Islam for Women

May God bless our deeds,
forgive our sins and
guide us!

Iragi kids celebrating Eid. Traditionally children spend their money what relatives and grown up friends give them as a gift for sweets, toys but preferably for swinging and games.
Our future and the future of Islam lies on the shoulders of our youngsters, May God keep them safe and give them wisdom!

Mona

Ramadan, the holy month of fasting is almost over. May God accept our fasting and show us His Wisdom!

In the News: A pastor of a small Church in Florida is planning a Quran burning event and has caused an international and national outcry.

Pressure rises on pastor who wants to burn Quran

By MITCH STACY, Associated Press Writer – Tue Sep 7, 7:50 pm ET
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The government turned up the pressure Tuesday on the head of a small Florida church who plans to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, warning him that doing so could endanger U.S. troops and Americans everywhere.
But the Rev. Terry Jones insisted he would go ahead with his plans, despite criticism from the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, the White House and the State Department, as well as a host of religious leaders.
Jones, who is known for posting signs proclaiming that Islam is the devil’s religion, says the Constitution gives him the right to publicly set fire to the book that Muslims consider the word of God……

Clinton condemns 9/11 Quran burning

Hillary Clinton has added her name to a long list of those who have condemned plans by a Florida church to burn copies of the Quran on September 11 as “a warning to radical Islam”. The burning is planned to take place at the Dove World Outreach Centre, a 50-member evangelical Christian church in Gainesville, Florida. Its pastor, Rev Terry Jones, told CNN that he is taking the widespread criticism “seriously”, but refused to say whether the event would be cancelled….

Needles to say what happens if the event will be allowed. This is same kind of provocation as we witnessed in the Danish Muhammad Cartoon episode. Before that the cartoons were published in Egypt and in Jordan a few months prior to it nobody bothering to protest or even take notice. Both countries are predominantly Muslim (for the reference). Only after the Danish Newspaper Jyllands-Posten (responsible for the cartoons is their culture editor Flemming Rose) started a worldwide campaign in prime time news the local media in Muslim countries had to join in reporting about the turmoil. I was witnessing the hype in disbelief .
Only after BBC and CNN etc. were full of protest and flag burning coverage the Arab media joined in reporting, they had no other choice. And so it snowballed, for a few stupid cartoons. TV cameras were on the spot in remote places (how did they know?) when Danish flags were burning and these unforgettable pictures are still haunting many Muslim minds.

But my Muslim readers:
The Books they are planning to burn are nothing more than Paper! The Holy Quran is a Message from God which cannot be burned.

If the Muslim world agrees to be a tool of this provocation the consequences can be unpredictable.

We should keep our cool and take it as it is: an action of a simple-minded, misinformed fanatic and disturbed mind. Head of a small community of 50 souls. But it has gained a wider audience and people are sending him copies  Qurans from all over the country now.

I’m trying to imagine how the media in the Christian world would react if Muslims would start burning Bibles in front of their Mosques. I can assure my to Non-Muslim readers that will not happen, well, perhaps as here  a 50 soul extremist community could try to do it, but it would Never be in a wider scale.  Jews and Christians are considered as the “People of the Book”, meaning they have received the same Message from God prior to Muslims.

I am missing Common Sense here. Wishing Peace of Mind to my readers, nevertheless
Happy Eid to All!

Mona

SUPERHEROES for kids inspired by Islam, Videos to watch!

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In “THE 99,” Naif Al-Mutawa’s new generation of comic book heroes fight more than crime — they smash stereotypes and battle extremism. Named after the 99 attributes of Allah, his characters reinforce positive messages of Islam and cross cultures to create a new moral framework for confronting evil, even teaming up with the Justice League of America.
President Obama commends THE 99 for Spreading Tolerance

President Obama made a special mention about THE 99 superheroes and its creator, Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, in his speech given recently at the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship held in Washington. The President commended THE 99 for capturing the imaginations of young people through the message of tolerance. Entrepreneurs from all over the globe are attending the summit, including Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, creator of THE 99 superheroes.
See the full White House video (16:17) – download

Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship

April 26, 2010 | 16:17 | Public Domain

President Obama speaks at the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, an event aimed at identifying how to deepen ties between business leaders, foundations, and entrepreneurs in the United States and Muslim communities around the world.  Download mp4 (327MB) | mp3 (15MB)

On CNN: Islam-inspired comic superheroes fight for peace

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New York Times article: Comics to Battle for Truth, Justice and the Islamic Way
I wish Dr. Mutawa the best of success! God’s Blessings to You and your family.  The creator of these Superheroes inspired by Islam is a Psychologist (among The 500 Most Influential Muslims – 2010), from an openminded new generation of Muslim, who has found the ultimate tool for todays kids to learn about Islamic values and a most brilliant way to eradicate negative attitudes towards Islam.

BLESSED RAMADAN to all my readers,
May God show us all the right path!
Mona

Hello my dear readers! Sorry being away from my blog so long, I have been somehow busy otherwise.

Here we go again, Ignorance is the root of all evil.

Malaysian Christians have used the word Allah for centuries and a court recently approved the use [AFP]

What can I say. I will quote the whole article,  hoping Al-Jazeera doesn’t mind:

“ Churches firebombed in Malaysia

Two more churches attacked amid row over the use of the word “Allah” by non-Muslims.

January 10, 2010

Two more churches and a Catholic convent school in Malaysia have been targeted by arsonists, amid a row over the use of the word “Allah” by non-Muslims.Police said there were no reports of injuries in Sunday’s incidents, which brought the total number of churches attacked since Friday to six.Molotov cocktails were hurled at the All Saints church and the school in Taiping in Perak state.“There were black marks on the wall [of All Saints]. We believed there was a small fire earlier but there was no damage as the wall was intact,” Zulkifli Abdullah, the state police chief, said. He said a broken bottle filled with the inflammable liquid paraffin was found inside the compound of St Louis Catholic Church.

Muslims protesting

Muslim groups have staged protests in response to a court ruling last week that gave a Catholic newspaper the Herald the right to print the Arabic word for God, Allah, following a long-running dispute with the government over the issue.Thousands of Malaysian Christians turned up to Sunday services, despite the recent tensions. Four churches in the Kuala Lumpur area have been hit by firebombs since Friday, leaving one badly damaged with its ground floor gutted, and prompting Najib Razak, the prime minister, to promise to crack down on race crime.Hermen Shastri, secretary-general of the Council of Churches, said officials had stepped up security in the wake of the attacks. “The attacks show they are more just a prank as it does not appear to be a major [attack], someone is trying to send a signal that they are unhappy,” he said. The word Allah has been used by Malay-speaking Christians for centuries, as well as by Christians in Arabic-speaking countries and in Indonesia.Rev Lawrence Andrew, editor of the Herald, has said there is no other appropriate term for God in Malay.About 10 per cent of Malaysians are Christians, including about 850,000 Catholics. Around 60 per cent of the population are Muslims.”

The same news article on BBC  at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8447450.stm

Allah is the word Jesus used to address God in his mother tongue Aramaic and there is still a small community speaking that language in today’s Syria. They were also engaged as actors for the well known 2004 Movie “The Passion of the Christ”.

Arabic speaking Christians do not have another name for God, either. All Muslims learn the Quran verses in the original classic Arabic language regardless their mother tongue.  Aramaic, Arabic and Hebrew are all Semitic languages and very close to eachother. There is only One God, The Almighty, The Merciful no matter with what names we call and pray to Him.

Hope this drop of information in the ocean of Ignorance could do some good.

Salaam, wishing my readers a prosperous and happy  new year 2010!

Mona