A story tells that two friends...

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A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE. They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE. The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?”The other friend replied “When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.

( Muhammad Saqib Ansari)

Views of NON MUSLIMS Scientists' about Islam

		Prof. Keit L. Moore Professor Emeritus, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Toronto. Distinguished embryologist and the author of several medical textbooks, including Clinically Oriented Anatomy (3rd Edition) and The Developing Human (5th Edition, with T.V.N. Persaud).
		Prof. E. Marshall Johnson Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, and Director of the Daniel Baugh Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
		Prof. T.V.N. Persaud Professor of Anatomy, and Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
		Prof. Joe Leigh Simpson Professor and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,Texas, USA.
		Prof. Gerald C. Goeringer Professor and Co-ordinator of Medical Embryology in the Department of Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Georgetown University, USA.
		Prof. Tejatat Tejasen Chairman of the Department of Anatomy and is the former Dean of the faculty of Medicine, University of Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
		Dr. Maurice Bucaille Born in 1920, former chief of the Surgical Clinic, University of Paris, has for a long time deeply interested in the correspondences between the teachings of the Holy Scriptures and modern secular knowledge. Copy From: http://www.islamic-awareness.org

Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world

Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. Islam is going to dominate many Places in USA and Europe in the next few years, and is now a fiery revival sweeping much of the planet from Africa to Asia to Latin America to Europe to USA.

The number of Europeans, Americans, Latinos and Africans converting to Islam is growing rapidly

check it out !!

CNN WORLD NEWS: Islam is the fastest-growing religion
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9704/14/egypt.islam/

Nearly 1 in 4 people worldwide is Muslim, report says
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/07/muslim.world.population/index.html

Islam is Fastest Growing Religion in United States:
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/a100501b.html

Times on line: Thousands of british people convert to islam every year:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1026534.ece

Why European women are turning to Islam:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1227/p01s04-woeu.html

Washington-Report: The Nation's Fastest Growing Religion
http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0596/9605013.htm

Washington Post: Islam Luring More Latinos
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A27758-2001Jan6&notFound=true

Islam is spreading among Thousands black South Africans
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=139&art_id=qw1100423885802B264

Washington Post: Islam Attracting Many Thousands Survivors of Rwanda Genocide
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53018-2002Sep22.html

Islam is the fastest growing religion and the second largest religion in the world(from The CIA World's Facts Book) :
http://www.usislam.org/muslimstatistics.htm

Many Converts to Islam Homepage:
http://www.islamawareness.net/Converts/Share


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ALLAH(s.w.t) says in the Glourious Quran:

When, comes the Help of Allah, and Victory. And you see that the people enter Allâh's religion (Islâm) in crowds. So glorify the Praises of your Lord, and ask His Forgiveness. Verily, He is the One Who accepts the repentance and Who forgives.
(Quran Chapter: 110 verses :1-3)

Ringtones Fatwa (urdu)

موبائل فونز میں قرآنی آیات کا بطور رنگ ٹونز استعمال غیر اسلامی حرکت ہے۔ یہ فتوی بھارت کے جنوبی شہر کانپور میں جامعہ اشرف المدارس نے علماء صادر کیا ہے۔

جامعہ میں علماء کے ایک پینل نے قرآنی آیات کو بطور رنگ ٹون استعمال کرنے کی ممانعت کی وجہ یہ بیان کی ہے کہ لوگ آیت مکمل ہونے سے پہلے سے کال کا جواب دیتے ہیں، جس سے آیت کی توہین کا پہلو نکلتا ہے۔

علماء ہند نے دوران نماز موبائل فون کو ارتعاش کے آپشن پر رکھنے کو بھی خلاف شریعت قرار دیا ہے۔ مذہبی اسکالرز کی رائے میں بیت الخلاء میں فون کا استعمال بھی مناسب نہیں ہے۔

فتوی دینے والے پینل میں شامل ایک سینئر عالم دین غیاث الدین کا کہنا ہے کہ بیت الخلاء میں آیت والی رنگ ٹون کا سننا "گناہ" ہے

یہ پہلا موقع نہیں کہ علمائے کرام قرآنی رنگ ٹونز کے استعمال پر اعتراض کیا ہے۔ سنہ 2007 میں بھی سعودی عرب کی اسلامی فقہ کونسل نے ایسی رنگ ٹونز کے استعمال کی ممانعت کی تھی کیونکہ کونسل کی رائے میں ایسا فعل قرآن مجید کی توہین کے زمرے میں آتا ہے۔

قرآنی آیت کی تلاوت کو اچانک بند کرنا اللہ کے کلام کی توہین ہے۔ تاہم مکہ میں ہونے والے اجلاس میں علماء کا کہنا تھا کہ قرآن کی تلاوت کو فون میں ریکارڈ کر کے سننا ایک نیکی کا کام ہے۔

سعودی عرب کے مفتی اعظم عبد العزیز الشیخ کی زیر صدارت منعقد ہونے والی چھے روزہ میٹنگ میں ستر سے زائد علماء نے امت مسلمہ کو درپیش متعدد معاملات پر تفصیلی اظہار خیال کیا۔

حوالہ: ۔
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/04/16/70756.html

Ringtones Fatwa (english)

CAIRO (Mustafa Suleiman)

Egypt’s Grand Mufti issued a fatwa that prohibits the use of Quranic verses or the call for prayers as ringtones on the basis that they show lack of respect, according to a copy of the fatwa text obtained by Al Arabiya on Thursday.

Dr. Ali Gomaa, considered Egypt’s highest religious authority, argued that using verses from the Quran for ringtones violates the sanctity of the divine words.

“The Quran came from God so that we can worship Him and it should be read or listened to with reverence,” Gomaa said in his fatwa. “Picking up the phone is sure to interrupt the verse and this is disrespectful to the holy book.”

As the phenomenon seems to be increasing amongst Egyptian cell phone users, observers argue that using Quranic verses for ringtones is considered by many a sign of piety and keenness to be in constant contact with God’s words.

“In this case, Quranic verses can be replaced with religious songs or poems that praise the prophet,” said the fatwa.

The prohibition, added the fatwa, applies to the call for prayers as well, not only because it shows disrespect, but also because it can give people the illusion that it is actually the time to perform the prayer.

Reverence

The fatwa came after Dar al-Iftaa, the body in charge of issuing fatwas in Egypt, received many inquiries regarding the legitimacy of using Quranic verses and call for prayers as ringtones, said Dr. Ibrahim Negm, the Mufti’s advisor.

“To resolve the matter, the Mufti issued a fatwa prohibiting this because it implies a lack of respect for the holy words,” he told Al Arabiya.

“There is a verse in Quran that says that God’s words and rituals have to be glorified and treated with reverence.”

Negm added that another reason for the prohibition is that the Quran should be recited and listened to in a place that is pure and people often take their cell phones to impure places like, such as the bathroom. This violates the concept of tahara (physical purity) in Islam.

The fatwa, however, was not met with enthusiasm by all religious circles. Abdul-Razeq Afifi, head of the Salafist Ansar al-Sunna (Supporters of the Prophet’s Teachings) group in the Delta governorate of Monufia, argued that there is nothing wrong with using Quranic verses as ringtones.

Technology for Islam

" We should use technology for the welfare of Islam. Maybe one single verse on a cell phone can change somebody’s life "

Abdul-Razeq Afifi, head of the Salafist Ansar al-Sunna

“We should use technology for the welfare of Islam,” he told Al Arabiya. “Maybe one single verse on a cell phone can change somebody’s life.”

Afifi argued that cell phones, as well as other devices, could be one of the many means God sends Muslims to help preserve the Quran and spread its verses.

“In one verse, God says that He sent the Quran and He is going to preserve it. Maybe He is telling us that this is one of the ways to preserve it.”

Afifi added that the Quran should in the first place be preserved in the hearts and minds of Muslims, but it is definitely better and more beneficial to preserve it through other various means.

Sheikh Ali Abdul-Baki Amin, Secretary General of the Islamic Center for Research at al-Azhar, opposed Afifi’s statements which he labeled an unacceptable justification and noted that this is not the first time this issue has been categorically rejected.

“Al-Azhar had already previously prohibited the use of Quran ringtones” he told Al Arabiya.

Amin added that al-Azhar, the world’s leading institute of Sunni Islam, plans to address Egypt’s service providers in order to work on banning the use of Quranic verses and the call for prayers as ringtones.

(Translated from Arabic by Sonia Farid).

Articles Copy From:

References: http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/01/21/98030.html

::2nd Article::

IslamOnline.net & News Agencies

RIYADH — The Saudi-based Islamic Jurisprudence Council, an affiliate of the Muslim World League (MWL), dismissed on Thursday, November 8, the use of Qur'an in ringtones as impermissible.

"It is forbidden to use verses of the Qur'an as mobile telephone ringtones," the council said in a fatwa cited by Agence France Presse (AFP).

The fatwa was endorsed during the council's 19th session at the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, which was attended by 70 scholars.

They contended that such use impinges on the sacred character of the Muslim holy book.

"Any such use would damage the Qur'an by their abrupt interruption of the psalm verses or by sounding in inappropriate places."

The council is composed of an assorted group of jurists from around the Muslim world.

It is the main Fiqh body of the MWL, a broad based international Islamic non-governmental organization.

Turbulent

The fatwa, however, did not come out smoothly.

The Saudi-owned Al-Hayat daily reported that the controversial issue of Qur'an ringtones was at the heart of "a turbulent debate" during the six-day meeting.

It said the scholars were divided on the use of verses from the Qur'an as mobile ringtones.

During the lively discussion, some scholars denounced Qur'an ringtones as a "frivolity".

They have also hit out at adverts which promote the downloading of Qur'anic verses.

The fatwa did not mention the use of Qur'an as text logos or audio recordings on cell phones.

Ringtones with Quran verses or calls to prayers are popular among Muslims in the Arab and Islamic world.

Many users consider the religious tunes a reminder of their faith.

In recent years many scholars of Islam, especially from Egypt, have denounced the use of Qur'anic verses in mobile telephony.

Articles Copy From:
References: http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1193049574886&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout#ixzz0r6w6B5is

Mobiles Ringtone Fatwa

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Deep Thinking!

How true…
where Tv/cable FEE is 200 but flour 450/-

· where Pizza reaches home faster than Ambulance, police,

· Where rice is Rs 60/- per kg but sim card is free,

· Where the footwear, we wear ,are sold in AC showrooms, but vegetables, that we eat, are sold on the footpath,

· Where everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to follow the path to be famous,

· Where we make lemon juices with artificial flavours and dish wash liquids with real lemon.

· Where people are standing at tea stalls reading an article about child labour from a newspaper and say,"yaar bachon se kaam karvane wale ko to phansi par chadha dena chahiey" and then they shout "Oye chotu 2 chaey laao....."

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