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Newsletter
Monday
22 Rajab 1428/06 August 2007
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MAYYITS (FUNERALS)
05.08.07 - Mayyit of: Latiefa Mohammed - WILL LEAVE FROM: 58 Sikkum Street Glorious, Pretoria - Time: 11:00 - QABRASTAAN: - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

05.08.07 - Mayyit of: Mufti Basheer Sanjalvi - WILL LEAVE FROM: Mias Farm - Time: 16:30 - QABRASTAAN: Mias Farm - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

05.08.07 - Mayyit of: Ebrahim Muhammady - WILL LEAVE FROM: Bawa Street Benoni - Time: 10:15 - QABRASTAAN: Rynsoord - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

05.08.07 - Mayyit of: Dr Ahmed Varachia - WILL LEAVE FROM: Austrailia - Time: - QABRASTAAN: - CAUSE OF DEATH:

THE MESSAGE
By Jahangeer Hanif
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Superstitious! Coward! Old fashioned! Are the words that still echoed in her head. Her face was soaked with warm drops that she had shed during the past couple of hours while she had prostrated herself before the Almighty, time and again in this interval. She did not know how long she had been up collecting and presenting before Allah the broken pieces of her soft heart which was brutally hurt by the ruthless comments her friends made at the college this morning. She had always been kind to them but they would always pass low comments about her attire and for her fear and concern about the Hereafter. Her only crime was that she could not leave her head and chest uncovered like them and that she could not put on skin tight almost transparent garments. She had always found it hard to show interest in the topics they would discuss.

She knew that modesty was her real asset and that inner-purification was the real objective of her life in this world. How could she go against the values that the Almighty had inculcated within herself? How could she undertake to do something that her conscience would vehemently disapprove of? Now at this moment of the dark night when she saw that she could not cope with the situation anymore, she resolved that she's had enough. She must quit going to the college and shut herself up from the rest of the world!

Such an event may take place in the life of many people with little change in the details of the scenario. But they are often led to arrive at the same decision because of the morbidly obnoxious treatment they have to receive for opting to live their lives according to the injunctions put forth by the Almighty. This is awfully ironic, that the world plays so insensitive a role to the sincere feelings of those people who wish to take all of them to the road that directly leads to eternal bliss. It is sad that those who must be respected and given an ear to hear soft words of good advice are mistreated and branded as inferior.

This writer does not have an iota of doubt in his mind that these circumstances are fair and just but his understanding of religion compels him to humbly present the complete picture before all his sisters in Allah so that they could know that ‘quitting' is not what their Lord as well as this Ummah expects from them.

As far as the expectations of this Ummah are concerned, they must know that it wants them to become a role model for all women across the world. Everyone knows that there has been much hullabaloo over women's rights in the last couple of centuries and much of the blame was placed on the religion of Islam for violation thereof. Feminists clamorously put forward that Islam hampers the achievements that women can otherwise accomplish in every sphere of life. Although, it is a baseless allegation that the fanatics have placed on Islam in their struggle to renounce every religion that would endorse moral limits, many people have gone astray because what they see in practice also substantiates the veracity of the allegation. Innumerable articles have been written to refute the claims of the feminists. But this alone won't work. We must let the world see that a Muslim woman while observing all the injunctions of Islam can achieve astronomical targets that others would dare not to commence at all.

Obviously, this business necessitates that Muslim women be as daring as to challenge evil in its makeshift safe-haven and as bold as to overthrow all the absurdly fabricated claims of the feminists. They must be creative enough to introduce new chapters in the field of fine arts and as much intelligent as to make revolutionary discoveries in the field of science while keeping the Islamic attributes that make them the unmatchable ornament.

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DUA (PRAYER)
Upon completing the meal
Alhamdulilahil la dh i a' t amana, wa saqana, waja'alana muslimeen. Praise be to Allah Who has fed us, and given us drink, and made us Muslims [abu Dawud, at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i, ibn Majah]

Alhamdulilahil la dh i a' t amana hadha warazaq-aanihi, min ghairi hawlin minni, wa la quwwattin Praise be to Allah, who has fed us this food, and sustained me with it when I was unable to do it Powerless. [at-Tirmidhi, abu Dawud, ibn Majah]

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
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08h30: Islamic discussions
09h05: Lifestyle of Nabi SAW & Pious Women
10h30: JUZ/PARA A DAY – DAILY QURAN
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13h05: Thuhr Athaan & Ath Thikrul Hakeem
14h30: Quran Translation
14h45: Islamic History
15h15: Arabic
16h05: Actuality
18h30: SANHA
19h25: Ml E Adam
20h30: Talk to Boetie

SALAAH TIMES
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FINANCIALS
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(As at 06/08/07)

NEWS
Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge describes her unauthorised trip to Spain as a “mistake”. This comes after R160 000 of tax payers money was spent to make the trip possible.

The South African Communist Party says allegations of fraud and theft claims against general secretary Blade Nzimande are an attempt to discredit the organisation.

Chief of the Ekurhuleni metro police, Robert McBride, has another lawsuit against him. Six officers from the SA police service were scheduled to have a letter of demand served on him today.

The Automobile Association (AA) has advised motorists not to participate in "panic buying" of petrol. Several filling stations in Johannesburg have received new fuel stocks during the night.

Bangladesh, one of the Asian countries affected by severe flooding has appealed for aid to help millions displaced people. Almost half of Bangladesh is under water.

COSATU president Willie Madisha says he will co-operate fully with a police investigation into allegations of fraud against Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande.

South Korea Muslim leaders say they are doing their best to convince the Taliban to release 21 South Korean Christians captured in Afghanistan.

President Thabo Mbeki has denied that there is a witch-hunt against former president FW de Klerk.

Negotiations in the petrol strike have deadlocked this weekend. Fuel companies are now using contract drivers to deliver petrol while negotiations continue.

A 20 thousand rand reward has been issued for each of the ten prisoners who escaped from Qalakabusha prison in Empangeni on Saturday.

Head of the Palestinian higher authority, Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, has deplored the threats issued by Israeli MP David Rotem to bomb the Aqsa masjid.

Nearly 1100 people have now died from the raging floods in India. 20 million people across the subcontinent have been left homeless. In the last week at least 289 people have been killed.

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RECIPE
Mutton Special Curry
Ingredients
1kg Lamb Meat, cubed - 1 tsp ginger garlic - 1 tsp chillie garlic paste - 3 tsps red chillies - 1 tblsp crushed jeeru - 1 tsp salt - ½ tsp pepper - 1 tuj - 2 elachi - 3 whole pepper corns - ¾ kg tomatoes – chopped - ½ cup white vinegar - ½ cup water - ¼ cup tomato puree - 1 cup onions – sliced & fried.

Vagaar
2 tblsps ghee - 6 baby onions - 6 green chillies- slit - 1 tblsp garlic – sliced - 10 halved almonds.

Method
Marinate meat with spices and cook until tender. Mix the tomatoes with the vinegar and water. Cook until tomatoes are thick and mushy. Liquidize the tomato puree, cooked tomato mixture and fried onions. Add to cooked meat and simmer until sauce is thick. Fry baby onions, chillies, garlic and almonds in ghee. Pour over meat and serve with naan.

HEALTH TIP
BANANAS
Brain Power: 200 students at a school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

A THOUGHT
Hatred
"Hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values." - Jose' Ortega y Gasset

Hatred is taboo to most moral people. That's why we consciously try to keep our distance from whatever or whoever it is we hate. But unconsciously, it's impossible to avoid what we truly hate. The very act of hating is too riveting. Hate is a hook. What we hate we tend on some level to obsess about, ruminate over, and plot against. Worst of all, and perhaps most mysteriously, hate has the power of metamorphosis; it can actually transform us into the object of our hatred. People who hate the deprivations of their childhood, for example, very often become the depriving parents they despised. Hatred of some prejudice creates its own prejudice. Vigilantes become violent, teetotallers become drunk with power.

Campaigners against any evil need to guard against becoming evildoers themselves. It is too easy to become what we hate. Healing self-esteem often means bring runaway hatred under control. The trouble with hatred is that it doesn't recognize boundaries.

THE SMILE
A new manager spends a week at his new office with the manager he is replacing. On the last day the departing manager tells him, "I have left three numbered envelopes in the desk drawer. Open an envelope if you encounter a crisis you can't solve."

Three months down the track there is major drama, everything goes wrong - the usual stuff - and the manager feels very threatened by it all. He remembers the parting words of his predecessor and opens the first envelope. The message inside says "Blame your predecessor!" He does this and gets off the hook.

About half a year later, the company is experiencing a dip in sales, combined with serious product problems. The manager quickly opens the second envelope. The message read, "Reorganize!" This he does, and the company quickly rebounds.

Three months later, at his next crisis, he opens the third envelope. The message inside says "Prepare three envelopes".

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