Bismillah [IslamCity] RIYADHU-US-SALEHEEN -Chap.39# 303,304, 308 311 THE RIGHT OF THE NEIGHBOUR AND TREATIN HIM WELL
39. Chapter: The right of the neighbour and treating him well Allah Almighty says, Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to neighbours who are related to you and neighbours who are not related to you, and to companions and travellers and your slaves. (4:36) 303. Ibn 'Umar and 'A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, 'Jibril continued to advise me to be good to my neighbour until I thought that he would have me make him my heir.' [Agreed upon] 304. Abu Dharr reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, O Abu Dharr, if you cook a stew put a lot of water in it, keeping your neighbours in mind. [Muslim] In one variant, Abu Dharr said, My friend, (PBUH), advised me, 'When you cook a stew, put a lot of water in it and then go and see the people of a neighbouring house and give them a reasonable amount of it. 308. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should not harm his neighbour. Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should honour his guest. Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak well or be silent. [Agreed upon] 311. 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, The best of companions in the sight of Allah Almighty is the one who acts best towards his companion. The best of neighbours in the sight of Allah Almighty is the one who acts best towards his neighbour. [at-Tirmidhi]
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39. Chapter: The right of the neighbour and treating him well Allah Almighty says, Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to neighbours who are related to you and neighbours who are not related to you, and to companions and travellers and your slaves. (4:36) 303. Ibn 'Umar and 'A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, 'Jibril continued to advise me to be good to my neighbour until I thought that he would have me make him my heir.' [Agreed upon] 304. Abu Dharr reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, O Abu Dharr, if you cook a stew put a lot of water in it, keeping your neighbours in mind. [Muslim] In one variant, Abu Dharr said, My friend, (PBUH), advised me, 'When you cook a stew, put a lot of water in it and then go and see the people of a neighbouring house and give them a reasonable amount of it. 308. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should not harm his neighbour. Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should honour his guest. Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak well or be silent. [Agreed upon] 311. 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, The best of companions in the sight of Allah Almighty is the one who acts best towards his companion. The best of neighbours in the sight of Allah Almighty is the one who acts best towards his neighbour. [at-Tirmidhi]
Bismillah [IslamCity] American Jewish groups must speak up over Gaza
Richard Silverstein: It is a sensitive subject, but the movement for Gaza accountability needs full Jewish participation American Jewish groups must speak up over Gaza Monday 20 April 2009 09.00 BST When Israeli forces left Gaza in January, they left behind 1,400 Palestinian dead, 4,000 homes destroyed, universities and government buildings flattened, and tens of thousands homeless. The Israeli and world press documented IDF atrocities including the indiscriminate use of white phosphorus in densely populated urban areas, the assault on United Nations humanitarian facilities, the shelling of civilian homes, and the shooting in cold blood of unarmed civilians. Israeli human rights groups have called for war crimes investigations of IDF actions. In the last few weeks, on-the-ground reports supported by eyewitness testimony have become available. They paint an even more damning picture. The attacks on UN facilities spurred the Palestinian Authority to call for a security council investigation. Officials announced they are investigating whether the international body has jurisdiction, but it seems likely that US opposition will doom such an avenue of redress. The UN human rights council has just appointed a distinguished jurist, Richard Goldstone, to head an investigation of both IDF and Palestinian actions in Gaza. The council made a wise choice in Goldstone, who served as chief prosecutor of the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda: he has an impeccable record in his field and can be expected to issue a fair, balanced and thorough report. Last week, Judge Balthazar Garzon announced the investigation of six Bush-era officials for devising a scheme that justified torture of terror suspects. With this development, it became clear there was a new method to hold violators accountable for their alleged crimes, and I am certain activists are already preparing dossiers for submission. Earlier this month, an international assemblage of individuals announced the formation of the Russell tribunal on Palestine. Modelled on the Russell tribunal on war crimes in Vietnam, and named after philosopher and peace campaigner Bertrand Russell, it aims to bring to bear international law as a force for adjudicating and resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The tribunal will hear a legal case prepared by volunteer experts from around the world. A jury of respected individuals will hear evidence from both sides and announce its finding of guilt or innocence to the world. There is one important consideration that should encourage Israel to participate. If it truly believes Palestinian rocket attacks constitute war crimes, then it should vigorously make this point. The tribunal has already taken pains to point out that this is a part of its mandate: Do the means of resistance used by the Palestinians violate international law? However, I would imagine that Israel will not participate. While Israel's savage assault against Hezbollah in Lebanon during the 2006 war generated an uproar, one wonders whether the massacres that occurred in Gaza crossed a moral threshhold. Can an effort to end Israeli impunity have real impact, both in terms of influencing world opinion and of impacting on Israeli behaviour? Israel has become an expert at wearing down its opponents, honing such skills during 40 years of occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. The question is: what, if anything, can the peace community do differently this time? Each time the world witnesses another humanitarian tragedy resulting from Israeli military action, the outcry is louder. For example, the UN has never before entertained the possibility of investigating Israeli war crimes. The EU has informally made known that it intends to freeze a planned upgrade in relations with Israel and cancel of visit of Israel's prime minister as an indirect result. American universities such as Hampshire College and church denominations such as the Presbyterians contemplate ever more seriously the issue of divestment. Gaza crossed a red line. Now, new methods of protest and new means of ensuring accountability must be devised. Horrors such as the Gaza war also breathe new life into movements like the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions initiative. Recently, Naomi Klein and Rabbi Arthur Waskow engaged in a provocative debate at In These Times about BDS. The Gaza war made Klein a believer. Recently, Rabbi Brant Rosen wrote words that many in the American Jewish community might find heretical, that BDS could be a legitimate expression of a weaker, dispossessed, disempowered people. There can be no doubt that horrors such as Gaza serve as moral ice-breakers in the psyche of diaspora Jews. Ideas that hitherto might have been taboo or anti-Israel become suddenly legitimate. As Israel drifts farther to the right, American Jews are challenged to respond morally. In this context, the forbidden becomes
Bismillah [IslamCity] RIYADHU-US-SALEHEEN -Chap.40# 312 314 ON DUTIFULNESS TO PARENTS ....
40. Chapter: On dutifulness to parents and maintaining ties of kinship Allah Almighty says, Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to neighbours who are related to you and neighbours who are not related to you, and to companions and travellers and your slaves. (4:36) The Almighty says, Have taqwa of Allah in whose name you make demands on one another and also in respect of your families, (4:1) and the Almighty says, Those who join what Allah has commanded to be joined. (W13:23; H13:21) The Almighty says, We have instructed man to honour his parents, (W29:7; H29:8) and the Almighty says, Your Lord has decreed: that you should worship none but Him, and that you should show kindness to your parents, whether one or both of them reach old age with you. So do not say 'Ugh!' to them out of irritation and do not be harsh with them but speak to them with gentleness and generosity. Lower to them, out of mercy, the wing of humility and say: 'Lord, show mercy to them as they did in looking after me when I was small.' (17:23-24) The Almighty says, We have instructed man concerning his parents. Bearing him caused his mother great debility and the period of his weaning was two years: 'Give thanks to Me and to your parents.' (W31:13; H31:14) 312. Abu 'Abdu'r-Rahman 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said, I asked the Prophet, (PBUH), Which action does Allah Almighty love the most? He said, The prayer in its time. I said, Then what? He said, Devotedness to parents. I said, Then what? He said, Jihad in the way of Allah. [Agreed upon] 314. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah said, Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should honour his guest. Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should maintain his ties of kinship. Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak well or remain silent. [Agreed upon]
Bismillah [IslamCity] israel: Globalization of Israeli terrorism
Globalization of Israeli terrorism The people should know that there is no place where Israel cannot operate. There is no such place, - former prime minister of Zionist entity, Olmert. Baruch Kimmerling has defines politicize with specific reference to Zionist entity, as a process that has, as its ultimate goal, the dissolution of the Palestinian people's existence as a legitimate social, political and economic entity. In order to achieve its Zionazi agenda - Israel has carried its terrorism to many countries, near and far away - from Mumbai to Islamabad; Turkey to Lebanon; Paris to New York; Syria to Iran; London to Sudan, and Bali to Madrid. Despite the western Zionist-owned mass media's rent less propaganda lies about certain countries (Iran, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Libya, etc.) and groups (Hamas, Hizb'Allah, Islamic Jihad, etc.) being sponsor of terrorism against the West (read Israel) - the fact is that it's the Zionist regime which has carried terrorist activities inside other sovereign countries - such as the assassination of Imad Mugniyah in Damascus in 2008; bombing of Syria in 2007; Mombai carnage in 2008; terrorist attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan, and three military attacks on Sudan in 2009. Even a Poll conducted among 15 EU countries in 2003 - resulted 59% of the 7,500 the participants believed Israel to be the greatest threat to the world peace - and not Islamic Iran or North Korea (reported by Guardian, November 2, 2003). According to the Bible - the Jewish elites had the habit of murdering prophets. Christians, for centuries, have believed in the Blood Libel - which though denied by Zionists - is confirmed by an Italian Jew historian, Areil Toaff (son of Rabbi Elio Toaff) in his book Bloody Passovers: The Jews of Europe and Ritual Murders, published in 2007. Another Italian Jewish historian, Sergio Luzzatto in an article Those Bloody Passovers (published in Corriere della Serra), agreed with Toaff, saying: A minority of fundamentalist Ashkenazis carried out human sacrifices. Now, since there are no more prophets to murder and most of the fundamentalist Jews (Zionists) have settled in Palestine - their victims have been changed from White Christians to Arab Muslims and Christians. For more than seven decades, the Israeli Jews have been killing innocent people, elderly men, infant children, widowed women, orphans, and fellow Jews who dare to criticize their Zionazi fascism. Although, the Biblical stories depict Jewish history over several thousands of years in the past - the Israeli Jews have proved that nothing has changed in the course of history. http://rehmat1.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/globalization-of-israeli-terrorism/
Bismillah [IslamCity] Emotions For Allah
Bismillah Hir Rahmaan Nir Raheem Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatuallahi wa barakatuhu Ghayrah for Islam Has Become a Deficiency Posted in 'Abdullah 'Azzam on April 6, 2009 by Abu Sabaya “…It is a disaster that your heart dies without you noticing. It is as if you say: ‘O Lord! How often I rebel against You without you punishing me for it!’ And He replies: ‘How often I punish you without you even noticing! Haven’t I removed the life from your heart?’ The death of the heart, the lack of reaction to the Shar’i texts, that your face doesn’t become red for the sake of Allah…that’s it. Your heart is dead. It no longer pumps blood. In fact, this has now become something shameful. It has now become blameworthy for one to have zeal and to react strongly when he sees some corruption or evil in front of him. This is now considered a deficiency of the many deficiencies that can exist in one’s character. People will say that you are a poor guy who is quick to get charged up, or that you are passionate, or that you are zealous, or that you are rash, or that you are a fundamentalist, etc. Yes! It is now something blameworthy! …Yes, and this is why we now use these terms without realizing what we’re saying. This person is too simple-minded, this person is too passionate, that person is a fanatic, easily charged up, zealous, etc. And is this religion given victory by mere reason, or is it given victory by zeal and passion? Reason tells you: how can you stand against Russia? Malik bin Nabi said that the index finger of Bilal that was raised to the sky saying ‘Ahad, Ahad (He is One, He is One)’ was not the voice of reason. Rather, this was the voice of emotion, because reason would tell him to deceive Umayyah bin Khalaf and then come at night and renew his Islam with Muhammad. Someone once said to me: “Brother, we shouldn’t be so open with everything we say. I sat for two years in an office without my coworker knowing my mindset.” So, I said to him: “May Allah ease your affairs. This means that for two years, you didn’t speak a single word encouraging good or forbidding evil because if you had spoken, he would have known your mindset?” And he considers this to have been cleverness on his part! The cowards think that cowardliness is intelligence * This is the deception of the wicked soul…” ['Fi Dhilal Surat at-Tawbah'; p. 223] http://iskandrani.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/ghayrah-for-islam-has-become-a-deficiency/ Surah Isra 17 verse 80 Say: O my Lord! let my entry be by the Gate of Truth and Honor and likewise my exit by the Gate of Truth and Honor; and grant me from Thy Presence an authority to aid (me). Ameen. Transliteration :Wa qur rabbi adkhilni mudkhala sidqiw wa akhrijni mukhraja sidqiw wa-j'al li mil ladunka sulta_nan nasira_(n). Al-Tirmidhi HadithHadith 2482 Narrated by AbuHurayrah (May Allah be pleased with him) Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) used to say, O Allah, grant me benefit in what Thou hast taught me, teach me what will benefit me, and increase my knowledge. Praise be to Allah in all circumstances. I seek refuge in Allah from the state of those who go to Hell. Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a tradition whose isnad is gharib. Transliteration:an Abi Hurairah (radiya Allahu anhu) qaal: qaala Rasul Allah (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam): Allahumma infa'ni bima 'allamtani, wa allimni maa yanfa'oni wa zidni 'ilman, alhamdulillahi alaa kolli haal, wa a'odtho billahi min haali ahlil naar. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
Bismillah [IslamCity] Hindu extremists attack Pakistani journalists in India
By Emaad Qureshi The extremists of a Hindu religious organization, Shri Ram Sene attacked a group of Pakistani journalists here on Wednesday INDIA :NEW DELHI: In a very unfortunate incident today Hindu extremists of Shri Ram Sena swarmed Delhi's International center and manhandled Pakistani journalists who were attending meeting of Indo-Pak forum. According to reports these Hindu attackers were also chanting Anti-Pakistan slogans like Pakistan is global problem so war is the only solution Shockingly enough ,rather than feeling ashamed of this incident top brass leadership of Shri Ram Sene proudly owned this incident by saying'Everything was pre-planned as we wanted to disrupt the seminar Noted author Arundhati Roy, columnist Swapan Dasgupta, Nirupama Subramanian, Hindu correspondent in Islamabad and Amit Baruah,Hindustan Times foreign editor were also present there. These types of incidents are clear demonstration of what actually is happening behind the soft image of India and what is the thinking of Hindu extremists about Pakistan. India is a big proponent of secularism but this incident is a black spot on the face of Indian secularism which proves that India is a country where Hindu radicals can't even tolerate peaceful congregation of Pakistani journalists. Writer is Chief Editor of the magazine Article Source : http://www.risethemag.com/viewarticles.aspx?aid=164
Bismillah [IslamCity] hadith: Good and Bad dreams
Narrated Abu Qatada: The Prophet said, A good dream is from Allah, and a bad or evil dream is from Satan; so if anyone of you has a bad dream of which he gets afraid, he should spit on his left side and should seek Refuge with Allah from its evil, for then it will not harm him. Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 54, Number 513
Bismillah [IslamCity] Allah's Love
Allah says in a Hadith Qudsi: My love is due for those who love each other for My sake (pleasure). And My love is due for those who maintain a relationship for My sake. My love is due for those who are sincere to each other for My sake. My love is due for those who visit each other for My sake. My love is due for those who spend on each other for My sake. Those who love each other for My sake, they shall be stationed on platform of light, and on account of their station they will be envied by the Prophets, the Siddiqeen (Righteous/truthful) and the Martyrs. (Ahmad)
Bismillah [IslamCity] hadith: Prophet's dream about the spread of Islam
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, While I was sleeping, I saw myself standing at a well, on it there was a bucket. I drew water from the well as much as Allah wished. Then Ibn Abi Quhafa (i.e. Abu Bakr) took the bucket from me and brought out one or two buckets (of water) and there was weakness in his drawing the water. May Allah forgive his weakness for him. Then the bucket turned into a very big one and Ibn Al-Khattab took it over and I had never seen such a mighty person amongst the people as him in performing such hard work, till the people drank to their satisfaction and watered their camels that knelt down there. Sahi Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 57, Number 16 Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar: The Prophet said, In a dream I saw myself drawing water from a well with a bucket. Abu Bakr came and drew a bucket or two weakly. May Allah forgive him. Then 'Umar bin Al-Khattab came and the bucket turned into a very large one in his hands. I had never seen such a mighty person as he in doing such hard work till all the people drank to their satisfaction and watered their camels that knelt down there. Sahi Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 57, Number 30
Bismillah [IslamCity] RIYADHU-US-SALEHEEN -Chap.40# 316, 318 319: ON DUTIFULNESS TO PARENTS ....
40. Chapter: On dutifulness to parents and ties of kinship maintaining 316. Abu Hurayra said, A man came to the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, and asked, 'Messenger of Allah, what person is the most entitled to the best of my company?' He replied, 'Your mother.' He said, 'Then whom?' He replied, 'Your mother.' He said, 'Then whom?' He replied, 'Your mother. He said, 'Then whom?' He answered, 'Your father.' [Agreed upon] In one variant, 'O Messenger of Allah, who is the most entitled to good companionship?' He replied, 'Your mother, then your mother, then your mother, then your father, then the nearest relative and the next nearest.' 318. Abu 'Abdu'r-Rahman 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud reported that a man said, Messenger of Allah, I have some relatives with whom I maintain relations but they cut me off. I am good to them and they are bad to me. I am forbearing to them and they are impatient towards me. He said, If you are as you have said, then it is as if you are giving them hot embers to drink. You will continue to have a helper from Allah against them as long as you remain doing that. [Muslim] 319. Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, Anyone who desires the expansion of his provision or to have the best of his life prolonged, should maintain ties of kinship.' [Agreed upon]
Bismillah [IslamCity] what is still left over to be called, racism ??
Brown-Palestinian fleeing from the White-Jews . in 1948 There is today a UN international conference on Racism in Geneva , Swisserland which is about to re-declare that Zionism is racism. You will not be surprised if I would tell you that the United Sates of America and the State of Israel shall not attend and nor agree on its final resolution. It is worth remembering how the USA was founded because should you ask my opinion, I would say the White-man robbed the Red-man from his country while the Black-man build a new country for the White-man (does it not sound familiar ??) As for Israel I would say : White-Jew robbed the Brown-Arabs from their country while later the Brown-and-Black-jews build a wall around it (does is not sound realistic ??) Racism has no colour , but it happens that the White-colour gets dirty very oftenand very fast too. In 1977 the UN general assembly has already declared Zionism is a form of racism but in 1992 George (Papa) Bush managed to retract this resolution. I , personally , would like to ask all of you : If Zionism were not to be racism, then what is still left over to be called: racism ?? Israel is not only The only Democracy it is rather The only racist-regine in the Middle East Sherlock Hommos Racistologe 20.04.09
Bismillah [IslamCity] Visit www.baitulsalaam.net to know more about us... Help us raise $750.00 per month more..insh'Allah.
*As Salaamu Alaikum,* We have been offered a chance to house more Muslim women and children in dignity. The offer comes from one who had to use our services in 1999. This just proves to me that Allah rewards those who just stand firm in Allah's word and perservere. Many of you have helped us do just that survive. *The sister who is making this offer stayed with us when we first started. She was so frightened when she came to us she cried almost everyday for a week. She had been referred to us by a Muslim who was afraid for her life. She was not Muslim. Later she became Muslim (while with us) no pressure from us. Fast forward 10 years later she is doing well and now can offer some of her blessings * *to us. The offers comes with a House Management person and part-time social worker. No utlities to cut on, no furniture to buy, etc. We are being asked to raise the $750 per month to pay our new landlord. You can't ask for better. Help us get into this house. It would mean a $5.00 donation per month from 150 people.* This appeal is going out to approximately 1,000 email addresses. *We are asking communities for $100 (an entire community) per month.* Please do this if only for a few months, insh'Allah. We manage two businesses (recycling and promotional items www.zazzle.com/hadayai), host events and write for grants (we have a very small grant coming from Verizon Wireles by the end of April. We are not idle asking your for money we work as well. *We have worked, faced many challenges, learned some hard lessons and are still here, Alhamdulilah! We have not gone anywhere. Do not plan to quit or go anywhere any time soon. Help us continue to help others.* ** *May Allah continue to bless us all. *ma salaam Hadayai Majeed Administrator Baitul Salaam Network, Inc.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Islamic Youth Awakening (Sahwah) Campaign 22
Islamic Youth Awakening (Sahwah) Campaign 22
http://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/islamic_youth.htm
Please remember that Monday is our Islamic Youth Awakening day.
1. Glorious Quran on Good Manners:
Fulfil your promises and commitments [17/34]
2. Hadith on Good Manners:
Be kind to a pagan brother
Hadith 8.11Narrated by Ibn Umar (Radhiallah hu Taala anhu)
My father, seeing a silken cloak being sold, said, O Allah's Apostle
(sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam)! Buy this and wear it on Fridays and when the
foreign delegates pay a visit to you. He said, This is worn only by that
person who will have no share in the Hereafter. Later a few silken cloaks
were given to the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) as a gift, and he
sent one of those cloaks to 'Umar. 'Umar said (to the Prophet (sallallaahu
alayhi wa sallam)), How can I wear it while you have said about it what you
said? The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, I did not give it
to you to wear but to sell or to give to someone else to wear. So 'Umar
sent it to his (pagan) brother who was from the inhabitants of Mecca before
he ('Umar's brother) embraced Islam.
3. Converts to Islam Videos:
TV Report: German Muslims Growing in Number
Rapidlyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYm94Q5wtbMNR=1
4. Coverts to Islam:
Martin John Mwaipopo - Former Lutheran
Archbishophttp://www.usislam.org/converts/martin.htm
Latino Converts: In 2050, Latinos are estimated to be 150 Million in USA,
and become a majority.
Muhammad Bin Abdullah Caraballo,
http://www.usislam.org/latinos/converts/muhammad.htmThe Great Love for
Jesus Christ Led Me to
Islamhttp://www.usislam.org/latinos/converts/muhammad.htm
5. Do you like American pop culture? See what good sincere American are
doing?
Crimes in Dallas, Texas in one
Dayhttp://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/AmericanPopCulture/crimes_in_dallas1.htm
6. WMD: Beware of their Weapons of Missionary Deception:
Missionaries are trained to convert Vulnerable Muslims with $6.8 Budget a
year. Simple Ways to answer them back with 0 Budget
Ask Christian missionaries Who was Newton's
God?http://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/WMD/newtongod.htm,
They will never show up again. They don't know their Bible.
7. WMD Videos:
Islam and Christianity -Ahmed Deedat and Gary Miller
(18/18)http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mf9BvwKXQQ
Yes you can be strong Muslim, please sign the petition : Muslim Youth Code
of Honorhttp://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/muslim_youth_code_of_honor.htm
Required a million signature each year Until that last Muslim Youth sign in.
Please circulate this posting to your brothers and sisters, Jazakum Allah
Khairan.
Please note that this posting is for adults too.
Dr. Adel Elsaie
http://www.usislam.org/
Bismillah [IslamCity] MIRACLE OF MAKKAH-WATCH WITH OPEN MIND
-- *A must watch documentary* *The video seems to be alittle halting at times. * *Have to have a little patience. PLEASE WATCH THIS WITH OPEN MIND. IT IS ABOUT 9 MINUTES LONG * * **http://www.vimeo.com/3206907* http://www.vimeo.com/3206907 Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others
Bismillah [IslamCity] usa: The only Good Muslim is the 'Anti-Muslim'!
Only Good Muslim Is the Anti-Muslim by M. Junaid Levesque-Alam / August 25th, 2008 For some, Barack Obama's stature as a man of the left has fallen precipitously, like late autumn leaves shed by branches bowing to the will of winter. Disappointment has often been self-inflicted. Supporters have dipped their pens deeply into the inkwell of Obama's inspiring story and written their own lines on Afghanistan, oil drilling, or the death penalty — only to see these wishful words unceremoniously erased by presidential politics or the senator's own views. But for American Muslims and progressive allies, both eager to see an end to the vilification of Arabs and Muslims in the United States, Obama's mantra of hope and change barely set in before it expired. First we witnessed the embarrassing spectacle of micro-level ethnic cleansing when two Arab women with headscarves were whisked offstage ahead of a campaign photo-op in Detroit. Then we heard Obama call false claims about his purportedly Muslim identity smears — as if he was accused not of belonging to an Abrahamic faith observed by more than 1.2 billion people, but of slinking out of Congress to visit a brothel. Soon after we saw the senator genuflect before AIPAC and call for a permanently Israeli Jerusalem — a vision the Jewish state has assiduously tried to realize by macro-level ethnic cleansing, purging its Arab residents. A more recent political maneuver also turned out to be a purge: the Obama campaign's Muslim outreach coordinator, Mazen Asbahi, resigned this month after a brief stint of several days. The event went almost unnoticed. But two sharply different responses to this episode — and the standing afforded to the authors of these responses — reveal that the senator is not alone in failing to stanch America's anti-Islamic miasma. Rather, the shortcoming is a collective one, shared by many liberals whose prejudice against Muslims and Arab-Americans is surpassed only by an apparent disinterest in correcting it. One response to the resignation came from James Zogby. An Arab-American Christian, Zogby's credentials as a man rooted in his community are matchless. He helped found the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. He led non-sectarian campaigns to assist war victims in Palestine and Lebanon. And he serves as president of the Arab American Institute, a Washington, D.C. think tank. Yet despite 30 years of community advocacy and experience, his views on Arab and Muslim issues appear in just two popular non-ethnic publications. One is the Huffington Post. The other is in Egypt. Commenting on Asbahi's short tenure, Zogby writes, In the brief time he held his position we spoke almost daily. He learned so much and did so much to make Arab Americans and American Muslims feel included in the campaign. Then, Zogby observes, it happened. One of the many websites monitoring Muslims in America discovered that eight years ago Asbahi served on a board which included a controversial imam. Asbahi resigned from the board after two weeks. Like vultures eyeing a wounded gazelle, the usual assortment of right-wing bloggers descended on Asbahi. They vilified him as a closet fundamentalist for once belonging to the Muslim Student Association, a well-established mainstream group with branches on dozens of college campuses across the U.S. and Canada. Not to be outdone, the Wall Street Journal threatened to amplify the echo chamber, the walls of which reverberate with the hysterics of its associates in the right-wing blogosphere. Faced with mounting pressure and bereft of support from any quarter, Asbahi and the campaign agreed he would relinquish his post. This sequence of events comes as no surprise to anyone familiar with neoconservative methods. It is but a reenactment of previous attacks: the mendacious 2005 campaign to oust Columbia University professors who used Israel's own archives to dismantle pleasant fictions about its history; the dissemination of e-mails containing crude anti-Semitic nonsense sent out in professors' names to destroy their credibility; and the ongoing efforts to publicly intimidate universities into denying academics employment or tenure. But amid the past few years of attacks, outrages, and, yes, smears, hurled at Muslims and Arabs in this country, one Muslim figure stands curiously unsullied: Irshad Manji. She, too, wrote about Asbahi's dismissal, though we would do well to acquaint ourselves with the author first. Unlike most of her coreligionists, Manji has been lavished with attention and awards by mainstream and liberal America. She garnered Oprah Winfrey's first Chutzpah award, Ms. Magazine's Feminist for the 21st Century seal of approval, New York University's Wagner School Moral Courage Project, a column in the Huffington Post, production of a PBS documentary, and the list goes on. In an era when Muslims find themselves boxed in by political attacks here and
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Bismillah [IslamCity] THe Arab world and Israel' Nuclear Arsenal (www.xpis.ps)
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