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Shaykh Salman’s reprimand of Bin Laden October 8th, 2007

Sheikh Salman b. Fahd al-Oadah, the general supervisor of IslamToday.net, delivered the following address to Osama bin Laden live on NBC television on 14 September, 2007, which corresponds to the second day of Ramadan in Saudi Arabia:

Brother Osama:

How much blood has been spilled? How many innocent children, women, and old people have been killed, maimed, and expelled from their homes in the name of “al-Qaeda”?

Are you happy to meet Allah with this heavy burden on your shoulders? It is a weighty burden indeed – at least hundreds of thousands of innocent people, if not millions.

How could you wish for that? – after knowing that Allah’s Messenger said: “Whoever as much as kills a sparrow in vain will find it crying before Allah on the Day of Judgment: ‘My Lord! That person killed me in vain. He did not kill me for needful sustenance.”

This religion of ours comes to defense of the life of a sparrow. It can never accept the murder of innocent people, regardless of what supposed justification is given for it.

Didn’t you read where the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “One of the prophets once sat under a tree and was bitten by an ant. Because of this, he burnt the ant’s nest. Thereupon, Allah inspired to him: ‘Why not only the one ant?’ ” [Sahîh Muslim]

Allah revealed to that prophet: “What? Just because one ant had bitten you, you have set fire to an entire nation that extols Allah’s glory!” [Sahîh Muslim (2241)]

If this is the case for a nest of ants, consider how much worse it must be to visit harm upon human beings.

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“Sadness and anger” is all that you are good at, Jellyfish September 23rd, 2007

The Chief Executive Offer of this country is “sad and angry” that a horrible crime was committed against Nurin Jazlin:

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi expressed sadness and anger yesterday over the brutal murder of Nurin Jazlin Jazimin.

“Nurin Jazlin’s case is most touching. I’m sad and angry,” he told reporters after chairing a meeting of the Police Commission at the Internal Security Ministry in Putrajaya.

Expressing his condolences to Nurin Jazlin’s family, the Prime Minister said police were tracking down the murderer.

Seems that is all what you are good at. “Sad and angry”, eh? It does not take a genius to figure out that this is the result of the lax attitude of the present government, particularly those in the secular-nationalist party, who defy Allah’s Laws and refuse to implement deterrents to would-be offenders. Now what is the punishment for hirabah?

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Dr. Wan Azhar bin Wan Ahmad: Malaysian Common Law September 19th, 2007

The Star, 18/09/2007

The Chief Justice of Malaysia, YAA Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim, in his officiating speech at IKIM’s seminar surrounding ‘Ahmad Ibrahim: His Intellectual Thought and Contributions’ last August, expressed his disappointment over the captive mentality of our legal experts, practitioners, judges and lawyers in reference to the high esteem the aforementioned accord English law, or to be more specific, English Common Law (ECL).

He regrettably noted that despite the fact that our nation has been independent for fifty years now, we still retain, follow and rigidly adhere to s. 3 and 5 of the Civil Law Act 1956 (CLA). The provisions of these two sections prescribe the complete application of ECL for the entire nation.

In reality, many tend to interpret these sections as if we are duty bound to refer to English Law in case of lacuna in our own law. In relation to this, Tun Ahmad Fairuz posits four important questions for us to ponder, particularly by the legal fraternity: (i) Does this condition reflect that this country is bereft of legal expertise? (ii) Does it mean that English Common Law is the best option? (iii) Does it mean that our legal experts are still shackled by the yoke of the colonials (di bawah tempurung penjajah)? (iv) Is it true that our legal scholars are impotent, in other words unable to formulate and develop a legal system better in comparison with ECL? He has called for the Common Law of England to be replaced by our very own common law.

The CJ’s remarks were reported in local dailies nationwide. Amazingly, many commented positively, including some political leaders. But, there were also voices of discontent from certain quarters describing the call to replace ECL as “baseless”.

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Islam—what Muslims believe in September 17th, 2007

This is an interesting article that I found on a forum recently. I am unable to find the source, so I’ll just post it here in full with a view that I will accredit it to a source in the future. I have never condoned the horrible atrocities that was committed on the day of September 11th 2001 and the Khawaarij, the extremists in Islam, should be treated with the same disdain and loathing as the Christian missionaries. If I had my way, I will behead a Khawaarij’s head the same way I would to a Christian missionary.

Islam—what Muslims believe in
by Staff Sgt. Amy Parr, Air Force Print News

10/09/01 - WASHINGTON—A new word was introduced at the United Nations Summit on Racism in September - “Islamiphobia,” meaning the fear of Islam and Muslims.

This new word represents the fear felt by some who link all people of Islamic faith to the terrorists who hijacked planes and crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania.

The best way for people to overcome those fears is to be informed, said Chaplain (Capt.) Hamza Al-Mubarak, a Muslim chaplain assigned to the 81st Training Wing, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.

“Ignorance and hate have already cost us thousands of lives,” he said. “Get the information (about Islam) and pass it on to someone you know.” The Quran does not condone acts of terrorism, he said.

“Islam is a religion of mercy and peace, it does not permit or encourage terrorism,” Al-Mubarak said.

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Up6 Top Bidders List September 15th, 2007

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