#mosque sermon

[secular-jew]

DAILY CALIPHATE HEADLINES:

Kansas City, Missouri Friday Sermons By Rockhurst University Professor Dr. Mohamed Kohia:

• October 7 Was 'A Miracle', 'A Drill For What Will Come Next';

•'Oh Allah, Annihilate The Crusaders';

Rockhurst University President: Kohia Retired This Year

[ipeker1952]

Cami imamı, cuma hutbesinde Atatürke dua etmeli mi?

Bu çok hassas bir konu. Bir çok Atatürk dostu cuma hutbelerinde Atatürke dua edilmesini istiyorlar, özelliklede 18 Mart Çanakkele zaferi , 30 Ağustos zafer Bayramı ve 29 Ekim Cumhuriyet Bayramına yakın gelen cuma günleri. İmamların bir çoğu anladığım kadarıyla Atatürk devrimlerine pek sıcak bakmıyorlar, yada öyle algılanıyor. Bir konuyu tartışmak için aşağıdaki konularda mutabık kalmalıyız.

1.Atatürk Dünyadaki bağımsızlık savaşlarına öncülük etmiş büyük bir askerdir.

2.Atatürk dinle toplumların yönetilmesine karşıdır ve bunun için ülkeye laikliği, yani dinin devletten ayrılmasını sağlamıştır.

3.Atatürkün inancını bilmiyoruz ama bir çok kaynaktan okuduklarıma göre, laik, bu kesin, özel olarakta muhtemelen Deist veya ataeist. Böyle biri için imam dua etmeli mi? Eskiden, Cuma hutbesinde bir kişinin isminin okunması o kişinin yönetiminin oralarda tanındığı anlamına gelirdi. Yönetime gelen hükümdarlar adlarına hutbe okutur ve sikke yani para bastırırlardı, bu İslami bir gelenektir. Atilla, Cengiz Han, Timur da Moğol veya Türk kökenliydiler, imamlar bunlar hakkında dua ederler mi? İnancı olmayan biri için dua edilir mi? Newton, Einstein veya Edison için dua edilir mi? İskender, Sezar veya Napoluon için papazlar dua eder mi?

Sonuç: Dini ve duayı Atatürke kadar uzatmaya gerek yok, o zaman anıtkabirden başlayıp, Atatürk heykellerini hatta laikliğe kadar sorgulamak gerekir. Elmayla armudu karıştırmıyalım, Atatürke , dua ile değil, saygı duruşu ile selamlıyalım.

Should the mosque imam pray to Atatürk in his Friday sermon?

This is a very sensitive issue. Many friends of Ataturk want prayers to be offered for Ataturk during Friday sermons, especially on Fridays close to the March 18th, the victory of the Turkish Republic, August 30th and October 29th, the Republic Day. I understand that most Imams are not very sympathetic to Ataturk's revolutions, or so it is perceived. In order to discuss an issue, we must agree on the following points.

1.Atatürk was a great soldier who led the wars of independence in the world.

2.Ataturk was against religion ruling societies and that is why he introduced secularism in the country, i.e. the separation of religion from the state.

3.We don't know Ataturk's faith, but according to what I have read from many sources, he is secular, that's for sure, in private probably Deist or atheist. Should the imam pray for such a person? In the old days, when a person's name was read in the Friday sermon, it meant that his rule was recognized there. Rulers who came to power used to have a khutba read in their name and coins minted in their name, this is an Islamic tradition. Attila, Genghis Khan, Timur were also of Mongolian or Turkish origin, do imams pray for them? Do they pray for someone who has no faith? Do they pray for Newton, Einstein or Edison? Do priests pray for Alexander, Caesar or Napoleon?

Conclusion: There is no need to extend religion and prayer to Ataturk, then it is necessary to question the statues of Ataturk and even secularism, starting from the Mausoleum. Let's not mix apples and oranges, let's greet Atatürk with a moment of silence, not prayer.

[dai-ilallah]

[PDF] Jumuah Khutbahs for Imam

[tamamita]

why do shias not like abu bakr?

Usurped the caliphate from Imam Ali. (a) (see incident at Saqifah)

Refused to give Lady Fatimah (sa) her inheritance, which invoked her anger; the Prophet (sawas) said that anyone who angers his daughter, he invokes his anger and God's curse is upon those who angers the Prophet. (See: Sermon of Fadak)

During the first fitnah, Abu Bakr sent Khalid ibn Walid (la) to kill Malik ibn Nuwaiyrah, a loyal companion of the Prophet (sawas) and Ali (a), after he refused to pay the Zakat (almsgiving) as he did not recogize the rule of Abu Bakr. Khalid (la) killed Malik and subsequently r*ped his wife and took her as his bride. Instead of facing punishment, he was forgiven because "he was an important asset to the cause of Islam". (see Malik ibn Nuwaiyrah)

Sent Umar and various companions to force Ali (a) and Fatimah (sa) to swear their allegience to Abu Bakr. Threatened to burn the house down if they did not come out. As Umar and his minions attempted to barge into their home in the Prophet's mosque, the door was forced open and hit the womb of the Prophet's daughter (sa), leading to her miscarriage. She succumbed to her injuries six months later. (See: Attack of Fatimah's house)

Fatimah (sa) was buried in secrecy as she did not want Abu Bakr to know of it and attend her funeral prayer, hence why her grave is nowhere to be found even till this day.

[muhtesemz]

Scenes from today's Eid Al-Fiter prayer and sermon at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem.

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[1americanconservative]

Imama Mahjoub Mahjoubi gave a sermon at his local mosque in Bagnols-sur-Ceze near Avignon. He made a reference to the French Tricolore as "satanic".

Then 15 plain clothes policemen turned up at his home, transported him to Paris & then put him on the first plane to Tunisia, his birthplace. All within 8 hours.

He had lived in France for 40 years, since the age of 12. He never applied for a French nationality.

A last-ditch appeal from a lefty lawyer failed. https://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13146809/imam-French-flag-satanic-arrested-deported-Tunisia-Britain.html

[fluffy-appa]

FRIDAY REMINDER

‣ Recite Surah al Kahf

‣ Send blessings upon the beloved Prophet ﷺ

‣ Perform Ghusl.

‣ Dress well and apply perfume.

‣ Proceed to the mosque early.

‣ Sit closer to the Imam. Listen attentively to the Friday sermon.

‣ Make du'a in the last hour (i.e., after Asr).

[nevzatboyraz44]

Tarih 1919. #Kahramanmaraş işgal altında.

Fransız General Guvernörs Andre işgali kutlamak için bir akşam Maraş'ta bir balo düzenler ve Ermeni kızını dansa davet eder.

Fakat Ermeni kızı:

-"Kaledeki TÜRK Bayrağı inmedikçe sizinle dans edemem" deyip teklifi geri çevirir.

Bunun üzerine General askerlerine:

-"Kaledeki o bez parçasını indirin" diye alçakça bir emir verir.

Ertesi gün yani Cuma günü Maraşlılar kaledeki

- TÜRK Bayrağının indirilip yerine Fransız bayrağı dikildiğini görürler.

Halk üzgün ve çaresizdir.

Derken Cuma ezanı okunur ve halk ulu camide toplanır.

Sinirler gergin, herkesin morali bozuktur.

Caminin İmamı Rıdvan Hoca, Cuma Hutbesi için minbere çıkar ve cemaatin şaşkın bakışları arasında;

- -- TÜRK Bayrağını🇹🇷 eline alıp şöyle der:

-"Ey Cemaat, minbere Cuma Hutbesi için çıkmadım bilesiniz.

Cuma namazı hür insanlar için farzdır.

Kalesinde kendi bayrağı dalgalanmayan bir memlekette Cuma Namazı kılınmaz.

Önce bayrağımızı yeniden dalgalandıralım sonra namazımızı kılalım" der.

Bir anda camide tekbir sesleri yükselir.

Halk bu duygu ve cesaretle kaleye hücum eder.

Fransız askerleri korkudan ne yapacağını şaşırır, bayrağımız tekbir sesleriyle yeniden göndere çekilir.

Halk o gün Cuma Namazını kalenin burcunda kılar.

Tamamen gerçek ve tarihimizde benzeri olmayan bu olay sayesinde halkın milli bilinci uyanmış;

... "Silah gücüyle inen bayrağımız 🇹🇷, iman gücüyle yeniden dalgalandırılmıştır."🇹🇷

Allah Rahmet Eylesin mekanı cennet olsun 🇹🇷

.....

The date is 1919.

#Kahramanmaraş is under occupation.

French General Governor Andre organizes a ball in Maraş one evening to celebrate the occupation and invites the Armenian girl to dance.

But the Armenian girl said:

"I cannot dance with you unless the Turkish flag in the castle comes down" and turned down the offer.

Thereupon, the General gives a vile order to his soldiers:

-"Take down that piece of cloth from the castle."

The next day, Friday, the people of Maraş see that the Turkish flag in the castle has been taken down and the French flag has been erected in its place.

The people are sad and helpless.

Then the Friday call to prayer is recited and the people gather in the grand mosque.

Nerves are tense, everyone is in a bad mood.

The Imam of the mosque, Rıdvan Hodja, goes up to the pulpit for the Friday Sermon and, amidst the astonished looks of the community, he takes the TURKISH Flag in his hand and says:

-"Hey Community, you should know that I did not go up to the pulpit for the Friday Sermon.

Friday prayer is obligatory for free people.

In a country where its own flag does not fly in its castle."

"Friday Prayer is not performed.

First, let's wave our flag again and then perform our prayer," he says.

Suddenly, takbir sounds are heard in the mosque.

With this feeling and courage, the people attack the castle.

The French soldiers are afraid of what to do, and our flag is raised again with the sounds of takbir.

On that day, people perform the Friday Prayer in the bastion of the castle.

Thanks to this completely real and unique event in our history, the national consciousness of the people was awakened and ;

..."Our flag, which was lowered by the power of arms, was raised again by the power of faith."

Rest in peace!

[sethshead]

For Hamas, being Muslim means supporting Hamas, and people who do not support Hamas aren’t Muslims. If you don’t abide by what Hamas tells you, you’ll lose your job or worse. To keep my father in line, ensuring that he would deliver only Hamas-approved Friday sermons and allow Hamas to use his mosque as a clandestine weapons depot, they arrested my brother and me at least ten times between 2016 and 2019. Sometimes they would speak politely, sometimes they would ask us to comply “for the sake of your sisters,” but always the threat of violence loomed in the background. And several times we were beaten and humiliated in front of our father. They beat him, too, once nearly blinding him.

He was forced to do things for Hamas; move money around, store things, keep their secrets.

As an imam, my father keeps the keys to the mosque and is responsible for safeguarding large sums of money that Muslims give as zakat, the mandatory almsgiving of our faith. Hamas members would take advantage of his duties and use the mosque to stash money, weapons, and equipment.

Sometimes they’d bring a large, wrapped-up prayer rug, which they said had been donated—except my father wasn’t allowed to open the rugs; only special volunteers were allowed to open them or transport the rugs in and out. My father had to open and close the doors and allow the sacred space to be used as a warehouse for Hamas. What choice did he have? It’s a bitter truth that Hamas thinks of mosques as the property of their regime and that they store weapons there.

Once there were big boxes that were marked as food aid. There wasn’t food inside, but something made of iron.

This is part of the tragedy of Gaza. While international activists praise the “resistance” and chant river-to-sea slogans, Hamas treats Gazans as expendable, exploitable cash cows on turf it runs like a mafia.

Not everyone who hosts a Hamas weapons cache in their basement is necessarily a volunteer. That’s what’s so heartbreaking about this. Israel must destroy these stores to defeat Hamas, but innocents will suffer from the loss of homes, houses of worship, schools, medical facilities, limbs, and lives. According to international humanitarian law, it is Hamas who put these people and their homes and neighborhoods in jeopardy; their blood is on Hamas’s hands. But they still suffer, which should earn civilians on both sides of this conflict our sympathy.

Meanwhile, Hamas’s depredations, the threats, persecutions, and executions against Palestinians who simply wish to live their lives, retain some semblance of independence, and avoid the religious fundamentalist meat grinder continues. Again: free Palestine from Hamas. And Israel. But first, Hamas.

[angrybell]

Posted @withregram • @hagit_sagi #israel #palestine #uk #hebron

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A common argument of the pro-terror/Hamas lobby is that there was a peaceful coexistence going between the Jews, Muslims, and Arabs prior to 1948. That it was all ruined by the Jews wanting their own state.

The massacre she is describing did happen. All the Jews from Hebron were expelled by Arab gangs. Hebron was not a settlement. It had been the homes of Jews since Abraham bought some land there to bury his wife.

The British did not do anything to compel the Arabs to return the homes and property to the Jewish owners. They simply allowed it to occur because it was easier than doing the right thing.

Now, what did the Jews do to provoke the riot? They held a rally where people shouted “The Wall Is Ours” followed by singing Hatikvah. There was no violence. They didn’t call for the death of anyone. They didn’t call for the destruction of the Muslim mosques or Al Aqsa.

The Grand Mufti, and future Hitler bestie, Haj Amin Al-Husseini then gave a sermon in response where Muslims burned Jewish prayer books. The Arab press then began spreading inflammatory reports that misrepresented what the Jews had done and said the “Honor of Islam” had been violated.

The next day, stabbings began when an Arab stabbed a Jew from Mea Shearim (a neighborhood in Jerusalem) when he went to retrieve a soccer ball that gone out of bounds and rolled near an Arab girl.

And it went downhill from there as the British police failed to make arrests or protect the Jews. Within a week, Arabs had come from all over and the riots began.

[toscanoirriverente]

Zakaullah Saleem dal pulpito: “Bisogna scavare una buca profonda per ricoprire le parti intime e salvare il pudore, poi…”. Il filmato sul canale YouTube della Green Lane Mosque. Inchiesta per capire perché fosse stata finanziata una istituzione nota per essere radicale

[docpiplup]

Fourth part of the bookscans of Al Andalus. Historical Figures, here's the previous part

Umayyad that had settled in Torrox. Abd al-Rahman was achieving his first military successes and the governor of Al Andalus thought of fighting him personally, but part of his troops went over to those of the Umayyad prince and, whether he wanted to or not, he was forced to engage in conversations with the newcomer. He offered him, together with his respect for the dynasty he represented, the hand of his own daughter and invited him to go to Córdoba where he would be treated as he deserved by his lineage, but he had to abstain from all political and military activity.

As expected, the talks failed, and in the winter of 756, any possibility of compromise was terminated.

Abd al-Rahman already had numerous forces made up of Yemenis and Andalusian Berbers. In Archidona he was proclaimed emir. In March of the year 756 he made his triumphal entry into Seville, accompanied of all Yemeni military leaders in the region, receiving the oath of homage of the population.

The governor, Yusuf al-Fihrí, understood that things had come to an extreme so dangerous that he had no choice but to face Abd al-Rahman with weapons. The two armies met, facing opposite, on the banks of the Guadalquivir River. The Umayyad prince, for gaining time, he sent emissaries to the Andalusian governor telling him that accepted his proposals, while his troops crossed the river during the night. It was a trap that was very useful to him. On May 15 756 the battle took place, which was terrible for Yusuf who lost one of his children and

he had to retire. Meanwhile, Abd al-Rahman advanced towards Córdoba, entered the city, the palace of the governor, took charge of the harem and prevented the pillage of the population that his Yemeni supporters had started. They did not like this measure at all, discontent grew and rumors were spread that they were even thinking about assassinating the new emir. When he found out, he made an exemplary lesson among them, so that no attempt at mutiny was recorded again. Abd al-Rahman, installed in Córdoba, received the submission of the population and proclaimed himself emir of al-Andalus in the main mosque of the capital.

Abd al-Rahman was only twenty-five years old He would reign for more than thirty years in which there was everything. They were times of great work, military and administrative. He had to put an end to Yusuf's resistance, to put peace between the different Muslim factions, organize that army that had led to victory, composed of very strong heterogeneous forces , a policy of attraction and persuasion to avoid armed confrontations... There was everything to do.

Many emigrants loyal to the Umayyads arrived in Spain, attracted for the fame and success achieved by Abd al-Rahman I and all he treated them with deference, granting them perks and honors. However, strange as it may seem,the two sisters of the emir did not want to leave Syria. The Abbasids treated them well and were very rich...Al Andalus

seemed like the end of the world to them and they preferred to stay enjoying their priviliged position and their immense fortune.

But the matter of Yusuf and his faithful advisor to Sumayl was ongoing, who trusted in being able to reconquer Córdoba and they were on the verge of achieving it. The new emir chased them through all of eastern Andalusia and they understood that, this time, they couldn't win. They agreed to surrender in exchange for keeping their assets and Abd al-Rahman gladly accepted the proposal. They returned to Córdoba and the young monarch could feel satisfied, since his authority no longer was discussed among Spanish Muslims. He ordered the deletion of sermons mentioned the caliph of Baghdad and did include curses against the Abbasids. However, despite the titles he granted himself, he did not dare to proclaim himself caliph.

But over time, Yusuf broke his word, fled to Mérida where he recruited a strong army of Berbers, for the most part, marching immediately towards Córdoba. He wouldn't reach her. The loyal governors of Seville and Morón defeated him and he had to take refuge in Toledoan lands. There he wandered for several months until he was murdered by his own supporters who sent his head to the emir of Córdoba. After this lesson, Abd al-Rahman did not trust al-Sumayl, whom, on occasions, the emir himself had asked for advice. He imprisoned him and perhaps between the years 759 or 760, he died strangled.

But rebellions within al-Andalus continued. Some were from the Yemeni Arabs; others, from the supporters of the deceased Yusuf, and others, they came from

supporters of the Abbasids. Abd al-Rahman I fought against all and managed to cement his position and who would die with an al-Andalus pacified.

As for the Christians, the Umayyad had little time to fight them. The news is a bit confusing, but some Christian chronicles say that the Asturian monarch, Fruela I, obtained resounding victories over Cordobans armies. On the other hand, Muslim chronicles speak of. victorious campaigns carried out by the freedman Bard in the confines of Álava, around the year 767, approximately. It is believed that from this moment a truce was established between the emirate of Cordoba and the Christians, the latter seeing themselves forced to pay a heavy tax that makes it difficult for Astures could satisfy given their amount and the poverty of the northern Christian states. Fruela's successors, Aurelio, Silo and Mauregato, didn't seem to have bad relations with Al Andalus. Neither one nor the other were in a position to be fought, since the newborn Asturian monarchy also faced numerous internal problems.

During the reign of Abd al-Rahman I the famous Charlemagne's expedition to Spain took place, with the defeat of Roncesvalles, universally known for the French song of deeds La Chanson de Roland. Basque tribes, helped by Muslim forces, destroyed the rear of the retreating Frankish troops. For the French emperor, it was a humiliating defeat, but he discovered the need to have their border lands well defended throughout the Pyrenees, against possible Muslim attacks. Even later, what I think we could

call a safety zone, a kind of bastion that would serve as a "space of shock" in front of the Muslims who tried to penetrate Gallic lands. It was the Hispanic March.

Abd al-Rahman organized his kingdom in the Syrian manner, although the province of al-Andalus now acquired the category of independent principality. He divided the country into provinces, coras, at the head of which he appointed a governor, wali, who generally resided in the capital of the province. He worried about creating a professional army, recruiting mercenaries in North Africa and also recruiting mercenaries from southern Europe. Quite credible sources of the time assure that these non-Muslim mercenaries, reached over 40,000.

During the reign of the "Immigrant", Córdoba began to take shape like the great capital that later was. His name is linked to the creation of the beautiful Cordoba mosque, in which he invested a large amount of money, although his successors did not stop expanding and embellishing this jewel of Muslim art, today a World Heritage Site. He is also credited with the construction of the walls of Cordoba, if Well, a good part of them had already been built by another Muslim, the wali al-Samh ibn Malik al-Jawlani. Although he initially occupied the palace of the Muslim governors, which it had been of the Gothic governors, around the years 784-785, he had a new palace built and, perhaps due to nostalgia for his homeland, baptized him with the name of al-Rusafa, like a summer residence of his grandfather Caliph Hisham, located near Palmira.

Abd al-Rahman's physical descriptions tell us of a tall, blond man, whose hair fell in ringlets over his shoulders, almost always dressed in white, the color of the Umayyads, who was only made ugly by the lack of one eye. His tenacity is admirable, his energy, his confidence in the face of such an uncertain future. It was, without a doubt one of the best rulers of his dynasty, only overshadowed by other Abd al-Rahmans of successive centuries, as brilliant as him.

A good poet and magnificent orator, the first independent emir of al-Andalus died in Córdoba on the 30th of September of the year 788. He had not yet reached the sixty years.

Sulayman ben Yaqzan ben al-Arabí: the "deceiver" deceived by Charlemagne

Throughout the history of al-Andalus it was very common for the cities far from the central power of Cordoba lived in an almost of independence. Cities like Zaragoza, Barcelona and even Valencia, often rose up against said power, not them, but their governors. And there was something of that in the case of this character, whom would be known by al-Arabí, governor of Zaragoza, who firstly showed himself as a firm defender of the Umayyad cause and later did not hesitate to offer to Charlemagne to prepare an offensive against the first Emir of Cordoba. The history of this relationship is quite intricate.

Charlemagne had succeeded his father, Pepin, and had more important things to resolve before worrying about the situation its border possessions with Muslim Spain. After extending his empire through Lombardy, Saxony, Bavaria and the country of the misers to the Danubian, perhaps could have thought of reconquer the

lands that made up the old Visigoth kingdom in Spain, which would increase even more his prestige before Christianity, since would expel the infidel Mohammedans who occupied it, but this is nothing more than a logical assumption.

Neither the Christian nor the Muslim chronicles are very precise about how al-Arabi left to where the emperor of the Franks was to offer him the possibility of surrendering Zaragoza, but the truth is who, with the help of an Arab adventurer named al-Husayn ben Yahya al-Ansari, declared open rebellion against the emir Abd al-Rahman I. The emir immediately sent troops to besiege the rebel city under the command of an officer, Tha'laba ben Ubayd al-Chudhami. This officer was taken prisoner a few days after siege in a sortie carried out by al-Arabi's troops.

Ibn al-Arabí, with that important prize, decided to reach Saxony, specifically to Paderborn where it was in those moments Charlemagne and handed over the prisoner so that he could see the sincerity of his intentions. In Zaragoza, meanwhile, was left in charge of his friend al-Husayn ben Yahya, with the slogan of resisting. It seems that on this trip he was accompanied by another Arab man, possibly governor of Huesca, and that both gave hostages to the emperor.

Without a doubt, they offered Charlemagne a promising and easy campaign because otherwise the emperor would not have embarked on a similar matter. So in the spring of the year 778, Charlemagne, leading his troops, crossed the Pyrenees through the port of Roncesvalles and arrived

to Pamplona, where the Basques, who occupied the city, offered their submission. Everything seemed to work as agreed and the Franks continued towards Zaragoza, passing, possibly by Huesca. In theory, the gates of the city of Ebro would be opened wide to him, as Ibn al-Arabí had promised, but here things were not so easy. The lieutenant, al-Husayn ben Yahya, in the absence of his chief, had gotten used to commanding, he liked it and he was not willing to continue being second in command. The doors did not open and he shut himself up in the square, whereupon Charlemagne had to proceed to lay siege to the city.

The first person surprised must have been Ibn al-Arabi, who was marching with the emperor, and to whom he suggested that he be patient, that the city could not resist for long... but the siege continued and the city did not fall. This was the situation: Charlemagne spiteful for having been deceived, Ibn al-Arabi fearful of the possible reaction of the emperor and impatient to enter again to Zaragoza, fearing the reaction of his former ally. At this moment some couriers arrived bringing for the Frankish king the news that a rebellion had broken out in Saxony. Charlemagne had the perfect excuse to abandon that adventure in Hispanic land...He raised the siege of the city and headed towards Gaul, taking Ibn al-Arabí as a prisoner, blaming him for the numerous setbacks of the expedition that, in theory, was going to be a military parade.

But the return was much harder than the arrival. Maybe a day after the Frankish troops left Pamplona behind and entered Roncesvalles, they were attacked by

bands of Basques and Muslims who decimated the most flourishing of Frankish chivalry and nobility. The Christian chronicles are brief, trying to minimize that defeat, and they are almost the only ones we have. The Roncesvalles pass, very narrow, only allowed the troops to advance in line, one behind the other. The surrounding terrain was, and is, very rugged, surrounded by thick forests that were the perfect hiding place for the Basques who knew the place like the back of their hand. They descended from the surrounding peaks and and they threw the baggage of the Franks into the ravines, killing all the men of the rearguard. According to the epitaph of one of the deceased nobles, this ambush must have taken place on August 15, 778.

The objective of this attack, in addition to taking the loot, it is possible that it was the liberation of the captive Ibn al-Arabi, since it seems that two of his sons participated in it, freeing him and taking him towards Zaragoza.

But the matter did not end there. The Umayyad officer, hostage of Charlemagne ended up being released after the Frankish monarch and the emir of Cordoba, Abd al-Rahman I, engaged conversations. Ibn al-Arabí would end up assassinated, very soon, by his rebellious lieutenant, al-Husayn ben Yahya al-Ansari. Zaragoza was besieged, again, by the emir himself in 781, and in the end, had to surrender. It was a temporary submission, because in the summer of 782 Husayn ben Yahya rebelled again. Again we proceeded to lay siege to the city, attacking it with war machines and, in the end, taken by assault. Al-Husayn, taken prisoner, was cruelly mutilated before finishing him off, and the inhabitants of Zaragoza were also severely punished and, for a time,

[jjunhui]

Like what?? Regarding your last post.

i am going to add tws to the tags but i want to warn in advance that some of this stuff is particularly graphic and difficult to read !!!

like the ‘international day of jihad’ that an angry ex-muslim who promised to take the religion down days prior decided was going to happen, based on his translations of a video that was private shortly after (so … take his word for it!). he told a bunch of gun-toting maniacs who follow him because they hate muslims that the muslims were going to blow everything up, so be ready! you know what happened? protests across the united states. that was the big scary ‘day of jihad’.

you know how they responded to people standing around with signs and saying ‘palestine will be free?’ with rage. by publicly stating that they should all be deported or killed. that it’s a mockery of 9/11. that you don’t come to their country (being the US — plenty of them were born here?) and disrespect them. that they have guns and they’re not afraid to use them. oh, and i’m forgetting the countless palestinians ICE visited that day, and the countless mosques conducting their friday sermons & prayers like they do every week that were of particular interest for the FBI.

none of the people threatening to shoot muslims on sight were of any interest, of course.

also, the amount of videos i’ve seen of anything remotely threatening captioned ‘day of jihad’ and you guessed it — there’s a context label right underneath it stating that the video is years old and completely unrelated to the situation at hand. but people don’t care because it’s another way to completely demonize muslims and bring into question the ‘true motive’ of islam & muslim’s beliefs

nobody calls into question why on the ‘day of jihad’ alongside our peaceful protests, muslim children were stabbed to death for existing. or had their lives threatened for daring to be visible to angry and vile people. it makes you wonder — whose day to cause death and destruction was this really?

or the way it is so easy for anyone to hear that muslims or an organization that is even remotely muslim-affiliated killed babies, or raped and tortured a tourist before parading her corpse around, or or or … and they IMMEDIATELY go with it even despite the claim being completely unsubstantiated. israel themselves have admitted that they have no knowledge of hamas ‘beheading babies’. the woman everyone is still talking about — she’s alive. turns out they weren’t parading her around, they were taking her to a hospital. a complete stranger made the effort to get into contact with her mother to let her know she was safe. israelis themselves have spoken out saying that palestinian fighters promised not to hurt them, made sure they were protected and left them alone. yet we are still talking about the same fucking beheaded babies and the same dead people who either never existed or have strongly fabricated stories

and what’s really fucking insane to me is that some of the most vile stories we’ve heard about what palestine has done are old stories from palestinians about what israelis did to THEM. those stories got no attention. you change the skin tones around, flip the narrative, retell the story unsubstantiated with an arab as the criminal, as the one committing atrocities, and everyone spreads it.

exhibit a:

it’s the same deal when you say hamas kept israeli children in cages and everyone believes it. the proof, of course, is a picture of palestinian children being kept in cages. or how in the media, israelis are referred to as being ‘killed’ and palestinians simply ‘die’ or how jamie lee curtis took to instagram posting a photo of how tragically afraid israelis were and you guessed it, it’s a picture of palestinians! one worth tens of thousands of likes. one can’t even scrape its way to 700. guess which is which?

my point overall is that anyone can take the plight and the tragedies that the palestinian people have endured for far too long, and they can document it and post it for all to see and it will be ignored. however, if you take the same proof of what they have been going through, and you flip the narrative… you call the palestinians ‘israelis’, and you condemn palestine for what they are doing to them… immediately, it receives attention and criticism. but it was so easy to turn a blind eye when people were under the impression that the other party was suffering.

which is why i say that a lot of this is a poorly masked excuse to be islamophobic & to hate arabs. because it’s not acceptable to hate people for no reason anymore! but, if we have sad sad little photos of all the bad bad things they’re doing, then we can hate them and we can justify the brutal killing of them. even if the things we use to hate them are actually proving why we should fight for them because it is literally their plight just with a different caption on it… we can turn a blind eye toward that part and pretend. right? right! 😇 the second you turn the oppressed into the oppressor, because the oppressed is brown… everyone buys into it without question. it’s the propaganda machine at its finest.

i don’t have the mental energy to delve further into this unfortunately — there’s more. a lot more. there will always be more. but a friend of mine @jeonwonwoo has posted a bit on the matter including some great insight into just how far the shameless propaganda goes (hiii zaynab). it’s worth a look imo

hope this helps

[van-eazy]

A little secret for the youth from a former atheist…. most adults who go to church, mosque, temple, service, prayer, etc. don’t really believe in the stuff their religion says, many of them carry deep doubts about god, and even fewer actually think their religion is the only true one or perfect…

Yes the loud voices on tv and online might say these things, but the general folk are far more grounded and open minded.

The secret is it’s actually community, tradition, fellowship, shared culture, and family ties that keep them coming back to their places of worship. And yes, hard times come along and they find these as places of support, not just emotionally, but sometimes even financially.

It rarely has anything to do with their holy book (how many atheists have stomped their feet claiming that “I’ve read more of the Bible than the believers!”). It has nothing to do with what they think is real. It has everything to do with a pinch of faith and a heavy heaping of community being a fundamental and necessary part of a human life.

Atheists scratch their heads trying to understand how after all this science and all this technology, why hasn’t god died yet!?? Because he already died long long ago, for most people. Certainly not everyone, but for most people.

You can debate forever if god is real, or if Jesus ever existed, or if Noah’s ark is hidden in the mountains of eastern turkey…. And the smug atheist thinks himself proud cos he’s beaten it over the head of the religious nut job and the idiot still believes in fairy tales!!!?

No. It’s two different people having two completely different arguments.

It’s been almost twenty years since The God Delusion was controversially published by Richard Dawnkins, and of course given so much praise an entire Family Guy episode is devoted to it (almost spiritually so). And yet religion and faith isn’t going away everywhere. In many places it’s thriving as always. And in other places where faith isn’t thriving, like America, Japan, Russia, South Korea, or France, there’s something else that is thriving, and that is depression and suicide.

The modern liberal-democratic socialist/capitalism western world can produce endless money and endless tech and also endless self-inflicted pain. I’m not here to say people of faith, even a little faith like agnosticism, are less likely to commit suicide or have depression, those studies are already done.

Churches are less full now on Sundays than ever before, and why not, even church goers know all the sermons are live-streamed on their church Facebook page. And if it was about god or reading the Bible or the Quran, all this stuff would end up online, streamable from home. But it’s about community, it’s about seeing their friends and family every Friday if they’re Muslim or every Sunday if they’re Catholic. Yes, there is some spiritual teaching too, but again, that’s just (halal) sugar coating. It’s not about the religion, those change like national flags, quickly and easily with any invasion. It’s about community.

So the modern straight man skips worship every week, which gives more time for sinning (wink wink). He hasn’t been to worship since he was like 12 or maybe 14 years old. He wonders why his life feels purposeless, or why he’s always so depressed. For many people, especially straight folk, it’s quite easy to just go to back church or temple. Their parents faith always invites them in with sincere open arms, or indeed any strangers place of worship will usually do the same. They don’t ask him to pledge forever that their religion is true. He isn’t told that he must never enter unless he has unshakeable faith, cos they don’t care. They just want to offer community and fellowship. It’s very easy for straight people to do this.

For gays it’s a completely different story. In some places on earth like big liberal cities you can find gay friendly churches and temples, but rarely much else.

Before the turn of the century, gay and lesbian bars, (or even bathhouses) were the places of fellowship and community for gay men and women. “Your family disowned you? Who cares, Christmas dinner at the bar. Your church told you no gays allowed? No worries, half the Saturday night dancers go over to Jeff & Phil’s for Sundays brunch and Bible study.”

Today these kinda bars and communities do exist! They are out there and if you can find a community you feel comfortable and engaged with, that’s fantastic!

But these places are harder to find since Grindr is way easier and cheaper than going out. And even if you do go out, half the bar is lit up with phone-scrolling anyway. Lively conversation can still happen too, often so easily when we choose to put the phone down and away.

So for the modern gay who can’t find a proper community though a religious practice, or through a close-knit gay bar, their options are limited. They can find that community at work, but this doesn’t provide love or stability, and many of their coworkers already have an established community outside of work.

Many gays find community and fellowship though capitalist consumption (think of those gays with 100 funko pop, every single album and single cd ever released by Beyoncé, or some other collection). This gives them a goal and purpose, even if it’s ultimately soulless. Many gays spend their entire lives stuck in the religion of consumer capitalism feeling like they’ve gotta do something. Sometimes they feel a sense of power and strength, like thinking, “my brother is so fucking jealous of me getting the xbox7000 the day it launches with all the exclusives, oh boo boo he can’t afford it cos he’s got kids.” Unfortunately the joy of being a parent can be amazing but the joy of being able to afford anything you want fades very fast, I promise.

If the gay is young and hot, they might devote their time to being as sexually promiscuous as possible to fill the time away from work. But often when you’re taking your sixth dick of the weekend, you start to think, “there’s got to be more to life.”

But in 2024 gays are love religion about as much as religion loves gays, despite the pope being the most gay friendly in history.

So where do the gays turn today for community when all the temporary and hollow things fade?

And I mean real community. Not the fake community I continue to see among gays. “Oh you voted for Trump? TWICE? We can’t be friends.” “Oh you don’t support Palestine?! Oh you don’t support Israel!? Oh you think it should LGB not LBGTQIA? Not in our community. Oh you’re a Christian? You ate where!!?? Ugh, well maybe if you were a Buddhist or Muslim or some exciting non-Christian faith but Christianity is triggering for me cos of how I was raised and …”

That’s not a community. That’s a political cult, with a litmus test. A proper community isn’t about having the same political ideas, it’s about having a shared brotherhood or sisterhood. It’s about connecting not because you’re in agreement, but because you are both humans cut of the same cloth.

Where does a gay man turn to for real community, a place where other gay people can say, “I see and recognize the perfect nature of your being as a fellow gay person who has endured similar experiences in life. I value you as an imperfect being with a perfect soul, and while we won’t always agree on music or politics, we connect in the commonality in how we love, and even if your family turns it’s back on you, you still have this community.”

Straight people have this it’s called religion, and just like capitalism, empires, and re-releasing taylor swift albums, it’s here to stay no matter how close to death you think it is.

Straight people and religions won’t be changing hugely in our lifetime to suddenly embrace the gays. If you find this kinda community, that’s awesome, and you know as well as anyone how rare they are.

But once you’re bored of collecting every Nintendo system and game case and pristine collectible…. And you’ve fucked over 1000 men in one year (amateur 🙄 haha jkjk) … you might say “there’s just gotta be more to life.”

Have you found it yet?

[divinum-pacis]

April 2024: A Bosnian man prays with his son during the first day of Eid in Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque in Sarajevo. Muslims begin Eid day celebrations by partaking in a prayer service that takes place shortly after dawn, followed by a short sermon. [Armin Durgut/AP Photo]

[questionsonislam]

What is the importance of Friday and what are the deeds of worship to be performed on that day?

The reason why that day is called Friday is being a day of coming together.

"…When the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday (the Day of Assembly), hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of Allah, and leave off business (and traffic)..." (al-Jumu'a, 62/9)

The verse above in the chapter of al-Jumu’a indicates that the day was called like that before Friday prayer was rendered fard and that it is a day of meeting.

According to what is understood from various hadiths, Friday was determined as the day of weekly worship for Jews and Christians before but they fell into dispute about it and Jews adopted Saturday and Christians adopted Sunday for weekly meeting and worship. Allah enabled Muslims to have Friday as the day of weekly worship and to attain the truth regarding the issue. (Muslim, Jumu'a, 19-23). Thus, Friday was chosen as the day of weekly worship in congregation and it is clearly stated in several narrations that it is a day of eid (feast). (Bayhaqi, as-Sunanul-Kubra, 3/243; Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Zadul-Masir, 1/369)

"The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday; Adam was created on that day. He entered Paradise on that day and he was expelled from Paradise on that day. Doomsday will take place on Friday." (Muslim, Jumu'a, 18)

The Prophet (pbuh) expressed the specialty of that day with the hadith above. Allah stated that He would allow His slaves to visit Him in Paradise on "yawmul-mazid" corresponding to Friday in the world (Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, I, 369-372, 408-410), and that the prayers said at a certain time (time of answering) on Friday would be accepted.

Various views were put forward about the exact time of answering like the period from zawal time to the start of the Friday prayer, from imam’s ascending the pulpit to the start or end of the Friday prayer, from adhan to the end of Friday prayer, from dawn to sunrise and from the afternoon prayer to sunset. Based on the hadith of the Prophet "I knew it but I was made forget it afterwards like the night of Qadr (Power)." (Hakim, Mustadrak, 1/279), it is stated that the time of answering was kept a secret so that people would worship Allah all day on Friday like ism al-a’zam (the greatest name) of Allah being kept secret among His beautiful names and the night of Qadr (Power) being kept secret among the last ten days of Ramadan.

It is stated that the sins of a person who cleans himself on Friday, goes to mosque, listens to the sermon and performs Friday prayer between that Friday and the next Friday will be forgiven (Bukhari, Jumu‘a 6, 19; Muslim, Jumu'a, 26), and that the heart of a person who leaves Friday prayer (continuously) for three Fridays on account of slackness will be stamped. (Abu Dawud, Salah, 204)

When the day of Arafah is on Friday, hajj, which is the greatest congregational deed of worship that brings together Muslims from all around the world, is called "hajj al-akbar" (the greatest hajj).

Due to those properties, the following things are regarded as sunnah to do in addition to Friday prayer, which is fard, on Friday, which is very important as individuals and the community in terms of Muslims:

To make ghusl (it is fard according to some scholars), to shorten the mustache, to trim nails, to do other bodily cleaning, to clean teeth with a miswak or brush, to wear nice clothes, to go to the mosque early, to read the chapter of al-Kahf, to clean the mosque and to make it smell nice, to read the chapters of as-Sajdah and ad-Dahr in the morning prayer, to read the chapters of al-Jumua and al-Munafiqun or al-Ala and al-Ghashiya in Friday prayer, to say prayers and make dhikr a lot, to utter salawat for the Prophet.

To perform Friday prayer is fard for every sane Muslim man who has reached the age of puberty. (al-Jumu’a, 62/9-10). When adhan is called, it is necessary to go to mosque at once without being busy with anything else.

Since Friday is the day of feast, it is makruh to fast only on Friday, without adding the day before or after it. It is also regarded makruh to enter the mosque after adhan, to be busy with shopping or other worldly affairs from the time the imam ascends the pulpit when adhan is called to the time the Friday prayer is performed unless there is an obligation and to set off for a journey after the time period for the Friday prayer starts without performing Friday prayer.

During the sermon, A person who speaks unnecessarily and who deals with other things is deprived of thawabs; to go to mosque before adhan, not to disturb the believers, to listen to the sermon with awe, to perform the prayer in awe will be atonement for the sins committed between the previous Friday and that Friday and for three more days. For Allah Almighty states the following in the Quran:

“He that doeth good shall have ten times as much to his credit.” (al-An’am, 6/160)

Therefore, a Muslim should increase the righteous deeds on Friday. Muslims, who are declared as brothers by Allah, should perform worship, which is the purpose of their creation (adh-Dhariyat 51/56) and to compete to do good deeds, which is the command of Allah (al-Baqara 2/148), on Friday like the other holy days and nights. Let us end the issue with a saying of scholars related to Friday:

“Friday is the criterion for the week, Ramadan for the year and hajj for the life.”