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Saturday 30 April 2005, 22:32 Makka Time, 19:32 GMT


Two people were killed and 10 injured in the attacks


Within two hours of a bomb blast that wounded four foreigners near a downtown museum, Egyptian officials and witnesses said two veiled women in a car opened fire at a tour bus.


At least three people were killed - apparently the man carrying the bomb who police said jumped off the bridge and the female shooters - and at least 10 people were injured.


After numerous brazen attacks during the 1990s, Egypt experienced a relative lull in such violence until October, when near simultaneous bomb blasts on two Sinai resorts killed 34 people.


Then, less than a month ago, a bomber targeted foreigners near a crowded Cairo bazaar.


Bomber


An Interior Ministry statement identified the man killed in the explosion as Ehab Yusri Yasin, and said he jumped from the bridge during a pursuit, setting off the explosive he was carrying. He was being chased as a suspect in the 7 April bombing by the Khan al-Khalili bazaar, it said.


Security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said police suspect that the two women involved in the shooting were relatives of Yasin or another suspect in the 7 April attack plot.


The bomber jumped off a bridge


and on to the victims


The security officials said they may have been related to Ashraf Said, a suspect in that bombing whom they say died in police custody a few days ago.


Health Minister Muhammad Awad Taj al-Din told reporters he did not know if there were any connections between the two incidents.


He did not address the dead man's identity or circumstances of the blast, but said most of the injuries were superficial puncture wounds.


He identified the wounded as three Egyptians, an Israeli couple, both 55 years old; a Swedish man, 28; and a 26-year-old Italian woman.


Bus shooting


The tour bus shooting was in old Cairo, an area rich with historic mosques and cemeteries.


At the site, a pistol and a black glove of the type worn by veiled women lay on the ground, amid blood and shattered glass.


Police searched some of the


youths present at the attack


Three Egyptians were wounded in that incident, one of them possibly a shooter. Witnesses said a police patrol in the area returned fire.


The bomb blast happened not far from a 5-star hotel and 100 meters behind the Egyptian Museum. Remains of a body, covered with newspapers, were seen beneath the bridge a few minutes after the 3.15pm explosion was heard through downtown Cairo.


The blast happened on a road adjacent to a public bus station behind the Egyptian Museum.


Normally, the bus station is teeming with people heading home from work in the mid-afternoon, but the blast happened on a holiday weekend.


Tourists injured


The hands and face of one of the injured - a man with reddish-blond hair who was lifted on to a stretcher - were covered with blood.


A bomb attack earlier in April


killed 3 tourists


On a nearby curb, two Westerners checked their wounds; the young woman's left arm was bloodied and the man sitting next to her appeared to have sustained leg injuries. The extent of the other woman's injuries weren't immediately clear.


"The explosion was caused by a very primitive bomb full of nails. Most of the injuries were superficial caused by the destruction of the nails."


The Swedish man was in the worst condition, with injuries to his face.


Dr. Hafiz Muhammad, deputy director of the French Qasr al-Aini Hospital where several of the wounded were being treated, said all would be released within days.


Bridge attack


Initially, police said they believed a car had exploded, but no vehicle debris was seen in the area. A senior policeman on the scene, who would not give his name, said a bomb was thrown from the bridge above to the street below.


Some witnesses at the scene gave similar accounts. Later, the Interior Ministry said the man had jumped from the bridge with a bomb.


Two rings of tape cordoned off the area where the body lay. Investigators uncovered the body and knelt to inspect it while heavily armed police, including riot officers in helmets and carrying submachine guns, kept away the crowds who stood on benches and potted plants to get a view.


In a sign of the tension and uncertainty, police singled out a few youth to inspect the bags they were carrying.


In the second incident, which happened less than two hours later, Tag Eddin told reporters two women had opened fire on a tour bus and one of them was killed. He said three Egyptians were injured in that incident, including a woman.


The minister said it was not clear if the injured woman was the second shooter.


Tourists targeted again?


Police, who initially reported the second incident as an explosion, later said it was two veiled women who had opened fire on a tour bus. Senior police officials said both had been killed by security forces in the area. The differing accounts could not be reconciled.


No bus or bodies were seen in the area shortly afterward, and there was no information about any damage to it or casualties aboard. There was shattered glass and blood on the ground.


The blast is the second bomb blast in the vicinity of major Cairo tourist attractions in less than a month. On 7 April, a bomber killed two French citizens, an American and himself when he detonated a homemade bomb near the Khan al-Khalili market on 7 April.


During the 1990s, Islamic insurgents mounted several attacks on tourists in a bid to cripple tourism and bring down the government. The government has been anxious to limit the damage of recent attacks to Egypt's tourism industry, and has said the market blast was the act of only a few.


In October 2004, militants detonated bombs in the Sinai resorts of Taba and Ras Shitan, killing 34 people and wounding more than 100. One bomb destroyed a wing of the Taba Hilton Hotel.


Police said the mastermind was a Palestinian resident of Egypt who was angry with Israel. More than 10 Israeli tourists were among the dead.

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Saturday 30 April 2005, 15:07 Makka Time, 12:07 GMT


A US soldier inspects a crater caused by a car bomb in Baquba


Two car bombs targeting military patrols have exploded in Baghdad, killing two civilians and wounding 10 others, police said.


Fighters opposed to the presence of foreign troops detonated one car bomb alongside a joint Iraqi and US military patrol in the Zayuna district of eastern Baghdad, as it passed near a police station on Saturday, killing two passersby, one of them a child, and wounding 10.


A second car exploded near a US military convoy in the west of the capital, police said. It was not immediately clear whether there were casualties from that blast.


The explosions came a day after a series of coordinated strikes in Baghdad and nearby areas killed more than 50 people and wounded at least 114.


US soldiers killed


Elsewhere in Iraq, six US soldiers have been killed in bomb attacks in the past two days, the US military has said.


The number of US troops killed


in combat in Iraq stands at 1204


Four soldiers were killed and two wounded by a bomb on Thursday in Tal Afar, about 390km north of Baghdad, the military said in a statement on Saturday.


A vehicle-borne bomb killed two US soldiers on Friday near Diyara, west of Baghdad, it said. The soldiers belonged to the 155th Brigade Combat Team, II Marine Expeditionary Force.


Tal Afar, west of Iraq's third-largest city, Mosul, not far from the border with Syria, has been the site of persistent violence over the past five months.


Casualties decline


The US military thinks fighters opposed to the presence of US troops have entered Iraq from Syria and built a stronghold in the town. There is also a strong resistance presence in Mosul.


The deaths raise the number of US troops killed in combat in Iraq since the US-led invasion in March 2003 to 1204.


Forty-four US soldiers have been killed in Iraq in April, a sharp decline since January, when the toll was 107.

THE U.S. PUSHED U.N. REFORMS VIA BLACKMAIL & DECEIT


www.voiceofummah.net – Voice of Ummah


24/4/05


by Ahmed Abdul Kareem al Nabulsi


America's final push for the U.N. to represent the New World Order


Kofi Annan's 63 page proposal to introduce a host of sweeping reforms to the United Nations on March 21st 2005, is the culmination of decades of planning and strategic manoeuvring alongside dirty Mafioso tactics by the United States of America. The primary objective of these insidiously U.S. pushed reforms is to eradicate any remaining presence Europe has within the international situation. Epitomising the American ideal, Bush's current nomination for U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., John Bolton, boldly stated back in 1994: 'that there is no such thing as the United Nations and that here is an international community that occasionally can only be led by the only real power left in the world and that is the United States.' Thus America views her role and that of the former 'great' powers of Europe, Russia and China in the New World Order clearly – America leads and dictates while the rest of the "world including Europe" must follow.


The Entrapment of the Security General


The final status in the achievement of this objective is now approaching after a year of intense American instigated pressure upon the United Nations. The exposing of the fraudulent Iraqi oil-for-food program, sex abuse by peacekeepers in Congo as well as the verbal attacks of 'ineptness' and 'irrelevance' were accompanied with the U.S.' audacious questioning of the need for the U.N. to exist. Just recently on April 16th 2005, Condoleeza Rice stated, "The United Nations cannot survive if it doesn't reform". Incredibly what many have seemingly forgotten is that all of these scandals were enacted or overlooked under the auspices of America. Even the Secretary General was personally vilified by the exposure of his son’s links to the oil-for-food scandal. Ironically while the world called for Annan’s resignation, it was America that continued to support him. Thus sending a clear message to the Secretary General the extent to which his career was dependent upon the U.S. Consequently it was not long after, that Kofi Annan announced his proposal for reforms, which when scrutinised carefully are in direct accordance with the United States’ vision and plan to consolidate its international hegemony for the forthcoming decades.


Kofi Annan’s entrapment and predicament is a style often used by the United States as it has mastered how to monopolise on the debauched nature of Capitalism. Numerous incidents have showcased how the United States traps individuals via bribery and clandestine incentives which in turn are later used to blackmail them to activities within American interests. For example the 'Israelis' with Omri Sharon (son of Ariel) and Benjamin Netanyahu are just a few of the individuals who have suffered from accepting American instigated kickbacks which have come back to haunt them and their political aspirations. Hence when Kofi Annan submitted comprehensively to the American will of proposing reforms, he still couldn't contain some of his frustration while at the same time indicate how the United States themselves were fully behind the oil for food scandals. On 15th April 2005, Annan stated, “They (America & Britain) were the ones who had interdiction, possibly they were also the ones who knew exactly what was going on, and the countries themselves decided to close their eyes to smuggling..”


Removing the Veto & Consolidating U.S. dominance


As for the many proposals that are in line with American interests the following is the most fundamental i.e. The removal of veto power from the Security Council's permanent members (the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France) alongside an expanded, more representative Security Council. Since the United Nations rejected the 1952 U.S. proposal for the right to veto to be removed, the Americans made persistent attempts to portray the veto as ineffective and a regular cause of stagnation. By cleverly utilising its own veto to consistently stall any international initiations made by the Europeans, the United States successfully managed to marginalise the Security Council and in turn the role of the European states. Furthermore the U.S. has endeavoured to show the world via its recent unilateral decisions, that the right to veto status, which puts the permanent members on a par with America, is no longer befitting of the reality. Therefore with the inevitable removal of the right to veto, the so called 'World War II Allies' will be reduced to being on equal terms with nations such as Brazil, India and Australia. This would consequently further reduce what international clout they have left while simultaneously consolidating America's domination of the International situation. It is this American vision that Kofi Annan referred to when claiming "a change in the Council's composition is needed to make it more broadly representative of the international community as a whole, as well as of the geopolitical realities of today, and thereby more legitimate in the eyes of the world".


It is also evident that the proposal to expand the Security Council will eventually evolve into more U.N. decisions being made by a majority vote from the General Assembly. This would provide the United States with unsurpassed control of the U.N. with the majority of General Assembly members being loyal or affiliated to American interests. This agenda was best summarized by 'Captain Africa' himself, American lickspittle Muammar al-Qathafi when he stated on 11th April 2005, "genuine reform in the UN, (that) can only be achieved through democracy in this international body, which requires shifting Security Council powers to the General Assembly, in which all world countries enjoy permanent and equal membership". Even the Security Council itself has been targeted for including nations which were once colonized by the 'Allies', thus placing them on an equivalent with their former demeaned colonial masters. As Annan clearly mentioned in his report, "..bring into the decision-making process countries more representative of the broader membership, especially of the developing world….. They should increase the democratic and accountable nature of the body"


U.S. encourages China & Russia's economies & diminishes their international aspirations.


While the former European Allies may be the primary target of America and her initiated U.N. reforms, it is also evident that China will also be severely affected. Through the eventual accession of India and Japan into the Security Council, America will succeed in diminishing the role and status of China within the Asian region. By removing the right to veto, China will soon be considered no different internationally to its Asian counterparts. Even the American fabricated North Korean missile crisis has served its purpose of inflating the tiny communist nation's significance on a par with China. This was achieved by making North Korea a focus of American foreign policy, consequently giving it precedence over other vital issues within the region especially those concerning China e.g. the unification with Taiwan. Moreover America's tenacious attempts to establish stable trade relations between the once warring Asian nations is aimed at building China into a powerful economic bloc while simultaneously removing any future aspirations the Chinese may have in influencing the International situation or the Asian region. China's accession into the W.T.O. as well as the numerous oil deals provided by the U.S. (Sudan being an example) is ample evidence for this ominous ploy.


As for Russia her current aspirations have also been confined to merely building herself into an economic bloc. With the United States slowly usurping influence from Russia over the former Soviet states e.g. Ukraine and Georgia, Russia is helplessly being pushed towards having to establish stronger economic ties with Europe. A vivid example is the recent gas deal between Germany's BASF and Russia's Gazprom which incorporates a 1’187-kilometer gas pipeline that will deliberately bypass Ukraine and Belarus despite more than 90 per cent of Russia’s current natural gas exports going through these two ex-Soviet countries. In order to safeguard her own economic interests, Russia will inevitably have to build further economic ties with Europe as she continues to be isolated by her former Soviet states that are now affiliating themselves with the U.S. Therefore the forthcoming U.N. reforms and subsequent removal of the right to veto will only further enhance Russia's rapid decline into being deemed as just another European state.


Just this week Kofi Annan again reiterated his push for reforms when he stated," The Security Council should be broadly representative of the realities of power in today's world". The reality of power in the world today is that the United States of America is aiming to create a Capitalist Empire in which she is the sole governor. The former 'great powers' are expected to watch, follow and pick up the crumbs of America's imperialist leftovers. So far, that is exactly what they have been doing.


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SalamsSs


InshaAllah all Muslimahs will benefit from this and pass it on to her daughters etc.


‘Abd al-Malik (RA) said: “When ‘Awf ibn Muhallim al-Shaybani, one of the most highly respected leaders of the Arab nobility during the jahiliyyah, married his daughter Umm Iyas to al-Harith ibn ‘Amr al-Kindi, she was made ready to be taken to the groom, then her mother, Umamah came into her, to advise her and said:


‘O my daughter, if it were deemed unnecessary to give you this advice because of good manners and noble descent, then it would have been unnecessary for you, because you posses these qualities, but it will serve as a reminder to those who are forgetful, and will help those who are wise.


‘O my daughter, if a woman were able to do without a husband by virtue of her father’s wealth and her need for her father, then you of all people would be most able to do without a husband, but women were created for men just as men were created for them.


‘O my daughter, you are about to leave the home in which you grew up, where you first learned to walk, to go to a place you do not know, to a companion to whom you are unfamiliar. By marrying you, he has become a master over you, so be like a servant to him, and he will become like a servant to you.


‘Take from me ten qualities, which will be a provision and a reminder for you.


‘The first and second of them are: be content in his company, and listen to and obey him, for contentment brings peace of mind, and listening to and obeying one’s husband pleases Allah.


‘The third and fourth of them are: make sure that you smell good and look good; he should not see anything ugly in you, and he should not smell anything but a pleasant smell from you. Kohl is the best kind of beautification to be found, and water is better than the rarest perfume.


‘The fifth and sixth of them are: prepare his food on time, and keep quiet when he is asleep, for raging hunger is like a burning flame, and disturbing his sleep will make him angry.


‘The seventh and eight of them are: take care of his servants (or employees) and children, and take care of his wealth, for taking care of his wealth shows that you appreciate him, and taking care of his children and servants shows good management.


‘The ninth and tenth of them are: never disclose any of his secrets, and never disobey any of his orders, for if you disclose any of his secrets you will never feel safe from his possible betrayal, and if you disobey him, his heart will be filled with hatred towards you.


‘Be careful, O my daughter, of showing joy in front of him when he is upset, and do not show sorrow in front of him when he is happy, because the former shows a lack of judgment whilst the latter will make him unhappy.


‘Show him as much honour and respect as you can, and agree with him as much as you can, so that he will enjoy your companionship and conversation.


‘Know, O my daughter, that you will not achieve what you would like to until you put his pleasure before your own, and his wishes before yours, in whatever you like and dislike. And may Allah choose what is best for you and protect you.”


__________________

Salams


A parrot recites the Quran, so cool


click on the link 2 see the video


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Dear brother and sister , i am back again yet with some more questions , and more question why can't i just accept the way this crap world is? too many "men " seeking too much power , all just want more blood and more power men are killing each other like hell has arrived on this planet. back to the two question i was going to ask.


As we all know there are 75 sector of Islam wow that makes us or me feel really good about the source of information i can get from the internet , is it true " Did the prophet put this right hand over this left hand and then both over his chest. and if so where about in the Quran does it say i seriously can't find it.


if you can , i would like to know which sura does it say.


my second question and probley the most stupid question but i must ask.


Is it alright to have photo of family , son , on the wall in your own house ie if you where to pray would this be okay.


& is it okay to have as a Art/ collect-able item a china / Buddhist God or a statue of a person in your house.


if it is once again where in the quran does it say and if not What should i do with this china Buddhist God and a Statue of a person. also where about in the quran does it say.


Brothers and Sister many thanks for answering ma questions you all deserver to be in Hell with me for your sins and then we all should hopefully with the blessing of Allah go to Jannia


ameeen


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Bismillah


Al-salam 'alaykom


I received this from a mailing list, and i liked to share it with u brothers and sisters. May Allah accept from us all our repentance, and we need no1 to go to to ask forgivness except To Allah(SWT).






Repentance


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Question: I have committed many sins which no one knows of except Allaah. What do I have to do so that Allaah will accept my repentance?


Answer: Praise be to Allaah.


A Muslim’s faith may become weak and he may be overwhelmed by his desires. The Shaytaan may make sin attractive to him, so he wrongs himself (commits sin) and falls into that which Allaah has forbidden. But Allaah is Kind to His slaves, and His mercy encompasses all things. Whoever repents after doing wrong, Allaah will accept his repentance, for Allaah is Forgiving and Merciful.


“But whosoever repents after his crime and does righteous good deeds (by obeying Allaah), then verily, Allaah will pardon him (accept his repentance). Verily, Allaah is Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful [al-Maa’idah 5:39 – interpretation of the meaning]


Allaah is Forgiving and Generous. He commands all His slaves to repent sincerely so that they may gain the mercy of Allaah and His Paradise. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):


“O you who believe! Turn to Allaah with sincere repentance! It may be that your Lord will expiate from you your sins, and admit you into Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise)” [al-Tahreem 66:8]


The gate of repentance is open to His slaves, until the sun rises from the west. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Allaah spreads out His Hand at night to accept the repentance of those who did wrong during the day, and He spreads out His Hand during the day to accept the repentance of those who did wrong during the night. (This will continue) until the sun rises from the west.” (Narrated by Muslim, no. 2759)


Sincere repentance is not merely the matter of words spoken on the tongue. Rather, the acceptance of repentance is subject to the condition that the person gives up the sin straight away, that he regrets what has happened in the past, that he resolves not to go back to the thing he has repented from, that he restores people’s rights or property if his sin involved wrongdoing towards others, and that he repents before the agony of death is upon him. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):


“Allaah accepts only the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and foolishness and repent soon afterwards; it is they whom Allaah will forgive and Allaah is Ever All‑Knower, All‑Wise.


And of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil deeds until death faces one of them and he says: ‘Now I repent;’ nor of those who die while they are disbelievers. For them We have prepared a painful torment” [al-Nisaa’ 4:17-18]


Allaah accepts repentance and is Merciful. He calls sinners to repent, so that He might forgive them:


“…your Lord has written (prescribed) Mercy for Himself, so that if any of you does evil in ignorance, and thereafter repents and does righteous good deeds (by obeying Allaah), then surely, He is Oft‑Forgiving, Most Merciful” [al-An’aam 6:54 – interpretation of the meaning]


Allaah is Kind to His slaves and loves those who repent. He accepts their repentance, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):


“And He it is Who accepts repentance from His slaves, and forgives sins, and He knows what you do”[al-Shooraa 42:25]


“Truly, Allaah loves those who turn unto Him in repentance and loves those who purify themselves”[al-Baqarah 2:222]


When a kaafir becomes a Muslim, Allaah turns his bad deeds (sayi’aat) into good deeds (hasanaat), and forgives him all his previous sins, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):


“Say to those who have disbelieved, if they cease (from disbelief), their past will be forgiven” [al-Anfaal 8:38]


Allaah is Forgiving and Merciful, and He loves the repentance of His slaves. He commands them to repent so that He might forgive them. But the devils among mankind and the jinn want to turn people away from the truth and make them incline towards falsehood, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):


“Allaah wishes to accept your repentance, but those who follow their lusts, wish that you (believers) should deviate tremendously away (from the Right Path) [al-Nisaa’4:27]


The mercy of Allaah encompasses all things. If a person’s sins are very great and he has wronged himself very much, but he then repents, Allaah will accept his repentance and will forgive his sins no matter how great they are. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):


“Say: O ‘Ibaadi (My slaves) who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allaah, verily, Allaah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft‑Forgiving, Most Merciful”[al-Zumar 39:53]


The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Our Lord comes down to the lowest heaven when one-third of the night remains, and says, ‘Who will call upon Me so that I may answer him? Who will ask Me so that I may give to him? Who will seek My forgiveness so that I may forgive him?’” (Narrated by Muslim, no. 758)


Man is weak. If a person sins then he has to repent and seek forgiveness every time. Allaah is Forgiving and Merciful, and He is the One Who says (interpretation of the meaning):


“And whoever does evil or wrongs himself but afterwards seeks Allaah’s forgiveness, he will find Allaah Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful” [al-Nisaa’ 4:110]


The Muslim is vulnerable to making mistakes and sins. So he has to repent and seek forgiveness repeatedly. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “By Allaah, I seek the forgiveness of Allaah and I turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times each day.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, no. 6307)


Allaah loves the repentance of His slaves, and accept it. Indeed, He rejoices over it, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “When a person repents, Allaah rejoices more than one of you who found his camel after he lost it in the desert.” (Agreed upon. Narrated by al-Bukhaari, no. 6309)





From Usool al-Deen al-Islami by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibraaheem al-Tuwayjri


May Allah accept from all of us, may He accept us in His Heavens, and may He rejoin us all sisters and brothers under His Shade when there is no Shade but his.


Wasalam

Bismillah


as salam alykom


we really encourage u to take the poll as this is expected to help in laying more emphasis on the effective tool Insh a Allah

Bismillah


As salam alykom


Sorry if this would sound depressing but we all need to be reminded.


Last week a friend called me to inform me about the death of the father of another friend. While at the same time my mother was recalling the moments of her little 2 year old son's death.


Sobhan Allah I felt it is just a moment that separates nothing from everything. This dunia is nothing that takes us to everything. After this moment, one is not called by a name, just did u get the corps, did u wash the corps, did u wrap the crops, then he/she is not even called a corps any longer, just carry the board, and put the board down. Then finally just lay the body in the ditch.


Sobhan Allah at that time, nothing matters any more, whether or not u had a car, whether or not u attained graduate, post graduate studies, whether or not u attained senior position, had a car or summer house. Nothing really matters not what u attained or couldn’t attain just what u earned of deeds Insh a Allah that matters at that time may Allah Makes it easy for all of us.

Assalamualaikum,


Dear members iam a new member and i would like your views on Imam muhammad bin Abdul wahab najadi..


as i read a book on web named CONFESSIONS OF A BRITISH SPY


http://www.ummah.org.uk/Al_adaab/spy1-7.html which creates doubt in my mind regarding the imam..( was he a british spy ?)..


may ALLAH swt reward you all for giving me right information and clearing my doubts


Ali,