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AL BURUJ PRESS presents


Arabic Course Intensive!!!

20 SEATS AVAILABE ON 1st COME 1st SERVE BASIS

Christmas Holidays coming up. Nothing much to do? Want to start the new year with Arabic as your priority? Always wanted to learn Arabic but haven't had the time or the right method of teaching. Found it to difficult? Al Buruj Press has organised a 1 week intensive Arabic class, 3 hours per day, which will see the WHOLE of Medina book 1 completed. Daily classes will evaluate and demonstrate the easiness of Arabic grammar and simplify the book in such a way, to give students the ability to have entry into Medina Book 2. The course through the grammar taught will show practical examples found in the Qur'an and Ahadith and insha'allah instigate zeal into students to pursue further studies in the Arabic language.



Course Outline: Medina Book 1



Day 1- Chapters 1-6 = 29th December 2008



Day 2- Chapters 7-10 = 30th December 2008



Day 3- Chapters 11-15 =31st December 2008



Day 4- Chapters 16-19 = 1st January 2009



Day 5- Chapters 20-23 = 2nd January 2009



Details

Cost: £40

Date: 29th December 2008- 2nd January 2009

Time: 14:00p.m. to 17:00pm

Venue: Minhaj Community Centre

6 Merchant Street, Bow London E3 4LP (2 mins from Bow Road Station)

Tube Lines: District and Hammersmith

Buses: 25,108,D8,8

Online Payment: http://www.alburujpress.com

Email: alburujpress@gmail.com

For more information, contact our team on :

Brothers: 07983590489


Sisters: 07944229254

Please bring own copy of Medina book 1



Info for Students: To be a successful student of this course, Al Buruj Press recommends all students to start memorising as much Vocabulary (found at the back of the book) as they can prior to the course, as this will facilitate the grammar taught, and will aid the pace of the teaching.

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AL BURUJ PRESS presents


Arabic Course Intensive!!!

20 SEATS AVAILABE ON 1st COME 1st SERVE BASIS

Christmas Holidays coming up. Nothing much to do? Want to start the new year with Arabic as your priority? Always wanted to learn Arabic but haven't had the time or the right method of teaching. Found it to difficult? Al Buruj Press has organised a 1 week intensive Arabic class, 3 hours per day, which will see the WHOLE of Medina book 1 completed. Daily classes will evaluate and demonstrate the easiness of Arabic grammar and simplify the book in such a way, to give students the ability to have entry into Medina Book 2. The course through the grammar taught will show practical examples found in the Qur'an and Ahadith and insha'allah instigate zeal into students to pursue further studies in the Arabic language.



Course Outline: Medina Book 1



Day 1- Chapters 1-6 = 29th December 2008



Day 2- Chapters 7-10 = 30th December 2008



Day 3- Chapters 11-15 =31st December 2008



Day 4- Chapters 16-19 = 1st January 2009



Day 5- Chapters 20-23 = 2nd January 2009



Details

Cost: £40

Date: 29th December 2008- 2nd January 2009

Time: 14:00p.m. to 17:00pm

Venue: Minhaj Community Centre

6 Merchant Street, Bow London E3 4LP (2 mins from Bow Road Station)

Tube Lines: District and Hammersmith

Buses: 25,108,D8,8

Online Payment: http://www.alburujpress.com

Email: alburujpress@gmail.com

For more information, contact our team on :

Brothers: 07983590489


Sisters: 07944229254

Please bring own copy of Medina book 1



Info for Students: To be a successful student of this course, Al Buruj Press recommends all students to start memorising as much Vocabulary (found at the back of the book) as they can prior to the course, as this will facilitate the grammar taught, and will aid the pace of the teaching.

]]> http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2375 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:22:40 -0500 http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2375
Harun Yahya Conferences

http://www.harunyahyaconferences.com/

Throughout this website we invite you to explore the details about possible subjects for a conference. For those who are not familiar with Harun Yahya conferences, you will be able to watch some filmed events that will give you an idea of how easily they may be organized.]]>
Harun Yahya Conferences

http://www.harunyahyaconferences.com/

Throughout this website we invite you to explore the details about possible subjects for a conference. For those who are not familiar with Harun Yahya conferences, you will be able to watch some filmed events that will give you an idea of how easily they may be organized.]]> http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2374 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:20:29 -0500 http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2374
Economics in Islam

http://www.economicsinislam.net/

This site in which we consider how economic problems and the social troubles stemming from them will be resolved when people come to live by Islamic moral values, contains a wide range of information on the subject. You may come to think about events in a way you never have before and to experience a major change in your mental perspective. This knowledge is of the greatest importance for true believers who think along lines of the Qur'an and submit to destiny ordained by Allah in His sublime wisdom.]]>
Economics in Islam

http://www.economicsinislam.net/

This site in which we consider how economic problems and the social troubles stemming from them will be resolved when people come to live by Islamic moral values, contains a wide range of information on the subject. You may come to think about events in a way you never have before and to experience a major change in your mental perspective. This knowledge is of the greatest importance for true believers who think along lines of the Qur'an and submit to destiny ordained by Allah in His sublime wisdom.]]> http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2373 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:32:01 -0500 http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2373
Darwinism: The Greatest Lie in History

http://www.darwinismthegreatestlieinhistory.com/

The theory of evolution,[/u] which has been tried to be promoted everywhere as a scientific fact from the textbooks to the scientific publications for 150 years, is actually based on extremely rotten foundations. The evolutionists gave up proving their theory, however, they began to search for ways to keep the theory alive through propaganda, demagogy and eyewash methods. Their aims are not to defend a scientific fact, but to try to keep the so-called scientific fallacy alive in the cause of continuing their materialistic and atheist world view.]]>
Darwinism: The Greatest Lie in History

http://www.darwinismthegreatestlieinhistory.com/

The theory of evolution,[/u] which has been tried to be promoted everywhere as a scientific fact from the textbooks to the scientific publications for 150 years, is actually based on extremely rotten foundations. The evolutionists gave up proving their theory, however, they began to search for ways to keep the theory alive through propaganda, demagogy and eyewash methods. Their aims are not to defend a scientific fact, but to try to keep the so-called scientific fallacy alive in the cause of continuing their materialistic and atheist world view.]]> http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2372 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:29:14 -0500 http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2372
Confessions of the Evolutionists

http://www.confessionsofevolutionists.com/

Ever since it was first put forward, certain materialist circles have attempted to portray the theory of evolution as scientific fact. In fact, however, the theory, which claims that life emerged as the result of chance processes, has been utterly disproved by various branches of science. Over the 150 or so years separating Charles Darwin, the founder of the theory, and the present day, such scientific fields as paleontology, biochemistry, genetics and anatomy have demolished the theory’s assumptions. The more the details of nature have been revealed, the more extraordinary characteristics have been discovered that can never be explained in terms of chance. For all these reasons, in the words of the famous molecular biologist Professor Michael Behe, evolution is “A theory in crisis.” From time to time, this crisis leads scientists who support the theory to make a number of confessions. They reject the theory not despite their materialist preconceptions, but because they realize that it flies in the face of scientific findings. In this book you will find statements made by these evolutionist scientists regarding the theory they believe in. Hundreds of evolutionists, from Charles Darwin to eminent present-day supporters of his theory, such as Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Leakey, have admitted that it is groundless, incorrect, and even ridiculous. If you want to see why not even Darwinism’s most determined proponents believe in it, you must see this site.]]>
Confessions of the Evolutionists

http://www.confessionsofevolutionists.com/

Ever since it was first put forward, certain materialist circles have attempted to portray the theory of evolution as scientific fact. In fact, however, the theory, which claims that life emerged as the result of chance processes, has been utterly disproved by various branches of science. Over the 150 or so years separating Charles Darwin, the founder of the theory, and the present day, such scientific fields as paleontology, biochemistry, genetics and anatomy have demolished the theory’s assumptions. The more the details of nature have been revealed, the more extraordinary characteristics have been discovered that can never be explained in terms of chance. For all these reasons, in the words of the famous molecular biologist Professor Michael Behe, evolution is “A theory in crisis.” From time to time, this crisis leads scientists who support the theory to make a number of confessions. They reject the theory not despite their materialist preconceptions, but because they realize that it flies in the face of scientific findings. In this book you will find statements made by these evolutionist scientists regarding the theory they believe in. Hundreds of evolutionists, from Charles Darwin to eminent present-day supporters of his theory, such as Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Leakey, have admitted that it is groundless, incorrect, and even ridiculous. If you want to see why not even Darwinism’s most determined proponents believe in it, you must see this site.]]> http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2371 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:27:26 -0500 http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2371
By Virtue of Harun Yahya

http://www.byvirtueofharunyahya.com/

Adnan Oktar's more than 250 works translated into 54 languages to date, and the articles, CDs, web sites, radio and television programs, documentary films, interactive presentations, audio tapes and conferences based on these works are leading people all over the world to faith and are causing those who already believe to bind themselves together with even greater enthusiasm.]]>
By Virtue of Harun Yahya

http://www.byvirtueofharunyahya.com/

Adnan Oktar's more than 250 works translated into 54 languages to date, and the articles, CDs, web sites, radio and television programs, documentary films, interactive presentations, audio tapes and conferences based on these works are leading people all over the world to faith and are causing those who already believe to bind themselves together with even greater enthusiasm.]]> http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2370 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:25:00 -0500 http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2370
Atlas of Creation

http://www.atlasofcreation.com/

This site will provide you with not only such information as what fossils are and where and how they are found, but also a closer examination of a variety of fossil specimens, millions of years old, that are still able to declare, "We never underwent evolution; we were created." The fossils discussed and illustrated in this book are just a few examples of the hundreds of millions of specimens that prove the fact of creation. And even these few are enough to prove that the theory of evolution is a major hoax and deception in the history of science.]]>
Atlas of Creation

http://www.atlasofcreation.com/

This site will provide you with not only such information as what fossils are and where and how they are found, but also a closer examination of a variety of fossil specimens, millions of years old, that are still able to declare, "We never underwent evolution; we were created." The fossils discussed and illustrated in this book are just a few examples of the hundreds of millions of specimens that prove the fact of creation. And even these few are enough to prove that the theory of evolution is a major hoax and deception in the history of science.]]> http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2369 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:22:27 -0500 http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2369
Allah Exists

http://www.allahexists.com/

There are billions of details making life possible on Earth. In brief, man lives on a planet perfectly created for his survival. This is certainly a planet "created for human beings". In this site you can see the some of the evidences of the existence of Allah.]]>
Allah Exists

http://www.allahexists.com/

There are billions of details making life possible on Earth. In brief, man lives on a planet perfectly created for his survival. This is certainly a planet "created for human beings". In this site you can see the some of the evidences of the existence of Allah.]]> http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2368 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:14:58 -0500 http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2368
As Allah has revealed in another verse, "We will impose a weighty Word upon you..." (Surat al-Muzammil: 5), He charged His last prophet, Muhammad (saas) with a heavy responsibility. Due to the Prophet’s (saas) strong faith in Allah, he fulfilled that responsibility in the best possible way, called mankind to the path of Allah and Islam, and illuminated the way for all believers.

Although we have never seen the Prophet (saas), we can still do our very best to come to know his exemplary behavior, his sayings and the pleasing morality he displayed, by means of the verses of the Qur'an and the hadiths (the sayings and teachings of the Prophet [saas]). We can try to be like him, in order to be close to him in the Hereafter.

People today, and the young in particular, take many individuals as role models, imitate the way they behave, speak and dress, and try to be like them. Yet, since the great majority of these people are not on the right road themselves, they lack proper morality and attitudes. It is therefore a serious responsibility to lead people to the truth and the best morality and behavior. A Muslim needs to try to emulate the behavior and the morality of the Prophet Muhammad (saas). Allah confirms that in a verse:

You have an excellent model in the Messenger of Allah, for all who put their hope in Allah and the Last Day and remember Allah much. (Surat al-Ahzab: 21)

Like the Prophet Muhammad (saas), the other prophets were also role models for believers, and enjoyed Allah's good pleasure. Allah says in one verse:

There is instruction in their stories for people of intelligence. This [the Qur'an] is not a narration which has been invented but confirmation of all that came before, a clarification of everything, and a guidance and a mercy for people who believe. (Surah Yusuf: 111)
As the Prophet (saas) has revealed in the hadith, "Verily, I have left amongst you the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Apostle which if you hold fast, you shall never go astray,"[1] a Muslim's two truest guides are the Qur'an and Sunnah (the practice of the Prophet Muhammad (saas)). The Prophet Muhammad (saas) was an example to all humanity with his morality, to which he called on mankind to live by. It was the Prophet (saas) who said "I was sent to perfect good character"[2] and "By One in whose hand there is my life: None shall enter Paradise except one who has got good conduct."[3]

In the Qur'an Allah has revealed that the Prophet (saas) possessed the finest morality, and says:

Nun. By the Pen and what they write down! By the blessing of your Lord, you are not mad. You will have a wage which never-fails. Indeed you are truly vast in character. So you will see and they will see which of you is mad. Your Lord knows best who is misguided from His Way and He knows best those who are guided. (Surat al-Qalam: 1-7)
Allah also revealed in that verse that the Prophet (saas) was a tireless toiler on His path. That demonstrates that he always displayed a pleasing morality, never departing from the way of Allah.

As the Prophet’s (saas) words "The most perfect believer in respect of faith is he who is best of them in manners"[4] make clear, morality is one the most important components of true faith. It is therefore an important religious duty to learn about and practice the very best examples of it. Those Muslims who follow the way of the Prophet (saas) need to be foremost in their morality and behavior, and to invite others to adopt that same morality.

[1] Prophet Muhammad's Last Sermon (http://www.stanford.edu/~jamila/Sermon.html)
[2] Malik's Muwatta, Book 47, Number 47.1.8
[3] Imam Ghazzali's Ihya Ulum-Id-Din (The Book of Religious Learnings), Islamic Book Service, New Delhi, 2001, Islamic Book Service, New Delhi, 2001, Volume II, p.236
[4] Sunan Abu Dawud, Book 40, Number 4665]]>
As Allah has revealed in another verse, "We will impose a weighty Word upon you..." (Surat al-Muzammil: 5), He charged His last prophet, Muhammad (saas) with a heavy responsibility. Due to the Prophet’s (saas) strong faith in Allah, he fulfilled that responsibility in the best possible way, called mankind to the path of Allah and Islam, and illuminated the way for all believers.

Although we have never seen the Prophet (saas), we can still do our very best to come to know his exemplary behavior, his sayings and the pleasing morality he displayed, by means of the verses of the Qur'an and the hadiths (the sayings and teachings of the Prophet [saas]). We can try to be like him, in order to be close to him in the Hereafter.

People today, and the young in particular, take many individuals as role models, imitate the way they behave, speak and dress, and try to be like them. Yet, since the great majority of these people are not on the right road themselves, they lack proper morality and attitudes. It is therefore a serious responsibility to lead people to the truth and the best morality and behavior. A Muslim needs to try to emulate the behavior and the morality of the Prophet Muhammad (saas). Allah confirms that in a verse:

You have an excellent model in the Messenger of Allah, for all who put their hope in Allah and the Last Day and remember Allah much. (Surat al-Ahzab: 21)

Like the Prophet Muhammad (saas), the other prophets were also role models for believers, and enjoyed Allah's good pleasure. Allah says in one verse:

There is instruction in their stories for people of intelligence. This [the Qur'an] is not a narration which has been invented but confirmation of all that came before, a clarification of everything, and a guidance and a mercy for people who believe. (Surah Yusuf: 111)
As the Prophet (saas) has revealed in the hadith, "Verily, I have left amongst you the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Apostle which if you hold fast, you shall never go astray,"[1] a Muslim's two truest guides are the Qur'an and Sunnah (the practice of the Prophet Muhammad (saas)). The Prophet Muhammad (saas) was an example to all humanity with his morality, to which he called on mankind to live by. It was the Prophet (saas) who said "I was sent to perfect good character"[2] and "By One in whose hand there is my life: None shall enter Paradise except one who has got good conduct."[3]

In the Qur'an Allah has revealed that the Prophet (saas) possessed the finest morality, and says:

Nun. By the Pen and what they write down! By the blessing of your Lord, you are not mad. You will have a wage which never-fails. Indeed you are truly vast in character. So you will see and they will see which of you is mad. Your Lord knows best who is misguided from His Way and He knows best those who are guided. (Surat al-Qalam: 1-7)
Allah also revealed in that verse that the Prophet (saas) was a tireless toiler on His path. That demonstrates that he always displayed a pleasing morality, never departing from the way of Allah.

As the Prophet’s (saas) words "The most perfect believer in respect of faith is he who is best of them in manners"[4] make clear, morality is one the most important components of true faith. It is therefore an important religious duty to learn about and practice the very best examples of it. Those Muslims who follow the way of the Prophet (saas) need to be foremost in their morality and behavior, and to invite others to adopt that same morality.

[1] Prophet Muhammad's Last Sermon (http://www.stanford.edu/~jamila/Sermon.html)
[2] Malik's Muwatta, Book 47, Number 47.1.8
[3] Imam Ghazzali's Ihya Ulum-Id-Din (The Book of Religious Learnings), Islamic Book Service, New Delhi, 2001, Islamic Book Service, New Delhi, 2001, Volume II, p.236
[4] Sunan Abu Dawud, Book 40, Number 4665]]> http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2367 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:13:25 -0500 http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2367
When it comes to the theory of evolution, however, the rules are very different. The theory is not built on any scientific data. It is constructed around a twisted ideology. Those who refuse to admit that Allah (God) created life tried to develop what they regard as an alternative to the fact of Creation. To put it another way, Darwinism is a religion adopted by evolutionists in order to deny the existence of Allah.

It is for that reason that the methods used in the imposition and dissemination of Darwinism have always been very different from real scientific theories and scientific progress. Not one single scientific finding has to date supported the theory of evolution. The theory is literally devoid of any supporting evidence at all. Not one single piece of experimental evidence showing that the false mechanisms of Darwinism lead to evolution has ever been obtained. On the contrary, all the scientific evidence obtained has refuted Darwinism time and time again. Scientific progress and further additions to the fossil record continue to demolish the theory.

Nonetheless, however, the theory of evolution is still under protection all over the world. That applies to no other scientific theory or ideological movement. None enjoy global protection or are officially preserved under the law. Anyone who wishes to can criticize fascism or capitalism, set out their ideas about all ideologies and express contrary views. But it is impossible to do such a thing with Darwinism. Those who are critical of Darwinism in any way are immediately removed from their posts and hastily prevented from making their views public.


Professors who have devoted 20 or 30 years to their own universities are suddenly removed from their posts the moment they criticize Darwinism. A state employee will be sacked the moment he is realized to be an anti-Darwinist. A biology teacher can never tell his or her close friends and family or students that he or she is opposed to the theory of evolution. Because they know that their career will come to an end if they do. This law is so strictly implemented that it is literally a crime to say a word against Darwinism. Nobody has the courage to do that.

It is because of this giant hegemony that the evident insoluble dilemmas facing evolution and the frauds of Darwinism are never spoken of out loud. These are the bans that cannot be breached in universities! One cannot say that there exists not one single transitional fossil. One can never say that it is mathematically impossible for a single protein to come into being by chance and that this is a scientific fact. One cannot say that there are more than 100 million living fossils that refute evolution. Living fossils are hidden away and disregarded the moment they are found. One can never say that countless frauds have been perpetrated in the name of Darwinism, and that fossils are hurriedly removed from museums once they are shown to be false. Neither can one ever say that Darwinism is a lie that has deceived the world for the last 150 years.

Because Darwinism is a false religion, but a false religion under state protection.

The spell of this dark religion was broken for the first time by Harun Yahya’s magnificent Atlas of Creation. This book revealed everything that nobody had had the courage to say before, and told the whole world, with full supporting evidence, how Darwinism is a terrible lie. It is available to everyone in the world over the internet, and has told everyone that although there exist no intermediate fossils that might support the theory of evolution, there are more than 100 million fossils that refute it. It has exhibited these fossils in full detail and proved, using proof that is a far cry from evolutionist demagoguery, that the theory of evolution is a lie. It said what nobody was able to say for 150 years, immediately neutralized all the intimidatory techniques employed by this dark faith that enjoys world-wide protection, and exposed all its lies. That is the reason for the Darwinist panic going on at the moment.

Evolutionists had constructed a plan to rule the world and shape the course of its future. They imagined that this plan, which they had placed under global protection, would operate totally smoothly. But they are unaware that Allah is the best planner of all and that He will confound and destroy all of Satan’s snares. Allah has demolished this superstitious faith. No matter what lies they may choose to come up with, Darwinism will never, by Allah’s leave, be able to deceive people again.

As our Almighty Lord says in one verse:
They plotted and Allah plotted. But Allah is the best of plotters. (Surah Al-‘Imran, 54)]]>
When it comes to the theory of evolution, however, the rules are very different. The theory is not built on any scientific data. It is constructed around a twisted ideology. Those who refuse to admit that Allah (God) created life tried to develop what they regard as an alternative to the fact of Creation. To put it another way, Darwinism is a religion adopted by evolutionists in order to deny the existence of Allah.

It is for that reason that the methods used in the imposition and dissemination of Darwinism have always been very different from real scientific theories and scientific progress. Not one single scientific finding has to date supported the theory of evolution. The theory is literally devoid of any supporting evidence at all. Not one single piece of experimental evidence showing that the false mechanisms of Darwinism lead to evolution has ever been obtained. On the contrary, all the scientific evidence obtained has refuted Darwinism time and time again. Scientific progress and further additions to the fossil record continue to demolish the theory.

Nonetheless, however, the theory of evolution is still under protection all over the world. That applies to no other scientific theory or ideological movement. None enjoy global protection or are officially preserved under the law. Anyone who wishes to can criticize fascism or capitalism, set out their ideas about all ideologies and express contrary views. But it is impossible to do such a thing with Darwinism. Those who are critical of Darwinism in any way are immediately removed from their posts and hastily prevented from making their views public.


Professors who have devoted 20 or 30 years to their own universities are suddenly removed from their posts the moment they criticize Darwinism. A state employee will be sacked the moment he is realized to be an anti-Darwinist. A biology teacher can never tell his or her close friends and family or students that he or she is opposed to the theory of evolution. Because they know that their career will come to an end if they do. This law is so strictly implemented that it is literally a crime to say a word against Darwinism. Nobody has the courage to do that.

It is because of this giant hegemony that the evident insoluble dilemmas facing evolution and the frauds of Darwinism are never spoken of out loud. These are the bans that cannot be breached in universities! One cannot say that there exists not one single transitional fossil. One can never say that it is mathematically impossible for a single protein to come into being by chance and that this is a scientific fact. One cannot say that there are more than 100 million living fossils that refute evolution. Living fossils are hidden away and disregarded the moment they are found. One can never say that countless frauds have been perpetrated in the name of Darwinism, and that fossils are hurriedly removed from museums once they are shown to be false. Neither can one ever say that Darwinism is a lie that has deceived the world for the last 150 years.

Because Darwinism is a false religion, but a false religion under state protection.

The spell of this dark religion was broken for the first time by Harun Yahya’s magnificent Atlas of Creation. This book revealed everything that nobody had had the courage to say before, and told the whole world, with full supporting evidence, how Darwinism is a terrible lie. It is available to everyone in the world over the internet, and has told everyone that although there exist no intermediate fossils that might support the theory of evolution, there are more than 100 million fossils that refute it. It has exhibited these fossils in full detail and proved, using proof that is a far cry from evolutionist demagoguery, that the theory of evolution is a lie. It said what nobody was able to say for 150 years, immediately neutralized all the intimidatory techniques employed by this dark faith that enjoys world-wide protection, and exposed all its lies. That is the reason for the Darwinist panic going on at the moment.

Evolutionists had constructed a plan to rule the world and shape the course of its future. They imagined that this plan, which they had placed under global protection, would operate totally smoothly. But they are unaware that Allah is the best planner of all and that He will confound and destroy all of Satan’s snares. Allah has demolished this superstitious faith. No matter what lies they may choose to come up with, Darwinism will never, by Allah’s leave, be able to deceive people again.

As our Almighty Lord says in one verse:
They plotted and Allah plotted. But Allah is the best of plotters. (Surah Al-‘Imran, 54)]]> http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2366 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:11:32 -0500 http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2366
Human beings possess the soul given them by Allah. This means that they may possess great amounts of all things through His will and mercy.

People generally live without realizing this in the life of this world. So they never think that they might be able to possess a boundless power of love and wisdom. As a result, they fail to love other people because they possess the spirit of Allah, and it never even crosses their minds. They are unaware that people possess a depth of soul stemming from the spirit of Allah and, therefore, that they could enjoy an intimate and powerful love with them. And this is definitely a major deficiency.

For these reasons, these people tend to have a very superficial conception of love. The love they feel and give is limited to the physical--or to their homes, cars and future security... As a result, that love comes to an end whenever they come to any physical harm, when they lose their cars, or when their futures are threatened. That is as far as their conception can go. There is no system that can repair and rebuild it. Since they are all bound to transitory values, since the life of this world is transitory, and since these things will all eventually disappear, it is inevitable that their love will also cease to exist. And that is indeed what happens.

But when one loves other people because they bear the spirit of Allah and knows that there is the possibility of an infinite love and loving from Allah, it is impossible for that feeling ever to come to an end unless Allah so wills. One realizes that one can enjoy a love that matures, deepens and increases with the passage of time, rather than shrinking in the face of the passing of time, sickness, want and trouble. There is no limit to that.

People’s true state is that in the Hereafter, where there is no imperfection or difficulty. Allah will manifest human beings there with the perfect form He wills them to have. It will only be possible for someone with the spirit of Allah to experience love by feeling the delight enjoyed by the soul, to discover the deep personality and existence in other people’s eyes and to establish a profound connection to them in their minds by binding themselves to and understanding Allah. Knowing that one bears the spirit of Allah is an infinite blessing. By Allah’s will, one can possess all things an infinite number of times. And that includes love.

In a verse our Almighty Lord reveals that true love can only be bestowed from His presence:

As for those who believe and do right actions, the All-Merciful will bestow His love on them. (Surah Maryam, 96)]]>
Human beings possess the soul given them by Allah. This means that they may possess great amounts of all things through His will and mercy.

People generally live without realizing this in the life of this world. So they never think that they might be able to possess a boundless power of love and wisdom. As a result, they fail to love other people because they possess the spirit of Allah, and it never even crosses their minds. They are unaware that people possess a depth of soul stemming from the spirit of Allah and, therefore, that they could enjoy an intimate and powerful love with them. And this is definitely a major deficiency.

For these reasons, these people tend to have a very superficial conception of love. The love they feel and give is limited to the physical--or to their homes, cars and future security... As a result, that love comes to an end whenever they come to any physical harm, when they lose their cars, or when their futures are threatened. That is as far as their conception can go. There is no system that can repair and rebuild it. Since they are all bound to transitory values, since the life of this world is transitory, and since these things will all eventually disappear, it is inevitable that their love will also cease to exist. And that is indeed what happens.

But when one loves other people because they bear the spirit of Allah and knows that there is the possibility of an infinite love and loving from Allah, it is impossible for that feeling ever to come to an end unless Allah so wills. One realizes that one can enjoy a love that matures, deepens and increases with the passage of time, rather than shrinking in the face of the passing of time, sickness, want and trouble. There is no limit to that.

People’s true state is that in the Hereafter, where there is no imperfection or difficulty. Allah will manifest human beings there with the perfect form He wills them to have. It will only be possible for someone with the spirit of Allah to experience love by feeling the delight enjoyed by the soul, to discover the deep personality and existence in other people’s eyes and to establish a profound connection to them in their minds by binding themselves to and understanding Allah. Knowing that one bears the spirit of Allah is an infinite blessing. By Allah’s will, one can possess all things an infinite number of times. And that includes love.

In a verse our Almighty Lord reveals that true love can only be bestowed from His presence:

As for those who believe and do right actions, the All-Merciful will bestow His love on them. (Surah Maryam, 96)]]> http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2365 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:10:08 -0500 http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2365
Although some people may realize that images consist of electric signals in the brain, they may also form the impression that the other senses, touch for instance, are different. They may think that when they touch or smell something they are making direct contact with real matter. Again, however, they are actually perceiving nothing more than electric signals in the brain.

When we touch something with our hands, we are not really touching that object at all. A chemical bond is formed between atoms in a constant state of motion. But these atoms never actually “touch” one another. In physical terms, therefore, we have never touched anything we think we have. As a result of this illusory sense of touch, the atoms in our hands vibrate and initiate an electrical current. That current then moves towards the touch center in our brains. It is then “interpreted” when it arrives. And this is a great miracle.

In the same way that the visual center interprets an incoming current as a yellow rose, the touch center interprets the signals reaching it as soft, hot or rough. Similar signals head from our mouths to the taste region in the brain and form a sensation of flavor, sweetness or sourness. The signals from the nose reaching the scent detection center in the brain and set up a perception in the brain regarding the aroma of the object in question. Sound from the ears reaches the brain in the form of other electric signals, and we then in some way are convinced that the person calling our names is our mother. We enjoy the tunes set up by electrical signals forwarded to the brain from the ear, and have no doubt that the ringtone is actually coming from the phone.

All this is an extraordinary miracle created by Allah.

But the sound we hear does not actually belong to the phone, and neither does the sound of music come from our stereos. We experience the sound of a telephone, the original of which we can never see, the original of which we can never hear unless Allah so wills. What we see is not the yellow flower on the outside. That flower, its image, its perfume and all its beauty, consists of electric signals reaching our brains. And we have no evidence whether the image of this flower is the same as the real flower on the outside. Peter Russell explains this as follows:

If all that we ever know are the sensory images that appear in our minds, how can we be sure there is a physical reality behind our perceptions? Is it not just an assumption? My answer is: Yes, it is an assumption; nevertheless, it seems a most plausible one.i

There is no doubt that it is impossible for us to know whether the images, sounds, smells and tastes that form in our brains actually exist on the outside. On the basis of this, we can be sure of only one thing; there is a world created especially for us in our brains. And we can never know whether other people see this world in the same way we do. We can only see the images, hear the sounds and taste the flavors of a world created especially for us. We can have no direct experience of anything else.

That being the case, we need to ask the following question: can electric signals alone give rise to such a harmonious world?

Of course, not. It is Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, Who creates the world for us in all its reality, clarity and beauty. Allah bestows on us a soul from His own spirit. It is the soul created by Allah that perceives, enjoys and rejoices, and the electric signals are merely an instrument.


i Peter Russell, From Science to God "A Physicist's Journey into the Mystery of Consciousness", New World Library, 2002, p. 47

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Although some people may realize that images consist of electric signals in the brain, they may also form the impression that the other senses, touch for instance, are different. They may think that when they touch or smell something they are making direct contact with real matter. Again, however, they are actually perceiving nothing more than electric signals in the brain.

When we touch something with our hands, we are not really touching that object at all. A chemical bond is formed between atoms in a constant state of motion. But these atoms never actually “touch” one another. In physical terms, therefore, we have never touched anything we think we have. As a result of this illusory sense of touch, the atoms in our hands vibrate and initiate an electrical current. That current then moves towards the touch center in our brains. It is then “interpreted” when it arrives. And this is a great miracle.

In the same way that the visual center interprets an incoming current as a yellow rose, the touch center interprets the signals reaching it as soft, hot or rough. Similar signals head from our mouths to the taste region in the brain and form a sensation of flavor, sweetness or sourness. The signals from the nose reaching the scent detection center in the brain and set up a perception in the brain regarding the aroma of the object in question. Sound from the ears reaches the brain in the form of other electric signals, and we then in some way are convinced that the person calling our names is our mother. We enjoy the tunes set up by electrical signals forwarded to the brain from the ear, and have no doubt that the ringtone is actually coming from the phone.

All this is an extraordinary miracle created by Allah.

But the sound we hear does not actually belong to the phone, and neither does the sound of music come from our stereos. We experience the sound of a telephone, the original of which we can never see, the original of which we can never hear unless Allah so wills. What we see is not the yellow flower on the outside. That flower, its image, its perfume and all its beauty, consists of electric signals reaching our brains. And we have no evidence whether the image of this flower is the same as the real flower on the outside. Peter Russell explains this as follows:

If all that we ever know are the sensory images that appear in our minds, how can we be sure there is a physical reality behind our perceptions? Is it not just an assumption? My answer is: Yes, it is an assumption; nevertheless, it seems a most plausible one.i

There is no doubt that it is impossible for us to know whether the images, sounds, smells and tastes that form in our brains actually exist on the outside. On the basis of this, we can be sure of only one thing; there is a world created especially for us in our brains. And we can never know whether other people see this world in the same way we do. We can only see the images, hear the sounds and taste the flavors of a world created especially for us. We can have no direct experience of anything else.

That being the case, we need to ask the following question: can electric signals alone give rise to such a harmonious world?

Of course, not. It is Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, Who creates the world for us in all its reality, clarity and beauty. Allah bestows on us a soul from His own spirit. It is the soul created by Allah that perceives, enjoys and rejoices, and the electric signals are merely an instrument.


i Peter Russell, From Science to God "A Physicist's Journey into the Mystery of Consciousness", New World Library, 2002, p. 47

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They have ignored the countless pieces of evidence against evolution that have emerged, and have deliberately hidden them away from the public gaze. In the absence of any evidence for their theory, they have manufactured false fossils and exhibited these for decades in the world’s most famous museums. Instead of being ashamed when their frauds have been exposed, they have continued with their deceptive methods and have had no qualms about producing and defending new frauds. Although it has been scientifically proved that not one single protein can form by chance they have still insisted on maintaining that life first emerged by chance in muddy water.

(The probability of a function protein forming by chance is 1 in 10950, in other words, zero.) They have had no compunctions about publishing their false evidence in newspapers and scientific journals and on the television, and have not hesitated to teach these to students in schools for years. Darwinism is a belief system based on fraud, deception and falsehood. Darwinism is not scientific. Ever since it was first launched, Darwin’s theory has assumed the task assumed by the ancient pagans; it has sought to disseminate paganism and to turn people away from belief in Allah. It deceived people for 150 years. For 150 years, it sought to familiarize people with a lie. Darwinism is a heretical religion that needs fraud to survive, that tells lies to attract supporters, and that excommunicates those who tell the truth.

Allah says in one verse:

Say: “Shall I tell you of a reward with Allah far worse than that: that of those whom Allah has cursed and with whom He is angry – turning some of them into monkeys and into pigs – and who worshipped false deities? Such people are in a worse situation and further from the right way.” (Surat al-Ma’ida, 60)

Under normal conditions, there would be no logic at all in people continuing to follow such a perverted ideology. But some people have fallen into a snare laid by the Dajjal. All unawares, they have been deceived by this deception, not knowing what they were doing or how they had been led astray. Because the Dajjal has employed a very cunning method. As Darwinism deceived the world it made contact, by fraudulent and perverted means, with people who had undertaken this cunning and ugly work of the Dajjal. However, it is also certain that, as with all superstitious religions, the cunning snares laid in this religion will also come to nothing:

They are hatching a plot. I too am hatching a plot. So bear with the unbelievers – bear with them for a while. (Surat at-Tariq, 15-17)]]>
They have ignored the countless pieces of evidence against evolution that have emerged, and have deliberately hidden them away from the public gaze. In the absence of any evidence for their theory, they have manufactured false fossils and exhibited these for decades in the world’s most famous museums. Instead of being ashamed when their frauds have been exposed, they have continued with their deceptive methods and have had no qualms about producing and defending new frauds. Although it has been scientifically proved that not one single protein can form by chance they have still insisted on maintaining that life first emerged by chance in muddy water.

(The probability of a function protein forming by chance is 1 in 10950, in other words, zero.) They have had no compunctions about publishing their false evidence in newspapers and scientific journals and on the television, and have not hesitated to teach these to students in schools for years. Darwinism is a belief system based on fraud, deception and falsehood. Darwinism is not scientific. Ever since it was first launched, Darwin’s theory has assumed the task assumed by the ancient pagans; it has sought to disseminate paganism and to turn people away from belief in Allah. It deceived people for 150 years. For 150 years, it sought to familiarize people with a lie. Darwinism is a heretical religion that needs fraud to survive, that tells lies to attract supporters, and that excommunicates those who tell the truth.

Allah says in one verse:

Say: “Shall I tell you of a reward with Allah far worse than that: that of those whom Allah has cursed and with whom He is angry – turning some of them into monkeys and into pigs – and who worshipped false deities? Such people are in a worse situation and further from the right way.” (Surat al-Ma’ida, 60)

Under normal conditions, there would be no logic at all in people continuing to follow such a perverted ideology. But some people have fallen into a snare laid by the Dajjal. All unawares, they have been deceived by this deception, not knowing what they were doing or how they had been led astray. Because the Dajjal has employed a very cunning method. As Darwinism deceived the world it made contact, by fraudulent and perverted means, with people who had undertaken this cunning and ugly work of the Dajjal. However, it is also certain that, as with all superstitious religions, the cunning snares laid in this religion will also come to nothing:

They are hatching a plot. I too am hatching a plot. So bear with the unbelievers – bear with them for a while. (Surat at-Tariq, 15-17)]]> http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2363 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:06:27 -0500 http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2363
“An impious movement emerging from the philosophy of naturalism and materialism will spread and strengthen by way of philosophy during the End Times, even to the extent of claiming divinity.”[i]

Described by Bediuzzaman as “an impious movement emerging from the philosophy of naturalism and materialism,” Darwinism is a teaching that ascribes an independent power to nature, that claims that all of life is the work of blind chance rather than being created, and that seeks to turn people away from belief in Allah (God). The Concise and Expounded al-Kutub as-Sitta(The Six Books), a collection of the hadith of our Prophet (saas) and interpretations thereof, provides the following clarification of the subject:

“The most evident and worst characteristic of the corruption caused by the Dajjal in the End Times is its hostility to religion. Various humanist views and values that will appear in the End Times will seek to replace religion. This new religion will base itself on denial in order to eliminate every kind of current divine dominion... This is an anti-religious faith whose basic deity will be a material and human.”[ii]

Darwinists have always tended to portray the theory of evolution as scientific. They maintain that life formed out of inanimate substances and developed by way of evolution, and that all species gradually descended from one another. However, Darwinism has never proven a single one of these stages, and is a system of belief nonetheless loudly heralded as scientific.

According to Darwinism, “chance” is the great fictitious mechanism of this whole fictitious process. Chance is the false deity of Darwinism. And Darwinists imagine that this deity can do the impossible. According to Darwinists, this false deity produced a living cell from muddy water, turned fish into tigers and bears into whales, and created their lungs out of nothing. Again according to Darwinists, who assume that human beings are entities descended from apes, this false deity bestowed intelligence, memory and skills on human beings and created human consciousness, which cannot be replicated in any form, from nothing. So much so that in doing all these things, chance somehow manages to behave in a controlled, planned and rational manner and to immediately take precautionary measures when necessary. According to Darwin’s theory of evolution, chance is a false creator behaving intelligently and in a planned manner.

This heretical theory that deifies blind chance has somehow been imposed on vast masses of people through demagoguery and fraud. The reason for this is the Dajjal. The characteristics set out in many of the hadith concerning the Dajjal become crystal clear when considered in terms of an ideology. That is why all ideologies and systems of thought that make illogical and groundless claims, that lead people to denial and turn them away from religious moral values and that encourage conflict between people are all manifestations of the Dajjal. Darwinism is the main ideology adopting this system of Dajjal. Allah, our Lord, describes those who follow the heretical system of the Dajjal as follows in a verse from the Qur’an:

The evildoers are indeed misguided and insane. (Surat al-Qamar, 47)

[i]Ismail Mutlu, Portents of Doomsday in the Light of Bediuzzaman's Analyses, Mutlu Publishing, Istanbul, 1996, p. 117
[ii]The Concise and Expounded Al-Kutub as-Sitta, Prof. Ibrahim Canan, 13th vol., Ankara, 1992, pp. 457-458]]>
“An impious movement emerging from the philosophy of naturalism and materialism will spread and strengthen by way of philosophy during the End Times, even to the extent of claiming divinity.”[i]

Described by Bediuzzaman as “an impious movement emerging from the philosophy of naturalism and materialism,” Darwinism is a teaching that ascribes an independent power to nature, that claims that all of life is the work of blind chance rather than being created, and that seeks to turn people away from belief in Allah (God). The Concise and Expounded al-Kutub as-Sitta(The Six Books), a collection of the hadith of our Prophet (saas) and interpretations thereof, provides the following clarification of the subject:

“The most evident and worst characteristic of the corruption caused by the Dajjal in the End Times is its hostility to religion. Various humanist views and values that will appear in the End Times will seek to replace religion. This new religion will base itself on denial in order to eliminate every kind of current divine dominion... This is an anti-religious faith whose basic deity will be a material and human.”[ii]

Darwinists have always tended to portray the theory of evolution as scientific. They maintain that life formed out of inanimate substances and developed by way of evolution, and that all species gradually descended from one another. However, Darwinism has never proven a single one of these stages, and is a system of belief nonetheless loudly heralded as scientific.

According to Darwinism, “chance” is the great fictitious mechanism of this whole fictitious process. Chance is the false deity of Darwinism. And Darwinists imagine that this deity can do the impossible. According to Darwinists, this false deity produced a living cell from muddy water, turned fish into tigers and bears into whales, and created their lungs out of nothing. Again according to Darwinists, who assume that human beings are entities descended from apes, this false deity bestowed intelligence, memory and skills on human beings and created human consciousness, which cannot be replicated in any form, from nothing. So much so that in doing all these things, chance somehow manages to behave in a controlled, planned and rational manner and to immediately take precautionary measures when necessary. According to Darwin’s theory of evolution, chance is a false creator behaving intelligently and in a planned manner.

This heretical theory that deifies blind chance has somehow been imposed on vast masses of people through demagoguery and fraud. The reason for this is the Dajjal. The characteristics set out in many of the hadith concerning the Dajjal become crystal clear when considered in terms of an ideology. That is why all ideologies and systems of thought that make illogical and groundless claims, that lead people to denial and turn them away from religious moral values and that encourage conflict between people are all manifestations of the Dajjal. Darwinism is the main ideology adopting this system of Dajjal. Allah, our Lord, describes those who follow the heretical system of the Dajjal as follows in a verse from the Qur’an:

The evildoers are indeed misguided and insane. (Surat al-Qamar, 47)

[i]Ismail Mutlu, Portents of Doomsday in the Light of Bediuzzaman's Analyses, Mutlu Publishing, Istanbul, 1996, p. 117
[ii]The Concise and Expounded Al-Kutub as-Sitta, Prof. Ibrahim Canan, 13th vol., Ankara, 1992, pp. 457-458]]> http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2362 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:19:06 -0500 http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2362
The call to prayer (salat); usually issued from the minaret of a mosque.

Arafat

A desert location approximately nine miles east of Makkah where the pilgrim spends the 9th of Zul Hijjah as a rite of Hajj. The waqfa is performed at Arafat.


Ayyam ut Tashreeq

The 11th, 12th, and 13th days of the month of Zul Hijjah. On these days, the pilgrim performs Rummy in Mina.


Dum

Also known as khaffarah. This is the atonement required of a pilgrim for a willful violation of a prohibition or obligation whilst in the state of Ihram.


Eid ul-Adha

The festival of sacrifice performed on the 10th day of Zul-Hijjah. An animal such as a sheep or goat is sacrificed as a commemoration of Prophet Ibrahim's (pbuh) willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael for God.


Ezaar

Lower cloth of Ihram.


Hajj

Hajj is one of the five pillars or central duties of Islam. It is a set of acts of worship to be performed in and around Makkah at least once in a lifetime by every Muslim satisfying certain conditions. There are three types of Hajj (see below).

Hajj ul Ifrad

The type of Hajj where the pilgrim pronounces his niyyah (i.e.intention) to perform only Hajj at Miqat while changing into Ihram.

Hajj ul Qiran

The type of Hajj where the pilgrim pronounces his intention to perform both Umra and Hajj together with the same Ihram at Miqat.

Hajj ut Tamattu

The type of Hajj where the pilgrim pronounces his intention to perform only Umra at Miqat when changing into Ihram. A second niyyah, and a second change into Ihram follow on the 8th of Zul Hijjah for the performance of the remaining rites of Hajj.

Hajar ul Aswad

The sacred Black Stone built into the south-east corner of the Ka'bah at a height of approximately four feet. The stone does not belong to the geology of the region and is a part of the original construction of the Ka'bah by Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh). The Black Stone was personally installed in the wall of the Ka'bah by the Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) himself during its reconstruction following its destruction by a flash flood. The Prophet (pbuh)also kissed it during his Last (Farewell) Hajj. Thus, touching and kissing (Istilam) of Hajar ul Aswad during Umra and Hajj is considered sunnah.


Halq

The complete shaving of the head by the male pilgrim on the 10th of Zul Hijjah. This is the last thing he does before getting out of the state of Ihram. See Taqseer also. For female pilgrims, the requirements of Halq and Taqseer are satisfied if they trim their hair by approximately half an inch.


Haram ash Shareef

The mosque around the Kabah in Makkah, as well as the mosque in Medina. The latter, also known as Al Masjid un Nabawi, contains within its premises the grave of Prophet Mohammed (pbuh).


Hateem

The area adjacent to the Kabah on its west side, enclosed by a low semi-circular wall. Tradition has it that Hajar (wife of Prophet Ibrahim [pbuh]) is buried in this enclosure. It is highly recommended that the pilgrim should offer salat us sunnah and supplications to Allah in this area. However, this is not a part of the official rites of Hajj.


Idtiba

The mode of Ihram used during Tawaf ul Qudoom. The male pilgrim drapes one end of the top part of his Ihram over his left shoulder back-to-front. The other end goes across his back, under his right arm, across his front, and is finally draped over his left shoulder. Idtiba is not observed in any other type of Tawaf. Also, when the pilgrim offers salat us sunnah after Tawaf ul Qudoom or an obligatory salat during this Tawaf, he must cover both his shoulders. In other words, Idtiba is practiced only while actually performing Tawaf ul Qudoom. Female pilgrims wear no Ihram, so that the question of Idtiba for them does not arise.


Ihram

The distinctive garb of the male pilgrim worn during Umra or Hajj. It consists of two pieces of white, plain and unsewn cloth. One of the pieces (ezaar) is wrapped around the midriff to cover his body from just above his navel to his ankles, and the other (reda) is draped around his shoulders to cover the upper body. For ladies, their ordinary, and unpretentious clothes of daily wear constitute their Ihram.


Istilam

The act of kissing Hajar ul Aswad at the beginning and the end of every circumambulation (circuit) of the Ka'bah during Tawaf. If it is not possible physically to kiss Hajar ul Aswad for any reason, the pilgrim may extend his hand to touch the Sacred Stone and then kiss his own hand. If even that is not possible, he may raise his hand towards Hajar ul Aswad and, thereafter, kiss his own hand.


Jamraat

The three stone pillars in Mina which symbolically represent the locations where the devil (shaitan) attempted to tempt Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) away from the path of Allah. The pilgrim symbolically stones these pillars on the 10th through to the 13th of Zul Hijjah in commemoration of the rejection of the devil by Prophet Ibrahim, and of his steadfastness to the cause of Allah. The Jamraat are located within a few hundred feet of one another in a line and are named as follows:


Jamrat ul Kubra

The last stone pillar in the line. This is also called Jamrat ul Uqabah.


Jamrat ul Oola

The first stone pillar in the line.


Jamrat ul Wusta

The second (middle) stone pillar in the line.

Ka'bah

A cubic structure originally built by Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) and his eldest son Ishmael. It is now housed within the Haram ash Shareef in Makkah. During Hajj, the essential rite of Tawaf is performed around the Ka'bah. Every day, millions of Muslims perform prayers (salat) facing the direction of the Ka'bah.


Kaffarah

Another name for Dum


Marwah

A rocky hillock located approximately one hundred yards from the Ka'bah inside Al Masjid ul Haram. The pilgrim performs the devotional rite of Sai between the hillocks of Safa and Marwah.


Mahram

The husband, or a male companion of a female pilgrim to whom her marriage is expressly prohibited by the shariah (e.g., father, brother, uncle, nephew, etc.) A woman must be accompanied by a Mahram for Umra and Hajj.


Makam-o-Ibrahim

The stepping stone used by Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) during the original construction of the Ka'bah. The stone carries the imprints of his feet, and is housed in a glass enclosure on the north side of the Kabah.


Masjid ul Haram

The mosque around the Kabah also known as Haram ash Shareef.


Mes'aa

The stretch between Safa and Marwah. See also Sai.


Miqat

An imaginary boundary around Makkah. A prospective pilgrim cannot cross this boundary without first changing into Ihram. This boundary is anchored by different townships and localities in different directions (Zul Hulaifa in the north, Yalamlam in the south-east, Dhat Irq in the north-east, Juhfah in the north-west, Qarn ul Manazil in the east.) The pilgrim changes into Ihram at Miqat and pronounces his intention to perform Umra or Hajj. For people living inside the Miqat permanently, their place of residence is their Miqat.


Mina

A desert location approximately three miles east of Makkah where several rites of Hajj are performed.


Muallim

A knowledgeable professional who can guide the pilgrim during Hajj. Also called a Mutawwif.


Muhrim

A pilgrim in the state of Ihram


Multazam

The part of the Ka'bah between its door and Hajar ul Aswad. This is a specially sacred part of the Ka'bah. It is recommended that, if possible, the pilgrim should touch the Ka'bah at Multazam and offer supplications to Allah. However, this is not a part of the official rites of Hajj.


Mutamatti

One who has performed Hajj ut Tamattu.


Mutawwif

A knowledgeable professional who can guide the pilgrim during Hajj. Also called a Muallim.


Muzdalifah

A desert location approximately midway between Mina and Arafat. The pilgrim spends the night of the 10th of Zul Hijjah here.


Namira

A mosque in Arafat


Niyyah

Intention. All acts of worship are preceded by an appropriate niyyah.


Qarin

One who has performed Hajj ul Qiran


Qasr

The mode of shortened prayers usually offered when on a journey.


Qibla

The direction (towards the Ka'bah) that Muslims face to pray.


Ramal

The ritual where male pilgrims are required to walk briskly with their chests thrust forward and with their shoulders rolling slightly during the first three circuits of Tawaf ul Qudoom. Ladies are not required to practice Ramal


Reda'

The upper cloth of Ihram.


Rummy

The act of symbolically stoning the devil (shaitan) in Mina on the 10th through to the 13th of Zul Hijjah. This commemorates the tradition that Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) was tempted three times by the devil but rejected all three of the devil's attempts by stoning him and driving him away. These three locations are symbolised by three stone pillars (jamaraat) in Mina.


Safa

A small hillock approximately half a mile from the Kabah, inside Al Masjid ul Haram. The pilgrim performs the act of Sai (or 'running') between Safa and Marwah.

Sai

The act of walking seven times back and forth between the rocky hillocks of Safa and Marwah. This act retraces the footsteps of Hajar (wife of Prophet Ibrahim), during her desperate search for water to quench the thirst of her infant son Ishmael after they were left in the desert by Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) in response to a divine vision.


Salat

Obligatory or supererogatory prayers.


Shawt

One complete circumambulation, or circuit, of the Kabah. Each shawt (pl. ashwaat) starts and ends at Hajar ul Aswad. Seven ashwaat constitute one Tawaf.


Talbiyah ra

A recital of the following words by the pilgrim during Umra and Hajj: Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik. Labbaik, La Shareek Laka, Labbaik. Innal Hamdah, Wan Nematah, Laka wal Mulk, La Shareek Laka

Translation: "Here I am at Thy service O Lord, here I am. Here I am at Thy service and Thou hast no partners. Thine alone is All Praise and All Bounty, and Thine alone is The Sovereignty. Thou hast no partners."

The Talbiyah is a prayer as well as an assertion of the pilgrim's conviction that he intends to perform Hajj only for the glory of Allah. The pilgrim starts the recital upon changing into the Ihram, and continues to recite it frequently throughout Hajj. Male pilgrims recite the Talbiyah loudly whereas female pilgrims are required to recite it in a low voice.


Taqseer

Shortening or clipping of the whole head of hair by the male pilgrim following the completion of Hajj. This may be performed in lieu of Halq. However, snipping off a few hairs here and there is not acceptable. The sunnah of Rasool Allah (pbuh) supports only Taqseer and Halq.


Tawaf

The seven fold circumambulation of the Kabah while reciting prayers. It constitutes an integral part of Umra and Hajj. There are five different types of Tawaf (see below):

Tawaf ul Ifadah

The Tawaf performed by the pilgrim on the 10th of Zul Hijjah as the last formal rite of Hajj in Makkah after changing into street clothes (also called Tawaf uz Ziyarah).

Tawaf un Nafl

A devotional Tawaf which may be performed any time.

Tawaf ul Qudoom

The initial Tawaf performed by the pilgrim upon entering Al Masjid ul Haram in Makkah pursuant upon his intention for Hajj.

Tawaf ul Umra

The Tawaf performed as a rite of Umra.

Tawaf ul Wuda

The Farewell Tawaf performed by the pilgrim just before leaving Makkah for his next destination.


Umra

A set of religious and devotional rites performed in Makkah. Umra, or lesser Hajj, can be performed at any time of the year and, unlike Hajj, does not involve the rites at Mina, Muzdalifah, and Arafat.


Waqfa

The ritual of waqfa (standing before Allah) is performed by pilgrims at the Mount of Mercy in Arafat.It is a central rite of Hajj.


Wudhu

The ablution that is performed prior to prayer..


Yaum un Nahr

The 10th of Zul Hijjah. This day is designated as the preferred day of sacrifice during Hajj.

Yaum ut Tarwiyah

The 8th of Zul Hijjah signifying the start of Hajj. The pilgrim proceeds to Mina on this day.

Zamzam

The sacred water which sprang forth miraculously under Ishmael's (pbuh) tiny feet during his mother's frantic search between Safa and Marwah. Zamzam is now enclosed in a marble chamber in the Ka'bah.

Zul Hijjah

The last month of the Islamic calendar.]]>
The call to prayer (salat); usually issued from the minaret of a mosque.

Arafat

A desert location approximately nine miles east of Makkah where the pilgrim spends the 9th of Zul Hijjah as a rite of Hajj. The waqfa is performed at Arafat.


Ayyam ut Tashreeq

The 11th, 12th, and 13th days of the month of Zul Hijjah. On these days, the pilgrim performs Rummy in Mina.


Dum

Also known as khaffarah. This is the atonement required of a pilgrim for a willful violation of a prohibition or obligation whilst in the state of Ihram.


Eid ul-Adha

The festival of sacrifice performed on the 10th day of Zul-Hijjah. An animal such as a sheep or goat is sacrificed as a commemoration of Prophet Ibrahim's (pbuh) willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael for God.


Ezaar

Lower cloth of Ihram.


Hajj

Hajj is one of the five pillars or central duties of Islam. It is a set of acts of worship to be performed in and around Makkah at least once in a lifetime by every Muslim satisfying certain conditions. There are three types of Hajj (see below).

Hajj ul Ifrad

The type of Hajj where the pilgrim pronounces his niyyah (i.e.intention) to perform only Hajj at Miqat while changing into Ihram.

Hajj ul Qiran

The type of Hajj where the pilgrim pronounces his intention to perform both Umra and Hajj together with the same Ihram at Miqat.

Hajj ut Tamattu

The type of Hajj where the pilgrim pronounces his intention to perform only Umra at Miqat when changing into Ihram. A second niyyah, and a second change into Ihram follow on the 8th of Zul Hijjah for the performance of the remaining rites of Hajj.

Hajar ul Aswad

The sacred Black Stone built into the south-east corner of the Ka'bah at a height of approximately four feet. The stone does not belong to the geology of the region and is a part of the original construction of the Ka'bah by Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh). The Black Stone was personally installed in the wall of the Ka'bah by the Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) himself during its reconstruction following its destruction by a flash flood. The Prophet (pbuh)also kissed it during his Last (Farewell) Hajj. Thus, touching and kissing (Istilam) of Hajar ul Aswad during Umra and Hajj is considered sunnah.


Halq

The complete shaving of the head by the male pilgrim on the 10th of Zul Hijjah. This is the last thing he does before getting out of the state of Ihram. See Taqseer also. For female pilgrims, the requirements of Halq and Taqseer are satisfied if they trim their hair by approximately half an inch.


Haram ash Shareef

The mosque around the Kabah in Makkah, as well as the mosque in Medina. The latter, also known as Al Masjid un Nabawi, contains within its premises the grave of Prophet Mohammed (pbuh).


Hateem

The area adjacent to the Kabah on its west side, enclosed by a low semi-circular wall. Tradition has it that Hajar (wife of Prophet Ibrahim [pbuh]) is buried in this enclosure. It is highly recommended that the pilgrim should offer salat us sunnah and supplications to Allah in this area. However, this is not a part of the official rites of Hajj.


Idtiba

The mode of Ihram used during Tawaf ul Qudoom. The male pilgrim drapes one end of the top part of his Ihram over his left shoulder back-to-front. The other end goes across his back, under his right arm, across his front, and is finally draped over his left shoulder. Idtiba is not observed in any other type of Tawaf. Also, when the pilgrim offers salat us sunnah after Tawaf ul Qudoom or an obligatory salat during this Tawaf, he must cover both his shoulders. In other words, Idtiba is practiced only while actually performing Tawaf ul Qudoom. Female pilgrims wear no Ihram, so that the question of Idtiba for them does not arise.


Ihram

The distinctive garb of the male pilgrim worn during Umra or Hajj. It consists of two pieces of white, plain and unsewn cloth. One of the pieces (ezaar) is wrapped around the midriff to cover his body from just above his navel to his ankles, and the other (reda) is draped around his shoulders to cover the upper body. For ladies, their ordinary, and unpretentious clothes of daily wear constitute their Ihram.


Istilam

The act of kissing Hajar ul Aswad at the beginning and the end of every circumambulation (circuit) of the Ka'bah during Tawaf. If it is not possible physically to kiss Hajar ul Aswad for any reason, the pilgrim may extend his hand to touch the Sacred Stone and then kiss his own hand. If even that is not possible, he may raise his hand towards Hajar ul Aswad and, thereafter, kiss his own hand.


Jamraat

The three stone pillars in Mina which symbolically represent the locations where the devil (shaitan) attempted to tempt Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) away from the path of Allah. The pilgrim symbolically stones these pillars on the 10th through to the 13th of Zul Hijjah in commemoration of the rejection of the devil by Prophet Ibrahim, and of his steadfastness to the cause of Allah. The Jamraat are located within a few hundred feet of one another in a line and are named as follows:


Jamrat ul Kubra

The last stone pillar in the line. This is also called Jamrat ul Uqabah.


Jamrat ul Oola

The first stone pillar in the line.


Jamrat ul Wusta

The second (middle) stone pillar in the line.

Ka'bah

A cubic structure originally built by Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) and his eldest son Ishmael. It is now housed within the Haram ash Shareef in Makkah. During Hajj, the essential rite of Tawaf is performed around the Ka'bah. Every day, millions of Muslims perform prayers (salat) facing the direction of the Ka'bah.


Kaffarah

Another name for Dum


Marwah

A rocky hillock located approximately one hundred yards from the Ka'bah inside Al Masjid ul Haram. The pilgrim performs the devotional rite of Sai between the hillocks of Safa and Marwah.


Mahram

The husband, or a male companion of a female pilgrim to whom her marriage is expressly prohibited by the shariah (e.g., father, brother, uncle, nephew, etc.) A woman must be accompanied by a Mahram for Umra and Hajj.


Makam-o-Ibrahim

The stepping stone used by Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) during the original construction of the Ka'bah. The stone carries the imprints of his feet, and is housed in a glass enclosure on the north side of the Kabah.


Masjid ul Haram

The mosque around the Kabah also known as Haram ash Shareef.


Mes'aa

The stretch between Safa and Marwah. See also Sai.


Miqat

An imaginary boundary around Makkah. A prospective pilgrim cannot cross this boundary without first changing into Ihram. This boundary is anchored by different townships and localities in different directions (Zul Hulaifa in the north, Yalamlam in the south-east, Dhat Irq in the north-east, Juhfah in the north-west, Qarn ul Manazil in the east.) The pilgrim changes into Ihram at Miqat and pronounces his intention to perform Umra or Hajj. For people living inside the Miqat permanently, their place of residence is their Miqat.


Mina

A desert location approximately three miles east of Makkah where several rites of Hajj are performed.


Muallim

A knowledgeable professional who can guide the pilgrim during Hajj. Also called a Mutawwif.


Muhrim

A pilgrim in the state of Ihram


Multazam

The part of the Ka'bah between its door and Hajar ul Aswad. This is a specially sacred part of the Ka'bah. It is recommended that, if possible, the pilgrim should touch the Ka'bah at Multazam and offer supplications to Allah. However, this is not a part of the official rites of Hajj.


Mutamatti

One who has performed Hajj ut Tamattu.


Mutawwif

A knowledgeable professional who can guide the pilgrim during Hajj. Also called a Muallim.


Muzdalifah

A desert location approximately midway between Mina and Arafat. The pilgrim spends the night of the 10th of Zul Hijjah here.


Namira

A mosque in Arafat


Niyyah

Intention. All acts of worship are preceded by an appropriate niyyah.


Qarin

One who has performed Hajj ul Qiran


Qasr

The mode of shortened prayers usually offered when on a journey.


Qibla

The direction (towards the Ka'bah) that Muslims face to pray.


Ramal

The ritual where male pilgrims are required to walk briskly with their chests thrust forward and with their shoulders rolling slightly during the first three circuits of Tawaf ul Qudoom. Ladies are not required to practice Ramal


Reda'

The upper cloth of Ihram.


Rummy

The act of symbolically stoning the devil (shaitan) in Mina on the 10th through to the 13th of Zul Hijjah. This commemorates the tradition that Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) was tempted three times by the devil but rejected all three of the devil's attempts by stoning him and driving him away. These three locations are symbolised by three stone pillars (jamaraat) in Mina.


Safa

A small hillock approximately half a mile from the Kabah, inside Al Masjid ul Haram. The pilgrim performs the act of Sai (or 'running') between Safa and Marwah.

Sai

The act of walking seven times back and forth between the rocky hillocks of Safa and Marwah. This act retraces the footsteps of Hajar (wife of Prophet Ibrahim), during her desperate search for water to quench the thirst of her infant son Ishmael after they were left in the desert by Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) in response to a divine vision.


Salat

Obligatory or supererogatory prayers.


Shawt

One complete circumambulation, or circuit, of the Kabah. Each shawt (pl. ashwaat) starts and ends at Hajar ul Aswad. Seven ashwaat constitute one Tawaf.


Talbiyah ra

A recital of the following words by the pilgrim during Umra and Hajj: Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik. Labbaik, La Shareek Laka, Labbaik. Innal Hamdah, Wan Nematah, Laka wal Mulk, La Shareek Laka

Translation: "Here I am at Thy service O Lord, here I am. Here I am at Thy service and Thou hast no partners. Thine alone is All Praise and All Bounty, and Thine alone is The Sovereignty. Thou hast no partners."

The Talbiyah is a prayer as well as an assertion of the pilgrim's conviction that he intends to perform Hajj only for the glory of Allah. The pilgrim starts the recital upon changing into the Ihram, and continues to recite it frequently throughout Hajj. Male pilgrims recite the Talbiyah loudly whereas female pilgrims are required to recite it in a low voice.


Taqseer

Shortening or clipping of the whole head of hair by the male pilgrim following the completion of Hajj. This may be performed in lieu of Halq. However, snipping off a few hairs here and there is not acceptable. The sunnah of Rasool Allah (pbuh) supports only Taqseer and Halq.


Tawaf

The seven fold circumambulation of the Kabah while reciting prayers. It constitutes an integral part of Umra and Hajj. There are five different types of Tawaf (see below):

Tawaf ul Ifadah

The Tawaf performed by the pilgrim on the 10th of Zul Hijjah as the last formal rite of Hajj in Makkah after changing into street clothes (also called Tawaf uz Ziyarah).

Tawaf un Nafl

A devotional Tawaf which may be performed any time.

Tawaf ul Qudoom

The initial Tawaf performed by the pilgrim upon entering Al Masjid ul Haram in Makkah pursuant upon his intention for Hajj.

Tawaf ul Umra

The Tawaf performed as a rite of Umra.

Tawaf ul Wuda

The Farewell Tawaf performed by the pilgrim just before leaving Makkah for his next destination.


Umra

A set of religious and devotional rites performed in Makkah. Umra, or lesser Hajj, can be performed at any time of the year and, unlike Hajj, does not involve the rites at Mina, Muzdalifah, and Arafat.


Waqfa

The ritual of waqfa (standing before Allah) is performed by pilgrims at the Mount of Mercy in Arafat.It is a central rite of Hajj.


Wudhu

The ablution that is performed prior to prayer..


Yaum un Nahr

The 10th of Zul Hijjah. This day is designated as the preferred day of sacrifice during Hajj.

Yaum ut Tarwiyah

The 8th of Zul Hijjah signifying the start of Hajj. The pilgrim proceeds to Mina on this day.

Zamzam

The sacred water which sprang forth miraculously under Ishmael's (pbuh) tiny feet during his mother's frantic search between Safa and Marwah. Zamzam is now enclosed in a marble chamber in the Ka'bah.

Zul Hijjah

The last month of the Islamic calendar.]]> http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2361 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:33:59 -0500 http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2361
On November 2nd, Hebrew University student Ali Bahar was detained for three hours after refusing to shake hands with Israeli president Shimon Peres.

Peres was visiting the university as part of a public relations tour.

When the President approached Bahar to shake his hand, the student refused, stating QUOTE "I will not shake hands with a murderer of children."

Bahar was referring to the Israeli military occupation of Palestinian land, which has cost the lives of one thousand and fifty Palestinian children since 2000.

In the same time period, one hundred twenty three Israeli children have been killed by Palestinian fighters.

Immediately following his encounter with the Israeli President, Bahar was detained by university security personnel and his student ID was confiscated.

http://www.imemc.org/article/57591]]>
On November 2nd, Hebrew University student Ali Bahar was detained for three hours after refusing to shake hands with Israeli president Shimon Peres.

Peres was visiting the university as part of a public relations tour.

When the President approached Bahar to shake his hand, the student refused, stating QUOTE "I will not shake hands with a murderer of children."

Bahar was referring to the Israeli military occupation of Palestinian land, which has cost the lives of one thousand and fifty Palestinian children since 2000.

In the same time period, one hundred twenty three Israeli children have been killed by Palestinian fighters.

Immediately following his encounter with the Israeli President, Bahar was detained by university security personnel and his student ID was confiscated.

http://www.imemc.org/article/57591]]> http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2360 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:48:43 -0500 http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2360 Iqbal Tamimi



November 7, 2008

Palestinian prisoner Mohannad Odeh from the town of Aroorah north of Ramallah in the West bank, filed a complaint to the lawyer of the Mandela Organization. His complaint might seem strange in the civilized world. He never knew why the Israeli prison administration transferred him to a hospital and why he was subjected to a surgery he knew nothing about since he is healthy.

He made it quite clear that he never suffered any health problems. But still he found himself being transferred to Soroka Hospital in Beir Elsabba (Beer Sheba).

He was requested to sign papers that should he died they can transfer and use his organs. He refused to sign and requested to see his family or get in contact with them before he was taken to the operating theatre. But the prison Administration denied him this request.

He was sedated, taken to the operating room, operated on without his consent. When he woke up, he found himself surrounded by Israeli doctors and medical instruments and pipes. What organs were taken? Or what kind of experimenting was done on such helpless prisoners?

Israel is breaching the International law inside and outside prisons. Palestinians are treated as if they have no human rights or dignity, and the international community is still debating should they interfere or not? Is it OK to allow hearing aids reach the Palestinian children who lost their hearing because of the Israeli bombings or not? Is it ok to make a man strip naked and dance for the soldiers’ sick pleasure? Is it ok to beat and torture a human
being? Is it ok to perform surgery on healthy, NON consenting adults or children? These and other questions must be answered by not only the Israeli government, the USA who funds Israel, but the whole world as well.

What is happening is outrageous. I hereby do request that the human rights groups and establishments conduct formal investigations and hold whoever is guilty- accountable for crimes against humanity.

Under no law it is accepted to breach human rights, occupied or not occupied, imprisoned or free. Should such outrageous breaches happen to a USA or UK citizen, the story would be on all the international front page news.
However because it is Palestinians who are being tortured and their organs are being taken away and their bodies are experimented on illegally, no one cares to report that. The world turns a blind eye.

Iqbal Tamimi / journalist - UK

http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m48596&hd=&size=1&l=e]]> Iqbal Tamimi



November 7, 2008

Palestinian prisoner Mohannad Odeh from the town of Aroorah north of Ramallah in the West bank, filed a complaint to the lawyer of the Mandela Organization. His complaint might seem strange in the civilized world. He never knew why the Israeli prison administration transferred him to a hospital and why he was subjected to a surgery he knew nothing about since he is healthy.

He made it quite clear that he never suffered any health problems. But still he found himself being transferred to Soroka Hospital in Beir Elsabba (Beer Sheba).

He was requested to sign papers that should he died they can transfer and use his organs. He refused to sign and requested to see his family or get in contact with them before he was taken to the operating theatre. But the prison Administration denied him this request.

He was sedated, taken to the operating room, operated on without his consent. When he woke up, he found himself surrounded by Israeli doctors and medical instruments and pipes. What organs were taken? Or what kind of experimenting was done on such helpless prisoners?

Israel is breaching the International law inside and outside prisons. Palestinians are treated as if they have no human rights or dignity, and the international community is still debating should they interfere or not? Is it OK to allow hearing aids reach the Palestinian children who lost their hearing because of the Israeli bombings or not? Is it ok to make a man strip naked and dance for the soldiers’ sick pleasure? Is it ok to beat and torture a human
being? Is it ok to perform surgery on healthy, NON consenting adults or children? These and other questions must be answered by not only the Israeli government, the USA who funds Israel, but the whole world as well.

What is happening is outrageous. I hereby do request that the human rights groups and establishments conduct formal investigations and hold whoever is guilty- accountable for crimes against humanity.

Under no law it is accepted to breach human rights, occupied or not occupied, imprisoned or free. Should such outrageous breaches happen to a USA or UK citizen, the story would be on all the international front page news.
However because it is Palestinians who are being tortured and their organs are being taken away and their bodies are experimented on illegally, no one cares to report that. The world turns a blind eye.

Iqbal Tamimi / journalist - UK

http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m48596&hd=&size=1&l=e]]> http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2359 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:47:37 -0500 http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2359
Wife: I clean the toilet bowl.

Husband: How does that help?

Wife: I use your toothbrush.]]>
Wife: I clean the toilet bowl.

Husband: How does that help?

Wife: I use your toothbrush.]]> http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2358 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:09:53 -0500 http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2358 International Solidarity Movement

November 5, 2008


The Israeli navy continuously attacked Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza throughout yesterday (4th November), using live ammunition and a high-powered water cannon containing a noxious chemical substance.

International Human Rights Observers (HROs) accompanying several fishing boats off the coast of Gaza approximately 8 nautical miles from shore reported that the Israeli navy constantly shot live ammunition extremely close to the boats, damaging many of the fishing nets in the process.

The international HROs also reported the use of a high-powered water cannon that was continuously used against the boats. Not only does this water cannon regularly damages the fishing boats themselves, the HROs have reported that recently the water has contained a foul smelling chemical substance. It is assumed that this substance is the same that has been frequently used by Israeli forces against the non- violent protests against the construction of the annexation barrier in the West Bank villages of Bil’in and Ni’lin. The substance have however been taken for separate chemical analysis.

With the boats fishing 8 nautical miles from shore, this is well within the fishing limit detailed in the Oslo Accords of 1994. With regular claims that from the Israeli government that it has 'disengaged’ from Gaza, these patrols and attacks from the Israeli navy, regularly occuring from as little as 3 miles from shore, represent a clear signal of the continuation of occupation of Gazan territory as well as regular breaches of the current cease-fire.

The use of chemical substances by the Israeli navy on Gazan fishermen outside of internationally recognised Israeli territorial waters, such as that occurred today, also directly contradicts the Chemical Weapons Convention that took force in 1997 and that is ratified by 149 countries. Within the convention it is detailed that "Each state party undertakes not to use riot control agents as a method of warfare."

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), while citing the Chemical Weapons Convention, has made repeated statements on the use of chemical weapons, whether deemed 'lethal’ or 'non-lethal’, notably, "It should be emphasized that in situations of armed conflict this absolute prohibition applies to all biological and chemical agents, whether labeled "lethal" or "non-lethal"

Israel cannot claim that it has 'disengaged’ from the Gaza Strip and not be in clear and direct contravention of these statements.

The violent attacks on Gazan fishermen by the Israeli navy appears to have escalated in recent weeks. International HROs have reported that
live ammunition is being fired continuously closer to the boats, while the damage to fishing boats has also increased.

On the 5th of October Mohammed Musleh was severely injured while fishing off the the coast of the Gaza Strip. He was shot with a 50mm bullet in the leg. He was recently transferred to Jerusalem, after much delay at the Erez, crossing in efforts to save his leg.

Over 40,000 people in Gaza make a living from the fishing industry, yet this community has been decimated by Israeli restrictions on fishing rights and the prevention of fuel from reaching the Gaza Strip.

According to the Fishing Syndicate in Gaza, fishermen need 40,000 litres of fuel and 40,000 litres of natural gas each day to operate throughout the high fishing season.

Starting in April each year, there is a migration of fish from the Nile Delta to Turkish waters which Palestinian fishermen have traditionally relied upon. Yet Israel limits fishing 6 miles from the Gaza shore and regularly attacks those who venture further than 3 miles - over 70 fishermen were arrested last year by the Israeli forces. The large schools that form the migration are usually found 10 miles from shore. The average catch of fish was over 3000 tons a year in the 1990’s, now it is around 500 tons directly due to the Israeli siege of Gaza.

Not only this, but the brutal effects of the siege, the water in which the fishermen of Gaza sail in is now receiving 50 million litres of sewage per day because the people of Gaza have no alternative.

http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2008/1...fishermen/

Chemical Weapons Convention :
http://www.opcw.org/chemical-weapons-con...d-the-cwc/

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC):
http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/5KSK7Q]]> International Solidarity Movement

November 5, 2008


The Israeli navy continuously attacked Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza throughout yesterday (4th November), using live ammunition and a high-powered water cannon containing a noxious chemical substance.

International Human Rights Observers (HROs) accompanying several fishing boats off the coast of Gaza approximately 8 nautical miles from shore reported that the Israeli navy constantly shot live ammunition extremely close to the boats, damaging many of the fishing nets in the process.

The international HROs also reported the use of a high-powered water cannon that was continuously used against the boats. Not only does this water cannon regularly damages the fishing boats themselves, the HROs have reported that recently the water has contained a foul smelling chemical substance. It is assumed that this substance is the same that has been frequently used by Israeli forces against the non- violent protests against the construction of the annexation barrier in the West Bank villages of Bil’in and Ni’lin. The substance have however been taken for separate chemical analysis.

With the boats fishing 8 nautical miles from shore, this is well within the fishing limit detailed in the Oslo Accords of 1994. With regular claims that from the Israeli government that it has 'disengaged’ from Gaza, these patrols and attacks from the Israeli navy, regularly occuring from as little as 3 miles from shore, represent a clear signal of the continuation of occupation of Gazan territory as well as regular breaches of the current cease-fire.

The use of chemical substances by the Israeli navy on Gazan fishermen outside of internationally recognised Israeli territorial waters, such as that occurred today, also directly contradicts the Chemical Weapons Convention that took force in 1997 and that is ratified by 149 countries. Within the convention it is detailed that "Each state party undertakes not to use riot control agents as a method of warfare."

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), while citing the Chemical Weapons Convention, has made repeated statements on the use of chemical weapons, whether deemed 'lethal’ or 'non-lethal’, notably, "It should be emphasized that in situations of armed conflict this absolute prohibition applies to all biological and chemical agents, whether labeled "lethal" or "non-lethal"

Israel cannot claim that it has 'disengaged’ from the Gaza Strip and not be in clear and direct contravention of these statements.

The violent attacks on Gazan fishermen by the Israeli navy appears to have escalated in recent weeks. International HROs have reported that
live ammunition is being fired continuously closer to the boats, while the damage to fishing boats has also increased.

On the 5th of October Mohammed Musleh was severely injured while fishing off the the coast of the Gaza Strip. He was shot with a 50mm bullet in the leg. He was recently transferred to Jerusalem, after much delay at the Erez, crossing in efforts to save his leg.

Over 40,000 people in Gaza make a living from the fishing industry, yet this community has been decimated by Israeli restrictions on fishing rights and the prevention of fuel from reaching the Gaza Strip.

According to the Fishing Syndicate in Gaza, fishermen need 40,000 litres of fuel and 40,000 litres of natural gas each day to operate throughout the high fishing season.

Starting in April each year, there is a migration of fish from the Nile Delta to Turkish waters which Palestinian fishermen have traditionally relied upon. Yet Israel limits fishing 6 miles from the Gaza shore and regularly attacks those who venture further than 3 miles - over 70 fishermen were arrested last year by the Israeli forces. The large schools that form the migration are usually found 10 miles from shore. The average catch of fish was over 3000 tons a year in the 1990’s, now it is around 500 tons directly due to the Israeli siege of Gaza.

Not only this, but the brutal effects of the siege, the water in which the fishermen of Gaza sail in is now receiving 50 million litres of sewage per day because the people of Gaza have no alternative.

http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2008/1...fishermen/

Chemical Weapons Convention :
http://www.opcw.org/chemical-weapons-con...d-the-cwc/

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC):
http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/5KSK7Q]]> http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2357 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:58:15 -0500 http://islam.trivuz.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=2357
GAZA, (PIC)-- Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stated Wednesday that the heinous Israeli military aggression last night, which claimed the lives of six of its fighters, puts the truce on the line, holding Israel fully responsible for all the consequences of its flagrant breach of the calm.

In a statement posted on Al-Qassam website, Abu Obeida, the spokesman for the Brigades underlined that the Palestinian resistance has the right to retaliate and the truce would not prevent it from defending the Palestinian people against the Israeli aggression.

Abu Obeida called on Egypt which sponsors the calm to declare its position clearly against Israel, pointing out that the Palestinian resistance was on the defensive and no one has the right to blame it for its retaliation to the Israeli massacre which was carried out suddenly and in a barbaric way.

In the context of its retaliation to the Israeli massacre, Al-Qassam Brigades reported that its fighters managed Wednesday morning to fire four homemade rockets on the Majdal city, north of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli media sources said that the Palestinian rocket attacks led to a power outage in large parts of the city, pointing that one of the rockets landed in the heart of the city and another fell in the southern industrial zone wounding at least two settlers.

The Brigades had announced that it fired dozens of rockets and mortar shells on Israeli settlements, cities and military posts and warned the Israeli occupation that it would pay dearly if it persisted in its aggression.

In a military communiqué received by the PIC, the Nusoor of Palestine Brigades, the armed wing of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine, claimed its responsibility for firing at dawn Wednesday a mortar shell on the Israeli Kissufim military post and a homemade rocket on the Miguen military post, east of the Masdar area.

In another communiqué received by the PIC, Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, claimed responsibility for firing two homemade rockets on the Israeli Sderot settlement.

For its part, the Brigades of Abu Ali Mustafa, the armed wing of the popular front, fired two rockets on the Sderot settlement and three mortar shells on the Kfar Azza settlement.

The Aqsa Brigades, the group of martyr Ayman Juda, also announced that its fighters managed to fire four rockets on the military posts of Kissufin and Miguen, pointing out that the rocket attacks were carried out in cooperation with Al-Quds Brigades.

http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/defau...%2biECo%3d]]>
GAZA, (PIC)-- Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stated Wednesday that the heinous Israeli military aggression last night, which claimed the lives of six of its fighters, puts the truce on the line, holding Israel fully responsible for all the consequences of its flagrant breach of the calm.

In a statement posted on Al-Qassam website, Abu Obeida, the spokesman for the Brigades underlined that the Palestinian resistance has the right to retaliate and the truce would not prevent it from defending the Palestinian people against the Israeli aggression.

Abu Obeida called on Egypt which sponsors the calm to declare its position clearly against Israel, pointing out that the Palestinian resistance was on the defensive and no one has the right to blame it for its retaliation to the Israeli massacre which was carried out suddenly and in a barbaric way.

In the context of its retaliation to the Israeli massacre, Al-Qassam Brigades reported that its fighters managed Wednesday morning to fire four homemade rockets on the Majdal city, north of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli media sources said that the Palestinian rocket attacks led to a power outage in large parts of the city, pointing that one of the rockets landed in the heart of the city and another fell in the southern industrial zone wounding at least two settlers.

The Brigades had announced that it fired dozens of rockets and mortar shells on Israeli settlements, cities and military posts and warned the Israeli occupation that it would pay dearly if it persisted in its aggression.

In a military communiqué received by the PIC, the Nusoor of Palestine Brigades, the armed wing of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine, claimed its responsibility for firing at dawn Wednesday a mortar shell on the Israeli Kissufim military post and a homemade rocket on the Miguen military post, east of the Masdar area.

In another communiqué received by the PIC, Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, claimed responsibility for firing two homemade rockets on the Israeli Sderot settlement.

For its part, the Brigades of Abu Ali Mustafa, the armed wing of the popular front, fired two rockets on the Sderot settlement and three mortar shells on the Kfar Azza settlement.

The Aqsa Brigades, the group of martyr Ayman Juda, also announced that its fighters managed to fire four rockets on the military posts of Kissufin and Miguen, pointing out that the rocket attacks were carried out in cooperation with Al-Quds Brigades.

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