As salaam u aleikum wr wb, *Allah Huma Saley Ala Mohammed Wa Aley Mohammed, * ** This is bound to happen. Signs are everywhere, and surely this is one of them.
As people have been reminding us that the enemy knows that to weaken/divide Shias, they have to somehow weaken our Marjas. That is probably one of the motivations behind the so called 'green movement'. Unfortunately many 'innocent' brothers/sisters have also fallen pray to the propoganda. Now the indian media is doing their bit. Some of the links below ... are not showing the articles anymore. Perhaps they have been removed, but the : (a) new kerala (b) bangalore mirror (c) pune mirror ones are still working! *The question is what are we going to do about it?* Should we just sit silent whilst they attack one of our greatest scholars? They probably want us to react with uncontrolled emotions, let's react with our minds instead! *At the very least, please sign the petition below and raise awareness amongst our fellow believers! * ** If we are not going to stand up to defend one of our greatest scholars.... *how will we stand up to defend our Imam (as) when re-appears?* *Allah Huma Saley Ala Mohammed Wa Aley Mohammed, * ** Eltemas e dua, ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ayatollah Defamed - Act Now <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 7:12 PM Subject: With refrence to the article "Ayatollah likes dirty jokes, luxuries" published in TOI on 1st January 2010. To: With refrence to the article "Ayatollah likes dirty jokes, luxuries" published in TOI on 1st January 2010. It looks like media has taken oath to defame Islamic clerics and religious leaders in the year 2010 by any means. http://www.punemirror.in/index.aspx?page=article§id=5&contentid=201001012010010100001892020739cfd§xslt = *ANI has no proper link or connection of where the news is coming from, agency is just acting like puppet on the hands of cruel opposition leaders and other Islam haters.* Top Shia Maulana from Mumbai is suppose to go and meet TOI, and will ask them to take the article back. *We must all try to protest as much as possible against the article today, if TOI is not ready to take back the article and apologize for article then we must boycott all published material from TOI all over India.* Lets stand up today and push back the tyrants and miscreants, they have lifted two steps towards us, do not push them back just one step, infact three steps. *I request all the Shia's to please visit the petition online and sign the petition. **http://www.petitiononline.com/rehbarak/petition.html*<http://www.petitiononline.com/rehbarak/petition.html> *This petition is sent to Times of India, this petition will show them that if they publish anything wrong then it will not be tolerated or overlooked.* Shia community heads are suppose to go meet them and this petition after collection of signatures will be sent to Joint Commissioner and will urge them to take appropriate action against ANI and other groups who are responsible for publishing such articles. The minimum that must be done is that a large number of letters protesting this article must reach the editors of these various papers/news websites. Here's a text of a sample letter to the editor. Please visit the various websites which have this article posted and send this letter to the editor/administrator of each site. Please make suitable modifications in this sample letter so that all the letters don't look identical. *Please also ask others to do the same.* ** *=============================* Dear Sir/Madam: I was shocked to read the defamatory article on Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatullah Khamenei alleged personal life that appeared in your on . In it, sensational and sleazy claims about the private life of a religious personality as highly-respected the world over as Ayatullah Khaemeini were made that are patently false. Even his opponents and enemies regard this man as being simple and principled in his private life. What's more the fantastic claims were made without clearly naming any sources or providing any evidence! We readers know that journalistic standards have dropped considerably in recent years, but this article sets a new standard for poor journalism. Therefore, please issue a prominent retraction in your and henceforth please exercise greater care and ensure adherence to minimum journalistic standards. Truly, Some of the sites on which the article can be found and to whom we should write a letter like the letter above: http://www.andhranews.net/Intl/2009/December/31/Iran-Ayatollah-Kham... http://sify.com/news/iran-s-ayatollah-khamenei-fond-of-vulgar-jokes... http://yahind.com/newsportal/world/irans-ayatollah-khamenei-%E2%80%... http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article§id=12&contentid=2010010120100101192154856b15df050 http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-21751.html -- Those who listen to the Word, and follow the best of it: those are the ones whom Allah has guided, and those are the ones endued with understanding. Surah Zumar : Verse 18 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "shiagroup" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/shiagroup?hl=en.
