9/30/2009

Volume 100, Oct 10, 2009

Editors: Mohamed & Rashida Ziauddin

St. Louis, Missouri

Editorial:

We received an unusual "forwarded e-mail" titled: "Dangerous Tricks Against Islam" which gave a list of websites that deliberately give false information about Islam. A part of the e-mail states "These sites have been developed by Jews who intentionally are spreading wrong information about the Quran and Hadith and Islam itself".


DISCLAIMER: As an editorial team, we are not responsible for the accuracy of below forwarded e-mail and do not necessarily agree with all content of below e-mail.

However as this E-Zine is the platform representing the VOICE OF THE GLOBAL UMMAH, we believe e-mails such as the below need greater validity, authentication and accuracy. Readers like you are welcome to express your opinion regarding the above. One of several options could consist of a review being done by an international team of Islamic experts and if the majority of them concur the allegation of below e-mail, then such slanderous websites could be officially put in a BLACKLIST which should be publicized by the Muslim media to all nook and corners of the world, including if needed on the bulletin boards of Masjids and other institutions worldwide. By so doing, the primary objective of such vicious anti-Islamic elements to misinform others would be significantly reduced if not eliminated.

To be fair, there may be some websites from below list that may not be blacklisted. If so, they need to be removed from such a list. We further do not agree to any statement that stereotypes any particular religious group including JEWS. Let the global Ummah not fall into the same trap that the non-believers have already fallen into, in terms of stereotyping the whole Muslim community with specific negatives.

Special thanks to Ayub Khan Rasool from Bangalore, India for forwarding below article, the original author(s) could not be accurately identified. If anyone is able to identify the author, please feel free to let us know the name of the author(s), so that we could include their name(s) and give them their due credit.

DANGEROUS TRICKS AGAINST ISLAM! PLEASE FORWARD!

Assalaamu 'Aleykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuhu,

COULD YOU FORWARD AN EMAIL TO SAVE YOUR RELIGION?

Please send this message to every Muslim you know...

ASAP!

If you don't....

A Muslim somewhere in the world could be receiving false information about Islam. So prevent that from happening PLEASE.

Beware of the following websites:

www.answering-islam.org
www.aboutislam.com
www.thequran.com
www.allahassurance.com

These sites have been developed by Jews who intentionally are spreading wrong information about the Quran and Hadith and Islam itself.

Please spread the information to all the Muslim brothers and sisters around the world. The list of traced anti-Islamic websites about Islam are:

(1) http://www.islamreview.com

This site has posted fake stories of how Muslims converted to Christianity. How do I know? Read the following excerpt from one of the stories:

First the 'convert' says: (emphasis added)
In the end, I managed to convince my mother, as it was for Allah and I joined the Islamic College. Having graduated as an ustaz, I was soon posted to my neighbourhood…
And then: My trip to Mecca for the Haj (pilgrimage) was tiring but eventful. I did not have the rare opportunity to see inside the holy Kabah and the holy idols inside, which Prophet Muhammud had helped to place, as explained in Bukhari's Hadith
An Ustaz (scholar) in Islamic Studies is saying that there are idols inside the Kabah and that too placed by Muhammad (saw) himself!?!?!

This clearly shows that the author is deliberately trying to spread misinformation about Islam and wants to convey to possible reverts to Islam that it is religion of idol worship. In fact most of the Christian sites use this tactic of false convert stories but it's not always possible to prove it

(2) http://www.faithfreedom.org/

AlhamduliLlaah I was able to catch another site posting fake stories of Muslims leaving Islam.
See the false information imparted here. That the attempt is deliberate is known through the claim that the 'convert' has done detailed study about the topic....

"For Islamic Education, I had to study about marriage in detail to do well. So, I learnt all the stuff and got the highest grade anyone can get for Islamic Education. And guess what? Because I know it so well, I know that there is a lot of discrimination against women in Islam. Things like a father and grandfather can marry a girl/woman to whomever they want even if the girl/woman doesn't want to marry that person… In addition, I learned things like women couldn't be witnesses in Syariah Courts and things like that".

The first point here is a total lie whereas the second is a distorted version of the truth.

(3) http://www.answering-islam.org/Testimonies/younathan.html

Here's yet another extract from a false convert story aimed at spreading misinformation about Islam.

As I started thinking about my life and the Quran, I realized all Muslims, even the Prophet Muhammad, would go to Hell for certain sins they committed in their lifetime.

This is a common ploy of the Christian Missionaries. They first inform gullible victims that Jesus (God) is Love and just by believing in the Crucifixion, you will be assured of Paradise. Whereas the concept of God in Islam is so harsh that no one will be spared from Hell and that even Prophet Muhammad (saw) was not sure of where he would end up. For this purpose they quote an ayat of the Qur'aan out of context. Here they have gone a step further by saying that even our beloved Prophet (saw) would have to go through hell. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Anti Islamic Sites under misleading names

(4) http://www.muslimhope.com

(5) http://www.islameyat.com/

(6) http://www.islamreview.com

(7) http://www.muhammadanism.com/

(8) http://thespiritofislam.com/index.html

(9) http://www.abrahamic-faith.com/

(10) http://www.gnfcw.com/

(11) http://www.knowislam.info/drupal/mno

(12) http://www.homa.org/

(13) http://www.thequran.com

(14) http://www.Allahassurance.com

(15) http://www.mosque.com

(16) http://thespiritofislam.com/index.html

(17) http://www.newislam.org/


Anti Islamic Sites apparent even by name

(18) http://www.islam-exposed.org/

(19) http://answering-islam.org.uk/

(20) http://www.answeringinfidels.com

(21) http://www.islamundressed.com/

(22) http://www.studytoanswer.net/myths_ch1.html

(23) http://www.challenging-islam.org/submissions/shariah.htm

(24) www.answering-islam.org

(25) http://www.islamundressed.com

(26) http://www.exmuslim.com/

(27) http://www.answeringinfidels.com

(28) http://www.gnfcw.com/

(29) http://www.dhimmi.com/

(30) http://www.chick.com/information/religions/islam/

(31) http://www.acage.org/

(32) http://www.apostatesofislam.com/

(33) http://www.secularislam.org/

(34) http://www.muslim-refusenik.com/

(35) http://www.icapi.org/

(36) http://www.hesetsfree.org/

(37) http://www.letusreason.org/Islamdir.htm

(38) http://www.kafirnation.com/

(39) http://www.jihadwatch.org

(40) http://www.anti-cair-net.org/

(41) http://apostatesofislam.com/

(42) http://challenging-islam.org/

Always check the source of any Islamic web site even if it is very convincing:

A FAKE AMERICAN QUR'AN

(The FURQAN QUR'AN)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1579211755/qid%3D1096805827/102-4933271-2395342

PLEASE DO NOT ignore this.

FORWARD this to as many Muslims as you can.

The new AMERICAN Qur'an: a dangerous trick.

A new Quran is being distributed in Kuwait , titled 'The True Furqan'. It is being described as the verses of the Shaytan and Al-Furqan weekly mmagazine has found out that the two American printing companies; "Omega 2001' and 'Wine Press' are involved in the publishing of 'The True Furqan ', a book which has also been titled 'The 21st Century Qur'an '!

It is over 366 pages and is in both the Arabic and English languages...it is being distributed to our children in Kuwait in the private English schools!

The book contains 77 Surats, which include Al-Fatiha, Al-Jana and Al-Injil. Instead of Bismillah, each Surat begins with a longer version of this incorporating the Christian belief of the three spirits.

And this so called Qur'an opposes many Islamic beliefs. In one of its verses it describes having more than one wife as fornication, divorce being non-permissible and it uses a new system for the sharing out of the will, opposing the current one. It states that Jihad is HARAM.

This book even goes as far as attacking God Almighty Allah! All this is poisoning our children at approx. $3.

Brothers and Sisters please make sure you forward this email to as many people as possible so that we can stop this dangerous trick.

May Allah reward you. Ameen.

Wassalaamu 'Aleykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuhu.

Volume 99, October 3, 2009

Editors: Mohamed & Rashida Ziauddin

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent and the Most Merciful

LONDON is the model city for not only for the western world but the entire world in terms of the diversity of Islamic activities offered. Below is a sample of activities for the week beginning Friday October 2009.

1) Islamic Circles with the Canary Wharf Muslim Association [WharfMA] presents:

2) WOMEN SCHOLARS OF ISLAM - PAST, PRESENT AND THE FUTURE

With
'Alimah Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley*
Shaykh Dr Muhammad Akram Nadwi [Nadwatul‘Ulama, OXCIS]*

Date: Wednesday 14th October 2009
Time: 6.15pm - 9pm
Venue: Idea Store Canary Wharf, Churchill Place,
Canary Wharf, London E14 5RB

Despite constituting more than half the Ummah and being the most active part of it, there are very few Muslim women scholars today. In earlier generations after the Prophet the teachers of many companions, tabi'een, great imams and revivers were women.

How can sisters become real shaykhas or women scholars? What is required of them and what is happening to women scholars in the Muslim Ummah today? Is anything being done to help increase their numbers? Is it practically possible in the West with domestic obligations and other family commitments?

This short course has been organised and will look at historical perspectives, the current situation and the future.

'Alimah Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley is one today's most prolific translators of classical Arabic works into English. Aisha Bewley not only understands Arabic but is also aware of the significance and context of the teachings and history of Islam. Her knowledge is born of experience and direct transmission, not merely academic theory and learning by rote. For more than twenty-five years she has been concerned with making the contents of many classical works in Arabic more accessible to English-speaking readers for the first time, including Al-Muwatta' of Imam Malik and Ash-Shifá of Qádi 'Iyad.

Shaykh Dr Muhammad Akram Nadwi studied and taught Shari’a at the prestigious Nadwatul ‘Ulama (India). A Muhaddith specialising in ‘Ilm al-Rijal (the study of the narrators of Hadith), Shaykh Akram has ijaza (licenses) from renowned mashayakh, including Abul Hasan Ali Al-Nadwi, Abdul-Fattah Abu Ghuddah and Yusuf al-Qaradawi. He has authored and translated over 20 titles on Fiqh, Qur’an and Hadith including his monumental 40 volume work on Al-Muhaddithaat - The Lives of Female Scholars of Hadith. Shaykh Akram is a research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Oxford University.

The course is open all, men and women. Limited spaces only and via bookings.

To book for more information please contact:
Tel: 07837 645 758 / 07956 983 609
E-mail: courses@wharfma.com
Website: www.wharfma.com

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Islamic Circles presents:

3) HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN KHILAFAH

by Professor Ilber Ortayli (Director of the Topkapi Museum, Istanbul)*

Date: Saturday 24th October 2009
Time: 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Venue: Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX

The Prophet Muhammad (saw) said: "Verily you shall conquer Constantinople. What a wonderful leader its leader shall be, and what a wonderful army that army will be!" (Musnad Ahmad)

'Just as there is a single sun in the sky, so too there should be a single state and a single religion in the world' - Sultan Muhammed Al Fatih (rh) Conqueror of Istanbul

Spanning three continents over a period of six centuries, the Ottoman Caliphate was one the longest lasting empires in history. This short, intensive course aims to cover the following:

- Rise and Fall of the Ottomans
- Conquest of Constantinople in 1453
- The Great Sultans
- Political, Social and Administrative Structure
- Culture and Art
- Relationship between various Muslim states and other nations

Professor Ilber Ortayli is one of the worlds leading Ottoman historians. Widely known as a polyglot speaking over a dozen languages and author of many publications and books on the Ottomans. He has served in many universities including Princeton, Moscow, Cambridge, Oxford and is an executive committee member of the International Ottoman Studies Association. Currently, he is president of the Topkapi Palace Museum which was the official and primary residence of the Ottoman Sultans and contains the Prophet Muhammed's (saw) cloak and sword. He is also one of the key academic consultants for the forthcoming film on the great Ottoman Sultan, Muhammad Fatih (rh) conqueror
of Constantinople (Istanbul).

This course is open to all but spaces are limited. Entry is through prior registration only.

For bookings and further information please contact:
Tel: 07956 983 609
E-mail: courses@islamiccircles.org
Website: www.islamiccourses.org

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Islamic Circles Presents

4) 15 WEEK INTENSIVE CLASSICAL ARABIC COURSES LEVEL 1

Delivered by The Ibn Jabal Institute (www.ibnjabal.com)

Dates: Saturday 24th October 2009 - Saturday 13th February 2010
Times: 2pm - 5pm
Venue: Froud Centre, Romford Road, Manor Park, London E12 5JF

ABOUT LEVEL 1:
A 15-week Level 1 Intensive Classical Arabic course where we expose participants to most of the general paradigms of Arabic grammar, syntax and morphology, including the 10 most common forms of the Arabic verb and the 9 derivations of each form. By the end of the course, students should be able to read simple Arabic texts using the help of a dictionary; be capable of basic conversation using simple vocabulary; be able to translate sentences; be able to read sentences in Arabic and translate them into English; have developed a vocabulary of approximately 500 words; be familiar with most of the general grammatical structures and syntax;
master the ten most common forms of the Arabic verb and the nine derivations of each form.

To book or for more information please contact:
E-mail: arabic@islamiccircles.org
Website: www.ibnjabal.com

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Islamic Circles presents

5) 10-WEEK INTENSIVE MANDARIN COURSE LEVEL 1 IN LONDON

Teachers:
Sister Aishah Zhao, (Peking University, Zheng He Foundation)*
Sister Fatima (Jingjing Wang) (Zheng He Foundation)*

Dates: Sunday 25th October - 27th December 2009
Time: 9am- 11am
Venue: Froud Centre, Romford Road, Manor Park, London, E12 5JF

This course is open to all and, if successful, regular classes would be organised for both children and adults. In this introductory Mandarin Level 1 course participants will be taught how to write the commonly used Chinese radicals which still form the basis of modern Chinese writing. By mastering these radicals
students will learn other ideographs more easily and learn how to use a Chinese/English dictionary. Students will also learn to converse in everyday situations. The approach used to teach writing, reading and conversing is based on accelerated learning principles. The following aspects are to be covered:

Course Aims:
• Enable students to communicate on a basic level
• Increase students' understanding of Chinese people, their way of
life and appreciation of cultural diversity and history of China
• Construct the curriculum based on students' needs and interests
• Provide learning experiences based on real life situations

Learning Skills
• Listening - comprehend basic oral communication within the range
of topics and functions
• Speaking - concentrate on the accuracy of the tonal system of the
Chinese language and situational dialogues
• Reading - read in Pinyin and be able to comprehend most of the
material in the topics and functions covered in the course
• Writing - learn the basic radicals of Chinese characters
and remembered in a meaningful way

To book or for more information please contact:
Tel: 07531 615 389 / 07956 983 609
E-mail: zhenghefoundation@gmail.com
Website: www.zhenghe.org.uk

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Islamic Circles presents:

6) THE SURRENDERED MUSLIMAH: MARRIAGE & ETTIQUETES WORKSHOP

Delivered by Sister Sara Malik, Surrendered Wife Trainer (UK)*

Date: Saturday 5th December 2009
Time: 10am - 5pm
Venue: Froud Centre, Romford Road, Manor Park, London, E12 5JF

The Prophet saw said: “Everyone of you is a guardian and is responsible for his charges. The ruler who has authority over people is a guardian And is responsible for them, A man is a guardian of his family And is responsible for them; A woman is a guardian of her husband's house and children And is responsible for them; A slave is a guardian of his master's property And is responsible for it; So all of you are guardians and are responsible for your charges." (Bukhari 730)

During the one-day workshop, women learn all about the concept of ‘surrender’
and unravel the myths around it. Throughout the course of the day, women learn
new ways that directly contribute to happiness and intimacy in a marriage; from
learning way they could receive better, to looking after themselves more effectively. They explore ways they can express themselves more effectively and how to successfully get their needs met.

The workshop sheds light on how men feel around the topics of control and respect, aswell as helping them realise the significance of showing gratitude in a marriage. Although this workshop does not replace the in-depth investigation that the on-line Seminar provides, it is a perfect introduction into the principles of surrendering, and the ways to go about it.

*Sara Malik is a certified women’s relationship trainer, who leads women through on-line seminars, one-day workshops, one-on-one telephone support and a web-based support group. She helps and guides women transform their marriages with the principles of the bestselling book The Surrendered Wife, by Laura Doyle. Sara successfully applies the principles of surrendering in her flourishing and intimate marriage of 12 years, and resides in West London with her husband, three boys, and her parents in-law. Her aim is to teach women that they can have it all: inner peace, self-accomplishment, a thriving marriage, happy children, and a successful extended family. And Allah alone gives success. For more information please visit the website at www.surrenderedwife.com

All women welcome and entrance by bookings only.

To BOOK or for more information please contact:
Tel: 07917 034 530
E-mail: surrenderedwife@islamiccircles.org

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1) 5-A-SIDE ANNUAL EID FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

Date: Friday 2nd October 2009
Time: 6.00 pm
Venue: Powerleague, Jenkins Lane, Barking, Essex, IG11 0AD

A team entry fee of £50 is recommended and a maximum of 8 players. There are only limited places. Teams can only be confirmed once payment has been received. There will be a food stall and various refreshments available at the venue, insha-Allah. All proceeds go to charity.

For registration and more information please contact:
Tel: 079404 032 81 / 07946 297 227 / 07932 715 922
E-mail: gulraz_g@hotmail.com

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The City Circle presents:

2) THE HIDDEN, THE UNCONSCIOUS AND THE STRANGE

By Imam Shahnawaz Haque

Date: Friday 2nd October 2009
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place, london W1H 4LP

Shahnawaz will offer some observations and reflections on a number of problematic or puzzling aspects of behaviour - based on partly or deeply unconscious processes - affecting the Muslim community and including some darker and not-so talked-about areas. The speaker will, inshaa'Allah, also attempt to offer ways of understanding and tackling such difficulties.

Shahnawaz Haque has for several years been a Friday Imam and Khateeb at a number of mosques - currently four - in Essex and East London. Shahnawaz graduated in Physics from Cambridge University in 1985. After a few years of working in the City he trained and qualified as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. He has been working therapeutically with the Muslim community for approximately fifteen years and has a private practice as an 'Islamic Psychotherapist'. Additionally he is involved with Respond (an organisation providing psychotherapy for people with learning disabilities who have been sexually traumatised) and with the Clinic for Dissociative Studies (who specialise in dissociative disorders including what used to be known as multiple personality disorder).

All welcome and free entrance

For more information please contact:
Tel: 07733932134
E-mail: rabia.malik.cc@gmail.com

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3) ARE YOU A RAMADAN MUSLIM?

with Ustadh Abu Talha

Date: Friday 2nd October 2009
Time: 7.00 pm - 8.00 pm
Venue: Holborn Mosque, 33 Brookes Court, Baldwins Gardens, off Gray's Inn Road, London, EC1N 7RR

In the month of Ramadan your Iman is high, Qur'an is being recited every day, Salah is being performed, people are asking Allah for forgiveness, masajid are full even in Fajr, and we can go on and on about the constant ibadah. Now that Ramadan has quickly gone, let's ask ourselves these questions - did we make the most of our blessed month? Are we gonna let the Qur'ans sit on the shelves and catch dust again? Are we not gonna do our prayers? Are we now gonna abandon the masjids? Are we still gonna ask Allah (swt) for forgiveness?!

Just because the month of Ramadan has gone, it doesn't mean we go back to our usual ways. Allah will still look at our actions. However we should use Ramadan as a stepping stone to become good Muslims, inshaAllah. Ask yourself this one question - Are you a Ramadan Muslim?

Come to a short talk by Brother Abu Talha held at Holborn Mosque. We hope to see you all there. Unfortunately, apologies to sisters as we can only accommodate brothers at the venue. However, please invite your brothers and male family members to come along. Free event with refreshments provided.

For further information contact:
Tel: 07961 725 353
E-mail: info@holbornmuslmcircles.org
Website: www.holbornmuslimcircles.org

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Khairat Foundation presents:

4) DARS 'SHAMA'IL AL-MUHAMMADIYYAH' OF IMAM TIRMIDHI (RA)

With Shaykh Muhammad Habibur Rahman Saheb (Bangladesh)*

Date: Every Saturday from the 3rd of October 2009
until the entire book is covered.

Venue: Darul Hadis Latifiah, 1 Cornwall Avenue, London E2 0HW

Originally from Bangladesh, was an ex-Qadi of Dubai. Student of Saheb Qibla Fultali and has ijazas from Sayyid Mufti Amimul Ihsan Mujaddidi Barkati, Shaykh Muhammad ibn Alawi al-Maliki al-Makki, Bahr-ul-Uloom Maulana Muhammad Hussain Sylheti, Maulana Muhammad Sa'eed al-Jarabuwi, Maulana Shafeeq-ul-Haq, Shaykhb Muhammad Abdul Ghani, Maulana idrees Ahmad Shibnagri,Maulana Abdul Wahid and Shaykh Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri.
Shaykh As'ad as-Saghirjee. Author of many books and has taught many.

He will give Ijazah in 4 special Musalsalat: (i) Musalsal bil Awwaliyyah (ii) Musalsal bil Musafahah (iii) Musalsal bil Muhabbah (iv) Musalsal bil Aswadayn!

For more information please call:
07950820361 / 07956166795 / 07947681767 / 07946658099

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5) STEADFASTNESS AFTER RAMADAN

Date: Saturday 3rd October 2009
Time: 12.00 pm - 6.30 pm
Venue: Inspire Youth Project Hall, 313 Katherine Road, Forest Gate,
London, E7 8PJ

This event features Qiraat, Talks, Islamic Stalls, Food, Charity Presentation, Goodie Bags and more. Guest speakers include Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam, Mufti Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf, Shaikh Muhammad Jihani, and Shaikh Sufyaan Iqbal.

Nearest tube stations are East Ham and Upton Park. Bus routes 325 and 276 pass near the venue. All profits go towards Muslim Hands'
Orphan Home Project.

For tickets and more information please contact:
Tel: 07852 289 393 / 07745 754 118
E-mail: remainingsteadfast@gmail.com

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Islington and Hackney Amnesty Group presents:

6) STOP THE SPREAD OF GUANTANAMITIS

Date: Saturday 3rd October 2009
Time: 1-5pm
Venue: Parliament Square, London SW1

To celebrate the new legal year we are holding a demonstration on behalf of the 229 Guantanamo detainees to show that much still needs to be done to free them from illegal detention. Please join us and hold one of the 229 placards to show your solidarity for the detainees. There will also be speechs by lawyers and
human rights campaigners on Guantanamo Bay and also the far-reaching influence that Guantanamo has had on international law.

Speakers include:
Louise Christian (Solicitor for former British prisoners in Guantánamo Bay)
Kevin Laue (Redress)
Andy Worthington (journalist)
Yvonne Ridley
Ahmed Ghappour (Reprieve)
representative from Amnesty International
Helen Bamber
Sunny Hundal (journalist)

For more information please contact:
Tel: 07813 786 829
E-mail: sophie786_@hotmail.com

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7) LOVE & MARRIAGE IN ISLAM

by Shaykh Muhammed Shahid Raza

Date: Saturday 3rd October 2009
Time: 1.15pm - 3pm
venue: SuMA Community Centre, 20 Tooting Bec Road, London SW17 8BD

All welcome and free entrance

For more information please contact:
Tel: 0208 767 6100
E-mail: smayouth@suma.org.uk
Website: www.smayouth.suma.org.uk

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8) EASYTALK EID GATHERING 2009

From Rubble to Hope – Celebrating with Gaza

With Dr Azzam Tamimi and Anas Al-Tikriti

Date: Saturday 3rd October 2009
Time: 5.15 – 8.30pm
Venue: London Muslim Centre Whitechapel Road, London E1 1JQ

Come and help build hope from rubble and celebrate with Gaza in an evening filled with a 3 course meal, fantastic speakers, entertainment, auctions and the newest edition Presenter’s Got Talent!

Entertainment:
Labbayk, Massaca, YMO drama group (tbc), Quiz &&& much much more!!

For more information please contact:
Tel: 07590 893 808 / 07904 251 703
E-mail: easytalk.daroon@gmail.com
Website: www.easy-talk.org

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Monthly Peckham Halaqah:

9) RAMADAN RESOLUTIONS

By Ustadh Hussain Shefaar

Date: Saturday 3rd October 2009
Time: 6pm
Venue: Peckham Islamic Centre. 12 Choumert Grove, SE15 4PD map

All welcome and free entrance

For more information please contact: locate_t@hotmail.com

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Redbridge Islamic Centre (RIC) presents:

10) RAMADHAN IS OVER SO WHAT NOW?

Shaykh ul Britania, Abul Khayar Ali -
Chair of Redbridge Islamic Centre

Date : Saturday 3rd October 2009
Time: 7pm (After Salatul Magrib)
Venue: Redbridge Islamic Centre, 179 Eastern Avenue,
Redbridge, IG4 3AW.

All welcome and free entrance

For more information please contact: ric.halaqa@googlemail.com

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11) MUSLIM ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Date: Sunday 4th October 2009
Time: 10.30am - 5.30pm
Venue: Waltham Forest Assembly Hall, King Street,
London W6 9JU

As well as reflecting on the progress made by MAT since it began in 2007, the main themes of the event will be on domestic violence and forced marriages within the
English Muslim community. Presentations will be made on behalf of MAT in relation to the Islamic perspective on such matters, exploring whether they are justifiable within the Islamic shariah law, or if they are merely off shoots of cultural influences. In particular, myths pertaining to domestic violence, forced marriages and Islam will be addressed. Delegates will also be presented with MAT’s proposals for dealing with forced marriages. Senior Judiciary of the English Courts will be addressing the attendees in relation to the English law developments in these areas, in particular the Forced Marriages Act 2007, and also difficulties faced by the Judiciary in facing forced marriage cases. Government officials and representatives of the police will also be making presentations in relation legislating and enforcing such issues. A key note speech will be delivered by a senior member of the establishment. in relation the role of religious institutions in modern society.

All welcome

For more information please contact info@matribunal.com

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12) DETAILED STUDY OF PART 29 (JUZ TABARAK)

With
Hafiz Abdullah Muhammad LLB (Hons), PGCE, MA
(author of ‘The Best of Times in Islam’- IPCI, 2002)

Date: Every Sunday (Sun 4th October- Sun 20 Dec 2009)
Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
venue: Eman Foundation, 2A Ashgrove Road
Goodmayes, IG3 9XE

This course will provide an opportunity to undertake a detailed study of the structure, themes and guidance provided in all the 11 chapters in Juz 29 of the Qur'an. This will be done by providing a systematic study of each of the surahs as follows:

How surah names are related to each surah and the historical context of its revelations (asbab al-nuzul) Inter-textual relationship and coherence (nazm) between the verses of each surah and the relationship with the preceding/following surah Cross-reference to other parts of the Qur'an to demonstrate how 'the Qur'an explains the Qur'an' Discussion on linguistic and stylistic devices (balaghah), problems with translation/interpretation and alternative plausible interpretations Practical guidance and lessons derived from each surah

All welcome and free entrance

For more information please contact:
Tel: 07983 589 249 / 07932 076 570
E-mail: abdullah19171@hotmail.com

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13) SISTERS ONLY CHARITY DINNER FOR THE ORPHANS OF SUDAN

Date: Sunday 4th October 2009
Time: 2pm - 6pm
Venue: Golden Bengal, 21 Walm Lane, London NW2 5SH

The Prophet (pbuh) said " I will be like this in jannah with the person who takes care of an orphan" The messenger of Allah swt raised his forfinger by way of illistration (bukari)

3 course meal, henna, Book sale, Quranic Recitation, Limited tickets

All donations going to Ummah Welfare Trust

For more information please contact:
Tel: 079049 11317, 07861 707 331
Website: www.uwt.org

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London Islamic Network for the Environment (LINE) & Green Sundays :

14) GREEN ISLAM CULTURE DAY

Date: Sunday 4th October 2009
Time: 2.30pm - 7pm
Venue: Arcola Theatre, 27 Arcola St- Hackney
London E8 2DJ

A Forum Theatre Workshop, led by Elizabeth Chawdhary of LINE; - Poetic Pilgrimage, the Muslim, female Hip-Hop & Spoken Word Duo; - SwapShop on the Arcola's Roof Garden; - A chance to learn more about ecological activism based on Islamic principles, including how you can get involved; - A screening of the documentary film 'Why are We All in Debt?' written by Tarek El Diwany.

Delicious food and drink products available from ‘Mighty Veg Delights'. There will also be opportunities to support LINE's work - e.g. though henna hand art - with all profits going to LINE.

'Green Sundays' are "events dedicated to film, music, reading,games and discussions exploring environmental and ecological themes that celebrate, question and propose different ways of viewing the state of our world."

For more infomation please contact:
Tel: 07939 686 307;
Website: www.lineonweb.org.uk

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Intelligence² presents:

15) WILLIAM DALRYMPLE ON DELHI

Date: Monday 5th October 2009
Time: 7pm - 8.30pm
Venue: Savoy Place, 2 Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL

William Dalrymple Scottish-born historian and travel writer whose interests include India, Pakistan, the Middle East, the Muslim world and Eastern Christianity. All of his six books have won major literary prizes. He wrote the highly acclaimed bestseller "In Xanadu" when he was twenty-two. In 1989 Dalrymple moved to Delhi where he lived for six years researching his second book "City of Djinns". This was followed by "From the Holy Mountain", his acclaimed study of the demise of Christianity in its Middle Eastern homeland. "White Mughals" (2003) tells the story of the love affair and marriage between an Englishman and a Hyderabadi princess in eighteenth-century India, and a collection of his writings about India, "The Age of Kali", was published in 2005. "The Last Mughal" (2006) traces the fall of the Mughal empire and the beginning of the Raj in the nineteenth century. William has written and presented award-winning programmes for television and radio and is the founder and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival.His forthcoming "Nine Lives: A Search for the Sacred in Modern India" will be William's first travel book in a decade and explores how traditional forms of religious life in South Asia have been transformed in the vortex of the region's rapid change.

For more information please visit : www.intelligencesquared.com

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The Muslim Coach Presents...

16) FREE BUSINESS TRAINING SEMINAR FOR MUSLIM WOMEN

Date: Thursday 8th October 2009
Time: 5-8:30pm
venue: London Muslim Centre 46-92 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1JX

Instructor: Sister Farzana Khundmir BSc (Psychology),
Trained by Sheikh Muhammad Alshareef.

What are some of the benefits of this seminar? The seminar contains valuable information presented over two hours. [I]This will save you hours of independent research and hundreds of pounds.[/I] You will hear what some of the experts have to say about how to make real progress in this field. [I]This will mean you can finally take some serious action in the right direction.[/I] The seminar will discuss low cost and free methods for marketing. [I]These valuable tips will allow you to grow your business without needing a huge budget. With breaks for Asr and Maghrib Salah, and networking opportunities, this is one event where you can truly work and pray alongside your sisters in Islam and gain huge benefit!

For more information please contact:
E-mail: farzanakhundmir@googlemail.com
Website: www.themuslimcoach.com

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Friends of The Citizens Foundation presents:

17) BOOK READING - EYE OF THE STORM

with Owen Bennett Jones [Author and BBC journalist]*

Date: Thursday 8th October 2009
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Venue: River Room, Glaziers Hall, 9 Montague Close, London Bridge, London SE1 9DD

Bennett Jones will provide a candid overview of his book, Eye of The Storm (3rd Edition), based on Pakistan and the current socio-political climate. The event will be chaired by esteemed writer Moni Mohsin, author of The End of Innocence and The Diary of a Social Butterfly.

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Bennett Jones’s market leading account of the critical modern state includes fresh material on the Taliban insurgency, the Musharraf years, the return and subsequent assassination of Benazir Bhutto, and the election as president of Asif Ali Zardari.

Owen Bennett Jones was BBC correspondent in Pakistan and is now Asia correspondent for the BBC World Service. He has written for the Guardian, Financial Times, and Independent newspapers, the London Review of Books and Prospect magazine.

All welcome

For more information please contact:
Tel: 0845 230 1947 / 020 7173 5129 / 5101
E-mail: info@ftcf.org.uk
Website: www.FTCF.org.uk

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Volume 97, September 19, 2009

Editors: Mohamed & Rashida Ziauddin


E-Mail received from Mohamed Khalfan Yusuf from Canada, (original author unknown) titled "This is going to happen one day, MAYBE"

"THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN ONE DAY, MAYBE"

I woke up suddenly one night

and saw a strange light in my room ....

The problem is that the lights are off

I saw the clock, it was 3.30 in the morning

Okay...so where is all this light coming from??

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I turned around and saw something very strange..

My body was half way through the wall (??!)

I immediately pulled it out and sat down to see if I'm okay

.....

This is strange...

I tried to push onto the wall, but MY ARM GOES THROUGH

...
I heard a sound

I turned to my brother's bed to see him sleeping

I was really scared of what was happening to me...so I tried to wake him up....but....he doesn't reply!!

I went to ! my parent's bedroom..I tried to wake up my mother...and father...I just wanted somebody to react to me...

but nobody did.

I tried to wake my mother up again...she woke up this time...

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she got up ... but didn't communicate to me

She was saying "In the name of Allah, most Merciful, most Gracious" (بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم) again and again...

She woke my dad up saying 'get up, man, I want to check up on the kids.'

My dad replied in disinterest .. 'it's not time for this, let me sleep and insha Allah tomorrow I'll get to that'

But she was insisting..so he woke up.

I was THERE. I was screaming..'dad', 'mum' ... nobody was replying

I held mother's clothes to grab her attention..but she didn't recognise my existence

I followed her 'till she got to my bedroom

They got into the room and turned on the lights...
it wasn't making any difference to me anyway because there was a strong light there.

I then saw the strangest thing in my life...


my OWN BODY....on my bed.


I was trembling...how can there be two of me??...how can that person look so much like me??...and what is he doing on my bed????


I started hitting/slapping myself to wake up from this nightmare...
but it was too real to be a nightmare.


dad said 'Yalla, see the kids are sleeping. Let's go back to bed.'

but mother wasn't at all confident...she went to the person sleeping in my bed and said

'Khalid, wake up!! ... WAKE UP!!'

but he wouldn't reply.

She tried again and again....but no reply.

Then i turned to see my dad tearing...
Today witnesses the first time in my life that I have seen my dad's tears.

The place was shaking with the screaming

... My brother woke up..."What's going on??!"

In a very sad tone! , with tears rolling down her cheek, mother replied 'your brother's dead! Khalid is DEAD!!'

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I went to mother and said 'please mum...don't cry..I'm right here look at me!'

But nobody's replying to me..WHY??


I turned to Allah and asked Him to wake me up from the nightmare!

quickly following my dua was a voice saying (Quran):

" You were in negligence from this, so We uncovered the blinds and today your sight is (like iron) "

لقد كنت في غفلة من هذا فكشفنا عنك غطاءك فبصرك اليوم حديد

Suddenly two creatures held my arm..they weren't human!!

"Leave me ALONE! Who are you and what do you want from me??"

'We're your grave's guards'

I said 'but I'm not dead yet! let go of me!!'

I can still see, hear, touch, and speak..I'm not dead!

They replied wit! h a smile : "You humans are fascinating! You think that by dying your life ends, while in fact life on Earth is a small dream compared to the Here after; a dream that ends at your death."

They started pulling me towards my grave...

On the way I saw people just like me, each had two guards like mine.

Some were smiling, others crying, others screaming.

I asked the guards 'why are they all doing that?'

They replied 'These people now know their fate...some were in ignorance so they--'

'--so they go to Hell??!' I interrupted

They said 'yes.'

and continued..

'and those laughing are going to Heaven'

I quickly replied: 'What about me..where will I go??'

They said 'you were at times a good Muslim, while other times not. One day you obey Allah, the next you disobey Him. And you weren't clear with yourself and your fate will remain so: lost.'

I replied, shaking: 'SO! AM I GOING TO HELL??'

They said: ' Allah's mercy is great, and the journey is long '


I turned to see my family carrying my dead body in a coffin..so i ran to them ..

I said: 'make dua for me'

but nobody replied..

I went to my brother and warned him .. 'be careful with what you do in this life... don't be a fool like myself!'

I was really hoping that he could hear me...



The two angels (guards) tied up my soul on top of my body ..


I saw my relatives pouring sand over me ..


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at that moment I was hoping that I would be in their place...

that I can turn to Allah and do as much as He wants from me...
that I would ask for forgiveness and once and for all repent my sins that angered Him...

but unfortunately I couldn't.

I shouted ' People, don't let this life tempt you! Wake up to the truth... one day you will! DIE, and you never know when..or how. '

I hoped for somebody to hear me....nobody there did


but YOU heard me....

save yourself.

Smile to others, forgive them when you have the power to punish them. Allah forgives those that forgive others. Do your prayers regularly with an open heart. Let Allah guide your life, not Satan. Read the Quran regularly and let the Prophet (p.b.u.h) be your role model in life.

Work in this timed life for your salvation in an eternal one.


And ... make dua for me because I'm not perfect. And I point the above to myself just as much as I do to my friends.

Volume 96 September 12, 2009
St. Louis, Missouri

Editors: Mohamed & Rashida Ziauddin

Below is an e-mail received from Dr. Shahin Banu MD, originating from Br. Asif Mohamed Khan, Saudi Arabia on the topic of "The True Meaning of Inna Lil-Laahi wa Innaa Ilaihi Raajioon"


The True Meaning Of Innaa Lil-Laahi Wa Innaa Ilaihi Raajioon

Yeah, sure we say this statement when someone passes away.

Some of us may say this sentence when they lose something, suffer a setback or harm.

But...........do you know what it actually means?

Sure, everyone knows that it obviously means: 'To Allah we belong and to Him we should return.'

But, that's not what I am talking about.

I mean .....do you REALLY, TRULY understand these words and their implications in a Muslim's life?

It means ...whatever we have is not really ours.

It belongs to Allah.


Take a look around you; everything you see, all that you have and all that there is.....in you, on you, around you....belongs to Allah, alone.

It is Allah Who has given you all the property and goods you possess, and that He is the true Owner of them all.

So, the cars that you own, the houses that you live in, the businesses you possess all truly belong to Allah

The kids that He blessed you with, the health that He gave you, the time that He has allowed you are all Allah's property.

Even the bodies we live in and the life that we have belongs to Allah alone.

"And to Allah belongs the inheritance of the heavens and the earth...." (Surah Aal-Imraan:180)

"The kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything in them belongs to Allah.. He has power over all things." (Surah al-Ma'ida: 120)

'Say: 'To Allah belongs the East and the West...' (Surah al-Baqarah:142)

Now, since everything belongs to Allah, then we have to include even our souls in that list..

The very souls that we think of as our "self"; our "nafs"; our "being" -- whatever you want to call it -- that very thing that distinguishes you from the rest of the world, belongs to Allah.

It's not YOURS.

In fact, YOU are not YOURS.

You belong to Allah.

And this is the essence of the concept of slavery to Allah in Islam.

And since He is the true Possessor of everything, and everything is His property, He allots what He wills to whomever He wills...and then He takes it away.

After all, it was Allah’s to begin with.

So, He may give you something and then take it back after a while..

He will bless you with a precious child that you love dearly...and then He may take it away.

He will grant you money, honour and status.....and then He may take it away.

He will give you youth, vitality and health and then surely He will take it away.

In fact, everything you have will only be with you for a very short while.

And then the Owner will claim His Right.

So, when Allah does reclaim what was rightfully His, WHY MOURN OUR LOSSES?

Just like a friend who lends you his book.

And then after a few days, he wants it back and you give it back to him...no regrets......no sorrow....no questions asked.

Similarly, if Allah takes back some of His blessings upon you for some reason....so be it.

Say Alhamdulillah!

Don't grieve.

Be patient.

Submit to the will of Allah, being pleased with His decision for you.

For surely He will only do what is best for you.

Just think.....

The Owner came and took it back.

Remember.....that you're not the real owner.....you were NEVER the real owner to begin with.

You only had everything because it was Allah who gave it to you in the first place.

If He didn't give it to you, you wouldn't have had it in any way...in fact, you couldn't have had it.

Remember.....man enters into this world empty handed...and leaves it empty handed.

Remember.....that everything we have, all the blessings we enjoy, are gifts from Almighty

Allah....gifts that we enjoy for a limited period until He takes them away whenever He deems

fit.They are a trust from Allah...a loan to you...to see how you respond to these gifts from Allah

and how you use them....in the obedience of the Almighty, thanking Him and worshipping

Him......OR.........to the disobedience to the One Who gave them to you in the first place.

Take note of the words of the Prophet (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi WA Sallam) on the occasion of the

death of his son, Ibrahim:

'Our eyes are filled with tears, our hearts with grief, but we say nothing with our lips except that
which pleases Allah.... Verily, to Allah we belong, and to Him we return.' (Bukhari)

And we all know the famous incident about the companion Abu Talha and his wife when one of the sons died and Abu Talha was not at home. She washed and shrouded him and when Abu Talha came home and asked about his son, she said:

'The child is quiet and I hope he is in peace....' (Bukhari)

Subhan Allah.....such patience!

And such Imaan in the statement " Innaa Lil-Laahi Wa Innaa Ilaihi Raajioon"!

She truly understood its meaning and the affect it should have on her life as a Muslimah, submitting to him and being pleased with whatever He has decreed for her.

She knew that whatever she has, is not truly hers. Rather, it is Allah’s....and He took back whatever He owns at its appointed time.

It is because of this Imaan so strong, this understanding, that the Prophet (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) made Dua for them and Allah blessed them immensely.

"They (i.e. Abu Talha and his wife) had nine sons and all of them became recites’ of the Quran (by heart)." (Bukhaari)

"Be sure we will test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods or lives, but give glad tidings to those who are steadfast, who say when afflicted with calamity: 'To Allah we belong and to him is our return.' They are those on who (descend) blessings from Allah and mercy and they are the ones that receive guidance." (al-Baqarah: 155)

Trust in Allah (SWT) with all your heart and HE will never fail you because HE is Most Merciful and the Bestower of Needs,

Aameen!

9/07/2009


September 6, 2009, Volume 95

Editors: Mohamed & Rashida Ziauddin


Editorial:

We would like to appreciate the hard work and painstaking efforts put by the Editorial team of Haja Yusuf and Azra HM Yusuf to continue the past eleven issues of VOGU. Their voluntary efforts are much appreciated. However due to certain circumstances, they temporarily will not be able to continue bringing out this weekly issue and therefore we are back to continue the weekly VOGU. As the name suggests, VOICE OF GLOBAL UMMAH is the voice of the world Islamic community and we strongly believe in publishing and sharing the voice of the global Islamic community. Towards such an end, in this issue we would like to highlight an e-mail we received from Sr. Roshna Khan which had an short but interesting Islamic note originated from Br.
Syed Farooq Quadri Laubali.


Dear Brothers:

Once Moosa (AS) asked Allah Subhaana'O'Ta'ala:

O Allah! You have granted me the honor and privilege of talking to you directly, Have you given this privilege to any other person?


Allah Ta'ala replied, O!! Moosa during the last period I am going to send an Ummat, who will be the Ummat of Mohammed (SAW) with dry lips, parched tongues, emaciated body with eyes sunken deep into their sockets, with livers dry and stomachs suffering the pangs of hunger will call out to me (in dua) they will be much much closer to me than you O Moosa! while you speak to me there are 70000 veils between you and me but at the time of iftaar there will not be a single veil between me and the fasting Ummati of Mohammed (SAW) O!! Moosa I have taken upon myself the responsibility that at the time of iftaar I will never refuse the dua of a fasting person!

Jazakallah,


Syed Farooq Quadri Laubali