Archive for July, 2009
Ramadhan Preparation Quiz
Getting The Most Out Of Ramadhan
The importance of Ramadhan is paramount for a Muslim. It’s when you can truly gauge and test your nafs because the shaytan is shackled and so your true self comes out.
You can see whether you lean towards good, evil or whether your nafs is lazy or if it perseveres. All without the noise and the whispers of the ‘whisperers’.
Everything has a season and the season of good deeds and piety is Ramadhan and the magnitude of rewards that one can achieve with the will of Allah definitely surpases the deeds of a whole year and for many can even surpass a lifetime of good deeds outside of Ramadhan.
There’s therefore no need to explain why the Prophet and the companions would ask Allah to bestow them with the chance to live through another Ramadhan.
That’s the importance, but how can mosques, imams and Islamic centres help you make the most out of your Ramadhan? - that’s what this questionnaire is about.
Fill it out and after looking for common ‘threads’ we’ll send a quick report out to the branches and to the mosques through MINAB and insha Allah, this Ramadhan will be better for you and the others who will benefit from your advice.
Fill it out, you will get the reward of everyone who benefits as a direct consequence - DURING RAMADHAN where the deeds are multiplied.
Stabbed to death 18 times in court for 8 minutes without any intervention!
Stabbed to death 18 times in court for 8 minutes without any intervention!
Marwa Shirbini (32years) was stabbed 18 times and killed in court. The three month pregnant mother of one, Egyptian born Marwa was a pharmacist in the German town of Dresden . She was continually harassed by her assailant (identified as Alex W.), and at least once physically attacked by him when he forcefully removed her Hijab in a school playground.
Marwa appeared in a court hearing to testify against him on July 1st. During the hearing, he produced a knife and viciously attacked Marwa, stabbing her 18 times in front of her 3 years old son before anyone successfully intervened.
Her husband attempted to shield her, and was also stabbed and then mistakenly shot by an armed guard who thought he was the attacker.
Alex W. is now being held on ’suspicion’ of murder. Her Funeral gathered thousands of her supporters and friends in Egypt last Monday.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
TAKE ACTION
1. Attend the Picket
Saturday 11 July
12pm
In front of German Embassy, London
( 23 Belgrave Square, SW1X 8PZ )
Nearest Tube station: Hyde park and Sloane Square
2. Watch the youtube link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lmAx8VW9pM&feature=related
3. Send a letter to the German Embassy in the UK
The Ambassador
German Embassy
23 Belgrave Square,
London
SW1X 8PZ
4. Jumaah Khutba
Dedicate Jumaa Khutba tomorrow (Friday) to speak about the incident.
More details about the incident can be found on:
5. Write to your MEPs
You can identify who your MEPs are from this link
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch/zoneList.do?country=GB&language=EN
6. Write to Human Rights Organisations
Human rights watch
Amnesty International
European Human Rights Centre
Liberty
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/
7. Write an article to the newspapers
Write to the main stream media in Germany and the UK requesting them to focus on the crime and what it means to you.
leser@welt.de
info@dw-world.de
online@fr-online.de
leserbriefe@sueddeutsche.de
redaktion@faz.de
info@berlinonline.de
redaktion@dresden-news.com
yourletters@washingtontimes.com
letters@nytimes.com
letters@washpost.com
foreigneditor@independent.co.uk
syndication@guardian.co.uk
navegante@navegante.com
9. Dedicate a minute of silence in any of your forthcoming gatherings
Focus people’s attention on the atrocity.
10. Write comments on chat rooms
Help people to understand how vicious this crime was and why it must not be forgotten.
11. Facebook
Visit the facebook page dedicated to Marwa and add your opinion
12. Contact the family to express your condolences
Send Telegraph to AlShirbini Family, 18 Ahmad Fathy Street, Glim
This will help them through their grief.
Please also read these articles and pass them on to others if you wish.
http://www.aboujahjah.com/?p=202
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/07/20097612424648553.html
how strange the situation is....
strange how easily the human gives into scare tactics
stranger still that muslims advise against when ...
I DONT BELIEVE THE HOLOCAUST EVEN HAPPENED BUT I THINK IT MIGHT COME FOR THEM..IF THEY CARRY ON KILLINNG INNOCENTS ...