[IslamCity] Re: IS SEX EDUCATION TO KIDS ALLOWED IN ISLAM?
There are several issues. One is should they be educated and the
answer is of course. The second is by whom and by what materials? I
do not think they should be shown graphic pictures in a public
setting. If it is to be done, it should not be done as it is in the
west in mixed classes with boys and girls present at the same time.
The best education is for the parents to answer their children's
questions, but since many parents are not comfortable talking about
it, they want someone else to do it, and then the issues of morality
come in, what should they be told and taught? The parents must have a
say in this and should approve whatever course materials there are in
the madrassa or elsewhere.
angelofansar
--- In islamcity@yahoogroups.com, G.Waleed Kavalec wrote:
Walaikum asalaam all
If a child is educated on this subject, the urge
to test the feeling of physical satisfaction will
brew within them
This argument against 'sex education' is ABJECT NONSENSE. The
feelings of
puberty will brew within EVERT adolescent, educated or not.
Even more importand virtually every child WILL get educated, if not
by the
school then by their friends in private conversations. (This has
been true
since the dawn of history.)
The key is to find a proper educational method that reinforces the
message
of morailty while teaching the facts.
On 6/7/06, SabaKhan SabaKhan wrote:
Question
i am a father who has a older son in madrassa and
became a hafiz recently, now my second son is in his
final year in a primary school before joining his
brother in madrassa. As part of their education in
this year, they are taught 'sex education'. My
question is: Is this allowed? I have had a meeting
with the teacher and she has explained briefly what is
involved, however, i would welcome a Sharia ruling on
this. My younger brother is a Maulana and he advises
that it is permissable as long as there is no video or
graphic images.
Answer
There are two aspects to this query:
A) Education b) morality
Sex education is a topic. It does not only concentrate
on the physical aspects of intimacy but also
highlights issues of HIV, AIDS and other medical
related issues. However, the issue of immorality
cannot be separated from such a topic. It is fact that
a child by nature is adventurous. If a child is
educated on this subject, the urge to test the feeling
of physical satisfaction will brew within them, thus
opening the doors of fornication, masturbation, etc,
etc. In brief the harms of outweigh the benefit hence
it is not permissible even tough there is no video or
graphic images.
And Allah knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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[IslamCity] Re: DAJJAL BUSH REGIME STRANGLES 3 MUJAHIDEEN IN TORTURE CAMP
Maybe Allah(swt) is waiting for when Isa comes back to the Central Mosque in Damascus and there are 70,000 infidel troops coming there; maybe Bush is not as important as what will come after his regime. Allah knows best, and he sets up the evil for their day of punishment. angelofansar --- In islamcity@yahoogroups.com, Prathiba Sundaram wrote: World community should demand death to the International Terrorist Bush. Hundreds of Thousands of human beings are dreaming the death of the Evil. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DAJJAL BUSH REGIME STRANGLES 3 MUJAHIDEEN IN TORTURE CAMP Assalamu aleikum. In the US, the murder and subsequent coverup of inmates deaths by police has long been an art form. The Guantanamo Bay torture camp, which has been condemned even by the UN, is certainly no exception to this rule. The three victims whom the Bush regime ordered murdered were naturally close eyewitnesses to the torture of other victims over the past several years in the infamous Camp 1, and to attacks on the Holy Qur'an. Their release would have led to further unfavorable publicity. Now the eyewitnesses are dead, supposed victims of suicide. All three. At once. The notion that 3 torture victims in the most secure part of the torture camp had the means to commit suicide is absurd. All the torture victims are under 24-hour surveillance. --- U.S.: 3 Guantanamo Inmates Commit Suicide By ANDREW SELSKY and JENNIFER LOVEN Associated Press 06.10.2006 http://www.forbes.com/work/feeds/ap/2006/06/10/ap2807112.html Three Guantanamo Bay detainees were found dead Saturday after apparently committing suicide, the U.S. military said. They were the first reported deaths among the suspected terrorists held at the base in Cuba for up to 4 1/2 years without being charged. Two men from Saudi Arabia and one from Yemen were found unresponsive and not breathing in their cells early Saturday, according to a statement from the Miami-based U.S. Southern Command, which has jurisdiction over the prison. Attempts were made to revive the prisoners, but failed. One defense official, who requested anonymity because the details had not been made public yet, said that initial reports were that two of the detainees hanged themselves while the third suffocated or choked himself. Pentagon officials said the three men were in Camp 1, the highest maximum security prison at Guantanamo, and that none of them had tried to commit suicide before. That camp was also the location where two detainees tried to commit suicide in mid-May, when a riot broke out at the facility. The two men, who took overdoses of an anti-anxiety medication they hoarded, were found and received medical treatment and were recovering. The United States is holding about 460 men on suspicion of links to al-Qaida and the Taliban at Guantanamo Bay, which has become a sore subject between President Bush and U.S. allies who otherwise are staunch supporters of his policies. The Defense Department's U.S. Southern Command in Miami, and the detention center's commander, Navy Rear Adm. Harry B. Harris, scheduled a briefing for later Saturday. The Pentagon also postponed the military tribunal of Binyam Muhammad, an Ethiopian detainee, originally scheduled for next week. Muhammad is charged with conspiring with Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders to attack civilians and commit other crimes. Bush, spending the weekend at Camp David, was notified of the incident. The State Department was consulting with the governments of the home countries of the three prisoners, whose names were not released. The military said in its statement that all lifesaving measures had been exhausted in the attempt to revive the detainees. The remains were being treated with the utmost respect, an issue important to Muslims. A cultural adviser was assisting the military. Though the military termed the deaths suicides, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service was investigating to establish the official cause and manner of death. A U.N. panel said May 19 that holding detainees indefinitely at Guantanamo violated the world's ban on torture. The panel said the United States should close the detention center. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are among those who also recently have urged the United States to close the prison. On Friday, after the prison came up during a meeting with Fogh Rasmussen at Camp David, Bush said his goal is to do just that. A total of 759 detainees have been held there, with about 300 released or transferred. We would like to end the Guantanamo - we'd like it to be empty, Bush said. But he added: There are some that, if put out on the streets, would create grave harm to American citizens and other citizens of the world. And, therefore, I believe they ought to be tried in courts
[IslamCity] Re: DAJJAL BUSH REGIME STRANGLES 3 MUJAHIDEEN IN TORTURE CAMP
--- In islamcity@yahoogroups.com, jumadaaloola1427 wrote: DAJJAL BUSH REGIME STRANGLES 3 MUJAHIDEEN IN TORTURE CAMP Wa Alaikum Al Salaam, What no one has even thought about is that they were found on Saturday. What Muslim would commit suicide during the holiest day of prayers? Are we to believe they did their daybreak prayers and then hung themselves? angelofansar Assalamu aleikum. In the US, the murder and subsequent coverup of inmates deaths by police has long been an art form. The Guantanamo Bay torture camp, which has been condemned even by the UN, is certainly no exception to this rule. The three victims whom the Bush regime ordered murdered were naturally close eyewitnesses to the torture of other victims over the past several years in the infamous Camp 1, and to attacks on the Holy Qur'an. Their release would have led to further unfavorable publicity. Now the eyewitnesses are dead, supposed victims of suicide. All three. At once. The notion that 3 torture victims in the most secure part of the torture camp had the means to commit suicide is absurd. All the torture victims are under 24-hour surveillance. --- U.S.: 3 Guantanamo Inmates Commit Suicide By ANDREW SELSKY and JENNIFER LOVEN Associated Press 06.10.2006 http://www.forbes.com/work/feeds/ap/2006/06/10/ap2807112.html Three Guantanamo Bay detainees were found dead Saturday after apparently committing suicide, the U.S. military said. They were the first reported deaths among the suspected terrorists held at the base in Cuba for up to 4 1/2 years without being charged. Two men from Saudi Arabia and one from Yemen were found unresponsive and not breathing in their cells early Saturday, according to a statement from the Miami-based U.S. Southern Command, which has jurisdiction over the prison. Attempts were made to revive the prisoners, but failed. One defense official, who requested anonymity because the details had not been made public yet, said that initial reports were that two of the detainees hanged themselves while the third suffocated or choked himself. Pentagon officials said the three men were in Camp 1, the highest maximum security prison at Guantanamo, and that none of them had tried to commit suicide before. That camp was also the location where two detainees tried to commit suicide in mid-May, when a riot broke out at the facility. The two men, who took overdoses of an anti-anxiety medication they hoarded, were found and received medical treatment and were recovering. The United States is holding about 460 men on suspicion of links to al-Qaida and the Taliban at Guantanamo Bay, which has become a sore subject between President Bush and U.S. allies who otherwise are staunch supporters of his policies. The Defense Department's U.S. Southern Command in Miami, and the detention center's commander, Navy Rear Adm. Harry B. Harris, scheduled a briefing for later Saturday. The Pentagon also postponed the military tribunal of Binyam Muhammad, an Ethiopian detainee, originally scheduled for next week. Muhammad is charged with conspiring with Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders to attack civilians and commit other crimes. Bush, spending the weekend at Camp David, was notified of the incident. The State Department was consulting with the governments of the home countries of the three prisoners, whose names were not released. The military said in its statement that all lifesaving measures had been exhausted in the attempt to revive the detainees. The remains were being treated with the utmost respect, an issue important to Muslims. A cultural adviser was assisting the military. Though the military termed the deaths suicides, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service was investigating to establish the official cause and manner of death. A U.N. panel said May 19 that holding detainees indefinitely at Guantanamo violated the world's ban on torture. The panel said the United States should close the detention center. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are among those who also recently have urged the United States to close the prison. On Friday, after the prison came up during a meeting with Fogh Rasmussen at Camp David, Bush said his goal is to do just that. A total of 759 detainees have been held there, with about 300 released or transferred. We would like to end the Guantanamo - we'd like it to be empty, Bush said. But he added: There are some that, if put out on the streets, would create grave harm to American citizens and other citizens of the world. And, therefore, I believe they ought to be tried in courts here in the United States. Bush said his administration was waiting for the Supreme Court to rule whether he overstepped his authority in ordering the detainees to be tried by U.S. military tribunals
[IslamCity] OPERATION MOUNTAIN THRUST
The US has begun what it calls Operation Mountain Thrust led by US
Major General Benjamin c. Freakley, US Operational Command in
Afghanistan, where 11,000 combined troops, 2300 US conventional and
special forces, 3300 British, 2200 Canadian and 3500 Afghan National
Army troops will attack Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Uruzgan to kill as
many Taliban and locals as possible. All this after Interior Ministry
Legal Advisor Abdul Jabar Sabet comes back from his 10 day trip to
Guantanamo saying that all 96 Afghan nationals being held there will be
released soon and return to Afghanistan to be repatriated. Repatriated
to what? To laser guided bombs and missiles launched at their houses?
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[IslamCity] Re: IS IT HARAM TO LOVE SOMEONE OTHER THAN YOUR SPOUSE?
Al Salaamu Alaikum,
It depends why you love him; and if you really love him or if it is
just an obsession. I don't believe we were given hearts of stone to
perform purely contractual marriages with no feelings between the two
people; and while Islam does provide safeguards and a tahir type of
love, because the two do not know each other before marriage, so they
learn only about their spouses once they do marry, and it is that
other person they learn to trust and to share their feelings and life
with, when there is an overwhelming feeling between two people (more
than just lust) I don't think it should be ignored. It is like when
you meet someone and you are totally comfortable with them even
though you may know nothing about them, in some way, perhaps in
another life they were in your life for a reason. You say the reason
you could not marry the person you love was because of your families;
so what are you now betrothed to? A loveless existence based on
pretense? Allah did not create love to be ignored, you should find a
way to work that out; but I do not mean by committing zina. If you
could work it out between the families, then try to be with the one
you may have been destined for.
Salaams,
angelofansar
--- In islamcity@yahoogroups.com, Saba Khan wrote:
QUESTION
I would like to know if it is haram to be in love with
someone other than your spouse?
I was inlove with someone that I could not be married
to because of our families. However, I am married now
to someone else, yet I still feel love for the other
person. I feel that I should be married to the one I
love. I always think of that person even during
intimate moments with my spouse and I feel I am being
untruthful and unfare to this marriage. I have tried
for the past two years (since I've been married) to
forget about that person and move on. I understand
that to be in love or fall in love with someone other
than your spouse in baseless according to Islam. But
what shall a person do when facing this dilema? How do
I achieve control over my emotions? Please understand
that I have no communication or contact with the one
I'm inlove with. We have not spoken since before my
wedding 2 years ago. Your detailed answer will be
greatly appreciated and helpful!
InshAllah...Aslamalakum
ANSWER
There are two types of love: voluntary and
involuntary.
The involuntary love is where there is a feeling of
love in the heart. But
one does not cultivate or pursue this feeling. One
tries to ignore this
feeling but it causes pain. For this pain, one will be
rewarded. The more
one makes Sabr, uses one intellect and understands
that it is not practical
to follow the demands of this love, then one is
drawing closer to Allah Ta'
ala due to the Sabr (patience) one is adopting.
The second type of love is voluntary. After
experiencing the feeling of love
in the heart, one contemplates about the beloved one.
To have this type of
love for someone besides one's wife is sinful. It is
sinful to intentionally
fantasise about this other woman. If at the time of
intimacy with one;s
wife, one fantasises about this other woman, then you
will be considered to
be making Zina. You will get the sin of Zina because
of your intentions
while your wife will get no sin.
The solution is to ignore this love in the heart. Do
not contemplate or
fantasise about this person and avoid contact with
her. If any thought about
this woman involuntarily enters the mind, ignore it.
Ignoring it causes you
pain then make Sabr, for which you will be highly
rewarded. If you pass away
in this state, then, Insha Allah, you will receive the
reward of one who was
martyred in the path of Allah Ta'ala.
Make Du'aa unto Allah Ta'ala to replace the love of a
mortal with his
eternal love. May Allah Ta'ala grant us all his true
love, Aameen.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
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[IslamCity] Re: where it will show you in pictures and videos about the Hurricane.
It was written a long time ago that Allah (swt) even tells the
lightning where to strike. One day it came down on both sides of me
20 feet away from me on each side at the same time. I was terrified,
then I realized, if he wanted to kill me with it, I could not stop
him, and should not even want to. He did it to teach me to trust
him, to learn that he has authority over everything including how and
who he kills and when. We have warnings about hurricanes and can try
to get out of the way, as anyone would, but I have learned to no
longer fear dieing because when it comes, it is because he is taking
me home, and I believe it will be a good place, so there is no reason
to fear going there.
angelofansar
--- In islamcity@yahoogroups.com, khan zahid wrote:
A.A
I saw video on Hurricane, it was very scary. You know
Brother/Sister before coming of the tornadoes, lots Storm Structure
Baseball Sized Hail of Baseball Sized Hail on houses and then
tornado comes. May Allah protect us and all the good people from
the bad moments, Ameen.
I am forwarding you web sites, where it will show you in pictures
and videos about the Hurricane. Wassalam Zahid Khan
http://www.mthurricane.com/Hurricane%20Clips.htm
http://www.mthurricane.com/Tornados.htm
The transformation of winds that are generally experienced as mild
breezes into powerful storms capable of moving buildings no doubt
forces us to look for the great power making such events happen. The
same rationale discussed in the section on earthquakes is also true
for typhoons, hurricanes and tornadoes: if Allah willed it so, man
would very frequently be confronted by such natural disasters. While
recovering from disaster, human beings could suffer another. In the
Qur'an, Allah reminds man that winds are under His control:
Do you feel secure against Him Who is in heaven causing the earth
to swallow you up when suddenly it rocks from side to side? Or do you
feel secure against Him Who is in heaven releasing against you a
sudden squall of stones, so that you will know how true My warning
was? Those before them also denied but then how great was My denial!
(Surat al-Mulk: 16-18)
However, Allah protects man against hazards. He only occasionally
sends against them violent storms. This is surely to give man a
warning. The intention is to remind people that their ultimate
purpose in life is to be servants of Allah, that they are but
impotent against Allah's might and that they will be judged on the
day of judgement.
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[IslamCity] Re: Time to Talk to Al Qaeda
Later it will be said, when they came to Afghanistan, they said we will give you freedom and democracy, and they did, but they got the land and oil in return. gina --- In islamcity@yahoogroups.com, Alan Border wrote: When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said Let us pray. We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. - Bishop Desmond Tutu Time to Talk to Al Qaeda? MOHAMMAD-MAHMOUD OULD MOHAMEDOU September 14, 2005 http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/ 09/14/time_to_talk_to_al_qaeda/ AS THE WAR between the United States and Al Qaeda enters its fifth year, the nature of the armed, transnational Islamist group's campaign remains misunderstood. With the conflict viewed largely as an open-and-shut matter of good versus evil, nonmilitary engagement with Al Qaeda is depicted as improper and unnecessary. Yet developing a strategy for the next phase of the global response to Al Qaeda requires understanding the enemy -- something Western analysts have systematically failed to do. Sept. 11 was not an unprovoked, gratuitous act. It was a military operation researched and planned since at least 1996 and conducted by a trained commando in the context of a war that had twice been declared officially and publicly. The operation targeted two military locations and a civilian facility regarded as the symbol of US economic and financial power. The assault was the culmination of a larger campaign, which forecast impact, planned for the enemy's reaction, and was designed to gain the tactical upper hand. Overwhelmingly centered on the martial aspects of the conflict, scholars and policymakers have been too focused on Al Qaeda's ''irrationality, ''fundamentalism, and ''hatred -- and these conceptions continue to color key analyses. The sway of such explanations is particularly surprising in the face of nonambiguous statements made by Al Qaeda as to the main reasons for its war on the United States. These have been offered consistently since 1996, notably in the August 1996 and February 1998 declarations of war and the November 2002 and October 2004 justifications for its continuation. Since the attacks on New York and Washington, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri have delivered, respectively, 18 and 15 messages via audio or videotape making a three-part case: The United States must end its military presence in the Middle East, its uncritical political support and military aid of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories, and its support of corrupt and coercive regimes in the Arab and Muslim world. Al Qaeda believes that the citizens of the states with whom it is at war bear a responsibility for the policies of their governments. Such democratization of responsibility rests, it has been argued by bin Laden, in the citizens' ability to elect and dismiss the representatives who make foreign policy decisions on their behalf. Al Qaeda is an industrious, committed, and power-wielding organization waging a political, limited, and evasive war of attrition -- not a religious, open-ended, apocalyptic one. Over the past year, it has struck private and public alliances, offered truces, affected elections, and gained an international stature beyond a mere security threat. It has implemented a clearly articulated policy, demonstrated strategic operational flexibility, and skillfully conducted low-cost, high-impact operations (Riyadh 1995, Dhahran 1996, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam 1998, Yemen 2000, New York and Washington 2001, Bali 2002, Istanbul 2003, Madrid 2004, and London 2005). Of late, this versatile actor has exhibited an ability to operate amid heightened international counter-measures. No longer able to enjoy a centralized sanctuary in Afghanistan after 2002, Al Qaeda's leadership opted for an elastic defense strategy relying on mobile forces, scaled-up international operations, and expanded global tactical relationships. It encouraged the proliferation of mini Al Qaedas, able to act on their own within a regional context. Consequently, and aside from the war in Iraq, between 2002 and 2005 the United States and seven of its Western allies were the targets of 17 major attacks in 11 countries for a total of 760 people killed. In 2001, Ayman al-Zawahiri had explained the cost-effective rationale of these measures, namely ''the need to inflict the maximum casualties against the opponent, for this is the language understood by the West, no matter how much time and effort such operations take. Last month, he reiterated that commitment and announced new attacks against the United States. How can the war be brought to an end? Neither side can defeat the other. The United States will not be able to overpower a diffuse, ever-mutating, organized international militancy
[IslamCity] Re: There is a jinni in his house
Muhammad, You said you sent your family back home; I want to tell you that perhaps the spirit is coming after someone in your family, or trying to warn you or one of them about someone. I was with someone who was very evil, we lived in one place. I never noticed anything there thought I was told someone had died in a violent way there before we lived there. We moved to someplace larger, after a short amount of time during one of our arguments Jorge told me there was a spirit that followed me and hated him and it would pick things up in the shower and throw them at him. He told me the same thing happened in the former place we lived in. One day while I was in the kitchen, he screamed stop throwing things at me, I only heard him yelling when I came out to ask what he was saying I saw a fan moving across the room aimed at him; he knew I could not have thrown it, I was not even near it (besides the fact that I would not do anything like that). At that point he told me these things kept happening. He and his Mother were involved with spirits and a sourceress told them a spirit was possessive of me and did not want him with me and that in former lifetimes I was always with this person (for 800 years!). He told me who it was, and while in this lifetime I did not know him before he was killed, he was someone I revered because of his philosophies and I felt some affinity for. The sourceress also said that after this lifetime I will be reunited with him once again and not be separated with him, but this lifetime I have to do something quite important and had he lived I would not accomplish it. It also turned out that Jorge was trying to do incredibly evil things to me and the spirit was trying to warn me. I know I should not have, but I did speak to a different sourceress who told me things that ultimately saved my life by getting me away from him. Everything she told me I verified and it was all true. He was planning to kill me and have another woman assume my identity and steal the money that I had. I never would have even guessed such a thing. You may have an evil spirit near you, but it could also be someone warning you of something. gina --- In islamcity@yahoogroups.com, Muhammad Abdul-Rahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a jinni in his house Question: I was living in flat in sharjah,after some month passed i realised the fingure print with blood was on the wall and on the floor and the same day the noise started coming, so i left that flat and move to another one, in that also the same thing happened, then i send my family back hone, now i am staying with my freind,their also i realise the noise, but if i stayed alone, then it trouble me lot, i used to prayer 5 time and receit the quran in morning and while going to bed i read shura al-muzzammil 7 time shura al-mulk. Now slowing its reducing. Please could u tell me what step i should take. Answer: Praise be to Allaah. These noises and actions may come from the jinn. The jinn are part of the creation of Allaah whose existence we must believe in, because Allaah mentions them in many verses of the Qur'aan, and there is even a soorah named for them, namely Soorat al-Jinn. Their existence is a matter upon which there is consensus. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said: All nations believe in the jinn and they have had many encounters with them, which it would take too long to describe. No one denies the existence of the jinn except for a very few ignorant philosophers and doctors and the like. Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 19/32 Their powers are greater than those of man, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): An `Ifreet (strong one) from the jinn said: I will bring it [the throne of the Queen of Saba'] to you before you rise from your place [al-Naml 27:39] There was a great distance between Sulaymaan (peace be upon him) and the Queen of Saba' (Sheba). Allaah has enabled the jinn to change shape and to fly, etc, but despite their great powers they have no control over the righteous slaves of Allaah. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): Verily, My slaves (i.e. the true believers of Islamic Monotheism) you have no authority over them. And AllSufficient is your Lord as a Guardian [al-Isra' 17:65] And he (Iblees Satan) had no authority over them, except that We might test him who believes in the Hereafter, from him who is in doubt about it [Saba' 34:21] Even the Shaytaan acknowledged this and said: [Iblees (Satan)] said: `O my Lord! Because You misled me, I shall indeed adorn the path of error for them (mankind) on the earth, and I shall mislead them all. Except Your chosen, (guided) slaves among them' [al-Hijr 15:39-40 _ interpretation of the meaning] Rather he has control over those people who agree with his kufr and follow him willingly, as Allaah tells us (interpretation of the meaning):)
[IslamCity] Re: itsme...........THINGD MAKE SENSE (I REQUEST to read this)
Read the articles at arcticbeacon.com, look at the videos at
reopen911.org, 911forthetruth.com, globalresearch.ca
You will realize what the truth is.
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this is an e-mail that i reciveved from a person i know, alot of
the things make sense and are making me think twice ...
AS A MUSLIM I HAVE BEEN VERY WARY OF THE OFFICIAL STORY GIVEN BY
THE POLICE AND MEDIA, I MADE MISTAKES IN BELIEVING THEM DURING
9/11, AND I WILL NEVER DO SO AGAIN.
AS HUMANS WE SHOULD NOT LET EMOTIONS COME IN THE WAY OF COMMON
SENSE. WE NEED TO THINK LOGICALLY RATHER THAN BELEIVE THE FILTH
IN
THE MEDIA.
FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS A POWER SURGE WAS BEING REPORTED?
TUBE STAFF KNEW IT WAS A BOMB STAIGHT AWAY (PHONE VIDEO SHOWS
THIS
ON BBC VIDEOS) NOT EVEN QUESTIONED
REUTERS STAFF SAW A MAN BEING SHOT IN CANARY WHARF, SUDDEN RUSH
OF
POLICE, NOT WIDELY REPORTED ALTHOUGH RUMOURS WERE SPREADING ON
THE
DAY. NOT REPORTED ON MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
NORTHEN LINE SHUT AT ABOUT 7.45, WHY? MANY POLICE NEAR ONE OF THE
STATIONS WHAT WAS GOING ON? NOT EVEN REPORTED
NETENYAHU WAS INFORMED TO STAY IN HIS HOTEL, HOW? WHY? EVEN
THOUGH
POWER SURGES WERE BEING REPORTED. NOT EVEN REPORTED
AP PRESS REPORTED ISREALI EMBASSY CLAIMING IT HAD PRIOR WARNING
OF
THE ATTACKS. REPORT HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THE NET. WHY? NOT
REPORTED
CCTV ON THE BUS NOT SWITCHED ON OR FAULTY, WHAT A COINCIDENCE.NOT
EVEN QUESTIONED.
THE BOMBERS BODY IS RIPPED TO PIECES, YET THE ID IS SAFELY
INTACT,
SAME COINCIDENCE AS THAT OF 9/11 WITHT THE PASSPORT! NOT EVEN
QUESTIONED.
PRACTISE DRILL WAS GOING ON DURING THE SAME TIME OF THE ATTACK IN
THE SAME STATIONS, ANOTHER COINCIDENCE? SAME THING HAPPENED ON
9/11
WHEN NORAD WAS OPERATIONG A DRILL OF A HIJACKED AIRLINER. NOT
EVEN
QUESTIONED.
IF THE BOMBERS WERE MUSLIM, WHY TARGET EDGWARE RD, THE HEART OF
THE
ARAB MUSLIM COMMUNITY AND ALDGATE, THE HEART OF THE BANGLADESHI
MUSLIM COMMUNITY. NOT EVEN QUESTIONED.
THE BOMBERS LET OUT NO SIGNS THAT WERE HAD EXTREMISTS VIEWS, THEY
WERE ALL QUIEET AND EDUCATED. NORMALLY EXTREMISTS STICK OUT LIKE
A
SORE THUMB.
NO SOLID EVIDENCE HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS YET. ITS ALL WORDS SO
FAR.NOT EVEN QUESTIONED.
IF SOME OF THESE GUYS HAD BEEN TO PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN, WHY
HAVENT THE INTELLIGENCE AGENICIES PICKED UP ON THIS? SPECIALLY
WITH
THE HIGH LEVEL OF SECURITY NOWADAYS. NOT EVEN QUESTIONED.
IF THE BOMBERS HAVE BEEN LED BY A MASTERMIND, WHY WAS THE CELL
UNKNOWN, THE MASTERMIND MUST BE UNDER SURVEILANCE. NOT EVEN
QUESTIONED.
WHO STANDS TO BENEFIT FROM THIS, THE MUSLIMS OR THE GOVERNMENT.
NOTICE HOW ALL THESE NEW ANTI TERROR LAWS ARE COMING INTO FORCE,
THESE WOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO PASS WITHOUT THESE ATTACKS. NOT
EVEN QUESTIONED.
ID CARDS, E-MAIL, TXT AND CALL TAPPING, INCITING TERRORISM LAWS,
DEPORTATION, ALL THIS IS COMING INTO LEGISLATION. IS IT NOT A BIT
RUSHED, OR IS IT PRE PLANNED.
GOVERNMENT PLAN IN 2004 WAS TO SEPARATE MODERATES AND EXTREMISTS,
I
HAVE READ THE LEAKED GOVT REPORT ON THIS. THEY WANT TO DROWN OUT
THOSE WHO REVIVE JIHAD, WHY SO ISLAM IS NO LONGER A THREAT TO
GLOBALISATION. DOES THIS PLAY INTO THEIR HANDS, YES OF COURSE IT
DOES.
ALL THE ABOVE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT DON'T YET MAKE
SENSE
TO ME OR ARE MY CONCLUSIONS SO FAR. BUT THAT ISNT TO SAY THAT I
AGREE WITH WHAT HAPPENED ON 7/7
NO MATTER WHO IT WAS AND WHAT JUSTIFICATION THEY USE, I UTTERLY
CONDEMN SUCH ACTS OF BARBARITY, KILLING INNOCENT CIVILIANS WHILE
THEY HAVE NO WARNING AND ARE GOING ABOUT THEIR OWN THING IS TRULY
AND UTTERLY DISPICABLE AND WHO EVER THE PERPATRATORS ARE SHOULD
BE
BROUGHT TO JUSTICE..
BUT I GUESS WE WILL NEVER FIND OUT! EITHER WAY THERE IS NO SOLID
PROOF WHICHEVER WAY YOU POINT THE BLAME.
ALLAH (GOD) KNOWS BEST.
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[IslamCity] Re: Hair color. Is it halal or not?
Wa Alaikum al Salaam,
Logically, do you think Allah(subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) makes mistakes?
Do you think he creates each and every person according to his own
desires? If so, how can you think you should change your hair if it
is decreed for you the way he wants it? Why do you want to change it?
To be more attractive to men? It is far better to seek his glory than
the glory of men who may only want their fantasies fulfilled. He
made all the colors as he saw fit, he gave the Swedish women their
color, he gave each person what he wanted them to have. Because he
thought his colors were so beautiful, and would be a distraction to
men, he wants you to cover it in modesty. You want to color it to
show it off. Also, L'Oreal has some Arabs as their major
stockholders, some of whom are not regarded as being very good Arabs.
Salaams,
gina
--- In islamcity@yahoogroups.com, Ahmad Termizi wrote:
Assalam-e-kum.
Recently i'm doubt about the hair color. Some people
said that it is halal but most of them deny it. Till
one day, it's advertised on the newspaper stated that
it is halal. Moreover, they're convincing others by
saying it can be used in solat, mean that, we can
still take wudu'.
Actually the brand is from loreal paris.
It's worse when one of my cousin used it.
Can anyone explain abuot this. It is save?
Tq
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[IslamCity] Re: Fwd: Read My Mind
The Houris are in the 5th level of Heaven, which is said to be
guarded by Elijah, who was renamed Sandalphon on his ascent to
heaven. Rather than pray for martyrdom because your own desires will
be realized, pray for Allah's will, whatever it may be to be manifest
in your life. He may have extraordinary plans for you that you
cannot even conceive of yet. Pray for his will, not your own desire
to recline with the Houris. He alone will judge if you will be with
them.
gina
--- In islamcity@yahoogroups.com, Souladvisor wrote:
ibrahim ahmad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
READ MY MIND
By: Abu Abdullah - Ibrahim Ahmad
My prayer is to die a mu,min
Not just a Muslim
Buried in the clothes I die
Never washed, my wounds fresh
My prayer is to wake up
With my wounds still bleedin
Incensed with musk like fragrance
With my face filled with radiance
My prayer is to see abu qassim
Smiling at me with abu bakr
Mentioning me to abu hafsa
Uthman, Ali and ibn abi waqqas
My prayer is to meet mus,ab
Glowing in his garden
Earned with his efforts at uhud
Having borders with julaybib
My prayer is to be ushered
Into a garden with large-eyed maidens
All mine! O' fiesta
No pain, no siesta!
My prayer is to go lounging
Chillin on suspended sofas
With floors made of marbles
Underneath flowing stream of laban
My prayer is to go camping
Strolling near the banks of al-khauthar
Seeing from afar the place of abi dharrin
Ibn mas,ud, ibn abbas and ibn umarin
O' Allah, accept my prayers
Knowing You know my mind
My brother and sister, say amin
Cuz I know you read my mind!
Mindfully yours
Abuabdullah
O Allah, O Sufficer of the isolated and weak and Protector against
terrifying affairs! Offenses have isolated me, so there is none to be
my companion. I am too weak for Thy wrath and there is none to
strengthen me. I have approached the terror of meeting Thee and there
is none to still my fear. I beg for Your Mercy! Ameen
Push On Dua!
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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.
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