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Question: Is it permissible for a Muslim to great a non-Muslim first?. Answer: Praise be to Allaah. Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked about the ruling on greeting non-Muslims. He replied as follows: Greeting a non-Muslim first is haraam and is not permitted, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:“Do not initiate the greeting with the Jews and Christians, and if you meet them in the street push them towards the narrowest part of it.” But if they greet us we have to respond to them, because of the general...

Will Of Faith - Christian Academy Fights Back Against Muslim Extremism August 2, 2004 - by William A. Mayer - Editor & Publisher, PipeLineNews.org Osceola County, Florida - PipeLineNews - The great 18th-century conservative Scottish political philosopher Edmund Burke said, "Evil triumphs when good men do nothing." Yet, as we near the anniversary of our third year of war against radical Islamic terrorism, thoughtful observers might be struck with daily examples of such moral lassitude - failure to confront evil. We see it in the political sphere, where cheap advantage is sought with the hopes of defeating a political party....