Islamic Revival

By Abid Mustafa Hamid Karzai has accused Pakistan of spurring the Taliban to carry out attacks against his fledgling government and the NATO troops that defend it. He is not alone in holding Pakistan responsible for the re-emergence of the Taliban. NATO commanders, the New York Times and the International Crisis Group (ISG) have all pointed the finger at Pakistan for fomenting the Pushtoon resistance that shows no sign of abating. On its part, the Musharraf government vehemently denies such accusations and continues to blame Karzai’s government for its failure to include the Taliban and other militants as part of the national reconciliation drive. It must be stressed here—Pakistan is almost isolated on its present stance—evidence to the contrary shows that Islamabad has actively nurtured Taliban fighters to reassert their authority on towns and villages ceded to US led forces in the aftermath Taliban’s collapse during the winter of 2001. Oddly enough, the Whitehouse instead of holding

The following is a link where you can download the english audio files of the explanation of Nizam al-Islam (The System of Islam) by Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Hawarey. http://www.hawarey.org/audio.html The following is a brief biography of the Sheikh: He was born in Rabi Thani 1350 H in the family of the Hawarey (disciple) of Prophet Mohammad (saw). The family of Hawarey descends from Az-Zubayr bin Al-Awwam (ra), the son of Saffiyyah the aunt of Rasulullah (saw), Zubayr was known as Al-Hawarey, which means The Disciple. The descendents of this family are spread in Arabian Peninsula and Ash-Sham Lands: Palestine, Syria and Jordan. The Sheikh holds 1 BA degree in English literature, 1 B.A. degree in Education, 1 MA and 1 PhD in Comparative Religion, and a 2nd PhD in Tafseer. He authored 10 books, amongst which is a Tafseer in 4 volumes. The shiekh recorded these sessions upon the request of few brothers in the West who considered it more practical to listen than to read. The recording process

“For Hajj are the months well known. If anyone undertakes that duty therein let there be no obscenity or wickedness nor wrangling in the Hajj. And whatever good you do Allah knows it. And take a provision for the journey but the best of provisions is right conduct. So fear Me. O Men of understanding.” [TMQ Al-Baqarah: 197] Dear brothers and sisters, the days of Hajj are upon us! May Allah (swt) reward those amongst us who have left and enable those who were unable to undertake this blessed journey to fulfil it in the future. For it is an obligation from the pillars of Islam, the reward of which the Prophet (saw) has spoken about. Abu Huraira narrated that Allah's Apostle (saw) was asked, "What is the best deed?" He replied, "To believe in Allah and His Apostle.” The questioner then asked, "What is the next (in goodness)? He replied, "To participate in Jihad in Allah's Cause." The questioner again asked, "What is the next?" He replied, &qu