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Religion is a different matter. Other subjects may lend themselves, in varying degree, to objective study, and in some cases personal commitment serves only to distort what should be a clear and balanced picture. Religion is a different matter for here objectivity only skims the surface, missing the essential. The keys to understanding lie within the observer's own being and experience, and without these keys no door will open. This is particularly true of Islam, a religion which treats the distinction between belief and disbelief as the most fundamental of all possible distinction, comparable only on the physical level to that between the sighted and the blind. Believing and understanding complement and support one other. We do not seek fir an adequate description of a landscape from a blind man, even if he has made a scientific study of its topography, and has analyzed the nature of its rocks and vegetation. In Islam, every aspect of human life, every thought and every action, is shaped by and evaluated in the light of the basic article of faith. Remove this linchpin and the whole structure falls apart.

Religious politics is the bent of those who push "The Myth of the Christian Nation" or "Muslim Supremicism" everywhere! ~ © gfp '42™

Religious intolerance is an idea that found its earliest expression in the Old Testament, where the Hebrew tribe depicts itself waging a campaign of genocide on the Palestinian peoples to steal their land. They justified this heinous behavior on the grounds that people not chosen by their god were wicked and therefore did not deserve to live or keep their land. In effect, the wholesale slaughter of the Palestinian peoples, eradicating their race with the Jew's own Final Solution, was the direct result of a policy of religious superiority and divine right. Joshua 6-11 tells the sad tale, and one needs only read it and consider the point of view of the Palestinians who were simply defending their wives and children and the homes they had built and the fields they had labored for. The actions of the Hebrews can easily be compared with the American genocide of its native peoples - or even, ironically, the Nazi Holocaust. With the radical advent of Christianity, this self-righteous intolerance was borrowed from the Jews, and a new twist was added. The conversion of infidels by any means possible became the newfound calling card of religious fervor, and this new experiment in human culture spread like wildfire. By its very nature, how could it not have? Islam followed suit, conquering half the world in brutal warfare and, much like its Christian counterpart, it developed a new and convenient survival characteristic: the destruction of all images and practices attributed to other religions. Muslims destroyed millions of statues and paintings in India and Africa, and forced conversion under pain of death (or by more subtle tricks: like taxing only non-Muslims), while the Catholic Church busily burned books along with pagans, shattering statues and defacing or destroying pagan art - or converting it to Christian use. Laws against pagan practices and heretics were in full force throughrout Europe by the sixth century, and as long as those laws were in place it was impossible for anyone to refuse the tenets of Christianity and expect to keep their property or their life. Similar persecution and harassment continues in Islamic countries even to this day, officially and unofficially.

Rifangi hanya menawarkan sehelai pembalut putih yang steril, tapi manusia bukan cetakan tunggal mumi Adam di atas bumi, yang ditaruh dalam gelas, tanpa sejarah, tanpa ketelanjuran kebudayaan.

Robe Moj, ti zelis jedno, Ja drugo, a uvijek se desava onako kako Ja hocu. Pa ako se prepustis onome sto Ja hocu, pruzicu ti i ono sto ti hoces. A ako se ne pokoris... Mojoj odredbi, namucit ces se sa onim sto hoces, a ipak ce biti onako kako Ja hocu!

Ruby clapped her hands in glee and gave a comedic wiggle of her head, Bollywood style. I know the song now, can even sing it, but back then all I heard was the verdant Punjabi, the striking primary colours of the five rivers, the intricate history of a complex land.

Running away has been futile. Wherever I went life would be the same. Resisting my chains only seem to tighten them. Yet all around me women found ways to slip those bonds, to discreetly flout the rules and then return to their so-called captivity before anyone noticed.

Rwanda’s Muslim community is an example of a group (a full community rather than isolated individuals) that resisted the appeal of dangerous speech and other pressures to participate in the genocide. The Muslim community, which had both Hutu and Tutsi members, not only refused to participate in the genocide but actively opposed it. Its actions during the genocide included rescuing, hiding, and taking care of Muslim and non-Muslim Tutsis, and providing safe haven in mosques. Muslims also rejected commands to kill or reveal Tutsis hidden in their communities, on several occasions going so far as to fight back and be killed themselves.

Saying of the Prophet Distribution God it is who gives: I am only a distributor.

Saying of the Prophet Helping others I order you to assist any oppressed person, whether he is a Muslim or not.

Saying of the Prophet Love Do you think you love your Creator? Love your fellow-creature first.

Saying of the Prophet Privacy Whoever invades people´s privacy corrupts them.

Saying of the Prophet Reflection The Faithful are mirrors, one to the other.

Saying of the Prophet Ink and Blood The ink of the learned is holier than the blood of the martyr.

Saying of the Prophet Truth Speaking the truth to the unjust is the best of holy wars.

Saying of the Prophet Desire Desire not the world, and God will love you. Desire not what others have, and they will love you.

Saying of the Prophet Practice Who are the learned? Those who put into practice what they know.

Saying of the Prophet Sleep Sleep is the brother of death.

Saying of the Prophet Struggle The holy warrior is he who struggles with himself.

Saying of the Prophet THE PEOPLE It is the people who are God's family. (Muhammad the Prophet)

Saying of the Prophet Understanding Speak to everyone in accordance with his degree of understanding.

Saying of the Prophet Women Women are the twin-halves of men.

Saying of the Prophet Death Die before your death.

Saying of the Prophet Food Nobody has eaten better food than that won by his own labour.

Saying of the Prophet Humility Humility and courtesy are themselves a part of piety.

Saying of the Prophet. Lies, promises, trust He is not of mine who lies, breaks a promise or fails in his trust.

Saying of the Prophet Objects It is your attachment to objects which make you blind and deaf.

Saying of the Prophet Oppression When oppression exists, even the bird dies in its nest.

Saying of the Prophet Some behaviour I am like a man who has lighted a fire, and all the creeping things have rushed to burn themselves in it.

Saying of the Prophet Tasks Whoever makes all his tasks one task, God will help him in his other concerns.

Saying of the Prophet The Judge A man appointed to be a judge has been killed without a knife.

Satan puts three knots at the back of the head of any of you if he is asleep. On every knot he reads and exhales the following words, ‘The night is long, so stay asleep.’ When one wakes up and remembers Allah, one knot is undone; and when one performs ablution, the second knot is undone, and when one prays the third knot is undone and one gets up energetic with a good heart in the morning; otherwise one gets up lazy and with a mischievous heart.

Saying of the Prophet Accusations Anyone reviling a brother for a sin will not himself die before committing it.

Saying of the Prophet Envy Envy devours good deeds, as a fire devours fuel.

Saying of the Prophet Obligation to Learn The pursuit of knowledge is obligatory on every Muslim.

Saying of the Prophet The Tongue A man slips with his tongue more than with his feet.

Scheffer said a new ethnic underclass of immigrants had formed, and it was much too insular, rejecting the values that knit together Dutch society and creating new, damaging social divisions. There wasn’t enough insistence on immigrants adapting; teachers even questioned the relevance of teaching immigrant children Dutch history, and a whole generation of these children were being written off under a pretence of tolerance. Scheffer said there was no place in Holland for a culture that rejected the separation of church and state and denied rights to women and homosexuals. He foresaw social unrest.

Sayyida Nafisah*, eine noble Frau und Gelehrtin, sagte folgendes, nachdem sie das Totengebet für Imam al-Shafi'i betete: "Möge Allah barmherzig mit Muhammad bin Idris al-Shafi'i sein! In der Tat, er pflegte es seine Gebtswaschung zu perfektionieren." Die Perfektion bzw. das Perfektionieren (oder die "Vortrefflichkeit", oder "etwas schön machen" etc.), zu Arabisch "Ihsan"**, in seinen Anbetungen und Taten zu erstreben, ist eines der Eigenschaften, zu denen uns diese großartige Religion, der Islam, aufruft. Es ist die Eigenschaft derjenigen, die den geraden Pfad gehen: den Weg des noblen Propheten ﷺ. Sayyida Nafisah deutet mit ihrer Aussage auf dieses Perfektionieren hin. Imam al-Shafi'i pefektionierte seine Gebetswaschung und wer seine Gebetswaschung perfektioniert, der perfektioniert demzufolge sein Gebet. Und wer auch immer diese beiden Dinge perfektioniert, der perfektioniert seine gesamte Religion und all seine Taten in seinem Leben. D. h., wenn ein Gläubiger bestimmte Taten nicht perfektioniert, dann wird jener die Perfektion in seinen anderen Taten verfehlen. Jemand der sich nicht darum bemüht seine Gebetswaschung zu perfektionieren, der wird auch unachtsam gegenüber das Streben nach Perfektion innnerhalb seines Gebets sein. So wird jener ebenso das Perfektionieren im Verrichten seiner Zakat, seines Fastens, seiner Pilgerfahrt etc. nicht beachten. Möge Allah Sayyida Nafisah und Imam al-Shafi'i barmherzig behandeln und mit ihnen zufrieden sein. * Sie verstarb in Ägypten im Jahre 208 (823). ** Der Prophet sagte, dass Ihsan folgendes ist, nämlich Allah anzubeten, als würde man Ihn sehen, doch während man Ihn nicht sieht, soll man wissen, dass Er einen doch sieht. (Ü. von Muslim)

Scriptures are meant to serve humanity, not humanity to serve scriptures.

Sebelum ngegalauin perasaan si doi naik atau turun ke kamu, alangkah lebih baiknya ngegalauin imanmu yang masih naik turun. Sebelum mencari yang terbaik untuk kamu, alangkah lebih baiknya menjadi lebih baik dari hari kemarin.

Secara ringkasnya, jelaslah bahawa lafaz Allah tidak sesuai, atau tidak layak, digunakan oleh agama-agama yang konsep ketuhanan mereka berbeza dengan ajaran Islam. Walaupun terdapat agama bukan Islam yang dikatakan mengandungi ajaran satu Tuhan seperti Yahudi, Kristian, Hindu dan Sikh, namun kefahaman mengenai konsep Tuhan Yang Satu mereka adalah berbeza dengan ajaran Islam. Dalam akidah Ahli Sunnah wa al-Jamaah, kalimah Allah itu membawa pengertian keesaan dan pengakuan terhadap keesaan Allah yang tulen serta tidak ada sesuatu yang serupa (syirik) dengan-Nya. Mana mungkin umat Islam memberi kebenaran kepada fahaman atau agama yang mensyirikkan Allah untuk menggunakan lafaz Allah kerana implikasinya terhadap pengertian lafaz Allah amatlah buruk! Tidakkah ini akan termasuk dalam golongan orang-orang yang mempermainkan nama Allah!

Sekali nafsu itu kau manjakan, maka nafsu itu akan semakin kurang ajar dan tidak tahu diri! Jangan pernah berdamai dengan nafsu! Sekali kau berdamai, maka nafsu itu akan menginjak harga dirimu dan menjajahmu! Jangan beri kehormatan sedikit pun pada nafsumu. Perlakukan dia sebagai makhluk hina, pengkhianat yang tidak boleh diberi ampun!

Seek knowledge from the Cradle to the Grave

Seine Zeit damit zu verbringen über die Fehler anderer nachzudenken oder zu sprechen, ist närrisch. Die Zeit ist knapp und es ist besser sie in das Erkennen der eigenen Mängel zu investieren, um dann beständig daran arbeiten zu können diese gänzlich auszumerzen.

Sesaat ia terhenyak oleh teks wasiat Habib Hasan Al Bahr. Menghadaplah kepada Allah dengan hati luluh. Hindarkan dirimu dari sikap ujub dan angkuh. Pergaulilah manusia yang jahat dengan baik, karena pada hakikatnya kamu sedang bermuamalah dengan Allah yang Maha Besar. Ulurkan tanganmu kepada orang-orang fakir dengan sesuatu yang dikaruniakan Allah kepadamu. Lalu bayangkanlah, bahwa Allah-lah yang pertama kali menerima pemberianmu itu, sebagaimana dituturkan dalam berbagai ayat Al-Qur'an dan hadits Nabi. Kelak hatimu akan merasa sangat senang dan bahagia dengan Allah.

Semua orang diuji. Lain orang, lain tahap imannya, lain tahap sabarnya, jadi lainlah tahap ujian yang ditempuhinya. Semua itu menuntut kita bersabar. Semua itu menuntut kita bersabar. Ertinya Allah masih sayang pada kita,

Serupa kekasih yang bangga, kulafaz kalimatMu tanpa jeda. --ketika doa terjawab seketika

Sesungguhnya bangsa Arab ialah para penyebar Islam. Mereka telah keluar dari pedalaman padang pasir dengan persiapan yang kuat dan berterusan, terus melebar hingga meluas ke pelbagai penjuru, kemudian Allah SWT telah menetapkan kemenangan kepada orang-orang berikan, kebebasan kepada orang-orang lemah dan kehinaan kepada orang-orang zalim dan sombong. Mereka meluncur dari padang pasir bersama Rasulullah SAW selama seperempat abad, di samalah Rasulullah SAW telah mengisi pelajaran langit yang turun bersama wahyu, membekali mereka dengan pelbagai kekuatan pemikiran dan emosional sehingga mengangkat taraf kehidupan mereka secara material dan mental; menjadikan mereka sebagai pembawa misi, dan pencipta peradaban; memiliki kehormatan serta pemikiran yang benar, hati yang bersih dan jiwa yang peka mengatasi masyarakat Parsi dan Rom.

Shaikh Ahmad of Sirhind (1563-1624) discussed it within the canon of theological tradition and held that ana al-haqq was a situational statement and that it represented a quality of authentic experience. The Shaikh suggested that ana—the personal "I," and al-haqq, the Truth, had no reference to a unitive condition, in fact; al-haqq completely surrounded the consciousness of the contemplative ego. Placed in this state the ana could only know the surrounding al-haqq—and simultaneously lose its own identity. It was in fact the loss of personal identity which gave significance to Hallaj's statement. The Shaikh held that ana al-haqq did not have any reference to unification either with the Divine Essence or its Attribute. Thus, ana al-haqq, as "I am the Truth," was categorically discarded by the Shaikh who interpretted the phrases as affirmation by negation. According to him, ana al-haqq did not carry the affirmatory meaning of "I am the Truth," but simply made the statement that, "I am not, He only is". Without negation of the self, the affirmation of Divine Truth remains unresolved. Hallaj had in fact affirmed the faith through negation of the contemplative ego.

Sikhism emerged as a ray of hope for the people of India who were stuck in obscurity – who craved for a way out from the rigorous battle between Hindu and Muslim orthodoxy.