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Posted By: hat2010
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Date Posted: 07 July 2009 at 12:53am
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Posted By: Akhe Abdullah
Date Posted: 07 July 2009 at 3:21am
| As Salamu Alaikum,Jamal.JazakAllah Kheiran for the post.This is disturbing.May Allah give her Jennah.Ameen |
Posted By: Chrysalis
Date Posted: 07 July 2009 at 5:58am
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I read this last night and planned on posting it too - jazakallah for posting Bro Jamal. . . An interesting observation made in the article by an Egyptian blogger: 'What if' the perpetrator were muslim, and the victim a nonmuslim - we wouldnt hear the end of it, it would make the headlines. . .
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Posted By: Danty
Date Posted: 08 July 2009 at 12:39pm
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Inni lilahi wa ina ilahi ra ji uun. Such a sad story of our sister. May Allah give her Jannah and her family patience during this time. Thanks brother Jamal for this posting. ------------- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said "Be kind, for whenever kindness becomes part of something, it beautifies it.Whenever it is taken from something, it leaves it tarnished." (IMAM BUKHARI) |
Posted By: ikhwan
Date Posted: 09 July 2009 at 1:55am
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Salam brother Jamal, thanx for highlighting the issue.
may Allah give the Shaheed Muslimah high place in Jannah and give patience to her family.
Egyption bloggers response is apologetic, and if a muslim had killed a non muslim than all muslims there would have been targeted. one non muslim is killed the west condemns it while more than 2 million killed in Iraq, thousands in afghanistan, palestine, chechnya and xinghiang there is almost silence, this is the hypocracy of the rulers in the west, but i dont blame all non muslims, this site shows that all western people are not racist and are sympathetic and good human beings but they must help in ending this cycle in violence with us for peace and look closely the reasons of the hatred. May Allh guide and help us.
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Posted By: Akhe Abdullah
Date Posted: 09 July 2009 at 3:41pm
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Posted By: hat2010
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 5:11am
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Posted By: martha
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 6:22am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Marwa_El-Sherbini - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Marwa_El-Sherbini
Egyptian students in Dresden believe this to be an isolated case.Let us hope so. We have yet to fully understand what motivated this man to murder her. Obviously he was wrong to do it but I think we should be more careful until we hear more. It is all too easy to blame it on racism. Muslims are outraged at this, and rightly so, but it is the manner in which we convey that.
I don't agree completely that if the perpetrator were muslim and the victim non-muslim we wouldnt hear the end of it. THe fanantical muslim men who bombed the London underground 7th July 2005 were naturally condemned by the British public of all religions. However the CHristians did not group in thousands and march the streets. They had to wait in a civilised manner and wait for justice.NAturally there were isolated incidents of the British wanting to take the law into their own hands, in much the same way muslims do on a regular basis. YOu get any isolated case of a muslim being attacked or facing racism then muslims march. I understand both sides. Yes we should show our disapproval, but to narrow the increasing divide between us and the west we must be sensible and not let others point fingers at us when we show our grievances in a disorganised manner. By doing it in this manner then the CHristians have a a reasonable case for saying muslims are racist to all non-muslims. ------------- some of us are a lot like cement:- all mixed up and permanently set |
Chrysalis wrote:Posted By: hat2010
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 7:27am
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Posted By: martha
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 7:44am
The UK is still waiting for justice, throught the judicial system.
http://www.julyseventh.co.uk/ - http://www.julyseventh.co.uk/
THis is a far more dignified approach to be honest.
We did not protest by marching in thousands! And your examples come from a biased website, nothing more. It's these kind of examples that disturb the general public. Look at the broad spectrum of the media for unbiased reports. I am muslim. I am also white British having been born here. I love Islam but would never go on a protest march and throw shoes or burn images etc etc. Need I say more? THe Prophet(pbuH) would be appalled by such actions wouldn't he? ------------- some of us are a lot like cement:- all mixed up and permanently set |
Posted By: martha
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 7:49am
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Bro I have yet to read this article.
I will come back to you
 (Martha, I think you would like this article: ) http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/956/op1.htm Salaams ------------- some of us are a lot like cement:- all mixed up and permanently set |
Posted By: martha
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 7:56am
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Quote-Here is a picture of a leaflet distributed by the BNP - http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Society/Pix/pictures/2005/07/13/bnp3.jpg Ironically, the BNP and the London bombers both cited Iraq as the motive for 7/7. Quote Hmm....the BNP are a weird lot, lol. Most Brits would agree I think. I will read it now,just to be polite. I will return:) ------------- some of us are a lot like cement:- all mixed up and permanently set |
Posted By: hat2010
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 8:35am
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Posted By: martha
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 12:00pm
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If the site is unbiased then I stand corrected. BUt I hope it also highlights the racism attacks agains't the British white...as this also does exist.
Do you have any substantial references from the same institution? ------------- some of us are a lot like cement:- all mixed up and permanently set |
Posted By: hat2010
Date Posted: 18 July 2009 at 1:28pm
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Posted By: ikhwan
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 1:20am
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Asalamualikum.
sister Martha i understand what u said and i agree that our response should be in a civilized manner because as muslims we should be patient. but you should understand that its a fact that muslims are persecuted almost everywhere and i and other muslims like brother jamal as brothers and sisters in islam feel for the suffering the ummah is facing, we can not ignore the facts and the problems we are facing that is why i say that right thinking christians should help to find reasons for hatred and let us help each other for peace, while those who want violence should be stopped. i live here in asia but i visited europe twice, i met good christians and new muslims like you and i was impressed by the love of islam by new muslims and understanding by christians but when i would walk in the street i felt threatened. here where i live i know alot of christians and none of them have ever been threatened Alhamdullilah because what the western leaders are doing we dont blame them.
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Posted By: martha
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 8:34pm
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Wa-alaikum assalaam brother,
Many are threatened and persecuted on all sides. And of course we should not ignore this. BUt I think if muslims did not physically display themselves so angry then this would improve matters here. I understand why they are mad but there is always a better way to deal with any grievance.
In what way did you feel threatened when you visited Europe? Did you come to the UK?
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Posted By: ikhwan
Date Posted: 19 July 2009 at 10:27pm
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Asalamualikum sister in islam sister i first visited europe in 2000 before 9\11 and i was 13 at the time, i was with my family and we visited almost whole of scandanavia including Uk. our first visit was a good experience but when i visited again 2 yrs ago i felt there was a change in the peoples attitude, we visited alot of cities including london, stoke on trent, manchester, glasgow, Edinburgh etc and where ever i and my brother went our guests would tell us that avoid going out in the dark, in two places we were almost attacked. in one incident my father asked another pakistani about the place we wanted to visit in Glasgow and two white men came and said to my father in an angry voice SPEAK IN ENGLISH, i obviously got angry that we as tourists are talking to a pakistani in our own language who are they to dictate us but there was no violence as the police was nearby. before our visit to UK we visited Turkey which is a strict secular country and is not favourable to people with beards and scarfs, but everyone welcomed us, we felt like we were in our own country, and in Uk there was this sense that we will be attacked in any moment, one of my aunt was attacked and she was hit by a bottle just because she was wearing a scarf. these may be isolated incidents but sister i think most people do hate us, and i think it is because of ignorance and arrogance, may be if they know the truth about islam and good muslims than they may change but Allah knows best. but one thing i must add that when ever i meet educated englishmen they are understanding, i think those who are violent are from the ignorant class. one incident reminds me that all people are not the same, my brother and i were crossing a road in Scotland and suddenly a car came and stopped to give us a way, in the car was an english lady who knew we were muslims because of our appearence but still she politely gave us the way eventhough we (unintentionally) moved at the wrong time to cross the road, we thanked her. this incident shows that all westerners don't hate us but sister unfortunately a large number of people do hate us and i think it is because of ignorance, yes we also have alot of bad people among us, black sheeps are in every community but we must understand and help each other for harmony and peace if not than there will be hatred unfortunately. Salamualikum. |
Posted By: hat2010
Date Posted: 20 July 2009 at 1:43am
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Posted By: ikhwan
Date Posted: 20 July 2009 at 2:23am
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sadly what brother Jamal posted is reality. May Allah help the oppressed and guide us, ameen. |
Posted By: Hayfa
Date Posted: 20 July 2009 at 3:09am
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Here there are more cases of violence directed towards Muslims. It is not a figment of anyone imagination. I heard a lecture recently about how we are always tested. Allah tested the Muslims when they ruled and were the or one of the dominant powers, and now they are not. The tests are different. Martha: how do you decide whether to blame the dominant power or blame the victim? Many women do not wear their headscarfs and I would say a good percentage is due to fear. Its like here in the US when the Japanese were qujte imperialist before and during World war II. The US interred and discriminated against Americans of Japanese descent. Should it be my duty to speak out against that bigotry not matter what the Japanese govt did? Were we right to interred those people? Are they to blame? And you can also agmit that the press shows what it shows, the few people who are angry etc. Are there lots of press on the good things that immigrants bring to the UK? That most are law-abiding citizens? Yes your ex is a skank, but most people are not. I think alot has to do with people being fearful and the media is quite responsible for that. People tend to be xenophobic and when they show a rally say in Middle East that could very well be a peaceful protest, you don't hear anything about it. Or in Palestine etc. I think the UK is facing, like the rest of Europe the reality that it is not the dominant 'culture' in the world. And you know what Martha, I guess I would say a lot do not like it. Yeah its all great when its peaceful, but there are TOO MANY of those people. And if they do come, and they are coming, and are birthing more people, then society WILL change. There are many people who do not like that. Its all well and good until there are too many of 'those people' and my gosh, its all changing. And like here in the US, some people son't want other langugages taught, like the dress code, etc etc. Well with more immigrants it will change. People are WAY too group identified.. I'm US, I'm British, I'm Pakistani etc. But we are all a product of our societies. I think most people, no matter their culture are just ignorant. They just don't know. ------------- When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. Rumi |
Posted By: martha
Date Posted: 20 July 2009 at 4:33am
Wa-alaikum assalaam brother.
I am sorry you had a bad experience in the UK. People are ignorant, people do not always understand. And I have always said we must close this divide of cultures and religions. So how can we peacefully approach this brother? How do you personally handle such instances?
I was married to a Pakistani for several years. I always told him that we had a duty to show the world that all could live in harmony. I have lost count of how many hours I have sat with muslims and non-muslims, explaining Islam, sharing the differences of the cultures...and that despite setbacks from all people and their actions one day all could become better.
Here some people would perhaps say I sit on the fence...I certainly try to put points across from all angles. I don't believe I am either a fanatical or moderate muslim. I am just me.
People matter a great deal to me. Any injustice to anyone would get my support, but I can't advocate a non-peaceful approach. THis applies with western culture and atrocities of war, and also with suicide bombers who think they understand Islam but don't.
There is no easy 'fix' It will take many years to resolve, if at all. BUt we must try.
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Posted By: martha
Date Posted: 20 July 2009 at 4:40am
Bro..it seems the UK media covered the story well. Isn't that good? I can't respond as to why Germany did not take the same incentive. I am sure there will be plenty more in theUK media in coming months. We shall wait and see
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Posted By: martha
Date Posted: 20 July 2009 at 5:04am
Salaams Hayfa,
I think the media is responsible from all sides to get stories correct and not portray something that isn't.
THe main percentage of the UK population understand that times are changing. Some have a problem with that, but the majority are OK for example with immigrants that follow the rules. WHy would we not be? THe British governmentfor example are always saying it is good for the economy. I am BRitish by birth, but I embrace other cultures. I love people. I love to understand. And I do not let my nationality prevent me from moving with the times.
But the communication must be from all sides. Like you say, people are ignorant and don;t know. This makes them scared. It doesn't mean though that people should hide away and not try to understand...everything and from all angles.
Changes will take time. The |UK is very small in comparison to other countries and there is little room left to move about. Maybe one day the UK will sink, lol.
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Posted By: ikhwan
Date Posted: 21 July 2009 at 2:32am
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Asalamualikum sister in islam sister my view is that we can approach this peacefully but there are many hurdles, the media is not playing a positive role while the leaders of the west needs the hatred to gain votes and support for wars, they have launched wars on countries which are not significant threat to them ( see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PupXTUn9Mo&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish%2Ealjazeera%2Enet%2Fprogrammes%2Fempire%2F2009%2F04%2F2009430131311544246%2Ehtml&feature=player_embedded - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PupXTUn9Mo&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish%2Ealjazeera%2Enet%2Fprogrammes%2Fempire%2F2009%2F04%2F2009430131311544246%2Ehtml&feature=player_embedded and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51slTcqKqwU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish%2Ealjazeera%2Enet%2Fprogrammes%2Fempire%2F2009%2F05%2F20095613815933961%2Ehtml&feature=player_embedded - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51slTcqKqwU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish%2Ealjazeera%2Enet%2Fprogrammes%2Fempire%2F2009%2F05%2F20095613815933961%2Ehtml&feature=player_embedded needlessly thousand and millions of people who never saw the west died in these cruel wars. i don't understand what was the need for the pope Benedict to talk against islam when we need to respect and understand each other. when a british christian teacher was arrested in sudan i think a year ago there was uproar in the EU specially britian and people like Tony blair and Gordon brown came on television to condemn the arrest and eventually she was realeased, but sister what about Dr Afia siddiqi who was arrested with her children and tortured, a woman should not be treated like this. honestly we here cry and pray for her safety, we are helpless in this case but we have our trust on God.. here my city was so peaceful before 2001 but thanks to the western powers occupation in our nieghbourhood my country is in flames.
the leaders can't be changed but atleast we could approach the ordinary people in the west with respect and good intentions to understand each other and sister this is the right time. sister many people like you came to islam and people like you and good law abiding immigrant muslims could show the true image of islam and those who are not ignorant may understand us.
you asked sister how i handled situations? let me share two examples- 2 yrs ago i was coming to manchester from Glasgow by train and an English man in his i think 50s was sitting with me. i was having a snack and i offered to him, than he asked where i am from. i started the conversation by appreciating the beauty of Scotland and he told me about his place, after some time i asked wheather he believed in God, he said "yes" (was a protestant) than i told him what we muslims believe and told him that we also believe in prophet Abraham(Ibrahim),Moses, joseph etc. after listening to me he became curious and asked questions about islam, it turned out very well. in the second example a german student of anthropology came here through the university where my father studied, we offerd our home to him and my brother and i thought its a good chance to understand and learn from each other. he stayed for 3 months and we had very enlightening discussion about God and each others religions(he was a religious christian), i avoided topics which would create differences and so everthing went well Alhamdullilah, when he was leaving i gave him the Quran with english translation(his english was good). what we need to do is sister to show a good example as muslims and we should first build trust and than we can talk, that is what i did.
your approach is fine sister, you are muslim and you live among non muslims, its a difficult situation for you and other reverts, may Allah help all brothers and sisters in islam in there good work. ameen.
i agree we must try but sister unfortunately i dont see peace soon in my life time but yes we can try and hope for the better and inshAllah time will come that these matters will be resolved but only Allah knows when.
yes this forum is a good place to start and its encouraging when non muslims also join in.
Salamualikum.
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