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them would do so on ac-
count of his being an enemy to me. Whoever insults
them has insulted me and
whoever insults me has in-
sulted Allah. Whoever in-sults Allah, will soon be
seized by Him.(Tirmidhi)
Imam Malik rahimahullah
said that someone who
finds in himself an ill-feeling or anger with regards to the
Sahab is a disbeliever be-
cause Allah says that He en-
rages the disbelievers with them, i.e. the Sahaba
(Quran 48:29)
"Whoever abuses my Sa-
haba, upon them is the
curse of Allah, the angels a n d a l l t h e p e o -
ple." (Tabaranee)
Be wary of any person who criticises or swears the Sa-
haba.
A Sahabi (pl. Ṣaḥaba) as
defined by ibn Ḥajar, in his book al-Isaba, is a person
who met the Prophet � as a believer and thereafter
passed away as a Muslim. We have been instructed in
numerous verses of the
Quran and narrations of the Prophet � to love and show respect for the Ṣaḥaba as
Allah is pleased with them.
OUR BELIEF
We love the Sahaba and we
don’t disown any one of them. We hate anyone who
hates them or does not
speak well of them and we only speak well of them.
Love for them is religion,
belief and piety whilst ha-tred for them is disbelief,
hypocrisy and transgres-
sion. (Al Aqeedah At
Tahaawiya)
The Quran establishes their
high status:
Allah is well pleased with the
first emigrants and helpers and those who followed them
in good deeds, and they are
well pleased with Him: He
has prepared Gardens graced with flowing streams for
them, there to remain for ev-
er. That is the supreme tri-umph. (Quran, Surah Tawba
100)
BEST PEOPLE
The Prophet � has also praised the Ṣaḥaba and in-
structed us to love them and not show enmity or insult
them. He said: The best of
people is my generation and thereafter those that follow
them. (Bukhari, Muslim)
Fear Allah, fear Allah with
regards to my companions.
Do not make them targets
(of your criticism) after me. Whoever loves them he
would love them on account
of his love for me and who-ever shows enmity towards
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WORLD
NEWS
IRAQ - Iraqi military helicopters destroyed a con-
voy of fuel tankers inside Syrian territory. The con-
voy was heading towards the border and was due to
supply Isis fighters in Iraq's Anbar province. The Is-
lamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) fights the govern-
ments in Syria and Iraq. Isis created a safe passage
from Anbar to the north Syrian city of Aleppo. How-
ever, most of Syria's other freedom fighters oppose
Isis. (BBC, 27 April 2014)
SOUTH SUDAN - At least 200 civilians were report-
ed to have been slaughtered in a mosque in Bentiu,
capital of the oil-rich Unity State in South Sudan
amidst rebel fighting in the country. (BBC, 23 April
2014)
EGYPT - A coup court in Egypt sentenced 528 sup-
porters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed
Morsi to death. The group is among some 1,200
Muslim Brotherhood supporters on trial, including
senior members. The army and coup leaders have
cracked down harshly on Islamists since Morsi was
removed by the military in July 2013. Hundreds have
been killed and thousands arrested. The Brother-
hood has been declared a terrorist organisation and
authorities have punished any public show of sup-
port for it. (BBC, 24 March 2014)
NIGERIA - An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has
sentenced a man to death by stoning for raping a
girl of 10 and infecting her with HIV. He admitted
raping the girl. (BBC, 24 April)
AFGHANISTAN - 80 people killed and hundreds left
stranded in devastating flash floods in northern Af-
ghanistan. People were left trapped on the roofs of
their homes and rescue helicopters have been de-
ployed. There are reports of flooding in other prov-
inces in the north and west. In Jowzjan 3,000 homes
have been destroyed. (BBC, 25 April 2014)
ECUADOR - President Correa accused USA of med-
dling in his country's internal affairs. 20 US military
personnel will leave to comply with an order from
the Ecuador government. Relations between Ecua-
dor and USA have been strained ever since Correa
came to office in 2007. In 2009, Ecuador refused to
renew an agreement with the US that allowed its
drug-interdiction flights to be based at an Ecuador-
ean airfield. That same year, Ecuador expelled two
US diplomats, accusing them of meddling in its inter-
nal affairs. In 2012, it provided asylum in its London
embassy to the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange,
whose organisation published leaked US military
documents and diplomatic cables. (BBC, 25 April
2014)
PALESTINE - Fatah and Hamas signed a reconcilia-
tion deal and will try to form a unity government
soon. Following the announcement, Israel said it
would not attend a negotiation session with Fatah
and said Fatah would have to choose between peace
with Israel and peace with Hamas. Hamas has lost a
strong ally in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and the
leadership has also lost a key base in Damascus.
(BBC, 24 April 2014)
CANADA - Reports in two magazines said sexual
assault plagues the country's armed forces with five
assaults per day within the military community. The
magazines interviewed victims of rape or sexual as-
sault. (BBC, 25 April 2014)
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SOCIA
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ANCE
Hollywood has released a movie called Noah,
supposedly depicting Prophet Nuh (Noah) alaihis salaam. There are several reasons why
Muslims have a problem with such a film:
1. Portrayal of a Prophet 1.1. This is not allowed as it detracts from the
respect for the Prophet.
1.2 The actors are not in the position to por-tray such great personalities.
1.3 Viewers start to intertwine the character
played by actors, looks included, into their imagination of the Prophets. When reading
about the Flood of Nuh alaihis salaam, view-
ers will imagine scenes from the movie.
2. False Information
2.1 By and large Hollywood movies never
stick to the truth. In fact the producer of the movie Noah, a self-professed atheist, says he
is proud of the fact that he's taken a story in-
spired by God's word and turned it into some-thing so secular.
2.2 The Bible stories of the Prophets that
form the basis of the movies, are riddled with
lies and depict the Prophets in an unsavory light. An example is Genesis 19:30-36 which
twists the story of Prophet Loot alaihis sa-
laam.
3. Sex and Nudity
3.1 No story, not even that of the Prophets, escapes the Hollywood addition of immoral
scenes. IMDB’s parental guidance on the film
Noah notes scenes where Prophets are depict-
ed in immodest scenes.
Rather read the story of Prophet Nuh alaihis
salaam in authentic books and the Quran.
Some Quranic principles on personal finance:
1. Plan your finances
This is consistent with Islamic principles.
[Yusuf alaihis salaam] said, "You will plant for
seven years consecutively; and what you har-vest leave in its spikes, except a little from
which you will eat.” (Quran 12:47)
2. Live within your means
Differentiate between needs and wants and
maintain simplicity. Prophet Aadam alaihis sa-laam was ordered to resist consumption from a
tree, something ordinarily permissible. (Quran
1:35)
3. Be efficient
Negotiate before buying and consult tax plan-
ners. The Quran regards the giving of wealth to the incompetent as inefficient allocation of
resources. “And do not give the weak-minded
your property, which Allah has made a means of sustenance for you, but provide for them
with it and clothe them and speak to them
words of appropriate kindness.” (Quran 4:5)
4. Consult widely
The Quran classifies consultation with others in
matters that are unclear as a trait of those who are successful. “And those who have re-
sponded to their lord and established prayer
and whose affair is [determined by] consulta-tion among themselves, and from what We
have provided them, they spend.” (Quran
42:38)
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Tips on coping with teens:
Be very careful about their friends
During the teenage years, children often care
more about what their friends say than what
their parents or elders say. According to a hadith, "Man is upon the path of his intimate
friend; so let each look to whom he takes as a
friend." It is essential from an early age that we try to get our children involved with good
children.
Wholesome religious, social and sports
activities
Bored teenagers are more likely to look for ex-
citement in the wrong place. If teenagers' lives are full of good and exciting things to do,
they will not have the time or the desire to get
involved in bad things.
Channel their zeal
Our lives and our society are not perfect, and teenagers may have fresh insight into how to
improve them. It is therefore a foolish parent
who tries to ridicule that young idealism. If it
is consistent with Islam, it should be fervently encouraged.
If a teenager is idealistic and wants to im-prove the world, we should encourage him
and help him. If he if full of zeal but lacks the
proper direction, we should help him to use that zeal constructively.
Admit we can be wrong
Parents make mistakes. If we admit to our children that we are wrong at times, they will
not always feel that they have to rebel against
us and prove that we are wrong.
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Some teachings of the Prophet � on looking after our resources:
1. Conservation
The Prophet � passed one day by Sa’d ibn Abi Waqas � while he was performing wudu. The Prophet � asked him, "Why this wastage?" Sa’d � replied "Is there wastage in wudu al-so?" The Prophet � said, "Yes, even if you are at a flowing river."
2. Planting Trees Plant a tree even if it is your last deed:
1. “If (the day of Resurrection) is about to be
established and one of you was holding a palm shoot, let him take advantage of even
one second before the Hour is established to
plant it.”
3. Clean Environment
"Beware of the three acts that cause you to be cursed: relieving yourselves in shaded places
(that people utilize), in a walkway or in a wa-
tering place."
4. Overconsumption
"The believer is not he who eats his fill while
his neighbor is hungry."
5. Fix to Reuse
Asked about what the Prophet � used to do in his house, his wife, Aishah � said that he used to repair his shoes, sow his clothes and
used to do all such household works done by
an average person.
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QUESTIO
NS &
ANSWERS
Q: In a masjid, we quite
often have carpets that have musallas to demar-
cate an individual’s prayer
space in the carpet design
itself. Can this ‘musalla’ be considered as a sutrah
(barrier) for Salaah or is
it still recommended to place something in front
of one?
A: Placing something as a barrier [sutrah] between one
praying and passersby is rec-
ommended. In Sharh al-
Muhadhdhab 3:199, Imam Nawawi related a consensus
from Shaykh Abu Hamid on
this.
Our fiqh books mention that
in the instance one cannot find a proper sutrah, then
one should layout a prayer
mat or make a line for his
sutrah. In Tuhfat al-Muhtaj 2:157, Ibn Hajar mentioned
this and other works relate it
likewise; Tuhfah‘s text men-tions “musalla”.
In Hashiyat al-Tarmasi 2:377, it is related that the
rugs in the mosque are not
intended by this because
they do not serve the pur-pose of a sutrah for one who
is standing on them perform-
ing the prayer.
And Allah Knows Best
Q: Is it permissible to consume store-bought
vinegar in the United
States? Please mention any relevance to the vari-
ous types of vinegar that
are identified on labels (such as wine, apple ci-
der, rice, etc.)
A: It says in the Reliance of
the Traveler 14:6:
“Wine that becomes vinegar without anything having
been introduced into it is
pure, as are the sides of the
container it touched when it splashed or boiled. But if an-
ything was introduced into
the wine before it became vinegar, then turning to vine-
gar does not purify it.
One would have to check
whether the vinegar that one
is consuming is made by in-
tervention or not, meaning to see whether something was
added to it while it was still
intoxicating and before it turned into vinegar, i.e. such
as a catalyst. The traditional
way of making vinegar is fruit juice --> wine --> vine-
gar. (If something is added
while it is still fruit juice, the
vinegar is halal and pure).
I am uncertain about the
process used in the West. If anything is added into it,
while it was intoxicating, the
ruling in the Shafi school re-mains; that it is not permis-
sible to consume.
It is permissible to follow the Hanafi school which holds
that vinegars made by inter-
vention are pure and permis-sible to consume.
Q: If a person knowingly
breaks their fast in Rama-dhan by eating or drink-
ing, is there kaffaarah for
this person? Some say that Shafis hold that kaf-
faarah is only for sexual
intercourse and others that day that deliberate
breaking of the fast
such as this would neces-
sitate kaffaarah.
A: There are two different
kaffarahs:
1. Kaffarah kubra [major ex-
piation], which is specific to
intercourse during a Rama-dan fast day.
2. Kaffarah sughra [minor expiation]. It is giving a
measure of foodstuff to the
poor.
In the Shafi school there is a
difference of opinion of if one
breaks the fast by something besides intercourse and if
then kaffarah sughra needs
to be given. In Sharh al-Muhadhdhab 6:293 and Raw-
dah 2:267, Imam Nawawi
related this difference and stated that the relied-upon
opinion is that fidyah is NOT
due along with the make-up
fast.
Q: Is a Caesarean section
allowed on a dead woman who has a living child in
her stomach.
A: Abu al-Abbas Ibn Surayj maintained that the child
should be removed from its
deceased mother as the
sanctity of the living is more than that of the deceased.
The detail is also mentioned
that in the instance when the fetus would be able to live
outside the womb, then
such an operation should be
performed. (al-Hawi al-Kabir 3:62)
The reason for performing such an operation is to save
a life. If the baby’s life can
be saved, it is obligatory to do so. (Tuhfat al-Muhtaj
3:225)
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QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
Q: I'm a final year student
of dentistry and need guidance on the follow-
ing:
1. After graduating can I treat female patients (as
treating them will require
seeing and touching their face);
2. If it's haram for me to treat females then what
type of jobs can I do in
this field? If I work in a
hospital, the hospital would require me to treat
any patient. If I enter the
teaching side I will have to communicate with fe-
male students in lectures;
The only place where I
can refuse to treat fe-
males is if I establish my
own clinical private prac-tice. So is establishing a
clinic the only job I can
have in this field?
3. Even if I establish a
clinic it is important to first get appropriate
training. My professor has
offered me to join his clin-
ic after my final year ex-ams. It's a great oppor-
tunity for me to learn, but
he will be treating female patients in his clinic as
well. Can I join his clinic
to gain experience?
4. Can I do fcps post grad-
uation? Any post gradua-
tion I apply to will require me to treat fe-
males as well.
A: It is permissible for a male dentist to treat an adult
female patient on the condi-
tion that:
1.The areas of her awrah
(parts of the body that need
to be covered) including her hair and neck are concealed.
2. When touching her face, it
is done so with gloves and not with bare hands.
3. He averts his gaze from her as much as possible.
Q: We had an old mosque in our locality and a while
back that was dismantled
and a new mosque was
constructed at another piece of land 120 meters
away. A tin shed has been
constructed on the land where the previous
mosque was. Can we give
this tin shed on rent and the income generated
from it would be used for
maintenance and exten-
sion of the newly con-structed mosque or do we
have to keep it empty?
Otherwise, what type of structure can we con-
struct on that land?
A: At the outset, it was not permissible to dismantle the
old mosque and replace it
with a new mosque on an-
other piece of land. Once a land has been endowed and
classified as a Shar’i masjid,
it will remain as such until the day of Qiyamah. There-
fore, it is not permissible to
use the old land for any oth-
er purpose than of a Masjid. Hence, it is also not permis-
sible to sell it, rent it out or
convert it to anything else albeit it may be to utilise the
revenue thereof to contribute
to the construction or maintenance of the new Mas-
jid. The previous land will re-
main a Masjid in spite of its
structure being dismantled.
It would have been more ap-propriate to have consulted
the Ulema prior to disman-
tling the old mosque and re-
placing it with another upon a different land. The old
land, along with the new
Masjid, should be reused as a Masjid for the purpose of
Salah and the community
should try their utmost to ensure both Masjids are in-
habited.
Q: What is the method of lifting the finger in
tashahhud in Salaah?
Most hanafis either close the 3 fingers and leave
the index one free and
some lift the index and then keep them all free.
A: There are a several valid
methods of raising the index
finger in tashahhud.
According to the Hanafis, the
most correct method of rais-ing the right index finger is
as follows: 1. Close the little
finger and the ring finger. 2. The middle finger and thumb
should touch each other and
make a circle shape. 3. Raise
the index finger when saying “La Ilaha” and drop the index
finger when saying “Illallah”.
One should place his/her in-dex finger on top of the
thumb and the middle finger.
Having the palm laid flat and only raising the index finger
is not a correct method. The
1st method you mentioned is valid. Also, one should start
the gesture of his hands at
the time of Shahaadah. Then one should follow from the
third procedure mentioned
above.
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Food has some things to teach us about life.
Here are 3 life lessons learned from food.
#1. Life is about taking a risk. People like
to stick with things they are familiar with – be it frequenting the same restaurant over and
over again; or eating the same thing all the
time. Most people are not very adventurous when it comes to food and as result miss out
on some amazing tastes.
Be brave. Sacrifice for Islam.
#2. Bad things happen so that we learn
to appreciate good things. We experience bad service, and occasionally we eat in a lousy
restaurant that serves bad food.
Maybe it is okay to have “bad food” once in a
while so that we will learn to appreciate good
food. The same goes for life. If not for the bad times, you wouldn’t be able to fully appreciate
just how wonderful the good times are.
#3. No matter what you do, it is very im-portant to manage expectations. You went
to try a restaurant after reading about it in a
review, and it wasn’t as good as described. Was the food really bad? Or was the chef hav-
ing a bad day? No, the definition of good dif-
fers from people to people. Taste is subjective, so you really need to learn how to manage
your expectations and try out new things with
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Expectations are the root of all problems.
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The hadith sets out the increase of killing as a
sign before the approach of Qiyamah (e.g. Tir-midhi, Muslim):
Starvation. Being subjected to deliberate
starvation is happening before our eyes in the Yarmouk region of Damascus that is mainly
inhabited by Palestinian refugees. This is also
happening in other parts of Syria where gov-ernment has denied civilians access to food
and medicine, inflicting death by starvation.
Drowning. Muslims are drowning at sea while
trying to migrate illegally to southern Europe-
an countries. Hundreds of North Africans died
when their boats capsized near Sicily.
Torture. Death by torture is number three on
this grisly list. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of Muslim men, women and children are tortured
or raped to death every year.
Bombs. Being at the receiving end of heavy
artillery, missiles and barrel bombs ordered by
one’s own government, a death that is all the
more criminal because most of the victims are innocent civilians, not armed combatants.
Demonstrations. Death of civilians killed during political demonstrations.
Foreign invasion. Muslim have also died by fire from artillery and other weaponry
launched from foreign states. This is occurring
increasingly these days, with Lebanese, Syri-
ans, Egyptians and Palestinians being killed by fire from neighboring Arab states or Israel, or
by American drones in countries such as Yem-
en, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Several legal institutions in European civil law
were adapted from similar institutions in Is-lamic law during the Middle Ages:
The Islamic Hawala institution influenced the
development of the Avallo in Italian civil law and the Aval in French civil law.
The commenda limited partnership used in European civil law was also adapted from the
Qirad and Mudaraba in Islamic law.
The civil law conception of res judicata and
the transfer of debt, which was not permissi-
ble under Roman law but is practiced in mod-
ern civil law, may also have origins in Islamic law.
The concept of an agency was also an institu-tion unknown to Roman law, where it was not
possible for an individual to conclude a binding
contract on behalf of another as his agent.
Islamic law also introduced two fundamental
principles to the West, on which were to later
stand the future structure of law: equity and good faith, which was a precursor to the con-
cept of pacta sunt servanda in civil law and
international law.
Another influence of Islamic law on the civil
law tradition was the presumption of inno-cence, which was introduced to Europe by
Louis IX of France soon after he returned from
Palestine during the Crusades. Islamic law was
based on the presumption of innocence from its beginning, as declared by Caliph Umar � in the 7th century.
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BIO
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ISTO
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The Muslim Moors had a noticeable influence
on the works of William Shakespeare. Shake-speare's The Merchant of Venice, Titus An-
dronicus and Othello, which featured a Moor-
ish Othello as its title character. These works
were inspired by several Muslim delegations from Morocco to England around 1600.
Examples of Muslim influence in Shake-speare’s works:
Macbeth: Lady Macbeth, “All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand." This
extraordinary piece of information must have
meant something to the people who saw the
play. So perfumes from Arabia had reached a level of fame that others would know instantly
what he meant without him explaining it.
Merchant of Venice: The Prince of Morocco
has a speaking part, albeit small, but it’s
there. This shows that the culture of Venice must have had Muslims trading there. In act 2
scene one ‘a tawny moor’ all in white speaks.
This is an accurate depiction of Muslim dress.
The Comedy of Errors: “That’s cover’d o’er
with Turkish tapestry.” Reference to a tapestry
made by the Ottomans.
King Henry the Fifth: “Like the Turkish
mute, shall have a tongueless mouth.” Refer-ence to the play Bajazet which is about Otto-
man Sultan Bayezud I 1360-1403.
Othello: “These moors are unchangeable in their wills.” Indication that the Muslims did not
break their treaties.
Aruj Barbarossa (Born 1473, Died 1518) was
an Ottoman naval Privateer and Governor of Algiers. Aruj was one of four brothers who
were born on the island of Lesbos (modern
day Greece) to Yaqub.
They initially worked as sailors, and privateers
in the Mediterranean to counteract the priva-
teering of Christian crusaders. Ilias was killed during a trading expedition, and Aruj was cap-
tured and imprisoned in Rhodes. He escaped
and went to Italy and from there to Egypt. Sultan Qansoh al-Ghurigave him a ship and
Aruj started attacking Mediterranean islands
controlled by Christians.
In 1505 Aruj seized three more ships and
made Djerba island his base, moving his oper-
ations to the Western Mediterranean. His fame increased 1504-1510 when he transported
Muslim refugees from Spain to North Africa.
He was now known as Baba Aruj, (Father Aruj) for his fatherly care of Muslims in need.
He earned the nickname Barbarossa (Red
Beard) from the French and Spanish.
In 1516, Aruj captured Algiers, then Tlemcen
and declared himself ruler. He became known
for attaching sails to cannons for transport through the deserts of North Africa. He relin-
quished his title of Sultan of Algiers to the Ot-
tomans who then appointed him governor of Algiers and Chief Sea Governor of the Western
Mediterranean. In 1518 Aruj was killed in a
battle with the Spaniards.
He died at the age of 55, and his brother
Kheireddin took his place, his name
(Barbarossa), and his mission.
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The earliest presence of Islam in Chad can be
traced back to Uqba ibn Nafi in the 7th centu-ry, whose descendants can be found settled in
the Lake Chad region to this day. By the time
Arab migrants began arriving in the 14th cen-
tury in sizeable numbers, it was already well established.
53% of Chadians are Muslim and are largely concentrated in northern and eastern Chad.
Spreading Islam in Chad was initially very
slow because it is a rocky place.
Islam was brought in the course of the Muslim
conquest of the Sudan region, in the case of
Chad complete in the 11th century with the conversion of the Kanem-Bornu Empire. The
states of Kanem-Bornu, Baguirmi and Ouad-
dai, were Islamic sultanates that gained prom-inence around the 17th century.
The French first penetrated Chad in 1891, es-tablishing their authority through military ex-
peditions primarily against the Muslim king-
doms.
There are several mosques in Chad. Higher
Islamic education in Chad is non existent thus,
serious Islamic students and scholars must go abroad. Popular destinations include Khartoum
and Cairo, where numerous Chadians attend
Al Azhar.
Chad is part of the Organisation of Islamic Co-
operation. The current president is a Muslim
as are many ministers in the government.
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Cyberbullying is when a kid is tormented,
threatened, harassed, humiliated, embar-rassed or otherwise targeted by another kid
using the Internet, interactive and digital tech-
nologies or mobile phones.
Children have killed each other and committed
suicide after having been involved in a cyber-
bullying incident.
Ways in which it can happen:
1. Instant/Text Messaging Harassment. Kids may send hateful/threatening messages.
2. Stealing Passwords
3. Blogs. Kids sometimes use blogs to damage
other kids' reputations. 4. Sending Pictures via E-mail/Cell Phones.
There have been cases of teens sending mass
e-mails that include nude or degrading pic-tures of other teens. Once sent, it is passed
around to hundreds of people within hours.
What to do:
Parents need to be the one trusted place kids
can go when things go wrong. Yet they often
are the one place kids avoid. Why? Parents tend to overreact, and sometimes underreact.
Parents need to be supportive of your child
during this time.
Educating kids about the consequences (losing
their ISP or IM accounts) helps. Teaching them to respect others and to take a stand
against bullying helps too.
Solutions to each type of cyberbullying inci-dent differs and cyberbullying has little in
common with the traditional schoolyard bully. Read More: www.stopcyberbullying.org
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picture of a Musjid!
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FIN
AL FOCUS
Albayaan Islamic Council Trust was estab-
lished 1996 in Johannesburg by Somali Ulama to cater for the spiritual needs of Somalis
coming to South Africa as refugees. Today it
oversees the religious aspect of life for the ap-
proximately 50,000 Somalis resident in vari-ous towns in South Africa.
Aims and Objectives � To develop and promote Islam.
� To respect the dignity of all.
� To promote humanitarian assistance. � To uplift underprivileged communities.
� To empower people and organizations.
� Building bridges with the local South Afri-
can community.
Some Activities
� Bringing senior Somali Ulama from over-seas annually to refresh the Islamic spirit-
uality of the Somali community.
� Overseeing matters pertaining to mar-riage, divorce, burial etc. in the Somali
community.
� Seeing to welfare issues.
� 7 offices, Musjids and Madresas in South Africa. These cater for 300 students in
Cape Town, 200 in Johannesburg, 100 in
Rustenburg and 60 in Port Elizabeth. � Muslim schools are planned for Johannes-
burg, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth.
CONTACT
Jackson Street, Port Elizabeth
Tel (PE): 072 177 7588
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MajlisAlbayaanSouthAfrica
Hot sun. Salty air. Rhythmic waves. A little
boy packs beach sand with into a bucket. Then he upends the bucket and, to the delight of
the little architect, a castle tower is created.
All afternoon he will work. Spooning out the
moat. Packing the walls. Bottle tops will be sentries. Popsicle sticks will be bridges. A
sandcastle will be built.
Big city. Busy streets. Rumbling traffic. A man
is in his office. At his desk he shuffles papers
and delegates assignments. He cradles the phone and punches the keyboard. Numbers
are juggled, contracts are signed and much to
his delight, a profit is made. All his life he will
work. Annuities will be sentries. Capital gains will be bridges. An empire will be built.
Two builders of two castles. They have much in common. They see nothing and make
something. And for both the tide will rise and
the end will come.
That is where the similarities cease. The boy
sees the end while the man ignores it. The
waves come and there is no sorrow. And when his masterpiece is sucked into the sea, he
smiles, picks up his tools, takes his father's
hand, and goes home.
The grownup is not so wise. As the wave of
years collapses on his castle he is terrified. He tries to protect his monument. He blocks the
waves from the walls he has made. He snarls
at the incoming tide.
Go ahead and build, but build with a child's
heart. When the sun sets and the tides take -
be content with Allah’s decree.