BlogNews
Sunday Open Thread 5/3/2009
Keep supporting MuslimMatters for the sake of Allah
Alhamdulillah, we're at over 850 supporters. Help us get to 900 supporters this month. All it takes is a small gift from a reader like you to keep us going, for just $2 / month.
The Prophet (SAW) has taught us the best of deeds are those that done consistently, even if they are small. Click here to support MuslimMatters with a monthly donation of $2 per month. Set it and collect blessings from Allah (swt) for the khayr you're supporting without thinking about it.
-
Announcements1 month ago
MuslimMatters Official Statement On Wisam Sharieff
-
#Society1 month ago
Statement Against Abuse: The Female Scholars Network
-
#Current Affairs1 month ago
Sami Hamdi: “Muslims Must Abandon Harris” | Transcript and Summary
-
#Culture2 weeks ago
[Podcast] How To Free A Jinn & Other Questions | Ustadha Raidah Shah Idil
IbnYounus
May 3, 2009 at 4:42 PM
As-salamaulikum,
MM
I have stayed in Dubai for 13 years and believe me when I say, the sadistic torture fetish of the “Sheikh” from Abu Dhabi is just the tip of the ice-berg. Those ruling “Sheikhs” lure poor Bangladeshis, Pakistanis and Indians with the promise of “tons of money” if they work as labour. However they keep them in small camps with poor sanitation, closet sized rooms or even put 20 of them in one room.. they seize their passpors and dont pay them for months.
Check this… even for the Iftar for the labour people during Ramadan guess who spons it… Red Crescent. Most of the mosques in UAE, their khutbahs are monitored. So like ever week, their Khutbahs will be pre-written or pre-authorized by a head… so eventually most of the Mosques give out similiar khutbah.Only a handful of mosques exist where the Khutbah is in Urdu, English. During the entire Gaza massacre not one khutbah spoke of Gaza. You would’ve seen people in the mosques making Dua for the people of Gaza rather than listen to the khutbah.
In the job market, if a white person (foreigner) applies for a job he will get more pay than an asian even if the asian has more experience. I remember they used to give high positions like managers to asian people and once the companies make it big time they fire them without benefits and replace them with white people… and they say “this improves the image of the people”.
Look at any Emirates add… you will hardly see an Indian in the ad.. its mostly white people sitting next to an Arab. The image of “Arabs” are tainted amongst the masses (most of the population non-citizens) in that country because of the acts of the “local” Arabs. The local Arabs (citizens of U.A.E) treat the masses like scum. I’ve seen “locals” harrass taxi drivers. Once the driver of the cab got pulled over by a local and he started beating him in public only because the cab guy overtook him while driving..
Alcohol based crimes is so rampant. There are bars and clubs everywhere now. Also, if you haven’t already heard.. UAE is in the record books for the most accidents. Most of the accidents are because of alcohol and “arrogance”. Once a junior from my school was crushed by an SUV driven by a “local”. He was rammed so hard his body height actually shrunk. During the incident the police asked the Local person to stay just a bit for the paper work to be done.. the local guy said he had an important meeting so he left.. thats it.. he did pay the blood money.
Also, I don;t know if this is Bidah or not.. but during at the end of Khutbah the Imams (everywhere) they make Dua to Allah to bless “Sheikh” Maktoum, Sheikh Zayed (all the other sheikhs of UAE). Is this allowed?
The entire society in UAE is so un-Islamic.. its beyond words..
Ok.. I just needed to get that out of my system..
I pray to Allah(swt) to guide those “Sheikhs” to the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (saws) or to destroy them all.
IbnYounus
May 3, 2009 at 4:47 PM
For more “inside” information on Dubai, or UAE, check this blog
http://secretdubai.blogspot.com/
Its just news by the way.. not an Islamic website.
Amad
May 3, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Sr. Amatullah’s MM article published in the Saudi Gazette.
Awesome!
Nihal Khan
May 3, 2009 at 6:46 PM
http://www.HelpImamSiraj.com
– We’ve raised $73, 328 so far
– The recordings from last weeks fundraiser are up!
student
May 3, 2009 at 7:16 PM
If even half of the things mentioned in “The Dark Side of Dubai” are true, then we would all do well to stay as far away as possible from that place. A very disturbing article. I always thought something was wrong about Dubai, but nowhere near the level portrayed in the article.
The gym informant story is funny/sad/ridiculous.
Hidaya
May 3, 2009 at 8:32 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/01/wolfe.new.media/index.html?iref=newssearch
Amad
May 3, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Sr. Hidaya, how is your brother doing?
ayesha
May 4, 2009 at 3:21 AM
Sharโi analysis of the financial crisis:
comments of the eminent Shaykh Muhammad al Munajjid about the financial crisis:
http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/126477
Ibrahim
May 5, 2009 at 11:16 PM
One of the biggest scholars in the world just passed away.
http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45612
Hassan
May 6, 2009 at 11:41 AM
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2009/05/03/the-spies-who-got-away/
UmmeAmmaarah
May 6, 2009 at 3:48 PM
get a load of this: http://www.cafepress.com/vienna1683.177753927 ….boy! what hate-mongering… i don’t want to find out anymore!
UmmeAmmaarah
May 6, 2009 at 3:58 PM
SubhanAllah…just when i was wondering if there was anyone doing da’wah to the Native Indians.
http://turtleisland.muslims.tripod.com/index.htm
UmmeAmmaarah
May 6, 2009 at 5:36 PM
PLZ HELP HUDA TV
Dear brothers and sisters…. Huda TV is doing a wonderful job. It’s has one of the best Islamic programs around, and has done wonders for me personally. This is Al-Maghrib and Al-Bayyinah for all those who don’t stay in the US, or cannot attend for some reason or the other. This channel introduced me to sh. Yusuf Estes, Sh. Yasir Qadhi , Abdullah Hakim Quick, among other shuyookh and scholars, and it’s a terrible shame that now they have no funds to continue producing live episodes anymore. I request you all to look into your hearts and wallets, and co-sponsor one of these programs, and before you do, do take the time out to watch it on live streaming if you can’t access it through satellite TV. They do not acept ‘donations’ for legal reasons, only ask to sponsor their programs
http://huda.tv/
MM, do u think maybe we could have an article about Huda TV, and raise some awareness? It’s been life-changing for a lot of people, especially muslim households in the Middle-East, and has led to a lot of non-muslims from there to accept Islam.
Hala
January 4, 2010 at 12:17 PM
Just yesterday evening Shaikh Mohammad Salah said on his show Ask Husa that they missed more than a half of the crew due to the lack of financial supports they wouldn’t be able to pay salaries for almost four months.Yes Huda channel deserve to be supported by all the means we can afford.
Hidaya
May 6, 2009 at 10:41 PM
My brother is doing much better alhamdulillah..it wasn’t swine flu, but he is recovering..Pls keep him in ur Duaas. jzk 4 asking.
UmmeNumair
May 9, 2009 at 8:43 AM
assalam alykum warahmatullah wabarakatahu
for sure HUDA TV is doing amazing job mashallah and through them Allah has given guidance to so many families… they are indeed going in some financial crisis and need sponsors for their program…
BUT if u write to support@huda.tv … u can even do partial sponsor ship or one time partial sponsorship… if one still thinks the fee is higher for one’s limits .. 2 or 3 families can sponsor together .. single single drop makes an ocean.. and this ocean is beneficient to so many ppl… y not become a drop of this noble ocean and be the part of it for the sake of Our Creator… have courage and remember Muhammad Peace be upon him, Abu bakr RA and omar bin khattab RA etc. and their ways of donation … this is surely sadqa jariya ..
Those who will aquire knowledge and others putting a stop to certain bid’aahs… this act which will be followed by their generations inshallah … one will be inshallah getting reward for it till Day of Resurrection !!!!
Sakina Al-Amin
May 9, 2009 at 8:55 PM
As Muslims we are fugitives in the current world. As Muhammad Qutb says, we are back to the days of the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) early Makka days. People think we are the bad guys and we will only make their view of us worse by fighting. Instead we have to concentrate on Islam’s early message, La Ilaha IllaAllah, and do this with peace whether people are indifferent to us or fight us. That is how Islam began. If the Prophet and the early Muslims had fought Quraish in the beginning, when people thought Quraish had the right to keep its rule, then Islam would have never had a chance to grow.
Instead, no matter what they did to the Muslims, they never fought back. Because of that, many enemies of Islam lost their hostility toward Islam and instead started accepting it and even entering it.