جدید دور میں ثقافتی ورثے کی حفاظت اور دیکھ ریکھ کا حق آفاقی اور ناگزیر سمجھا جاتا ہے۔ لیکن بدقسمتی سے  کچھ تیرہ دست قوتیں جو میرے مذہب اسلام میں یقین رکھنے کا دعوٰ ی کرتی ہیں در اصل ثقا فتی ورثے کی دشمن ہیں۔سعودی، وہابی سلفی مکتب اسلام میں تربیت یافتہ افغا نستان کے طالبان اور افریقہ کے بوکو حرام نے افریقہ کے کچھ حصوں میں بیش قیمت اسلامی ورثے اور افغا نستان میں بودھ وراثت کو تباہ کردیا ہے۔  مغربی افریقہ کے موجودہ  جمہوریہ مالی کا داستانوی شہر ٹمبکٹو جوصحرا کا زیور کہلا تا ہے، 333 صوفیوں  کئ وجہ سے مشہور تھا۔  میں یہاں موجود باخبر سامعین کے سامنے اس شہر کی تباہی کی داستان دہرانے کی ضرورت نہیں سمجھتا جو انہی تیرہ دست طاقتوں کے ہاتھوں ہوئی ہے جنہوں نے بامیان بدھا کو منہدم کیا، اگرچہ یہ لوگ دنیا کے مختلف خطوں میں مختلف نا موں سے جا نے جاتے ہیں۔

گزشتہ سال، جب دلائی لامہ نے کہا کہ میانمار میں مسلم مخالف فسادات بامیان بدھ کے انہدام  کا ردعمل میں ہیں تو مسلمانوں نے ان کے بیان کو بدھ فسادات کے دفاع کے لئے ان کے عذر کے طور پر لیا ۔ لیکن جب  ہم  بابری مسجد کی شہادت کے بعد کے اثرات پر غور کرتے ہیں تو ہم یہ محسوس  کر سکتے ہیں کہ وہ غلط نہیں تھے ۔ مسلمان بابری مسجد کے انہدام کے درد اور صدمے کو اس کے انہدام کے 20 سال کے بعد بھی نہیں بھول پائے، یا گجرات فسادات کو ، اس کے دس سال کے بعد بھی۔ ہم کس طرح بدھ مت کے پیروکاروں سے، ان کے مذہبی پیشوا کی مورتی کے انہدام کے  درد کو بھولنے کی توقع کر سکتے ہیں،  جو ان کے لئے نبی کی طرح تھا  ؟

The Muslim majority nations for centuries or for decades know no other law than Sharia, at least the last three generations grew up knowing only one thing; Sharia Law, and many of them do not even have an idea of another law. As Americans we know the civil laws, we seldom know about the existence of any other laws, only the Jews and Muslim are aware of the other laws, while Sikhs, Hindus and others fall upon their traditions to resolve their personal conflicts....

It all comes back to that most infantile cliché of all: that the US and Israel fear Assad's chemical weapons "falling into the wrong hands". They are frightened, in other words, that these chemicals might end up in the armoury of the very same rebels, especially the Islamists that Washington, London, Paris, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are supporting. And if these are the "wrong hands", then presumably the weapons in Assad's armoury are in the "right hands"....

God’s ways are mysterious, far beyond our limited human comprehension, Tina explained. Everything that happens—including her mother’s gruesome death—has a reason behind it, and, ultimately, all things happen for the best, she continued. Nothing—not even a leaf falling from a tree—happens but in accordance with God’s will. Suffering is a means that God uses to bring people back from heedlessness, and it, too, is part of God’s plan for us....

The West has a terrible view of Arabs and Muslims, but I think it is mostly our fault. We have such different notions about communications, and even when we try to overcome those notions, instead of evolving our own home-grown media communications industry, we turn over our needs to Western consultants, Western journalism schools, and Western “media experts.”....

I witnessed thugs smashing car windows and chasing citizens back into their homes even after news broke of the tragedy. The Islamists did not allow anyone on the streets until hours after the building had collapsed and only when rescue vehicles forced their way to the site. By any standards, the relief and rescue operation by the government and volunteers was impressive. At the historic Shahbag square, home to Bangladesh’s young liberal activists, people lined up to donate blood in unprecedented numbers....

Mohammad, on receiving intelligence of the advancing force of the Quraish, set out from Medina to check the advance of the Meccan force, and encountered it at Badr, three days' journey from Medina. The Meccan army had advanced nine days' journey from Mecca towards Medina. The forces met at Badr on the 17th of Ramzan (13th January 623), the Meccans had left Mecca on the 8th of Ramzan (4th January), and Mohammad started only on the 12th of Ramzan (8th January), about four days after the Meccan army had actually set out to attack him....

Many wonder how have the radical Wahhabi ideologues been able to create an army of suicide bombers in their war against the world to create a global Wahhabi Khilafat. The traditional wisdom is that it is the lure of the hoor in the hereafter that leads young men to find a way of leaving this world in a hurry. This is no doubt true. You just have to read the writings of Maulana Masood Azhar, the terrorist who was freed from an Indian jail in exchange for passengers on the hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814 (IC814) and went on to found Jaish-e-Mohammad, the most successful in creating suicide bombers. He describes what goes through the minds of these young men who are on the way to their suicide mission – fantasies of sex with young virgin hooris in Heaven where they will soon be as they have been told by the likes of Maulana Masood Azhar or Hafiz Saeed of Lashkar-eTayyeba.

But there is more to it than the lure of hoor. One important influence is exerted by incredible stories of miraculous help from God that is awaiting them at every step in this so-called Jihad. In the following write-up Osama Bin Laden’s mentor, Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, recounts concocted stories of the Karamaat (miracles) of the Auliya in the so-called Jihad of Afghanistan to motivate young men in this and other theatres of war. These stories are interspersed with the stories of miracles from the time of the Prophet. The irony of the matter is that the main criticism of Wahhabi ideologues against the mainstream Muslims, many of whom revere Sufi saints is that they recount so many stories of miracles performed by Sufi masters. But I suppose Wahhabi ideologues believe that everything is fair in war, including contravening the Wahhabi ideology itself in order to win a war for the establishment of a Wahhabi caliphate in the world.  – Sultan Shahin, Editor, New Age Islam

As soon as Obama’s victory was announced, a wave of jubilation ran across Arab and Islamic countries over the victory of the son of an African born Muslim father in the American elections and slogans of Takbeer (Allahu Akbar) were raised. But all the Arab-Islamic euphoria died down when just two days after assuming office, Obama appointed Rahm Emanuel who was associated with Democratic Party and was a former Israeli citizen as White House Chief of Staff. His father was an active member of an extremist Jewish organisation....

To ensure victory in the elections, one of the political beneficiaries of the unconditional support of the  Taliban in Pakistan, Pakistan Muslim League-N has succeeded in roping in the former extremists and communal forces who can not only help in the increase of their seats in Parliament but also provide armed support on some sensitive election centres on May 11. ....

سب سے بہترین مثال حضرت  ابو بکر (رضی  اللہ عنہ) کی ہے۔ جب  وہ خلیفہ بنے تو اگلے دن عمر نے ان کو کام پر جاتے ہوئے  دیکھا۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ: اے ابو بکر،"تم کہاں جا رہے ہو " انہوں نے کہا کہ "مجھے  کام کرنا ہے" عمر نے کہا کہ آپ مسلمانوں کے خلیفہ ہیں " ۔ آپ کام کرنے کے لئے کس طرح جا رہے ہیں؟ آپ مصروف ہونے جا رہے ہیں۔ انہوں نے کہا "مجھے  ایک ذریعہ معاش کی ضرورت ہے  ۔

Air hostesses banned from wearing red, pink lipstick by Turkish Airlines

Jordanian Kills Sister to ‘Cleanse Family Honour’

In Bangladesh 13-Year-Old Girl ‘Sold To Circus Party’ a Year Ago Rescued

Breaking the Silence: Alternative Means Of Reporting Rape In Pakistan

As Gender Equity Rises, More Ugandan Women Divorce

Conference on 'Fatima al Zahra, Leader of the Women of the Worlds'

Afghan Women Rock Out At Ladies-Only Concert

Pakistani Women Hit the Campaign Trail to Ensure Their Voice Is Heard

Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury Elected Speaker of Bangladesh's Parliament

Women Win Major Victory in Jerusalem Court

Hiring Of Filipino Maids in Saudi Kingdom Streamlined

Hijab Fashion Contest Wraps Up In Chicago    

Indian-origin Asha Patel gets the 'best job in world'

Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau

Pakistan

Eight detained Ahmadis now under arrest in Lahore

North America

Female DNA on bomb puts Tamerlan's wife under lens

Barack Obama acknowledges rising hate crimes against Muslim, Hindu, Sikh in American society

Southeast Asia

Seventy-Two Percent of Indonesian Muslims Favour Shariah Law

South Asia

Civil servants of Maldives march for International Labour Day

Roadside explosion kills 3 British soldiers, 9 Afghans

India

J&K cops find Hizb posters warning women on dress code

Release Sarabjit or send him to third country for treatment: India to Pakistan

Amnesty allows former Kashmir militants to come home

Arab World

At least 15 killed in Iraq bomb blasts, warnings of a full-blown sectarian conflict

Europe

Kazakh Prez says nothing critical likely to happen after NATO exit

Africa

French forces arrest jihadist convert in Mali: Army

Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau

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اسلام ایک فرد اور معاشرے کے درمیان توازن برقرار رکھنے کی  کوشش کرتا ہے۔ یہ ہر شخص کی آزادی میں یقین کرتا ہے، اور خدا کے سامنے ذاتی طور پر ذمہ دار اور جوابدہ ٹھہراتا ہے۔ ہم نے قرآن میں اس کی طرف اشارہ کرتی ہوئی آیتیں پائیں۔

اسلام کا مقصد انفرادی آزادی کو فروغ دینا ہے، جو معاشرے میں ہم آہنگی اور کمیونٹی میں بہتری لانے کی سمت میں تیزی کرتا ہے ۔ اسلام ایک ایسے اقتصادی اور سیاسی نظام کو منظور نہیں کرتا جو ، جو کہ کمیونٹی کے فائدے کے لیے انفرادی شناخت پر دباؤ بنائے ، جیسا کہ  کمیونسٹ سماجی نظام میں ہوتا ہے۔