As Salaamu Alaikum,


It was my understanding that this website is an Islamic forum, and I sincerely enjoy getting and reading the messages. But I seem to be getting a lot of message notifications from "dattaswami" which apprear to be Hindu. This is confusing, and seems to be "preaching" for the Hindu religion. There doesn't seem to be a thread, or exchange of information, but rather just a question s/he poses and then an answer that s/he posts.


I have really enjoyed the exchanges with Christians, and Jazakallah to those who respond with so much restraint, knowledge, and intelligence. But, if I wanted information on the Hindu faith, I would go to a Hindu website! Perhaps "dattaswami" is confused as to where s/he should be posting this type of information.


If I am wrong here, may Allah forgive my ignorance.


Niema Shaheed

<b>Between duty and God which is more important?</b>



This depends on your stage in the spiritual path. There is nothing to decide here. An ordinary human being will do the worldly duties only. Even if you advice to leave such duties, he will not leave because he cannot leave. For Sankara even though His mother asked him to do worldly duties, He left them and dedicated Himself to God only. Therefore, the soul does according to its spiritual state and inherent interest. Finally the interest decides the selection. Therefore you cannot have universal selection.

What are the duties of the human being?


A) The only duty of human being is the service to Lord. But, for the service, the maintenance of the body and family is essential. Therefore, the duties related to such maintenance are also part and parcel of the main divine duty.

What is the aim of the birth of every soul?


A) A soul is the part of creation. Veda says that the world is created for the entertainment of God only. Therefore, every soul should realize that its existence and life are for the pleasure of God only and not for the pleasure of one’s own self or his family.

The Battle of Vienna


The Ottoman Turks had Vienna under siege for a couple of


months in 1683, and although the Austrians and Germans put


up a good fight, on Sept 12 the Turks made several major


breaches in the city walls. But later that day, an army


arrived from Poland, and with the support of the Germans


and Austrians the Turks were soundly defeated. That battle


ended any hope the Muslims had for conquering Europe. I


think we all owe a lot to that Polish army.


One website I found about the battle ended as follows:


> The Turks never recovered from the battle. While the


> Ottoman Empire survived for another two hundred plus


> years, from here on out it was merely a holding action.


> For Poland, this was her last great moment on center


> stage until the Battle of Warsaw in 1920 when once again


> she saved Europe from the East.


After reading that last sentence, I had to do some more


research and find out about the Battle of Warsaw. It turns


out that after the communists took over Russia, they


started moving into Eastern Europe. Poland alone decided


to try to stop the Russians (even England and France


refused to help). Heavily outnumbered, the Poles suffered


several major defeats until Russia was on the verge of


capturing Warsaw. The Polish army, with their backs to the


wall, launched a "do or die" counter attack, and once


again soundly defeated the invading army. This was an all


out effort by the Polish people. To again quote from a


website:


> Officers of the 21st Polish Infantry Division witnessed


> peasants armed with pitchforks accompanied by their


> wives carrying flails assisting soldiers in the bayonet


> charge on the enemy positions...


I don't think the Poles have received the recognition they


deserve. They saved Europe from being invaded by Muslims,


and a few hundred years later they beat back the Russians


and postponed the communist takeover of Eastern Europe by


25 years. And of course Poland also sent troops to Iraq


during the latest Gulf War. I think that Poland is going


to turn out to be one of the USA's most important allies


during the next few decades.

Asalaama Alaikum,


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4748292.stm


:subhanallah:


I didnt realise this was possible, 'marrying' non-Humans :o


Well you learn something new everday B)

Salam,


I'd like to ask for more detail regarding the circumstances of when a convert from Islam (to another faith) is sentence to death. I've never really got a full explanation of and the media coverage of a Somali convert being killed in his town sparked my interest.


This is what i was told.


If you choose to leave Islam, then you must leave the community (or the Muslim region) you originated from before making this decision. If you refuse, you are sentenced to death.


I can understand the reason as to why someone would be told to leave the community; but what if that person cannot afford or is generally unable to leave the community and be on their own?


Also..does this cover only when the individual converts to another faith, aswell as becoming an atheist?


Thanks

<b>It is said that God takes the form as per your desire. Does it not mean that He is formless? </b>


God is neither formless nor has form. In the creation both formless objects like air and form-full objects like earth exist. Because of this reason God is neither formless nor form-full since both are imaginable. Veda says that God is unimaginable. But God comes in human form, which is useful to the humanity in all directions.



The main aim of the human form is preaching Divine Knowledge. That is why God has taken a human form which is very much useful to the humanity in various angles. You have to worship such form taken by God. He is not your servant to come in the form you desire. In Gita the Lord said that He will approach the devotee in the same path as the devotee approaches. This does not mean that He will take the form as you like. You can take any form you like which can be a representative of God (Pratika) but God does not exist in it.

I am a muslim from afghanistan and i have a question i know in islam alcohol is bad becouse i drink i want to know i know i am not hurting anyone and getting in the way of my relgion is it still a sin

Bismilah


Asalamalaikum


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Please after you open up the link beneath this, Promise to say Masha'Allah Plssss even non-muslims :D


<i>(As MashaAllah Protects against the evil eye)</i>





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