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Minister to meet Muslim leaders

[b]Minister to meet Muslim leaders [/b]

Hazel Blears will hold meetings in eight cities
Home Office Minister Hazel Blears is beginning a number of meetings with Muslim leaders to discuss concerns after the London bombings.

[b]Each of the eight meetings will be aim to produce plans for tackling extremism and radicalisation, engaging with young people and women, providing education to meet Muslims' needs, training ministers, supporting regional initiatives, the accreditation and role of mosques, and security. [/b]

so is this a good thing?

Stop and search muslims/asians!!!!

Ethnic groups 'accept searches'

Ch Supt Ali Dizaei says respect is the 'key'
People from ethnic minorities will understand being stopped by police after the attacks, a senior officer has claimed.

You can also watch the following video from the above link:
[b]BBC NEWS:VIDEO AND AUDIO
Muslims give their reaction to the "stop and search" policy [/b]

[b]SO DO YOU THINK THE STOP AND SEARCH OF ASIANS AND MUSLIMS AFTER 7/7 IS ACCEPTABLE OR RACIST AND UNACCEPTABLE?[/b]

HAVE YOUR SAY?

wasalaam

Is There A Need For Female Scholars?

[b]EDIT[/b]

Topic split from the Hijaab thread as different issues are raised.

[quote="Aasiyah"]Ed, in the work thread u pointed out that its a 'necessity' for women to work (as a nurse, doctor, teacher).

i said in reply to that post of yours, the above things are not so much a 'necessity', but i'd like to note here that Muslim female SCHOLARS are indeed a necessity.

now dont take the following as an attack against u personally Ed, its for all members:

i am sick of Muslim men telling women how, where and when to wear hijab, jilbab or niqab.

Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar

SALAAM

A FATWA BY DR ZAKI BADAWI- PLEASE SHARE YOUR VIEWS!

[b]
Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar[/b]

Badawi said they have registered more than 15,00 assault against hijab-clad women in only three days.

CAIRO, July 28, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – [b]A leading British Muslim scholar has said that Muslim women living in the European country, where Muslims have been suffering mounting abuse and harassment since the July 7 London attacks, can take off their hijab.[/b]

"I have issued a fatwa that Muslim women in Britain have an Islamic right to take off their hijab at this point of

Who's Taking Blame for Christian Violence?

sALAAM

[b]Who's Taking Blame for Christian Violence?
by Calvin White [/b]

Now that imams in Britain and Canada are standing up and publicly condemning terrorist acts as anti-Muslim and against the teachings in the Qur'an, I wonder if pressure might be put on Christian leaders to take a similar stand.

Contrary to what some might like to insist, Christianity is not the religion of "an eye for an eye" but it is the religion of Jesus, who refined those earlier directions and distilled the ten commandments into two. One was to "love thy neighbor as thyself." Pretty definitive isn't it?

MUSLIM UNITY CONFERENCE!

salaam

[b]Muslim Unity Convention; Highway to success
Sunday 7th August 2005 [/b]
10am-6pm
Tickets: £10
Venue: The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Coaches from various cities
Full details:

[b]Speakers[/b]
Dr Zakir Naik (India)
Imam Siraj Wahhaj (USA)
Shaykh Abdullah Hakim Quick (South Africa)
Shaykh Muhammed Imdad Hussain Pirzada (Pakistan)
Shaykh Arshad Misbahi (India)
Shaykh Muhammad bin Yahya al Ninowy (Syria)
Dr Bilal Phillips (Qatar)
Dr Jamal Badawi (Canda)
Yvonne Ridley (UK)
Dr Imran Waheed (UK)
Shaykh Shabir Ally (Canada)
Shaykh Faisal Abdur Razz

MPAC- TROUBLEMAKERS OR EXACTLY WHAT THE MUSLIMS NEED TODAY?

SALAAM

MPAC- they're everywhere now? had that documentary and now they're on many TV channels, interviews etc.

They have a popular site
They ALWAYS bang on about mosques and Imaams...
They put alot of emphasis on being politically active, lobbying, voting etc
They are not shy to criticise Muslim leaders, politicians, Imaams etc Ajmal Masroor is their latest victim!

so what do you make of them? Are they exactly what we need?

Islam against terrorism

[b]Islam against terrorism [/b]

Assallamu Allaikum

The Revival has created a new page: Islam against Terrorism. Here you
will find a list of articles argueing the point that Islam is totally
against terrorism:

what do you think?

anyone read any good articles on this subject, feel free to post them here, im sure we will all benefit, and if they're really good I'll add on The Revival site...

wasalaam

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