Switching to something easier…
Peace be upon you,
WordPress has been giving me a lot of problems so im Switching to something easier.
you can find my new stuff at….
~ Peace till next time… MoCo
Contrary to common belief…
Peace be upon you,
As I was blog surfing I came across an amazing post by Mujahideen Ryder at
http://www.mujahideenryder.net/
It brought back many memories of debates with Muslim and non Muslim friends, and it reminded me of great work that still needs to be done.
First and foremost of which is , at least i think, educating the people of America. There is so so so much misinformation and bias in the media against Islam its unbelievable! I remember when this rally was going on the media spend like 10 min reporting on it, and half of it was interviewing the Pro-Israeli side of it, even though there were like 1500 anti-Israeli protesters and only like a handful of Pro-Israeli protesters!!!
On top of that the media conveniently forgot about the Neturei Karta (Jews Against Zionism)
Many Americans claim to stand for justice, due process, and we claim to love the freedom of speech. Yet we allow things like this to happen! Even though its been a couple months I am defiantly not going to forget the bias, and if people don’t raise these issues then we will be doing a great harm to ourselves and the world.
~ Peace till next time… MoCo
YM Summer retreat
Peace be upon you,
Young Muslims ( http://www.ymsite.com ) is having their annual summer Aug 10 – 14. The midwest regional retreat will be in Angola, IN.
They’ve had some pretty fun stuff in the past like…
swimming
canoeing
hiking
and random stuff.
~ Peace till next time… MoCo
Ramadan: Time to get your rear in gear! (one of my elementary teachers used to say this)
Peace Be Upon You!
I received this email from my MSA, and thought it would be very beneficial. I edited it a bit though.
Is everyone ready??
Ramadan is the month in which approximately 1.6 billion Muslims around the world are told to
not only refrain from eating, drinking, and sex from dawn to dusk, but also to attempt to stay
away from evil actions in general such as lying, stealing, cheating, backbiting, slandering, etc.
We also try to drop some bad habits that we may have acquired throughout the
years (i.e. cursing/swearing, arrogance, greed/miserliness, envy, etc) through as many acts of
worship and charity as we can manage.
There is a little less then a month left before the sacred month of Ramadan begins!
Researchers say it takes about 40 days to change a bad habit into a good one.
Our actions BEFORE the month of Ramadan are crucial. It is in this
month, Shaban, that we have to try to get into the habit of fasting as well
as restraining our body parts and senses from wrongdoing.
The Prophet (Peace & Blessings Be Upon Him) would fast most of the days of
Sha’baan (the month preceeding Ramadan) besides the last few days. We would
like to encourage all our brothers and sisters to try to fast some days of
this month so the first day of Ramadan doesn’t throw us all off 
Ramadan is also considered the “Month of the Quran”. We believe it was in
this month that Allah began revealing the Quran to the Prophet
(PBUH). Quranic recitation during this month is highly recommended! Let’s
try to begin implementing some techniques into our lifestyle *now,* so when
Ramadan starts we will have already started devoting more of our time to
reciting (and reading the translation) of the Quran.
Ramadan is also considered the “Month of the Quran”. We believe it was in
this month that Allah began revealing the Quran to the Prophet
(PBUH). Quranic recitation during this month is highly recommended! Let’s
try to begin implementing some techniques into our lifestyle now, so when
Ramadan starts we will have already started devoting more of our time to
reciting (and reading the translation) of the Quran.
Here are some great additional sources for Ramadan:
9 ways to plan for Ramadan: http://www.soundvision.com/info/ramadan/r.plan.asp
Preparation for Ramadan: http://www.sacredlearning.org/classrooms/ramadan/index.htm
Verses and Hadith (sayings of the Prophet) on Ramadan: http://www.soundvision.com/info/ramadan/qhfast.asp
Basic information about Ramadan: http://www.jannah.org/ramadan/intro.html
~ Peace till next time… MoCo
Azeem Khan of I.C.N.A. Defends Freedom of Speech
So a little while ago I was at work on break. While casually channel surfing i find this on CNN.
At first i was like what the hell is going on. Then i recognized Azeem Khan! For those of you who don’t know him, he was a member of Young Muslims, ( http://www.ymsite.com ) a youth division of the Islamic Circle of North America ( http://www.icna.org ). I guess he’s all grown up now and moved on to becoming a representative and secretary for I.C.N.A.
Personally I don’t see what all the commotion is about. I think the ads are respectful and are not being “preachy” in anyway. Congressman King’s complaints are really illogical. His two main complaints are that 1) the main person behind these ads is Imam Wahaj 2) these ads are offensive.
Congressman King contradicts himself, though. At 0:36 he states that “There is nothing wrong with these ads, theres is nothing wrong with educating people about Islam, the overwhelming majority of Muslims in this country are outstanding citizens.” Later though Congressman King states these ads are offensive because they are occurring on Sept. 11th.
First, Congressman King was mistaken since these ads are starting Sept. 15. Second, even if they were overlapping they are still protected by the First Amendment. Third, neither the MTA nor the Homeland Security CMTE have a right to regulate offensive material and media. That falls under FCC regulation. So Congressman King is way out of bounds.
Also, this whole issue is very very very hypocritical because just a couple years ago when the Dutch published pictures of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, they offended Muslims around the world. When organizations and governments petitioned the paper to retract the pictures every political pundit, shock jock, and politician were firmly opposed to any retaction or apology. Why? because the paper had a right to free speech. Now, when these ads go up, even though they are in no way offensive or crude, a congressman, someone who has taken an oath to uphold the Constitution, is trying to suppress the Freedom of Speech and the Freedom of Religion of 7 million American Citizens.
Although the ads are roughly coincide with the 7th anniversary they are not geared towards the commemoration and even if they were Muslims have a right to commemorate the event as they see fit along with the rest of America. When Congressman King states that these ads are “offensive to the families, and its offensive to the memory of those killed that day” he is alienating and denying American Muslims their place in America. American Muslims witnessed the events that took place that day as well as non Muslim Americans and there were many Muslim victims in those attacks. If American Muslims want to take this opportunity to educate Americans or clear bigotry then they have a right to do so. There could be no better way of honoring the memory Sept 11th victims of then to educate people and stop hatred.
The second complaint Congressman King has is in regards to Imam Siraj Wahaj.
In the beginning of his interview Congressman King states that the problem isn’t with these ads but that the main person behind these ads is Wahaj, and this is a problem because 1) he was a character witness 2) he made several comments about democracy, America, the FBI, and the CIA.
Congressmen King’s complaints are ridiculous. First, these ads are organized by I.C.N.A. no Imam Wahaj, so this argument has no basis what so ever. Second, even if Imam Wahaj was single handedly organizing these ads they are not promoting terror, they are merely education people about Islam, and he stated at the beginning of the clip that “There is nothing wrong with these ads, theres is nothing wrong with educating people about Islam, the overwhelming majority of Muslims in this country are outstanding citizens.”
Imam Wahaj has nothing to do with this whole “terror train” situation and it seems as if Congressman King is trying to pull a character assassination against Imam Wahaj. He states that “These ads attempt to give credibiltiy and respectibilty to people such as Wahaj…” but no where in the ads is Imam Siraj Wahaj praised, and yet Congressman King brings this up and denounces Imam Wahaj.
I am not a lawyer but even if Imam Wahaj did testify for the blind Shaykh who was indicted in the 1st trade center bombings that does not mean he is automatically a terrorist. Citizens have a right to a fair trial by jury and Imam Wahaj was merely taking part in a judicial process! For example if somebody testified for O.J. Simpson’s character does that mean they are guilty of murder along with O.J. Simpson?
Also, Imam Wahaj was clearly not indicted in the 1st trade center bombings meaning that the government did not find him of any wrong doing. Meaning he was INNOCENT! Congressman King is bring up past statements of Imam Wahaj and trying to use them to paint Imam Wahaj as a guilty or violent man. This is quite unfair and hypocritical of Congressman King. Citizen Wahaj has every right to the freedom of speech just like Bill O’Rielly, or Howard Stern, or Don Imus. He has a right to criticize a political theory such as democracy, he has a right to criticize a government such as America. Citizen Wahaj also has a right to criticize government agencies such as the FBI and CIA. Coincidently independent organization such asthe red cross and Amnesty international have found that the CIA, and the armed forces have been using torture techniques such as stress positions and water boarding. So Imam Wahaj’s claims, although exaggerated, were based upon the truth.
So the question i leave you all with is…
Why then, is Imam Wahaj the victim of a character assassination? Why then, is this educational ad campaign being repressed?
~ Peace till next time… MoCo
Hello world!
Assalamu alaykum world.
So this is WordPress huh? i wonder if i will every use this thing. well we shall see. for now good bye and good night good people of WordPress.
Salam,
MoCo
