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[IslamCity] Distortion of the Qur'aan [Qur'an, Quran] by the Raafidis

2006-03-09 Thread Muhammad Abdul-Rahman

Distortion of the Qur'aan [Qur'an, Quran] by the Raafidis 

Question: 

I have also heard by a shia collegue that their is a surat in their book which 
is not in the QURAN. can u confirm this? the surat in qs is called SURAT 
AL-WILAYAT. 


Answer: 

Praise be to Allaah [Allah]. 

With regard to Soorat al-Wilaayah, some of the Shi'ah scholars and imams have 
stated that it exists. Any of them who denies that does so by way of taqiyah 
(dissimulation). One of those who clearly stated that it exists is Mirza 
Hussein Muhammad Taqiy al-Noori al-Tubrusi (d. 1320 AH). He wrote a book in 
which he claimed that the Qur'aan [Qur'an, Quran] had been distorted and that 
the Sahaabah has concealed some parts of it, including Soorat al-Wilaayah. The 
Raafidis honoured him after his death by burying him in al-Najaf. This book by 
al-Tubrusi was published in Iran in 1298 AH, and when it was published there 
was a great deal of controversy because they wanted the doubts about the 
validity of the Qur'aan [Qur'an, Quran], which were known only to their 
leaders, to remain scattered throughout hundreds of their major books, and they 
did not want that to be compiled in one book. At the beginning of his book he 
said: 

"This is a good and noble book entitled Fasl al-khitaab fi ithbaat tahreef 
Kitaab Rabb il-Arbaab (Decisive comment on the distortion of the Book of the 
Lord of Lords)… He mentioned aayahs and soorahs which he claims that the 
Sahaabah concealed, including `Soorat al-Wilaayah,'" the text of which, 
according to them, and as quoted in this book, is: 

"O you who believe, believe in the Prophet and the Wali [i.e., `Ali] whom We 
have sent to guide you to the straight path, a Prophet and a Wali who are part 
of one another, and I am the All-Knowing, All-Aware…" 

And they have another soorah which they call Soorat al-Noorayn: "O you who 
believe, believe in the two lights (al-noorayn) which We have sent down to you 
to recite to you My Verses and to warn you of the punishment of a great Day. 
They are part of one another and I am the All-Hearing, All-Knowing. Those who 
fulfil the covenant with Allaah [Allah] and His Messenger mentioned in the 
verses (of the Qur'aan [Qur'an, Quran]), the Gardens of delight will be theirs, 
but those who disbelieve after they believed by breaking their covenant and 
disobeying the command of the Prophet, they will be thrown into Hell. They have 
wronged themselves and gone against the wasiyyah of the Prophet (i.e., the 
appointment of `Ali as khaleefah), and they will be given to drink of boiling 
water…" and other such nonsense. 

You can see the entire soorah, along with a telegraphic picture of the Persian 
mus-haf at the following site: 

http://arabic.islamicweb.com/shia/nurain.htm 

Prof. Muhammad `Ali Sa'oodi _ who was one of the greatest experts of the 
Ministry of Justice in Egypt _ examined an Iranian mus-haf kept by the 
Orientalist Bryan and he obtained a copy of this soorah; above the lines of 
Arabic script there is written the translation in the Iranian language. 

As it was mentioned by al-Tubrusi in his book, Fasl al-khitaab fi ithbaat 
tahreef Kitaab Rabb il-Arbaab, it is also mentioned in their book Dabastan 
Madhaahib, which is in Farsi, written by Muhsin Faani al-Kashmiri. This book 
has been printed numerous times in Iran, and this false soorah was quoted from 
it by the Orientalist Noeldeke in his book The History of Qur'anic Manuscripts, 
2/120, and was published by the French Asian newspaper in 1842 

(p. 431-439). 

It was also mentioned by Mirza Habibullaah al-Haashimi al-Kho'i in his book 
Manhaaj al-Baraa'ah fi Sharh Nahj al-Balaaghah (2/217); and by Muhammad Baaqir 
al-Majlisi in his book Tadhkirat al-A'immah (p. 19, 20) in Farsi, (published 
by) Manshoorat Mawlana, Iran. 

See also al-Khutoot al-`Areedah li'l-Asas allati qaama `alayha deen al-Shi'ah 
by Muhibb al-Deen al-Khateeb. 

This claim of theirs is a denial of the words of Allaah [Allah] (interpretation 
of the meaning): 

"Verily, We, it is We Who have sent down the Dhikr (i.e. the Qur'aan [Qur'an, 
Quran]) and surely, We will guard it (from corruption)" 

[al-Hijr 15:9] 

Hence the Muslims are unanimously agreed that anyone who claims that anything 
in the Qur'aan [Qur'an, Quran] has been altered or changed is a kaafir. 

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said: 

The same applies to those among them who claim that some verses of the Qur'aan 
[Qur'an, Quran] have been taken away or concealed, or who claim to have some 
esoteric interpretations that exempt him from having to do the actions 
prescribed in sharee'ah etc., who are called al-Qaraamitah and al-Baatiniyyah, 
and who include al-Tanaasukhiyyah [names of esoteric sects]. There is no 
dispute that they are kaafirs. 

Al-Saarim al-Maslool, 3/1108-1110. 

Ibn Hazm said: 

The view that the Qur'aan [Qur'an, Quran] has been altered is blatant kufr and 
is a rejection of what the Messenger of Allaah [Allah] (peace and blessings of 
Allaah [Al

[IslamCity] Ahmad (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam)

2006-03-09 Thread K H U R R A M




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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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[IslamCity] Miscellaneous Questions on Islamic Belief & Practices

2006-03-09 Thread Alan Border

Miscellaneous Questions on Islamic Belief & Practices Adil Salahi, Arab News http://www.arabnews.com/?page=5§ion=0&article=66599&d=18&m=7&y=2005 Question A group of people meets every Friday night in the mosque to recite the Quran, offer night worship and stay until the dawn prayer. When they have offered the dawn prayer, they depart. Is their practice recommended? Answer No, their practice is certainly not recommended. In fact it runs contrary to the Prophets (peace be upon him) teachings. Abu Hurayrah quotes the Prophet as saying: Do not single out the night of Friday for special night worship. (Related by
Muslim). This is a clear Hadith that shows that the practice of these people is the very thing the Prophet advised against. We need to remember that Friday counts as a day of Eid, and the Prophet has made it clear that it should not be singled out for voluntary fasting, unless one wishes to fast a day before it or a day after it. In the same way, Friday night may not be singled out for special prayer or tahajjud. Moreover, staying in the mosque for a whole day is recommended in the last ten days of Ramadan, but not on other days, unless it is something done once in a while. Question If a person is required to slaughter
seven sheep for mistakes done during the pilgrimage, is it sufficient for him to slaughter a cow or a camel? Answer No, it is not permissible to combine atonements in this way, even though it is permissible for seven people to share in the sacrifice of one cow or one camel instead of sacrificing seven sheep. In the latter case, the sacrifice is made to express gratitude to God for enabling us to do the pilgrimage and the Umrah in the same season. In compensatory sacrifice, this is made in atonement for mistakes or omissions. Hence, the better option is preferred, and seven sheep provide more meat to the poor than one camel or one cow. Hence, it cannot be
combined. Question I want to accompany my mother during her pilgrimage. Will it be necessary for me to perform the pilgrimage myself, or can I travel with her in my ordinary clothes, as I have already done my pilgrimage? Answer You may choose to accompany your mother without offering the pilgrimage yourself. However, it is infinitely better for you to offer the pilgrimage as this would count as a Sunnah pilgrimage. You will be
accompanying your mother throughout, attending at all places, and taking her to do all her rituals. You may just as well fulfill the same duties at the same time, unless your mother requires extra care and you will be better able to look after her if you do not do the pilgrimage. In this case, you are better advised not to do the pilgrimage. Question It is said that God descends to the nearest heaven late in the night. This means that He remains there round the clock as midnight occurs at every moment in
one spot or another. Why is it said that God descends, instead of saying that He is always there? Answer We do not know how God descends or comes near to the lowest heaven. What we know is that time and place do not apply to God, because He transcends these. All that is related to God belongs to the realm that is beyond the reach of human perception. However, it is expressed in terms that we can understand. We accept these as they are, but we do not actually know how they happen. Therefore, it is wrong to say that God is always close to the earth, because this means that a place or space applies to Him. However, He is always close to us, watching over us, and watching us. He says that He is closer to
every one of us than our jugular veins. Question Since it is permissible to give interest given by ones bank to poor people, can one give it to an imam, or to the teacher of an Islamic school if they are very poor? Answer If the imam or the teacher are poor as you say, then it is permissible to help them with the interest paid by the bank in addition to helping them with sadaqah and zakah. Question What is the difference between a prophet and a messenger? Answer A messenger is a prophet who is given a message to deliver to his people, or to mankind, as in the case of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). A prophet may not have a message of his own, but rather he endorses the message of an earlier or contemporary messenger. Question You said once that it is permissible to have a life insurance policy, but such a policy pays a person more than he pays into it, which I think is interest. Please clarify. Answer Life insurance policies pay on maturity more than the amount paid into them because the premiums paid by the insured are invested by the insurance company. Therefore, it is important to know in what ways the insurance company invests its customers money. If it invests them in usurious transactions, one should not take that policy. If it invests in commercial enterprises, this
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[IslamCity] Fw: Please visit this article on www.MuslimsToday.com website !!

2006-03-09 Thread S A Hannan

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      Watching 
  Global Islamic Relations for better understanding
الموقع العربي   

  Tuesday, 07 March 2006 20:21: PM  

  At 
  the crossroad of Islam, the Westhttp://www.MuslimsToday.com/EN/Contents.aspx?AID=4140
  Tariq Ramadan 

  IN COPENHAGEN last October, as demonstrations provoked by the 
  Danish cartoons were starting, a reporter from the newspaper that 
  published them told me during an interview how intensely the 
  editorial staff had debated the issue and how many of the 
  journalists were uncomfortable with the publication of the 
  cartoons and surprised by the strong reaction from Muslims and the 
  Arab embassies. At the time, the tension seemed to remain within 
  Danish borders. 

  To the Danish Muslims denouncing a racist behavior, a 
  provocation that was to be capitalized on by the expanding 
  far-right political wing, my advice was to avoid reacting 
  emotionally, to try to explain quietly why these cartoons were 
  offensive and to neither demonstrate nor risk activating mass 
  movements impossible to master. At the time, a resolution seemed 
  to be at hand. 

  One might ask then, why is it that three months later, some are 
  pouring fuel on the fire of a controversy with tragic and 
  potentially out-of-control consequences? 

  A few Danish Muslims recently visited some Middle Eastern 
  countries and fanned the flames of resentment. Governments, only 
  too happy to prove their attachment to Islam, took advantage of 
  this and presented themselves as champions of the great cause. On 
  the other side, this was just what some politicians, 
  intellectuals, and journalists needed to paint themselves as 
  champions of the great struggle for freedom of _expression_ and 
  resistance fighters against religious obscurantism in the name of 
  Western values. 

  Here we are, facing an incredible simplification, a simplistic 
  polarization: It would be a matter of a clash of civilizations, 
  with the inalienable freedom of speech in one corner and the 
  inviolable sacred sphere in the other. 

  Presented in such terms the debate has, unfortunately, become a 
  battle of wills. Who is going to win? Muslims want apologies, 
  threaten to attack European interests, even to attack people; 
  Western governments, intellectuals, and journalists refuse to bend 
  under the threats and certain media outlets added to the 
  controversy by republishing the cartoons. The majority of people 
  around the world are perplexed about these excesses: What madness 
  has gripped the world? 

  It is critical to find a way out of this infernal circle and to 
  demand from those fueling this fire to stop their polemics and to 
  create a space for a serious, open, and in-depth debate and 
  peaceful dialogue. 

  No, this is not a predicted clash of civilizations. This affair 
  does not symbolize the confrontation between the principles of 
  Enlightenment and those of religion. What is at stake at the heart 
  of this story is a measure of whether or not the parties have the 
  capacity to be free, rational (believer or atheist), and, at the 
  same time, reasonable. 

  The fracture is not between the West and Islam but between 
  those who, in both universes, are able to assert who they are and 
  what they stand for with measure in the name of a faith and/or a 
  rational reason and those driven by exclusive certainties, blind 
  passions, reductive perceptions of the other, and hasty 
  conclusions. These character traits are shared by some 
  intellectuals, religious scholars, journalists, and the ordinary 
  people on both sides. Facing the dangerous drifts these attitudes 
  entail, it is urgent to launch a call for wisdom. 

  In Islam, representations of all prophets are strictly 
  forbid

[IslamCity] PRACTICE MEDITATION ï¿½ Part 3

2006-03-09 Thread Soul Power

Practice Meditation Â Part 3 Meditation in Islam aims at bringing man closer to God. When man worships God, when he remembers Him, when his heart is turned towards Him in full concentration, when he makes a request or a plea, then he establishes a
rapport with his Maker. In the words of the Hadith, at that particular moment he comes to whisper with his Lord. He has the tangible feeling that he is pouring his heart out to God and that God in turn is answering his call. When this communion is established between God and man, man can feel himself becoming imbued with a special kind of peace. His eyes are moist with tears. He starts receiving inspiration from God. It is in moments such as these that man can rest assured of his prayers being granted by God. According to a hadith the Prophet Muhammad said the highest form of worship is to pray as if you were seeing God. We learn from this hadith the true sign of a superior form of worship. The true sign is for man to sense the presence of God during worship, and feel that he has come close to God. That is when he can experience the refreshing, cooling effect of GodÂs love and blessings for man. It is this feeling of closeness to God which is the highest form of spiritual experience. That is Allah, your Lord. There is no god but Him, the Creator of everything. So worship Him. He is responsible for everything. (6:102) Those who
are in the presence of your Lord do not consider themselves too great to worship Him. They glorify His praise and they prostrate to Him. (7:206) I am Allah. There is no god but Me, so worship Me and perform prayer to remember Me. (20:14) (Al-Quaran) Soul Power
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(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]
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[IslamCity] Inews Daily - 08/03/06

2006-03-09 Thread Inews Daily






 

In the name of 
Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
 
Inews 
Daily
Wednesday 8th March 
2006 - 7th Safar 1427
 
 
 

US, Russia 
close ranks on IranThe US has warned Iran of "meaningful 
consequences" if it continues to pursue its nuclear programme and Russia appears 
to have closed ranks behind the US on the issue. reiterating that it "is keeping 
all options on the table in addressing the irresponsible conduct of the regime", 
the US has said it has no intention of using military force for now, but has 
declined to completely rule it out. At a joint news conference the Russian 
Foreign Minister said there was no compromise in sight with Iran. His statement 
signalled Russia was backing away from what EU diplomats said was a proposal to 
let Iran do some atomic research if it agreed to refrain from enriching uranium 
on an industrial scale for seven to nine 
years.
 
US still 
opposes Iran-Pakistan-India pipelineThe United States 
still opposes a proposed natural gas pipeline linking Iran, Pakistan and India 
because of ongoing concerns about Iran’s nuclear program and support for 
terrorism, the White House said on Tuesday. President George W. Bush had 
appeared to soften US opposition to the pipeline last week in Pakistan when he 
said the main US concern was over Iran’s nuclear program. "As we stated before, 
the US government does not support the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline," said a 
White House National Security Council spokesman. He said while the United States 
recognizes the growing energy needs of India and Pakistan, "we have repeatedly 
expressed concerns about international participation in energy projects with 
Iran."
 
World Bank 
approves emergency aid to PalestiniansThe World Bank 
said on Tuesday it had approved a $42 million aid package to help keep the 
cash-strapped Palestinian Authority running until Islamic resistance movement 
Hamas forms the next government. The money, from an existing trust fund managed 
by the World Bank, will be used by the Palestinian Authority to meet its 
immediate financing needs and to avoid suspension of basic services, the 
international lending agency said in a statement. Bank officials said they were 
awaiting a decision by the Quartet of Middle East mediators - the United States, 
the European Union, the United Nations and Russia - on how any future assistance 
would be delivered to the Palestinians once a Hamas-led government was formed. 

 
Aide: Mubarak 
will welcome successorThe main political adviser to 
Hosni Mubarak has said that the Egyptian president would welcome retirement if 
he could find a replacement. But the Mubarak family are not thinking of putting 
forward the president's 42-year-old son Gamal as a successor, adviser Osama 
el-Baz said on Tuesday. Mubarak is 78 in May and has ruled Egypt since 1981. 
Baz said: "He will remain, as long as he's able. But if he finds that there 
is another group of people, another person, who are willing to carry the torch, 
I have the feeling that he would welcome it." Baz, who has advised three 
successive Egyptian presidents since the 1960s, said being president was 
especially difficult these days but, as a military man, Mubarak would not give 
up.
 
Iran boosts 
Gulf presence with locally-made submarineIran’s armed 
forces have deployed a new locally-built submarine in Gulf waters, state 
television reported yesterday. The vessel is named the Nahang, meaning whale, 
and was built by specialists in the Iranian defence ministry and has the 
capability to carry multipurpose weapons for different missions. The submarine 
is fully adapted to the Persian Gulf and the Iranian navy is pursuing a policy 
of deterrence in the strategic waters - home to the world’s largest oil 
reserves. No further details on the submarine were given. Last May state media 
announced Iran had begun producing its first locally-built submarine. 

 
Israel 
threatens to assasinate HaniyaZionist leaders warned on 
Tuesday they would assassinate the incoming Palestinian prime minister and other 
Hamas politicians if the Islamic resistance movement resumes attacks. Acting 
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and others in his front-running Kadima Party 
delivered these messages just three weeks before Israel’s election. On Tuesday, 
Zionist Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told Army Radio that Israel would not 
hesitate to assassinate Hamas leaders if the group resumes attacks against 
Israel. "...Not just Ismail Haniyeh. No one will be immune." Mofaz said, a day 
after a Zionist air strike on an ice cream truck killed four people.  In 
the past five years, Israel has killed hundreds of palestinians in so-called 
targeted attacks, usually missile strikes from 
helicopters.
 
Bahrain nod for 
quizzing of ministers in the openIn order to maintain 
transparency of its functioning, the Chamber of Deputies approved a draft law, 
facilitating the questioning of ministers and officials during its sessions. The 
Chamber agreed that there was a n

[IslamCity] Open letter to Jim Nicola re: "My Name Is Rachel Corrie"

2006-03-09 Thread Yusuf Toropov




Mr. Nicola:

John Heilpern writes:

For me, the most disturbing aspect of the craven postponement of the production of My Name Is Rachel Corrie isn't that it happened, but that it was the adventurous downtown New York Theatre Workshop that did the postponing.

 
 
 
We have reached the unacceptable face of the New York arts scene when the theater that produced the original Rent—and,
more to the point, the conscience plays of Tony Kushner and Caryl
Churchill—should cave in like this to peculiar, unspecific pressure.
 
 
 
We've
heard about unnamed Zionist pressure groups and anonymous theater
donors who object to the telling of a humane story about a utopian
23-year-old American girl who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in the
Gaza Strip as she protested the destruction of a Palestinian's home. A Scandal for our Times: Rachel Corrie Ignites Uproar
.



John Heilpern asked you: "How
many members of the Jewish community in New York have made their
feelings known to you opposing the play?" (i.e., the London production
of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie.")   You replied: "I
haven't personally spoken to any members of the Jewish community who've
opposed the play. I have spoken to many Jewish friends
who have had degrees of discomfort with the topic."
***
Yesterday's NEW YORK TIMES, however, painted a very different picture, and featured some truly chilling words:

"... production of the controversial British
play 'My Name Is Rachel Corrie' was delayed at the New York Theatre Workshop because of political concerns ..." (New York Times, Tuesday, March 7, 2005,
page B1).
Theatre production stalled. Because of political concerns.
That's not in Cuba or Iran
or Sudan or
Saudi Arabia or North Korea. That's Manhattan. 
According to the TIMES, you "said
last week that (you) had decided
to postpone the show after polling local Jewish leaders as to their feelings about the play, which follows the
story of Rachel Corrie, an idealistic American demonstrator who was crushed to
death by an Israeli bulldozer in March 2003 while trying to prevent the
destruction of a home in the Gaza Strip." (same article, page B8).
Your web site reads in part: "...our intent in asking for the postponement was to allow us enough time
to contextualize the work ..." --
whatever that means. 
You have apparently contextualized yourself right out of a production.  Is it credible for you to maintain now that you are are unaware of that?

The Royal Court
 Theatre in London, where the play premiered and was a hit, is
currently shopping the piece to other venues in New York, according to the Times. It opens in a new run on the West End later this month.


A spokesperson for the Royal Court 
Theatre told the Times that press releases had been finalized,  budgets
approved, flights booked, and tickets listed for sale at New York Theatre
Workshop.
 
"Contextualizing" the piece at this late date apparently means caving in to
"political concerns" -- not my phrase, the TIMES's phrase -- to avoid
producing the show and thus avoid offending supporters of Israel. Is that kind of acquiescence to political pressure the legacy your theater has championed?

Lacking a date for production, what possible logic can lead you now maintain, as your web site presently does, that, "Our commitment to 'My Name 
  is Rachel Corrie' " has never wavered'"?

Brandon Yusuf Toropov
167 Essex Street
Middleton MA 01949









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{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] 
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[IslamCity] The numbers of Iraqis murdered by the enemies of HUMANITY

2006-03-09 Thread Gamila Zahran






 

"Soon the Iraqi 
people will see the great compassion of not only the United States, but other 
nations around the world who care deeply 
about the human 
condition inside that country," 
-G.W. Bush at Pentagon Briefing, March 
25, 2003 
http://humanclub.org/Faces%20of%20the%20Liberated.htm
 
*
The numbers of Iraqis murdered by 
the enemies of HUMANITY T== The Anglo/American/European racist humanly-abnormal 
barbaric forces of darkness death and destruction
 
"Thanks to 
Roberts, his international team, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and the 
editorial board of the Lancet, we have a clearer picture of the violence taking 
place in Iraq than that presented by "mainstream" media.Allowing for 16 
months of the air war and other deaths since the completion of the survey, we 
have to estimate that somewhere between 185,000 and 700,000 
people have died as a direct result of the war.Coalition forces have 
killed anywhere from 70,000 to 500,000 of them, 
including 30,000 to 275,000 children under the age 
of 15.Roberts has cautioned me to remember that whether someone 
is killed by a bomb, a heart attack during an air strike, or a car accident 
fleeing the chaos, those who initiated the war and who "stay the course" bear 
the responsibility."Burying The Lancet 
Report Z Magazine, 
February 2006 Issue
.
إحصائيات عن تقرير طبي علمي عن عدد ضحايا 
إحتلال العراق:ـ
إن العدد التخميني للذين قتلوا بسبب الحرب 
يتراوح ما بين 185،000 الى 700،000 
نسمة
قنلت قوات الإحتلال ما بين 70،000 الى 500،000 نسمة منهم،ـ
وبضمنهم 30،000 الى 275،000 طفلاً تحت سن 
الخامسة عشر من العمر.ـ
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(Holy Quran-16:125)

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[IslamCity] Asper Holocaust Museaum - reply from PM Steven Harper

2006-03-09 Thread Susan Howard-Azzeh

Prime Minister/Premier ministre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Subject: Canadian Heritage - Museums - 130Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 11:01:31 -0500From: "Prime Minister/Premier ministre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: "Susan Howard-Azzeh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>CC: "Beverley J. Oda, P.C., M.P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Dear Ms. Howard-Azzeh,: On behalf of the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, I would like to acknowledge receipt of your recent e-mail correspondence regarding the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Please be assured that your comments have been carefully noted. As the issue you have raised is of particular interest to the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women, I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your correspondence to her, for her review. I am certain that the Minister
will appreciate being made aware of your views and will wish to give them every consideration.Thank you for writing to the Prime Minister. B. Funes Executive Correspondence Officer for the Prime Minister's Office Agent de correspondance de la haute direction pour le Cabinet du Premier ministre >>> Susan Howard-Azzeh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006/03/08 10:54:41 AM >>> Dear Mr. Harper, Prime Minister of Canada Re: Publicly funded Asper Holocaust Museum renamed the Canadian Museum of Human Rights, but still exclusionary. Inclusivity won't deny the Jewish holocaust. The Asper Holocaust Museum was recently renamed the Canadian Museum of Human Rights -- it is self-evident that the Jewish holoocaust was extremely tragic. It is, however, no more tragic than the simultaneous Nazi holocaust of the estimated 5.5 million other "enemies of the German State" who were murdered under equally inhumane circumstances
-- Roma Gypsies, Poles, the disabled, mentally ill, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, socialists and political opponnents to Nazism. (http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/gypsies.html)It is also no more tragic than the holocaust by Lon Nol and Pol Pot against the Cambodian people where half of the population were wiped out, but which was reported on the back pages of most newspapers of the time. It is also no more tragic than the Black holocaust created by slavery. It is also no more tragic than the silent holocaust against the Palestinian people by Israel. A person is a person, each life is sacred. All of these and additional holocausts and genocides must be included equitably in the museum, otherwise the museum will only generate misinformation, resentment, and anti-Semitism; not education and healing.It is reported that Canadian taxpayers will contribute over $140 million (James Kafieh, president Canadians for a Genocide Museum)
towards what is essentially the Aspers' private museum. Canadian taxpayers do not want to support a public museum which violates the history and pain of some groups, by giving exclusivity and priority to the history and pain of one group. Apparently it is taboo to ask this question, but is the staunchly pro-Israel Aspers' remembrance of the Jewish holocaust for the purpose of honouring the dead, or aslo to make non-Jews feel guilty and thus turn a blind eye to the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people? Let us apply the goal of 'Never again' to all peoples. Especially in our publicly funded institutions. Susan Susan Howard-Azzeh, Co-President, Niagara Palestinian Association, Suite 112, 111 Fourth Ave, Ridley Square, St Catharines, ON L2S 3P5 905-984-6515 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/niag_pal_news/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] As the Irish playwright George Bernard
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[IslamCity] breaking news

2006-03-09 Thread khan zahid

Salaam A documentary film depicting the experiences of 3 innocent British Muslim detainees at the notorious Guantanamo
Prison premieres this Thursday on Channel 4 at 9pm. Guaranteed to be gripping viewing as well as enlightening of current events. Demonstrate on Saturday 18 March http://www.stopwar.org.uk/ Daily news http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/index.html Here is a link to psychological warfare
tactics http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/mil/html/ml_042100_psychologica.htm You can have islamic exhibition for your local area from Exhibition Islam please visit their website www.exhibitionislam.com Australian newspaper is voting for publishing cartoons of our beloved Prophet Mohammad SAW. Voting for "NO" will not take more than 2 sec from your time in the following
address: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/vote.aspx?qid=2106 Should an Australian newspaper publish the Prophet Mohammad cartoon? Please forward this messege to all of your friends and your voice is
counting. Weapons of Missionary Deception (WMD) Christian Missionaries use WMD http://www.usislam.org/missionaries/missionaries.htm watch this clip (recitation of Surah Qiyamah by Qari Kanderi)http://www.love-islam.com/qiyamah.wmv About sweet mother Please read When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you. You thanked her
by crying all night long.When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk.You thanked her by running away when she called. When you were 3, she made all your meals with love.You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor.When you were 4, she gave you some crayons You thanked her by colouring the dining room table When you were 13, she suggested a haircut.You thanked by telling her she had no taste. When you were 15, she came home from work, looking for a hug. You thanked her by having your bedroom door locked. When you were 18, she cried at your school graduation.You thanked her by staying out partying until dawn.When you were 19, she paid for your
college tuition, drove you to campus, and carried your bags. You thanked by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn't be embarrassed in front of your friends. When you were 25, she helped to pay for your wedding, and she cried and told you how deeply she loved you. You thanked her by moving halfway across the country.When you were 30, she called with some advice on the baby. You thanked her by telling her, "Things are different now. When you were 50, she fell ill and needed you to take care of her. You thanked her by reading about the burden parents become to their children. And then, one day, she quietly died. And everything you never did came crashing down like thunder on YOUR HEART. IF SHE'S STILL AROUND, NEVER FORGET TO LOVE HER MORE THAN EVER. AND IF SHE'S NOT,
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[IslamCity] OPIN: Israeli Policy of Assassination

2006-03-09 Thread Abdul Alim

Wednesday, 8, March, 2006 (07, Safar, 1427) Editorial: Policy of Assassination8 March 2006 It is official. The elected leadership of the Palestinians will become targets for assassination if there is a suicide attack in Israel and Tel Aviv decides that Hamas is responsible. No evidence will be needed. Israels defense minister, Shaul Mofaz, has said so. This chilling threat demonstrates the contempt in which Israel and Washington hold the democratic process if the result of the election does not suit them. The world rightly
condemned the 2001 slaying of hard-line Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Zeevi by PFLP militants. The Palestinian Authority was no less strident in deploring the crime but called upon Israel to stop the murders of leading Palestinians. That policy of eradicating key opponents, however, continued, culminating in the assassination of the two top Hamas leaders, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz Al-Rantissi in 2004. Now that the Israelis have stated publicly that they will, if they wish, kill Hamas politicians chosen by the electorate just six weeks ago, it will be instructive to see which Western governments, if any, denounce the policy for the international political thuggery that it is. The world ought to be looking closely also at the way that the new premier designate, Ismail Haniyeh, has been setting out his political aims, taking advantage of the invitation to visit Russia when other countries were hamstrung
by their refusal to talk to Hamas. There is still no sign that Hamas will recognize Israels right to exist until it ends the occupation nor renounce the violence which they see as a legitimate response to Israeli aggression. Such changes depend upon a corresponding agreement from the Israelis. Meanwhile, Haniyeh is making it refreshingly clear that Palestine must no longer be used as a political football by outsiders intent purely on strengthening their own political agendas. Saddam Hussein obscenely offered to leave Kuwait if the Israelis pulled out of the West Bank and Gaza. Indonesias Jemmah Islamia justified its crimes in the name of the plight of the Palestinians. And now Al-Qaedas No. 2, Ayman Al-Zawahiri has once again tried to identify his terrorist organizations depravities with the Palestinian cause. Hamas reaction has been to suggest Zawahiri and his partners in crime mind their own business. The
Palestinian cause is no longer going to be hijacked by others. This is an act of statesmanship which demonstrates a Palestinian confidence and maturity that the outside world should take careful note of. For all the apparent complications of the Hamas election victory, the issue of Palestine may actually have become simpler. Palestinians have tried moderate, soft-talking leaders who, since Oslo, have been strung out by the Israelis and betrayed by the international community. Now maybe for the first time, Palestinians can negotiate with Israelis as equals, not oppressed supplicants. Israel of course will do what it can to avoid substantive talks by discrediting Hamas any way it can. Zawahiris headline-grabbing intervention on Al-Jazeera might have helped them had not Hamas so swiftly and decisively rejected it. http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=78905&d=8&m=3&y=2006
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[IslamCity] painful interview of Mutahana Hareth Al-Dari, spokesman of the influential Iraqi Association of Muslim Scholars.

2006-03-09 Thread S A Hannan






Dear editor/ members of the list,
 
Assalamu Alaikum. Please see the painful interview 
of  Mutahana Hareth Al-Dari, spokesman of the influential Iraqi Association 
of Muslim Scholars.
Shah Abdul Hannan
 


  
  

  
There is ethnic cleansing"
Mutahana Hareth Al-Dari, spokesman of the influential Iraqi 
Association of Muslim Scholars, tells Amira 
Howeidy that the time has come for everyone, including Sunnis, 
to arm themselves 



  
  

  
Al-Dari 
  

  

  On the 
  brink
  Before 
  and after Askariya
  The myth 
  of civil war
  Living 
  murder
  Federal 
  choices needed
  The 
  threat of sectarianism
  Sedition 
  in Iraq
  

  
  "..any voice that says "No" gets killed. They want to clear the 
  scene to execute their plans of maintaining the sectarian and 
  ethnic dominance that we see today. This is why Iraqis migrate in 
  massive numbers... Yes. There is ethnic, sectarian and political 
  cleansing and it is executed by [Iraq's] security forces." 
  

As Iraq falls near to the abyss of civil war, a security clampdown 
on the Iraqi Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS) twice this week went 
almost unnoticed. On Monday, US forces supported by other unidentified 
armed groups raided the headquarters of the influential and largely 
Sunni Association and arrested two of its main leaders. 
Al-Ahram Weekly caught up with the AMS's spokesman, Mutahana 
Hareth Al-Dari, 37, during a visit to Cairo where he was putting the 
final touches on the soon-to-be-launched AMS satellite channel 
Al-Rafedein, to be based in Cairo. 
During the interview, Al-Dari cautiously avoided adopting what 
could be interpreted as a sectarian discourse but argued that there are 
forms of ethnic cleansing occurring in Iraq.
When asked about the role of Muqtada Al-Sadr's Mahdi Army in last 
week's sectarian violence, Al-Dari declined to comment. According to 
informed Iraqi sources who spoke to the Weekly on condition of 
anonymity the Mahdi army has been "infiltrated" by the Badr 
Organisation, the military wing of the Supreme Council for Islamic 
Revolution in Iraq and other state-sponsored militias. And as a result, 
Al-Sadr gradually lost direct control over his militia which is now 
associated with sectarian violence in Iraq. AMS considers Al-Sadr, who 
is of Arab origin, a nationalist figure and ally.
Excerpts:
The Washington Post reported that 1300 Iraqis, 
mostly Sunnis, were killed in the violence that erupted following the 
blast in Al-Askariya Mosque in Samarra. Has the civil war started in 
Iraq? 
No. God willing, it won't start. There are attempts to ignite a civil 
war.
How then do you describe what's happening in Iraq? What's a civil 
war if this isn't one? 
There were prospects of a civil war but they were contained. But the 
fire will remain underneath the ashes. The forces that were behind the 
recent crisis will work on igniting it again. Civil war will begin when 
some forces lose their conscious awareness; I mean the forces which are 
armed with patience and who endure pain rather than slip into 
fitna (civil strife). When that happens there will be civil war. 
But thank God, they chose the general interest of the people over 
personal interest. 
As for the number of Iraqis killed in the past week, the AMS already 
announced that the death toll exceeds 300. This was confirmed today when 
the general manager of Al-Teb Adli hospital and its morgue said they 
have 329 bodies. Then of course there are tens of bodies that were 
buried by their families before they reached the morgue. So we're 
actually talking about approximately 400. The 1300 figure is an 
exaggeration, a way to pour fuel to the fire. A death toll of 400 is not 
a small figure either. 
Reports from Iraq Tuesday said that Sunnis from across Iraq are 
sending or preparing to send weapons to Baghdad to protect Sunnis and 
their mosques. Can you confirm this? Do the Sunnis need to be armed? 

This need has existed for a long time now. Long before the recent 
violence, the current government and the security apparatus 
unfortunately exercised many forms of terrorism against citizens ...

[IslamCity] The Crime of Samara is the Work of America aimed at Igniting Tensions

2006-03-09 Thread Showkat Ali




  The Crime of Samara is the Work of America aimed at Igniting Tensions  amongst the Muslims  O Muslims,  O People of Iraq,  Has the time not come for you to understand that the occupying forces in Iraq, under the leadership of  America, are the source of all the tribulations and excessive evil? Has the time not come for you to  understand that it is the occupying forces that are behind the bombing of the mosques and the markets,  the killing of civilians and the assassination and abduction of the Muslim scholars, both Sunni and Shia?  Has the time not come for you to understand that relying on the occupying forces, taking them into your  confidence, considering them as your allies or giving them
 justification to remain in Iraq, is not but a path  to increase and aggravate the crimes?  The occupying forces are in a quagmire in Iraq, on the brink of drowning in their defeats and their  casualties. Whenever the trap they put themselves in intensifies upon them, they orchestrate a crime here  and another there. After they prepare the crime scene to make it seem as if the Sunnis are behind what is  afflicting the Shia, and that the Shia are behind what is afflicting the Sunnis, and thus making both sides  clash with each other, they remain safe and secure, observing the situation from a distance. It is no  coincidence that the crime of Samara occurred soon after the announcement of sectarianism by the  American Ambassador in the ministry of defense and internal affairs.  O
 Muslims,  The one who follows the explosions of the resting place of the two Imams (may Allah be pleased with  them both) in Samara will see clearly that this action is not the doing of ordinary people. Nay, it is the  action of a professional and systematic state apparatus. The severe destruction that occurred indicates  that the explosives used had the most precise design in terms of quantity and quality, to the extent that  they were placed in the precise area from where they could not miss the target. Furthermore, we must  also consider the fact that the place which was bombed was not any ordinary neglected place. On the  contrary it was heavily guarded. So how is it possible that such a crime be executed with such precision  with the perpetrators also withdrawing safely, except with the systematic support
 of those dominating,  those who possess the power and authority in the land?  What happened in Samara was of the planning and execution of the occupying forces and her assailants,  and it is a calamity. However what is worse and more detestable is the occupying forces achieving their  objective by making the Muslims, Sunni and Shia, fight amongst each other. The news spread after the  incidence of the crime about the occurrence of abduction and killing of Sunni scholars and the damaging of  their mosques, followed by what was heard of the killings of some prisoners and journalists. These further  facilitated the occupying forces, particularly America, to achieve their goals by causing sectarian mischief.  Indeed, America and Britain and all the occupying forces, are ruthless in their treatment of the
 Muslims.  As we see them and their assailants behind the bombing of the mosque in Samara, we do not doubt that  they have a hand, many hands, in the incidents that followed in order to make the events seem to be  sectarian fight between Muslims.  O Muslims  O People of Iraq,  Hizb ut-Tahrir emphasises three realities for you in order to shed light upon this situation:  Firstly: it is the occupying forces, with America at their head, who are behind the incidences of killing  civilians, bombing markets and mosques, abducting scholars and killing those who are sincere to their  Deen and Ummah. As for the Muslim, he is the one who resists the occupier and does not harm his  people, his markets or his mosques, for the killing of a Muslim without a right is worse in the sight if Allah  than the destruction of the Kabah and then the demise of the world. Indeed the Muslim in his wars  against his enemies does not kill an elderly man or a child or a woman, nor does he destroy a place of  worship or kill the worshippers therein.  The Messenger of Allah (saw) said:  « لَزَوَالُ الدُّنْيَا أَهْوَنُ
 عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ قَتْلِ مُؤْمِنٍ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ »  The destruction of the world is easier on Allah than the killing of a believer without right (Ibn Majah)  And he (saw) said as advice to the departing army:  انْطَلِقُوا بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ وَبِاللَّهِ
 وَعَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَلاَ تَقْتُلُوا شَيْخًا فَانِيًا وَلاَ طِفْلاً وَلاَ صَغِيرًا وَلاَ امْرَأَةً وَلاَ تَغُلُّوا وَضُمُّوا غَنَائِمَكُمْ
 وَأَصْلِحُوا وَأَحْسِنُوا »  « إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ  Go in the name of Allah and with His help and on the way of the Messenger of Allah. Do not kill an elderly  man or a child or an infant or a woman and do not steal. Gather your spoils and do what you do with  excellence. Indeed Allah loves those who do good. (Abu Dawud)  Secon

[IslamCity] American agenda rules Pakistan

2006-03-09 Thread S A Hannan






Dear editor / members of the list,
 
Assalamu Alaikum. I am sending to you an important 
article   American agenda 
rules Pakistan By Senator Qazi Hussain Ahmad 
Amir Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan and 
Chairperson, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal for your 
information.
 
 
Shah Abdul Hannan
 


  
  

  
American agenda rules 
PakistanBy Senator Qazi 
Hussain AhmadAmir 
Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan andChairperson, Muttahida 
Majlis-e-Amal
  President Bush is visiting Pakistan by 
  squeezing precious time from his occupation in the large-scale security 
  issues Washington has created for itself all over the world. Therefore, 
  his visit purely aims at securing Washington's strategic interests in the 
  region with the help of his ally General Musharraf at a time when US 
  troops are facing a retreat in Afghanistan and Iraq due to massive public 
  resistance.
  Contrary to the expectations generated 
  by the pro-government lobbies and opinion makers, this visit has nothing 
  to do with any strategic interests of the state of Pakistan. Washington 
  has time and again in the recent past proved that it considers India as 
  the most trusted partner in South Asia and the Bush administration has 
  openly declared Delhi its 'Natural Strategic Ally' for its long term 
  interests in the region. Naturally, Bush's visit will focus on 
  strengthening India's position in the region against rivals like China and 
  Pakistan, and protecting its interests at all costs.
  It has been an open secret that, 
  besides uprooting Islamic fundamentalism, Washington's prime objective in 
  the region is to help India become a regional super power to counter 
  China's economic, strategic and military growth so that Beijing is 
  confined to the Asian region and blocking its march towards expanding its 
  strategic interest all over the world. To achieve this objective 
  Washington wants to force Pakistan to acknowledge Indian hegemony in the 
  region and solve the Kashmir issue for the sake of Delhi's strategic 
  interests. The recent inking of Washington's nuclear cooperation agreement 
  with India is an ample proof of that.
  The Bush administration is trying to 
  make both countries acknowledge the LoC as international border, with 
  slight changes and the Kashmiri people should remain contended with a 
  temporary and limited internal autonomy. This offer of limited internal 
  autonomy is actually a political trap because it could be withdrawn any 
  time once the situation is normalised. India desperately wants to withdraw 
  the privileged status already given to Kashmir in its 
  constitution.
  Pakistan is ruled by a military general 
  in uniform and under a de facto martial law, which was proved when Rangers 
  moved into Lahore and sealed the city on January 26 to foil the rally 
  condemning blasphemous caricatures reportedly without any formal request 
  by the civil administration. Besides, the Corps Commander used a 
  threatening tone against the opposition parties leading the mass protests 
  against the west.
  President Bush has repeatedly praised 
  General Musharraf's role in the US-launched war against terror because he 
  extended unprecedented cooperation to the US army against the wishes of 
  the Pakistani people. Perhaps as a reward, Bush has recently stated 
  clearly that he likes Musharraf's model of democracy. Acknowledging the 
  military commander as head of state of a democratic country proved that 
  Bush has dual standards for Pakistani people and he is backing Musharraf's 
  policies that are against the interests of the Pakistani nation and 
  democracy, just because they serve Washington's 
  interests.
  The real agenda of Bush in Pakistan is 
  to speed up military operation in the Tribal Areas, even if innocent 
  civilians are killed and carry out Bajaur like attacks to pursue hunting 
  Islamists in the name of Al-Qaeda. Take action against religious 
  seminaries to root out concepts of jihad and fundamentals of Islam, 
  secularisation of syllabi and consolidation of the Aga Khan Education 
  Foundation for this purpose. To force Pakistan to roll back its nuclear 
  programme and hand over Dr Qadeer Khan for investigation and extracting 
  information from him to use as a pretext for attacking Iran. Patronisation 
  of Israeli and Indian nuclear programmes, force Pakistan to accept an 
  Indian designed solution of the Kashmir dispute and agree upon extending 
  an anti-Taliban like role against Iran.
  Musharraf is rejoicing that Bush has no 
  objection to his being president in uniform. He is a true believer of the 
  fallacy that the combined support of GHQ and Washin

[IslamCity] Islamic Television: Al-Resalah Launched

2006-03-09 Thread ***Deep_thought***

http://islamic-world.net/read.php?ArtID=5712 Al-Resalah Launched March 07, 2006 - 21:38 Prince Alwaleed ibn Talal, CEO of Kingdom Holding Company, officially launched yesterday an Islamic satellite channel to project Islam as a religion of moderation and tolerance. Al-Resalah (The Message) Channel (http://www.alresalah.net/) had made its debut informally on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference at the headquarters of Kingdom Holding Company, Prince Alwaleed said the 24-hour channel would target the Arab audience, especially the youth, by projecting our Arab
heritage through a modern medium. It will be the forerunner of an English-language Islamic channel for the Western audience at a later stage. Pointing out that the channel would seek to project the true message of Islam and its teachings, the prince said it would provide a platform for a dialogue on a range of religious, social and economic issues that affect everyday life. But more important, its priority would be to counteract the misconceptions of Islam in other societies. Elaborating on Prince Alwaleeds comments, Shoura Council member Walid Hashem told Arab News that the channel would feature cartoons and animated films with a moral content. These programs would be procured from TV companies operating in Turkey and unspecified Arab countries. Asked if the channel would provide a platform for different schools of thought, he said that the main objective was to unify the ranks of the Islamic community, counter the negative perceptions of Islam and wean the
youth away from the path of extremism. To this end, there would be an assortment of programs from prominent scholars. Tarek Alsuwaidan, the channels general manager, said that 40 percent of the programs would be youth oriented, 30 percent would target women and families, and 10 percent would focus on children. Noting that the channel was the brainchild of Prince Alwaleed, Alsuwaidan, who designed the contents of the program, said: I was delighted with Prince Alwaleeds idea to plan and launch such a unique channel. This channel represents pure and moderate Islam and our Arab heritage through a modern medium. The press conference was attended by members of the Supreme Advisory Committee of the new channel, including Abdullah ibn Sulaiman Al-Manai, Abdullah Omar Naseef, and Hamed Al-Refaie, president of the International Islamic Forum for Dialogue.
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[IslamCity] Qur'aanic Studies - Part 94

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Study the Qur'aan in Qur'aanic light, to
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{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] 
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[IslamCity] Inews Daily - 09/03/06

2006-03-09 Thread Inews Daily






 

In the name of 
Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
 
Inews 
Daily
Thursday 9th March 
2006 - 8th Safar 1427
 
 
 

Baghdad rocked by kidnappings and mass 
killings Armed men in camouflage uniforms abducted up to 
50 employees of a private security firm in eastern Baghdad yesterday, less than 
24 hours after 18 blindfolded bodies were found in an abandoned lorry in a 
western suburb. The slaughter was the latest in a series of killings which has 
sent fear through the city. Small groups of people have been periodically 
tortured and murdered in recent months, in addition to the many assassinated 
individually. The victims were handcuffed giving rise to the possibility that 
this brutal act was done by US-linked 
militia.
 
Iran threatens reprisals if punished in nuclear 
rowIran warned the US on Wednesday it could inflict 
'harm and pain' to match whatever punishment Washington persuaded the UN 
Security Council to dole out for Tehran’s refusal to give up atomic research. 
"So if the United States wishes to choose that path, let the ball roll," a 
senior Iranian national security official said in an interview with 
Reuters.Iran, the world’s No. 4 oil provider, also said it would review its 
oil export policy should the Security Council tackle its case, which EU powers 
claimed was now inevitable as Tehran had flouted demands to prove it was not 
secretly after atomic 
bombs.
 
US lawmakers vote to block ports dealA 
Republican-run US House of Representatives committee has voted overwhelmingly to 
block a Dubai-owned company from taking control of some US port operations in an 
election-year repudiation of President George Bush. The House Appropriations 
Committee voted by 62-2 on Wednesday to bar DP World, run by the government of 
Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, from holding leases or contracts at US ports. 
The vote underscored widespread public opposition to the deal and Republican 
fears of loosing its edge on the issue of national security in November's 
elections. Bush has promised to veto any legislation that would block the 
deal.
 
Pakistan-Iran rail link suspendedTrain 
services linking Pakistan and Iran have been suspended after a series of 
bombings and rocket attacks on the rail network in Pakistan. The service 
connected Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, 
with the Iranian border town of Zahedan. "There were five rocket attacks on the 
Quetta-Zahedan track over the past 10 days," an official said. It is the only 
rail link between the two countries. Pakistani authorities suspect that Baluch 
tribesmen have carried out the attacks as part of a campaign to compel the 
central government to increase payments the region receives for resources 
extracted 
there.
 
Cairo-Tel Aviv bus service to resume after 10 
yearsIsraeli and Egypt agreed in principle  
yesterday to renew the Tel Aviv-Cairo daily bus service after 10 years, it was 
reported. The Zionist Tourism Minister and his Egyptian counterpart, agreed to 
renew the symbolic service, which an Israeli public bus company suspended in 
1996 because it was unprofitable, the report said. The two ministers met during 
a conference in Berlin and agreed that their governments would soon meet to 
reach a final agreement on the issue. The link was inaugurated with great 
fanfare in 1981 after Egypt became the first Arab state to sign a peace treaty 
with Israel two years 
earlier.
 
Jordan jails would-be jihadisJordan’s 
state security court yesterday jailed 11 men for crossing into Syria in the hope 
of joining insurgents fighting US troops in Iraq, judicial sources said. Four 
others among the group of Jordanians who were indicted in October were acquitted 
for lack of evidence, the sources said. Five of the suspects were sentenced in 
absentia to 15 years hard labour while six, under arrest since July 2005, were 
given between 20 months and four years in jail, the sources said. Ten of the men 
were arrested in July after they returned to Jordan from neighbouring Syria, 
having failed to enter Iraq. The other five are still on the 
run.
 
Yemeni opposition warns of elections 
delayYemen’s major opposition parties warned yesterday 
that presidential and municipal elections due next September could not be held 
on time owing to disagreements over the formation of electoral committees. Seven 
opposition parties told a Press conference that the Higher Commission for 
Elections and Referenda was insisting on not letting opposition parties 
participate in forming the electoral committees charged with the administration 
of the polls. The parties, grouped in the 'Joint Meeting' block, also cautioned 
that the elections could come out with 'illegal results' if the opposition do 
not take part in operating the 
process.
 
Malaysian Muslim women suffer 'apartheid': Mahathir’s 
daughterThe daughter of former prime minister Mahathir 
Mohamad has likened the status of Muslim women in Malaysia to that of South 
African

[IslamCity] FUNDAMENTAL PRINICIPLES OF SHIA RELIGION

2006-03-09 Thread Saba Khan

Fundamental Principles Of Shia Religion

Peace and blessings be to Prophet Muhammad whenever
his name is mentioned. 

ACCORDING TO SHIA RELIGION THERE ARE FIVE PRINCIPLES
OF DEAN AS STATED IN THEIR FAMOUS BOOK (TOHFATUL
AWWAM) . THESE ARE "TAWHEED AD'L (JUSTICE), NUBUWAAH
(PROPHETHOOD) IMAMATE AND QIYAMAH (DOOMSDAY).

1. TAWHEED STANDS FOR THE UNITY OF GOD (ALLAH).
(HOWEVER, SHIA DOCTRINES LIKE BADA AND IMAMATE NEGATA
TAWHAAD).

2. AD'L i.e. ALLAH IS JUST (ADIL). IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
AGAINST THE JUSTICE OF GOD IF AFTER THE CESSATION OF
PROPHETHOOD BY MUHAMMAD , THE IMAMS WERE NOT APPOINTED
BY ALLAH ONE AFTER THE OTHER IN SUCH A WAY AS PREVIOUS
PROPHETS WERE GIVEN THEIR DEPUTIES.

3. NUBUWWAH i.e. MUHAMMAD , IS THE NABI (PROPHET)OF
ALLAH.

ALTHOUGH SHIAS ACKNOWLEDGE PROPHET MUHAMMAD AS THE
LAST OF PROPHETS BUT BECAUSE OF THEIR BELIEF IN
IMAMATE WHICH IS CONSIDERED HIGHER THAN PROHETHOOD AND
THAT THE IMAMS CAN ALTER THE SHARI'AH, THE CONCEPT OF
NUBUWWAH BECOMES MEANINGLESS . AS THE ISSUE OF
FINALITY OF THE PROPHETHOOD IS THE CENTERAL CORE OF
ISLAM TO WHICH SHIAS ALSO SUBSCRIBE OUTWARDLY, ANYONE
WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IN IT OR UNDERMINES ITS
IMPORTANCE BY VARIUOS INTERPRETATION IS THROWN OUTSIDE
THE PALE OF ISLAM. THE DIVINE INSTITUTION OF NUBUWWAH
AND IMAMATE OF THE SHIAS ARE OPPOSITE ENTITIES WHICH
CANNOT BE RECONCILED.

4. IMAMATE: THERE ARE TWELVE IMAMS IN SHIA RELIGION
FROM HADHRAT ALI TO IMAM MAHDI WHO LIKE THE PROPHETS
ARE NOT ONLY MASOOM (SINLESS AND INFALLIBLE) AND
HAVING BEEN COMISSIONED BY ALLAH BUT THEY ARE EVEN
SUPERIOR TO HADHRAT IBRAHIM KHALILULLAH, HADHRAT MUSA
ROOHULLAH, HADHRAT ISSA KALIMULLAH AND REST OF ALL
OTHER PROPHETS.

THIS IS THE STATEMENT OF THE SHIITTE BUT ACCORDING TO
RESEARCH AND HISTORICAL EVIDENCE THE SO-CALLED 12
IMAMS OF THE SHIA NEVER IN THEIR LIVES CLAIMED THAT
ARE DIVINELY APPOINTED IMAMS OR LEADERS OF THE MUSLIM
COMMUNITY. THEY LIVED LIKE ORDINARY CITIZENS AND
OFFERED CONGREGATIONAL PRAYERS ALONG WITH OTHER
MUSLIMS IN THE MASJID BEHIND THE IMAM OF THE
AREA/LOCALITY. IN FACT SHIA AS A SEPERATE ORGANISED
RELIGION DID NOT EXIST FOR SOME 200 YEARS OF ISLAM.
FURTHER DETALIS ARE DISCUSSED IN CHAPTER 17 "THE BASIS
OF FIQH JAFARI'AH."

5. QIYAMAH: THE SHIAS BELIEVE IN THE LAST DAY
(QIYAMAH) BUT WITH SOME DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT HAS BEEN
STATED IN THE QUR'AN AND HADITH.

ACCORDING TO BELIEF OF AHLE-SUNNAH AS TAUGHT BY THE
HOLY QUR'AN AND RASUL-ALLAH (SAW), ALL THE HUMAN
BEINGS WHETHER MUSLIMS OR KAFIRS WILL BE BROUGHT TO
LIFE AGAIN ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT (QIYAMAH) AND WILL
BE PUNISHED OR REWARDED ACCORDINGLY BY ALMIGHTY ALLAH.
HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO SHIAS, THERE WILL BE A SMALLER
QIYAMAH WITH THE ADVENT OF IMAM MAHDI BEFORE THE
GREATER QIYAMAH. IN THIS SMALLER QIYAMAH,THE AUTHORITY
FOR GIVING PUNISHMENT OR REWARD WILL BE IMAM MAHDI
HIMSELF. IN THIS WAY HE WILL BE THE POSSESSER OF
DIVINE ATTRIBUTE (MIGHTY,ABLE TO REQUITE THE WRONG) 

IT MAY BE NOTED HERE THAT ACCORDING TO SHIA RELIGION,
BELIEF IN IMAMATE IS A FUNDAMENTAL IN ISLAM LIKE
TAWHEED, RISALAT AND QIYAMAH (DOOMSDAY). ANYONE WHO
DOES NOT HAVE FAITH IN IT IS A KAFIR (INFIDEL) AND
DESTINED TO HELL.* 

ACCORDING TO SHIA BELIEF THE NAME OF THEIR 12 IMAMS
ARE INSCRIBED ON THE THRONE . ALMIGHTY ALLAH HAS
DECLARED ABOUT THEIR LEADESHIP IN THE QUR'AN . KHOMENI
IN EXPOSITION OF VERSE 67 OF SURAH AL-MAIDAH* WRITES
THAT THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD WASAFRAID * TO DECLARE THE
IMAMATE OF ALI AS HE SENSED SERIOUS OPPOSITION FROM
HIS PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT FAVOURABLY DISPOSED TOWARDS
ALI (R.Z). IN THE LONG RUN ACCORDING TO KHOMENI THE
PROPHET DID MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ALI'S (R.Z)
SUCCESSION ON RECEIVING DIVINE PROMISE OF PROTECTION
BUT THE MAJORITY OF SAHABAH (BELONGING TO THE
OPPOSITION PARTY* OF HADHRAT ABU BAKR (R.Z) AND
HADHRAT UMAR (R.Z) WHO WERE AGAINST ALI (R.Z) DEFIED
THIS PROCLAIMATION AND INSTEAD OF ALI (R.Z) BECAME
THEMSELVES THE CALIPHS BY COERCION.

THIS IS A GREAT TRAVESTY OF TRUTH HADHRAT ALI HAD THE
UTMOST LOVE AND REGARD FOR HADHRAT ABU BAKR (R.Z)
HADHRAT UMAR (R.Z) AND OTHER SAHABAH OF RASUL-ALLAH .
HE CONSIDERED HADHRAT ABU BAKR (R.Z) MOST SUITED AND
DESERVING FOR THE OFFICE OF CALIPHATE AFTER THE DEMISE
OF RASUL-ALLAH .* IF HOWEVER , FOR A MOMENT FOR THE
SAKE OF ARGUMENT WE ADMIT THAT KHOMENI IS CORRECT IN
WHAT HE HAS SAID ABOVE WHICH IS THE BASIS OF SHIA
RELIGION THAT RASUL-ALLAH . NOMINATED HADHRAT ALI
(R.Z) FOR THE OFFICE OF CALIPHATE AND IMAMATE AND MADE
A DECLARATION TO THIS EFFECT AT GHADIR-KHUM, THEN IT
WILL HAVE TO BE ADMITTED AS ITS LOGICAL OUT COME THAT
RASUL-ALLAH MISERABLY FAILED IN THE TRAINING AND
CHARACTER BUILDING OF HIS UMMAH TO THE EXTENT THAT NO
PREVIOUS PROPHET OR REFORMER HAD FAILED SO CONSPIOUSLY
RASUL-ALLAH SINCE THE DAWN OF PROPHET HOOD UNTIL HIS
DEMISE REFORMED AND REFINED THOSE PEOPLE WITH HIS
TEACHINGS, PREACHINGS AND EXAMPLE WITH WHOM HE LIVED,
TRAVELLED AND WHO WERE TAUGHT IN HIS COMPANY BUT THOSE
VERY PEOPLE AS SOON AS HE DIED COMMITTED SUCH A
TREACHERY THAT IN PURSUIT OF WORLDLY GAIN AND POWER,
THEY O

[IslamCity] Saudis Rebuff Custodian of Israel's Demand to Stop Aid to Palestinians

2006-03-09 Thread Alan Border

Cluster Bombs & Cruise Missiles May Only Kill Thousands But it is the Anti-Zionist Words that will Land You in Trouble in the Land of FREE Speech! Saudis Will Keep Up Aid Flow to Palestinians Kingdom's Policy Rebuffs Rice's Push To Isolate Hamas By Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff
WriterThursday, February 23, 2006; Page A10 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/22/AR2006022201496.html RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 22 -- Saudi Arabia, the biggest Arab donor to the Palestinians, said Wednesday it would continue that aid despite the prospect of a Hamas-led cabinet,
though it also expressed support for peace initiatives rejected by Hamas that allow for the eventual recognition of Israel. "We wish not to link the international aid to the Palestinian people to considerations other than their dire humanitarian needs," the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, said after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met one-on-one for nearly 2 1/2 hours with King Abdullah. Saud's statement put the kingdom at odds with the U.S. push to isolate the Palestinians, except for the provision of humanitarian
aid. It came one day after Egyptian officials also told Rice that Islamic groups needed to be given time to evolve and accept Israel. On a day of delicate diplomacy that also included a lengthy one-on-one meeting with the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, Rice confronted the contradictions of the administration's Middle East policy. On trips to the region in the past year, she repeatedly pushed Arab governments to step up monetary support for the Palestinians while
arguing that they must open up their political systems. This week, in her first trip since Hamas's unexpected victory Jan. 25, she has urged caution in supporting a Palestinian legislature that came to power in a democratic election. Rice said she was not muting her push for democratic reforms. In Egypt, she met for more than an hour Wednesday with a small group of dissidents and democracy activists, who complained bitterly about Mubarak's efforts to limit political freedom. But on Tuesday she also spent nearly two hours discussing the Palestinian situation with the Egyptian
intelligence chief, who handles contacts with Hamas -- and keeps tabs on dissidents. Saudi Arabia, as an Islamic kingdom, is wary of being perceived as punishing Palestinians who elected a parliament dedicated to Islamic rule. "It would be the ultimate of irony that, at the time when we need to take care of these people who are seeking peace, we shall fall short of doing so," Saud said. "How do we distinguish between humanitarian and non-humanitarian aid? Infrastructure projects or humanitarian aid projects? They need both, infrastructure and humanitarian aid." Hamas, formally known as the Islamic Resistance Movement, receives substantial funding from individuals and groups in Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations, as well as Iran, partly because of its charitable work building schools and hospitals. According to the Web site GlobalSecurity.org, Hamas receives about $12 million a year from various Saudi sources.
Despite the differences over aid, which could lessen the pressure on Hamas, U.S. officials have taken comfort in the statements by Arab officials calling on Hamas to work for a negotiated settlement with Israel. "Different countries will have different modalities on how to deal with this," Rice said at a news conference with Saud. "For the
United States, Hamas is a terrorist organization. We cannot give funding to a terrorist organization. It's really that simple." U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that in private meetings Saudi officials expressed discomfort with Hamas's victory and reserved judgment on how aid might be affected. Saudi
Arabia currently provides about $15 million in monthly aid through the Arab League for the Palestinian Authority budget, and U.S. officials said Saudi officials made it clear that aid would continue for now. But the Saudis also suggested that money eventually might be redirected away from the government to other Palestinian entities, the U.S. officials said. A
Saudi official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said months might pass before Saudi Arabia believes Hamas has failed to prove itself. He noted that the ailing Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, was considered an extremist when he was elected, and now he is hailed as a peacemaker. Rice's aides provided only general details of the secretary's discussions with Mubarak and Abdullah, which also dealt with Iran's nuclear program. Suleiman Awad, a spokesman for Mubarak, said the president emphasized the need to maintain support for the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, a member of the Fatah party, which lost control of the legislature to Hamas in the elections. Rice, who will address foreign ministers from the Persian Gulf states in a meeting Thursday in the United Arab Emirates,

[IslamCity] Verse of the day

2006-03-09 Thread Muslim




In the name of Allah.  Al-Quran(29:5)    `tB tb%x. (#qã_ötƒ uä!$s)Ï9 «!$# ¨bÎ*sù Ÿ@y_r& «!$# ;NUy 4 uqèdur ßì‹ÏJ¡¡9$# ÞOŠÎ=yèø9$# ÇÎÈ     "For those whose hopes are In the meeting with Allah (in the Hereafter, let them strive); for the term (appointed) by Allah is surely coming and He hears and knows (All things)."      Read Quran with Translation       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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{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] 
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