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U.S. State Department Launches Site on Islam
pakiprncess
04/23/01 at 16:54:21
asalaam alaikum friends - this is really nice, you guys! its got some beautiful pictures of mosques in america....enjoy it if youve got some time to spare: TAKE A PEEK: U.S. State Department Launches Site on Islam - December 2, 2000 - 11:33 PM (WASHINGTON D.C. Nov. 28)--The U. S. State Department has a new section in its website which focusing on Islam. The new site provides information about the vitality and diversity of the Muslim experience in the United States. American Muslim contributions to every aspect of American life are outlined in addition to sections describing how American Muslims live, work and worship in our country. The website, entitled, "Islam in the United States," features a fact sheet of facts and figures on the American Muslim population, official speeches from U.S. President Clinton and U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright, as well as other government officials. Ms Albright introduces the website with a personal message. The site also features articles of relevance to the American Muslim community as well as selected readings, academic programs, related sites and a gallery of pictures of American Mosques. Visit the website at http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/islam wasalaamz ;)

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Kashif
04/26/01 at 12:18:23
ohhhh we're so honoured that Madeleine Half-bright said some good things about us Muslims! I'm sure she likes us! PS If you haven't guessed i'm being sarcastic.
NS

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Saleema
04/26/01 at 13:23:28
[slm] our mosque is on that page, i think so at least. anyway, yeah, albright and the state department think that with things like this they will put us back to sleep and then they can keep on doing what they do without even hearing our voices of protest. But there are some people who don't even want things like that for the Muslims. [wlm]

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jehad
04/26/01 at 13:43:53
THE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS WILL NEVER BE PLEASED WITH YOU UNTIL YOU LEAVE YOUR RELIGION, what are they trying?

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Harun
04/27/01 at 18:09:59
[quote] our mosque is on that page, i think so at least. [/quote] salams, been a while since ive been here hope all is well, but thats SW zone, saleema...

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Saleema
04/27/01 at 22:55:31
[slm] Oh really? LOL :D that's so sad man. I can't even recognize my masjid and i go there so often!  :) But it looks like our masjid alot and i saw houston or texas somewhere on there so i thought it was probably our mosque. oh man. i feel so stupid now. don't tell anyone!  :) [wlm] Saleema

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Anik
05/01/01 at 11:43:30
[quote]THE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS WILL NEVER BE PLEASED WITH YOU UNTIL YOU LEAVE YOUR RELIGION, what are they trying?[/quote] asalaamu alaikum , brother, cool your jets man! I'm sure they say the same about us. asalaamu alaikum. anik,.

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Arsalan
05/01/01 at 11:52:40
Surah al-Baqarah, Ayah 120: Never will the Jews or the Christians be satisfied with thee unless thou follow their form of religion. Say: "The Guidance of Allah,-that is the (only) Guidance." Wert thou to follow their desires after the knowledge which hath reached thee, then wouldst thou find neither protector nor helper against Allah.

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chachi
05/13/01 at 14:51:10
any links to half-brights comment on how the murder of 500,000 kids is something she can live with? anybody notice how cnn is suddenly creating hundreds of new foreign language websites.. i think the website is there to gather statistical data

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jannah
05/13/01 at 19:26:39
[slm] 'half-brights' <-- that was funny :) btw chachi what would the statistical data do for them? 1000 ppl read the arabic version one day, 500 read the japanese etc...?  big deal... they're probably trying to increase their global reach to other nations and peoples and their main barrier right now is language. that is what we should be more worried about.  through the internet the 'american propoganda machine' will continue to infiltrate other cultures with it's own values and culture, including materialism, greed, individualism, not to mention it's media bias on who is right and who is wrong in the world.

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Kashif
05/13/01 at 20:25:01
assalaamu alaikum Jannah, Whilst Sh. Wajdi was here in London he was saying that Muslims need to look forward with regards to spreading da'wah on the internet. In specific, he was talking about a recent study that said within 2 decades or so, the language of the internet would be Chinese, yet there is not one site that we know of that caters for Islam in that language. And so, it is something that deserves some consideration by computer-literate du'aat. Kashif Wa Salaam PS. I don't believe i've mentioned before that Sh. Wajdi heads the http://www.alminbar.net project which aims to make khutbas on virtually any topic available to anyone who has access to the internet. At the moment the 10,000 or so khutbas that they have are all in Arabic but they intend to start translating these across to English in the future insha'llah.

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jannah
05/15/01 at 01:02:49
wlm, interesting kashif, that sounds like an awesome project...i wish we could put more of our resources and money into worthwhile infrastructure type of things like this. we certainly have the need now and in the future for a database like that. so many jumah jamats are springing up all over the place, on universities, in hospitals, etc and as they increase we have less and less knowledgable people giving the khutbahs :(

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chachi
05/15/01 at 21:15:48
Salaam Jannah it's statistical analysis to see what muslims are interested in so they can hone their propaganda efforts in the future but i agree there is a stage reached when the level of data acquired makes it's analysis meaningless ..in the end it's like the weather a single action can create unpredictable chain reactions and the more you view the data the more it hides the reality i'm sure you can think of historical examples! i eat a donner i look at x ..i eat a delicious tandoori chicken and i look at y..etc Kashif i suggested ages ago that we have an excellent template! a x-tian evangelical group has produced a analysis of every single group of people on earth..all we have to do is follow in their wake...lol..give them a copy of Sh. Deedats works in their language as soon as they've converted...*lol* With regards to chinese 11% of china is muslim with the increase in contacts between china and the muslim world due to china's increased need for oil the situation should become more transparent..the future prospect is for muslim - chinese relations which have been freindly since the time of the caliph haroun ar-rashid to become closer wheras muslim - american relations will become more hostile unfortunately due to the increase in mass communications and america's actions in the middle east..remember the second world war started because america tried to prevent japan from becoming equal to the european powers by restricting it's access to oil..it's a dangerous world out there and the most dangerous situation is that involving a triangle in world politics

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chachi
05/15/01 at 21:18:33
i hear the term for Colin Powell is 'Coconut' Colin *lol* poor chap
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