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Friday Bulletin
The
Above: A section of officials from Jamia Mosque, Ummah Foundation, Prison Rehabiliation Programme and the
Prison Department follow proceedings during a graduation
event for Muslim inmates who completed an Islamic study
course at Kamiti Maximum Prisons.
Right: Inmates entertain guests with a drama skit during
the event.
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A social justice organization has accused Muslims particularly ethnic Somalis and nities take ages to get the document.
the state of blatantly discriminating against Borana and other marginalized commu- The sum effect of these discriminatory polthe Muslim community in getting national nities are the major victims of this state icies is that it is very fast and very easy
identity cards.
discrimination as they face numerous for people of Gikuyu origin especially to acInformAction said the process of acquiring hurdles in obtaining the constitutionally quire ID cards, while it is an uphill battle for
an identity card in the country discriminates guaranteed vital document.
those in northern Kenya to get one, which
Kenyans on the basis of religion and ethnic- He said while it is easy for other Kenyan can take between two to three years, if one
ity.
communities to obtain the document, is lucky, he said.
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The organizations director Maina Kiai said members of these marginalised commuThis Newsletter contains some of Allahs names. Please do not throw in the trash. Either keep, circulate or shred
The Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya (CIPK) has made a rallying call to Muslim religious leaders to be at the forefront in
speaking out against immorality in the Kenyan society.
The councils national organizing secretary
Sheikh Muhammad Khalifa said religious
leaders have a responsibility of protecting
the moral fabric of the society and should use
their position and influence to provide guidance, promote and maintain good ideals.
He was speaking in Mombasa during a consultative meeting with officials from the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) which is
seeking to review the Film and Stage Plays
Act Cap 222 of the Laws of Kenya.
In the review, KFCB wants to regulate all film
and TV content that is aired via the internet
arguing that these unregulated content pose
threats to children who are the most vulnerable consumers of these contents.
Society today is grappling with challenges
of depraved practices such as pornography,
homosexuality, bestiality and drug abuse
therefore religious leaders have to come
out strongly and denounce these vices. We
must nurture and protect the moral fabric for
the well-being of our society, Sheikh Khalifa
said.
Sheikh Khalifa backed the move by KFCB to
regulate internet provided content noting that
the council is fully in support of stringent laws
that will guarantee the protection of national
values and beliefs.
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State accused of
discrimination in issuance of IDs
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There is additional vetting based
on the ethnicity of the person seeking an ID card. Thus someone of
Borana heritage who was born
and bred in Kiambu will need to go
through all the three levels of vetting, especially if they are Muslim,
quite unlike their colleagues with
Gikuyu heritage who only need a
birth certificate and a parents ID
card, he added.
In its recent report carried out in
more than 32 counties on mass voter registration exercise by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries
Commission (IEBC), InformAction
said many Kenyans from communities who face bottlenecks in acquiring identification papers will not
be able to take part in the coming
general elections.
The former chairman of the Kenya
National Commission on Human
Rights (KNCHR) and currently the
United Nations Special Rapporteur
on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association described the vetting process the
communities undergo as long, tedious and invasive.
The organization said such discrimination is threat to national peace
and cohesion while emphasizing
that challenges is acquiring IDs
are partly to blame for youth radicalization in areas such as Coastal
Kenya and other parts of the country where many youth are frustrated
for lacking the document.
InformAction called on the government to extend the recent directive
by the President Uhuru to have the
Makonde people promptly issued
with ID cards to other marginalized
communities.
The sentiments from Maina Kiai
were amplified by majority leader in
the National Assembly Aden Duale
who called on the government to
abolish the vetting process in acquiring ID cards saying the process
is discriminative to Muslims and
members of the Somali community.
Duale said the process benefits corrupt government officials who extort
bribe from desperate Kenyans.
This process is unfair for indigenous Kenyans who all they want
is to be recognized by their government so that they can enjoy the
same rights as other citizens, he
said.
DA'WAH
logical solution.
Abu Hanifa based this methodology on the
example when Prophet Muhammad peace
be upon him sent Muadh ibn Jabal to Yemen
and asked him how he will resolve issues using Islamic law. Muadh responded that he
would look into the Quran, then the Sunnah,
and if he does not find a direct solution there,
he would use his best judgement, an answer
that Muhammad peace be upon him was
pleased with.
Using such a process for codifying fiqh, the
Hanafi madhab (school of law) was thus
founded, based on the rulings of Imam Abu
Hanifa, and his prominent students, Abu Yusuf, Muhammad al-Shaybani, and Zuffar.
He loved his students more than they ever
loved him. He treated them as a father treats
his children. He often gave them grants to
cope with their needs. If a student wanted
to get married and did not have the means
to do so, Abu Haneefah would pay the expenses of his marriage.
His personal qualities had a great influence
on his scholarship and he was also patient
and forbearing. He did not use hard words
to anyone who attacked him. Once, someone accused him of being a heretic who invented matters that had no basis in Islam.
Very calmly, Abu Haneefah said to the man:
"May God forgive you, for He knows that I
am unlike what you have said. Ever since I
came to know Him, I have not transgressed
in my beliefs.
There is nothing that I hope for more than
His forgiveness, and nothing that I fear more
than His punishment." The man asked him
earnestly to absolve him of what he said.
Abu Haneefah said: "I forgive anyone who
says something against me if he is ignorant.
If he is a scholar, then the situation is more
difficult. A slur by a scholar leaves its trace
for long."
His legacy
Numerous times throughout his later life,
Abu Hanifa was offered a position as a chief
judge in the city of Kufa. He consistently
refused such appointments and thus found
himself regularly imprisoned by both the
Umayyad and later, the Abbasid authorities.
He died in the year 767 while in prison.
His school of law became very popular in the
Muslim world not long after his death. As the
official madhab of the Abbasid, Mughal, and
Ottoman Empires, his school became very
influential throughout the Muslim world.
Today, it is very popular in Turkey, Syria,
Iraq, the Balkans, Egypt, and the Indian Subcontinent.
SATURDAY LECTURE
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WOMEN
Saba Sayed
I wish my husband dies, a sister quietly expresses her deep desire, which she
thinks will end her miserable marital situation. She is married to a man who has
abused her throughout her married life.
Her abusive relationship has brought her
to the point of wishing for her husband's
death, but she is unwilling to get out of
the marriage for only one reason: financial
instability. Her husband is the breadwinner and she left her studies to convert and
marry him. If she leaves the marriage, she
will not have anyone to support her or her
children.
Another sister is in a worse situation; her
husband not only verbally abuses her, but
also suffers a sexual addiction. She also
remains in her marriage because she is unable to financially support herself and her
children. She says if anyone from her family could buy her an accommodation she
would leave her husband the same day.
When it comes to domestic violence or
abusive relationships, the issues of shame
and dishonor have often been addressed.
However, there are other reasons why
women endure:
Financial support
Many Muslim women endure domestic violence because they do not have the financial means to support themselves or their
children. In most cases, husbands are the
sole breadwinner and the wife becomes
highly dependent on him for financial support. She would rather take the abuse than
try to become financially independent.
Lack of academic education
Even in current times, many parents continue to put more emphasis on their sons'
education and undermine that of their
daughters. As soon as a good suitor approaches, parents marry their daughters
off without taking any future commitments
to the completion of her education.
Complications in remarrying
It is a well-known fact that divorced Muslim
women have a hard time remarrying, especially if they have children. The fear of
living a life without a husband seems more
difficult than having one who is abusive.
Self-Image
Sometimes women with education and financial stability tolerate domestic violence
just to maintain the image of being in a stable relationship. In their minds, an unsuccessful marriage is conceived as a failure
on their part. Their ego stops them from
(Quran 16:91)
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Imam Ibnul-Qayyim
YOUTH
of Islam.
Halloween is a celebration that rejoices in
all things magical and evil.
In the Quran Allah says of magic that it
only harms and brings no benefit (Surah
Al-Baqarah, V.102).
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
said:The final hour will not come until my
followers copy the deeds of the previous
nations and follow them very closely, span
by span, and cubit by cubit (Bukhari).
Whoever imitates a nation is one of them
(Abu Dawud). Islam propagates the idea
of conscious living, and upon the advent
of Islam, it served to cleanse ignorant and
superstitious practices.
Muslims have been ordered to work for a
purposeful, beneficial cause for mankind.
Indulging in prehistoric and ignorant practices can only lead to frittering away ones
life and thus making one an ultimate loser
in the Hereafter.
Iman - Belief
There are the 6 Articles of Iman (faith) that every Muslim must believe in and live
by.Read and find out what they are!
The Pillars of Iman are six:
To believe in Allah, the Angels, the Books, the Messengers, the Last Day, the Divine
Destiny and that the good and bad of it are all from Allah, the Most High.
Arkanal Imanul Sitta:
An Tu'minu biLlahi, wa mala'ikatihi, wa kutubihi, wa Rusulihi, wa bilyawmil Aakhir, wa
bil-Qadarihi khairihi wa sharihi minAllahi Ta'ala
Belief in Allah:
Muslims believe in one, incomparable God, He has no son nor partner, and that one
has the right to be worshipped but Him alone. He is the true God, and every other
god is false. In the Qur'an, Allah describes Himself:
Say, "He is Allah, the One. God, to Whom the creatures turn for their needs. He
begets not, nor was He begotten, and there is none like Him." [suah Ahad; 112:1- 4]
Belief in the Angels:
Muslims believe in the existence of the angels and that they are honored creatures.
The angels worship Allah alone, obey Him, and act only by His command. Among the
angels is Gabriel, who brought down the Qur'an to Muhammad peace be upon him.
Belief in Allahs Revealed Books:
Muslims believe that Allah revealed books to His messengers as proof for mankind
and as guidance for them. Among these books is the Qur'an, which God revealed to
the Prophet Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam). Allah has guaranteed the Qur'ans
protection from any change.
Belief in the Prophets:
Muslims believe in the prophets and messengers of Allah, starting with Adam, including Nuh (Noah), Ibrahim (Abraham), Ismail (Ishmael), Ishaaq (Isaac), Jacob, Musa
(Moses), and Isa (Jesus) (peace be upon them). But Allahs final message to man, a
repeating of the eternal message, was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. Muslims
believe that all the prophets and messengers were created human beings who had
none of the divine qualities of Allah.
Belief in the Day of Judgment:
Muslims believe in the Day of Judgment (the Day of Resurrection) when all people
will be resurrected for Allahs judgment according to their beliefs and deeds.
Belief in Al-Qadar:
Muslims believe in Al-Qadar, which is Divine Predestination, but this belief in Divine
Predestination does not mean that human beings do not have freewill. Rather, Muslims believe that Allah has given human beings freewill. This means that they can
choose right or wrong and that they are responsible for their choices. The belief in
Divine Predestination includes belief in four things:
1) Allah knows everything. He knows what has happened and what will happen.
2) Allah has recorded all that has happened and all that will happen.
3) Whatever Allah wills to happen happens, and whatever He wills not to happen does
not happen. 4) Allah is the Creator of everything.
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OPINION
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reflections from plane, spherical, cylindrical, and conical mirrors, whether convex or
concave.
Another significant idea he contributed to
the field of light and color was the idea that
light is a movement that admits variable
speed, which is less in denser bodies. This
was the beginning of color theory.
Ibn al-Haythams interest in optics was
continued two centuries later by the astronomer, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, born in 1236.
It was al-Shirazi who gave the first correct
explanation of the formation of the rainbow.
However, little remains of his original work
on optics other than the work of his famous
pupil, Kamal al-Din al-Farisi who made two
major contributions in the field of mathematics one on light and the other on
number theory.
The work on light was prompted by a question he was asked concerning the refraction of light, which led his teacher, Al-Shirazi, to advise him to consult the work of Ibn
al-Haytham.
Al-Farisi then made such a comprehensive
study of this treatise that al-Shirazi suggested that he write a revision of it.
However, Al-Farisi went much further the
Tanqih (meaning revision) suggested that
some of ibn al-Haythams theories were incorrect and proposed alternative theories.
His most important proposal was his theory of the rainbow. While Ibn al-Haytham
had initially proposed the theory and AlShirazi had expounded on it, al-Farisi revised and updated it to the point that it was
the first mathematically satisfactory explanation of the rainbow.
Ibn al-Haythams initial theory was that
clouds reflect light from the sun before it
reaches the eye, which did not allow for experimental verification.
Al-Farisi, on the other hand, proposed a
model where a ray of sunlight is refracted
twice by a water droplet with one or more
reflections occurring between the two refractions. This model did allow experimentation with a transparent sphere filled with
water.
However, al-Farisi had to explain how the
colors of the rainbow were formed. The
previous view about the formation of colors
was that they were produced from a mixing of darkness with light, but this did not
explain the colors of the rainbow.
Based on the experimental evidence of the
colors that he had observed with his transparent sphere experiment, al-Farisi proposed that the rainbows colors occurred
because of the superimposition of different
forms of an image on a dark background.
He wrote, If the images then interpenetrate, the light is again intensified and produces a bright yellow. Next, the blended
image diminishes and becomes a darker
and darker red until it disappears when the
sun is outside the cone of rays refracted
after one reflection.
Before this book, our use and understand-
ing of color was purely traditional and intuitive. Our understanding of how colors work
and the beginnings of the science of color
therapy began with these words.
This article was first published in 2008 and
is currently republished for its importance.
Palestinian leaders have welcomed a decision by the United Nations cultural agency
to adopt a resolution on occupied East
Jerusalem that sharply criticises Israeli
policies around the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, while Israel says it ignores Jewish
ties to the key holy site.
A spokesman for Paris-based UNESCO
said on Tuesday that the resolution, which
caused Israel to suspend its cooperation
with the agency, was adopted without a
new vote after being approved at the committee stage last week.
The text, which touches on Israel's management of Palestinian religious sites,
refers throughout to the al-Aqsa mosque
compound site in occupied East Jerusalem's Old City only by its Muslim names:
al-Aqsa and al-Haram al-Sharif.
Al-Aqsa Mosque compound is the thirdholiest site in Islam. Jews refer to the site
as the Temple Mount.
Palestine's deputy ambassador to UNESCO, Mounir Anastas, told reporters the
resolution "reminds Israel that they are the
occupying power in East Jerusalem and it
asks them to stop all their violations", including archaeological excavations around
religious sites.
The UNESCO resolution also condemned
Israel for restricting Muslim access to the
site, and for aggression by Israeli police
and soldiers, while also recognising Israel
as the occupying power.
"By criticising the report for the omission of
the words Temple Mount, [Israel] glosses
over more than two dozen detailed criticisms of Israeli actions in and around the
Old City, which is after all occupied territory," Al Jazeera's Paul Brennan, reporting
from West Jerusalem, said.
The resolution was submitted by Algeria,
Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar
and Sudan - and was originally passed
with 24 votes in favour, six against, and 26
abstentions.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime
minister, said in a statement on Thursday
that UNESCO had lost its legitimacy by
adopting this resolution."The theatre of the
absurd at UNESCO continues, and today
the organisation adopted another delusional decision which says that the people
of Israel have no connection to the Temple
Mount and the Western Wall," Netanyahu
said.
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NATIONAL
lations with students from other faith backgorunds in order to promote ethnic and religious
tolerance in institutions of higher learning.
Female students were categorically implored
to dress modestly as commanded by Islam
and to preserve the importance of wearing the
hijab.
The function which attracted over 300 students was attended by student leaders from
Mount Kenya University, Umma University
Thika campus and Thika School of medical
and Kenya medical training college.
he said.
The Director of Correction and Rehabilitation in the Kenya Prison Service Mary
Khaemba emphasized that religion is the
backbone for change and said the government will work with faith based organisations in enhancing spiritual programmes in
prisons to positively transform the lives of
inmates.
On his part, the Jamia mosque Committee chairman Muhammad Osman Warfa
commended the Prison Rehabilitation Programme for its activities to better the lives
of the inmates.
He particularly singled out the education
programme saying that while it empowers
the inmates with Islamic education, it will
also significantly contribute to their rehabilitation process and integration of inmates in
the society upon their release.
Nairobi lawyer Ibrahim Ahmed Yusuf who is
also a member of the Jamia Mosque Committee pledged that through the Muslim
Lawyers League, legal assistance will be
extended to the inmates. Perhaps some of
you are innocent and you are here because
of you did not receive adequate legal representation. We will organize legal clinics to
provide you with the necessary assistance,
he said.
The vice chairman of the Prison Rehabilitation Programme Muhammad Sharrif noted
that moves are being explored to provide
the inmates with more advanced learning
programmes to further increase their knowledge of Islam.
We are looking at the possibilities of providing higher Islamic courses up to degree levels which can be obtained through online,
he said as he urged more inmates to enroll
in the study programme.
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WE ARE RECRUITING
An upcoming Islamic television station is seeking to recruit creative and talented personalities to play a pivotal role in taking
the station to the next level in broadcasting.
If you feel you can work in a creative environment and nurture
the thought of establishing a successful career in an Islamic
television channel, you may be the talent we are looking for.
We are seeking suitable and experienced candidates in the following positions;
Station Technician
TV Producers
Video Editors
Studio Technical Operators
Video Graphics Designer/Promo Producer
Talented hosts/Presenters for women programmes, youth
shows and current affairs talkshow programmes.
If you have the desired qualifications and skills, please send
your application and resume to tamazcomm@gmail.com.
Or address them to:
Executive Producer
P.O. Box 40629-00100 Nairobi
For the position of TV producers and presenters, the application should be accompanied with a show reel.
Closing date: October 28th 2016.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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