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By Arshad Gamiet Muslim writer — south Africa	Thu., Jan. 18, 2007 / Dhul-Hijjah 29 1427
Dear brothers and sisters, our khutbah today is about the search for unity among Muslims. More than 30 years ago, when I was a student on a campus just like this one, our Islamic association was actively trying to promote a union for all Muslim groups in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was still in prison, and the country was still in the iron grip of the racist apartheid regime. The call then was the same as today: If only we had unity! Today, whenever we Muslims discuss our problems, we touch on many topics: the situation in Palestine, Kosovo, Iraq, Algeria, Kashmir; the weakness of our Muslim governments; the arrogance of the West; and the scheming of the Zionists. Whatever the topic of the day, the one issue we never miss, implicitly or explicitly, is the lack of Muslim unity. In the past year, I have had the good fortune of visiting India, Morocco, Canada, and South Africa. I found that Muslims everywhere still share this same common concern: If only we had unity! The Ummah today comprises more than one billion Muslims. Islam is considered to be the world’s fastest growing religion. Muslims are the majority in a swath of countries from Morocco to Indonesia and from Turkey to Sudan. Muslim lands cover a strategic area of the world’s oil and mineral resources, as well as its major trade routes. There are significant Muslim minorities in most countries in the world, and there is hardly a place on this planet where Islam does not have a presence. We have no shortage of numbers. Often, our number far exceeds that of other religious minorities like the Jews and Hindus. But when you consider our influence on world affairs today, it is very small. Never mind world affairs. Our influence on national life in Britain, and even local neighborhoods, is negligible. At every level, Muslims are aware of this, and we are calling for unity. [And hold fast all together by the rope which Allah (stretches out for you) and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude Allah's favor on you; for you were enemies and He joined your hearts in love so that by His grace you became brethren; and you were on the brink of the pit of fire and He saved you from it. This is how Allah makes his signs clear to you: that you may be guided.] (Aal`Imran 3:103) We Muslims are reasonably well aware of our history. But how much have we learned from it? The above verses remind us how our beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) united the tribes of Arabia, whom the Byzantines and Persians considered to be so savage, warlike, and backwards that they were unworthy of conquest. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) molded the Arab tribes into a nation of supermen. When we Muslims served Allah and subdued our vanity, we became masters of the world. We swept over North Africa, across Spain and southern France, and eastwards to China. Then we argued among ourselves over who got what. As soon as we started indulging in our vanities and forgetting Allah, we lost everything. This happened over many centuries. Although our numbers increased, our influence on world affairs declined. Today we are divided into dozens of nation-states, and within those divisions, we have further divisions of mutually hostile and exclusive groups. Some of these groups don’t even talk to each other, let alone seek common ground. It seems that Muslim communities must have more organizations per capita than any other religion. Someone once said that if you find two Muslims with a typewriter, then you have probably found another international Islamic organization! We have a fragmented and disunited Ummah, an Ummah that seems to be at odds with itself. How can we start to put things right? In the Qur’an, Allah reminds us: [O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female and made you into nations and tribes that ye may know each other. Verily the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you.] (Al-Hujurat 49:13) The principle of tawheed, Islam’s essential doctrine of unity, underpins the great diversity of all created things. Within every species, there is tremendous variety. In nature, differences are not a sign of weakness, but a celebration of Allah’s creativity, something for us to admire and enjoy with a sense of wonder and excitement. The variety and diversity that we find in the ocean, on land, and in the air are also apparent in our human behavior. We must not see our human differences as a curse. Rather, we must see them as a blessing. Each and every one of us has gathered a wealth of experience from different geographical, social, and cultural influences. When we all share our experience freely, there is a collective enrichment for everyone. We must therefore not be impatient with one another. We often hear the complaint that Muslims are not united. But what do we mean by unity? Do we mean that there should be no differences of opinion? Of course not. Unity does not mean uniformity. We do not have to look the same, speak the same, dress the same, or share each and every opinion unanimously. This is not only unnatural, it’s humanly impossible. Can you imagine it? Life would be so boring! There are two kinds of unity, which we must try to understand and clearly distinguish: a unity of purpose and unity of opinion. As Muslims, we should always be united in our purpose, that is, seeking to please Allah and serving the cause of Islam. But we must not be distressed by minor differences of opinion. It is humanly impossible to always have unity of opinion. As long as we keep our purpose clearly in view, there can be many opinions as to the best ways of achieving our goal. By mutual consultation, sharing our knowledge and experience, we can move forward. If we must disagree on some matter, let us remember the right way to disagree. In a debate, a Muslim’s attitude should always be like this: I think I am right, but I might be wrong; and I think you are wrong but you may be right! If we keep this attitude in all our dealings with one another, no one risks humiliation or hurt feelings in any disagreement. We can debate and disagree in an agreeable manner, one is which we always maintain mutual respect and dignity. These are the building blocks of real, lasting unity.
* Based on a Friday sermon delivered at the Royal Holloway University of London, December 4, 1998. Cited here, with kind permission, from www.khutbahbank. org.uk.  Arshad Gamiet is a semi-retired South African writer living in the United Kingdom. He is a cofounder of the Khutbah Bank   Posted by Bint ul Islam Moderator of IPAU http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/islam_ peace_and_ understanding

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress.
Working together is SUCCESS.”

– Henry Ford

Since the last some days I’ve been too much into photography.That’s stopping me from posting something(of course there’s school!!) here.The two links are of bloggers who are damn good with their photography.

Zishaan Bhai’s Blog.(Point And Shoot.)

Mr.Ganesh’s Blog.(Meditation Photography)

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Allah knows best

Sand  And  Stone 
         TWO    FRIENDS    WERE    WALKING THROUGH    THE    DESERT.DURING    SOME    POINT    OF    THE 
JOURNEY,    THEY    HAD     AN
ARGUMENT;    AND    ONE    FRIEND
SLAPPED    THE    OTHER    ONE
IN    THE     FACE.     
THE    ONE    WHO    GOT    SLAPPED
WAS    HURT,&n bsp;   BUT    WITHOUT 
SAYING    ANYTHING,
WROTE    IN    THE    SAND:

TODAY    MY    BEST    FRIEND
SLAPPED   ME    IN    THE    FACE.

THEY    KEPT    ON    WALKING, 
UNTIL    THEY    FOUND     AN    OASIS,
WHERE    THEY    DECIDED
TO   TAKE    A     BATH 

THE    ONE     WHO    HAD    BEEN 
SLAPPED     GOT   &nb sp;STUCK    IN    THE
MIRE    AND    STARTED    DROWNING, 
BUT    THE    FRIEND  SAVED    HIM.

AFTER    HE    RECOVERED    FROM
THE    NEAR    DROWNING,
HE    W ROTE    ON    A    STONE:

“TODAY    MY    BEST    FRIEND
SAVED    MY    LIFE  ”.

THE    FRIEND    WHO    HAD    SLAPPED 
AND    SAVED    HIS    BEST    FRIEND
ASKED    HIM,    ”AFTER   I  HURT    YOU,
YOU    WROTE    IN    THE    SAND    AND    NOW,
YOU    WRITE    ON    A     STONE,    WHY?” 

THE   FRIEND    REPLIED
“WHEN    SOMEONE    HURTS    US
WE    SHOULD     WRITE    IT    DOWN 
IN    SAND,     WHERE    WINDS    OF
FORGIVENESS    CAN     ERASE    IT AWAY.
BUT,     WHEN  SOMEONE    DOES 
SOMETHING    GOOD    FOR    US,
WE    MUST    ENGRAVE    IT   IN     STONE
WHERE    NO    WIND
CAN    EVER    ERASE    IT.”

LEARN    TO     WRITE
YOUR    HURTS    IN 
THE    SAND    AND    TO 
CARVE    YOUR
BENEFITS    IN    STONE.

THEY    SAY    IT    TAKES    A
MINUTE    TO   &nbs p;FIND    A    SPECIAL
PERSON,    AN    HOUR    TO
APPRECIATE    THEM,    A    DAY
TO    LOVE    THEM,    BUT    THEN 
AN    ENTIRE    LIFE
TO    FORGET    THEM. 

SEND    THIS     PHRASE    TO
THE    PEOPLE    YOU’LL    NEVER
FORGET.     I JUST DID.

IF    YOU    DON’T
SEND    IT    TO    ANYONE,
IT    MEANS    YOU’RE & nbsp;  IN    A 
HURRY    AND    THAT     YOU’VE
FORGOTTEN    YOUR    FRIENDS.
TAKE    THE    TIME    TO    LIVE! 

DO    NOT     VALUE    THE    THINGS
YOU    HAVE    IN    YOUR    LIFE,     BUT    VALUE
WHO    YOU    HAVE    IN     YOUR    LIFE ! 
AND  IF  I  HAPPEN  TO  GET  IT  BACK,   
THEN  I  KNOW &nbs p;MY  PLACE  IN  YOUR  LIFE.

This is what I found after going through The India Poised Website.I liked the articles,and copied everything in a Writely Document and converted it into a .pdf file.It’s about the sectors that still need to improve in India.

Aymen’s Pics Of Note

Updated!!

Laina Farhat Holzman: Taking a look at Islam around the world Santa Cruz Sentinel – Santa Cruz,CA,USA Every year I do a survey of “How Goes It with Democracy Around the World” Now I am adding another survey: How Goes It with Islam Around the World? … See all stories on this topic: Crises within the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Kurdish Aspect – Denver,CO,USA Despite all claims of moral superiority and protestation, Islam, like all other ideologies has been and will be associated with moral degradation. … Morally Wrong to Abandon Iraq Simply To Save Ourselves On Faith – Washington,DC,USA It is the merit of Islam that it does provide such rules, which remain ever nobler and more realistic than any other code existing for the conduct of war. … Islam is religion of peace – Patriarch Lahham Kuwait News Agency – Kuwait CAIRO, Jan 13 (KUNA) — Gregorius III Lahham, Greek Melkite Patriarch of Antioch and all the East and Alexandria and Jerusalem, reiterated here on Saturday … Yehovah Jesus Allah Call for an End to Judaism Christianity and Islam TransWorldNews (press release) – Monroe,GA,USA They see that Judaism, Christianity and Islam are engaged in a clash of civilizations leading us all into nuclear world war 3. The High Level Group of the … Islam and the contemporary crisis of humanity Media Monitors Network – CA,USA This is not to say that the Qur’an is irrelevant, or that Islam is somehow arcane. But it is possible to say that many people have in a sense become somehow … Fredericksburg’s history of religious freedom continues with … The Free Lance-Star – Fredericksburg,VA,USA Now, 14 centuries after its start, Islam claims more than 1.2 billion adherents and beholds a West with which it has been variously partner, competitor, … Be careful when judging Islam, Moslems Aberdeen American News – Aberdeen,SD,USA One positive result of Pope Benedict’s Regensburg lecture that linked Islam and violence was an open-letter response sent by 38 Moslem religious leaders and … UNITED STATES OF ISLAM By shiva(shiva) The obverse of theThree Dollar note depicts the ironfisted Islamic revolutionary, … After fomenting the turbulent Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979, … In Islam, there are two Houses: the House of Islam (Dar al-Islam) and the House … ILLUSTRATED PIG TO ISLAM Islam: “An Insult To Humanity” By Heidi The Infidel Blogger’s Alliance had an interesting quote from Anwar Shaikh, a UK-based philosopher of Pakistani origin, on the subject of Islamic culture conquest. It is from his book Islam: The Arab National Movement (UK, … Euphoric Reality The Issue of Music in Islam By truthline to Islamic morals. There is no harm in it being accompanied by music which is not exciting. … Although the subject matter of the song may not be against Islam, … extravagance, in accordance with the general teachings of Islam … Vanquishing Falsehood Our Core Christian Values Are The Best Weapon Against Islam By Steve Decatur(Steve Decatur) I believe that the most effective way to defeat Islam is to preach the word … For every anti-Islam blog out there there must be a blog that testifies of … There has been a sharp increase in the number of Germans converting to Islam, … The Islamic Threat Laina Farhat Holzman: Taking a look at Islam around the world By Ronin I included this editorial because I would like to see her study “Islam” at least until she figures out the American Muslims are not a success story-they are Muslims. There is no proof they are any different than Muslims anywhere else in … Doctor Bulldog

I know the Dj well,he’s a cool dude,with creative inputs of songs which weren’t that were really hit.

Here’s the Link of TeenMaar(daff) remixed by him with The Angrez Dialogues.I dedicate this one to IbnalHyderabadee and Hyderabadiz

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If you woke up this morning

with more health than illness,

more blessed than the

million who won’t survive the week.

If you have never experienced

the danger of battle,

the loneliness of imprisonment,

the agony of torture or

the pangs of starvation,

you are ahead of 20 million people

around the world.

If you attend a  religious meeting

without fear of harassment,

arrest, torture, or death,

you are more blessed than almost

three billion people in the world.

 

If you have food in your refrigerator,

clothes on your back, a roof over

your head and a place to sleep,

you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank,

in your wallet, and spare change

in a dish someplace, you are among

the top 8% of the world’s wealthy.

If your parents are still married and alive,

you are very rare,

especially in the United State s.

If you hold up your head with a smile

on your face and are truly thankful,

you are blessed because the majority can,

but most do not.

 

If you can hold someone’s hand, hug them

or even touch them on the shoulder,

you are blessed because you can

offer God’s healing touch.

If you can read this message,

you are more blessed than over

two billion people in the world

that cannot read anything at all.

You are so blessed in ways

you may never even know.