August Message

First of all, I apologize for not posting regularly in this blog lately. We are back to school and assignments never seem to finish. Anyway, I hope this short message will mean something to the respected visitors of this blog.

Our Ummah needs to unite, we all agree on this. So, let’s ask ourselves; how can we contribute to unity of our Muslim Ummah?

Basically, fulfilling this mission starts by uniting Muslims in our surrounding environment. This can be done if we achieve three important elements.

First of all, we should have the fundamental Islamic attributes required to uphold our integrity as Muslims.

Secondly, we must have the courage and motivation to work with others for the goodness of the Ummah.

Thirdly, we should feel the sufferings of our Muslim brothers and sisters around the world. It’s only when we feel their sufferings that we can help.

Last but not least, we must remember that Allah will not change a person until he changes himself. Therefore, let’s start working for unity within our very close surrounding environments.

May Allah shower all of you with His Mercy, wassalam.

Time To Change

By:

Muslim

we all agree that we belong to a great Ummah that has a glorious heritage and civilization. Let’s ask ourselves asimple questions then. What is the state of our Ummah today? Do we, Muslims, have any value in any international organization? Can Muslims, today, stand for their rights? Can Muslims, today, protect their lands and dignity? What is happening in Iraq, Palestine, Kashmir, Chechnya and other Muslim Lands? Why is all that happening?

These are just a few questions of the many questions we need to ask ourselves in order to picture the current state of our Ummah. A dark sad picture is what we will see. Change is needed, and we are the ones who should play the main role in the process of change.

It is the time when we, Muslims, should be the leaders of change, because the power of change lies in each single one of us. And in order to change, we have to know the roots of the problem, or you can say the problems, we face today.

In fact, the main factors behind our weakness and dependency today can be summarized in the following:

First of all, Lack of Iman. Muslims today are infected by ‘wahn’. This fatal disease was defined by Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. as loving this life and hating the Hereafter! We can easily see this in our daily life. The bonds of Ukhuwah are getting weaker, while, Asabiah and fanaticism are filling our hearts!

The second factor is, certainly, ‘Jahl’ or ignorance, not only ignorance, but complex ignorance. This is where people don’t know and unfortunately, don’t realize that they don’t know! Alas, the Ummah of {Read, in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher}, rarely reads!. This state of ignorance encouraged our enemies to attack us. Shimon Perez, President of the Zionist Entity, said once, “we, Zionists, should never fear Muslims! Because, they simply don’t read, and if they read they don’t understand, and even if they understand, then they don’t act”!
It is so embarrassing to say that his words are, to some extent, very true! It applies to many Muslims nowadays!

Finally, corruption appears to be one of the main causes of our weakness. Corruption at all levels has penetrated almost all aspects of our life. From ethics to politics, everything is affected.

Knowing all this, we should realize how critical our state is, and start thinking how to reform and develop the Ummah. To succeed in our reform, Qur’an and Sunnah should guide all our actions.

We should always bear in mind that we are the leaders of change and we can do a lot for our Ummah. Looking at the bright stars of the past century, we see that Islamic Reformers were able to make a significant difference. Names like Sayyed Qutub, Ahmad Yasin, Al-Maududi, Al-Nadawi, Al-Qaradawi and others, will be recorded on the golden pages of our Ummah’s history. Today, most of these great people are not around, but their heritage will certainly remain to be a guiding beacon for generations to come.

It is time to see new young reformers, who dedicate their whole lives for the sake of Allah and for the Ummah’s best interests.

British Government Apology to the Palestinians

by:
The Undersigned

To: The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister

We, the undersigned, have been shocked with your recent statement where you said that "the creation of the state of Israel was one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century" on 8 May 2008. How is Israel one of the greatest achievements of the 20th Century when it is considered by so many people worse than South Africa’s Apartheid. As you know, being a historian and politician, the establishment of Israel led for example to the catastrophe Nakhbah of the Palestinians! 6 wars! 6 million refugees! 3 million under occupation! 1,5 million abducted-hostages! 254 km of an Apartheid-Wall! 562 humiliating-check-points! 20,000 political-prisoners! 468,831 new settlers on occupied land!

It is time the British Government apologies to the Palestinians for the role it played in the 20th century which led to the disappearance of Palestine! Denial of any human-rights; any national-rights; any historical-rights; any political-rights; any religious rights to the Palestinians! and for 60 years of their constant suffering, misery, deprivation, massacres, and ethnic-cleansing!

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

click on the following link to sign:

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/GBrown/

Stress Management

By:
Gina Kutty

A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, 'How heavy is this glass of water?' Answers called out ranged from four ounces up to twelve. The lecturer replied, 'The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it.

"'If I hold it for a minute, it's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance. In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.'

He continued, "And that's the way it is with stress management. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won't be able to carry on. As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden, if we feel we must.

"'So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it home. You can pick it up tomorrow. Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let them down for a moment. Relax. Pick them up later after you've rested.'"

Life was never meant to be a burden to be carried, but a current of grace designed to carry us. Unfortunately, it cannot lift us up if we insist on taking the weight of the world with us everywhere we go. So you see, in many ways, putting the burden down is not only an essential key to stress management, it is also a major key to mental weight control.

The Motivating counter

By:

Muslim

Few weeks ago, I had some doubts about the efficiency of having this blog. I told myself, I was just wasting my time writing those articles for myself! I thought only me and my brother were the only visitors. Fortunately, a good idea crossed my mind. I said to myself, why not count the visitors and decide on whether to continue posting new threads or not. Therefore, I added what they call a COUNTER!

In fact, I had to search the web and try learning about some computer stuff, with which I’m not a good friend, in order to add the counter. Alhamdulillah, after some trials I managed to add it!

Apparently, I realized that I’m having visitors. It really motivated me to know that people do visit this blog. Even if that visit was by coincidence!

Hence, from now on, I promise to give some more effort to develop this page as much as possible insha’llah.

Finally, I really appreciate your support and enthusiasm my dear visitors.

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT

What Does The Muslim World Need Most These Days?

By:
MUSLIM

Few weeks ago, I posted a poll on the main need of the Muslim world nowadays. The votes I saw were very interesting, yet expected. Most voters acknowledged our need for religious awareness, as could be seen in the attached figure. I myself had another say, I voted for the economic development.

Certainly, I don't underestimate the role of Islamic awareness in reviving this Ummah and supporting the Muslim World. But, don't you all think that when a Muslim man has no bread to eat, nor water to drink, he won't even be alive to worship his God !

Muslims have always been patient. In fact, we teach patience to our children. Arabs have a proverb that says: "Bravery is one hour of patience". However, patience is not the only cure!

When we saw Egyptian soldiers being used by the new Pharaoh to bake bread for the public, while, their Pharaoh is enjoying their welfare in his palace, what would we vote then?! No one will argue the importance of religious awareness. Yet, many would still hesitate to point to the real reason of our backwardness and weakness. It's political tyranny!

Few days back, some Tunisian citizens were shot to death, by their security forces. Why did this happen? It's just because those innocent citizens thought they live in the 21st century! They forgot that their tyrant was allegedly voted 94.94% in last general elections! Those Tunisians were demonstrating for bread and rice, they got fire and bullets instead!

Tyranny is why we will never rise in the meantime! Imam Ibnu Taymeya, may Allah be pleased with him, said:"Allah will grant victory to the just infidel state over the unjust Muslim state".
So this is what we really need, JUSTICE!

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Mahathir's Resignation: Peoples' Say!

By:

MuslimUsually, a blogger writes then visitors comment. This time, we'll changes positions. People write and I will comment later Insha'allah.

How Do You See Mahathir's Decision To Quit UMNO?

all are welcome to contribute.