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http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2008122224797&archiveissuedate=2202/12/2008 Friday, 26 December 2008 - 28 Thul-Hijjah 1429 H ISLAM ‘Tracking down terrorists is a great Jihad’ By Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan Q – We are a group of police officers and we would like to direct a question to you since we have been entrusted in this country with investigating those who are out to disturb the peace or disobey and reject obedience to the leader of the country. And we have heard of a religious verdict stating that it is impermissible to track these people down and fight them because they are “Mujahideen” (people waging religious Jihad), and...

The pilgrimage that brings more than 2 million Muslims to Mecca every year tends to make them more religiously observant and also more tolerant, a huge study of Pakistani pilgrims suggests. Hamoud al-Massri, of Egypt, says that after this year's hajj, he will read more about people of different cultures. Muslims who undertake the hajj "return with more positive views towards people from other countries," are more likely to say "that people of different religions are equal," and are twice as likely as other religious Muslims to condemn Osama bin Laden, the study found. "People become more orthodox yet more...

Palestinian officials from the Gaza Strip have distributed a set of carefully-staged photographs they say are evidence that the smuggling tunnels running under the Gaza-Egypt border are for milk and other essential goods, not weapons.

Gallup says only 7 percent of the world's Muslims are political radicals. Yet 36 percent think the 9/11 attacks were in some way justified.On the inside back cover of books published by Gallup Press there is the following breathtaking statement: Gallup Press exists to educate and inform the people who govern, manage, teach and lead the world's six billion citizens. Each book meets Gallup's requirements of integrity, trust and independence and is based on a Gallup-approved science and research. Don't be distracted by the bad grammar. Focus instead on Gallup's "requirements of integrity, trust and independence." Thanks to a remarkable...

After the attacks of 9/11, many people in the West, including Christians, were asking, “Where are the moderate Muslims?” They may have showed up last fall. A group of what appeared to be moderate Muslim leaders sent a conciliatory message to representatives of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant faiths, offering to work toward a more peaceful coexistence between the world’s two largest religions. How should Christians in the West respond to this offer? A basis for peace? Issued October 13, 2007, and titled A Common Word Between Us and You, the Muslim document stressed the need for peace between...

From the hit television show '24', to the annual gathering of Democrats in winter retreat and stretching even to the university campus, Imams be playin' us. Radical ones are amused at our blatant display of weakness on our televisions, amongst our elected leaders, and at the spineless provosts in educational arenas. Director of the Karbalaa Islamic Educational Center, Imam Husham Al-Husainy, speaks about the impending execution of Saddam Hussein in Dearborn, Mich., Friday, Dec. 29, 2006. Al-Husainy, from Iraq but now living in Dearborn, claims to have family and friends who were killed during Hussein's reign. The image opposite Al-Husainy...

Since Muslim Keith Ellison's election to Congress, there's been a lot of noise in the media about the growing clout of the 8 million-Muslim electorate. Eight million? 'There are 8 million Muslims in America now," boasted a spokeswoman for something called the Muslim Advancement Society. She appeared on CNN to talk about what a proud day it was for her and other Muslim-Americans to see a Muslim brother sworn into Congress for the first time. It seems the size of the Muslim population in America jumps by an additional million every other year or so. Just a couple of years...

A ruling from a state appeals court has reopened a case prompted because a Muslim woman wanted to use a Quran – a book that an expert on Islam says allows Muslims to lie under compulsion – on which to swear her oath of honesty in a court hearing. The lawsuit was filed by Sydiah Mateen with help from the American Civil Liberties Union in 2005 after she was denied permission to use a Quran to take the courtroom oath in a case in North Carolina. Requirements vary from state to state, but North Carolina requires an oath either with...

Interim leader rejects U.S. approach in Somalia NAIROBI, Kenya, 8 Jan. 2007- In a rebuff to the United States, Somalia's interim president, Abdullahi Yusuf, on Monday rejected U.S. requests to bring moderate Islamists into his weak transitional government. Negotiations with Islamists "will not happen," he told Al Jazeera television before flying to Mogadishu, Somalia's lawless seaside capital. "We will crack down on the terrorists in any place around the nation." Yusuf had indicated the opposite position in meetings in the Kenyan capital over the weekend with assistant U.S. Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer, U.S. officials said. There was no immediate...

Merry Christmas to everyone! 2006/12/21 In the Name of Almighty God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate Merry Christmas to everyone! My sincere congratulations to everyone for the Glorious and Auspicious Birthday of Divine Prophet - confirmed and authenticated by Gabriel, the angel of Divine revelation - the Obedient of Almighty God, Jesus Christ, the Messiah (peace be upon Him) He was a messenger of peace, devotion and love based upon monotheism and justice. He was raised in His Mother’s hand – Virgin Mary (peace be upon her) – that Almighty God stood her as impeccable and exalted her above...

To live peacefully with Muslims and Jews, Christians must put aside the notion that their faith requires the creation of a Christian kingdom on Earth, a Lipscomb University theologian told an interfaith gathering at the university. "We are not going to get very far in our relationship with Jews or Muslims if we do not let go of this idea," Lipscomb professor Lee Camp said at Tuesday's conference. The unusual gathering of several dozen clergy and lay people was devoted to resolving religious conflict in Nashville and around the world. "We need to forsake the Christendom model," Camp said. "The...

(from the site...) Islam and America What do these two words have in common? Are they terms of conflict, or are they compatible? Islam is the fastest growing system of faith in America and the world. There is no question about this. There are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, and there are already, 8-10 million Muslims in North America. As a direct result of the 9/11 tragedy, and several international conflicts, Islam and Muslims have been severely distorted and misunderstood. WHAT IS THE TRUTH? America is the world’s superpower and the most advanced country in the world. Its citizens...

There was a fascinating story in the Chicago Sun-Times the other day. As Stefano Esposito reported: "Mardin Azad Amin found himself in a tight squeeze last week when security at O'Hare Airport discovered a suspicious-looking object in his luggage. "So, Amin, 29, handled the delicate situation this way: He told security the object was a bomb, Cook County prosecutors say

Full text of Supreme Leaders message to World of Islam Tehran, Aug 2, IRNA Iran-Leader-Message Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei Wednesday condemned the tragic disaster at the Lebanese village of Qana and the silence of UN and the so-called supporters of human rights on the Zionist regime's crimes in Lebanon. In his message to the World of Islam, the Supreme Leader said, "The events in Lebanon have exposed the true nature of American human rights, and have revealed the kind of Middle East the American government intends to have." The following is the full...

A video from an Islamist Web site shows Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and four other hooded men before they behead U.S. businessman Nick Berg in May, 2004. The problem of Muslim radicalization has been on the agenda of all nations since 9/11. But Canada faces a unique dilemma because the doctrine of multiculturalism is seen as intrinsic to our national identity. The recent disruption of an alleged homegrown Islamist terror plot has caused many Canadians to ask: How can multiculturalism — which preaches tolerance above all else — be squared with a militant, intolerant creed that demonizes non-believers? This week, the...

Individuals, not religion, carry out inhuman acts. By MAHMOOD A. QAZI Islam is a religion of peace, accepted and practiced by 1.5 billion people worldwide. It is the fastest-growing religion in the world, and if it was what some critics claim, why should the people from all walks of life from around the world keep embracing Islam? In Islam, a person has the right to defend himself, his family, his country or his neighbor(s), which, according to a June 2 writer’s own statement in The Tribune-Democrat, justifies the resistance being offered by the people of Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, Iraq, Kashmir...

New Muslim leader's warning as police defend raid decision By John Steele, Crime Correspondent (Filed: 06/06/2006) The new leader of Britain's biggest Muslim organisation said yesterday that trust between the police and the community affected by last week's terrorism raid in east London could break down. Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari was speaking after Scotland Yard insisted that it had "no choice" but to mount the armed raid last Friday, which led to a man being injured and had so far failed to uncover any terrorist material. Andy Hayman, the Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner who heads the force's specialist operations department,...

ASSOCIATED PRESS 3:00 p.m. CAIRO, Egypt – Hamas officials shrugged off the support offered by al-Qaeda's No. 2 leader, saying Sunday the Palestinian militant group has a different ideology than the terror network and won election through a moderate approach to Islam. In a video aired Saturday by Al-Jazeera, Ayman al-Zawahri called for jihad, or holy war, to reclaim Palestinian lands and implied al-Qaeda's support for Hamas' refusal to recognize Israel despite international pressure since the militant Islamic group swept parliamentary elections in January. A Hamas official in Gaza, speaking on condition of anonymity because the movement did not want...

Shiite and Sunni preachers call for national unity in face of violence which has left hundreds dead. BAGHDAD - Shiite and Sunni preachers Friday variously accused the Americans, the Iranians and the Jews of sparking sectarian violence in Iraq, while calling for national unity in the face of violence which has left hundreds dead. "No Arab or Iraqi could have carried out the bombing of the Shiite Ali al-Hadi mausoleum in Samarra, or the recent bloody attacks in the capital," said Sheikh Ahmad Hassan Taha in his sermon at Samarra's main Sunni mosque. "It's a plot by the Jews and...

US law enforcers had put him behind bars on charges of having a “long beard” snip .ISLAMABAD: Fifty-one Pakistanis deported from the United States for violating various laws reached Islamabad by a chartered flight on Wednesday. snip deportees were involved in several cases including fraud, forgery, burglary, drug smuggling, murder, illegal immigration, sexual assault, rape and possession of illegal weapons snip arrested them in Virginia and Texas. Up to 29 deportees was jailed for over 18 months while the rest of them had been in jail for over eight months snip Tanveer Khan, another deportee, said that Muslim prisoners in...