Islamic Revival

Britain to launch glossy ads to win Pakistanis over to the West On Feb 10 2009, The English newspaper The Guardian revealed that Prominent British Muslims were being recruited to star in a UK government-backed advertising campaign aimed at preventing people in Pakistan from engaging in extremist activity, the Guardian has learned. The three-month public relations offensive, called I Am the West, consists of television commercials and high-profile events in regions such as Peshawar and Mirpur. It is being funded by the Foreign Office which is paying up to £400,000 for a pilot project. The campaign has four key aims: to ensure Pakistanis realise the west is not "anti-Islamic", that British society is not "anti-Islam", to demonstrate the extent to which Muslims are integrated into British society and to stimulate and facilitate "constructive debate" on the compatibility of liberal and Muslim values. If the West really wants to show that it is not against Isla...

Due to the current global financial crisis there is increasing interest in the Islamic Economic System, the most comprehensive book on this topic is 'The Economic System of Islam' by Sheikh Taqiuddin an-Nabhani. However as people have many questions relating to the Islamic rules of trade we will be posting related extracts from the draft translation of the Fiqh masterpiece 'The Islamic Personality, Volume 2' by Sheikh Taqiuddin an-Nabhani. EMPLOYMENT/HIRING (AL-IJARA) Hiring is a contract over benefit in return for recompense, and there enters under it three types: The first type—Where the contract comes over the benefit of things like hiring houses, animals, vehicles and the like. The second type—Where the contract comes over the benefit of work like employing the owners of professions and crafts for specific works. The matter which is contracted over is the benefit resulting from the work such as hiring painters, blacksmiths, carpenters and the like. The third type—W...

The following is a question we received from one of our readers and our answer: Question: Please can you explain whether working in a bank is permitted and if so in which type of positions, for example is supporting the IT or software in the bank permitted? Also the same question for the financial sector in general i.e. stock markets, insurance, etc. Answer: The following is an extract from english translation of 'The Economic in Islam' by Sheikh Taqiuddin an-Nabhani' that sheds light on the matter: "The Rule Regarding Hiring Over Prohibited Benefits In order that hiring be legally valid, the benefit must be permitted (halal) in nature. So the employee should not be hired for doing something which is prohibited. Accordingly a worker should not be hired to carry alcohol to one who buys it, or to press it. Nor should he be hired to carry pigs or carrion. At-Tirmidhi narrated from Anas bin Malik, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (SAW) cursed ten ty...

The following is a transcript of a circle delivered on this subject. وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنَا “Nor come close to adultery” [TMQ Al-Isra: 32]. Allah (swt) orders us not to come close to Zina (fornication) and people today are calling us to celebrate fornication. The Prophet (saw) said: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them”. It's that time of the year again when roses are exchanged, people confess their love and make promises to each other. February 14th, also known as St. Valentine's Day, is the time of year that for centuries has been dedicated to honour love and the pursuit of romance.On this day the postal services is very busy delivering cards and letters, or playing the role of a 'cupid', forwarding messages of 'true love'. Youngsters will be making Valentine's cards, and lots would be collecting money from their pocket money to buy gifts for their so called loved one. Also there a Valentine's Day rituals of sending anonymous cards, chocolates ...

Iceland unveils world’s first homosexual leader This week Iceland announced a new government that will be headed by the modern world's first openly Lesbian leader—Johanna Sigurdardottir. Sigurdardottir, 66, is a former air stewardess who was divorced from the father of her two sons, a banker, and now lives with her British-educated girlfriend Jonina Leosdottir, a 54-year-old author, playwright and journalist. The couple signed a civil partnership agreement in 2002. "I don't think her sexual orientation matters. Our voters are pretty liberal, they don't care about any of that," Skuli Helgeson, Social Democratic Alliance's general secretary, told the BBC. In most of Western Europe politicians are openly declaring their homosexuality. Only last week, Roger Karoutchi became the first French government minister to disclose his homosexuality. Other notable European politicians who have declared their homosexuality include the Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoë, an...

The prime minister of Turkey returned home recently from the world economic forum to a hero’s welcome. His “marvelous” feat was the act of walking out of the summit after a heated exchange with Shimon Peres regarding the Israeli aggression against Gaza. Erdogan has also made some fiery statements regarding Gaza and is slowly being viewed as one of the harshest opponents of Israels’ aggression. Erdogan, speaking at a municipal election campaign rally in Anatolia, said Israel was: “perpetrating inhuman actions which would bring it to self-destruction. Allah will sooner or later punish those who transgress the rights of innocents.” If you look past these statements and his “walkout” at the summit, it’s very clear that Turkey is Israel’s greatest ally in the region. Turkey has a long history of close ties with Israel. It was the first Muslim country to recognize it in 1949. In 2006 the Israeli foreign ministry characterised its relationship with Turkey as “perfect”. Turkey is Israel’s...

The following are links to download recent translations into Tamil: The Turbulance of the Stock Markets: Their Causes & The Shari'ah rule pertaining to these causes by Hizb ut-Tahrir Capitalism in crisis - Translation of transcript of a talk highlighting the key reasons for the current global economic crisis. Global economic crisis & the Islamic alternative - Translation of transcript of a talk outlining the Islamic alternative to the global economic crisis. Note: Tamil fonts are needed to view the files, if needed they can be downloaded from: http://www.esnips.com/doc/e3f5a9e9-63b6-46c2-8ba4-83118da52982/Tamil-Fonts