as salam alykom

I d like very much to bring the new updates on the home page u may simply use the web links which actually form nearly an online encyclopedia or the contents I will leave u to judge.

Insh aAllah may Allah accept the efforts

as salam alykom

here are links to listen to the sound:

http://www.arabic2000.com/arabic/alphabet.html ( for listening to the letters one at a time)

http://www.smilesprod.com/alph2.htm (For a repetitive run through)

Among the sayings the Prophet saw relates from his Lord, May He be Glorified, is that He said:

<i><b>"Oh my servants, I have forbidden oppression for myself, and have made it forbidden amongst you. So do not oppress one another.</b></i>

Oh my servants, all of you are astray except for those I have guided, so seek guidance of me, and I shall guide you.

Oh my servants, all of you are hungry except for those I have feed, so seek food of me, and I shall feed you.

Oh my servants, all of you are naked except for those I have clothed, so seek clothing of me, and I shall clothe you.

Oh my servants, you sin by night and by day, and I forgive all sins. So seek forgivness of me and I shall forgive you.

Oh my servants, you will not attain harming me so as to harm me, and you will not attain benefitting me so as to benefit me.

Oh my servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to be as pious as the most poius heart of any one man of you, that would not increase my kingdom in anything.

Oh my servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to be as wicked as the most wicked heart of any one man of you, that would not decrease my kingdom in anything.

Oh my servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to rise up in one place and make a request of me and were I to give everyone what he requested, that would not decrease what I have any more than a needle decreases the sea if put into it.

Oh my servants, it is but your deeds that I reckon up for you, and then recompance you for.

So let him who finds good praise Allah, and let those who find other than that, blame no one but himself."

Assalamu 'alaikum frères et soeurs,

Voici un article très intèressant, Subhanalah!!!

Allah est Grand -

Vander Hoven, un psychologue hollandais, a annoncé sa

nouvelle découverte au sujet de l'effet de lire le coran et de répéter le mot ALLAH sur des patients et sur des personnes normales. Le professeur confirme sa découverte avec des études

et recherche appliquée sur beaucoup de patients pendant trois ans. Certains de ses patients étaient des non-Musulmans,

d'autres ne parlent pas arabe et ont été formés pour prononcer le mot "ALLAH" clairement ; le résultat était grand, en particulier sur ceux qui souffrent du découragement et de la tension.

Al Watan, un quotidien Saoudien a signalé que le psychologue a été cité pour dire que les musulmans qui peuvent lire l'arabe

et qui ont lu le Coran régulièrement pourraient se protéger contre les maladies psychologiques. Le psychologue a expliqué comment chaque lettre dans le mot "ALLAH" affecte curativement des maladies psychologiques. Il a précisé dans sa recherche que

prononcer la première lettre dans le mot "ALLAH" qui est la lettre (a), libère le système respiratoire, commande la respiration.

Il a ajouté à cela que prononçant la consonne(L) de la manière arabe, avec la langue touchant légèrement la partie supérieure

de la mâchoire produisant une pause courte et en répétant alors la même chose faites une pause constamment, détend l'aspiration. En outre, prononcer la dernière lettre qui est la lettre

(h) fait un contact entre les poumons et le coeur et alternativement de les battements du coeur.

Ce qui est passionnant dans l'étude est que ce psychologue est non-Musulman, mais intéressé par les sciences islamiques et

en recherchant les secrets du Coran.

Allah, le grand et glorieux dit <b>" nous leur montrerons nos signes dans l'univers et à travers eux mêmes, jusqu'à ce que ça se manifeste"</b>

ALLAHO AKBAR Allah est grand

Salam

Where has everyone got to. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. You all busy with school college or what.

Assalaam alaikum,

My name is Carol--I am not sure where to begin my story. I am a new muslim as of August 8, 2003, I was raised Catholic, went to catholic school and now I have found Islam. I have many questions, but i am still very new and afraid actually of practicing my faith. I am really looking for some friends who i can talk to about islam and learn and be ok with practicing my faith in islam. I am unmarried and have 2 children, and at the moment we live with my father who is a practicing Catholic, along with my sister. My family wants my children to be raised Catholic, but i have not persuaded them in any way in religion yet. I keep my islam faith a secret until i know more about it and feel secure enough to tell my family. That makes me scared, i am alone in my learning and i need some help with that. I would really appreciate any help and i will tell more of my story. Please excuse my haphazard post here, as my thoughts are not very collected right now. I hope to hear back soon. Any websites or books to read would be great.

Challenges of a new Muslim

By: Natalie L. Komitsky

Whenever we, new Muslims meet one another we always have to ask, “How long have you been Muslim?” Are you married? If yes, “Where is your spouse from?” And “How has your family reacted to your conversion to Islam?” The answers to these questions help us understand and support each other in our common struggle.

Becoming a Muslim is not easy. There are so many things to learn, many lines to memories, Arabic terms to understand and a complete transformation of lifestyle. And if that was not enough, we often find ourselves confronted with rejection from our families, friends and sometimes even the Muslim community.

Family

“Your Lord has enjoined you to worship none but Him, and to show kindness to y our parents. If either or both of them attain old age in your dwelling, show them no sign of impatience, nor rebuke them but speak to them kind words. Treat them with humility and tenderness and say ‘Lord, be merciful to them. They nursed me when I was an infant. [17:23-25].

While Allah, subhanahu wa ta’ala, has blessed us by opening our hearts would like to see our conversion as a passing phase. When it does not pass some go to great lengths to challenge our eman. Many families, especially those who come from cultures where there is one dominant religion, see converting to Islam as a rejection of their entire ideology and heritage. This feeling is compounded if the convert chooses to change his or her name. They may react by threatening to disown their son or daughter, offering him or her an ultimatum to choose between renouncing Islam or being forced to leave the family. Some families also have preconceived ideas that Islam represents an archaic belief system, which condones violence and oppression of women. This obviously causes tremendous emotional pain for new Muslims, but somehow they find the strength to continue.

When they approach the subject of marriage, they sometimes experience a new level of resistance from the family. The family assumes that they will marry someone from a foreign country. They express their concerns that their prospective spouse is only looking for a road to gain citizenship, or may take their son or daughter to a far-away land where he or she will become a member of another culture and they will never hear from them again. Also in some case, families who have raised their sons or daughters as a Muslims, may not readily accept a convert as a suitable candidate for marriage. They may want to protect their cultural heritage or they may fear that the convert does not possess a solid foundation to be an optimum Muslim parent.

The good news is that most of the time, both parents in law and parents of converts eventually come to respect their sons’ and daughters’ choices. They see them living happily, with a new sense of peace and can see that this choice has also benefited them because Islam teaches us to maintain strong, respectful relations with our families. One predictor of the eventual result of the relation between a convert and his or her family would be the quality of their relationship prior to their convert had been estranged from the family, the relationship becomes better when he or she adopts an Islamic code of behavior. And, if this improvement is not enough to bring them around, and children will usually motivate even the most stubborn parent.

This positive movement in the relationship often draws the once resistant family to further explore Islam for themselves, insha Allah.

Muslim Community

According to Prophet’s, (Blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) example, these new members of the Ummah should feel welcomed into our larger family. Abu Mousa al- Ash’ari related that the Prophet Muhammad (Blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The bonds of brotherhood between two Muslims are like parts of a house, one part strengthens and holds the other”. He crossed the fingers of one hand between those of the other, to elucidate and illustrate the point. (Bukhari and Muslim). It seems that Muslim communities are overjoyed at the moment of shahadah, but sometimes fail to provide a sufficient support system in the weeks and months that follow. We need to recognize that we have an obligation to welcome new Muslims and be responsive to their needs. When living in a non-Muslim country, everything outside the Muslim Community framework is a reminder of what life used to be. If a new Muslim is under tremendous stress, they may be tempted to return to a ‘normal’ lifestyle if we do not go the extra mile to help them feel comfortable as part of the Ummah.

http://news.ibn.net/newsframe.asp?url=http.../news/12030.php

WASHINGTON - Muslim charities and organizations in the United States say they are the target of a government "witch hunt" since Sept. 11 which is intimidating donors and hampering their work.

Required by their faith to pay "zakat," or alms for the needy, Muslims say the ripple effects of the government's hunt for terrorist funds are hurting their community at its core and making them feel like suspects.

They say the official designation of three U.S. Muslim charities as suspected sponsors of terrorism, coupled with what they consider rising anti-Muslim discrimination since the 2001 attacks by Islamic militants, has put them in the firing line simply because of their religious affiliation.

Under constant surveillance

Charities also complain about high levels of secrecy surrounding the designations, and say excessive scrutiny and hefty costs to meet strict new U.S. regulations mean a smaller percentage of donations is now really reaching those in need.

"I feel like we are suspect, having done nothing wrong," said Laila al-Marayati, board member of charity KinderUSA. "People just assume that by definition if you're Muslim, you're going to have something to do with terrorism. . . . . We're under the assumption that we're under surveillance all the time."

"Guilt by association"

Dalia Hashad, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union advocacy group, said: "To say that the Muslim community, and certainly Muslim charities, are receiving extra scrutiny is not an exaggeration, and I don't think the word witch hunt is inappropriate to describe what the government is doing."

An inquiry by the Senate Finance Committee into the activities of 25 Muslim groups - including the three already frozen by officials - was the latest example of "guilt by association," Islamic groups say.

The committee asked the Internal Revenue Service in December for records including donor lists for the 25 groups "to conduct oversight on the issue of organizations, particularly tax-exempt organizations such as charities and foundations, which finance terrorism and perpetuate violence."

The IRS has not yet supplied the information, a committee spokeswoman said.

Some nongovernmental groups tracking Muslim charities said they were surprised by many of the names on the list that they said had not been linked to terrorism before, such as the Islamic Society of North America, one of the largest Muslim organizations in the country.

"What's really going on here is a very inappropriate fishing expedition," said Hussein Ibish, spokesman for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.

"This political witch hunt is very disheartening and disappointing for us," said Jihad Smaili, a board member of KindHearts, one of the groups listed by the Senate committee.

The Treasury Department says the Sept. 11 attacks showed militant groups had infiltrated and abused charities.

"However, this has not resulted in a shutdown of all charities, but rather a focused attempt to target those that are financing or supporting terrorism," said Treasury spokeswoman Molly Millerwise.

The Treasury has so far designated more than 20 charities worldwide as part of the financial support network for al-Qaida, Hamas and other militant groups.

Assalamo Alikum..

i've received the following email from the Islamic Centre of Shikh Ahmed Deedat. please read it and make Du'a for our Brother Shikh Ahmen Deedat. May Allah be with him. Ameen

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PROFESSOR M.A.K. OMAR

M.B.Ch.B.(Natal) M .D.(Natal)F.C.P.(S.A.)F.R.C.P.(LONDON)

SPECIALIST PHYSICIAN/ENDOCRINOLOGIST/DIABETOLOGIST

HONORARY PROFESSOR –Department of Medicine University of Natal

ref : deedat

MEDICAL REPORT ON: SHEIKH AHMED HOOSEN DEEDAT

HISTORY :Sheikh Ahmed Deedat developed a cerebral vascular accident resulting in the locked in syndrome about 6 years ago.He is a known diabetic for over 10 years.Previously he had been on diet alone.Subsequently he was on regime of humulin 30/70.He is currently at home being nursed by his wife.He obtains his nutrition via a gastrotomy.

EXAMINATION:He was conscious and appeared quite alert.His general condition was satisfactory.Pulse –76,regular,good volume.All his peripheral pulses including the carotid pulses were palpable.Blood pressure – 128/78.Cardio vascular system – he was not in cardiac failure.There was no clinical cardiomegaly.Heart sounds – normal.Chest – clear.Abdomen –he had a gastrotomy tube through which he was fed.Otherwise no abnormality was noted. Neurological assessment – he was consciuos and alert.There was no neck stiffness.He was unable to speak because of an arthria.He had a spastic quadriplegia with a plantar flexion deformity of both his feet (result of the previous CVA).Plantars were upgoing.Sensation,cranial nerve function-normal.

SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS : Random blood glucose-5.6.Glycated haemoglobin-4.7 %-indicative of excellent diabetes control over the preceeding 2 to 3 mnths.U and E –no significant abnormality.Total cholesterol-3.07 with a LDL cholesterol of 1.21,HDL cholesterol of 1.02 and a triglyceride of 1.75 – all within the target range.He had a mild microcytic hypochromic anaemia of 11.7 with a MCV of 63.Platelet count and white cell count – normal.

COMMENT :Sheikh Ahmed Deedat has the locked in syndrome because of a cerebral vascular accident affecting the brain stem.He is fully alert and is to communicate via a chart whereby each word is formed by him looking at the letters of the alphabet and in turn he nods his head with the appropriate word.In this way he is able to communicate with complete sentences.His wife has looked after him remarkably well considering the fact he has no bed sors whatsoever.His current medicatoin comprises a twice daily regimen of humulin 30/70 as well as daily heparin.He requires ferrimed 1 daily for his iron deficiency anaemia.

Kind regards

M.A.K OMAR

Salam all.

"The Passion of the Christ", a movie that has become talk of the town in the USA

i know that this movie is not showing reality according to Islam beliefs.. but my question now is:

Should Muslims watch this movie?

hope i can get different opinions on this subject Inshaa ALlah.

Salam

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