Dr Bilal Philips – world renowned, yet humble.

I had the great opportunity of meeting the visiting Islamic scholar, Dr Bilal Philips. Being a person who has been seeing his great lectures and reading his books, he had assumed a larger than life halo in my mind. So it was a real pleasure to get a chance to meet the real Bilal Philips. As expected he turned out to be extremely friendly, simple and humble person, all of which are essential qualities of all great callers to Islam. He gave us (me and another medical colleague) valuable insights about Da’wa work that can be done by those in the medical profession. For one thing, he emphasized the need to arrange free medical camps.
Arranging free medical camps is something that we ought to have started long ago. There are many specialists among us who would volunteer. Insha-Allah we will very soon start on it.


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Spare our children from this nonsense please!

While taking my eight years old son home from school and while waiting at the junction of Chandhanee and Majeedee Roads, we have to endure an extremely immoral and stupid advertisement on the “Big Tv”. The ad is apparently put up there by those promoting the condom. A man and women, alone in an apartment, woman sitting on a bed suggestively, the man cutting some vegetables and cutting his finger and the woman coming and putting a balloon (?) on the cut finger, this sort of thing. A message is displayed: Safety first, then pleasure.I am sure a lot of us have suffered through this stupid ad while waiting in the light. I am always afraid that my son may ask me: Dad, why did she put a balloon on his cut instead of a proper dressing? Or something like that. But luckily he hasn’t. So far.
Why is this nonsense being paraded this much? It has little to do with health or HIV or STDs but everything to do with business. Condom is big business. Not only business, it is a way of life! It is one of the pillars of the modern uncivilization. So the purveyors of the condom culture must promote it as an article of faith!
Few years ago, while I was attending an E.N.T camp in Kulhudhuffushi, some parents came and complained to me that a group of people calling themselves “counselors” were teaching ‘safe sex’ (translated as : how to fornicate without getting pregnant) to the upper grades of the school. According to the infuriated parents they were demonstrating how to put on the rubber with bananas and all. And one brave counselor is supposed to have asked the kids not to be shy. He can make a real life demonstration, if they want.
The rubber may be the best friend of those who does not have any values or a belief in Allah and a day of accounting. For them fornication is as normal a thing as having breakfast.
“ Condomization” of the society is not the solution for AIDS. Rather, promoting decency, family values and observing the limits set by our Creator is the only solution.
I wonder if some of our public health officials who are hell bent on pushing the condom as the ultimate solution and preaching immorality will dare to demonstrate it to their own children in their own living rooms! If so hats off to them and they are most welcome! But please spare us.
Please visit the page: http://www.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20081223-109976.html


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Dr. Salman Ouda giving a Dharus at Islamic Center tonight.

Renowned Saudi scholar Dr. Salman Ouda , who is visiting the Maldives by invitation of the Minister of Islamic Affairs, is scheduled to give a speech at the Islamic Center tonight. Dr. Ouda is a scholar who spreads the true message of Islam including peace, co-existence with the other religions. For being critical of the Saudi regime, he was imprisoned, along with some other prominent intellectuals for 5 years from 1994 to 1999. Opposed to extremism and terrorism, but advocating justice, he is well known and popular especially among the youth of the Islamic world. A crowd of 20,000 youth flocked to London’s East End when he visited in 2006. Dr. Al-Ouda is the superviser of the popular four language website Islam Today.

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Dr Bilal Philips coming to Maldives!

Dr Abu Ameena Bilal Philips, who is one of the most well known English speaking scholars of Islam is coming to Maldives. According to the organizers of the event, Jamiyyathussalaf, Dr Bilal Philips is scheduled to give two speeches on 8th and 9th of August at Alimas carnival grounds.
Dr Bilal reverted to Islam in 1972. He completed a diploma in Arabic language and a B.A. degree in 1979 from the Islamic University of Madinah. At the University of Riyadh College of Education he completed his M.A. in Islamic Theology in 1985, and in 1994 he completed his Ph.D in Islamic Theology in the department of Islamic studies at the University of Wales. He is author of many books on Islam, including the well known book on Tauheed or Islamic Monotheism. Being a great communicator and being well versed in Islamic and secular knowledge, he is well known for his intelligent and practical way of approaching the problems. We are happy to have this world famous scholar in Maldives.
For more information regarding the event, visit www.thecall2009.com
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Mavota Shareef during his good old days...

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Mavota Shareef, a fine example of "poacher turned gamekeeper"!

Poacher turned gamekeeper! The phrase I came across in that hilarious but illustrative political comedy "Yes Prime minister" by Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay. It was used by Right Honorable James Hacker to describe a situation in which a former journalist was put as media coordinaor. But the phrase more aptly describes our foul mouthed, double speaking, hypocritical character with a “forked tongue” - Mavota Shareef. During his MDP days, he was literally out to eat Maumoon alive. He called Maumoon all sorts of names that only a person of the caliber of Mavota can think of. According to Mavota, Maumoon was a corrupt, inept, unjust, selfish old gaga. He described Maumoon as an old and broken engine and famously beat the podium shouting "baalaanamey, baalaanmey, baalaanamey!" (meaning that they will pull Maumoon down at any cost).
Then, something happened, and Mavota took a complete u-turn. No wonder the people of Addu chased him out of the parliament. He is a pitiful and laughable character when he tries to defend the same Maumoon now, explaining why Maumoon cannot be summoned to the Presidential commission for investigation of corruption of the previous regime. Amazing, what money can do to people!
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The other side of Global Warming hype...

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