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Imam Zaid Shakir’s appeal to everyone to help the people of the SWAT region.
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New Jersey Muslims stepping up.
Respect to the Brasilian Football Teams!
Diplomatic tensions have sparked recently between Israel and Brazil over none other than a soccer match, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Wednesday.
The Brazilian government decided to extend a gesture to the Palestinian people and hold a friendly game between two of its leading soccer teams – Sao Paulo’s Corinthians and Rio de Janeiro’s Flamingo – in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
With famed player Ronaldo as the Corinthians’ striker and Falmingo being one of the world’s top soccer teams, many Israelis would undoubtedly love to attend the game, but the Brazilians have made it clear that they are not interested in playing in Israel – only in the Palestinian Authority.
Giora Bachar, the Israeli ambassador to Brasilia inquired about the reports in the local media with the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, which confirmed them.
Bachar filed an official protest with the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, but his report to Jerusalem did indicate that the initiative has yet to find a sponsor.
“I intend to make the Brazilians understand that if a similar game is not held in Israel, we will see it as an act of ostracism,” he said. “It would be better off if they held two games, or better still – a joint game for the Israelis and Palestinians.”
It is an extraordinary and momentous event to call you president. Your father was of the Luo clan and, as you know, it would be difficult for a Luo to be elected president in Kenya. In our country, while tribe is not an issue, color often is, but you have succeeded in overcoming both clan and complexion, and in doing so inspired millions of people around the world.
I laughed at the praying and the elevator. Everything else was weird.
أعلن الشيخ مشاري راشد العفاسي اعتذاره عن إمامة المصلين في مسجد الدولة الكبير لهذا العام خلال رمضان المبارك، وذلك نظرا لارتباطه بإمامة المصلين بإذن الله في صلاة التراويح والقيام في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية في ولاية كاليفورنيا بمسجد المركز الإسلامي في «ارفاين» الذي زاره في عام 2007 كوفد وممثل عن دولة الكويت.
وكان الشيخ العفاسي قد أم المصلين في المسجد الكبير خلال العشر الأواخر من رمضان المبارك لمدة 10 سنوات متتالية منذ عام 1420 إلى 1429 هجرية.
وأقام الشيخ العفاسي خلال زيارته لتلك المساجد محاضرات ولقاءات دينية، كما زار استوديوهات كثيرة في هوليود متخصصة في التصوير المرئي والإخراج كما أكتسب الشيخ العفاسي خبرة جيدة في مجال الأعمال التلفزيونية، وتلقى الشيخ مشاري العفاسي خلال زيارته للولايات المتحدة الأمريكية في ذلك الوقت دعوة للقراءة في الكونجرس الأمريكي.
Rough Translation:
Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy announced his apology in that he’ll be unable to lead salat-tu-taraweeh this year at the grand state mosque (in Kuwait). Instead, due to a commitment he made Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy will be leading salat-tu-taraweeh and qiyam at the Islamic center in Irvine, California, U.S.A., which he visited in 2007 as part of an acting delegation on behalf of Kuwait.
Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy had lead salat-tu-taraweeh at the grand state mosque for the last 10 nights of Ramadan for the past 10 consecutive years (1999-2008).
During his 2007 trip, Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy gave lectures and attended religious meetings. Likewise he visited many studies in Hollywood that specialized in visual photography and output. Also, he gained excellent experience in the field of television. Lastly, during his trip, he received an invitation to recite at the U.S. Congress.
The Pakistani government are trying to use “Sufis” to help combat the extremism they are facing. I wonder what type of “Sufis” are part of this advisory council.
Islamabad is set to combat the ongoing insurgency by spreading sufi thoughts and teachings across the violence-wracked country.
Government sources on Sunday announced setting up of a seven-member ‘Sufi Advisory Council’ (SAC) with an aim to combating extremism and fanaticism by spreading sufism in the country, Dawn News reported.
The SAC chairman and some of its members are said to be holding their first meeting at the ministry of religious affairs in Islamabad on Tuesday June 9.
The council will also invite what it calls progressive intellectuals in an effort to promote the flourishing of sufism.
It is not clear whether SAC will play a parallel role in the presence of Council of Islamic Ideology which is a constitutional body.
The decision comes as Islamabad and other major cities across Pakistan have been braced for suicide attacks since the army launched an offensive against the insurgents in the troubled northwestern Swat valley and its adjoining districts in early May.
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May Allah preserve Sh. Yasir!
