ?? ? ? ??  ??? ???

As-Sadaqât (here it means Zakât) are only for the Fuqarâ'[] (poor), and 
Al-Masâkin[] (the poor) and those employed to collect (the funds); and for to 
attract the hearts of those who have been inclined (towards Islâm); and to free 
the captives; and for those in debt; and for Allâh's Cause (i.e. for Mujâhidûn 
- those fighting in the holy wars), and for the wayfarer (a traveller who is 
cut off from everything); a duty imposed by Allâh. And Allâh is All-Knower, 
All-Wise.

Qur'an (9:60)

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