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Over the last few years there have been a number of articles in the news that are basically PROPOGANDA.  There have been hundreds of incidents and STATEMENTs made that are seen by many Muslims as ISLAMOPHOBIA.  MOSQUEs have been vandalized and attacked.  Our CIVIL RIGHTS have been limited, and there have even been calls for INTERNMENT.  A movement to reform Islam called RELIGION BUILDING has been initiated which would deform, not reform Islam.  False accusation have been made, for example that non-Muslims in IRAN would be forced to wear a special BADGE, and some strange translations of AHMADINEJAD’s speeches that made it appear that he said something he did not, and many of those accused have been CLEARED.  The Afghan APOSTASY case and the CARTOON controversy were blown out of proportion.

In many Muslim countries - IRAN, LEBANON, PALESTINe, SUDAN, BOSNIA, etc. we have seen crisis after crisis.  We have seen sectarian violence between SHIA and Sunni and thankfully many calls for unity. 

JUSTICE seems to be the only thing that EXTREMISTs of all persuasions are unable to feel strongly about in their push for a CLASH of Civilizations and their avoidance of DIALOGUE.  Muslims in general have been accused of not speaking out against terrorism and extremism although they have spoken loudly and clearly (MAE).  There has been a rise in the numbers of religious EXTREMISTs including those who are wishing for ARMAGEDDON and DIALOGUE is becoming difficult.

There has been a lot of discussion about the Israeli LOBBY and the extent of its influence on U.S. Foreign Policy.

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DAILY QUOTES

August 20, 2006
He who wrongs a Jew or a Christian will have me as his accuser on the Day of Judgment.  Prophet Muhammad

August 19, 2006
On the authority of Abu Sa’id (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:  Let not any one of you belittle himself. They said: O Messenger of Allah, how can any one of us belittle himself? He said: He finds a matter concerning Allah about which he should say something, and he does not say [it], so Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says to him on the Day of Resurrection: What prevented you from saying something about such-and-such and such-and-such? He say: [It was] out of fear of people. Then He says: Rather it is I whom you should more properly fear.  It was related by Ibn Majah with a sound chain of authorities.  Hadith Qudsi

August 18, 2006
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should “make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” thus building a wall of separation between Church and State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties. Thomas Jefferson

August 17, 2006
Our safety, our liberty, depends upon preserving the Constitution of the United States as our fathers made it inviolate. The people of the United States are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. Abraham Lincoln

August 14, 2006
"Oh you who believe, stand up firmly for justice, as witnesses to God, even if it be against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be against rich or poor; for God can best protect both. Do not follow any passion, lest you not be just. And if you distort or decline to do justice, verily God is well-acquainted with all that you do" (Quran 4:135).

August 13, 2006
"The pain! I can’t bear the pain!  My heart! My heart is beating wildly!  I can’t keep quiet; I hear the trumpets and the shouts of battle.  One disaster follows another; the whole country is left in ruins.  Suddenly our tents are destroyed; their curtains are torn to pieces.  How long must I see the battle raging and hear the blasts of trumpets?  The LORD says, “My people are stupid; they don’t know me.  They are like foolish children; they have no understanding.  They are experts at doing what is evil, but failures at doing what is good.” - Jeremiah 4:19-22 TEV

August 12, 2006
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. James Madison

August 11, 2006
“On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say:  The first of people against whom judgment will be pronounced on the Day of Resurrection will be a man who died a martyr. He will be brought and Allah will make known to him His favours and he will recognize them. [ The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I fought for you until I died a martyr. He will say: You have lied - you did but fight that it might be said [of you]: He is courageous. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man who has studied [religious] knowledge and has taught it and who used to recite the Quran. He will be brought and Allah will make known to his His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I studied [religious] knowledge and I taught it and I recited the Quran for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did but study [religious] knowledge that it might be said [of you]: He is learned. And you recited the Quran that it might be said [of you]: He is a reciter. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man whom Allah had made rich and to whom He had given all kinds of wealth. He will be brought and Allah will make known to his His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I left no path [untrodden] in which You like money to be spent without spending in it for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did but do so that it might be said [of you]: He is open-handed. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire.” It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and an-Nasa’i).  Hadith Qudsi

August 9, 2006
“The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

August 8, 2006
"Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other." James Madison

August 7, 2006
"Terrorism is based on two major pillars: One is injustice, and the other is a certainty of attitude, the notion that their version of the story is the correct one. This way of thinking - this self-certainty - is based on not being educated." Shirin Ebadi

August 6, 2006
"The Holy Prophet Mohammed came into this world and taught us: ‘That man is a Muslim who never hurts anyone by word or deed, but who works for the benefit and happiness of God’s creatures. Belief in God is to love one’s fellow men.’” Abdul Ghaffar Khan

August 5, 2006
Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out… and help to slaughter strangers of his own species who have done him no harm and with whom he has no quarrel.... And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for “the universal brotherhood of man” - with his mouth. Mark Twain

August 4, 2006
“Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind...War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.” John F. Kennedy

August 3, 2006
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” Benjamin Franklin

August 2, 2006
Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Abraham Lincoln

August 1, 2006
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.  Dwight D. Eisenhower

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