Assalamu aleikum. All Muslims unreservedly condemn pop magazine Machina for its insolent cover portrayal of the holy virgin Mary, the mother of Isa (A.S.), a messenger of Allah (S.W.T.). Maryam was portrayed on the magazine cover as the international singer slut "Madonna".
It appears that yet another publication is cruising for a bruising. --- Madonna's face irks Catholics Agence France-Presse >From correspondents in Warsaw, Poland February 09, 2006 http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18100090-23109,00.html POLAND'S Roman Catholics expressed outrage today after a magazine published a picture of the much revered icon of the Black Madonna with pop singer Madonna's face transposed onto it. "We are shocked to see, yet again, the miraculous icon of the mother of God used in a profanatory way for advertising and business purposes," Paulinian monks at Jasna Gora monastery in the southern city of Czestochowa. The monks are the custodians of the icon which Poles believe was painted by St Luke the Evangelist. Pop magazine Machina published a photograph of the sacred icon, with singer Madonna's face transposed over the face of the Virgin and one of the singer's children in the place of the baby Jesus, on the cover of the issue which hit the news stands today after a three-year publishing hiatus. "The icon, along with the crucifix and the Bible, are key symbols of faith for all Christians," the monks said in a statement on their website. "Current events have shown us where abuse of religious images and symbols can lead," the statement said, referring indirectly to the wave of protests that have hit the Muslim world since the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in several European newspapers. The Black Madonna icon was brought to Poland in 1382 from Byzantium or the Orient. Besides being credited with many miraculous healings, Poland's faithful attribute several battleground victories to the icon, including the halting of Soviet Russian troops at the doorstep of Warsaw on May 3, 1920. The late Polish-born pope John Paul II visited the sanctuary six times during his long papacy, and left the blood-stained and bullet-riddled belt he was wearing when an attempt was made on his life in 1981 at the shrine, as an offering to the Virgin Mary. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18100090-23109,00.html ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/TXWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamcity/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
