Bismillah [IslamCity] Freedom

[saiyed shahbazi]

Violence occurs as an obstacle in the path towards freedom. Every desire/action 
of a human being is a sub-conscious effort to attain freedom. Now the question 
arises, why freedom! To start with, we do not make a choice of our births, 
colours, cultures etc. on our own. This is our first dilemma that contradicts 
our pride of being born free. Secondly, we are said to have a free will but 
side-by-side we are told what to do and what not to do! Hence, unknowingly or 
knowingly we have an innate desire to cut these chains to arrive at a state of 
freedom. 
  Still, why lack of freedom gives rise to violence? It is because one-way or 
the other, we blame others for depriving us of freedom. This situation arises 
due to the paradox of looking for right things at wrong places:
  One evening, a neighbour noticed that Mulla Nasruddin was searching for 
something outside of his home. He approached Nasruddin and asked, ‘Mulla! Have 
you lost something? Mulla told him that he lost his ring and asked his help to 
find the ring. . After some searching without any result, the neighbour asked, 
‘where did you exactly drop it?’
Mulla replied, ‘Inside the house’
‘If you lost the ring inside your house, then why are you looking for it here.’
‘Well, there is more light out here.’ Replied Mulla. 
  This is exactly the situation, as we like to draw a straight line on a 
crooked surface. For instance, politically, we shout freedom but ended up 
obtaining smaller countries out of bigger countries. Likewise, slogans of 
religious freedom concentrate us in smaller pockets. Evidently, humanity 
compromises sky of freedom with less and less space. Is it freedom or 
imprisonment?  It is strange that freedom, which is limitless, is seen through 
the lens of extreme limitedness. This is a great human tragedy that we desire 
an open sky by confining ourselves into a tiny dungeon. With this conflict of 
understanding, chaos is the only outcome, yet we want to live a peaceful life. 
The gravity of self-created contradictions keeps us pulling down from the sky 
of freedom to live a life of anger and frustration giving rise to a violent way 
of life. Basically, we are thirsty for inner freedom, but hiding this ailment 
with tons of fancy diseases like lack of power, not being religious, not
 wealthy etc. etc.
  A king after taking a heavy meal felt dryness in his throat.  The court 
physicians had been called and after consultation, he was given some sort of 
oil to apply but dryness remained. Then, he had been asked to take honey, but 
dryness of his throat sustained. They kept on trying different methods, but 
condition of King’s throat kept getting worse. At that point, they ended up 
inviting a wise man. After checking King’s throat and getting information about 
the symptoms, disease was diagnosed as ‘thirst’ with the treatment of ‘water’ 
and lo! The King was healed. 
  Surrounded with so many lies yet in search of truth, we talk about peace and 
non-violence. It is like dreaming light with closed eyes. Unless and until we 
face ourselves truthfully, there can be no genuine solution to any genuine 
problem. This is what freedom is all about i.e. to determine the causes of 
chains and bonds that are hindering us to fly like an eagle in an open sky. To 
put it in more realistic words, to realize what is stopping us to feel more 
loving and joyful, as ‘freedom’ and ‘being in love’ is synonymous. People who 
love and laugh a lot are never violent and only such individuals seem to be 
capable of piercing the veil of conditioning and gets transported to a stage 
where religion, sects, nationalities do not matter. Love has an inherent 
quality of extinguishing the fire of hatred and violence in no time whatsoever. 
This is where, violence ends and peace begins.



saiyed shahbazi
  www.shahbazcenter.org

Bismillah [IslamCity] Orthodox Jewish youths burn New Testaments in Or Yehuda

[Jose Murekan]

*Orthodox Jewish youths burn New Testaments in Or Yehuda*
*20/05/2008 - By The Associated Press*
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/985362.html

Orthodox Jews set fire to hundreds of copies of the New Testament in the
latest act of violence against Christian missionaries in the Holy Land.

Or Yehuda Deputy Mayor Uzi Aharon said missionaries recently entered a
neighborhood in the predominantly religious town of 34,000 in central
Israel, distributing hundreds of New Testaments and missionary material.
After receiving complaints, Aharon said, he got into a loudspeaker car last
Thursday and drove through the neighborhood, urging people to turn over the
material to Jewish religious students who went door to door to collect it.
"The books were dumped into a pile and set afire in a lot near a synagogue,"
he said.

The newspaper *Maariv* reported Tuesday that hundreds of yeshiva students
took part in the book-burning. But Aharon told The Associated Press that
only a few students were present, and that he was not there when the books
were torched.
"Not all of the New Testaments that were collected were burned, but hundreds
were," he said. He said he regretted the burning of the books, but called it
a commandment to burn materials that urge Jews to convert.
"I certainly don't denounce the burning of the booklets, he said. I denounce
those who distributed the booklets."

Jews worship from the Old Testament, including the Five Books of Moses and
the writings of the ancient prophets. Christians revere the Old Testament as
well as the New Testament, which contains the ministry of Jesus.

Calev Myers, an attorney who represents Messianic Jews, or Jews who accept
Jesus as their savior, demanded in an interview with Army Radio that all
those involved be put on trial. He estimated there were 10,000 Messianic
Jews, who are also known as Jews for Jesus, in Israel.

Police had no immediate comment.

Israeli authorities and Orthodox Jews frown on missionary activity aimed at
Jews, though in most cases it is not illegal. Still, the concept of a Jew
burning books is abhorrent to many in Israel because of the association with
Nazis torching piles of Jewish books during the Holocaust of World War II.

Earlier this year, the teenage son of a prominent Christian missionary
was *seriously
wounded*  when a package
bomb delivered to the family's West Bank home went off in his hands.

Last year, arsonists burst into a Jerusalem church used by Messianic Jews
and set the building on fire, raising suspicions that Jewish extremists were
behind the attack. No one claimed responsibility, but the same church was
burned down 25 years ago by ultra-Orthodox Jewish extremists.

*Related Articles*
*Evangelicals urge police to act on harassment of messianic
Jews*
*Recent incidents suggest rise in violence between Haredi, messianic
Jews*
*Loving Jesus, fearing the neighbors in Ariel*

Bismillah [IslamCity] The Young Hafiz

[muslimah muslimah]

The Young Hafiz

  There was a young man, who got to know about a precious stone. He 
decided not to come back to his house till he finds the stone. So he left his 
house with a little provision. He sat down to sketch a map on a notebook. He 
had a very long route to cover

But he stuck to his ambition and had very high hopes.

He believed that if he found the stone he would not have to work anymore and 
would become the wealthiest person.

All his worries and problems would be finished. Everyone would respect him. 
Ultimate ly he would become a successful man.

  He traveled through many countries, cities, towns, jungles, 
and mountains in search of the stone for forty years.

At last while he was passing by an ancient mine he found the stone underneath a 
heavy rock but by then he had become very old and frail looking person.

Holding the stone tightly in his fist, he started jumping with great joy and 
happiness. Suddenly he saw a young boy sitting by the stream, reciting the 
Quraan-e-Kareem in a beautiful tone.

The boy's penetrating words of the Quraan-e-Hakeem struck the man's heart. It 
seemed that trees, birds, water all were listening to his Quraan.

He thought to himself that he had become too old and weak, so why not give the 
stone this young man.

The man came up to the boy and said, young man, may I have your attention 
please. I have traveled through many countries, Cities, towns, jungles and 
mountains in search of this precious stone for forty long ho years. Now I have 
found it, but I have become very weak and old. I want you to have it because 
you seem to be pious and have long life ahead of you."

"What would I do with it?" The boy asked suspiciously.

"Oh..., you would be the most successful, happiest and wealthiest person in the 
world.. laughed the man as he stretched out his hands.

"But I have found the Creator of t his stone as well as all the stones of the 
entire universe," said the boy confidently.

"Allah Ta'ala has all the treasures of success, happiness, peace, respect and 
sustenance. Allah Ta'ala has got power over every thing." smiled the young boy 
as he raised his index finger to the sky, as the little boy continued, "If you 
had given even a little time toyour Creator. Everything would have become 
yours."
  The man broke into tears and the boy's words sank into  his heart. He 
repented and threw the stone and served rest of his life to become the friend 
of Allah Ta'ala. 
  Lesson:
  Look, children..! Even the young ones can become the means of guidance for 
the Elders if they are on the right path.

If the stone had impressed the boy, do you think that the old man would have 
got guidance (Hidayat)? 





   

Bismillah [IslamCity] video from MAD TV

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  http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/4ec7d64af6


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Bismillah [IslamCity] israel: We're not celebrating Israel's anniversary

[Shahid.]

We're not celebrating Israel's anniversary

* The Guardian,
* Wednesday April 30 2008
* Article history


This article appeared in the Guardian on Wednesday April 30 2008 on p33 of the 
Leaders & reply section. It was last updated at 12:44 on April 30 2008.




In May, Jewish organisations will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the 
founding of the state of Israel. This is understandable in the context of 
centuries of persecution culminating in the Holocaust. Nevertheless, we are 
Jews who will not be celebrating. Surely it is now time to acknowledge the 
narrative of the other, the price paid by another people for European 
anti-semitism and Hitler's genocidal policies. As Edward Said emphasised, what 
the Holocaust is to the Jews, the Naqba is to the Palestinians.



In April 1948, the same month as the infamous massacre at Deir Yassin and the 
mortar attack on Palestinian civilians in Haifa's market square, Plan Dalet was 
put into operation. This authorised the destruction of Palestinian villages and 
the expulsion of the indigenous population outside the borders of the state. We 
will not be celebrating.



In July 1948, 70,000 Palestinians were driven from their homes in Lydda and 
Ramleh in the heat of the summer with no food or water. Hundreds died. It was 
known as the Death March. We will not be celebrating.



In all, 750,000 Palestinians became refugees. Some 400 villages were wiped off 
the map. That did not end the ethnic cleansing. Thousands of Palestinians 
(Israeli citizens) were expelled from the Galilee in 1956. Many thousands more 
when Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza. Under international law and 
sanctioned by UN resolution 194, refugees from war have a right to return or 
compensation. Israel has never accepted that right. We will not be celebrating.



We cannot celebrate the birthday of a state founded on terrorism, massacres and 
the dispossession of another people from their land. We cannot celebrate the 
birthday of a state that even now engages in ethnic cleansing, that violates 
international law, that is inflicting a monstrous collective punishment on the 
civilian population of Gaza and that continues to deny to Palestinians their 
human rights and national aspirations.




http://www. guardian. co. uk/world/2008/apr/30/israelandthepalestinians

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Google censoring web content & helping zionists

http://news. bbc. co. uk/2/hi/technology/2360351. stm
 



 

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Bismillah [IslamCity] Re: Dutch Bishop: Christians should refer to God as 'Allah'

[mohammed.rashid79]

I would like to add a small correction to Arif's statement. In 
Buddhism there is no mention of God since Gautam Buddha felt that 
human beings did not understand the concept of man he refused to 
answer any questions regarding God. As far as Hinduism is concerned 
they have many Gods and they refer to them as Bhagwan. They believe 
that Gods that they have are the manifestation of the same one God 
who they something like Paramatma.
Since the civilization of India is much older than Arabic something 
like 1 years old and they have a different base of language like 
Pali, Ardhamagadhi, Sanskrit etc. it is not likely they would call 
their God as Allah. The same is true of Chinese they have their own 
spiritual discoveries like Dao or Tao, Shinto, Confuscism.
Even their culture is quite developed and very interesting.

It would be very interesting to know what the ancient Red Indian 
Americans called. Recent historical findings suggest that the 
original Americans had a very astaounding culture before the 
Europeans in their imperialistic approach destroyed them.

Love to all,

Rashid.
--- In islamcity@yahoogroups.com, Arif Bhuiyan wrote:
>
> Salaam and thanks for this article. I knew this, in Bible, Torah, 
and in all religious books, including Hindooism and Booddaism, God 
was written as Allah. Later, some people changed it to God. It is 
true there is no God but Allah! Sadly, some Muslims translate this 
sentence as - there is no God but God, which does not make any 
sense! Christians and Jews living in Arabia speak Arabic. I met some 
of them in the UK who used to say Soobhanallah, Alhamdolillah, even 
some do use Bissmillah before they start anything! All of them 
agreed that these are not only Isslamic terms but also Arabic, 
related to Arabic language and culture. All of them agreed that 
Allah was the term used in their religious books at first!
> The fact is whether we believe or not, there is no God but Allah! 
This is universal truth and denying this is just acting against the 
law of nature!
> The funniest thing is, those who have deliberately misled their 
fellows are not able to stand for the responsibilities and mishaps 
have happened. Also, those who realised that they were misled and 
are not embracing the truth will remain responsible for their own 
acts!
> - Arif Bhuiyan
> From the UK
> 
> - Original Message 
> From: Erooth Mohamed
> Sent: Sunday, 18 May, 2008 10:21:12 AM
> Subject: Dutch Bishop: Christians should refer to God as 'Allah'
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Muskens believes that God knows His name in all languages
>  
> 
>  
> Dutch bishop: Call God 'Allah' 
> Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:25:52 
> Source: Agencies
> http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=10124
>  
>  
> Dutch Bishop: 'Allah' is a very beautiful word to use instead of 
the word 'God'
> A Roman Catholic Bishop in the Netherlands has proposed people of 
all faiths refer to God as Allah to foster understanding among 
religions. 
> 
> Amsterdam, Aug 15, 2007 / 09:15 am (CNA).- Bishop Martinus Muskens 
of Breda, Netherlands, suggested in an interview with Radio 
Netherlands that Christians should refer to God as Allah, which 
would promote better relations with Muslims. 
>  
> The 71-year-old Bishop, Tiny Muskens, told Radio Netherlands that 
God did not mind what he was named and that in Indonesia, where he 
had spent eight years, priests used the word "Allah" while 
celebrating Mass.
>  
>  
> Bishop Muskens
> "Allah is a very beautiful word for God. Shouldn't we all say that 
from now on we will name God Allah?" 
> 
> The bishop, who had worked in Indonesia, noted that even 
Christians use the term Allah for God there. The Dutch should learn 
to get on spontaneously with different cultures, religions and 
behavior patterns:
> "Someone like me has prayed to Allah yang maha kuasa (Almighty 
God) for eight years in Indonesia and other priests for 20 or 30 
years. In the heart of the Eucharist, God is called Allah over 
there, so why can't we start doing that together?" he was quoted as 
saying.
>  
> Some Dutch Muslims welcomed his comments as a valuable gesture of 
support coming just days after a far-right Dutch politician insulted 
the Holy Quran. Geert Wilders called for the Quran to be banned in 
the country. 
> 
> Wilders, whose new party won nine seats out of the 150 in 
parliament in last November's elections, is well known for his 
negative remarks on Islam. 
> 
> Bishop Muskens admitted that he did not think his suggestion would 
be welcomed readily and that it would take about 100 years before 
Catholics would feel comfortable calling God "Allah".
>  
> In an interview broadcast on Monday's edition of current affairs 
show "Netwerk," Muskens said he had worked in Indonesia where God is 
referred to as Allah in Christian services.
> But a spokesman for one of the capital's leading mosques said he 
was not happy with the statement.
> "We didn't ask for this, a spokesman for the Moroccan Mosque in 
Amsterdam told De T

Bismillah [IslamCity] The Kabah: Its Size and History

[muslimah muslimah]

The Kabah: Its Size and History   The small, cubed building known as the Kabah 
may not rival skyscrapers in height or mansions in width, but its impact on 
history and human beings is unmatched. The Kabah is the building towards which 
Muslims face five times a day, everyday, in prayer. This has been the case 
since the time of Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) over 1400 
years ago. 
  The Size of the Kabah: 
  The current height of the Kabah is 39 feet, 6 inches and total size comes to 
627 square feet. 
The inside room of the Kabah is 13x9 meters. The Kabah's walls are one meter 
wide. The floor inside is 2.2 meters higher than the place where people perform 
Tawaf. 
  The ceiling and roof are two levels made out of wood. They were reconstructed 
with teak which is capped with stainless steel. The walls are all made of 
stone. The stones inside are unpolished, while the ones outside are polished. 
This small building has been constructed and reconstructed by Prophets Adam, 
Ibrahim, Ismail and Muhammad (peace be upon them all). No other building has 
had this honor. Yet, not very much is known about the details of this small but 
significant building. 
  The Other Names of the Kabah 
Literally, Kabah in Arabic means a high place with respect and prestige. The 
word Kabah may also be derivative of a word meaning a cube. Some of these other 
names include: 
1. Bait ul Ateeq - which means, according to one meaning, the earliest and 
ancient. According to the second meaning, it means independent and liberating. 
Both meanings could be taken. 
2. Bait ul Haram - the honorable house. 
  Scholars and historians say that the Kabah has been reconstructed between 5 
to 12 times. The very first construction of the Kabah was done by Prophet Adam 
(peace be upon him). Allah says in the Quran that this was the first house that 
was built for humanity to worship Allah. After this, Prophet Ibrahim and Ismail 
(peace be upon them) rebuilt the Kabah. 
  The measurements of the Kabah's foundation by Ibrahim are as follows: 

The eastern wall was 48 feet and 6 inches 
The Hateem side wall was 33 feet 
The side between the black stone and the Yemeni corner was 30 feet 
The Western side was 46.5 feet 

Following this, there were several constructions before the Prophet Muhammad's 
(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) time. 
  Reconstruction of Kabah by Quraish 
  Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) participated in one of its 
reconstructions before he became a Prophet. After a flash flood, the Kabah was 
damaged and its walls cracked. It needed rebuilding. This responsibility was 
divided among the Quraish's four tribes. Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaiyhi 
wassallam) helped with this reconstruction. 
  Once the walls were erected, it was time to place the Black Stone, (the Hajar 
ul Aswad) on the eastern wall of the Kabah. Arguments erupted about who would 
have the honor of putting the Black Stone in its place. A fight was about to 
break out over the issue, when Abu Umayyah, Makkah's oldest man, proposed that 
the first man to enter the gate of the mosque the following morning would 
decide the matter. That man was the Prophet (sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam). The 
Makkans were ecstatic. "This is the trustworthy one (Al-Ameen)" they shouted in 
a chorus. "This is Muhammad." He came to them and they asked him to decide on 
the matter. He agreed. 
  Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) proposed a solution that all 
agreed to - putting the Black Stone on a cloak, the elders of each of the clans 
held on to one edge of the cloak and carried the stone to its place. The 
Prophet (sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) then picked up the stone and placed it 
on the wall of the Kabah. 
  Since the tribe of Quraish did not have sufficient funds, this reconstruction 
did not include the entire foundation of the Kabah as built by Prophet Ibrahim. 
This is the first time the Kabah acquired the cubical shape it has now, unlike 
the rectangle shape which it had earlier. The portion of the Kabah left out is 
called Hateem now. 

   

Bismillah [IslamCity] Then, shall ye be questioned that Day about the joy (ye indulged in!).

[darultawhid english]

Then, shall ye be questioned that Day about the joy (ye indulged in!). 
(at-Takathur 102/8)
  http://www.darultawhid.com/en/forum/index.php?topic=1862.0
   
  Imam Baghawi (ra) in his tafsir narrated the following:
   
  1- From Ibn Mas’oud (ra), -reporting it as a statement of RasulAllah (saw) 
who said:
   
  “Security (peace) and health.” (Narrated by Abdullah ibn Imam Ahmad in 
‘zawaaid Az-zuhd’: pg. 157 & 390, and Aboo Nu’aym in ‘akhbaar Isbahaan’: 2/157, 
and in it is Muhammad ibn Sulayman who is truthful but makes mistakes in 
narrations, and Ibn Abi Layla; who is truthful but is weak in memorization. And 
it is also narrated by Hinaad in ‘zuhd’ as a statement of Ibn Mas’oud: 2/102, 
and at-Tabari: 30/285, and al-Bayhaqi in ‘Shu’b al-Eeman: 8/494.’)
   
  2- Qataada (ra) said:
   
  “Verily Allah will ask every person who had blessings; concerning what He 
blessed him with.”
   
  And it is also narrated from him that he said:
   
  “Security (peace) and health.” (al-Bayhaqi: ‘Shu’b al-Eeman’: 8/494)
   
  3- And from Aboo Hurayrah (ra), who said: RasulAllah (saw) said:
   
  “The first thing that the slave will be asked –in the Day of Judgement- from 
among the favours, it will be said to him: ‘Did we not give you a good and 
healthy body? And gave you to drink the refreshing cool water.?” (Narrated by 
at-Tirmidhi in the tafsir of suratul Takathur: 9/290; and he said: ‘this is a 
gharib hadith.’ And Ibn Hibbaan: no. 2585, and al-Hakim authenticated it: 
4/138, and ad-Dhahabi agreed with him in al-Shu’b: 8/489, and al-Albaani 
authenticated it in Silsilah Sahiha: no.539, 2/66-67)
   
  4- And it is narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas (ra): who said:
   
  “The favours: health of the body, the hearing, and the sight. Allah will ask 
the slaves on what did they use them in? And indeed He is most Knowledgeable of 
that than them.
   
  And this (meaning) is the statement of Allah:
   
  “ Verily! The hearing, and the sight, and the heart, of each of those you 
will be questioned (by Allah).” (al-Isra 17/36) (Narrated by at-Tabari: 30/289, 
and al-Bayhaqi in ‘Shu’b al-Eeman: 8/493.’ And its chain is Hasan, but there is 
a gap in the chain. And as-Suyuti increased in ‘ad-Durr: 8/612’ and 
strengthened it Ibn Abi Haatim and Ibn Mardawiyyah. see the notes on ‘Shu’b 
al-Eeman’.)
   
  5- Al-Ikrimah (ra) said:
   
  ‘(you will be questioned) Regarding health and time.’
   
  6- Sa'ed’ Ibn Jubayr (ra) said:
   
  ‘(You will be questioned) Regarding health and time and wealth.’
   
  7- Muhammad ibn K’ab (ra) said:
   
  ‘It means (you will be questioned) on the favours which your were blessed 
with through RasulAllah (saw).’
   
  8- Abu ‘Aaliyah (ra) said:
   
  ‘(You will be questioned) Regarding Islam and your life span.’
   
  9- Al-Hasan ibn Fadhl (ra) said:
   
  ‘(you will be questioned) on the easiness of the Shariah, and the easiness of 
The Qur’an.’ (meaning: did you take advantage and be thankful in worshipping 
Allah.)
  Ibn Jarir at-Tabari (ra) in his tafsir narrated the following:
   
  10- ‘Then Allah (awj) will ask you regarding the favours which you had in the 
world:
   
  In What did you use them?
   
  And where did they take you?
   
  And with what did you earn by them?
   
  And what did you do with them?’
   
  11- From Abi ‘Aasim who said: Sufyan (at-Thawri) (ra) said:
   
  ‘It reached us that the meaning of His statement:
   
  “Then, on that Day, you shall be asked about the favours.”
   
  It is: Security (peace) and health.”
   
  12- And from Isma’il ibn Iyaash, from Abdulaziz ibn Abdullaah, who said that 
he heard As-Sha’bi (ra) say:
   
  “The Favours that will be asked on - on the Day of Judgment- are: Security 
(peace) and health.”
   
  Shawkani in Fath ul qadir related the following:
   
  13- ‘It means (you will be questioned) on the favours of the world; which 
busied you from doing the righteous actions.’
   
  14- al-Bayhaqi narrates a narration from Ali ibn Abi Talib (ra) who said:
   
  ‘The favours: it’s the well-being .’
   
  15- Ibn al-Mardawiyyah narrates from Abu Dardaa (ra) who said that RasulAllah 
(saw) said concerning this verse:
   
  “Eating of the bread made of wheat (The bread made of wheat was considered as 
a ‘luxury’ food!), and sleep in the nice shadows, and drinking of the nice 
sweet cool water.”
  Raising this as a statement of RasulAllah (saw) is not correct. So maybe it 
is from the statement of Abu Dardaa (ra).
   
  16- It is narrated by Ibn Humaid, and Ibn Mundhir, and Ibn Abi Haatim, Ibn 
Mardawiyyah; from ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (ra), that he was asked the meaning of His 
statement:
   
  “Then, on that Day, you shall be asked about the favours.”
   
  He (‘Ali) (ra) said:
   
  ‘Eating of the bread made of wheat, and drinking of the nice sweet cool 
water, and the house he used to live in; These are the favours that a person 
will be questioned on.’ (Suyuti: Durr Al-Manthur)
   
  17- And it is narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas (ra) who said RasulAllah (saw) sai

Bismillah [IslamCity] Noora Alsamman, Ex-Catholic, USA

[saleh al sharif]

Noora Alsamman, Ex-Catholic, USA  
source;http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/638/
   
  I became Muslim when I was 15 years old.  My mom is Syrian (family from 
Haleb) born in Detroit, and my dad is American with parents from Polish/Slovak 
background.  I was also born in Detroit Michigan.  My grandma is Maronite, my 
and my mom and dad are both catholic.  When I was fifteen I wanted to be a nun. 
 I was in my World History class in high school and we were studying all the 
major religions.  When we got to Islam I was very interested, and there was an 
Egyptian brother (Muslim) in my class who was correcting the teacher when he 
would make a mistake, and I thought “Wow!”  he must have strong faith to be 
correcting the teacher like this.  So one day, I asked him what is the 
difference between Catholicism and Islam.  He said that there was not that 
much.  Well I was not satisfied with this answer so I asked his mom if I could 
have a copy of the Quran in English.  She gave me one and when I started to 
read it, I couldn't put it down.  I just keep reading it and I knew
 it was from Allah.  You just know there is NO way a man could write this.  And 
me being a person who appreciates poetry, I loved it very much I found it to be 
amazing.  So I became Muslimah in my heart.
  And then all the hardships started.  I started praying and fasting, etc.  My 
parents, especially my mom, started giving me a VERY hard time.  Me being so 
young, I imagined they would love Islam the same way I did, but for them it was 
completely different.  They would take away my hijab, my prayer rug, my Quran, 
and materials about Islam.  My dad would search my room everyday, and I would 
hide my hijab in the closet.  My mom started trying to forbid me from being 
friends with Muslims, and she would call my friend's parents and tell them stop 
telling my daughter about Islam, and that they are confusing her.
  My parents made me go to church, and I would just sit there thinking these 
people are SO lost, and this priest how he lies to the people and reads from 
the bible only what he wants them to hear, and then manipulates the meaning.  
One day my mom set up a conference with me and one of the priests.  I would say 
I love Islam and why would you think something so beautiful is so bad?  He 
would tell me this and that and say some quotes from the bible.  He even told 
me that my dream (I had a dream I was going to a Muslim country and to the 
desert wearing hijab) he said this was from Satan, I seek refuge in God.  This 
man looked like he had Satan in him when he said this!  I will never forget the 
look on his face.  I asked Allah to forgive me.
  My mom would cook pork for me on purpose and say it was beef, but I checked 
the wrapper and it said pork.  And my dad, who's parents are Polish/Slovak 
ancestors would tell me in this house you are either catholic or you leave.  I 
even had to hide my Quran in the air conditioning vent so they wouldn't get it, 
because they would throw it in the garbage.  They even took the lock off my 
door, so praying was VERY hard.  They would make fun of me praying.  I learned 
the prayers in Arabic my self with a small prayer book.  I can't explain how 
much it would hurt me that my parents were this way towards me and Islam.
  I started telling my younger sister than me about Islam.  My parents told me 
if I didn't stop I had to leave.  I stopped, but I told my sister many things 
and now she questions why Catholics can't just pray to God and why confession 
and many other things.  I said a prayer that when I was older, I would practice 
Islam totally.  I stopped praying for a while, may God forgive me.  I had no 
one to support me or give me guidance except my friends parents who said listen 
to your parents.  My Muslim friends didn't understand what I was going through, 
and they weren't mature or knowledgeable enough to teach me and answer the many 
questions I had.
  One day (when I was 20) while I was in university I called up the lady who 
had given me the Quran because I heard there was a mosque just built nearby.  
Before then the closest mosque was 45min-1hr. away.  She said they were having 
a dinner.  So I went, and when I heard the call to prayer, I was so happy and 
cried.  I repeated the Shahada public during Ramadan, and I made a commitment 
to be steadfast and not care what my parents or anyone else said or did.  I 
felt I could relate at this point to Yunus, may God praise him who was in the 
belly of the whale.  I was/am determined.  So I stopped bad habits and left bad 
company.  And surrounded myself with Muslims.
  I started wearing hijab and my parents would say you are not going outside 
like that.  But either I did anyway or wouldn't go.  Sometimes I would put on 
my hijab in my car so they wouldn't see me because my mom would always says 
Islam says to obey your parents, so you must listen to us.  She said you will 
not wear that thing on your head and you will wear s

Bismillah [IslamCity] Iranian women top in Science

[Mustafa Mawjee]

  Iranian women top on inventor list
  Sat, 10 May 2008 10:13:45

  http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=55009§ionid=3510208




Iranian female inventors shine among 25 countries

  Iran's women inventors have received 23 medals at the Korea International 
Women's Invention Exposition, coming at the top of the list.   Bagging 12 gold 
medals, 5 silver and 6 bronze, Iranian women inventors gained the first place 
among 25 countries participating at the international event.

  Mehrnaz Golchinfar, has invented an electricity generator system for 
Third World countries. Her power station, free of environmental pollution, was 
selected as the best invention and received the special jury award.  Sonia 
Saberi's nano-composite earned her the World Intellectual Property Organization 
(WIPO) Award.

  Maryam Eslami's implement for reparation and surgery of osseous diseases 
in olecranon grabbed the International Federation of Inventors' Associations 
(IFIA) Award.   Some of twenty women inventors from Iran competed with 
participants from 25 other countries across the world at the prestigious 
festival held in the South Korean capital of Seoul.








Iranian Woman scientist takes physics prize
Sat, 17 May 2008 06:07:16

http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=56088§ionid=3510208



An Iranian scientist has won the Young Scientist Prize in Particle 
Physics at an international contest on pure and applied physics.

The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) has 
chosen Dr Yasaman Farzan as this year's top scientist, ISNA reported.  The 
prize has been established recently and is awarded every two years to a young 
scientist who has made greatest achievements in the field of practical or 
theoretical physics, ISNA reported on Friday.  The nominees for the prize must 
not have more than eight years experience of research work after their PhD.

Farzan, educated in Tehran's Sharif University, is to receive the 
award at the 34th International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP2008) 
which is to be held in Philadelphia, USA on July 30th-August 5th 2008.

The IUPAP prize includes an IUPAP medal, a certificate citing the 
recipient's scientific achievements and a honorary cash award which will be 
presented at the 34th International Conference on High Energy Physics 
(ICHEP2008) Philadelphia, USA, July 30th-August 5th, 2008.







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Bismillah [IslamCity] Washington's Pathological Liar

[Khalid Amayreh]

Washington's Pathological Liar
By Khalid Amayreh . May 20th, 2008
George W. Bush is well known for his low intellectuality and clarion ignorance 
of the world. To mask these serious flaws and shortcomings, he routinely adopts 
a discourse based on mendacity and dishonesty.



And while it is premature to pass a final judgment on the man, it is probably 
safe to conclude by now that he has already brought an irremediable disaster 
upon the United States and the rest of the world.



A few years ago, the ruthless ignoramus of the White House invaded, occupied 
and destroyed two sovereign countries, and killed or caused the death of over a 
million innocent people, all under the flimsy pretexts of fighting terror.



Bush even had the temerity to claim that "God told me to do it."



Last week, human decency was once again affronted by Bush's diatribe at the 
Israeli parliament, the Knesset. There he bestowed all the epithets of glory 
upon a state that practices mass murder, ethnic cleansing and land theft, a 
state whose very existence was, is and will always be a colossal crime against 
humanity.



While contemptuously ignoring the Palestinian Nakba, the catastrophe of an 
innocent people that had to be cruelly uprooted from its ancestral homeland in 
order to compensate Ashkenazi Jews for the holocaust, George Bush heaped lavish 
praise on Israel, a state run by an essentially criminal elite of warmongers 
and war criminals ever since its violent birth sixty years ago.



Bush began his ranting by pointing out how the "Jewish people endured the agony 
of the pogroms, the tragedy of the Great War, and the horrors of the 
Holocaust," as if Jewish victimhood, however genuine it may be, gave Zionism 
the right to commit genocide and ethnic cleaning against another people.



Bush quoted what Elie Wiesel called "the Kingdom of the night" where "soulless 
men took away lives and broke apart families, adding, "yet they couldn't take 
away the spirit of the Jewish people, and they could not break the promise of 
God."



But he utterly ignored Zionism's own kingdom of darkness, where callous-hearted 
criminals, bearing Jewish names but having Nazi hearts and minds, took away 
lives and have broken families, who notwithstanding their evils, wouldn't be 
able to take away the spirit of the Palestinian people, nor break the promise 
of God.



Wiesel, the sanctimonious American Zionist paragon of hypocrisy and moral 
duplicity has little moral authority to lecture the world on the evils of 
Nazism. A man who says and boasts openly that he identifies himself with 
Israeli crimes and that he couldn't bring himself to criticize Israel 
irrespective of her murderous actions, is obviously unqualified for any moral 
exemplification.



Bush spoke of Israel's "thriving democracy," but evaded the fact that apartheid 
and democracy can't coexist.



Could it be that the President of the United States, the erstwhile mother of 
all democracies, didn't know that murdering innocent human beings knowingly and 
deliberately, demolishing people's homes, stealing their land and confining 
thousands of doctors, teachers, college professors and other professionals to 
detention camps, without charge or trial, were unlawful acts that contravened 
the most basic ideals of true democracy?



Bush enthusiastically hailed Israel for "welcoming immigrants from the four 
corners of Earth," but overlooked the fact that for each and every immigrant 
Israel welcomed into Palestine, a native Palestinian Christian or Muslim was 
either murdered, dispossessed of his property or deported to the four corners 
of Earth.



George Bush is indeed a shameful and irredeemable liar. He had the audacity to 
claim that America's enduring embrace of Israel's enduring criminality had 
nothing to do with the violence, tension and instability in the Middle East.



"Some people," he said, "suggest that if the United States would just break 
ties with Israel, all our problems in the Middle East would go away.



"This is a tired argument that buys into the propaganda of our enemies, and 
America rejects it utterly. Israel's population may be just over 7 million, but 
when you confront terror and evil, you are 307 million strong, because America 
stands with you."



Well, no one has ever demanded that the US break ties with Israel, although 
this would in no way be an unconscionable demand, given Israel's Nazi-like 
character.



What much of the world is demanding is that the US stop supporting the Israeli 
policies of colonialism, ethnic cleansing and genocide against a people whose 
only "crime" is its survival and longing for freedom from occupation and 
apartheid.



Bush, having evoked the mantras of the "chosen people" and "Massada shall not 
fall again," even lashed out at the UN for criticizing Israel, but was utterly 
oblivious of the horrendous crimes and grave human rights violations that 
Israel has committed throughout its dark history, which prom

Bismillah [IslamCity] You have recived Hadith

[Hadith Share]

Hadith
   
  Ibn `Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: The Prophet (PBUH) 
said, "He who visits a sick person who is not on the point of death and 
supplicates seven times: As'alullahal-`Azima Rabbal-`Arshil-`Azimi, an 
yashfiyaka (I beseech Allah the Great, the Rubb of the Great Throne, to heal 
you), Allah will certainly heal him from that sickness.''
  
[Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi]. 
   
   
  Commentary: There is always a great certainty that Allah will respond to a 
supplication which springs from a sincere, veracious heart. One should, 
therefore, pray for a patient with full conviction and reassurance of heart. 
Moreover, the Prophet's prayers have special effect and grace and therefore 
their original wordings should be uttered. 
   
   
  Please forward this Hadith to your relatives & friends and may Allah SWT 
reward you.
   
  http://hadith-islam.blogspot.com

Bismillah [IslamCity] Our pathology

[G.Waleed Kavalec]

 salaam


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZDo-5-kZ-c

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Gregory Waleed Kavalec
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Justice, like lightning, should ever appear
To some men hope, to other mean fear.

-- Jefferson Pierce

Bismillah [IslamCity] Re: New article on The Toronto 18 and The War on Terror

[Nashid Abdul-Khaaliq]

Dr. Naseer you wrote,
“The entire case is now falling apart, not just because the unreliability of 
the government's star witnesses has now been exposed in the national media as 
druggies, failed businessmen demanding $15 million (!) for their 'testimony' 
and publicity hounds. I blame also the politicians who were so quick to declare 
them and an entire religion guilty and 'community' leaders who abandoned the 
families of the Toronto 18 because of fear of association with what is now OK 
to demonize: angry young Muslim males. Above all, I say that an unjust, 
corrupted, system of justice reflects badly on Canada, and what Canadian 
'values' are supposed to be about. And I say, this "War on Terror" is a lie.”
We have seen this same theme played over and over again in the US, UK, 
Australia and other places. Loud noises being made over false Muslim 
arrests, imprisonment and even tortur, while when the Muslims are found 
innocent it is barely mentioned.
“Individual terrorism, directed at civilians, is wrong. But when it is 
instigated by intelligence agencies I think we need to look at the 
inconsistencies. The RCMP has a long history of using informants to infiltrate 
communists, 'white nationalists' and now Muslims, then having their own 
informants commit crimes to discredit the larger group. In the 70's RCMP 
informants set off bombs in post boxes around Quebec to discredit the Quebec 
separatist movement. That a few immature hot heads can be trusted to make hot 
headed comments is always a given, but the fact that the various terrors of the 
21st century were all conducted by various intelligence agencies are also, a 
given. One of the ways of proving that would be to look at the explosives used 
to commit those crimes. Sorry, the World Trade Towers were brought down by 
explosives. The official story is an impossible lie. The Tube bombings in 
London were conducted with military, not home-made explosives
 which simply could not have had the power required to do the damage they did. 
The chief 'planner' of that, Haroon Aswat, turned out to be an MI-6 asset. The 
Bali, Madrid and even Tel Aviv bombings all had similar inconsistencies.”
Yes Dr. Naseer, there are many, many setups that fit the modus operandi that 
you described above and the WTC 1993 foiled bombing plot is a classic example 
of this.
To be complete I took the liberty to add in red one sentence to your paragraph 
below
"The "War on Terror" is a lie. The war against Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and the 
Muslim world is a lie. It serves the arms manufacturers and the rulers of the 
world. It serves the oil companies whose profits and values of their reserves 
go up. It helps the money lenders and promoters of war. It serves to transfer 
your money out of your pockets and into the hands of a few and fosters Jewish 
Zionists hegemony over the world serving their goals and purposes."
 
 
"Strive as in a race to achieve the
 goal of excellence in all that you do."

For real insights visit: 
http://www.ascertainthetruth.com

 Regards,

Nashid



- Original Message 
From: NASEER AHMAD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Naseer Ahmad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 6:23:21 PM
Subject:  New article on The Toronto 18 and The War on Terror


http://manfromatlan .blogspot. com/2008/ 05/toronto- 18-and-war- on-terror. html
 
Dr.Naseer Ahmad 



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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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http://www.islam-guide.com
http://www.prophetmuhammadforall.org

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Bismillah [IslamCity] Reminding u to read Soorat AlKAHF on Friday

[hossam kiwan]

Reminding u to read Soorat AlKAHF on Friday

نذكركم بقراءة سورة الكهف كل يوم جمعة

وقال صلى الله عليه وسلم : ( من قرأ سورة ( الكهف ) في يوم الجمعة أضاء له من
النور ما بين الجمعتين ) [ صححه الألباني في صحيح الترغيب والترهيب / 736 ] ..

وقال عليه الصلاة والسلام : ( من قرأ سورة ( الكهف ) ليلة الجمعة، أضاء له من
النور ما بينه وبين البيت العتيق ) [ صححه الألباني في صحيح الترغيب والترهيب /
736 ] ..