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A prince of the Islamic world
By M Ismail Khan

Last week, Prince Charles of Great Britain and Prince Karim Aga Khan of the Islamic world paid a rare royal visit to a remote organic village Nank Soq in Skardu, and the under restoration Altit Fort in Hunza. Yes, 'Prince of the Islamic world' because ...

I have a friend who is a sunni. She keeps telling me that i should have fasted this past Ramadan because it is one of the five pillars of Islam and it is also stated to do so in the Quran. The Quran also says that although fasting is more spiritual than physical, we should still sustain from eating ...

The Times October 27, 2006

Storm after cleric calls unveiled women 'meat'

AUSTRALIA’S most senior Muslim cleric was fighting to keep his position yesterday after likening women who did not wear veils to uncovered meat that attracted predators.

Pls click on link to amuse.

http://www.timesonline ...

The above discussion on the Quranic Command/injunction of "Eye for Eye, life for life.."[5:45] is a part (Qisas & Diyat) of the Islamic Legal System.

The other Divinely-ordained injunction of Zina fails to Differentiate between Rape & Adultery, unless the victim of Rape can substantiate her ...

Dear friends,
I hope the info contained herein assists in understanding Islam a bit better. The first section deals with matters of Fasting and second section with the time when Ismailis were zaheris or shariatis and good discussion on Allah's law that ordains Life for life, Eye for an Eye and how ...

I appreciate your indulgence. If I could quote from the ayat posted by Virgo2:

"....Allah desires ease for you, and He does not desire for you difficulty, and (He desires) that you should complete the number and that you should exalt the greatness of Allah for His having guided you and that you ...

Dear Virgo2,
You think the concept of charity in the 7th century Islam was in contempory terms?

And, please the Saudis or Iranians or those that follow their Zahiri/Shariati Islam - as laid out by their scholars, do not need you or any apologists to tell them that they are wrong. What they follow ...

Tuesday, October 17, 2006
EDITORIAL: Muslims must weigh the veil carefully

The British press has quoted Phil Woolas, the Race and Faith minister, as demanding that Aishah Azmi, a Muslim Teaching Assistant, be fired for refusing to remove her veil at work and “in the presence of fellow men workers ...

Nasir1 wrote:Dear sir,

Hope you are doing well. I want to meet any Ismaili scholar to know more about this
faith. Do you any one in Peshawar or other city of Pakistan to have a nice
time with him?
Please reply for this short message.
I am waiting
Many thanks.
Nasir

why not have a nice time here with us.

Those revelations were made in a specific historical context.For e.g. cutting of the hands of thieves. There were too many thefts and it was the only way to stop it. However, 13 years later Omar removed this injunction because the thefts were being committed because of famine.

Or the fact that ...

Dear logical,

Virgo2,

Pls explain the difference between the verse of Fasting in Quran with the following verses of Quran:

-"Allah has okayed Eye for eye, life for life, ear for ear, honour for honour.."
-"Do not take jews, christians for friends.."
-"Cast terror into those who disbelieve ...

Virgo2,

Pls explain the difference between the verse of Fasting in Quran with the following verses of Quran:

-"Allah has okayed Eye for eye, life for life, ear for ear, honour for honour.."
-"Do not take jews, christians for friends.."
-"Cast terror into those who disbelieve. Smite them above ...

“Killing a fellow Muslim accused of apostasy is considered an act of religiosity,” according to the group’s secretary general Munir Pervaiz.

The above is not random act and/or statement. The literalists are following teachings of their dogmatic Islam and glorifiy authenticated hadiths according ...

from logical
Dear ShamsB,
It is the same everytime. Ask them questions and they will put you on hold indefinitely.

If I may:
Your point # 1 re: Karde Hasana also applies to their rejection of the core verse in Quran i.e. " There is no Compulsion in Religion" ; They rejected this verse for the ...

The sad story of Zakat

Exploiting Islam in everyday life is rife but what we have done with the Quranic taxation of Zakat is unforgivable. The clergy obliged first by being literalist and hidebound about the uses to which Zakat could be put. That resulted in the state getting scared and deciding ...

YAM

When we are seeking forgiveness and taking chhantas, is Imam praying for us to Allah for forgiveness of our sins or is Imam actually forgiving us right there and then.

Its interesting because many people have different interpretations but i personally feel nothing can be clearer than the ...

QUOTE: and if ismailis do want to know about some elements of sunni islam then feel free to ask too


Dear Morg,

As-Salaam Alley-Kum,



I have a question for you. There is a very famous hadith of the Prophet in which he says “whosoever dies without knowing the Imam of his time, will have died the ...

1)
The act of “excluding” is unfortunately the trend in all Muslim states basing themselves on sharia. Some communities are excluded as full Muslim citizens with “popular consensus”, as if it were part of the “bonding” the population needs to become a nation.

2) After that, other communities ...

EDITORIAL:How we deny sectarianism and then pay for it
Monday, September 04, 2006

Eleven Pakistani pilgrims to Karbala have been brutally murdered by sectarian thugs in Iraq. The Pakistanis and three Indians, all male, were travelling to holy Shia sites in Iraq on Thursday when they were ...

2 (Two) Reports
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Rozgar program to be launched in Northern Areas. Federal Minister

GILGIT: Government would launch Rozgar Pakistan Program in Northern Areas along with other parts of the country for providing employment opportunities to the unemployed youth. This was stated by ...

Saudi Ismailis protest against 'repression'
AFP

September 6, 2006

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Some 300 members of Saudi Arabia's Ismaili community, an offshoot of the Shiite branch of Islam, rallied in the southern city of Najran Tuesday in protest against "repression" by authorities, one of ...

the wahabi movement is called wahabi after its founder mohammad ibn abdul wahaab. although early they called themselves wahabis, but later on only theyr opponent calls them that. just as people calling each other nasibis and rafidis...

although this movements aims were good according to main ...

by Kmaherali
Briefly...we pray 3 times a day. We do not have an azaan, everyone knows the fixed times of prayer. We have a different form of prayer called Dua. I have not heard the word tarawih. To my knowledge mutah marriages are not performed by Ismailis today.

Taraweeh is extra prayers during ...

Dear Zubair.

I asked you the two questions to understand the sunni sharia or interpretations & significance.
Could you pls answer the questions that was posted on 23 Aug 2006 11:04 am ?

dear Zubair,
Couple of questions for you:

#1)
Zubair wrote:


004.024 Also (prohibited are) women already married, except those whom your right hands possess....

Could you explain the significance for the readers, the meaning of:
"whom your right hands possess"

#2)
Zubair wrote:
According ...

YAM,

Was browsing the net and came across this book (www.mostmerciful.com/understanding-ismailism.pdf).

The writer claims that our religion is fake or wrong or whatever.

Can you please have a look at this and let me know your thoughts.

I was furious to read this book.

Whatever, dude!
Ismailis ...

Pls allow me to expand re:Ushr from the post The sad story of Zakat :



He wanted to carry out ijtihad to increase the rate of Ushr (this could mean imposing a 10 percent levy on irrigated lands) and then replace the planned agricultural tax with it.

But nothing came from his efforts and he was ...

The Aga Khan and Pakistan

By Khwaja Hussain Bux

Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah Aga Khan III was one of those Muslim stalwarts who believed in Islam as a world religion, and who worked ceaselessly for its triumph and glory throughout their lives. In the struggle for independence of the Indo-Pakistan Sub ...

VIEW: The Muslim civil war
- Mai Yamani

Today, ordinary Saudi citizens are glued to Al Jazeera and other Arab satellite TV networks to follow events in Gaza and south Lebanon. They see Arab (not Shiite) blood being shed, with only Hezbollah fighting back. In their eyes, Hezbollah has become a ...