Thirsty Anyone?

I guess we never really appreciate anything we have in this world until we no longer have it. Like water, we walk into our kitchen or bathroom or go to a sink and there the water flows freely. We look in our fridge and there is a pitcher full of water, and of course somewhere in the house there’s a stash of water bottles. We take something like water for granted, and this is myself included; it is my parents who remind me constantly after I take like an hour long shower about how I am wasting water, how it is israaf and how there are people in the world who don’t even have a sip of water to drink. Or when they tell me to go drink water, because I really don’t ever drink water, that I should be thankful how I have not a only a sip of water but loads of water right there in front of me, I don’t even have to work for the water that is given to me except for moving a couple of steps and that is it. In the short clip below you’ll see how we are so lucky and how it huts to see kids outside of our community and what they go through.

Eid Mubarak

 

Eid Mubarak everyone.

I hope you all have a great Eid,inshaAllah, enjoy the day

-radf♥

Muslims, Jews Hold Peace Meeting in D.C.

12-21-06 11:56

Meeting To Counter Tension In Middle East

WASHINGTON — In Washington, a group of Muslims and Jews came together on Wednesday at the Holocaust Museum to try to ignite the flame of peace.

An imam who delayed his hajj to mecca, three holocaust survivors and the director of the Holocaust Museum — Muslims and Jews who stood together in a hall of remembrance at the museum at a time when relations between their respective religions are strained by tensions in the Middle East and the Iranian president’s open denial that the holocaust ever occurred.

“To condemn this outrage in Iran — and let us be clear — what is going on there is not about history, it is about hate,” said Sara Bloomfield, director of the Holocaust Museum.

They toured the museum and lit candles in remembrance of those who died — victims of genocide — to condemn more recent sentiments that, some said if left unchecked, could see history repeating itself.

“Hate is not only about hating Jews, which is anti-Semitism, but extends today, unfortunately, all over the globe. So, Islamophobia, hatred of Islam, also becomes a great threat to all of us as a world civilization,” said Dr. Akbar Ahmad of American University.

Holocaust survivor Johanna Neumann recalls a little known period of history. She said she was a little girl in Europe, her family fleeing Nazi tyranny, when they were sheltered and protected by Muslims.

“We were always included. We were invited to the Mosque to go with them and doing Ramadan. At the end of the fast period, they sent us food. They sent us gifts, and we were a part of their lives,” said Neumann.

“We are here as humans to commit ourselves to work together for a peaceful world,” said Imam Mohamed Magid of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society.

Meanwhile, officials said what seemed such an easy meeting at a hallowed place in the nations capitol, appears nearly impossible on a world stage.

Those who attended the meeting Wednesday said they found it perfectly fitting that it should happen at the Holocaust Museum. ”

Source: ISNA

♥thanks♥

I guess you never really realize how thankful you have to be for each and every little thing until you are truly tested. Well December 15th, 2006 I was tested and everyone at ICLI witnessed it and helped me out through each step. It was around the first two rakah’s of Isha salah and I just couldn’t breathe and then I juss passed out, AllahuAlam what the reason was because the doctors didn’t even figure out why; which says quite a lot doesn’t it? Hamdulillah I am fine now , just a little shaky and weak; but the memories will forever be with me and the experience has changed me. I always knew I didn’t have any control over my body but then last night I had absolutely NO control and believe me that is possibly one of the most scariest feelings in the world. I couldn’t open my eyes, I can’t even remember what exactly happened for the moments that I was knocked out, and then when I finally opened my eyes I could barely hear and the worst was not being able to speak. The little things in life that we think of it as something that we all juss have; for example like our 5 senses, thinking that everyone has them but not taking into consideration those don’t. Afterwards I realized how lucky I am, how lucky I am for being ale to speak, having the ability to hear, smell, feel, and juss knowing how to respond.

As soon as the jamah was over, actually a bit before that, the masjid was full of cops, and then soon after the ambulance. the whole masjid came to see what was going on, out of curiosity, as well as to help. It made me fall in love with my Muslim community so much more, everyone in the Masjid was so helpful. I’ve been in other emergencies but this one everyone was there for you and I saw how they all put aside there differences and worked together to help out someone in need. Thank You to everyone who was there and helped me out.

It was definitely in the hospital when I began to think about everything, I mean everything. Looking at my surroundings and what was going on around me, seeing people who were in conditions a million times worst than me; everything began flowing through my head. I couldn’t help but to think what would happen if I died. Would I be prepared to leave this world? What if there was someone that is angry or upset with me and if they had not forgiven me? What if I owed someone money or something, what if I borrowed something from someone? I couldn’t help but to think what would happen, all of these things were flowing through my head. I wouldn’t be able to be at my high school graduation, I wouldn’t witness my older brothers gradation form college, i wouldn’t be bale to witness either one of my little brothers’ graduation from high school, not even from middle school; I wouldn’t be able to witness anything at all, NOTHING. I would simply be gone from this world and leave everything behind. I wouldn’t be able to take my new laptop the my grave, or my cell phone, I wouldn’t be bale to visit my friends or my parents or brothers, that’s it, it would all be over. Have you ever stopped for a moment and thought about death? I guess I may have at moments, but no to the depth or extent of this much. I never realized how much I have, how much I should be thankful for. And ironically through out the whole time I had Zain Bhikha’s song, Give Thanks stuck in my head.

Events like this make you realize who is really there for you when you really need them the most, who truly cares about you. And then you realize who are those who are fake and are juss there in your life.

It also made me realize the greatness of a mother. The look on my mother’s face made me feel even worst, because even though I was the one who was in pain, she was teh one who was feling even more pain because of me. I love my mother so much and I would never be able to go on without her if she was not there. You see why respect and love for mother’s is so important in Islam in both the Quraan and in Hadiths. Like teh Hadith,“A man came to the Prophet and said, ‘O Messenger of God! Who among the people is the most worthy of my good companionship? The Prophet said: Your mother. The man said, ‘Then who?’ The Prophet said: Then your mother. The man further asked, ‘Then who?’ The Prophet said: Then your mother. The man asked again, ‘Then who?’ The Prophet said: Then your father. (Bukhari, Muslim).”

♥Thank you to all of my friends who have left me the millions of voice mails and all of the messages, I can’t even say how much I appreciate it all and how much I love you all and it definitely helped me get through it all, Jazakallah khairun for all of the help and I will keep you all in my du’as always and please keep me in your du’as. Again thank you all!!!!!!

Help for Today, Hope for Tomorow

I may not like/agree with many things that Northport High school does but this is one of the greatest :

Cute and Cuddly

Well this world lacks acceptance and sympathy. I hate being upset so todays post is a bit lighter then my usual heavy load of ramblings. Enjoy!

Invidious

Well lately I have been in a very good mood hamdulillah. But of course life enjoys punching us in the face every so often which may kind of mess things up at times. Ever since I read that article (previous post) it got me so sad that ignorance is spreading all over the place. Is ignorance like the new air that everyone is breathing in and taking on? It makes me so sad in school when I see the most intelligent of kids that make such radical..outrageous..ignorant..and sometimes just plain stupid remarks. These kids could be so much better if they just opened up their minds a little and let in some other information, could you imagine a world in which everyone understood each other and accepted each other?

For us in New York, just look at the rallies that have been taking place in these past days because of the police shooting and killing of 23 year old Sean Bell. I applaud all of those people who are speaking up against the shooting and I’m glad that they’re not stopping until they are content. It shows the power of unification, the power of going after what you believe in, the power of going after just justice. If your are one of those people who believe the police are justified and that the people are rallying for nothing well then put yourself in the shoes of the family members, put yourself in the shoes of the friends, put yourself in the shoes of the soon to be spouse of Sean Bell. Can you imagine what you are going through? If you say yes then that is just a lie, because it is pretty much impossible to know what any feeling, physically,mentally or emotionally that someone else is feeling unless if you are actually experiencing it.

Yesterday in an IB meeting, the coordinator (Storch!) brought up the topic of kids in the world suffering. I probably brought this up before but this I will always bring up because the biggest concern of mine above all, are the children of the world. The fact of how people sell there children off to do do Allahu Alaa(God knows what), the fact that the people sell there children so they can get food, and the fact that people have the nerve to steal children so they can get money or so they can get what they want is so disgusting! He was mentioning how we have to get involved and how we should get involved in something that will impact the world. What’s sad is how people sit on there butts and nod and say ‘Oh that’s so sad’ instead of getting up and actually doing something about it. I love how the United Nations has this list of a million things that they say will get done but who are they trying to fool? If anything they should start by improving the problems that the many children of the world are facing. Go to China and see how children are being killed or how they are being left stranded. Go to Darfur and, well just look at a couple of the pictures of kids in Darfur and see what they are gong through. Go to Palestine and see how the kids are over loaded with fear. Go to Iraq/Lebanon and see how the children don’t feel safe anymore. Go to Kashmire and see how the children are livign in the tents without any parents, or how some of them are supposedly being ‘adopted’ when in fact htey are beign forced to do work and having the worst life styles ever. Go to anywhere and there are children with problems, more problems than you can ever imagine.

Well that was a load of who knows what but I just had to get that off my chest. I’ll probably ramble again tomorrow about how my teacher today said that Islamic countries lack science…? Yes well that will be another time because I have to finish homework. Please keep me in your du’aas, and du’aa that I get accepted to SUNY Stony brook because i really really really want to get accepted there inshaAllah.

Some News:

Afghanistan: apparently this country is a long road away from happiness

For those who suffer from obsession with sports and love the Yankees like me here’s an article

“Radio Hoax Exposes Anti-Muslim Sentiment in U.S.”

Well I guess Facebook isn’t all bad… Anyway so I found this article on Facebook, you should read it:

Radio Hoax Exposes Anti-Muslim Sentiment in U.S.

By Bernd Debusmann, Reuters

WASHINGTON (Dec. 1) — When radio host Jerry Klein suggested that all Muslims in the United States should be identified with a crescent-shape tattoo or a distinctive arm band, the phone lines jammed instantly.

The first caller to the station in Washington said that Klein must be “off his rocker.” The second congratulated him and added: “Not only do you tattoo them in the middle of their forehead but you ship them out of this country … they are here to kill us.”

Another said that tattoos, armbands and other identifying markers such as crescent marks on driver’s licenses, passports and birth certificates did not go far enough. “What good is identifying them?” he asked. “You have to set up encampments like during World War Two with the Japanese and Germans.”

At the end of the one-hour show, rich with arguments on why visual identification of “the threat in our midst” would alleviate the public’s fears, Klein revealed that he had staged a hoax. It drew out reactions that are not uncommon in post-9/11 America.

I can’t believe any of you are sick enough to have agreed for one second with anything I said,” he told his audience on the AM station 630 WMAL, which covers Washington, Northern Virginia and Maryland.

“For me to suggest to tattoo marks on people’s bodies, have them wear armbands, put a crescent moon on their driver’s license on their passport or birth certificate is disgusting. It’s beyond disgusting.

“Because basically what you just did was show me how the German people allowed what happened to the Jews to happen … We need to separate them, we need to tattoo their arms, we need to make them wear the yellow Star of David, we need to put them in concentration camps, we basically just need to kill them all because they are dangerous.”

The show aired on November 26, the Sunday after the Thanksgiving holiday, and Klein said in an interview afterwards he had been surprised by the response.

“The switchboard went from empty to totally jammed within minutes,” said Klein. “There were plenty of callers angry with me, but there were plenty who agreed.”

Those in agreement are not a fringe minority.
A Gallup poll this summer of more than 1,000 Americans showed that 39 percent were in favor of requiring Muslims in the United States, including American citizens, to carry special identification.

Roughly a quarter of those polled said they would not want to live next door to a Muslim and a third thought that Muslims in the United States sympathized with al Qaeda, the extremist group behind the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.

A poll carried out by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an advocacy group, found that for one in three Americans, the word Islam triggers negative connotations such as “war,” “hatred” and “terrorist.” The war in Iraq has contributed to such perceptions.

Klein’s show followed a week of heated discussions on talk radio, including his own, and online forums over an incident on November 22 involving six Muslim clerics. They were handcuffed and taken off a US Airways flight after passengers reported “suspicious behavior” that included praying in the departure gate area.

The clerics, on their way to a meeting of the North American Imams Federation, were detained in a holding cell, questioned by police and FBI agents, and released. Muslim community leaders saw the incident as yet more evidence of anti-Muslim prejudice. “

So what do you think?

Taqwa

I’ve been so busy with basically everythign and anything. This is a pretty old but oh well I still like this nasheed. I’ve also been kinda sad about Yusuf Islam going to Nasheeds with music but yeah can’t really do anything about it.