Comments on: Defending the Prophet (S) Against Orientalist Critique – Pt. 1 of 2 – Yasir Qadhi – in HD! http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-s-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/ Discourses in the Intellectual Traditions, Political Situation, and Social Ethics of Muslim Life Thu, 24 May 2012 00:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Abualiy http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-s-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-44095 Abualiy Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:00:46 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-44095 Assalaamu 'Alaykum You mentioned that "The way I have responded to those bashers who try to use these dubious narrations..." Could you please let me know where these responses are... Jazakumullahu Khairan Wassalaam Abualiy Assalaamu ‘Alaykum

You mentioned that “The way I have responded to those bashers who try to use these dubious narrations…” Could you please let me know where these responses are…

Jazakumullahu Khairan

Wassalaam

Abualiy

]]> By: Abualiy http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-s-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-44093 Abualiy Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:07:23 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-44093 Assalaamu 'Alaykum Jazakumullahu Khairan for the talk, it is excellent - Alhamdulillah. Since a few weeks ago I started getting nasty/vulgar emails with subject headers like this. "Heroic Acts of Mohamad" "I get my inspiration when I am in bed with Aisha-Mohamad" "Truth about Muhamad" "It is nothing for Muhammad to Kill Children" "Pretty Zainab & Marrying own daugther-in-law" "Muhammad- A Pedophile" "Mariyah-the beautiful copt slave girl" "Muhammad A Rapist" These can be traced back to some anti-islam websites. Basically as Br Yasir mentioned they resort to outright lies, twisting the truth and de-contextualising the culture, values and norms and giving their own perverted interpretations. I have a few of questions on this and if the shaykh and/or someone experienced in this could answer these I would grateful. 1. Should we respond to these accusation at all? 2. If so what is the best way to respond? 3. Are there already resources available on the internet or in printed form addressing these issues? I am not so concerned about the people who send these but about the Muslims who receive these emails and get confused. I was thinking we should responds at least for the other Muslims' sake. Any ideas and suggestions on this would be much appreciated? So far I have come across these two talks (Defending the Prophet - part 1 and 2) and the following website on this subject. <a href="http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Polemics/aishah.html" rel="nofollow"> http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Polemics/aishah.html</a> Wassalaam Abualiy Assalaamu ‘Alaykum

Jazakumullahu Khairan for the talk, it is excellent – Alhamdulillah.

Since a few weeks ago I started getting nasty/vulgar emails with subject headers like this.

“Heroic Acts of Mohamad”
“I get my inspiration when I am in bed with Aisha-Mohamad”
“Truth about Muhamad”
“It is nothing for Muhammad to Kill Children”
“Pretty Zainab & Marrying own daugther-in-law”
“Muhammad- A Pedophile”
“Mariyah-the beautiful copt slave girl”
“Muhammad A Rapist”

These can be traced back to some anti-islam websites. Basically as Br Yasir mentioned they resort to outright lies, twisting the truth and de-contextualising the culture, values and norms and giving their own perverted interpretations.

I have a few of questions on this and if the shaykh and/or someone experienced in this could answer these I would grateful.

1. Should we respond to these accusation at all?
2. If so what is the best way to respond?
3. Are there already resources available on the internet or in printed form addressing these issues?

I am not so concerned about the people who send these but about the Muslims who receive these emails and get confused. I was thinking we should responds at least for the other Muslims’ sake. Any ideas and suggestions on this would be much appreciated?

So far I have come across these two talks (Defending the Prophet – part 1 and 2) and the following website on this subject.


http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Polemics/aishah.html

Wassalaam

Abualiy

]]> By: Siraaj Muhammad http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-s-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-40946 Siraaj Muhammad Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:50:08 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-40946 Salaam alaykum Imran, They must have somehow missed ayaah 33:25-26. "And Allah turned back the disbelievers for (all) their fury : no advantage did they gain ; and enough is Allah for the Believers in their fight. And Allah is full of Strength, Able to enforce His Will." "And those of the People of the Book (banu quraydha) who aided them - Allah did take them down from their strongholds and cast terror into their hearts, (so that) some you slew and some you made prisoners." Siraaj Salaam alaykum Imran,

They must have somehow missed ayaah 33:25-26.

“And Allah turned back the disbelievers for (all) their fury : no advantage did they gain ; and enough is Allah for the Believers in their fight. And Allah is full of Strength, Able to enforce His Will.”

“And those of the People of the Book (banu quraydha) who aided them – Allah did take them down from their strongholds and cast terror into their hearts, (so that) some you slew and some you made prisoners.”

Siraaj

]]> By: Imran http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-s-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-40941 Imran Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:20:37 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-40941 <em>Someone on this site Answeringislam.org said Banu Quraydha were not traitors. And they have a bunch of proofs. And at the end they even said they went through the 9 books of hadeeth and found NOT 1 VERSE which indicates that Bani Quraydha either officially (or even unofficially) renounced the treaty, nor did they find a Hadeeth which indicates that Bani Quraydha violated the treaty in any way. Please Shaikh Yasir Qadhi, please destroy this website since they have a hand in giving christians the wrong views of Islam. I know a lot of christians who go by what this site says and it's just very sad that no one is answering this site. Please answer this page that I'm going to give. After that just go onto www.answering-islam.org and please find a way to destroy this site all together by answering their sick claims and ignorant ideas, because they have MANY MANY more pages of proving Islam false and<em></em> it's getting more publicity than it needs and it can be very detrimental to a lot of muslims as well as non-muslims that wanted to convert. I am a sunni muslim with the deobandi thought. Even though I disagree with you on certain stuff because I am that, I do find you pretty knowledgeable in a lot of stuff. You are still my muslim brother. Please help !! JazakAllah.</em> Someone on this site Answeringislam.org said Banu Quraydha were not traitors. And they have a bunch of proofs. And at the end they even said they went through the 9 books of hadeeth and found NOT 1 VERSE which indicates that Bani Quraydha either officially (or even unofficially) renounced the treaty, nor did they find a Hadeeth which indicates that Bani Quraydha violated the treaty in any way. Please Shaikh Yasir Qadhi, please destroy this website since they have a hand in giving christians the wrong views of Islam. I know a lot of christians who go by what this site says and it’s just very sad that no one is answering this site. Please answer this page that I’m going to give. After that just go onto http://www.answering-islam.org and please find a way to destroy this site all together by answering their sick claims and ignorant ideas, because they have MANY MANY more pages of proving Islam false and it’s getting more publicity than it needs and it can be very detrimental to a lot of muslims as well as non-muslims that wanted to convert. I am a sunni muslim with the deobandi thought. Even though I disagree with you on certain stuff because I am that, I do find you pretty knowledgeable in a lot of stuff. You are still my muslim brother. Please help !! JazakAllah.

]]> By: Ibn Yusuf http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-s-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-35226 Ibn Yusuf Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:05:32 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-35226 Assalaamu alaykum. i dont really comment much on this site, but i think this reaaly needs to be seen. it shows the exact double standards the shaykh was talking about, regarding the prophet SAW and the holocaust http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=X9NCkBLUFp0 about 4 minutes in. plz watch, jazakallah Assalaamu alaykum. i dont really comment much on this site, but i think this reaaly needs to be seen. it shows the exact double standards the shaykh was talking about, regarding the prophet SAW and the holocaust

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=X9NCkBLUFp0 about 4 minutes in. plz watch, jazakallah

]]> By: Abu Rumay-s.a. http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-s-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-34593 Abu Rumay-s.a. Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:17:50 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-34593 www.islamtoday.com/showmenews.cfm?cat_id=38&sub_cat_id=2044 http://www.islamtoday.com/showmenews.cfm?cat_id=38&sub_cat_id=2044

]]> By: Abu Rumay-s.a. http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-s-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-34591 Abu Rumay-s.a. Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:16:25 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-34591 The U.N. General Assembly Thursday approved a "Defamation of Religion" resolution, largely supported by Islamic countries, condemning critical or offensive expressions directed at any religious faith. <a href="http://www.islamtoday.com/showmenews.cfm?cat_id=38&sub_cat_id=2044" rel="nofollow"></a> The U.N. General Assembly Thursday approved a “Defamation of Religion” resolution, largely supported by Islamic countries, condemning critical or offensive expressions directed at any religious faith.

]]> By: LaSevillana http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-s-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-34415 LaSevillana Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:49:07 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-34415 Moro - In a word - WOW. That took my breath away. Moro – In a word – WOW. That took my breath away.

]]> By: intellect1429 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-s-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-34382 intellect1429 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:55:54 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-34382 @ Mohsin: Its the University of Washington (UW); professor: Brown. @ Mohsin:

Its the University of Washington (UW); professor: Brown.

]]> By: Mohsin http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-s-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-34209 Mohsin Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:34:32 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/12/12/defending-the-prophet-against-orientalist-critique-pt-1-of-2-yasir-qadhi-in-hd/#comment-34209 Intellect1429... I'm curious to know which University you attend, and who this professor is, if you don't mind. Intellect1429… I’m curious to know which University you attend, and who this professor is, if you don’t mind.

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