With so many of the world events showing that some Muslims have lost the fundamentals Iwould like to provide some ayyats that describe the fundamentals of doing good deeds as one of the requirements of success in both worlds and that doing the opposite (evil deeds) results in the hellfire. But give glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness, that their portion is Gardens, beneath which rivers flow. Every time they are fed with ...
This is the debate that I have been involved in numerous times over the years. I have asked many Imams about this issue and the response is normally the same. The last response I had was that "you get 10 times the reward" for reading it in Arabic without any supporting evidence from Qur'an or authentic hadith. Some people will not even accept any religious debate about Islam when it is done in English, yet the same people will lear...
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Iranian president banned from laying wreath at Ground Zero Last Updated: Thursday, September 20, 2007 | 8:12 AM ET The Associated Press A request by Iran's president to lay a wreath at the World Trade Center site next week has been turned down by police and blasted by a U.S. diplomat as an attempt to turn Ground Zero into a "photo op." Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ...
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'My kidnappers were not criminals' by Monday 26 December 2005 7:36 PM GMT Susanne Osthoff said that her captors wanted humanitarian aid A former German hostage who spent 24 days in the hands of unknown captors in Iraq has said her kidnappers are not criminals and have demanded humanitarian aid for Sunni Arab regions. Speaking to Aljazeera satellite channel, Susanne Osthoff said her captors told her not to be afraid as her kidnapping was ...
Israeli sonic booms terrorising Gaza by Laila El-Haddad in Gaza Monday 26 December 2005 3:30 AM GMT Israeli F-16 jets break the sound barrier above populated areas Palestinians liken it to a bomb dropped directly over their heads leaving them shaking and shocked; human rights groups call it collective punishment; and the Israeli military says it is a necessary, and relatively benign, military response. The sonic boom is the Israeli arm...
Two suicide attacks in Mideast leave 8 dead Last Updated Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:47:33 EST CBC News Separate suicide bomb attacks killed four people each in the West Bank and Baghdad and wounded many more. A suicide bomber blew himself up at a West Bank checkpoint after being prevented from reaching Israel, according to Israeli security authorities. An Israeli guard and four Palestinians were killed. Several more were wounded. ...
New threats of violence in Indonesia Last Updated Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:42:14 EST CBC News Thousands of security forces are on guard across Indonesia amid threats that al-Qaeda-linked militants were planning attacks over the holiday period. * INDEPTH: Indonesia Maj. Gen. Firman Gani, Jakarta's police chief, said Jemaah Islamiyah militants might try to retaliate for the death of bomb-making expert Azahari Husin, who was gunned down in a...
US confirms monitoring Muslim homes by Saturday 24 December 2005 7:39 AM GMT Mosques and Muslim homes and workplaces were monitored US officials have confirmed that the FBI and Energy Department have conducted thousands of searches for radioactive materials at private sites nationwide in the past three years, The New York Times reports. The existence of such a search programme was disclosed on Thursday by US News and World Report's websi...
Israel threatens to cut Gaza power by Thursday 22 December 2005 3:28 PM GMT Israeli troops killed three Palestinian fighters in Nablus Israel has threatened to cut power supplies to the Gaza Strip as more rockets were fired from the territory after troops killed three Palestinian fighters. Zeev Boim, the deputy defence minister, confirmed on Thursday that the idea of severing electricity supplies to Gaza has recently been discussed in th...
Israel, Palestinians argue over tourist access to Bethlehem Last Updated Wed, 21 Dec 2005 18:30:20 EST CBC News It may be best known as the birthplace of Jesus, but some Arab merchants say the Israeli army is making it harder for tourists to visit Bethlehem. This Christmas season, it's expected about 80,000 Christian pilgrims will visit the historic West Bank town. But locals say the presence of a towering concrete wall and metal gate controlled by the...
Serbs on trial for Srebrenica massacre by Tuesday 20 December 2005 4:36 PM GMT Footage showed handcuffed prisoners being shot in the back Five Serb paramilitaries who allegedly appeared in a video showing the murder of Muslim youths during the Srebrenica massacre have gone on trial in Belgrade. The war crimes trial is the first to be held in Serbia concerning the July 1995 massacre of about 8000 Muslim males in Bosnia's wartime enclave o...
Scholar: There is no clash of civilisations by Firas Al-Atraqchi in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday 20 December 2005 2:07 PM GMT Armstrong was in Cairo as a guest of the American University One of the foremost authorities on monotheistic religions and traditions, Karen Armstrong's writings on Islam have come into public focus following 9-11. Born in 1944, Armstrong began her journey to faith as a Roman Catholic nun but left her order in 1969 when s...
Iran warns Israel of swift retaliation by Friday 16 December 2005 2:19 PM GMT Najjar says Iran will retaliate if attacked Rhetorical hostilities between Iran and Israel have grown sharper with Iran's defence minister announcing that any Israeli attack would provoke a "swift and destructive" response. "The policy of the Islamic republic of Iran is completely defensive, but if we are attacked, the answer of the armed forces will be swift, ...
Police investigating Sydney race riots find pistol, ammunition in house raids 06:53:14 EST Dec 19, 2005 MIKE CORDER SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Detectives investigating race riots that rocked Sydney last week seized a pistol, ammunition, knives and smoke bombs in a series of raids Monday, police said in a statement. The weapons haul came after police questioned five men arrested Sunday night with a drum of petrol and objects for putting together makeshift...
Life returns to Palestinian village by Motasem A Dalloul in al-Syafa, Gaza Tuesday 13 December 2005 11:32 AM GMT Al-Syafa was under a virtual Israeli lockdown for five years Nearly four months after Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian village once cordoned off between two Jewish settlements is slowly coming back to life. Located in the northern Gaza Strip, the village of al-Syafa had been caught between the Israeli set...
US 'must fight for Palestine' by Thursday 15 December 2005 9:54 AM GMT A flag is little use without a functioning state America’s fight against terrorism will fail unless it leads efforts to create a viable Palestinian state, according to the former Australian prime minister. Bob Hawke, speaking on Thursday at a global peace forum in Kuala Lumpur, said: "Nothing effective can be done while the festering sore of the Palestinian problem co...
Rare Islamic texts to go online by Monday 12 December 2005 2:48 AM GMT Handwritten Islamic documents are about to go online A treasure trove of information about life in the early Islamic world is to go online, enabling Muslims, scholars and the merely curious to peer into a window on the faith's rich history. Numbering more than 10,000 texts, Princeton University's collection of handwritten Islamic documents, books and letters is the la...
Sons of beaches: a land girt by bigots * * Email * Print * Normal font * Large font By Tony Parkinson December 13, 2005 Page 1 of 2 AdvertisementAdvertisement BEFORE we get into the blame game over what went so awfully wrong at Cronulla, it is important to recognise how much Australians stand to lose collectively. In the iconography of this country, it is the beach cul...
Alan Jones: I'm the person that's led this charge * * Email * Print * Normal font * Large font By David Marr, Sydney December 13, 2005 AdvertisementAdvertisement BY THURSDAY last week Alan Jones was screaming like a race caller whose horse was coming home. "I'm the person that's led this charge here. Nobody wanted to know about North Cronulla, now it's gathered to this." The ...
Emotional Democrat becomes latest symbol of gathering storm over Iraq 18:51:37 EST Nov 17, 2005 BETH GORHAM WASHINGTON (CP) - The pressure on President George W. Bush over Iraq just keeps mounting as his popularity dips. Some Democrats are talking more about an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops. Republicans want Iraqis to assume more control for security, though they're not seeking a definitive timetable for pulling out of a war that's increasingly unpopular with A...
Iraqi group urges prison abuse inquiry by Wednesday 16 November 2005 11:19 AM GMT Some detainees are said to have been abused Iraq's government faces calls for an international inquiry into abuse at a secret prison in Baghdad where inmates were reportedly tortured, beaten and starved. The call by the Sunni-based Iraqi Islamic Party on Wednesday comes after revelations that about 170 detainees, mostly Sunni, were illegally held at a centr...
Starved, tortured prisoners found in Iraqi cell Last Updated Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:54:58 EST CBC News Iraq is investigating the discovery of more than 170 prisoners in a government bunker in Baghdad where many were found starved, beaten and tortured. * INDEPTH: Iraq Iraqi officials made the announcement Tuesday, two days after U.S. troops surrounded the Interior Ministry compound where the detainees were being held in an underground ce...
EU to investigate allegations of secret CIA prisons Last Updated Thu, 03 Nov 2005 09:34:40 EST CBC News The European Commission plans to investigate reports that the CIA is running a secret prison system in Eastern Europe and using it to interrogate key al-Qaeda captives. EU officials say they will informally question the European Union's 25 member nations. "We have to find out what is exactly happening. We have all heard about this, the...
CIA running secret prison system: report Last Updated Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:56:16 EST CBC News The CIA is running a secret prison system in Eastern Europe to interrogate key al-Qaeda captives, according to a published report. The Washington Post reported that the Soviet-era compound is part of a covert prison system that has been run for nearly four years by the U.S. spy agency as part of Washington's war on terrorism. The paper said there...
Israeli defence minister: no peace with Palestinians in this generation 10:28 AM EDT Oct 28 STEVE WEIZMAN JERUSALEM (AP) - Expressing growing frustration with Mahmoud Abbas, Israel's defence minister dismissed the Palestinian leader as "a one-man show" bereft of support from his own people and said he sees little chance that a peace deal can be reached with the Palestinians in the present generation. Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz's remarks were publishe...
Canada joins world in expressing dismay over Iranian leader's attack on Israel 11:25 AM EDT Oct 27 JILL LAWLESS LONDON (CP) - Governments around the world, including Canada, expressed shock and scorn Thursday at the Iranian president's call for Israel to be "wiped off the map," and several summoned Tehran's envoys in their capitals for a reprimand. However, Israeli calls for Iran to be suspended from the United Nations over the remarks by President Mah...
UN raises quake aid appeal by Wednesday 26 October 2005 6:46 AM GMT Oxfam says aid pledges fall far short of needs The United Nations has nearly doubled its appeal for aid for victims of the South Asia earthquake, as a leading charity accused wealthy nations of failing to respond to the disaster. With the UN now seeking more than half a billion dollars in emergency funds, UK-based relief agency Oxfam said the response from many of the w...
4 dead in blast at Israeli market Last Updated Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:10:49 EDT CBC News At least four people were killed on Wednesday in a bombing in the Israeli coastal city of Hadera, said Israeli police and emergency workers. * INDEPTH: Middle East Ambulances rushed to a market area in the Mediterranean coastal city as emergency workers treated people in a nearby field. Police say a Palestinian suicide bomber detonate...
Israel fires missiles into Gaza by Monday 24 October 2005 5:42 PM GMT Two resistance fighters were killed by Israeli troops on Sunday Israeli army helicopters have fired two rockets into the Gaza Strip in response to a series of attacks by Palestinian resistance fighters, witnesses and security sources say. One raid on Tuesday was against a building belonging to the Fatah movement of Palestinian Mahmoud Abbas in Bait Hanun in the north o...
Israel repeats threat to hamper polls by Wednesday 21 September 2005 9:46 AM GMT Minister Silvan Shalom addressed the UN General Assembly Israel has reiterated threats to hamper January's Palestinian election if the Islamic movement Hamas stands, despite being urged by the US to cooperate in organising the polls. "We will not allow Hamas to take part in the elections," Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told public radio in an interview on W...
Settler-funding a billion dollar question by Friday 12 August 2005 7:05 AM GMT Some believe $60 billion has been pumped into settlements Israel's illegal effort since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war to fill the West Bank and Gaza Strip with Jews has grown from the scattered actions of zealous squatters into a network of 142 settlements that house nearly 240,000 people. Now that Israel plans to spend $2 billion to dismantle just 25 of these enc...
Gaza evacuation begins; Israeli gunman kills 3 in West Bank Last Updated Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:26:28 EDT CBC News Israeli security forces began the forcible removal of protesters in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday. Unarmed soldiers broke through burning barricades and marched door-to-door ordering people out of their homes in at least five settlements. * INDEPTH: FAQ on Israeli settlements Also today, An Israeli gunman opened fire on Pa...
Iraqi civilian casualties By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL 07/12/05 "UPI" - - BAGHDAD -- An Iraqi humanitarian organization is reporting that 128,000 Iraqis have been killed since the U.S. invasion began in March 2003. Mafkarat al-Islam reported that chairman of the 'Iraqiyun humanitarian organization in Baghdad, Dr. Hatim al-'Alwani, said that the toll includes everyone who has been killed since that time, adding that 55 percent of those killed have b...
Israel to expand West Bank settlement even as it quits Gaza Strip 10:13 AM EDT Aug 04 AMY TEIBEL JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel announced plans Thursday to expand a settlement near Jerusalem, its latest effort to consolidate control over parts of the West Bank even as it prepares to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. The plan to build 72 housing units in the Beitar Illit settlement are liable to put Israel on a collision course with the U.S. government, which oppo...
Hate crimes against U.K. Muslims soar Last Updated Wed, 03 Aug 2005 13:33:12 EDT CBC News The number of hate crimes primarily affecting Muslims in the United Kingdom soared 600 per cent in the weeks after the London bombings on July 7, police say. * INDEPTH: London Bombing Crime statistics show there were 269 hate-motivated attacks in the three weeks following the bombings that killed 56 people. Similar crimes during the same period ...
Straw admits UK part of Iraq problem by Monday 01 August 2005 11:19 PM GMT Belka: Using post-war Germany as a model for Iraq a mistake The British foreign secretary has admitted that the presence of British and US troops in Iraq is fuelling the uprising there, and the Polish prime minister has said post-war nation-building efforts have "failed totally". In an interview on Tuesday with Britain's Financial Times newspaper, British Foreign ...
Jewish leaders worried by escalating Israel-Vatican spat over terror comments 01:09 PM EDT Jul 29 NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) - Jewish leaders said Friday they were worried by an escalating spat between the Vatican and Israel over papal pronouncements on terrorism and urged both sides to tone down the rhetoric to avoid any lasting damage to relations. Rome's chief rabbi, Riccardo Di Segni, said the dispute was "only damaging for both parties" and...
Italian court issues arrest warrants for more CIA agents Last Updated Mon, 25 Jul 2005 13:54:29 EDT CBC News An Italian court has issued arrest warrants for six more alleged CIA agents, accusing them of helping kidnap an Egyptian Muslim cleric in 2003, a court official says. In June, a judge issued warrants for 13 alleged CIA operatives, but turned down the requests for six others accused of involvement in the abduction of Osama Mustafa Hassan Nasr. Pr...
Man shot by U.K. police not connected to bomb attacks Last Updated Sat, 23 Jul 2005 23:56:52 EDT CBC News British police say a man they killed on a London subway train wasn't connected to Thursday's attempted bombings in the city's transit system. * INDEPTH: London bombing investigation A surveillance camera image of a suspect taken on Hackney Road bus. (AP Photo/ Metropolitan Police) The man, identified by police as 2...
Dozens killed in Iraq violence by Tuesday 24 May 2005 2:29 AM GMT Escalating violence has killed about 610 people since 28 April A string of car bombs and attacks in a continuing wave of violence has killed at least 49 people and wounded more than 130 across Iraq. A Baghdad restaurant popular with the police, a Shia mosque, and the home of a community leader near Mosul were among the sites that came under attack on Monday. ...
Many killed in Iraq violence by Saturday 16 April 2005 12:26 PM GMT An explosion in a Baquba restaurant killed seven At least 15 people - seven of them in one blast - have been killed in attacks across Iraq. In Baquba, an explosion in a restaurant on Saturday killed seven people, including three police officers, an Iraqi army officer said. "Seven people, including three policemen, were killed and at least five other peop...
Report: civilian deaths in Iraq far exceed those of military and police 01:44 PM EDT Jul 14 BAGHDAD (AP) - Violent deaths among Iraqi civilians far exceeded those of soldiers or police in the first six months of this year, according to figures obtained Thursday from separate Iraqi government ministries. Between Jan. 1 and June 30, 1,594 civilians were killed, according to the Ministry of Health. Civilians often bear the brunt of car-bombings and suicide attac...
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/24/148212 Ex-U.S. Marine: I Killed Civilians in Iraq Listen to Segment || Download Show mp3 Watch 128k stream Watch 256k stream Read Transcript Help Printer-friendly version Email to a friend Purchase Video/CD Ex-Marine Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey talks about his time in Iraq where he admitted the U.S. treatment of Iraqi civilians is fueling the Iraqi resistance. ...
Israel accused of redrawing borders by Sunday 10 July 2005 12:04 PM GMT Palestinians have reacted angrily to the Israeli plan Israel's approval of a new route for its West Bank separation barrier is part of a political agenda designed, under the pretext of security, to mark the state's borders, a Palestinian official has said. Ziyad Abu Ziyad, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, was reacting to the move by Tel Aviv to extend...
Israel razes Palestinian homes by Tuesday 05 July 2005 3:29 PM GMT Several families have lost their homes in the demolition The Israeli occupation army, using bulldozers, has demolished up to 17 homes in the village of Bait Fureik east of Nablus city on the West Bank, leaving tens of families homeless. According to a report quoting local sources, troops also demolished a mosque and school in the area, housing some 450 inhabitants as well...
Qur'an thrown in toilet by U.S. guards: ex-prisoner Last Updated Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:58:50 EDT CBC News A Muslim cleric once held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has told reporters in Moscow that fellow prisoners told him that guards desecrated the Qur'an by putting it in a toilet. * INDEPTH: Guantanamo A Guantamamo Bay cell block. (AP file photo) Airat Vakhitov, who was released last year, said he did...
Israel accused of covering up murders by Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank Monday 27 June 2005 6:18 PM GMT Rights groups say Israeli soldiers are trigger-happy The Israeli human rights organisation, B'tselem, has accused the Israeli occupation army of whitewashing the murders of hundreds of innocent Palestinian civilians. The organisation, which monitors Israeli human rights violations in the occupied territories, described Monday's convic...
Israeli military court convicts soldier in fatal shooting of British activist 10:10 AM EDT Jun 27 CASTINA MILITARY BASE, Israel (AP) - A military court convicted an Israeli soldier of manslaughter Monday in the killing of a pro-Palestinian British activist in 2003. The defendant, Wahid Taysir, who no longer is in the army, was accused of shooting Tom Hurndall in the head during an army operation in the Gaza Strip in April 2003. Witnesses said H...
US 'admits' torturing prisoners by Friday 24 June 2005 2:04 PM GMT A committee is preparing for hearings in May 2006 Washington has for the first time acknowledged to the United Nations that prisoners have been tortured at US detention centres in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan and Iraq, a UN source says. The admission was made in a report submitted to the UN Committee against Torture, said a member of the 10-person panel, speaking on condit...
Torture at Guantanamo Bay: UN investigators Last Updated Thu, 23 Jun 2005 10:48:10 EDT CBC News There are reliable reports of prisoners being tortured at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, United Nations human rights investigators said Thursday. * INDEPTH: Guantanamo They say many of the allegations come from declassified United States government documents. The investigators also accused the U.S. of stalling on the...
Watchdog: Israeli military probe of Palestinian civilian casualties a sham 02:26 PM EDT Jun 22 AMY TEIBEL JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military's investigation of Palestinian civilian casualties is a farce and encourages soldiers to think they can act with impunity, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a report Wednesday. The military said there was no basis to the charge. "All allegations claiming that innocents or terrorists h...
Israel criticised over civilian casualties by Wednesday 22 June 2005 12:16 PM GMT HRW says Israel probed less than 5% of fatal incidents The Israeli military investigation of Palestinian civilian casualties is a farce, according to the Human Rights Watch. In its 126-page report, the rights body says since the Palestinian uprising began in 2000, Israeli forces have killed or seriously injured thousands of Palestinians who weren't involved...
The US war with Iran has already begun by Scott Ritter Sunday 19 June 2005 12:06 PM GMT Americans, along with the rest of the world, are starting to wake up to the uncomfortable fact that President George Bush not only lied to them about the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq (the ostensible excuse for the March 2003 invasion and occupation of that country by US forces), but also about the very process that led to war. On 16 October 2002, President Bu...
Israeli, Palestinian killed in shootings by Monday 20 June 2005 6:13 AM GMT The attack was near Baka al-Sharqiya, 10km north of Tulkarim An Israeli civilian and a Palestinian teenager have been shot dead in the Palestinian territories, the Israeli army and medical sources on both sides say. In the northern West Bank, an Israeli man was killed and a teenager injured when Palestinian fighters ambushed their car, the army and medics said....
Israel to build sea barrier off Gaza by Friday 17 June 2005 1:17 PM GMT Israel has ignored an ICJ ruling and a UN resolution The Israeli navy plans to build a sea barrier off the coast of northern Gaza, saying it will keep out potential attackers once Israel pulls back from occupied land this summer, military officials say. The navy said the barrier, stretching 950m into the sea, is necessary because of the expected loss of surveillance ...
Jewish group wants Kazemi exhibit restored Last Updated Fri, 10 Jun 2005 17:56:45 EDT CBC Arts A Jewish group in Montreal is accusing city authorities of censorship over its decision to remove a library exhibit of the work of murdered photojournalist Zahra Kazemi. On Friday, members of the Canada Jewish Alliance Against the Occupation held a mock book-banishing ceremony in front of the Côte-St-Luc library where Kazemi's photos had been on display....
Rumsfeld blames Aljazeera over Iraq by Lawrence Smallman Saturday 04 June 2005 6:48 AM GMT The US defence secretary said television could promote terrorism US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has alleged that Aljazeera is encouraging armed Islamist groups by broadcasting beheadings of foreign hostages in Iraq. Speaking at a security conference in Singapore on Saturday, Rumsfeld said that "if anyone lived in the Middle East and watched ...
Israeli army kills Islamic Jihad leader by Tuesday 07 June 2005 7:54 AM GMT The Israeli army targeted the head of Islamic Jihad in Jenin Three Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers, including a top Islamic Jihad fighter, during an incursion into the northern West Bank town of Qabaty. The military said it entered the Palestinian town on Tuesday morning in an operation to arrest a senior member of the Islamic Jihad group....
US rejects calls to shut Guantanamo by Tuesday 07 June 2005 7:45 AM GMT The Pentagon opened the prison in January 2002 The Pentagon has rejected a call to close its Guantanamo prison and declined to express regret over five cases of US jailors "mishandling" the Quran there. Bryan Whitman, a senior Pentagon spokesman, said on Monday that the United States was not considering shutting the Guantanamo jail as suggested by a senior Senate De...
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb from a suicide attacker tore through a mosque during Wednesday's funeral for a Muslim cleric opposed to the Taliban, killing at least 20 people, and the local governor said an al-Qaida-linked militant was responsible. At least 42 people were wounded. The attack - which came on the heels of a major upsurge in rebel violence in recent months including assassinations, near-daily clashes with rebels and the kidnapping of an Italian ai...
This is quite alarming if the RCMP (Police) in Canada could even manipulate and coerce, vulnerable, addicts who became Muslims. A lot of rhetoric calls for "Muslims to speak out against terror and stop it". How can we stop it when the police are the ones behind it and possibly other governments and intelligence agencies? In fact if we look at most cases of terror no one is ever held responsible for organizing or creating the terror. Sufficient investigation i...
Yes, it's 2017 and this is really a serious question for many in the West, especially Europe and the USA. The last time a similar question was raised, we had the holocaust, millions of lives were lost and the displacement caused a ripple effect in the middle east causing millions more to suffer and perish. So things are not looking too bright but this is an opportunity to educate those who were not aware of the reality for many Muslim countries for decades and longer in recent h...
I was shocked and outraged when I first heard of this case on the news because it was a story done so well that seemed to be a clear case of the victim being arrested for no reason. But then Iasked myself some questions and wondered if there could be more to the story? Why would the UAE and Dubai who admittedly depend on foreign investment and Western tourism which they have worked so hard to attract do this? Some less than reputable groups would gleam that "see...
I'm glad to see there are a lot of tolerant posters here. There are a lot of white supremacists who are trying to justify this. My grandparents as immigrants from China are familiar with these tactics, and so are many other groups including Indians, Italians, Ukrainians, Africans and all other minorities. I highly doubt a Hamburger was thrown, and whether it was or not is irrelevant as some said. This is a hate crime, and they didn't hide it like some...
FreeCanada says: The problem about this is that Islam isn't a religion it is a culture and won't rest, till Shariah law is law of the land and those not abiding by ALLAH are prisioned and stoned. ================================ I am a Chinese Muslim who was born in Canada and think I can offer a unique perspective and information. I take exception with your comments, because it generalizes all Muslims as thinking that way, when that is not the case. For...
Imam Abudurekefu Akhond of the China Islamic Assocation also denounced the violence and said: "Uygurs are well known for their hospitality. Those rioters are not representatives of the Uygur people," "The Islam creed advocates peace and harmony", he added. "Different ethnic groups should show respect to and learn from each other with mutual understanding." I also want to add, that no one blamed Buddhism in the Tibetan uprising. In fact ...
I am very saddened at the violence in Xinjiang, where fellow Chinese (Han and Uighur) have been fighting amongst each other. I hope that the people of Xinjiang will not fall into the trap and violence that was set by separtists. Regardless of your ethnic background, China has the policy that "everyone is Chinese" and that achieving peace and harmony can only be done through equal treatment of all citizens. I also do not think it is fair to villify Uighurs ...
This is another shameful example of the confusion Hadith introduce to Muslims.Let's remember that there are thousands of Hadith, and even the so-called authentic Hadith authors, admit they've done their best to compile what they believe are authentic Hadith.The fact is that even Bukhari admits, even his collection may not be perfect.Further, the Hadith quotes the sister (link below) has found completely change the fundamentals taught in the Qur'an of marriage and decency....
This is just in response to the anti-Islamists who have been copying and pasting from anti-Islamic hate sites to miscontrue Islam.The Qur'an does not allow for any violence except in the case of self-defense, in fact the Qur'an repeats over and over that if the enemy (in times of war) wants peace, you can't continue fighting.This issue has nothing to do with Islam, it has to do with occupation and the Zionist leaders in Israel wanting a "Jewish" majority, and Ra...
Qur'an 16:116But say not - for any false thing that your tongues may put forth,- "This is lawful, and this is forbidden," so as to ascribe false things to Allah. For those who ascribe false things to Allah, will never prosper.I found this verse to be very important because the verse before this one 16:115, was describing the conditions of what food is permissible and what is not all...
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An example of the quotes from the Qur'an an anti-Islamist would use:009:029 "Fight those who do not believe in Allah or the Last Day, who do not forbid that which has been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, or acknowledge the Religion of Truth (Islam), (even if they are) People of the Book (Christians and Jews), until they pay the Jizyah tribute tax in submission, feeling themselves subdued and brought low."...
We thought we'd cite a common example, that there are many things in common with those who hate Islam and Muslims and spread hate and propaganda.It is clear that many of these people are simply uneducated racists, while others may be a combination of racists, who are also motivated by extreme religious views to destroy Islam.Many are also on an apparent mission to amend the laws of whatever countries Muslims inhabit in order to fight Islam, unfortunately.It is...
Many anti-Islamists charge the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be Upon Him), with being an egocentric tyrant among other things, insisting that his only goal was to deceive people and that he invented Islam himself and that he did not receive divine revelation as Jesus had.The biggest flaw with that argument is the obvious point that they would never mention. Muhammad already had protection and influence because of a wealthy Uncle.He risked the life of his fri...
This is what an educated Canadian said on CBC about Ann McLellan's comment about us not being prepared for transit attacks. It's refreshing to see that many Canadians are educated and rational unlike our Liberal government. (If we chose the NDP we know we would not be involved in any unjust or illegal wars that put us in harms way). What some Canadians had to say about McLellan's comments on CBC view point: I have no desire whatsoever to become "psychologica...
How Disgusting I have rarely been so upset at the comments I have read and as a muslim I have to vent my frustration about the ignorance of this person and also the media for only showing stories like this. An excerpt from http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050712/w0712126.html where a man in the Netherlands convicted of killing an outspoken critic of Islam gave his closing statements at his trial. He said: "What moved me to do what I did was purely my faith . . . I...
My response to a viewpoint article from Tom Velk on CBC http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_velk/20050805.html I agree that countries should not allow hate-mongering and other illegal activities from any people but to point the finger at every immigrant and belittle Islam while ignoring other forms of terrorism and the true causes is irresponsible and anti-Islamic in nature. Throughout the world, whether it be the news or on-line forums, people are quick to ...
Allah is GOD in "Aramaic", the language Jesus spoke With Ramadan around the corner (generally accepted as tomorrow if the new moon is sighted) I felt like doing some research and it turns out what my friend said is true (god is "Allah" in Armaic") and hopefully the Christians that knock on my door every few months will come back soon (although they promised to visit soon last time we spoke). It is a historical fact that Jesus spoke the "Aramaic" language so n...
The Christian Effect Areeb Yasir Christian organizations are everywhere, helping and giving to the poor. They are in South Africa, India, Afghanistan, Mexio and Iran. They are everywhere, trying to help everyone. But what they are doing in exchange is preaching Christianity, encouraging Muslims and other believers from different faiths to become Christian. Of course, the main thing is that they are helping. How many Muslim organizations out there are there i...
Hello UniteIslam! I accidentally came across your website one day after seeing a very upsetting article on the CBC website. It was by a Mr. Velk. He is one of their regular writers and has written many articles. The most recent one that I read from him, bothered me so much that I had to write in to CBC. He was stating the Canada should adopt American and British policies regarding ‘Terrorists’ and immigration. And we all know who those policies will specifically target, MUSLIMS. Anyways,...
For the Battered Woman in Islam: By Areeb Yasir You may already know this but choose to ignore it, but there are countless woman in the Muslim community who are being abused (physically and mentally) by their husbands each day. One in particular I know of, and even with her family’s support, she stays with her husband; each night slipping closer to depression. A woman has the right to divorce. It is an ugly thing to say, but in many horrible situations where the hus...
The Worst People. By Areeb Yasir. It was long ago, in the days of Prophet Mohammad (peace and blessings be upon him), that everyday citizen’s of Islam cared for their fellow brothers and sisters. They took into their homes, fed, and clothed, gave money to the poor and loved one another. Doing what was right, was the main focus of that time, following Allah and doing right. That time has passed, dead with the ancient people, buried in the sand. We have long f...
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