Bismillah [IslamCity] Why Lieberman is the worst thing that could happen to the Middle East
1. Robert Fisk: Why Lieberman is the worst thing that could happen to the Middle East 2. Robert Fisk: As usual in the Middle East, only Arabs are terrorists 3. Avigdor Lieberman - branded Arab-hating racist - set to be Israeli foreign minister
Bismillah [IslamCity] DAILY MUSLIM WISDOM
Since I understood four things, I have discarded all other knowledge. First, that my daily sustenance has already been apportioned to me and will neither increase nor decrease by my futile efforts, so I strive to increase it no more. Second, I alone and no one else can atone from my sins, so I devote myself to the Lord. Third, I know that I will never be able to escape death, which is in our pursuit, so I have prepared myself to meet him. Fourth, I know that God is observing me; therefore I refrain from doing what I must not do. -Hatim al-Asamm, The Kashf al-Mahjub
Bismillah [IslamCity] Ruling on investing in Internet cafes (www.islamqa.com)
As-salaamu alaykum wa rahmat-Allaahi wa barakaatuhu (Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allaah and His blessings!) Welcome to the e-mail list of the Islam QA website. 1. Ruling on investing in Internet cafes. use link http://islamqa.com/en/ref/112137 What is the ruling on investing and trading in Internet cafes, even though I do not know whether a user will go to beneficial sites or to harmful and haraam sites? There are chat programs in which people can get to know one another, and that often takes place between the sexes, and there may be exchange of indecent pictures, movies and songs through it. Praise be to Allaah. If these computers may be used to access reprehensible and false things that are detrimental to Islamic beliefs or through which people will look at indecent images and movies and stories, or engage in dubious conversations or haraam games, and the owner of the cafe cannot prevent these evils or cannot control these computers, then in that case it is haraam to deal in what has been mentioned, because that is helping in sin and transgression, and Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted, says in His Holy Book (interpretation of the meaning): “Help you one another in Al‑Birr and At‑Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression. And fear Allaah. Verily, Allaah is Severe in punishment” [al-Maa’idah 5:2] And Allaah is the source of strength. may Allaah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and Companions. End quote. The Standing Committee for Academic Research and Issuing Fatwas Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah li’l-Buhooth al-‘Ilmiyyah wa’l-Ifta’ (26/284). 2. He wrote a receipt for her for money that she would be entitled to in the event of abuse or mistreatment . use link http://islamqa.com/en/ref/112009 The husband wrote a receipt to his wife for the sum of £10,000, and the wife wrote a receipt to the husband for the sum of £10,000. In other words, each of them wrote a receipt, and the two receipts were deposited with a third party, on the condition that whichever of them transgressed against or mistreated the other party was proven guilty would be punished by the receipt becoming due to the one who was transgressed against, whether that involved reviling or slander. It was proven that the wife was guilty, so what should the third party do?. Praise be to Allaah. Obliging the husband to pay money to his wife if he mistreats her or abuses her, or obliging the wife likewise, is not binding and in fact is not prescribed in sharia at all. Determining the degree of a punishment is not up to people, and imposing payment of money as a punishment -- even if it is permissible -- is up to the judge. Moreover writing a receipt to this effect is a kind of lying, because neither of them has received anything from the other in that regard. Based on that, these receipts should be disposed of and should not be relied upon at all. Each of the two spouses must treat the other well, and adhere to that which Allaah has commanded of kind and decent treatment. Allaah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): “and live with them honourably” [al-Nisa’ 4:19] “And they (women) have rights (over their husbands as regards living expenses) similar (to those of their husbands) over them (as regards obedience and respect) to what is reasonable, but men have a degree (of responsibility) over them” [al-Baqarah 2:228] And Allaah knows best. 3. Buying gold through a site on the internet. use link http://islamqa.com/en/ref/34325 http://islamqa.com/en/ref/34325 There is a company selling gold via the internet. Is it permissible to buy from them or to bring them customers and receive payment for that?. Praise be to Allaah. It is well known in Islam that when buying gold for currency, the exchange should take place in the same sitting where the transaction is agreed upon, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Gold for gold, silver for silver, like for like, same for same, hand to hand… If it is an exchange of one of these things for another, then sell as you like, so long as it is hand to hand.” Narrated by Muslim, 1578. I think that buying gold via the internet is not a transaction that is conducted hand to hand, because you are sending the money to them then they send that gold to you after a while. If that is the case, then buying and selling in this manner is haraam, and it is haraam for you to bring customers to this company, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “but do not help one another in sin and transgression” [al-Maa'idah 5:2] But if the money and goods are exchanged immediately in one sitting, then it is permissible for you to tell people about them and to bring customers to this company, and to receive payment for that. We ask Allaah to make our
Bismillah [IslamCity] Lack of Understanding of Religion
Lack of Understanding of Religion Written by Shaykh `Aa'id Abdullah al-Qarnee That is what distinguishes the hypocrites, that they and all praise be to Allah, do not understand a thing about the Religion. The hypocrite knows how to drive a car and its mechanics, he knows the nations of the world and their capitals, he also knows lots of trivial things and various other useless facts which do not benefit him, if they do not harm him. However, when you approach him with things from the Religion which are common knowledge, he doesn't know a thing about them. Allah, the Sublime, says: But the hypocrites do not understand. [Al-Qur'an, Al-Munaafiqoon (63):7] The Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam, said as is reported in the Saheehs of Al-Bukhari and Muslim: Whomsoever Allah wishes to show goodness, he gives him understanding of the Religion. The people of knowledge have said the opposite to this is that whomsoever Allah does not wish to show goodness, He does not bestow upon him the understanding of the Religion. The sign of a believer is that he understands the Religion and is constantly increasing his knowledge of certain matters and benefits and he is covetous of all that is good, as well as the gatherings wherein it is disseminated. The hypocrite, however, completely turns away. When the people talk in a gathering about matters to do with the Prayer or worship, it is to him as if they are speaking in a different language. However, when a matter of this world comes up such a price of goods, vouchers, bills, travellers cheques, the yen and the dollar (and I do not say that the believer does not know these matters, rather he knows these matters but he also knows the affairs of the Religion) then he (the hypocrite) speaks as if that is the only thing in the world which interests him besides food and drink. So he whoknows these matters but does not know a thing about the Religion, then that is a sign of hypocrisy and refuge is only with Allah! a.. http://www.newmuslimguide.com/en/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=93 b.. http://web.archive.org/web/20070814133406/www.islaam.com/Article.aspx?id=11
Bismillah [IslamCity] On Arrogance, Humbleness, and Inferiority Complex
On Arrogance, Humbleness, and Inferiority Complex By Khalid Baig It has been called ummul-amradh, or the root of all sicknesses of the heart. Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, warned that a person having even an iota of it in his heart will never enter paradise. This deadliest of all sins is kibr, or arrogance. No one likes arrogance --- in others. We never like a person who is haughty, too proud, or condescending. We detest a person who belittles us and has a huge ego. Similarly we love people who are humble, polite, and easy to talk to. We love people who give us respect and honor. Thus if we follow the principle of treating others the way we like to be treated, most of these problems might be cured. In reality, the treatment of ummul-amradh requires a deeper look. For that we need to appreciate the difference between adab or manners, on the one hand and akhlaq or morals on the other. While adab deal with one’s external disposition, akhlaq as defined by Islam deal with our inner thoughts, feeling, and attitudes. In a healthy personality, the manners and morals are in harmony. But it is also possible to have the former without having the latter. The first concerns itself with how a person deals with others. The second is concerned with what a person thinks of himself. Two persons showing humbleness in their dealings with others, may have exactly opposite ideas in their minds. One may do it out of his or her generosity; the other may do it because he genuinely thinks that he is not better than the other person. The first person only has a shell of humbleness, which will crumble when tested. It is the second person who is really free of arrogance. Real greatness belongs only to Allah, our Lord, Creator, and Master. Human beings are just a creation of Allah --- and a very small creation in comparison to the unimaginably vast universe. Anyone who understands this will realize that our proper status is only that of servants of Allah. In fact for a Muslim the real human model is none other than Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, who is the greatest of all human beings. His greatness lies in being the humblest of all servants of Allah! It is impossible for any person who has this consciousness to entertain any notions of his own greatness. This leads us to the definition of kibr, given in a famous hadith: Kibr is to knowingly reject Truth and to belittle other people. This hadith exposes two strains of this deadly disease, both dealing with our exaggerated ideas of self-importance. The first suggests that I am more important than the Truth. The second suggests that I am more important than other people. We know about the Quraish and Jews of Arabia who had come in contact with Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, and who knew in the heart of their hearts that he indeed was the Messenger of Allah. Their arrogance, though, kept them from accepting it. History has recorded statements from some of them who said we know he is the Promised Prophet but we will keep on opposing him to maintain our leadership. While that was the most blatant form of arrogance, we can witness the same attitude on a smaller scale in our discussions and arguments. A person realizes that he was wrong, but then his pride keeps him from admitting it. No matter how polite or humble that person may appear to be ordinarily, this test shows the presence of arrogance in his heart. It is arrogance that keeps a person from saying I am sorry. The second strain involves our feeling of superiority with respect to other people. Islam’s teaching is that one should never consider oneself greater than other people, because that Judgment will come from Allah, and Allah alone, on the Day of Judgment. None of us knows what our end will be, whether we will end up being a winner or loser over there. The person who appears to be nobody here may end up with eternal bliss because of his goodness that only Allah knew. The person who is a big shot here may end up among the sinners who will be punished there, because of his evil that only Allah knew. How foolish, it is then to congratulate ourselves over our fleeting superiority. What if a person does have edge over another person in measurable worldly terms? How then can he not consider himself superior than the other person in that respect? The point is sometimes made in half jest: it is difficult to be humble when you are so great. Islam does not ask us to reject reality and imagine we don’t have what we really do. Rather it asks us to take a deeper look at the reality and not be misled by a superficial perception of it. And the simple reality that escapes many is that our health, wealth, talents, and power are not of our own creation. God gave those to us as a test and He can take them back whenever He wills. Those who are conscious of this reality, their blessings will produce gratitude in them; those who are blind to it
Bismillah [IslamCity] Does the Term Ahlul-Kitab Still Apply Today? (www.islamonline.net)
Does the Term Ahlul-Kitab Still Apply Today? Dear scholars, As-Salamu `alaykum. I frequently hear the term Ahlul-Kitab. Does this term apply to the Jews and Christians of today with their gross violations of all the divine rules and teachings imbedded in the revealed books? Jazakum Allah khayran. Answer Answer: Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. Dear brother in Islam, first of all, we'd like to say that we are impressed by your question, which emanates from a thoughtful heart. May Allah Almighty help us all adhere to the principles of this true Religion, Islam, and enable us to be among the dwellers of Paradise in the Hereafter, Ameen. In the first place, we would like to stress that Muslims should have good relations with all people of every religion. At school, at work, in the neighborhood, et cetera, a Muslim should be kind and courteous to everyone. Islam teaches its adherents to interact with all people and cooperate for the good and betterment of the whole mankind. Islam encourages Muslims to cooperate with everyone regardless of his/her religion or creed in all projects that are virtuous or beneficial to humanity or other creatures of God. The Christians and the Jews of the People of the Book in our times are indeed those referred to in the texts of Shari`ah, in both the Qur'an and Sunnah, as Ahlul-Kitab. Signs of disbelief noticed in the practices of some people of the Book, including Jews and Christians, in our times does not expel them from being Ahlul-Kitab So, the rules and regulations related to them regarding permissibility of eating their food and marrying their chaste women are still applicable to them. In this regard, Sheikh M. S. Al-Munajjid, a prominent Saudi Muslim lecturer and author states: Ahlul-Kitab or People of the Book consist of both believers and disbelievers, as indicated in the Qur'an, where Allah mentions the disbelievers among them, saying, O people of the Book! Why do you disbelieve in the verses [about Prophet Muhammad] of Allah, while you (yourselves) bear witness (to their truth). (Al `Imran: 70) And, Say: O people of the Book! Why do you stop those who believe from the path of Allah, seeking to make it crooked, while you (yourselves) are witnesses? And Allah is not unaware of what you do. (Al `Imran: 99) Allah refers to the believers among the People of the Book, making clear the difference between them and the disbelievers; He further says: Not all of them are alike; a party of the people of the Book stand for the right, they recite the Verses of Allah during the hours of the night, prostrating themselves in prayer. They believe in Allah and the Last Day; they enjoin what is right and forbid evil and they hasten in good works; and they are among the righteous. And whatever good they do, nothing will be rejected of them; for Allah knows well those who are the pious. (Al `Imran: 113-115) These people also believe in our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and in the Qur'an which was revealed to him. Allah says, And there are, certainly, among the people of the Book, those who believe in Allah and in that which has been revealed to you, and in that which has been revealed to them, humbling themselves before Allah. They do not sell the Verses of Allah for a little price, for then is a reward their Lord. Surely, Allah is Swift in account. (Al `Imran: 199) Signs of disbelief noticed in the practices of some people of the Book, including Jews and Christians, in our times does not expel them from being Ahlul-Kitab So, the rules and regulations related to them regarding permissibility of eating their food and marrying their chaste women are still applicable to them. In another Fatwa, Sheikh Al-Munajjid adds: The Christians and the Jews of the People of the Book in our times are indeed those referred to in the texts of Shari`ah, in both the Qur'an and Sunnah, as Ahlul-Kitab. They are to be reckoned as unbelievers just as they were in the lifetime of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). They are the people of the corrupted Torah and Injeel, as evidenced by the fact that Allah called them People of the Book despite their being unbelievers and their books being corrupted. Following are some Qur'anic verses that prove this fact: O people of the Book! why do you reject the Signs of Allah, of which you are (yourselves) witnesses? (Al `Imran: 70) O people of the Book! There has come to you Our Messenger, revealing to you much that you used to hide in the Book, and passing over much (that is now unnecessary): There has come to you from Allah a (new) light and a perspicuous Book. (Al Ma'idah: 15) Excerpted, with slight modifications, from: www.islamqa.com http://www.islamqa.com/ Name of Counsellor Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid
Bismillah [IslamCity] A thought
A THOUGHT
EXPERIENCE
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Experience is a tough teacher:It gives the test first and the lesson after.
Source: Radio Islam
PoEtEsS
Happiness is the key to the foundation of satisfaction, contentment and
acceptance…Zohra Moosa (Deaf Poet)
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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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Bismillah [IslamCity] A smile
THE SMILE
THE WALKING ECONOMY
This guy is walking with his friend, who happens to be a psychologist. He says
to this friend, I'm a walking economy.
The friend asks, How so?
My hair line is in recession, my stomach is a victim of inflation, and both of
these together are putting me into a deep depression!
PoEtEsS
Happiness is the key to the foundation of satisfaction, contentment and
acceptance…Zohra Moosa (Deaf Poet)
***
{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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Bismillah [IslamCity] RIYADHU-US-SALEHEEN -Chap.23# 184 ON COMMANDING THE RIGHT AND FORBIDDING THE WRONG
23. Chapter: On Commanding The Right And Forbidding The Wrong Allah Almighty says, Let there be a community among you who call to the good, and enjoin the right, and forbid the wrong. They are the ones who have success. (3:104) The Almighty says, You are the best nation ever to be produced before mankind. You enjoin the is right, forbid the wrong. (3:110). The Almighty says, Make allowances for people, command what is right, and turn away from the ignorant, (7:199) and the Almighty says, The believers, men and women, are friends of one another. They command what is right and forbid what is wrong. (9:71) The Almighty says, Those among the Tribe of Israel who rejected were cursed on the tongue of Dawud and that of 'Isa, son of Maryam. That is because they rebelled and overstepped the limits. They would not restrain one another from any of the wrong things that they did. How evil were the things they used to do! (5:78-79) and the Almighty says, Say: 'It is the truth from your Lord; so let whoever wishes believe and whoever wishes reject.' (18:29) The Almighty says, Proclaim what you have been ordered to, (15:94) and the Almighty says, We rescued those who forbidden the evil and seized those who did wrong with a harsh punishment because they were deviators. (7:165) 184. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said, I heard the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), say, 'Whoever of you sees something wrong should change it with his hand; if he cannot, then with his tongue; if he cannot, then with his heart, and that is the weakest form of belief.' [Muslim]
Bismillah [IslamCity] Islamic courts cleared to deal with family and divorce disputes as Government endorses sharia
Islamic courts cleared to deal with family and divorce disputes as Government endorses sharia 25th October 2008 Islamic courts have been cleared to deal with family and divorce disputes. Sharia tribunals will be able to decide how a Muslim couple divide their money and property and who gets the children. The sole proviso from Jack Straw's Justice Ministry is that a formal law court must rubber-stamp the ruling. This would be in the form of a two-page form sent to a judge sitting in a family court. The divorcing couple would not need to attend. The decision follows nine months of controversy over the role of tribunals run according to Islamic strictures. In February, Downing Street slapped down the Archbishop of Canterbury when he suggested the rise of sharia law seemed 'unavoidable'. But in July, Lord Phillips, who has since retired as Lord Chief Justice, said sharia principles could be the basis for resolving family and business disputes. Muslim ministers have warned that sharia should not have an official role because it accords unequal status to men and women. Giving more weight to evidence from men could hand them a greater share of property and enhanced custody rights. Lawyers said yesterday that using the secretive family courts to endorse sharia decisions would draw a veil over matters of wide public interest. Critics of the idea said yesterday advancing the role of Islamic tribunals would further marginalise isolated minority communities. The endorsement of sharia was announced to MPs by Bridget Prentice, a junior justice minister. She said the councils would still have no jurisdiction in England and that rulings by religious authorities had no legal force. But Miss Prentice added: 'If, in a family dispute dealing with money or children, the parties to a judgment in a sharia council wish to have this recognised by English authorities, they are at liberty to draft a consent order embodying the terms of the agreement and submit it to an English court.' 'This allows English judges to scrutinise it to ensure that it complies with English legal tenets.' A consent order allows couples to have a 'clean break' divorce in which there are no long-term maintenance payments. The orders can be approved only where a couple have negotiated and agreed all aspects of their break-up such as money, debts, property and children. The family court judge must decide whether the agreement is reasonable and ensure no side has been disadvantaged. The great majority of consent orders are approved. Barrister Neil Addison said yesterday: 'If the system works, the judge will not allow an agreement where there has been pressure on one party. He allows a consent order only if the agreement seems reasonable. 'However most mediation of disputes takes place in private and agreements are approved in open court. This is different - the original sharia law is secret and so is the judgment.' Robert Whelan, of the Civitas think-tank, said: 'The problem with the Government's attitude is the big question over how far submission to sharia courts is voluntary among Muslim women. 'Women who live in some communities may have no option but to go to the sharia court. The case is then rubber-stamped by a family court without any of us knowing how the decision was reached.' Islamic tribunals have authority to make decisions in business and financial disputes where both parties agree to accept arbitration. Five sharia courts operate mediation systems under the Arbitration Act of 1996. But financial disputes are less controversial because they are much less likely to raise problems over the status of women. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1080509/Islamic-courts-cleared-deal-family-divorce-disputes-Government-endorses-sharia.html comments: It's really pathetic that these so called Muslim ministers are against the shariah and call it unjust. So they call Allah unjust for sending the shariah. The non-Muslims approve the shariah yet look at these idiots claiming to be Muslims. Then do you believe in a part of the Scripture and reject the rest? Then what is the recompense of those who do so among you, except disgrace in the life of this world, and on the Day of Resurrection they shall be consigned to the most grievous torment. And Allâh is not unaware of what you do. (Al-Baqarah 2:85) Have you seen those (hyprocrites) who claim that they believe in that which has been sent down to you, and that which was sent down before you, and they wish to go for judgement (in their disputes) to the Tâghût (false judges, etc.) while they have been ordered to reject them... (An-Nisa 4:60) -shahid.
Bismillah [IslamCity] uk: The Sun newspapyer admits of False Allegations against a Muslim
The Sun: We Made False Allegations Against Muslim Back in March 2008 Atlas Shrugs blog ran a story entitled GET OFF MY BUS I NEED TO PRAY! The title linked to a news report from the British tabloid news paper The Sun. According to the Sun the story went something like this: Muslim bus driver in London kicks passengers off his bus in order that he can pray. Keeps them waiting and then lets them back on after he has done his Muslim thing. 4 comments were posted to the Atlas Shrugs website all of them rather aggressive towards the Muslim chap in the news report. Here they are: I don't know about the UK, but in the US that would be a lawsuit. -Posted by:Timur ya dont want any infidels on the bus when your prayin , no kufirs , who mohammed taught should be killed, no that would be too much to ask.- Posted by: shmujew I would like that wackjob to try that at rush hour in NYC - the grumpy NYers might just boot him and his prayer rug to the nearest curb! - Posted by: Barbara Dear Pamela; I'll bet you a billion effing dollars not one bad thing will ever happen to this guy because of this. And believe me, I would have NEVER gotten off that bus. I would have said, SCREW YOU PAL! Seriously; he would have had to physically remove me from the bus. Sincerely; EJO Hey Barbara; Those grumpy New Yorkers would have beat the crap outta that guy, burned his stupid rug. - Posted by: EJO As I said rather aggressive towards the Muslim bus driver. Anyway it transpires that the story was a fabrication by the Sun. That's right it never really happened as the Sun claimed. Today the newspaper agreed to pay the Muslim bus driver £30,000 ($42,915) for libel and breach of privacy: The Guardian A London bus driver today accepted £30,000 in damages from the Sun over a claim that he ordered passengers off his vehicle so that he could pray. The story in March last year caused Arunas Raulynaitis considerable distress and embarrassment, his solicitor, Stephen Loughrey, told Mr Justice Eady at the high court in London. Loughrey said the newspaper now accepted that the allegations were entirely false and that Raulynaitis did not order any passengers off, there was no rucksack and no one refused to reboard because they feared he was a fanatic. The article suggested that Raulynaitis was so arrogant, unprofessional and contemptuous of the passengers within his care whom he is paid to serve, that he ordered them off his bus so that he could pray, he added. The article went on to allege that the passengers later refused to reboard the bus because they spotted a rucksack and feared he may be a fanatic and therefore, it is to be inferred, a terrorist, Loughrey told the court. While it is the case that Raulynaitis did pray on the bus, he did so during his statutory rest break, as he is of course entitled to do. Not a single passenger was inconvenienced in any way. It transpires that an individual who noticed Raulynaitis at prayer chose to film this act on a mobile phone and sent the video to the Sun, which then reproduced stills from it alongside the article, as well as the footage itself on the Sun's website. Loughrey said the article not only created an utterly false impression of Raulynaitis's attitude toward his passengers, but also wrongly cast serious aspersions on his religious faith. He added that News Group Newspapers, the News International subsidiary that publishes the Sun, had already published an apology and agreed to pay substantial damages plus costs. The newspaper's solicitor, Patrick Callaghan, apologised for the publication of the false allegations. Raulynaitis's law firm, Carter-Ruck, said the damages were for libel and breach of privacy. As well as being highly defamatory of Raulynaitis, the article was also a clear and serious infringement of his privacy, Carter-Ruck added. It included photographs of him at prayer, and indeed the website version of the article included deeply intrusive mobile phone footage, which readers of the Sun were encouraged to watch. References to the false story quickly found their way on to a number of other often Islamophobic websites and the footage of Raulynaitis at prayer was also posted on YouTube, where it was viewed by thousands more people. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/26/sun-pays-damages-to-muslim-bus-driver source: http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/the-sun-we-made-false-allegations-against-muslim/ Atlas story pictures: http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/03/get-off-my-bus.html Sun news story: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1562296.ece
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