Saturday, March 31, 2012
expulsion of Northern Muslims aged 20
The expulsion of the Muslims from the Northern province was an act of ethnic cleansing carried out by the LTTE organization in October 1990. the LTTE forcibly expelled more than 1000,00 strong Muslim population from the Northern Province. The first expulsion was in Chavakacheri, of 1,500 people. After this, Muslims in Kilinochchi and Mannar were forced many to leave their homeland. The turn of Jaffna came on October 30, 1990; when LTTE trucks drove through the streets ordering Muslim families to assemble at Osmania College. There, they were told to exit the city within two hours. The entire muslim population was expelled from Jaffna. According to a 1981 census (the last official count), the total Muslim population in Jaffna was 14,844. They could take with them only the clothes they were wearing and no more than 50 rupees in cash. Their houses were subsequently looted by the LTTE , now they more than 200,000 in numbers mainly in puttlam refuge camps the muslim refuges aged 20 this year , this month but no notable attention paid by local or international societies..
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The expulsion of the Muslims from the Northern province was an act of ethnic cleansing carried out by the LTTE organization in October 1990. the LTTE forcibly expelled more than 1000,00 strong Muslim population from the Northern Province. The first expulsion was in Chavakacheri, of 1,500 people. After this, Muslims in Kilinochchi and Mannar were forced many to leave their homeland. The turn of Jaffna came on October 30, 1990; when LTTE trucks drove through the streets ordering Muslim families to assemble at Osmania College. There, they were told to exit the city within two hours. The entire muslim population was expelled from Jaffna. According to a 1981 census (the last official count), the total Muslim population in Jaffna was 14,844. They could take with them only the clothes they were wearing and no more than 50 rupees in cash. Their houses were subsequently looted by the LTTE , now they more than 200,000 in numbers mainly in puttlam refuge camps the muslim refuges aged 20 this year , this month but no notable attention paid by local or international societies..
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Muslim Brotherhood to field Khairat al-Shater as candidate in May's presidential vote, reversing earlier policy.
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| Khairat al-Shater, a top financier of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, is set to be the group's presidential candidate [AFP] |
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, in control of almost half the seats in parliament, announced it was fielding its own presidential candidate, reversing an earlier decision not to do so and escalating its confrontation with the nation's ruling generals and the group's secular and progressive critics.
A win by its candidate, the group's chief strategist and deputy leader Khairat al-Shater, would give the formerly outlawed movement Islamic principles should regulate all aspects of public and family life a strong grip on both the country's legislative and executive branches, and gives the group a powerful hand in determining the future of this mainly Muslim nation whose longtime leader Hosni Mubarak, a staunch US ally, was ousted a year ago.
A win by its candidate, the group's chief strategist and deputy leader Khairat al-Shater, would give the formerly outlawed movement Islamic principles should regulate all aspects of public and family life a strong grip on both the country's legislative and executive branches, and gives the group a powerful hand in determining the future of this mainly Muslim nation whose longtime leader Hosni Mubarak, a staunch US ally, was ousted a year ago.
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The announcement at a Cairo news conference ended weeks of speculation and confusion within the group. The Saturday's decision split the group's governing Shura council, the group's legislative body, to two camps: one in
favour of fielding a candidate from within and one against it, fearing the repercussions, according to a Brotherhood official. He spoke anonymously because of the sensitivity of the matter.
Egypt's press describe al-Shater as a multi-millionaire businessman and one of the Brotherhood's main financiers.
The movement's decision to finally nominate one of its own is likely to escalate the group's confrontation with the council of military generals, who are accused of seeking to preserve the army's privileges and are likely not
to want too much power concentrated in the hands of a single group.
It will also widen the gap with progressives and secularists, who fear that the movement - which has largely espoused moderate rhetoric in the past year - will implement a conservative Muslim agenda once it has solidified its political position.
Already, Muslim conservatives enjoy a comfortable majority on a 100-member panel tasked with drafting a new constitution for Egypt, which has raised serious alarm among the nation's large Christian minority and progressives.
favour of fielding a candidate from within and one against it, fearing the repercussions, according to a Brotherhood official. He spoke anonymously because of the sensitivity of the matter.
Egypt's press describe al-Shater as a multi-millionaire businessman and one of the Brotherhood's main financiers.
The movement's decision to finally nominate one of its own is likely to escalate the group's confrontation with the council of military generals, who are accused of seeking to preserve the army's privileges and are likely not
to want too much power concentrated in the hands of a single group.
It will also widen the gap with progressives and secularists, who fear that the movement - which has largely espoused moderate rhetoric in the past year - will implement a conservative Muslim agenda once it has solidified its political position.
Already, Muslim conservatives enjoy a comfortable majority on a 100-member panel tasked with drafting a new constitution for Egypt, which has raised serious alarm among the nation's large Christian minority and progressives.
Policy reversal
The decision to run a presidential candidate may have as much to do with the Brotherhood's internal politics as its long-term plans. Two other advocates of political Islam - one a relative progressive and the other an ultra-conservative - are also running for president, and Brotherhood leaders reportedly feared that these candidates might attract a following from younger members of the movement and break down its legendary discipline.
Mahmoud Hussein, the group's deputy leader, said the decision to run a candidate was made in the face of "attempts to abort the revolution," after the military council refused several requests by the Brotherhood to appoint a
cabinet of ministers.
The decision to run a presidential candidate may have as much to do with the Brotherhood's internal politics as its long-term plans. Two other advocates of political Islam - one a relative progressive and the other an ultra-conservative - are also running for president, and Brotherhood leaders reportedly feared that these candidates might attract a following from younger members of the movement and break down its legendary discipline.
Mahmoud Hussein, the group's deputy leader, said the decision to run a candidate was made in the face of "attempts to abort the revolution," after the military council refused several requests by the Brotherhood to appoint a
cabinet of ministers.
"We don't want to reach a confrontation that affects the path of the nation," Mohammed Morsi, top leader of the group's political arm said.
But such a confrontation is likely. The move reverses a pledge made by the group's leaders not to contest presidential elections to reassure progressives and Western countries fearful of an Islamic takeover.
The group won close to half of parliament seats in the country's first post-revolution elections in November. That victory was largely due to the Brotherhood's grassroots movement, however, and it is unclear how al-Shater will do against other candidates who might have greater name recognition and stronger television presence, such as ex-Arab League chief Amr Moussa.
Al-Shater also faces off against the two other candidates calling for an Islamic form of government, although the impact of him splitting the Islamist vote is lessened because the top two candidates in the first round of balloting will go on to a run-off.
Al-Shater, who is in his early sixties, joined the Brotherhood in 1974. He has been jailed four times for a total of seven years on charges relating to his membership in the Brotherhood, which was outlawed more than 50 years ago.
However, Hussein said that there are "no legal obstacles" in front of al-Shater to contest the election.
But such a confrontation is likely. The move reverses a pledge made by the group's leaders not to contest presidential elections to reassure progressives and Western countries fearful of an Islamic takeover.
The group won close to half of parliament seats in the country's first post-revolution elections in November. That victory was largely due to the Brotherhood's grassroots movement, however, and it is unclear how al-Shater will do against other candidates who might have greater name recognition and stronger television presence, such as ex-Arab League chief Amr Moussa.
Al-Shater also faces off against the two other candidates calling for an Islamic form of government, although the impact of him splitting the Islamist vote is lessened because the top two candidates in the first round of balloting will go on to a run-off.
Al-Shater, who is in his early sixties, joined the Brotherhood in 1974. He has been jailed four times for a total of seven years on charges relating to his membership in the Brotherhood, which was outlawed more than 50 years ago.
However, Hussein said that there are "no legal obstacles" in front of al-Shater to contest the election.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Arrests in French shootings city
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The arrests took place in different cities and a number of guns, including a Kalashnikov, were seized [AFP]Police arrest 19 people in Toulouse and other cities in raids targeting suspected Innocent Muslims. |
French elite police have arrested 19 people in dawn raids targeting members of suspected Islamic extremist circles, including in the city from where an al-Qaeda inspired gunman carried out a series of attacks that left seven people dead.
The arrests in Toulouse in the southwest, Nantes and Le Mans in western France, and in the Paris region, were carried out by police commando units, police sources told the news agencies.
While speaking on Europe 1 radio, Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, confirmed that 19 people had been arrested and that guns, including a Kalashnikov, had been seized.
Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland, reporting from Paris, said the president promised further crackdown on people associated with Islamist groups and that he would pass new anti-terrorism measures before the election in April.
While speaking on Europe 1 radio, Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, confirmed that 19 people had been arrested and that guns, including a Kalashnikov, had been seized.
Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland, reporting from Paris, said the president promised further crackdown on people associated with Islamist groups and that he would pass new anti-terrorism measures before the election in April.
"They're very much trying now to focus the election campaign on security rather than on economic issues, which have up until this point dominated the debate," she said.
Toulouse was where Mohammed Merah, the gunman, was killed in a raid by armed police after a lengthy standoff at his apartment.
The 23-year-old had shot dead three soldiers, and three children and a teacher at a Jewish school in a killing spree that shocked the country.
French authorities have charged Merah's brother Abdelkader with complicity in the attacks and said they were looking for other accomplices.
Merah was buried on Thursday in the Muslim section of a cemetery in the Toulouse neighbourhood of Cornebarrieu, on the outskirts of Toulouse, sources said, despite requests from the city's mayor that he be buried elsewhere.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Some websites are violating media ethics
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Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena alleged that certain websites are violating media ethics.France bars entry to four Islamic scholars
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| Sarkozy said on Monday that preacher Youssef al-Qaradawi was not welcome in France [GETTY] |
France has barred four Islamic preachers from entering the country after banning prominent preacher Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi and another Egyptian cleric who wanted to attend a Muslim conference in Paris.
Foreign Minister Alain Juppe and Interior Minister Claude Gueant said in a joint statement on Thursday the four preachers "call for hate and violence ... and, in the current context, present a strong risk of upsetting public order".
President Nicolas Sarkozy, who ordered a crackdown on extremists after the Toulouse killings by an al Qaeda-inspired gunman last week, said on Monday that Qaradawi and Mahmoud al-Masri were not welcome in France.
The Union of French Islamic Organisations (UOIF), which invited the scholars to an April 6-9 conference, said it was surprised and hurt by the government's "manifest determination to prolong a polemic ... based on total ignorance".
The UOIF said the bans "risk deepening the feeling French Muslims have of being blacklisted and treated with prejudice".
The four preachers - a Palestinian, an Egyptian and two Saudis - were due to take part in an annual conference in Paris hosted by the UOIF.
They are Ikrima al-Sabri, former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories, Egyptian preacher Safwat al-Hijazi, Saudi self-help preacher Ayedh al-Qarni and Saudi imam and Koran reciter Abdallah Basfar.
The UOIF said none of them advocated violence.
The ministers regretted the UOIF had invited Swiss-born Tariq Ramadan, who teaches at Britain's Oxford University, but they did not bar him. They said his views "are contrary to the republican spirit and do no service to French Muslims".
Ramadan has a following among young French Muslims, whom he encourages to insist on their right to practice their faith despite official bans on religious symbols in state schools and in the public service.
France's five million Muslims are the largest Islamic minority in Europe.
Juppe and Gueant said France respected all religions and upheld the right to free speech.
"But while France is hit by extremists who attack it in the name of ideologies and errant beliefs, it is crucial that these liberties are exercised within the law and with respect for our fundamental values," they said.
Last week, Mohamed Merah, a 23-year-old Frenchman of Algerian descent known to have visited Afghanistan twice, shot dead seven people in a 10-day rampage in southwest France before police killed him after a 30-hour siege at his flat.
After that, Sarkozy announced plans last week to make it a crime to repeatedly consult Internet sites advocating Islamic extremism and to punish those who travel overseas for indoctrination or militant training.
Sarkozy and his UMP party, campaigning hard to win votes from the far-right National Front, have stressed divisive issues such as halal food and Islamic radicalism in their campaign for the two-round presidential election on April 22 and May 6.
Jazeera Arabic
Sri Lanka’s war-displaced Muslims want to return home
Mohammed Ashraf I Arab News
PUTTALAM: Syed Mohammed, 56, was driven out of his northern Sri Lanka home when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) started ethnic cleansing in 1989, killing scores of Muslims, looting their homes, taking over their farmlands and attacking places of worship.
He was a prosperous businessman, with an average daily income of 50,000 Sri Lankan rupees (approximately $435) from his Hotel Taj Mahal and his guests included UN officials. Like tens of thousands of fellow Muslims forced to leave their homes, he has been living in camps for nearly two decades.
One of his sons, S.M. Jinnah, 28, is helping him to make both ends meet by working as a casual mason though jobs are a luxury for the camp dwellers. His other son Shahjahan, 24, and daughter Fasoorya, 20, were in the custody of the Sri Lankan army for the past two years on charges of collaborating with the Tamil separatists. Their release remains uncertain-even after four months since Colombo announced capture of the rebel territories.
Though the war is over, several members of the Muslim families are still in the custody of the security forces, accused of collaborating with the LTTE forces during the war.
Last week, hundreds of Muslims were out on the streets of Colombo protesting police atrocities and “encounter” killings while the authorities branded those who got killed by the security forces as “gangsters.”
This reporter met several people at the camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Puttalam district, where parents and close relatives of Minister for Resettlement Disaster Relief Rishad Bathiudeen, 37, also live. Some 80,000 people are living in the Puttalam camps alone.
A couple of years back his ministry had initiated an ambitious project to rehabilitate 18,240 families living under inhuman conditions in these camps, 90 percent of them Muslims.
Funds started pouring in from Gulf countries and international aid agencies, thanks to his relentless efforts.
As the LTTE menace is over, most of these people want to return to their native towns and villages vacated by the LTTE fighters despite the government offer of descent two-bedroom houses in the newly-built townships like the Al-Qasimi City (funded by the ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi) with good roads, sanitation, utility services and schools.
The city was opened in April and the residents enjoy all the basic amenities there.
Five hundred houses under the project have been handed over and another 500 are getting ready. “We plan to build 14,000 houses in a phased manner,” said a confident Bathiudeen, adding that it would take many more months to clear tens of thousands of land mines planted by the LTTE.
“I want to go back and start my business all over again,” says Mohammed. “I also want to secure the release of my other children picked up by the government troops. We’re trapped between the deep sea and the devil.” Mohammed returned to his hometown with his family in 2003 when the slain LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran formally apologized for the expulsion of Muslims and asked them to return. Then the Sinhalese forces started targeting them as suspected collaborators.
“My children were left with no option when the armed men came and asked them to get into their vehicle at gunpoint. They were branded as informers and ultimately they landed up in jail. Life was miserable once again and I had to leave with the rest my family,” he said. Similar is the case of Madeena, 36, who lives with her jobless husband and six children in a nearby tent in the Salton Sairam 1 camp along with 118 more families. Her brother, Hussein Kasmi, is in jail for the past one year and three months. She wants to return to Jaffna to secure his release.
“They were asked to leave within 48 hours or face death. They took away all our jewelry and money and whatever valuables we had. We were reduced to begging,” says Madeena who came from Vavuniya.
But going back is not that easy. A few families who went home during the peace talks between 2002 and 2005 had to come back to this camp as they could not have access to their lands which were now occupied by Tamil families. Others left because their homes were turned to rubbles by the three decades of war. “During the summer of 1990, the LTTE started the ethnic cleansing by launching mass killings in the North and East and forcing us to flee. Numerous mosques were attacked and dozens of pilgrims returning from Haj were killed,” S.R.M. Mohamed Irshad, a Gulf-returnee who works as a community volunteer in Puttalam, tells us. But the actual human casualty is believed to be much higher. Even the authorities could not provide the total number of dead and missing from all communities. The number of missing persons from the families in Puttalam camps alone is estimated to be 178. The parents of Bathiudeen was among the families who were driven out from Vavuniya in Northern Province by the LTTE. The young minister heads the influential All Ceylon Muslim Congress which has four ministers in the government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. His ministry last week sent back 10,000 war-displaced Tamil people in the former LTTE strongholds back to their villages in the north and east and vowed to return 80 percent of the 280,000 recently displaced people being held in refugee camps soon.
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NATO condemned for Libya migrant deaths Council of Europe report alleges NATO warships did not come to aid of migrants feeling conflict adrift in Mediterranean.
Thousands fled the unrest in Tunisia and Libya, mostly bound for the Italian island of Lampedusa, last year [Reuters]
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| A European rights watchdog has condemned NATO and Western navies for allegedly not coming to the aid of a boat full of migrants adrift in the Mediterranean Sea during last year's military campaign against Libya. A committee of the Council of Europe said in a report on Thursday that 63 of the 72 people on board perished when the boat was allowed to drift for weeks after its engine failed. It received no assistance during this time. The report accuses NATO of not being "very approachable with regard to requests for search and rescue operations". NATO warships and support vessels were patrolling the area at the time, enforcing an arms embargo against Libya as part of a UN resolution. The alliance has said its ships rescued hundreds of people in their area of operations. 'Shocking' findings The report, entitled "Lives lost in the Mediterranean Sea: who is responsible?" was released by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), following a nine-month long inquiry. It was conducted after the March 2011 incident, in which it is alleged that the migrants, who were attempting to flee the conflict that resulted in the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, died at sea after having their appeals for rescue ignored. Tineke Strik, the rapporteur for PACE, said she was "shocked" by the findings of her inquiry. "Since the beginning of 2011 at least 1,500 people are known to have perished in the Mediterranean trying to reach European soil - despite this being one of the busiest and best-monitored seas in the world," she said in a statement. "My inquiry has focused on one particularly tragic incident, in which 63 people died, to try to establish who bears responsibility for their deaths. I have been deeply shocked by what I have learned." |
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Video. Units of Al-Qaeda take control of Gaddafi's home town of Sirte
A video footage dated March 23, 2012 has been published online. It shows a convoy of vehicles with the Mujahideen of al-Qaeda entering the Libyan city of Sirte, reportsUmmaNews.
The convoy consists of several dozen vehicles, almost each of them mounted with heavy machine guns and black flags of al-Qaeda.
The convoy consists of several dozen vehicles, almost each of them mounted with heavy machine guns and black flags of al-Qaeda.
Cries of Allahu Akbar are heard, the whole street was filled with sirens roar and road signals.
The motorcade is closed by the three fire engines - the flags of al-Qaeda can also be seen on their windshields.
The motorcade is closed by the three fire engines - the flags of al-Qaeda can also be seen on their windshields.
It is to be recalled that Sirte is the home town of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and was one of his last strongholds after the rebels capture the capital Tripoli in August 2011. It was in Sirte on October 20 Gaddafi was killed.
Conditions of righteous deeds
Praise be to Allaah.
An action cannot be an act of worship unless it includes two things: complete love and complete humility. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“But those who believe, love Allaah more (than anything else)”
[al-Baqarah 2:165]
“Verily, those who live in awe for fear of their Lord”
[al-Mu’minoon 23:57]
And Allaah mentions them together in the aayah (interpretation of the meaning):
“Verily, they used to hasten on to do good deeds, and they used to call on Us with hope and fear, and used to humble themselves before Us” [al-Anbiya’ 21:90]
Once this is understood, we will realize that worship can only be accepted from a Muslim who believes in Allaah alone (Tawheed), as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And We shall turn to whatever deeds they (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners) did, and We shall make such deeds as scattered floating particles of dust” [al-Furqaan 25:23]
In Saheeh Muslim (214) it is narrated that ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: “I said, ‘O Messenger of Allaah, during the Jaahiliyyah, Ibn Jud’aan used to uphold the ties of kinship and feed the poor. Will that avail him anything?’ He said, ‘It will not avail him anything because he never said, “O Allaah, forgive me my sins on the Day of Judgement”’” – i.e., he did not believe in the resurrection or do good deeds hoping to meet Allaah.
Moreover, the Muslim’s worship will not be accepted unless it meets two basic conditions:
1 – Sincerity of intention towards Allaah, which means that the person’s intention in all his words and deeds, both outward and inward, is to seek the pleasure of Allaah and none other.
2 – It should be in accordance with the sharee’ah which Allaah has prescribed, and he should not worship Allaah in any other way. That is achieved by following the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and what he brought, and shunning anything that goes against it, and not inventing any new form of worship that has not been narrated in sound reports from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
The evidence for these two conditions is the aayah (interpretation of the meaning):
“So whoever hopes for the Meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord” [al-Kahf 18:110]
Ibn Katheer (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: “ ‘So whoever hopes for the Meeting with his Lord’ means his reward; ‘let him work righteousness’ means, that which is in accordance with the laws of Allaah; ‘and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord’ this means seeking the Face of Allaah alone, with no partner or associate. These two conditions are the basis of acceptable deeds, which must be sincerely for the sake of Allaah alone and correct according to the sharee’ah of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
Praise be to Allaah.
Praise be to Allaah.
The Muslim has many rights over his fellow Muslim, including:
The Right of brotherhood which Allaah mentions in His Book, where He says (interpretation of the meaning): “The believers are nothing else than brothers (in Islamic religion)” [al-Hujuraat 49:10].
He has the right of loyalty and support which are mentioned in the verse (interpretation of the meaning): “The believers, men and women, are Awliyaa’ (helpers, supporters, friends, protectors) of one another” [al-Tawbah 9:71].
The Muslim also has the right over his fellow Muslim that he should love good for him and wish for happiness and guidance without any hatred, envy or resentment.
It was narrated from Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) said: “No one of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (13) and Muslim (45).
On this basis, he should have a certain amount of love for all Muslims, Arabs and non-Arabs, near and far, white and black, which stems from the belief in Tawheed that they have in common. This is love that stems from love of Allaah that is instilled in the heart of every Muslim, because the one who loves a thing loves those who love it too.
Nevertheless, the fact that the level of the love that one Muslim has for another may vary is nothing strange, and there is nothing wrong with it according to the laws of both sharee’ah and nature, for two main reasons:
The first reason is that the Muslims vary in righteousness and piety, and they are of varying degrees of attitude, etiquette and chivalry. Because love basically stems from a Muslim's commitment to the commands of Allaah, this love varies according to the differences in righteousness from one Muslim to another.
This is something that is well known. Do you not see that the Muslim is obliged to love all the Companions of the Messenger of Allaah (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him), yet at the same time he has to single out the ten who were given the glad tidings of Paradise for extra love and respect, and that is only because of the differences in their status before Allaah.
The second reason is the presence of other causes of love in some Muslims and not others. Love is not restricted to one reason only, which is adherence to obedience to Allaah; rather it has many other causes, including compatibility between the hearts of those who love one another and spiritual harmony between them. Kindness and favours are among the most important causes of creating love, and good character and appearance are also important motives of love.
If all of these causes or some of them are combined in one person, he will be loved greatly, and he will be closer to people's hearts than anyone else.
We will quote here some useful words by the great scholar Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) in which he explains the motives and causes of love, and how these very among people. He (may Allaah have mercy on him) says:
Compatibility between souls is one of the strongest causes of love. Every person is attracted towards that which is compatible with him, and this compatibility is of two types: original compatibility which is ingrained in the essence and that which comes later because of because of living together or having something in common.
If your aims match his aims, there will be harmony between your soul and his, but if the aims are different, then harmony will no longer exist.
As for original compatibility, it is a kind of similarity in attitude and similarity of souls. Each soul longs for other souls that are similar to it, because what is similar to something is naturally attracted to it, so the two souls may be similar in original creation, thus there will be a natural attraction to one another.
This is what made some people say that love is not only caused by physical beauty, and the lack of physical beauty does not mean that there can be no love; rather it is similarity between souls and similarity in their characteristics which are created in them that matter.
The reality of love is that it is like a mirror in which the lover sees his characteristics and kindness in the image of the one he loves, so in reality he loves nothing but himself and his characteristics and the one who has similar characteristics.
Hence noble, pure and sublime souls love the characteristics of perfection in particular, so the dearest things to them are knowledge, bravery, dignity, generosity, kindness, patience and steadfastness, because these characteristics are compatible with the essence of these souls, unlike base and mean souls, which are far away from loving these characteristics. Many people are motivated to be generous and kind because of their extreme love for these characteristics and the pleasure they find in doing these things, to such an extent that al-Ma’moon said: Forgiveness was made so dear to me that I am afraid that I will not be rewarded for it. And it was said to Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (may Allaah have mercy on him): Did you acquire this knowledge for the sake of Allaah? He said: To do something for the sake of Allaah is very rare, but it was something made dear to me, so I did it. Someone else said: I rejoice in giving and enjoy it far more than the one who takes from me rejoices in what he takes.
With regard to the lovers of knowledge, their love for knowledge is greater than the love of anyone else or anything else. Many of them will not be distracted from it by the most beautiful of human images.
Our Shaykh – meaning Ibn Taymiyah – told me: I felt sick and the doctor said to me: Your reading and discussing issues of knowledge is making your sickness worse. I said to him: I cannot stay away from that, and I shall discuss the issue on the basis of your (medical) knowledge. Is it not the case that when the soul feels joy, this gives strength to the body and wards off disease? He said yes. I said: Then my soul feels happy with knowledge and thus my body becomes stronger and this helps me to recover. He said: This is not part of our treatment, or words to that effect
If the love relationship is based on similarity and harmony, then it will be reinforced and become stronger, and nothing could remove it except something stronger than the cause of it, and if it is not based on similarity and harmony, then it is no more than love for a reason, which will disappear when the reason disappears.
Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (may Allaah have mercy on him) narrated in his Musnad the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her): A woman used to go to Quraysh and make them laugh. She came to Madeenah and stayed with a woman who also made people laugh. The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) said: With whom is So and so staying? She said: With So and so, who makes people laugh. He said: “Souls are like conscripted soldiers; those whom they recognize, they get along with, and those whom they do not recognize, they will not get along with.” The original version of this hadeeth is in al-Saheeh.
If you look at creation, you will hardly find any two people who love one another except that there is some similarity between them or they have something in common with regard to deeds, characteristics or goals. If the goals, characteristics, deeds or ways differ, there can only be aversion and distance between their hearts. It is sufficient to note the saheeh hadeeth from the Messenger of Allaah (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him): ““The believers, in their mutual mercy, love and compassion, are like a (single) body; if one part of it feels pain, the rest of the body will join it in staying awake and suffering fever.”
End quote.
Rawdat al-Muhibbeen, 66-74
And Allaah knows best.
Expulsion of Northern Muslims aged 20
The expulsion of the Muslims from the Northern province was an act of ethnic cleansing carried out by the LTTE organization in October 1990. the LTTE forcibly expelled more than 1000,00 strong Muslim population from the Northern Province. The first expulsion was in Chavakacheri, of 1,500 people. After this, Muslims in Kilinochchi and Mannar were forced many to leave their homeland. The turn of Jaffna came on October 30, 1990; when LTTE trucks drove through the streets ordering Muslim families to assemble at Osmania College. There, they were told to exit the city within two hours. The entire muslim population was expelled from Jaffna. According to a 1981 census (the last official count), the total Muslim population in Jaffna was 14,844. They could take with them only the clothes they were wearing and no more than 50 rupees in cash. Their houses were subsequently looted by the LTTE , now they more than 200,000 in numbers mainly in puttlam refuge camps the muslim refuges aged 20 this year , this month but no notable attention paid by local or international societies
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Welcome to our English Version -Evicted Northern Muslims will be resettled by May – President
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sident Mahinda Rajapaksa said all Muslim civilians who were forcibly evicted from the North 20 years ago will be resettled in their original places of residence with all infrastructure facilities. President Rajapaksa was speaking at the All Ceylon Muslim Congress Northern Convention – 2009 at Alankuda, Kalpitiya yesterday.
sident Mahinda Rajapaksa said all Muslim civilians who were forcibly evicted from the North 20 years ago will be resettled in their original places of residence with all infrastructure facilities. President Rajapaksa was speaking at the All Ceylon Muslim Congress Northern Convention – 2009 at Alankuda, Kalpitiya yesterday.
The President in his address at the convention which was organised by Minister Rishard Badiudeen said: “When the innocent Muslims were harassed and forcibly evicted from the North by the LTTE, no one came forward to stop this displacement. Instead of addressing the plight of his own people, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader Rauff Hakeem went to the extent of signing an MoU with the terrorist outfit. “During my visit to the United Nations, I pointed out the plight of the displaced Muslims from the North to the international community. “Now, with my Government putting an end to terrorism, all efforts will be made to resettle the Muslims who were displaced from the North by May next year.
My Government will not let down the innocent Muslim civilians in the North who lost all their belongings at the hands of the LTTE 20 years ago.” “We will ensure that innocent Muslim civilians who had to leave their original places in the North due to LTTE threats will be resettled in their own properties. Their houses, schools and business establishments will be rebuilt with all necessary infrastructure facilities,” the President said.
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