Posted by Zaka Ullah on Sunday, February 22, 2009,
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Islam
The Holy Quran will be burnt on next Saturday !!!!!!!
Carrefour refused to boycott Israeli/American/Denmark Products. KFC ( Kentucky Fried Chicken), McDonalds, Hardees, Burger King, Pizza Hutt & Starbucks have decided to buy Denmark Products to save their losses. Boycott Denmark Products and Circulate this news to whoever you can!!!!! Denmark wants to Burn the Holy Quran on next Saturday in the large grounds in Coppenhagen (capital city of Denmark ), in reply to the Islamic Boycott on their prod... Continue reading ...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Wednesday, February 18, 2009,
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Knowledge
This happens in Denmark!
DENAMRK: WHAT A SHAME, A SAD SHAME. THIS MAIL HAS TO BE SEEN. THERE IS NO WORST BEAST THAN HUMAN KIND ITSELF!!!!
BRUTAL, Dantesque, bloody slaughter in the Faroe Islands, which belong to Denmark . A country supposedly 'civilized' & a European Union country. For many people this attack to life is unknown , to sensitivity. THIS bloody slaughter is an insane 'show' of entering adulthood! Is absolutely incredible that no one does anything to prevent this barbarism that are co... Continue reading ...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Wednesday, February 18, 2009,
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Islam
Fajr Prayer
A man woke up early in order to pray the Fajr prayer in the masjid. He got dressed, made his ablution and was on his way to the masjid. On his way to the masjid, the man fell and his clothes got dirty. He got up, brushed himself off, and headed home. At home, he changed is clothes, made his ablution, and was, again, on his way to the masjid.On his way to the masjid, he fell again and at the same spot!
He, again, got up, brushed himself off and headed home. At home he, once a...
* Camels will no longer be used as a means of transport; * People will ride on saddles that aren't saddles (cars?) * The distance on earth will become short; * Horses will not be used in wars; * Muslims will defeat the Byzantines which will end with the conquest of Constantinople Istanbul); * The Jews will gather again to live in Bilad Canaan; * Very tall buildings will be built; * The disappearance of knowledge and the appe...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Monday, February 9, 2009,
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Pakistan
Nilofar Bakhtiar was Federal Minister for Tourism in Shaukat Aziz cabinate. She was member of Pakistan Muslim Legue (Q) She was born in the Districtt of Bannu (NWFP) and is 46 years old. Her family background is spread over four generations and has left deep impression in the areas of Social Work and Military Services.
She did her graduation from Punjab University and went on a scholarship to Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Her career started as a Assistant Manager at PTDC (...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Monday, February 9, 2009,
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Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: Minister for Tourism Maulana Atta ur Rahman linked conducive security environment to the promotion of tourism in the country Maulana Atta, has recently assumed the charge of Federal Minister for Tourism.
Moulana appeared firm to cope with all the challenges confronting country’s rich tourism industry at home and abroad.
At home the tourism sector is being overlooked by the successive governments and quite tiny amount is allocated in Public Sector Development Programme th...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Sunday, February 8, 2009,
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Pakistan
Former President Pervez Musharraf was always one for the grand gesture. So it should come as no surprise that after a period of relative obscurity following his resignation in August last year, he will visit India as part of a series of lectures he plans to give worldwide.
In an interview with the BBC, Musharraf, who has just returned from a trip to the United States, said he was enjoying his retirement and had been invited to give lectures on Pakistan and the South Asian region around the w...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Sunday, February 8, 2009,
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Pakistan
Pakistan’s star batsman Muhammad Yousuf has clinched second place in the latest Test ranking of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The other Pakistani batsman included in the top-ten is Younis Khan who has been dropped from the seventh to the eighth position.
Besides Test cricket, Mohammad Yousuf has also been placed in the ICC ranking of the top ten batsmen in One-day International cricket. He secured ninth position.
However, it is interesting that despite being rated among the top-ten ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Sunday, February 8, 2009,
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Pakistan
The pounding of the 40-kilometre-long Gaza coastal strip by Israeli jets, tanks and ground forces continues. Over 650 people are now reported dead in ten days of fighting. Israel’s claims that many were Hamas militants are, at best, highly dubious. The demographic and geographic realities of Gaza, a territory split in half by Israeli troops, makes it inevitable that when bombs fall, children, women, the elderly and the sick are among those who die.
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Sunday, February 8, 2009,
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Pakistan
Just as it seems things are settling down on the Pakistan-India front, someone or the other on the Indian side acts to hike up the tensions once more. First it was the Indian foreign minister, Pranab Mukherjee, who said that Islamabad was being evasive in its response to the 26/11 dossier. A day after that it was the Indian army chief, General Deepak Kapoor, who said that Pakistani troops had moved to the border with India and that "all options were open". Not without irony, the general at th... Continue reading ...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Sunday, February 8, 2009,
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Pakistan
Unhappy over Shoaib Malik's unceremonious sacking and disagreement as regards his contract, Javed Miandad resigned as Director-General of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
Miandad said that he no longer wanted to be mere symbolic director general and he was not able to discharge his duties as per his job responsibilities - Sources in the PCB have confirmed that Miandad has resigned but it was not clear if his resignation has been accepted by the Board as PCB Chairman Ejaz Butt is in Perth to attend... Continue reading ...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Sunday, February 8, 2009,
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Pakistan
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has declared renowned nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan “a free citizen” while disposing of his quo warranto writ petition. As per the decision in this case, the interior ministry has offered terms and conditions for providing security to Dr. A. Q. Khan with due state protection that has been accepted by the counsel for the petitioner, Barrister Ali Zafar. The hearing of the case was conducted in chamber, and the court thereafter issued a detailed judg... Continue reading ...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Sunday, February 8, 2009,
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Pakistan
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The number of militant camps in Pakistan has increased in the past year despite a crackdown by the Islamabad government, India's army chief said on Saturday.
"I would not talk about the numbers specifically right now...but infrastructure is existing and active," General Deepak Kapoor told the Press Trust of India (PTI).
India has said the militant attack on its financial capital Mumbai last November, in which 179 people were killed, was planned from a camp in Pakistan....
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Sunday, February 8, 2009,
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Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The government is again launching a programme to provide tractors on subsidised prices to the farmers of all four provinces under the Benazir Tractor Scheme, The News learnt on Saturday.
The ministry of food and agriculture has submitted a summary for the upcoming meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet with Adviser on Finance Shaukat Tarin on Tuesday (Feb 10) to consider and approve guidelines for the scheme, says a summary of the Ministry of Food & Agri... Continue reading ...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Sunday, February 8, 2009,
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Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The World Bank plans to lend Pakistan $2 billion this year, the bank said in a statement on Saturday, as the South Asian country struggles to combat inflation and prop up sagging economic growth.
"The bank plans to provide up to $2 billion in credits during this fiscal year to support economic growth and the government's poverty-focussed programmes," the statement quoted the country's director for Pakistan, Yusupha Crookes, as saying.
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Sunday, February 8, 2009,
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Pakistan
NEW DELHI (AlArabiya.net, Reuters)
India on Saturday said the international community should consider declaring Pakistan a terrorist state in light of the country’s release of a scientist who sold nuclear secrets around the globe.
"It is time for the international community to think whether to declare Pakistan a terrorist country," Manish Tewari, the ruling Congress party spokesman said in New Delhi, in reference to the end from house arrest of Pakistani nuclear Abdul Qadeer Khan.
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Islamic Topics
Wisdom provides us with the capacity to solve real life problems. So, acquiring wisdom becomes a must if we want to live meaningful lives. As we live through life and its experiences, it is vital that we reflect on such experiences to make our subsequent steps in life easier. As Immanuel Kant, a famous philosopher said that “Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.”
So, if wisdom enables a person to make more sound decisions, take a shortcut path to success, recalibra...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Islamic Finance
We have been hearing about Islamic finance and banking services for many years now. For those of us living in Muslim countries this may not be big news. However, for those of us living in western countries, Islamic banking services are still not available commonly. However, some of us may not realize that Islamic banking industry’s assets have reached to $500 billion today. Middle Eastern countries and Malaysia are at the forefront of offering Islamic financial services. Net profits, total... Continue reading ...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Islamic Finance
Toronto - UM Financial has supported Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) $65,000 study on Islamic Mortgages and other faith mortgages. Islamically acceptable financing/mortgage is a product/commodity does not come at the expense of others products nor does it compel any Canadian to purchase.
UM is a premier Canadian Islamic finance corporation. The company secured a $120 million facility from Credit Union Central of Ontario in 2004, which is used to finance Shariah compliant r...
It all started out with Muslim women wearing loose Jalabeeb (Islamic garments also referred to as Jilbab or Abaya) to cover their bodies in line with Islamic teachings and guidelines. The next step for Muslim women who migrated to western countries or who grew up in non-Muslim countries was to demand some spice out of such modest...
Over the past few hundreds of years, architects and artists have overly emphasized the elegance and architectural wonders of the western worlds while not equally highlighting the same for the Islamic architecture. However, glancing at the many architectural structures around the Muslim world as well as other non-Muslim countries, one can not ignore the magnificence of some of the buildings, mosques and palaces.
These Islamic architectural styles have surfaced over the past hundred years th...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Islam & Science
An interesting video highlighting how the words “Allah” and “Muhammad” appear in Arabic text throughout the creation. An interesting video to share with others. Simply copy the web address of this page and forward.
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Islam and Media
Browsing for Islamic magazines published from the west, you are sure to be amazed with their growing popularity among the Muslim population residing in the US, Canada and European countries. Some of these accomplished publications regularly feature a comprehensive list of issues that of are great interest to the Muslim community. Below is a list of the magazines you may find interesting for your reading
Produced by two distinguished women Tayyibah Taylor and Marlina Soerakoesoemah under t...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Islam and Media
Quran is powerful enough to have driven anti-Islam people to develop websites that propagate false messages about Quran and Islam. Yes…it is true and sometimes unbelievable that people will go to such extra lengths to invest the time to build websites and populate it with misleading content…
What could be the motivation behind such sites? Obviously, it would be difficult to fool Muslims of such websites. The only logic seems to be that they may have a reason to dissuade non-Muslims int...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Islam
A summit was held a few months ago in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA to promote a “secular version of Islam“. This Summit was an international forum spearheaded by Muslim secularists and was organized and sponsored by the Center for Inquiry in partnership with the International Intelligence Summit.
Many who attended issued a declaration at the end of the summit. While many of the clauses of that declaration are in tune with Islam and its teachings, there were others that clearly are bas...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
In :
Hijab
A recent editorial published in Khaleejtimes.com fuels the debate again between those of us who respect the “hijab” as our identity and those of us who want to simply be our “normal selves”. The editorial by an American Muslim convert highlights the Ahadeeth (sayings) of the prophet (saws) regarding women who decide to chose an alternate path to modesty as prescribed in Islam.
The issue I believe is not that whether women who choose not to wear the Hijab or dress modestly understan...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Hijab
Everyone knows that Muslims, especially those living in North American and European countries have faced a lot of discrimination after the events of 9/11. Muslim women for example have constantly been criticized in the media and elsewhere about the Hijab and their Islamic lifestyles in general. While Muslims have reacted and responded to such discrimination in many ways, the Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC) decided to take a different approach on October 26th, 2007.
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Hijab
20 Million — According to many estimates, that’s the number of Muslims in Turkey, who oppose the wearing of hijab by Muslim women in universities and schools.
Heeding to that support and in respect of the “secular principles”, Turkey today has a ban on wearing Hijab in universities and schools. The ban has been in place for a few years.
Very recently however, the Turkish government led by Prime Minister Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party in association with the Nationalist ...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Islam
The Sunnah (traditions) of the Prophet SAWS, along with Quran, is the cornerstone of the teachings of Islam. Among majority of the scholars, the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad SAWS is defined as the sayings (Hadith Qauli or the verbal order), actions (Hadith Fa’lee or the action) or approval of actions (Hadith Taqreeri) that are related to the beliefs as well as rulings of the Islamic faith – both in terms of rituals as well as daily life actions. The Sunnah has one of three roles when it...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Islam
One story actively being discussed these days is about a Muslim man in Canada who allegedly killed his daughter for not wearing hijab – or so is the media reporting. Obviously, these reports are also helping the agenda of those who wish to defame Islam and Muslims in general. As expected, this news made it to the headline news of major media networks, once again putting Muslims in a spotlight that they didn’t wish to be in.
For example, in describing the incident, Canada’s National P...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Islam
“Hatred always signifies the triumph of imagination over reality. The danger of hatred lies in the kind of intellectual and moral vacuum it tends to create and maintain among individuals and societies.”– Leonidas Donskis
===> 15 years ago on December 6th, 1992, the world witnessed with horror the demolition of Babri mosque, and the killings that ensued continue to haunt politicians and non-politicians alike until today.
Scores of innocent civilians and children were killed within...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Islam
One of the issues that Muslims struggle with today is drawing the line between innovation (Bidaa’) and that what is lawful from an Islamic standpoint. All Muslims know the strict prohibition of the prophet against innovating things into religion. For example, celebrating of certain events such as the birthday of the prophet (SAWS), the night of the israa’ and maraaj in middle of the month of Shaban etc. have always been a topic of keen interest and debate among the Muslims for a long time...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Islam
The Malaysian cabinet and government declared last week that Malaysian Christians could no longer use the word “Allah”. Their rationale was based on the concern that the use of the word “Allah” by Christians in their religious messages could confuse some Muslims and hence could draw them toward Christianity.
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Islam
The nature of religious faith is quite mysterious. As part of their religious faiths, people believe in a variety of deities. There are people who have religious faith in the unseen supreme transcendental power and then there are others who believe in some humans as Gods, animals (e.g. monkeys), fire, idols made of stone, and the list goes on.
A lot is associated with having a religious “faith”. Part of it has to do with beliefs passed on through generations. People’s identities ther...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Islam
Trials, tribulations and challenges are part of every person’s life. However, to counter that, Allah has provided us a very powerful tool – and that is the tool of du’a or asking Allah for help and his mercy when we need it. And we need it all the time….
The following are some of the prophet’s sayings about making Dua to Allah.
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “The dua’ of any one of you will be answered so long as he does not seek to hasten it,...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Islam
know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. — Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
The new Islamic year (1429 Hijri) is finally here. A few days ago, people celebrated the beginnings of 2008 in many novel as well as traditional ways. One of the usual ways was to set new goals and resolutions for personal transformation and improvement. Although, setting resolutions and goals is a powerful tool to help you potentially shape ...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Islam
Being a Muslim, have you ever been labeled as a Sunni, Shia, Wahhabi, Sufi, or something else?
What about being accused of being a liberal, hijabi, sellout, or a hardliner?
Many of us may take it as an insult to be labeled as one but the reality is that it is how we are labeled by others – unfortunately sometimes unbeknownst to us – and that is how at times we pick our social circles.
Who is right?
Contrary to the happenings of today, the teachings of Islam lay down the foundations of...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Islam
This article is a collection of Quranic verses, Ahadeeth (Prophet’s Saying) and sayings of the salaf (pious people that followed the prophet) on the majesty of Quran, the great virtues for reading and following it.
1. Quran on Quran
To begin with, there are many verses in the Quran itself that underscore the majesty of Allah’s verses and the Quran itself –
Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Say: ‘If the mankind and the jinn were together to produce the like of this Quran...
Posted by Zaka Ullah on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
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Islam
Relationships are the lifeblood of our journey through this world. Good relationships not only can help us navigate through the challenges of this life more easily but they can be fulfilling and as well invigorating. Bad relationships on the other hand can put one’s life dead in its track. Ask a divorced person who has left a married life – or a person who ended up changing his work due to bad relationships – or ask family members devastated and shattered due to family squabbles. They w...
Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) delivered his last sermon (Khutbah) on the ninth of Dhul Hijjah (12th and last month of the Islamic year), 10 years after Hijrah (migration from Makkah to Madinah) in the Uranah Valley of mount Arafat. His words were quite clear and concise and were directed to the entire humanity.
After praising, and thanking Allah he said:
"O People, lend me an attentive ear, for I know not whether after this year, I shall ever be amongst you again. Therefore listen to what I a...
Posted by Zaka Ullah khan on Saturday, February 7, 2009,
In :
Pakistan
I visited this forum on net and all people were bashing us Pakistanis? And its common on ususal forums i come across. I want to ask Pakistanis who live in countries dominated by whites ,do they call us so bad there actually? If so then how can u people live there? Continue reading ...
A recent editorial published in Khaleejtimes.com fuels the debate again between those of us who respect the “hijab” as our identity and those of us who want to simply be our “normal selves”. The editorial by an American Muslim convert highlights the Ahadeeth (sayings) of the prophet (saws) regarding women who decide to chose an alternate path to modesty as prescribed in Islam.
Everyone knows that Muslims, especially those living in North American and European countries have faced a lot of discrimination after the events of 9/11. Muslim women for example have constantly been criticized in the media and elsewhere about the Hijab and their Islamic lifestyles in general. While Muslims have reacted and responded to such discrimination in many ways, the Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC) decided to take a different approach on October 26th, 2007. 
