The TSR Islamic Society

SURE U can and Abbassi probably add u to the list ltr on

yes...especially Fajr!!...I cannot seem to manage at all at the mo...Im just so tired these days....but Im trying my best and so inshallah I will.

Good Luck in your exams btw

Saddam is an enemy of the Muslim world, no denying that, but going around and publishing pictures of him half naked is an insult to the Iraqi people and the Muslim world as a whole! These photos are no less shocking and in fact are just as horrible as the appauling Abu Ghraib photos that came out last year! And this sort of thing is doing nothing to help the Occupation of Iraq and win the 'hearts and minds' of the people.

So, what are everyone's favourite books on Islam?

I personally like Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar)

Hello abbasi

my favourite book on Islam is "Leaving Islam" by Ibn Warraq (have a look at http://www.secularislam.org/testimonies/ ) it is a fascinating description by apostates of various ethnic and social origin on the problems they had in living within Islam and why they finally decided to leave. I would recommend reading it, so as to balance out the considerable amount of religious propaganda to which Muslims are exposed.

In what respect is it insulting to the muslim world? It's not like he represents Muslims. Or the iraqi people in fact? I hear they weren't so fond of him.

salaamz

how do u join?

Hello there mkenani,

Welcome to the TSR Islamic Society!

I fully agree with what you said with regards to God, as I’m sure every other member of the society will agree. We worship and glorify the same one God, but as you said we call God by different names: Father, Yahweh, Allah and so forth. Of course there are fundamental differences in some aspects of creed and belief, but the concept of God being a single entity is celebrated in nearly all the world religions.

With regards Jihad, commonly mistranslated as “Holy War” there are two types of ‘Jihad’ – which is from the Arabic root jahada which means to struggle or to make an effort (to do something). The two types are the lesser Jihad and the greater Jihad. The lesser being in a fighting sense and the greater Jihad being the Jihad to better one’s charcter, morals and manners. There is a report from the time of the Prophet Muhammad(pbuh) in which he was reported to have said “Jihad an Nafs, Jihad al Akbar!” , that the lesser Jihad (Jihad of the Nafs meaning struggling or making an effort to perfect a persons character, desires, thoughts, behaviour etc) is the greatest Jihad! It is the lesser Jihad, or the Jihad in a military sense which is often misunderstood and gets a lot of coverage, albeit very negative!!
A scholar by the name of Sami Al-Majid wrote an article on military Jihad, Let There Be No Compulsion in Religion with the aim of clarifying some misconceptions about Jihad, which I highly recommend you read!

Islamic teachings about women and womens rights are often debated, criticised and attacked! This is such a vast topic, and with the very little that I know, I doubt that I’ll be able to provide you with full answers, for which reason I’d like to again, if you don’t mind, refer you to another site, http://thetruereligion.org/modules/wfsection/ where there are some very good articles on this topic.

I hope you visit the sites and find them helpful. If you or anyone else for that matter have any questions whatsoever, please don’t hesitate to ask, as I’m sure everyone at the society will try to, God-willing, answer your questions.

Take care!

Abbasi

People regard the hizb -ut-tahrir as a racial, terrorist group who want the world to be fully dominated by Islam, I don't fully understand what is meant by this, and would like to know more on this issue. Can anyone help??????????