Call for calm in film ‘fury’ - ‘Respect all religions’

Call for calm in film ‘fury’ - ‘Respect all religions’

Several Muslim and Christian religious figures have called for rational reaction against the movie defaming Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.

The religious figures stressed that people should avoid irrational reaction, so as to send a civilized message of religious harmony.

The movie was produced in commemoration of the 9/11 attack. American pastor Terry Jones  burnt a copy of the Holy Qur’an last year to mark the 9/11 attack.

Reverend Emmanuel Ghareeb of the Anglican Church in Kuwait has condemned the acts disgracing religious symbols. He required all religious symbols must be respected and noted those behind such activities dishonor Christianity, as the religion calls for respect for other religions.

Muslim cleric Dr Khalid Shuja’ Al-Otaibi said many people throughout history have tried to disgrace Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). He added respect and reverence of the Prophet (PBUH) must be instilled in people by telling them about his virtues. He is sad many Muslim youths do not know the status of their Prophet (PBUH), which Almighty God even explains in the Holy Qur’an. He is of the view that shameful events of this nature must be an opportunity for non-Muslims to know about Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and by the grace of God, embrace Islam.

Meanwhile, Acting Pope of Egypt’s Coptic Church Pope Bakhomious strongly condemned the movie saying the act dishonors Islam with the aim of stirring conflict among people in the same nation. He reiterated the Coptic Orthodox respects Islam and Muslims.

For his part, Secretary General of the Salafist Movement Bader Al-Shihab said every reaction to events that dishonor religious figures must be rational, stressing events of this nature are generally backed by organizations and not individuals.     

Beautiful woman, who wanted a very pious husband

Beautiful woman, Who wanted to get married
There was this beautiful woman, who wanted to get married, but she wanted a very pious husband, so she said that she’ll marry the man who recites the whole Quran every single day, fasts for the whole year and staysawake and worships Allah all throughout the night.
She was a very beautiful woman, and a lot of suitors wanted to marry her, but they knew 

they couldn’t fulfil the conditions she set. Until this one man stepped forward and said he could 

fulfil them. So the Imam got both of them married.

\After the first night of the marriage, the wife sees that the husband doesn’t recite the wholeof the 

Quran, nor does he fast, nor does he stay awake in the worship of Allah, she decided to let it roll 

onfor a few weeks to see if there were any changes, there weren’t, so she filed a complaint and 

asked for a divorce.

They are both taken in front of the judge, and the judge asked, ‘What were the conditions of the 

marriage?’ the man replied ‘They were for me to recite the whole Quran daily, keep fast for the 

whole year and to worship Allah allthroughout the night.’

The Judge asked, ‘ did you fulfil them? The man calmly answered, ‘…yes.’

The judge answers, ‘you lie, your wife has said that you don’t, that’s why she’s asking for a 

divorce’.

But the man insisted that he had fulfilled the conditions, so the judge asked, ‘did you recite the 

fullQuran everyday?’ The man answered yes. The Judge, baffled asked, ‘how? How can you do 

that?’

The man coolly answered, ‘I reciteSurah Ikhlas three times a day and according to Prophet 

Muhammad (saw), reciting Surah Ikhlas three times is equivalent toreciting the whole Quran.’

The Judge was intrigued, so he asked, ‘how did you fast the whole year?’

The man answered, ‘ I fasted for the whole month of Ramadan, then kept another six fasts in the 

month of Shawwal, according to Prophet Muhammad (saw), keeping all of the fast of Ramadan 

then keeping six fasts in the monthof Shawwal, is as if you have fasted for the whole year.’

The Judge remained silent, he couldn’t give a reply saying the man was wrong, so finally he asked, 

‘ how did you stay awake allnight and worship Allah, when your wife saw you sleeping?’ The Judge 

thought the man wouldn’t be able to answer this one,

But the man, cool as a cucumber answered, ‘I prayed Salatul Isha with jamaat, then the next day 

prayed Salatul Fajr with jamaat, according to Prophet Muhammad(saw), the one who prays Salatul 

Isha and Salatul Fajr with jamaat, itis as if he had stayed up all night worshipping Allah.’

The Judge sat there looking at the man; the final verdict was about tobe released…

He said to the man and his wife, ‘…go, just go, there is nothing wrong with this marriage’…

Moral ♥ : ISLAM IS A VERY EASY RELIGION IF WE FOLLOW IT

LEARN FROM THE STORY : IF WE FOLLOW THE ISLAM WITH TRUE SPIRIT"WE CAN 

BECOME A PERFACT MUSLIMS

★ ★الله Will Grant you The Reward For Spreading Righteousness

what say Islam and Christinity about Anti islamic Film "FITNA"

Fitna: A Christian response to an anti-Islamic film

Richard Shumack

 

Geert Wilder’s short film Fitna aims to shock, and succeeds in doing so. The fifteen minute film was posted on the Internet in late March. In the days since, it has disappeared and reappeared for various reasons, including threats to the staff of the video-sharing website on which it was hosted. Named after the Arabic word for schism, the format of the film consists of a simple pattern. A verse of the Qur’an apparently advocating violence is quoted, followed by footage of Muslim preachers exhorting related violent action and real world examples of corresponding acts of violence. The film-maker’s central message is clearly seen in the conclusion: the Qur’an supports acts of violence and terrorism, and Muslims must address this by removing the offending verses.

There is much here that is disturbing in both content and approach. The violent episodes are gut-wrenching. The representation of the Qur’anic verses makes Islam appear unambiguously supportive of terrorism and brutality - certainly the preachers shown in the film read the Qur’an in such a way as to endorse violence. Yet the graphical statistics are without context. Geert Wilder’s extreme right wing politics are also problematic. There is however one crucial question raised: Does the Qur’an indeed promote violence in the name of Islam?

don’t judge Islam by its worst advocates

At first glance the Qur’anic verses quoted seem clear in what they advocate. For example Fitna quotes Qur’an 47:4:

	Therefore when ye meet the unbelievers, smite at their necks and when ye have caused a bloodbath among them bind a bond firmly on them...

Footage follows of hit lists of enemies of Islam and brutal attacks on individuals such as Theo van Gogh, the murdered Dutch film director and vocal critic of Islam. However there are multiple factors to consider in interpreting a verse in the Qur'an. The most obvious is context. In the case of 47:4 classical commentators such as Ibn Kathir universally explain the historical context as military (the Battle of Badr) . The verse itself even continues:

	…and [confer] grace upon them afterwards or ransom [them] until the war lays down its burdens.

If the context is an historical military battle, and if the command is not simply towards a bloodbath, but to honourable, if brutal, military ethics then things are a bit more complicated then they seem in the movie.

There are other interpretive questions too. Is this Qur’anic injunction situational in application? Is this verse tempered by other teaching? Has it been ‘abrogated’ by other verses?  Is it metaphorical or symbolic? Are the interpretations taken by teachers in the movie representative of the Muslim scholarly community? Prof Mohamed Elmasry, national president of the Canadian Islamic Congress notes the difficulties:

	For the last 1400 years, Muslims and their religious scholars have dealt – and are still dealing with − the important question of how much of the Qur’an is binding on Muslims at all times and how much of its teachings apply only to the age of the Prophet Muhammad and the particular circumstances in which he and his followers lived. This is a continually difficult question…

The shock of the movie, and the subtlety of Qur’anic interpretation leads me to two challenges: one for non-Muslim observers, one for Islam. For the non-Muslim encountering any anti-Islamic polemic such as Fitna, it is important to be slow to adopt the rhetoric without first questioning your understanding of Islam and the Qur’an. Ask whether an Islamist reading of the Qur’an is authentic. Pick up a Qur’an and read it for yourself. Ask your Muslim neighbour how they read these verses in the Qur’an. Importantly, don’t judge Islam by its worst advocates. Comparing the worst evil perpetrated in the name of Islam with the best good done in the name of Christ (or vice versa) achieves nothing. The argument of Fitna must be established or dismissed by the Qur’an.

But the challenge for Islam is that this may not be a simple task. To follow up on Prof Elmasry’s comments, if the debate over the current application of so called ‘sword’ verses in the Qur’an is still unresolved, then it is not at all clear that Islamist readings of the Qur’an can easily be dismissed as aberrant. Even the most modernist of Islamic scholars such as Seyyed Hossein Nasr agrees the Qur’an endorses violence in the name of Islam, even if it is only in self-defence .

What then does it mean to speak of the Qur’an as a message of peace, when there is no clear agreement on what is ‘self- defence’, (especially in the days of pre-emptive strikes)? Who are ‘the innocent’? What is the line between ‘war’ and ‘terrorism’ for a powerless people? Muslims are unlikely to adopt Wilder’s suggestion of removing selected verses from the Qur’an, but the challenge is to outline clearly whether Islamists are reading it incorrectly.

Richard Shumack is a CPX fellow and a post-graduate student in Islamics at Melbourne University.

BURMAN (MYANMAR) BUDDHIST ARE BORN CRIMINALS

BURMAN (MYANMAR) BUDDHIST ARE BORN CRIMINALS, BUT THEY ARE ACTING LIKE INNOCENT. from 3rd june 2012 to till now about 50 thousand Muslims killed in Burma by MAG BUDDHIST Terrorist, they blocked all mosques for Muslims, military forces fully Inter-vented  in spreading Terrorism against Muslims. the Buddhist Monks have leadership against muslims.
So This the time for all Muslim 


countries to stand together


 and stop this genocide by 


Buddhist in Burma, Wake up Muslims

50 thousand Muslims killed in Burma (Myanmar) by Buddhist terrorists

 50 thousand Muslims brutally  killed in Burma (Myanmar) by Buddhist terrorists, the world is quiet,  Muslims are killled by Others and they also blamed  to terrorist,   where is  humanity? please raise ur voice against Burma Mayanmar worldly 

Muslim girl rapped by Buddhist Terrorist in Mayanmar

Assam MLA Rumi Nath leaves husband, converts to Islam

A woman Congress legislator from Assam was thrashed by a mob at a hotel in Karimganj town late Friday night after she converted to Islam and married a Muslim friend, police said Saturday.

Rumi Nath and her husband Jacky Jakir, who were badly injured, were being shifted to the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital Saturday for treatment, police said.

Sources close to the legislator said she was pregnant.

Nath, who had won the Borkhola assembly seat in Assam’s Barak Valley on a BJP ticket in 2006, had defected later and joined the Congress. She contested the 2011 assembly elections on a Congress ticket and retained the seat.

She married her friend and long time family acquaintance Jacky Jakir, a Muslim by faith, last month and it angered most of her supporters. She also converted to Islam before the marriage. She, however, did not divorce her first husband, Rakesh Kumar Singh and left the daughter from her first marriage in her parents’ house.

After she revealed her second marriage, some of her supporters and social organisations in the Barak Valley warned her not to enter the area. The MLA had been out of the state with her second husband since then.

“The couple came to Karimganj last evening and were staying for the night at the Hotel Nakshatra. Angry residents somehow came to about the presence of Rumi Nath and her second husband and physically assaulted the duo. Although she had body guards and police reached the spot immediately, it became difficult to control the huge mob,” Karimganj Superintendent of Police Pradip Pujari told IANS.

“While we were able to rescue both of them, they have been seriously injured. Both the MLA and her husband Jacky Jakir are being shifted to Guwahati for better treatment Saturday morning,” Pujari said.

“The situation has been contained as of now but we are keeping a close vigil so that it does not take any religious angle. Investigation is also on to find out the culprits involved in the incident on Friday night,” he said.

Daughter of a Rajput family embraces Islam

Hyderabad, May 14:

Thakur Prahlad Singh cautioned his daughter Madhurani (36) ‘see the decision you have taken is extremely wrong, you go back with your decision and no one would say anything to you. You will get back daddy, mummy, and brothers and sisters’ love. But Madhurani did not pay heed to father’s anger and admonishment. Finally Thakur Prahlad Singh told Madhu ‘by looking to your determination it seems that you would rest only after accepting Islam, see! if you want to change your religion, you may become a Christian or accept Buddhism or you can become an ascetic if you like, but don’t become a Muslim. I know very well about Islam and Muslims. Woman has no position in this religion. She is thought to be a house maid. You will repent after accepting Islam. If you insist on accepting Islam I will kill you.’

When Thakur Prahlad Singh stopped expressing his views, Madhu started talking with full confidence and religious fervor. Her father, mother and others remained awestricken listening to her speech.

Madhu allayed all their apprehensions regarding Islam with complete proofs. She said ‘if there is any religion which gave a respectable status to women that is Islam. By saying that ‘Heaven lies beneath mother’s feet’ Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) raised the position of woman to the height of the sky. As far as the matter of violence is concerned, Islam didn’t teach violence rather it propagated the message of peace and brotherhood.

Daddy you term Islam as the religion devoid of manner and conduct and you think yourself to be cultured and well-mannered person still you warn me to kill if I accept Islam, while our prophet (pbuh) saved girls from being buried, nearly 1500 years ago.

Prahlad Sing and other family members remained speechless after listening to Madhus’ lecture.

Later they decided they would not force her but will convince her with love and affection. But Allah guides whom He wills. So now Madhu is before us as a pure Muslim girl and hope her parents would also embrace Islam some day.

Madhu Rani is the eldest daughter of Thakur Prahlad Singh retired government servant. She belongs to Rajput family; she has two brothers and two sisters.

Madhurani whose Islamic name is Khadija told that the pleasure and tranquility she experienced after embracing Islam cannot be narrated in words. She was born in Warangal.

Throwing light on the causes and reasons behind accepting Islam, Khadija told that she decided to embrace Islam after deep study of religious books of Hinduism and the holy Quran. She thought herself to be the most blessed person after becoming a Muslim. Answering a question she told that there were few Muslim workers in the company where she used to work; and she liked the way her friends used to offer prayers. She was very much impressed to see congregational prayers. She further told that though she was born in a hardcore Hindu family, from the beginning itself, she disliked bowing down before multiple gods.

Khadija told that Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) is repeatedly mentioned in all the Hindu religious scriptures. All the books also mentioned Oneness of Allah.

After studying the religious books for years, many questions came to her mind. Who is she? What is her aim of life? But when she started reading the holy Quran she found answers to all her questions.

According to her she recited ‘kalima’ silently for three years and used to pray secretly. But it became difficult for her to stay in her house after becoming Muslim. Hence seeing all these problems Khadija left her house on March 20, 2012 leaving a chit stating she is leaving her house for Islam with her own consent.