Bismillah [IslamCity] The DARK Side of DUBAI - Johann Hari

[Ala'uddin Al-Athary]

The DARK Side of DUBAIDubai was meant to be a Middle-Eastern Shangri-La, a
glittering monument to Arab enterprise and western capitalism. But as
hard times arrive in the city state that rose from the desert sands, an
uglier story is emerging. Johann Hari reports... Tuesday, 7 April 2009 - THE 
INDEPENDENT

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai-1664368.html







  

Bismillah [IslamCity] RIYADHU-US-SALEHEEN -Chap.34# 278 & 280 : TREATING WOMEN WELL

[mohammed bawany]

34. Chapter: Treating Women Well
 
 
Allah Almighty says, "Live together with them correctly and courteously," 
(4:19) and the Almighty says, "You will not be able to be completely fair 
between your wives, however hard you try. But do not be completely partial so 
as to leave a wife, as it were, suspended in mid-air. And if you make amends 
and have taqwa, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (W4:128; H4:129)
 
278. Abu Hurayra stated, "The Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, 'The most 
perfect of believers in belief is the best of them in character. The best of 
you are those who are the best to their women.'" [at-Tirmidhi]
 
280. 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As reported that the Messenger of Allah, 
(PBUH), said, "This world is enjoyment, and the best of its enjoyment is a 
righteous (pious) woman."
 


  

Bismillah [IslamCity] Khaleej Times: Why Arabs are Backing Sudan's Bashir

[Ismail Kashkash]

Opinion
Why Arabs are Backing Sudan’s Bashir
Karin Friedemann (Letter From America)

10 April 2009
 
Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir, despite being indicted on March 4, 2009 on 
seven counts of war crimes by the International Criminal Court, was given a 
“hero’s welcome” by the Arab League Summit hosted by Qatar last week. The 22 
nations warmly supported Al Bashir with a resolution opposing the dubious ICC 
arrest warrant.

Bashir called the ICC an “undemocratic institution that ... applied double 
standards, targeted the weak and gave a blind eye to the criminals.”
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, also present at the summit, likewise objected 
to the ICC. “Why do they not order the capture of Bush? Why not order the 
arrest of the president of Israel?”
“If anything happened to Omar Al Bashir and Sudan ended up in chaos, the whole 
of Africa will sink into chaos,” warned Shaikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the 
Amir of Qatar.
Amr Moussa, the Arab League Secretary-General, said that the arrest warrant was 
aimed “at undermining the unity and stability of Sudan.”
In response to the arrest warrant, which was issued at behest of “Save Darfur,” 
an activist coalition mobilised by pro-Israel organisations committed to 
pressuring the US administration to treat Sudan like Iraq, Al Bashir evicted 13 
western NGOs from his country.
Glen Ford of Black Agenda Report comments, “Any government in the world that 
believes it has been targeted for regime change by the United States and its 
allies would be foolish to allow western-based nongovernmental organisations 
(NGOs) to operate freely in its territory.”
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 
“Almost the entire Arab and African world supports Sudan against the ICC, 
arguing it is a biased and political 
tool that only targets Africans and 
infringes sovereignty.”
“The allegations at the ICC have nothing to do with reality, and we will use 
our friends in the United Nations to stop them,” says Abdel Malik Al Naiem, 
spokesman for the Sudanese Embassy in Cairo. “In one year we will Sudanise all 
the aid on the ground and we can fill the gap in food distribution within one 
year because the Sudanese Red Crescent already distributes 45 per cent of the 
food in Darfur,” Al Bashir promised during a recent visit to Saudi Arabia.
China and Russia back the central government in Khartoum and support local 
peace agreements between Sudan’s warring tribes while the US, Britain, Israel 
and France materially support insurgent militias and promote increased foreign 
intervention with massive, internationally coordinated propaganda. Michel 
Massih, Al Bashir’s leading attorney points out, “I have never heard in my 
legal career of a chief prosecutor that launches media campaigns against a 
defendant, regardless of the nature of the charges.”
Columbia Professor Mahmood Mamdani, whose new book ‘Saviours and Survivors’ 
just came out, says he began to look at the issue of Darfur in 2003. He was 
struck by the rapid globalisation and the fact-indifference of the Save Darfur 
movement, which consistently misrepresented the facts 
in a media blitz.
Mamdani points out in a recent IslamOnline interview with Ismail Ikashkash: 
“The Save Darfur movement does not educate the people… about what issues drive 
the conflict. So they know nothing about the politics of Darfur, the history of 
Darfur, the history of the conflict. All they know is that … Darfur is a place 
where ‘evil lives.’”
In his book, Professor Mamdani describes in detail how the Save Darfur 
Coalition presented itself primarily as an inter-religious coalition promoting 
Islamophobia by implicitly creating a division of responsibility among faiths:
“The Christian faith packets were the most explicit: They spoke of ‘divine 
empowerment’ and ‘the burden to save’…The Jewish faith packets emphasized the 
special moral responsibility of Jews as ‘quintessential victims’ to identify 
genocide whenever it occurs…Muslims were asked to fight oppressors in their 
midst.”
Save Darfur board chairwoman Gloria White-Hammond, an African-American 
Christian minister in Boston who has been groomed to promote Zionist politics 
by Israel advocacy group “The David Project,” met with President Obama and his 
Sudan envoy General Scott Gration, before their recent trip to Sudan. She and 
Save Darfur president Jerry Fowler pressured Obama to revive Sudan’s internal 
conflicts and to threaten Khartoum with further international isolation.
America imposed economic sanctions on Sudan in 1997, but peace in Sudan 
requires foreign investment and political reform. Sudan has the largest 
underground freshwater lake in all of Africa. With some technology, Sudan could 
become the Breadbasket of Africa. Bush made it illegal for American-allied 
businesses to invest in life-saving infrastructure, and even threatened a 
delegation of African-American businesspeople with criminal prosecution for 
discussing investment ideas wi

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Bismillah [IslamCity] Seeking Refuge with Allah from 4 things

[Aqsa Jihad Fisabeelillah *]

http://friendsofallah.blogspot.com/2009/04/seeking-refuge-with-allah-from-4-things.html
 
Seeking refuge with Allah from 4 things

O Allah! I seek refuge with You from these four things.”Anas bin Malik and Abu 
Hurayrah narrated that the Messenger of Allah would say:

Allahumma inni a’udhu bika min ‘ilmin la yanfa’ wa min qalbin ya yakhsha’ wa 
min du’a'in la yusma’ wa min nafsin la tashba’“O Allah! I seek refuge with You 
from knowledge that does not benefit, and from a heart that is not subdued and 
humble, and from a supplication that is not heard, and from a self that is not 
satisfied.”
And he would then say: “O Allah! I seek refuge with You from these four things.”

[Reported by an-Nasa'i (5470, 5536 & 5537) and Abu Dawud (1548), and it is 
sahih]


 




Surah Isra 17 verse 80 Say: "O my Lord! let my entry be by the Gate of Truth 
and Honor and likewise my exit by the Gate of Truth and Honor; and grant me 
from Thy Presence an authority to aid (me)." 

Ameen,Thumameen.
Transliteration :Wa qur rabbi adkhilni mudkhala sidqiw wa akhrijni mukhraja 
sidqiw wa-j'al li mil ladunka sulta_nan nasira_(n).


Al-Tirmidhi HadithHadith 2482 Narrated by AbuHurayrah  (May Allah be pleased 
with him)
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) used to say, " O Allah, grant me benefit 
in what Thou hast taught me, teach me what will benefit me, and increase my 
knowledge. Praise be to Allah in all circumstances. I seek refuge in Allah from 
the state of those who go to Hell."
Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a tradition 
whose isnad is gharib.
 

Transliteration:an Abi Hurairah (radiya Allahu anhu) qaal:
qaala Rasul Allah (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam): "Allahumma infa'ni bima 
'allamtani, wa allimni maa yanfa'oni wa zidni 'ilman, alhamdulillahi alaa kolli 
haal, wa a'odtho billahi min haali ahlil naar."


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Bismillah [IslamCity] Much Too Accurate

[G.Waleed Kavalec]

http://usmediaandisrael.com/?p=67

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People]

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

Bismillah [IslamCity] Al-Ahram Report on Galloway Visit to San Diego

[Zahi Damuni]

Below is a report from Al-Ahram by Anayat Durrani on Galloway's visit to San
Diego. This event was one of two hosted by Al-Awda The Palestine Right to
Return Coalition. At the second event in Anaheim, Galloway spoke to a
1000-strong crowd in which he announced to a standing ovation a second aide
convoy to Gaza, this time originating from the USA. The new aide convoy has
been named "Viva Palestina USA". It will be led jointly by Galloway and
Vietnam Veteran Ron Kovic who was also present at the Anaheim event.
___

Cries of rage and truth
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/942/re62.htm


Al-Ahram Weekly Online
9 - 15 April 2009
Issue No. 942

Anayat Durrani heard a fiery speech in California defying US complicity with
Israeli war crimes

As part of the Siege-Buster Tour of America 2009, long-time supporter of the
Palestinian cause, veteran British MP George Galloway spoke in San Diego,
California on "Resisting War From Gaza to Kandahar". Galloway,
the leader of the recent successful Viva Palestina Aid Convoy to Gaza,
author and talk show host, spoke to a crowd of 400 at one of two events
hosted by Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition.

"I came here to recruit you to the next stage in the saving of Gaza, which
is dying. And to forward the liberation of all Palestine and the right of
all Palestinians to return to it," said Galloway to loud applause.

Galloway passionately spoke about the "injury" of Palestinians having lost
their homeland, their country "wiped off the map", scattered as refugees
worldwide and forbidden to return, while "foreigners play with
their houses and their gardens". This is made worse by "the insult that
they -- the victims of terrorism -- are the 'terrorists'. And that the
terrorists, the perpetrators of terrorism, are called the victims of
terrorism," he said.

Galloway praised the Palestinian resistance and condemned Israel's 22-day
offensive launched in December, in which more than 1,400 Palestinians died.
Galloway characterised the firing of rockets by Palestinians as a "cry
of despair" and a "cry of rage" over decades of Israeli apartheid.

"The wonder is not of why some people are sending rockets but of why all
people are not firing rockets everyday because they've been locked up for
the last 60 years in refuge camps that are no more than open air
concentration camps," Galloway said, "the entrances of which are guarded by
the very same people who on 27 December rained down death's destruction on
the million and a half living on this tiny piece of land."

Galloway scoffed at the notion that Israelis want peace and said that if
this was the case, why did they vote for Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu and
Avigdor Lieberman. Galloway called Lieberman "the closest
thing to a fascist that Israel has ever produced."

"A man who wants not only to ethnically cleanse the occupied territories but
wants to ethnically cleanse Israeli citizens of Arab origin inside their
state asking them to sign an oath that the country is a Jewish country. Can
you imagine someone asking in the United States of America black people to
sign an oath that the USA is a white country?"

The Viva Palestina Aid Convoy -- completely ignored by US media --  finished
its 5,000-mile journey from England, with 220 trucks and vans loaded with
more than $2 million worth of relief supplies. As it crossed
three continents it gathered supplies and support along the way. The
Libyan-based Gaddafi Charitable Foundation doubled the convoy's size by
adding 100 large trucks filled with 4,000 tonnes of aid, additional drivers
and support staff.

The arrival of the Gaza relief convoy marked the successful breaking of the
Israeli blockade of Gaza. "As we enter this land of heroes, we are embraced
by heroes," Galloway said.

The convoy entered Palestine 9 March and was greeted with tears of joy.
Galloway, who has visited Palestine many times, said he had never seen a
situation as bad as he found in Gaza. He described the situation as
looking like an earthquake scene. "The difference being if it had been an
earthquake all the governments in the world would be airlifting aid to the
victims and the means of rebuilding," said Galloway.

He described the situation in Gaza as dire and the people of Gaza as
starving. He witnessed women wandering Gaza looking for food to eat, many of
them eating from garbage piles. While he was there he said he was repeatedly
asked the same question: "Where are the Arabs? Where is the Ummah?"

hile he was in Gaza he was taken to a site 100 yards from the Egyptian
border. It was the ruins of an orphanage and mosque that had been hit by
seven missiles. He said he picked up all the missile pieces he could
find, noting the words "Made in the USA" stamped on them. Galloway urged
American supporters to start their own aid convoy to help break the siege.

"Your flag can be associated with life for the Palestinian people rather
than death with which it is associated now," he said.

Galloway's California en

Bismillah [IslamCity] VIDEO: A woman we all must know!

[Nashid Abdul-Khaaliq]

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Bismillah [IslamCity] RIYADHU-US-SALEHEEN -Chap:33 # 263 & 265 ON: KINDNESS TO WEAK/ORPHAN ETC.

[mohammed bawany]

33. Chapter: Kindness to orphans, girls, the weak, the very poor, and the 
downtrodden. Treating them well, compassion towards them, humility with them, 
and gentleness towards them
 
Allah Almighty says, "And take the believers under your wing," (15:88) and the 
Almighty says, "Restrain yourself patiently with those who call on their Lord 
morning and evening, desiring His Face. Do not turn your eyes from them." 
(18:28) The Almighty says, "So as for the orphans, do not oppress them, and as 
for beggars, do not berate them," (93:9-10) and the Almighty says, "Have you 
seen him who denies the deen? He is the one who harshly rebuffs the orphan and 
does not urge the feeding of the poor." (107:1-3)
 
263. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, "I and an 
orphan's guardian, whether he is a relative or a non-relative, will be like 
these two in Jannah," and the transmitter, Malik ibn Anas, indicated the index 
and middle fingers. [Muslim]
 
In a variant in the two Sahih collections, "The very poor man is not the one 
who goes around to people to ask for a bite or two to eat or a date or two, but 
the one who does not have enough for himself but is too shy to ask so that he 
is given sadaqa - or does not beg from people importunately."
 
265. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, (PBUH), said, "'Someone who strives 
on behalf of widows and the poor is like someone who fights in the way of 
Allah.' I think that he also said, 'And like someone who continually stands at 
night in prayer and like someone who continually fasts.'" [Agreed upon]
 


  

Bismillah [IslamCity] our Sunday-morning shall come !!!

[raja chemayel]

Palestinian-Christians die also
just like Jesus





On the cross
and
at the crossroad


The man of Nazareth
the son of
 Mary
the carpenter who walked on the waters
has been found guilty of universalism
and of socialism.
The bankers at the temple want their revenge.


His liberation movement
shall be declared as illegal and anti-Semite
and his followers shall be thrown to the lions
or bombed by the phosphoric-devils.

This afternoon just before the Sabbath's begin ,
he shall be put on a Cross up on a Hill
wearing our crown.


As for us ,
we shall sit and wait for the Sunday morning
our Sunday-morning shall come !!!


Raja

Friday 10th of April 2009




  

Bismillah [IslamCity] Debunking some oft-repeated propaganda against the Qur'an

[Ahumanb]

Debunking some oft-repeated propaganda against the Qur'an
 
 
Propaganda: The Qur'an says, "And kill the disbelievers wherever ye find them." 
(2:191)
 
Response: Firstly, the word 'disbelievers' is not mentioned in verse 2:191. 
Secondly, the anti-Islamic deceivers are fond of quoting the very first portion 
of this verse that sounds 'horrible' leaving the rest one that answers the 
first part as though they are the smartest self-deceiver on this planet! 
Thirdly, the context of this verse starts from the previous one and ends in the 
next one. If anyone reads the verses from 2:190-192 with open and unprejudiced 
mind, s/he will clearly see that the verse is absolutely self-defensive. Even 
the verse 2:191 itself is self-defensive:
 
2.190-192: Fight in the way of Allah against those who fight against you, but 
begin not hostilities. Lo! Allah loveth not aggressors. And slay them wherever 
ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for 
persecution is worse than slaughter. And fight not with them at the Inviolable 
Place of Worship until they first attack you there, but if they attack you 
(there) then slay them. Such is the reward of disbelievers. But if they desist, 
then lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
 
So, as it is clearly seen, the anti-Islamic fanatics don't even want the 
believers of the Qur'an to defend their life from the attack of terrorists and 
killers as though the life of Sudra is nothing to Brahmin! They have been 
quoting the same 'phrase' for years to prove that the Qur'an is a killing 
machine. On the other hand they never quote even a single verse of this kind 
from other religious book(s), even directly let alone using cheating, as though 
other religious books contain no such stuff! The fact is that what they have 
been trying to prove against the Qur'an using all sorts of lies and deceptions 
for years, the same can be proved against some other religious books without 
using any lie or deception at all. So, their evil agenda in the guise of blah 
blah blah is obvious.
 
Propaganda: The Qur'an says, "Not to make friendship with Jews and Christians." 
(5:51)
 
Response: Firstly, it may appear that the anti-Islamic propagandists are much 
more 'sympathetic' and 'merciful' to Jews and Christians than the Qur'anic God 
although they never quote even a single verse on what Jewish scriptures say 
about Jesus, Mary, and Christians, and vice-versa. They never quote even a 
single verse from any other religious book against disbelievers or other people 
although no one is suggesting them to do so. Secondly, the Arabic word that has 
been used in this verse is 'Auliya', which means protector, guardian, helper, 
lord, god, etc. (see 39:3), not simply friend. Thirdly, the verse 5:51 refers 
to terrorists, intolerants, slanderers, and haters only. Please see the verses 
5:57-59, 60:8-9, and 3:118 for clarification:
 
5.57-59: O ye who believe! take not for friends and protectors those who take 
your religion for a mockery or sport- whether among those who received the 
Scripture before you, or among those who reject Faith; but fear ye Allah, if ye 
have faith (indeed). When ye proclaim your call to prayer they take it (but) as 
mockery and sport; that is because they are a people without understanding. 
Say: "O people of the Book! Do ye disapprove of us for no other reason than 
that we believe in Allah, and the revelation that hath come to us and that 
which came before (us), and (perhaps) that most of you are rebellious and 
disobedient?"
 
60.8-9: Allah forbids you not, with regard to those who fight you not for 
(your) Faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly 
with them: for Allah loveth those who are just. Allah only forbids you, with 
regard to those who fight you for (your) Faith, and drive you out of your 
homes, and support (others) in driving you out, from turning to them (for 
friendship and protection). It is such as turn to them (in these 
circumstances), that do wrong.
 
3.118: O ye who believe! Take not into your intimacy those outside your ranks: 
They will not fail to corrupt you. They only desire your ruin: Rank hatred has 
already appeared from their mouths: What their hearts conceal is far worse. We 
have made plain to you the Signs, if ye have wisdom.
 
So, as it is obviously seen, the anti-Islamic hypocrites want the followers of 
the Qur'an to take terrorists, intolerants, slanderers, and haters as friends 
and protectors when they themselves don't even make simple friendship with Bin 
Laden, Al-Qaeda terrorists, and JMB extremists like people! What kind of 
hypocrisy and double standard is this? They have been quoting the same verse 
for years to prove that the Qur'an is a manual of hate although it's nothing 
about hate to begin with. A person doesn't make friendship with a particular 
group of people doesn't necessarily mean that s/he hates them unless s/he 
explicitly expresses his/her hatred against them. O

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The Truce of
Hudeybiah and Story of Hadhrat Abu Jandal and Hadhrat Abu Basir (Radhiyallaho
anhuma)

 

In the 6th year of
Hijrah, the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) along with his companions left
for Mecca to perform Umrah. The Qureysh heard of the news and decided to resist
his entry into Mecca even as a pilgrim, and so he had to encamp at Hudeybiah.
The devoted Sahabah, 1400 in number, were however determined to enter,
even if it involved an open fight; but the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam)
viewed the matter differently and in spite of the Sahabah's eagerness to fight,
entered into a treaty with the Qureysh, accepting their conditions in full. This
one-sided and seemingly ungraceful truce was a very bitter pill for the Sahabah
to swallow, but their devotion

to the Prophet
(Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) would not allow them to demur, and even the most
valiant man like Hadhrat Umar (Radhiyallaho anho) could not but submit to his
decision. According to one of the articles of the treaty, converts to Islam
during the period of the truce were to be returned, but not so the deserters
from Muslims to Qureysh.

 

Hadhrat Abu Jandal
(Radhiyallaho anho) a Muslim in Mecca, was suffering great persecution at the
hands of Qureysh. They kept him constantly in chains. On hearing about the
arrival of the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) in Hudeybiah, he escaped
somehow and managed to reach the Muslim camp at a time when the truce was about
to be signed. His father, Suhail (till then a non-Muslim)

was the envoy of
Qureysh in the negotiations for the truce. He smote Hadhrat Abu Jandal 
(Radhiyallaho
anho) on his face and insisted on taking him back to Mecca. The Prophet

(Sallallaho alaihe
wasallam) represented that, since the truce had not till then been written, its
application in Abu Jandal's case was premature. Suhail, however, would not 
listen
to any argument and was not inclined to leave his son with the Muslims even at
the personal request of the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam), and would
have forgone the truce even. Abu Jandal (Radhiyallaho anho) counting his
hardships remonstrated at the top of his voice but, much to the grief of the
Sahabah, the Prophet (Salallaho alaihe wasallam) agreed to his return. He
however enjoined

patience on him
saying:

"Do not be
distressed, Hadhrat Abu Jandal (Radhiyallaho anho), Allah will shortly open a
way for you."

After the truce was
signed and the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) had returned to Madinah,
another Meccan Muslim Hadhrat Abu Basir (Radhiyallaho anho) escaped to Madinah
and besought the Prophet's (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) protection. The Prophet
(Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) refused to accept his implorations and, in
deference to the truce condition, handed him over to the two persons who had
been deputed by the Qureysh to claim him. He,

however, advised him
as he had advised Hadhrat Abu Jandal (Radhiallaho anho) to be patient and to
hope for the help of Allah. When Hadhrat Abu Basir (Radhiyallaho anho) and his
escort were on their way back to Mecca, Hadhrat Abu Basir (Radhiyallaho anho)
said to one of them:

"Friend, your
sword is extremely fine."

The man was flattered
and took it out from the sheath and said:

"Yes it is
really very fine, and I have tried it on so many persons. You can have a look
at it."

Most foolishly he
made over the sword to Abu Basir (Radhiyallaho anho), who immediately 'tried'
it on its owner and killed him. The other man took to his heels and reached
Madinah to report to the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam).

In the meantime Abu
Basir (Radhiyallaho anho) also arrived. He said to the Prophet (Sallallaho
alaihe wasallam):

"0,Prophet
of Allah, you once returned me and absolved yourself of the truce obligations.
I had no obligations to fulfill and I managed my escape from them by this
trick, as I was afraid of their forcing me to forsake my faith."

The Prophet
(Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) remarked:

"You are a
war-monger. I wish you could be helped."

Hadhrat Abu Basir
[Radhiyallaho anho) came to understand from this that he would be returned to
Qureysh again when they demanded him. He therefore left Madinah and fled to a
place in the desert on the sea shore. Abu Jandal (Radhiyallaho anho) also
managed his escape and joined him there. More Muslims of Mecca followed, and in
a few days quite a small group of such fugitives gathered in the wilderness.
They had to undergo untold sufferings in the desert. where there was neither
habitation nor vegetation. They, however, being bound by no treaty proved a
great nuisance for the Qureysh by dealing blows after blows on their caravans
passing that way. This compelled the Qureysh to approach the Prophet
(Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) and beseech him to intervene and call the
fugitives to Madinah, so that they might be bound by the terms of the treaty 
like
other Muslims, and the caravans might pass in safety

Bismillah [IslamCity] A Palace Will Be Built For Him in Paradise

[Mian Muhammad Shahid Sharif]

 

   

 
   
 

Mu'adh ibne-Anas Al-Juhani Radiyallahu 'anhu 


companion of Nabi Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam  narrates 


that Nabi Sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam said: 



The one who recites 


Qul huwal lahu ahad 


(Ikhlas: 112) 


till he completes it ten times, 


a palace will be built for him in Paradise. 


'Umar ibnil-Khattab Radiyallahu 'anhu said: 


O Rasulallah, (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) 


then I will recite it abundantly. 


Rasullallah Sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam said: 


Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala, 


is more Generous and more Kind. 



(Musnad Ahmed) 


  


   

Bismillah [IslamCity] Daniel Pipes Attacks My Article

[Nashid Abdul-Khaaliq]

I wrote the following article that was posted on the MANA website:

Honor Killings and The Bridges TV Tragedy

The article addressed the Bridges tragedy and dismisses the attempts to falsely 
associate Islam with honor killings. Below is an attack on my article by Daniel 
Pipes to support his Islamophobic views. I advise you to please read my article 
linked above before reading Daniel Pipes attack below to get a real 
perspective. I think after doing so, if you are not convinced of how deceitful 
and demonizing Daniel Pipes is, you would be. Not only does Daniel Pipes attack 
and misrepresent what my article is saying on his blog, he does that to other 
Muslims as well.

http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2009/02/bridges-tv-a-wifes-beheading-and-honor-murder.html

Mar. 2, 2009 update: In an undated posting on the Muslim Alliance in
North America, an Islamist organization headed by Siraj Wahhaj, Nashid
Abdul-Khaaliq addresses the topic of "Honor Killings
and The Bridges TV Tragedy." He writes:
This event, which exposes a well-respected, prominent Muslim as a domestic
abuser, who allegedly decapitated his wife, is an Islamophobic scaremonger's
dream. … Honor killings are a Middle Eastern cultural phenomenon that is
practiced by ignorant Muslims, Christians and others from that region. It
pre-dates Islam and is an ugly manifestation that many Islamic, Christian and
other organizations are working hard to eradicate. Honor killings are murders by
families on family members who are believed to have brought "shame" on the
family name. It is usually done by a male member of the family who kills a
female relative for "tarnishing" the family image
Then follows a 1,600-word elaboration on this theme, distancing Islam from
honor killings. Abdul-Khaaliq ends by blaming the West, of course, for honor
killings:
Colonialism had a big hand to play in this, as admitted to by several
documentaries, books and other literature, under colonialism, the British and
other western powers encouraged extremism in Al-Islam. They killed out and
stifled the voices of true Islam and encouraged cultural and barbaric practices
to thrive and be supported. This was a tactic used to destroy Muslim societies
and today we see the ugly remnants of that in many Muslim
countries
To complete the picture, Abdul-Khaaliq urges his audience to
Please read "Confessions of
a British Spy" to learn more about how thoroughly such work was done within
the Islamic world to encourage extremism, bad cultural habits and un-Islamic
behavior, being portrayed under the banner of Al-Islam in order to weaken the
people and make them better subjects of the colonialists.
Ah, that old chestnut – the one that claims the British government of the
early 1700s planted a spy named Hempher in Arabia who was the source of the
Wahhabi doctrine. For a synopsis of this forgery, see "The
Saga of 'Hempher,' Purported British Spy," an extract from my 1996 book, The 
Hidden Hand: Middle
East Fears of Conspiracy, pp. 211-12. You know that Wahhaj and his
colleagues must be a little desperate if they must resort to a counterfeit text
to explain away honor killings.


Not only does Daniel Pipes misrepresent the message of my essay, he takes my 
essay and associates it with Imam Siraj and MANA which is totally false. This 
was an individual work on my behalf using my own research with no consultation 
or reference to Imam Siraj. Even when you go to Daniel Pipes's links, they do 
not dispel in anyway the confessions made by Hempher regarding his role and 
other British spies role in attempting to hijack Islam and lead Muslims to 
extremism.


  

Bismillah [IslamCity] Seeking Refuge with Allah from 4 things

[Aqsa Jihad Fisabeelillah *]

Bismillah Hir Rahmaan Nir Raheem
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatuallahi wa barakatuhu
 
http://friendsofallah.blogspot.com/2009/04/seeking-refuge-with-allah-from-4-things.html
 
Seeking refuge with Allah from 4 things

O Allah! I seek refuge with You from these four things.”Anas bin Malik and Abu 
Hurayrah narrated that the Messenger of Allah would say:

Allahumma inni a’udhu bika min ‘ilmin la yanfa’ wa min qalbin ya yakhsha’ wa 
min du’a'in la yusma’ wa min nafsin la tashba’“O Allah! I seek refuge with You 
from knowledge that does not benefit, and from a heart that is not subdued and 
humble, and from a supplication that is not heard, and from a self that is not 
satisfied.”
And he would then say: “O Allah! I seek refuge with You from these four things.”

[Reported by an-Nasa'i (5470, 5536 & 5537) and Abu Dawud (1548), and it is 
sahih]






Surah Isra 17 verse 80 Say: "O my Lord! let my entry be by the Gate of Truth 
and Honor and likewise my exit by the Gate of Truth and Honor; and grant me 
from Thy Presence an authority to aid (me)." 

Ameen.
 
Transliteration :Wa qur rabbi adkhilni mudkhala sidqiw wa akhrijni mukhraja 
sidqiw wa-j'al li mil ladunka sulta_nan nasira_(n).


Al-Tirmidhi HadithHadith 2482 Narrated by AbuHurayrah  (May Allah be pleased 
with him)
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) used to say, " O Allah, grant me benefit 
in what Thou hast taught me, teach me what will benefit me, and increase my 
knowledge. Praise be to Allah in all circumstances. I seek refuge in Allah from 
the state of those who go to Hell."
Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a tradition 
whose isnad is gharib.
 

Transliteration:an Abi Hurairah (radiya Allahu anhu) qaal:
qaala Rasul Allah (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam): "Allahumma infa'ni bima 
'allamtani, wa allimni maa yanfa'oni wa zidni 'ilman, alhamdulillahi alaa kolli 
haal, wa a'odtho billahi min haali ahlil naar."


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Bismillah [IslamCity] Anti-Islam cartoons

[Shahid]

Now the Japanese are attacking Islam and the Muslims. Watch the trailer for 
this new anime series. 

The camels with the turbans are suppose to be Muslims and the rabbits are the 
kuffar.

http://www.youtube.com/v/Gr4QBZfjtqs&hl=en&rel=0&autoplay=1 




Something posted about this series on the a website:

I've seen most modern war films that have been considered graphic or 
controversial in their portrayals of violence. I've played one of those Call of 
Duty realistic combat simulation video games. But I have never found war as 
disturbing and morally questionable as I did watching this trailer for the 
anime Cat Shit One (perhaps you read the manga under its American title, 
Apocalypse Meow). It is truly unsettling. You haven't fully understood the 
horrors of Middle Eastern warfare until you've seen them through the eyes of a 
rabbit on its hind legs fighting an anthropomorphic camel.

Bismillah [IslamCity] You Are Being Lied to About Pirates!

[Nashid Abdul-Khaaliq]

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/seafan/2959
 
...
 
In 1991, the government of Somalia collapsed. Its nine million people have been 
teetering on starvation ever since – and the ugliest forces in the Western 
world have seen this as a great opportunity to steal the country's food supply 
and dump our nuclear waste in their seas.

Yes: nuclear waste. As soon as the government was gone, mysterious European 
ships started appearing off the coast of Somalia, dumping vast barrels into the 
ocean. The coastal population began to sicken. At first they suffered strange 
rashes, nausea and malformed babies. Then, after the 2005 tsunami, hundreds of 
the dumped and leaking barrels washed up on shore. People began to suffer from 
radiation sickness, and more than 300 died.
Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the UN envoy to Somalia, tells me: "Somebody is dumping 
nuclear material here. There is also lead, and heavy metals such as cadmium and 
mercury – you name it." Much of it can be traced back to European hospitals and 
factories, who seem to be passing it on to the Italian mafia to "dispose" of 
cheaply. When I asked Mr Ould-Abdallah what European governments were doing 
about it, he said with a sigh: "Nothing. There has been no clean-up, no 
compensation, and no prevention."

At the same time, other European ships have been looting Somalia's seas of 
their greatest resource: seafood. We have destroyed our own fish stocks by 
overexploitation – and now we have moved on to theirs. More than $300m-worth of 
tuna, shrimp, and lobster are being stolen every year by illegal trawlers. The 
local fishermen are now starving. Mohammed Hussein, a fisherman in the town of 
Marka 100km south of Mogadishu, told Reuters: "If nothing is done, there soon 
won't be much fish left in our coastal waters."

This is the context in which the "pirates" have emerged. Somalian fishermen 
took speedboats to try to dissuade the dumpers and trawlers, or at least levy a 
"tax" on them. They call themselves the Volunteer Coastguard of Somalia – and 
ordinary Somalis agree. The independent Somalian news site WardheerNews found 
70 per cent "strongly supported the piracy as a form of national defence".

No, this doesn't make hostage-taking justifiable, and yes, some are clearly 
just gangsters – especially those who have held up World Food Programme 
supplies. But in a telephone interview, one of the pirate leaders, Sugule Ali: 
"We don't consider ourselves sea bandits. We consider sea bandits (to be) those 
who illegally fish and dump in our seas." William Scott would understand.

Did we expect starving Somalians to stand passively on their beaches, paddling 
in our toxic waste, and watch us snatch their fish to eat in restaurants in 
London and Paris and Rome? We won't act on those crimes – the only sane 
solution to this problem – but when some of the fishermen responded by 
disrupting the transit-corridor for 20 per cent of the world's oil supply, we 
swiftly send in the gunboats.

The story of the 2009 war on piracy was best summarised by another pirate, who 
lived and died in the fourth century BC. He was captured and brought to 
Alexander the Great, who demanded to know "what he meant by keeping possession 
of the sea." The pirate smiled, and responded: "What you mean by seizing the 
whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, while 
you, who do it with a great fleet, are called emperor." Once again, our great 
imperial fleets sail – but who is the robber?


  

Bismillah [IslamCity] Adultery of the eyes

[Abdul Wahid Osman Belal]

ABDUL WAHID OSMAN BELAL

--- On Thu, 9/4/09, hatsoftohar...@yahoo.com

From: hatsoftohar...@yahoo.com 
Date: Thursday, 9 April, 2009, 8:22 AM

As temperatures soar and sweat pours down our faces, it is essential to 
remember this: protect your eyes, and that does not mean wearing sunglasses, it 
means to lower our gaze - be careful of our glances.

In our culture today, as the temperature increases, so does the amount of 
exposed skin on people's bodies. Although this is very distressing and 
disturbing, it has become a fact of life. In fact, those of us, especially our 
sisters wearing Hijab, who cover to guard their modesty are seen as strange.

SOME ADVICE FROM THE QURAN AND SUNNAH

It is in this instance, surrounded by half-naked people, that we must have the 
courage to follow the command of Allah and His Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) and 
lower our gazes.

Allah says: "Do not go near fornication and adultery, it is an abomination and 
an evil way." (Quran 17:32).

This sin is so hateful in the sight of Our Lord, that He commanded us to not 
even go near it. Despite what anyone may say, looking upon that which one is 
not supposed to is going near adultery. For an illicit affair begins with a 
lustful glance. Allah wishes for us not to commit this ugly sin, and thus He 
commands us to lower our gazes:

"Tell the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their 
modesty; that will make far greater purity for them; And Allah is well 
acquainted with all that they do. And tell the believing women that they should 
lower their gaze and guard their modesty." (Quran 24:30-31).

Lowering the gaze does not mean keeping our eyes constantly on the ground and 
not looking up at all. It is turning our faces away when we see a 
less-than-decently- dressed woman or man walking on the street in the middle of 
the day or at anytime.

THE ADULTERY OF THE EYES

The Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) further explained to us Allah's command. Abu 
Hurayrah (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said, "(the adultery of the 
eyes is looking (at [that] which is not allowed)" (Bukhari, Muslim).

Also, on the authority of Jurayr (r.a.) who said, "I asked the Messenger of 
Allah (s.a.w.) about accidentally looking at something that is not allowed and 
he said, "Turn your eyes away." (Muslim).

In another Hadith on the authority of Abu Sa'eed, (r.a.) the Prophet (s.a.w.) 
said, "A man should not look at the Awrah of another man, and the woman should 
not look at the Awrah of another woman." (Muslim).

Thus, our Prophet (s.a.w.) even instructed us to lower our gaze when looking at 
members of the same gender in some cases.

LOWERING FOR THE OTHERS' NAKEDNESS

One common mistake is to think that lowering our gaze is only required upon 
encountering nakedness and indecency "in the flesh" or in person. Lowering our 
gaze must also be practiced when watching a film or television program replete 
with nakedness and intimate scenes of couples (actually, we should try to avoid 
watching such types of programs, period).

BEWARE OF THE BEACHES

Beware of the beaches, rivers, pools or anywhere else you'll find a plethora of 
bikini and swimming-trunk clad men and women.

Lowering your gaze there is virtually impossible. You may turn in one 
direction, thinking you're home-free, but soon enough you can't even look there.

The same holds true for parks and recreational facilities. While this doesn't 
mean never taking the kids out to enjoy the slides and seesaws or having 
barbecues there, it does mean perhaps having activities on days that are 
cooler, or at times when the sun is not as hot and intense (i.e. some time in 
the earlier morning or before Maghrib).

This way, the prime time for sunbathing has passed, and most people either 
leave or feel cool enough to put some more clothes on.

MAKE DUA

"Never underestimate the power of Dua." This holds true in all trying 
situations.

Sometimes, despite avoiding certain places where you are more likely to 
encounter an improperly dressed person, you may find someone walking on the 
street going to the beach or the park who decided to get ready for suntanning 
or swimming beforehand.

In these cases, lowering the gaze may be even harder. You weren't expecting it, 
so you didn't mentally prepare yourself.

If you feel overwhelmed, one suggested Dua to read is: "Aouzo billahis Sami 'il 
Aleem minash Shaytan ir Rajeem" (see Quran 41:36 for more information) . A 
translation of this is: "I seek the refuge of Allah who is the Hearer and Who 
is the Knower from the Shaytan the accursed."


In general, seek refuge in Allah. It has also been suggested to say "La hawla 
wa la Quwwata illa billah" (there is no power except with Allah). If we 
sincerely make Dua, Insha Allah, we can succeed in turning our eyes away.

LOWERING THE GAZE DOESN'T MEAN BEING ANTISOCIAL

But lowering our gaze does not mean being rude or antisocial. The Prophet used 
to present the message of Islam to people that had com