Peace
Ramadan is over - and already missed.
And now three days of Eid - good time for kids
When Eid is over - I'll need few days to rest :)
Happy Eid to all
Peace
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
How Islamophobia Promotes Islam
Peace
There are thousands of people who actively write and work against Islam, last month it was Daniel Pipes and this month it is Robert Spencer's turn in the spot-light, before them others and after them will probably be more. As a Muslim I wish them well, for I honestly think that they spread Islam more than any Muslim can. There are thousands of large web sites that truly "dislike" Islam and promote Islamophobia, they are unable to understand that it is they who are actually spreading Islam in America and to the rest of the World.
In the very early days of Islam, when there were less than 20 Muslims in the world a very smart man who hated Islam called "abu-Jahil" in Mecca warned people not to listen to Muslims nor to ask them about Islam, his actions guided many people to Islam and despite him knowing this he could not stop himself thus promoting Islam. This is not a secret it is part of the history of Islam, it is how Islamophobes have been spreading Islam since it started.
Up until the 50s an anti-Islamic book would receive as little attention as a pro-Islamic book for only a few religious scholars cared to read them. The media changed all that and have made Islam a topic of conversation around the world for decades. You can hear the word Islam in hundreds of ways each day, Fox News, for one, has millions of readers listeners and viewers - each one hears the words Islam 100s or even 100s of times a day. I do not like what Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Rilly say about Islam, but love seeing the positive effects their words have in guiding some of their listeners towards Islam or at least a better understanding of Islam, the rest of their listeners learn to hate Islam and Muslims but that is not news to anyone.
Robert Spencer wrote an anti-Islamic books that I now see being heavily promoted, from the title I gather that he thinks that Islam is not a religion of peace. It came out soon after the number Innocent Iraqis slaughtered passed the one million mark and is going higher fast - he might not care what is happening to the people of Iraq but many who read his books do and they ask questions that his books do not answer for them. Soon another writer will write another Islamophobic book, and another anti-Islamic movie will come out - they all spread Islam in the long run. I think it is because people are getting tired of all the lies. I really hope to see Mr. Spencer write dozens of best sellers about Islam - they do spread Islam much faster than any Muslim I know can.
The Quran was not available in most American book stores in the 70s for there was little demand, now a big chain like Barnes and Nobel will have rows of books about Islam, pro and con. The trend is also noticeable online with thousands of sites either Islamic, semi-Islamic or anti-Islamic. News sites that permit comments on their stories will have 100s of comments sometimes on Islam even if the article just barely mentions Islam. Many times each day I see comments by Jews, Christians and Hindus quoting the English Quran fairly, properly and with knowledge and even correcting those that misquote it - it is not something I thought to see in my lifetime.
Not only is the number of new Muslims increasing, but the number of those who actually think that Muslims are not as evil as the media (propaganda) portrays us, is increasing to. American politics had a big role in this, one party depended on spreading Islamophobia as a political strategy and the other party took great advantage of that mistake - both sides spreading Islam in America as a result. It is the same in England, Holland and strangely enough even some Islamic and Arab countries. I just pray the bloodshed stops on all sides for I would rather the spread of Islam stop altogether than see a single drop of blood shed from anyone on Earth - I mean that.
Here is something that I think proves the point:
New York's first Arabic school opens under police guard
The article is now being posted on many American blogs, some have hundreds of comments - and the subject of those comments always goes towards discussing Islam itself, pro and con as always. The people who do not like the idea of an Arabic school have got to wonder sooner or later why they do not like the idea, what made them think that way - but I am glad that they are talking about it, blogs are great that way.
Peace
There are thousands of people who actively write and work against Islam, last month it was Daniel Pipes and this month it is Robert Spencer's turn in the spot-light, before them others and after them will probably be more. As a Muslim I wish them well, for I honestly think that they spread Islam more than any Muslim can. There are thousands of large web sites that truly "dislike" Islam and promote Islamophobia, they are unable to understand that it is they who are actually spreading Islam in America and to the rest of the World.
In the very early days of Islam, when there were less than 20 Muslims in the world a very smart man who hated Islam called "abu-Jahil" in Mecca warned people not to listen to Muslims nor to ask them about Islam, his actions guided many people to Islam and despite him knowing this he could not stop himself thus promoting Islam. This is not a secret it is part of the history of Islam, it is how Islamophobes have been spreading Islam since it started.
Up until the 50s an anti-Islamic book would receive as little attention as a pro-Islamic book for only a few religious scholars cared to read them. The media changed all that and have made Islam a topic of conversation around the world for decades. You can hear the word Islam in hundreds of ways each day, Fox News, for one, has millions of readers listeners and viewers - each one hears the words Islam 100s or even 100s of times a day. I do not like what Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Rilly say about Islam, but love seeing the positive effects their words have in guiding some of their listeners towards Islam or at least a better understanding of Islam, the rest of their listeners learn to hate Islam and Muslims but that is not news to anyone.
Robert Spencer wrote an anti-Islamic books that I now see being heavily promoted, from the title I gather that he thinks that Islam is not a religion of peace. It came out soon after the number Innocent Iraqis slaughtered passed the one million mark and is going higher fast - he might not care what is happening to the people of Iraq but many who read his books do and they ask questions that his books do not answer for them. Soon another writer will write another Islamophobic book, and another anti-Islamic movie will come out - they all spread Islam in the long run. I think it is because people are getting tired of all the lies. I really hope to see Mr. Spencer write dozens of best sellers about Islam - they do spread Islam much faster than any Muslim I know can.
The Quran was not available in most American book stores in the 70s for there was little demand, now a big chain like Barnes and Nobel will have rows of books about Islam, pro and con. The trend is also noticeable online with thousands of sites either Islamic, semi-Islamic or anti-Islamic. News sites that permit comments on their stories will have 100s of comments sometimes on Islam even if the article just barely mentions Islam. Many times each day I see comments by Jews, Christians and Hindus quoting the English Quran fairly, properly and with knowledge and even correcting those that misquote it - it is not something I thought to see in my lifetime.
Not only is the number of new Muslims increasing, but the number of those who actually think that Muslims are not as evil as the media (propaganda) portrays us, is increasing to. American politics had a big role in this, one party depended on spreading Islamophobia as a political strategy and the other party took great advantage of that mistake - both sides spreading Islam in America as a result. It is the same in England, Holland and strangely enough even some Islamic and Arab countries. I just pray the bloodshed stops on all sides for I would rather the spread of Islam stop altogether than see a single drop of blood shed from anyone on Earth - I mean that.
Here is something that I think proves the point:
New York's first Arabic school opens under police guard
The article is now being posted on many American blogs, some have hundreds of comments - and the subject of those comments always goes towards discussing Islam itself, pro and con as always. The people who do not like the idea of an Arabic school have got to wonder sooner or later why they do not like the idea, what made them think that way - but I am glad that they are talking about it, blogs are great that way.
Peace
Monday, August 6, 2007
About the English Blogs of the Quran
This is a great recitation from the Quran, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do:
I love reading any non-Muslims interpretation of the English Quran, it is good for new insights and does not take up as much time as reading the Arabic texts. My only advice for those who want to try it is to read also the interpretations of the Quran (Tafesser) because the English Quran does not have most of the details of the Arabic Quran. The Quran has very few pages compared to most other books but the style is very compresed and compact. The details are not hidden, but can not be translated without makeing the English Quran 30 to 50 volumes at least - that is not an exageration.
If anyone wants somethings in the Quran explained please do not hesitate to ask me to look it up for you here:
http://www.elsharawy.com/
This is one of the best known Arabic blogs of the Quran. I like to call him the Jewel of the Nile (rip), the recordings are very entertaining, this is good becuase It takes him hours to explain each page. The volcabulary required includes why other words were not used instead of the ones in the Quran.The explanation also includes how the words and word combinations are used and this includes many great poems by anceint poets. The sentence structures also add meaning as does the grammar.
The anceint Egyptians who built the Pyramids are still around, only now they speak Arabic and their Imams explain the Quran to the rest of us. The Muslim and Arab world do have scholars of the Quran, but even us old Saudis prefer that old Egyptian Imam - maybe we might have another one Jewel of the Nile soon :)
"what that means is..." :
The Arabic part is vital in one way, there can be no religious authority in explaining the Quran. If someone tries to twist the meanings to his or her likeing (Hawa) a simple person who knows good Arabic can expose them right away. Readers of the English Quran (and other languages)have to depend on others to tell them what the Quran is saying, in Arabic it depends only on how good your Arabic is.
Poets of all languages also have an advantage over people with no poetry ability. The Quran has no poetry but it uses words to convey images that poetry can not even dream of portraying - this helps understanding of the verses.
I love reading any non-Muslims interpretation of the English Quran, it is good for new insights and does not take up as much time as reading the Arabic texts. My only advice for those who want to try it is to read also the interpretations of the Quran (Tafesser) because the English Quran does not have most of the details of the Arabic Quran. The Quran has very few pages compared to most other books but the style is very compresed and compact. The details are not hidden, but can not be translated without makeing the English Quran 30 to 50 volumes at least - that is not an exageration.
If anyone wants somethings in the Quran explained please do not hesitate to ask me to look it up for you here:
http://www.elsharawy.com/
This is one of the best known Arabic blogs of the Quran. I like to call him the Jewel of the Nile (rip), the recordings are very entertaining, this is good becuase It takes him hours to explain each page. The volcabulary required includes why other words were not used instead of the ones in the Quran.The explanation also includes how the words and word combinations are used and this includes many great poems by anceint poets. The sentence structures also add meaning as does the grammar.
The anceint Egyptians who built the Pyramids are still around, only now they speak Arabic and their Imams explain the Quran to the rest of us. The Muslim and Arab world do have scholars of the Quran, but even us old Saudis prefer that old Egyptian Imam - maybe we might have another one Jewel of the Nile soon :)
"what that means is..." :
The Arabic part is vital in one way, there can be no religious authority in explaining the Quran. If someone tries to twist the meanings to his or her likeing (Hawa) a simple person who knows good Arabic can expose them right away. Readers of the English Quran (and other languages)have to depend on others to tell them what the Quran is saying, in Arabic it depends only on how good your Arabic is.
Poets of all languages also have an advantage over people with no poetry ability. The Quran has no poetry but it uses words to convey images that poetry can not even dream of portraying - this helps understanding of the verses.
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Confessions of an old Azooz
I was webmaster of a popular Arabic internet domain forum but got writers block and could no longer join in the discussions. I tried running an English forum for a while but the same thing happened. I can write a little, but the fun is no longer there - too much talk in anger and not much thinking - I was getting much too old for all that. I did give the forum to my friends to run but that did not work and the "Tasjeel" forum is now gone. I do not know what happened after I left but think the moderators had the same problem I did.
"About Islam dot com" another site I failed. At one time it was the web's most anti-Islamic site but it's first owner got tired of it and let it go. I picked it up and ran it as an Islamic site with my ex-wife (American) and it was really nice till the same thing happened to me. One thing I remember fondly was all the angry young Muslim boys and girls joining the forum thinking that it was the old anti-Islamic site but finding a Muslim one instead - shock treatment for angry youngsters.
So now I have a blog. It is in fact what I have always wanted. I first wanted to call it AafaQ (horizons) but that sounded too formal, so I picked up Azooz.com - I'll have it up in Arabic as soon as I figure out how so as not to bother the English speaking world too much ;)
I am not used to having a life, computers were all I knew at home and at work for well over 30 years. I am getting the hang of this "life" thing slowly and getting to know my extended family and friends. My mind is still mushy from decades of looking at computer screens, but at this age I can claim senility and they let me get away it.
Peace
"About Islam dot com" another site I failed. At one time it was the web's most anti-Islamic site but it's first owner got tired of it and let it go. I picked it up and ran it as an Islamic site with my ex-wife (American) and it was really nice till the same thing happened to me. One thing I remember fondly was all the angry young Muslim boys and girls joining the forum thinking that it was the old anti-Islamic site but finding a Muslim one instead - shock treatment for angry youngsters.
So now I have a blog. It is in fact what I have always wanted. I first wanted to call it AafaQ (horizons) but that sounded too formal, so I picked up Azooz.com - I'll have it up in Arabic as soon as I figure out how so as not to bother the English speaking world too much ;)
I am not used to having a life, computers were all I knew at home and at work for well over 30 years. I am getting the hang of this "life" thing slowly and getting to know my extended family and friends. My mind is still mushy from decades of looking at computer screens, but at this age I can claim senility and they let me get away it.
Peace
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Dune: Iraq: The "Them" Trap
I read hundreds of articles on http://informationclearinghouse.info/
Some articles there about Iraqi oil got me thinking of Dune, I wrote a comment that I think I might devlop on this blog - too lazy to come up with new stuff so here is the original comment:
If you hate science fiction, please skip to next comment.
I would call it: Iraq the "them" trap. When Frank Herbert (rip) wrote Dune - he made one mistake (go with me), oil is not the Spice - oil is the bait.
Dune is based on 7th Iraq, when it removed both the Persian and Roman empires off their lands, ended the dark ages - Romans did not need excuses to invade anyone really, the oil/gold/wealth thing is just bait for those that need excudes.
It worked fine the last time, Rome and Persia are now back together in Iraq - round two, or is it round four? And what bait will get the Romans and Persian back after another 1,000 years?
My prohecy for the year 3012:
Millions of little "thems" gather to become thousands, to a hundred - then trap all those big "thems" in Iraq. Then you will have some peace on earth - till the next them trap starts.
Here is some anti-Spice to confuse things a bit further:
http://mediamatters.org/items/20...ms/ 200406180005
From the June 17 broadcast of The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly:
O'REILLY: Because look ... when 2 percent of the population feels that you're doing them a favor, just forget it, you're not going to win. You're not going to win. And I don't have any respect by and large for the Iraqi people at all. I have no respect for them. I think that they're a prehistoric group that is -- yeah, there's excuses.
Sure, they're terrorized, they've never known freedom, all of that. There's excuses. I understand. But I don't have to respect them because you know when you have
Americans dying trying to you know institute some kind of democracy there, and 2 percent of the people appreciate it, you know, it's time to -- time to wise up.
And this teaches us a big lesson, that we cannot intervene in the Muslim world ever again. What we can do is bomb the living daylights out of them, just like we did in the Balkans. Just as we did in the Balkans. Bomb the living daylights out of them. But no more ground troops, no more hearts and minds, ain't going to work.
[...]
They're just people who are primitive.
Some articles there about Iraqi oil got me thinking of Dune, I wrote a comment that I think I might devlop on this blog - too lazy to come up with new stuff so here is the original comment:
If you hate science fiction, please skip to next comment.
I would call it: Iraq the "them" trap. When Frank Herbert (rip) wrote Dune - he made one mistake (go with me), oil is not the Spice - oil is the bait.
Dune is based on 7th Iraq, when it removed both the Persian and Roman empires off their lands, ended the dark ages - Romans did not need excuses to invade anyone really, the oil/gold/wealth thing is just bait for those that need excudes.
It worked fine the last time, Rome and Persia are now back together in Iraq - round two, or is it round four? And what bait will get the Romans and Persian back after another 1,000 years?
My prohecy for the year 3012:
Millions of little "thems" gather to become thousands, to a hundred - then trap all those big "thems" in Iraq. Then you will have some peace on earth - till the next them trap starts.
Here is some anti-Spice to confuse things a bit further:
http://mediamatters.org/items/20...ms/ 200406180005
From the June 17 broadcast of The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly:
O'REILLY: Because look ... when 2 percent of the population feels that you're doing them a favor, just forget it, you're not going to win. You're not going to win. And I don't have any respect by and large for the Iraqi people at all. I have no respect for them. I think that they're a prehistoric group that is -- yeah, there's excuses.
Sure, they're terrorized, they've never known freedom, all of that. There's excuses. I understand. But I don't have to respect them because you know when you have
Americans dying trying to you know institute some kind of democracy there, and 2 percent of the people appreciate it, you know, it's time to -- time to wise up.
And this teaches us a big lesson, that we cannot intervene in the Muslim world ever again. What we can do is bomb the living daylights out of them, just like we did in the Balkans. Just as we did in the Balkans. Bomb the living daylights out of them. But no more ground troops, no more hearts and minds, ain't going to work.
[...]
They're just people who are primitive.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Sout alArab
Salaam
No problem with the domain, all I need is a nice blog English/Arabic for azooz.com :)
No problem with the domain, all I need is a nice blog English/Arabic for azooz.com :)
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