Comments on: Open Thread Sunday 6/28/2009 http://muslimmatters.org/2009/06/28/open-thread-sunday-6282009/ Discourses in the Intellectual Traditions, Political Situation, and Social Ethics of Muslim Life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Umme Ammaarah http://muslimmatters.org/2009/06/28/open-thread-sunday-6282009/#comment-46370 Umme Ammaarah Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:31:45 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=6400#comment-46370 just for inspiration: last weekend, I was visiting a Boston suburb where i used to live a couple of years ago, and we stopped at the ICNE masjid at Sharon for Maghreb, and after the salah, this really simply&elegantly dressed hijabi lady next to me said Salaam, and started asking me about the area, and if it were a good place to move to, and about the attached islamic school for her young kids, and as we conversed i learnt that this hijabi muslimah was a PhD in aero-/astronautics from MIT, and was moving back from from Texas to join MIT again as a reasearch scientist. She has worked on NASA projects, and has a lot of acheivements to her credits. I felt probably like what a fan feels when he/she meets a favorite rock-star...so elated and so inspired. May Allah Ta'Ala make more of us successful in both Deen and Duniya, and make us the best of examples. just for inspiration:

last weekend, I was visiting a Boston suburb where i used to live a couple of years ago, and we stopped at the ICNE masjid at Sharon for Maghreb, and after the salah, this really simply&elegantly dressed hijabi lady next to me said Salaam, and started asking me about the area, and if it were a good place to move to, and about the attached islamic school for her young kids, and as we conversed i learnt that this hijabi muslimah was a PhD in aero-/astronautics from MIT, and was moving back from from Texas to join MIT again as a reasearch scientist. She has worked on NASA projects, and has a lot of acheivements to her credits. I felt probably like what a fan feels when he/she meets a favorite rock-star…so elated and so inspired. May Allah Ta’Ala make more of us successful in both Deen and Duniya, and make us the best of examples.

]]> By: Yasir Hilal http://muslimmatters.org/2009/06/28/open-thread-sunday-6282009/#comment-46200 Yasir Hilal Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:27:16 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=6400#comment-46200 Assalamualakum, I beleive debates of these nature are not very encouraging and truth revealing because of several reasons: 1: Enough time is not given to speakers to speak out their point. 2: A wrong opinion is left unanswered due to limitation in response time. 3: It depicts to the outsiders that muslims are divided on what has been clearly specified in Quran and Sunnah. I strongly suggest that Sheikh Yasir Qadhi should come up with a lecture or a brief booklet on his experience on the Doha Debates and tackle each and every point that were made by other participants one after the other. It would be a good idea to answer them and that would be a good follow up on people that would be interested. This is the little this poor servant of Allah can suggest. May Allah accept all our efforts and guide us. Assalamualakum,

I beleive debates of these nature are not very encouraging and truth revealing because of several reasons:
1: Enough time is not given to speakers to speak out their point.
2: A wrong opinion is left unanswered due to limitation in response time.
3: It depicts to the outsiders that muslims are divided on what has been clearly specified in Quran and Sunnah.

I strongly suggest that Sheikh Yasir Qadhi should come up with a lecture or a brief booklet on his experience on the Doha Debates and tackle each and every point that were made by other participants one after the other. It would be a good idea to answer them and that would be a good follow up on people that would be interested.

This is the little this poor servant of Allah can suggest. May Allah accept all our efforts and guide us.

]]> By: Farhan http://muslimmatters.org/2009/06/28/open-thread-sunday-6282009/#comment-46141 Farhan Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:59:57 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=6400#comment-46141 That report doesn't come as a surprise to me at all. Actually, it was more of a surprise to see ~60% vote in favor of that ridiculous proposition. Clearly the audience was heavily biased. That report doesn’t come as a surprise to me at all. Actually, it was more of a surprise to see ~60% vote in favor of that ridiculous proposition. Clearly the audience was heavily biased.

]]> By: YASIR AZIM http://muslimmatters.org/2009/06/28/open-thread-sunday-6282009/#comment-45864 YASIR AZIM Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:28:08 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=6400#comment-45864 <em><strong>May Allah(swt) Preserve Shaikh Yasir, I believe the Audience were very confused just like the Brother who was sitting on the opposite side of Shaikh Yasir. And alot of the Audience were non-Muslims. I'm glad that they found the truth what lies in Muslim Women's Heart when it comes to Deen of Allah(swt).</strong></em> May Allah(swt) Preserve Shaikh Yasir,
I believe the Audience were very confused just like the Brother who was sitting on the opposite side of Shaikh Yasir.
And alot of the Audience were non-Muslims. I’m glad that they found the truth what lies in Muslim Women’s Heart when it comes to Deen of Allah(swt).

]]> By: Ali http://muslimmatters.org/2009/06/28/open-thread-sunday-6282009/#comment-45741 Ali Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:08:45 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=6400#comment-45741 Does any one here know about where I can find classes for non-muslims in Queens. I know two Visually impaired young women who want learn more about islam and they want to learn about it from a reliable teacher. Ali P.S. Brother Amad the story about Khadija Williams is truely amazing. Does any one here know about where I can find classes for non-muslims in Queens. I know two Visually impaired young women who want learn more about islam and they want to learn about it from a reliable teacher.

Ali

P.S. Brother Amad the story about Khadija Williams is truely amazing.

]]> By: MR http://muslimmatters.org/2009/06/28/open-thread-sunday-6282009/#comment-45725 MR Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:36:13 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=6400#comment-45725 Alhamdulillah that the general population in the Arab world rejected the Doha Debate results. Alhamdulillah that the general population in the Arab world rejected the Doha Debate results.

]]> By: J http://muslimmatters.org/2009/06/28/open-thread-sunday-6282009/#comment-45721 J Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:29:01 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=6400#comment-45721 "She finally has a home: Harvard" Subhan-Allah. A very moving story. Moved me almost to tears. Amazing young lady. May Allah [swt] reward her with all that is good, in this life and the next! I noticed that she has an Arab name and her mother doesn't. Is Khadijah a convert to Islam? Anyone know? But wow, this is a truly inspiring story! Reminds me of another amazing story of <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10013111" rel="nofollow">a migrant Mexican worker who is now a neurosurgeon at John Hopkins</a>: " The life of Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, a former illegal immigrant, may sound like a movie script, but it is no fiction. Twenty years ago, he hopped a border fence from Mexico into the United States and became a migrant farmworker. Today, he is a neurosurgeon and professor at Johns Hopkins University, and a researcher who is looking for a breakthrough in the treatment of brain cancer." Seriously, these people put us to shame! Look at how much they do with so little! “She finally has a home: Harvard”

Subhan-Allah. A very moving story. Moved me almost to tears. Amazing young lady. May Allah [swt] reward her with all that is good, in this life and the next!

I noticed that she has an Arab name and her mother doesn’t. Is Khadijah a convert to Islam? Anyone know?

But wow, this is a truly inspiring story! Reminds me of another amazing story of a migrant Mexican worker who is now a neurosurgeon at John Hopkins:

” The life of Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, a former illegal immigrant, may sound like a movie script, but it is no fiction. Twenty years ago, he hopped a border fence from Mexico into the United States and became a migrant farmworker. Today, he is a neurosurgeon and professor at Johns Hopkins University, and a researcher who is looking for a breakthrough in the treatment of brain cancer.”

Seriously, these people put us to shame! Look at how much they do with so little!

]]> By: iMuslim http://muslimmatters.org/2009/06/28/open-thread-sunday-6282009/#comment-45714 iMuslim Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:59:40 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=6400#comment-45714 In addition, sister Yvonne Ridley appeared on a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ldh0h/The_Big_Questions_Series_2_Episode_23/" rel="nofollow">UK TV show</a> this morning, where one issue discussed was the burka. This is what she wrote on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/yvonne.ridley/" rel="nofollow">her FB profile</a rel="nofollow">: "Yvonne Ridley appeared on the BBC's The Big Question today to discuss Sarkozy's banning of the burqa, and the real star of the debate was Umm Hamza but what about the Muslim 'scholar'? How can someone Dr Taj Hargey get so angry on a Sunday morning? He was so aggressive towards the sister and he is supposed to be an example of a liberal-thinking man ... as well as a scholar!" In addition, sister Yvonne Ridley appeared on a UK TV show this morning, where one issue discussed was the burka. This is what she wrote on her FB profile:

“Yvonne Ridley appeared on the BBC’s The Big Question today to discuss Sarkozy’s banning of the burqa, and the real star of the debate was Umm Hamza but what about the Muslim ‘scholar’? How can someone Dr Taj Hargey get so angry on a Sunday morning? He was so aggressive towards the sister and he is supposed to be an example of a liberal-thinking man … as well as a scholar!”

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