Bismillah [IslamCity] Obama's agenda for Pakistan

2009-04-12 Thread Shahid
Obama's agenda for Pakistan
March 28, 2009 

The White establishment is skilled in flattering and cultivating emerging 
leaders. It presses its own image on them and finally, from imitation of 
manners, dress, and style of living, adeeper strain of corruption develops. 
This kind of Negro leader acquires the Whiteman's contempt for the ordinary 
Negro. He is often more at home with the middle-class White than he is among 
his own people. His language changes, his location changes, his income changes, 
and ultimately he changes from the representative of the Negro to the Whiteman 
into the Whiteman's representative to the Negro. The tragedy is that too often 
he does not recognize what has happened to him, - Rev. Martin Luther King (d. 
1968)

We use military operations to excite the enemy, prompting him to respond. In 
that response we learn so much, - Michael Hayden, CIA director

The above definition of the House Negro not only applies to Barack Obama but 
to almost every leader of Pakistan since the assassination of its first prime 
minister, Liaquat Ali Khan on October 16, 1951 by Israeli Mossad - from 
Iskander Mirza (d. 1969) to present-day Asif Ali Zardari.

Obama's Jewish-controlled adminstration's agenda for Pakistan and the rest of 
the Muslim world - as laid down by Obama in his recent speech - is nothing but 
the blue-print of Israeli study A Clean Break, prepared for Israeli terrorist 
leader, Benjamin Netanyahu (the current prime minister of Zionist entity) and 
the American New Century (PNAC), both documents prepared by Muslim-hating 
Israelis and American zionist scholars.

Here are some of Obama\'s plans for Pakistan and Afghanistan for those Muslims 
who still expect some unbaised foreign policy from this Jewish Lobby's puppet:

... Al-Qaeda and its allies - the terrorists who planned and supported the 
9/11 attacks  - are in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Multiple intelligence (CIA, 
Mossad, RAW, MI5, etc.) estimates has warned that Al-Qaeda is actively planning 
attacks on the US homeland from its safe-heaven in Pakistan. And if the 
Afghanistan government falls to Taleban - or allow Al-Qaeda to go unchallenged 
- that country will again be a base for terrorists who want to kill as many of 
our people as possibly they can.

But this is not simply an American problem - far from it. It is, instead, an 
international security challenge of highest order

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Bismillah [IslamCity] hadith: witness on earth

2009-04-12 Thread Shahid
It was narrated that Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: 
  “A funeral passed by and they spoke well of the deceased. The Prophet (peace 
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, ‘He deserved it.’ Then another 
funeral passed by and they spoke ill of the deceased. The Prophet (peace and 
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, ‘He deserved it.’ ‘Umar (may Allaah be 
pleased with him) said, ‘What did they deserve?’ He (peace and blessings of 
Allaah be upon him) said, ‘The first one you spoke well of, and he deserved 
Paradise, and the second one you spoke ill of, and he deserved Hell. You are 
the witnesses of Allaah on earth.” 

  Narrated by al-Bukhaari and Muslim 
   

   

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Bismillah [IslamCity] Robert Fisk’s World: Now I've really lived. I've gone on a movie set and shouted 'Action!'

2009-04-12 Thread Arif Bhuiyan
* Robert Fisk’s World: Now I've really lived. I've gone on a movie set 
and shouted 'Action!'


  

Bismillah [IslamCity] Israeli companies are feeling the impact of boycott

2009-04-12 Thread G.Waleed Kavalec
Salaam all
WE ARE MAKING AN IMPACT.

DON'T STOP.  DON'T SLOW DOWN.

Jazakallah khair

-- 
-- 

Gregory Waleed Kavalec
-
And among His Signs is this, that He created for you mates from among
yourselves...
 -- Quran 30:21


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/03/israel-gaza-attacks-boycotts-food-industry

Israeli companies are feeling the impact of boycott moves in Europe,
according to surveys, amid growing concern within the Israeli business
sector over organised campaigns following the recent attack on
Gazahttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gaza
.
Last week, the Israel http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/israel Manufacturers
Association reported that 21% of 90 local exporters who were questioned had
felt a drop in demand due to boycotts, mostly from the UK and Scandinavian
countries. Last month, a report from the Israel Export Institute reported
that 10% of 400 polled exporters received order cancellation notices this
year, because of Israel's assault on Gaza.
There is no doubt that a red light has been switched on, Dan Katrivas,
head of the foreign trade department at the Israel Manufacturers
Association, told Maariv newspaper this week. We are closely following
what's happening with exporters who are running into problems with
boycotts. He added that in Britain there exists a special problem
regarding the export of agricultural produce from Israel.


Bismillah [IslamCity] Israel and Iran

2009-04-12 Thread raja chemayel

Vanunu a traitor ?? or a Hero !!




Israel and Iran
one has nuclear-power
the other does not (yet)

Israel and Iran
one sells nuclear power
the other tries to purchase
 it

Israel and Iran
one has done 8 wars in 60 years
the other only one in 200 years

Israel and Iran
one has the backing of the Devil
the other fights against the Devil

Israel and Iran
one was build by the colonialists
the other kicked them out


Israel and Iran
one produces and sells pornography
the other has strictly forbidden it


Israel and Iran
one considers God as his own property
the other serves God and shares him too.

Israel and
 Iran
one wants to nuke-bomb the other
the other wants to dismantle the first.
( before this happens )



Raja Chemayel
no-clear-nuclear scientist
2 of April




  

Bismillah [IslamCity] Blears facing Muslim legal move

2009-04-12 Thread Arif Bhuiyan
Blears facing Muslim legal movePress Assoc. - 1 hour 4 mins ago
A bitter dispute between the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) and the Government 
escalated when the group's deputy secretary-general launched legal action 
against Communities Secretary Hazel Blears. More »


  

Bismillah [IslamCity] RIYADHU-US-SALEHEEN -Chap.27# 235 -236 -237.RESPECTING THE SACRED THINGS OF...

2009-04-12 Thread mohammed bawany
27. Chapter: On respecting the sacred things of the Muslims, clarification of 
their rights and having compassion and mercy for them
 
Allah Almighty says, If someone honours Allah's sacred things, that is better 
for him his Lord's sight, (22:30) and the Almighty says, As for those who 
honour Allah's sacred rites, that comes from taqwa in their hearts. (22:32) 
The Almighty says, And take the believers under your wing, (15:88) and the 
Almighty says, If someone kills another person - unless it is in retaliation 
for someone else or for causing corruption in the earth - it is as if he had 
murdered all mankind. And if anyone gives life to another person, it is as if 
he had given life to all mankind. (5:32)
 
235. He reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, Do not envy one 
another, do not bid against on another, bidding in order to raise the price, do 
not hate one another, do not turn your backs on one another, and none of you 
should sell against the sale of anyone else. Be slaves of Allah, brothers. A 
Muslim is the brother of another Muslim: he should not wrong him nor scorn him 
nor disappoint him. Godfearing is here, and he pointed to his breast three 
times. It is enough evil for man to scorn his Muslim brother. The blood, 
property and honour of a Muslim is unlawful to another Muslim. [Muslim]
 
236. Anas reported that the Prophet, (PBUH), said, None of you can truly be 
said to believe until he wants for his brother what he wants for himself. 
[Agreed upon]
 
237. He also reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, Help your 
brother, wronging or wronged. A man said, Messenger of Allah, I can help him 
if he is wronged but tell me how I can help him if he is wronging? He said, 
You can restrain him - or prevent him - from injustice. That is helping him. 
[al-Bukhari]
 
 


  

Bismillah [IslamCity] Muslim Algerians became muslims???(short video in arabic)

2009-04-12 Thread Majid Katme


THE DANGERS OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES IN THE ARAB AND MUSLIM WORLD!




 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jorUXmYq4Bkfeature=related




 

Bismillah [IslamCity] RIYADHU-US-SALEHEEN -Chap.27# 238 -239.RESPECTING THE SACRED THINGS OF...

2009-04-12 Thread mohammed bawany
27. Chapter: On respecting the sacred things of the Muslims, clarification of 
their rights and having compassion and mercy for them
 
Allah Almighty says, If someone honours Allah's sacred things, that is better 
for him his Lord's sight, (22:30) and the Almighty says, As for those who 
honour Allah's sacred rites, that comes from taqwa in their hearts. (22:32) 
The Almighty says, And take the believers under your wing, (15:88) and the 
Almighty says, If someone kills another person - unless it is in retaliation 
for someone else or for causing corruption in the earth - it is as if he had 
murdered all mankind. And if anyone gives life to another person, it is as if 
he had given life to all mankind. (5:32)
 
238. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, The 
rights one Muslim has over another Muslim are five: returning the greeting, 
visiting the sick, joining funeral processions, accepting invitations and 
blessing those who sneeze. [Agreed upon]
In the variant of Muslim, The Muslim has six rights. When you meet him, you 
should greet him. When he invites you, you should accept his invitation. When 
he asks you for counsel, you should counsel him. When he sneezes and praises 
Allah, you should bless him. When he is ill, you should visit him. When he 
dies, you should follow him.
 
239. Abu 'Umara al-Bara' ibn 'Azib said, The Prophet, (PBUH), instructed us to 
do seven things and forbade us seven. He instructed us to visit the sick, to 
join funeral processions, to bless people who sneeze, to fulfil our oaths, to 
help the wronged, to accept invitations, and to return the greeting. He forbade 
us gold rings, drinking from silver vessels, red silk, fine silk, mixed silk 
and cotton, and wearing silk and istibraq silk, and brocade. [Agreed upon]
One variant has declaring stray animals among the first seven.
 


  

Bismillah [IslamCity] The Top Misconceptions About Islam and Muslims

2009-04-12 Thread Ahumanb
The Top Misconceptions About Islam and Muslims

http://www.turntoislam.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50370
 

1. Muslims are violent, terrorist, and extremist!

This is the biggest misconception in Islam, no doubt resulting from the 
constant stereotyping and bashing the media gives Islam. When a gunman attacks 
a mosque in the name of Judaism, a Catholic IRA guerrilla sets off a bomb in an 
urban area, or Serbian Orthodox militiamen rape and kill innocent Muslim 
civilians, these acts are not used to stereotype an entire faith. Never are 
these acts attributed to the religion of the perpetrators. Yet how many times 
have we heard the words 'Islamic, Muslim fundamentalist. etc.' linked with 
violence.

Politics in so called Muslim countries may or may not have any Islamic basis. 
Often dictators and politicians will use the name of Islam for their own 
purposes. One should remember to go to the source of Islam and separate what 
the true religion of Islam says from what is portrayed in the media. Islam 
literally means 'submission to God' and is derived from a root word meaning 
'peace'.

Islam may seem exotic or even extreme in the modern world. Perhaps this is 
because religion doesn’t dominate everyday life in the West, whereas Islam is 
considered a 'way of life' for Muslims and they make no division between 
secular and sacred in their lives. Like Christianity, Islam permits fighting in 
self-defense, in defense of religion, or on the part of those who have been 
expelled forcibly from their homes. It lays down strict rules of combat which 
include prohibitions against harming civilians and against destroying crops, 
trees and livestock.

NOWHERE DOES ISLAM ENJOIN THE KILLING OF INNOCENTS... The Qur'an says:
 
Fight in the cause of God against those who fight against you, but do not 
transgress limits. God does not love transgressors.  (2:190)

If they seek peace, then seek you peace. And trust in God for He is the One 
that heareth and knoweth all things. (8:61)
 
War, therefore, is the last resort, and is subject to the rigorous conditions 
laid down by the sacred law. The term 'jihad' literally means 'struggle'. 
Muslims believe that there are two kinds of jihad. The other 'jihad' is the 
inner struggle of the soul which everyone wages against egotistic desires for 
the sake of attaining inner peace.

2. Islam oppresses women!

The image of the typical Muslim woman wearing the veil and forced to stay home 
and forbidden to drive is all too common in most peoples’ thoughts. Although 
some Muslim countries may have laws that oppress women, this should not be seen 
as coming from Islam. Many of these countries do not rule by any kind of 
Shari'ah (Islamic law) and introduce their own cultural standpoints on the 
issue of gender equity.

Islam on the other hand gives men and women different roles and equity between 
the two is laid down in the Qur’an and the example of the Prophet (peace be 
upon him). Islam sees a woman, whether single or married, as an individual in 
her own right, with the right to own and dispose of her property and earnings. 
A marriage gift is given by the groom to the bride for her own personal use, 
and she keeps her own family name rather than taking her husband's. Both men 
and women are expected to dress in a way which is modest and dignified. The 
Messenger of God (peace be upon him) said: The most perfect in faith amongst 
believers is he who is best in manner and kindest to his wife.

Violence of any kind towards women and forcing them against their will for 
anything is not allowed (4:19). A Muslim marriage is a simple, legal agreement 
in which either partner is free to include conditions.

Marriage customs thus vary widely from country to country. Divorce is not 
common, although it is acceptable as a last resort. According to Islam, a 
Muslim girl cannot be forced to marry against her will: her parents simply 
suggest young men they think may be suitable.

3. Muslims worship a different God!

Allah is simply the Arabic word for God. Allah for Muslims is the greatest and 
most inclusive of the Names of God, it is an Arabic word of rich meaning, 
denoting the one and only God and ascribing no partners to Him. It is exactly 
the same word which the Jews, in Hebrew, use for God (Eloh), the word which 
Jesus Christ used in Aramaic when he prayed to God. God has an identical name 
in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; Allah is the same God worshiped by 
Muslims, Christians and Jews. Muslims believe that Allah's sovereignty is to be 
acknowledged in worship and in the pledge to obey His teaching and 
commandments, conveyed through His messengers and prophets who were sent at 
various times and in many places throughout history.

4. Islam was spread by the sword and is intolerant of other faiths!

Many social studies textbooks for students show the image of an Arab horseman 
carrying a sword in one hand and the Qur’an in the other conquering and 
forcibly converting. This, 

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Bismillah [IslamCity] REGULAR FREE LESSONS IN EAST LONDON

2009-04-12 Thread Abu Jumanah
 
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Bismillah [IslamCity] Islamic Youth Awakening (Sahwah) Campaign 20

2009-04-12 Thread Dr. Adel Elsaie
Islamic Youth Awakening (Sahwah) Campaign 20

http://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/islamic_youth.htm

Please remember that Monday is our Islamic Youth Awakening day.

1. Glorious Quran on Good Manners:

Do not squander your wealth senselessly [17/26]
2. Hadith on Good Manners:

The kindness of a married lady to her mother

Hadith 8.10Narrated by Abu Sufyan (Radhiallah hu Taala anhu)

That Heraclius sent for him and said, What did he, i.e. the Prophet
(sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam), order you? I replied, He orders us to
offer prayers; to give alms; to be chaste; and to keep good relations with
our relatives.

3. Converts to Islam Videos:

Haji Maryam Mohammed Ahmed, American
Muslima,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOHLNwubbXAshe  lives only to
talk about Islam, She is available to talk to Christians
about Bible and Quran, her email is: im_hear_...@yahoo.com   , Read her
story. http://www.usislam.org/converts/haji_maryam_ahmed.htm

4. Coverts to Islam:

Khadijah 'Sue' Watson - Former pastor, missionary, professor. Master's
degree in Divinity http://www.usislam.org/converts/khadijah.htm

Latino Converts: In 2050, Latinos are estimated to be 150 Million in USA,
and become a majority.

Monica, How I became a
Muslimhttp://www.usislam.org/latinos/converts/monica.htm


5. Do you like American pop culture? See what good sincere American are
doing?

Shootings At U.S. Schools And
Universitieshttp://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/AmericanPopCulture/fatal_shootings_at_us.htm

6. WMD: Beware of their Weapons of Missionary Deception:

Missionaries are trained to convert Vulnerable Muslims with $6.8 Budget a
year. Simple Ways to answer them back with 0 Budget

Tell Christian  missionaries  Jesus called himself Son of man 84 times.
People called Jesus son of god 63
times.http://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/WMD/son_of_man.htm,
They will never show up again. They don't know their Bible.

7. WMD Videos:

Islam and Christianity -Ahmed Deedat and Gary Miller
(2/18)http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QQjC6XnP9lM

Yes you can be strong Muslim, please sign the petition :  Muslim Youth Code
of Honorhttp://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/muslim_youth_code_of_honor.htm

Required a million signature each year Until that last Muslim Youth sign in.

Please circulate this posting to your brothers and sisters, Jazakum Allah
Khairan.

Please note that this posting is for adults too.

Dr. Adel Elsaie

http://www.usislam.org/


Bismillah [IslamCity] Guantanamo Bay Guard reverts to Islam

2009-04-12 Thread Mohammad Usman








 Matt Slaby-Luceo for Newsweek

NATION


The Guard Who Found Islam


Terry Holdbrooks stood watch over prisoners at Gitmo. What he saw made him 
adopt their faith.

By Dan Ephron 
http://services.newsweek.com/search.aspx?q=Author:%5E%22dan%20ephron%22$sortDirection=descendingsortField=pubdatetimeoffset=0pageSize=10
  | NEWSWEEK

Published Mar 21, 2009

From the magazine issue dated Mar 30, 2009




Army specialist Terry Holdbrooks had been a guard at Guantánamo 
http://www.newsweek.com/related.aspx?subject=Guantanamo+Bay  for about six 
months the night he had his life-altering conversation with detainee 590, a 
Moroccan also known as the General. This was early 2004, about halfway 
through Holdbrooks's stint at Guantánamo with the 463rd Military Police 
Company. Until then, he'd spent most of his day shifts just doing his duty. 
He'd escort prisoners to interrogations or walk up and down the cellblock 
making sure they weren't passing notes. But the midnight shifts were slow. The 
only thing you really had to do was mop the center floor, he says. So 
Holdbrooks began spending part of the night sitting cross-legged on the ground, 
talking to detainees through the metal mesh of their cell doors.

He developed a strong relationship with the General, whose real name is Ahmed 
Errachidi http://www.newsweek.com/related.aspx?subject=Ahmed+Errachidi . 
Their late-night conversations led Holdbrooks to be more skeptical about the 
prison, he says, and made him think harder about his own life. Soon, Holdbrooks 
was ordering books on Arabic and Islam. During an evening talk with Errachidi 
in early 2004, the conversation turned to the shahada, the one-line statement 
of faith that marks the single requirement for converting to Islam (There is 
no God but God and Muhammad is his prophet). Holdbrooks pushed a pen and an 
index card through the mesh, and asked Errachidi to write out the shahada in 
English and transliterated Arabic. He then uttered the words aloud and, there 
on the floor of Guantánamo's Camp Delta, became a Muslim.

When historians look back on Guantánamo, the harsh treatment of detainees and 
the trampling of due process will likely dominate the narrative. Holdbrooks, 
who left the military in 2005, saw his share. In interviews over recent weeks, 
he and another former guard told NEWSWEEK about degrading and sometimes 
sadistic acts against prisoners committed by soldiers, medics and interrogators 
who wanted revenge for the 9/11 attacks on America. But as the fog of secrecy 
slowly lifts from Guantánamo, other scenes are starting to emerge as well, 
including surprising interactions between guards and detainees on subjects like 
politics, religion and even music. The exchanges reveal curiosity on both 
sides-sometimes even empathy. The detainees used to have conversations with 
the guards who showed some common respect toward them, says Errachidi, who 
spent five years in Guantánamo and was released in 2007. We talked about 
everything, normal things, and things [we had] in common, he wrote to NEWSWEEK 
in an e-mail from his home in Morocco.



Holdbrooks's level of identification with the other side was exceptional. No 
other guard has volunteered that he embraced Islam at the prison (though 
Errachidi says others expressed interest). His experience runs counter to 
academic studies, which show that guards and inmates at ordinary prisons tend 
to develop mutual hostility. But then, Holdbrooks is a contrarian by nature. He 
can also be conspiratorial. When his company visited the site of the 9/11 
attacks in New York, Holdbrooks remembers thinking there had to be a broader 
explanation, and that the Bush administration must have colluded somehow in the 
plot.

But his misgivings about Guantánamo-including doubts that the detainees were 
the worst of the worst-were shared by other guards as early as 2002. A few 
such guards are coming forward for the first time. Specialist Brandon Neely, 
who was at Guantánamo when the first detainees arrived that year, says his 
enthusiasm for the mission soured quickly. There were a couple of us guards 
who asked ourselves why these guys are being treated so badly and if they're 
actually terrorists at all, he told NEWSWEEK. Neely remembers having long 
conversations with detainee Ruhal Ahmed, who loved Eminem and James Bond and 
would often rap or sing to the other prisoners. Another former guard, 
Christopher Arendt, went on a speaking tour with former detainees in Europe 
earlier this year to talk critically about the prison.

Holdbrooks says growing up hard in Phoenix-his parents were junkies and he 
himself was a heavy drinker before joining the military in 2002-helps explain 
what he calls his anti-everything views. He has holes the size of quarters in 
both earlobes, stretched-out piercings that he plugs with wooden discs. At his 
Phoenix apartment, bedecked with horror-film memorabilia, he rolls up both 
sleeves to reveal wrist-to-shoulder tattoos.