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hkhan
UNITED KINGDOM
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 Topic initiated on Saturday, December 5, 2009 - 10:03 AM 
minarets or us??
There has been hot discussion on media re: ban on minarets by switzerland on mosques.our jewish muslim women's forum of west london (Daughters of Abraham sws ) have offered us support and to write to the swiss embassy for us against this ban. however our stance on this is that muslims are best represented by their character and conduct, not minarets.
Letter to MCB
Thank you for the message. As always, we appreciate MCB's efforts to keep
> us aware of the current issues in time.
>
> However we strongly believe that this matter needs re-considering
> seriously under the spot light of education and research. The History of
> Switzerland clearly indicates their sensitivity regarding buildings,
> their designs,
> architecture and accuracy as well as the space they fill. Swiss need to
> be
> educated about the importance of the Minarets in Muslim history of
> Mosques
> but Muslims also need to understand that more than a symbol, minarets
> were
> used for the echoing of the sound of the Adhan when there were no new
> tech
> systems available. What represents Muslims the best is their character
> and
> conduct, not minarets.Hence we do not agree that we should make
> unnecessary
> fuss about such superficial issues at these sensitive times.
> i would like to mention here that a delegate of 12 Swiss clergy men and
> other religious figures visited our recent Interfaith Week's stand in
> Kingsway united Reformed Church Slough (photos attached from the
> Exhibition Hall
> Kingsway) and they were surprised at the diversity represented in the
> Exhibition, saying that they have no such environment or resources
> available in
> Switzerland and they would love to go back and work on these lines. this
> shows the importance of involvement and dialogue rather than resistance
> and
> opposition.
> However we are open to comments about this, both from the teachers of the
> foundation we mainly refer to( Al mawrid ) or other Islamic Educational
> centers.
>
> regards
> h
> Dr.Henna Khan
> VC SFP (Slough Faith Partnership)
> _www.sloughfaithpartnership.www.sl_
> (http://www.sloughfaithpartnership.org.uk/)
> Chair Renaissance Readers Club UK
> (_www.monthly-renaissance.com_ (http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/) )
>
> Member UIUK
> _www.understanding-islam.org.uk_ (http://www.understanding-islam.org.uk) |
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shehzads
PAKISTAN
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 Posted - Monday, December 21, 2009 - 8:51 PM 
| I agree. As I have come back from Hajj, I can tell that rituals are there to make practical changes in our character. Muslims are sadly concentrating more on rituals than practicalities. |
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hkhan
UNITED KINGDOM
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Posted - Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 11:09 PM
was wondering if this is true? has anyone heard
(source:multiple repeated emails)
RENOWNED Swiss politician Daniel Streich, who rose to fame for his
campaign against minarets of mosques, has embraced Islam.
> A member of the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) and a well-known
> politician, Daniel Streich was the first man who had launched a
> drive for imposition of ban on mosques minarets, and to lock the
> mosques in Switzerland. The proclamation of Streich’s conversion to
> Islam has created furor in Swiss politics, besides causing a tremor
> for those who supported ban on construction of mosques minarets.
>
> Streich propagated his anti-Islamic movement far and wide in the
> country, sowed seeds of indignation and scorn for Islam among the
> people, and paved way for public opinion against pulpits and
> minarets of mosques.
>
> But now Streich has become a soldier of Islam. His anti-Islam
> thoughts finally brought him so close to this religion that he
> embraced Islam. He is ashamed of his doings now and desires to
> construct the most beautiful mosque of Europe in Switzerland.
>
> The most interesting thing in this regard is that at present there
> are four mosques in Switzerland and Streich wants to lay the
> foundation for the fifth one. He wishes to seek absolution of his
> sin of proliferating venom against Islam. He is thinking of a
> movement contrary to his previous one to promote religious tolerance
> and peaceful cooperative living, in spite of the fact that ban on
> mosques minarets has gained a legal status.
>
> This is the greatest quality of Islam that it comes up with even
> greater vigour, when it is faced with confrontation. Abdul Majeed
> Aldai, the president of OPI, an NGO, working for the welfare of
> Muslims, says that Europeans have a great desire to know about
> Islam. Some of them want to know about the relationship between
> Islam and terrorism; same was the case with Streich.
>
> During his confrontation, Streich studied the Holy Quran and started
> understanding Islam. He wished to be hard to Islam, but the outcome
> was otherwise. Aldai further says.
>
> Recently the question of ban on minarets was put to voting in
> Switzerland, wherein the Swiss nationals gave the issue a legal
> status. |
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raushan
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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Posted - Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 5:36 AM
the details are here
swiss convert
Islam always wins,muslims sometimes, |
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hkhan
UNITED KINGDOM
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Posted - Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 7:38 PM
| wel said raushan;so true! |
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