Huntsville's Sunnis and Shias work together

[PsychoDad]

Huntsville's Sunnis and Shias work together
11/20/2005 4:18:00 PM GMT
In Huntsville, the Sunnis work with the Shias side by side.

http://www.islamonline.com/cgi-bin/news_service/world_full_story.asp?service_id=1898

fighting the widespread misconception about the Muslims and the Islamic religion, that it allows the oppression of women and promotes violence specially against Non- Muslims, Huntsville Muslims try to explain the message Allah sent humanity with the holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), which urges having mercy even for enemies and respect for women, and that both Sunni and Shia Muslims who follow the teachings of the Qur’an should do the same.

"What happened the other day in Jordan is against all humanity, against the soul of Islam," said Aladin Beshir, a NASA engineer and an active member of the Huntsville Islamic Center on Sparkman Drive.

Like the Protestants and Catholics of the world watched the old troubles in Ireland and England with sorrow, Muslims all over the world watch the internecine violence in the Middle East, and are truly saddened by the crimes that violate the teachings of the holy Qur’an.
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"Whoever believes in one god and that Muhammad, (Peace be upon Him), is the last messenger from Allah, is a Muslim," Razavi said. "The rest of the differences are not major."

Shia and Sunni Islam are similar to a great extent; the differences are often less marked than are the differences among Protestant Christian denominations. It's a difference of emphasis and tradition. Throughout Islam's 1,500-year history, the men said, the two main branches lived in harmony and prayed together peacefully.

"What happened the other day in Jordan is against all humanity, against the soul of Islam," said Aladin Beshir, a NASA engineer and an active member of the Huntsville Islamic Center

I couldn't have said it better.

Peace

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1. And this goes to show....

Salaam alaykum. And this goes to show that what we see on the media today on television, in newspapers, and on the radio, is not the "real" news, it is the fabricated lies of our government. Sorry. Going off topic here.

Anyway, this is the type of news you would think would be covered by the news media. At least it used to be better covered in the older days when the news was dug up and shown to all, no matter whose feet they stepped on. Now the media is pussyfooting around our government and feeding the public with what our government wants broadcast to the public. But the internet, the wonderful wonderful Internet, like one big family, sharing information, digging for truths, and exposing lies, voicing opinions, etc. now seems to be close to being the primary source of news. Just like the Democratic Underground.. where we can share information and learn some truths, lies, dig deeper, find out more and realize, there is more out there than we realize or are exposed to.

I agree.. it couldn't have been said better than what Aladin Beshir said, and the news media should have covered that on a Statewide basis, if not a Nationwide basis. I am really thankful we have Non-Muslims and Muslims who want the truth be known, and still have the courage, dignity and humanity to get that information to others who want to know.

Peace!
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