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LVMuslim.com is happy to announce that Dr. Rafik Beekun, professor of Management and Strategy at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) will be contributing to LVMuslim.com occasionally. He will also keep us informed of some of the important happenings in the Northern Nevada Muslim community. Dr. Beekun regularly bogs at The Islamic Workplace.
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February 23, 2009 by Kostan Lathouris
Muslim Student Association screening of documentary goes smoothly despite controversial topic
by Fateen Seifullah
Every time a Muslim does something wrong, why is it that we need to
apologize. If the perpetrators say that they perform that act in the
name of Muslims, then we say they are lying. If they say that the act
of violence or any human insensitivity is supported by the Quran or the
Sunnah, we should say show me your evidence. Now, each of those cases
are different and no matter how heinous it is, we owe no apology. We
are without a Khalifa, we are without a centralized leadership, so who has
the right to speak for all Muslims.
Sure during the time of our prophet (saaws) and even during the four Khalifa, one person could speak for an entire Muslim nation. History has recorded instances where a solider, not a general made treaties and packs that all the Muslims accepted. But that was when we had centralized leadership. Today we are fragmented and polarized and no such authority to my knowledge exist. So the best thing that we can do is be our very best. It is our behavior, our conduct, our character that will define who, and what a Muslim is. As Muhammad Iqbal stated: you may be a Syed, Mirza, and Afghani but are you a Muslim. Being Muslim is a full time job, no holiday exemption. If we would only live our creed, it wont matter what misinformed, mentally off balance Muslims do or say.
Continue reading "I would rather see a khutba, then hear one" »
by Dr. Aslam Abdullah
A good number of
Muslims from Las Vegas supported Muzammil Hassan in his efforts to
establish Bridges television when it was first launched some four years
ago. They were shocked to read in their local papers the heinous crime
of allegedly slaughtering his wife who had filed for divorce. The local
media referred to the crime as honor killing. Was it really a honor
killing? How should this issue be viewed and how should our
organizations deal with some of the challenges arising out if. This
article looks at the issue of domestic violence in its larger
perspective and concludes the Muslims in Las Vegas must not allow any
of the spouses to be abused.
In the June 2006 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Robert S. Thompson, MD concluded that domestic violence impacts 44 percent American women at some point during their adult lives. Some 34 percent experience physical abuse such as hitting, shoving, and 34 percent face non-physical abuse such as angry threats. A UN study on violence recently reported that some 1.5 million people are killed in violence annually with at least 10 percent in domestic violence.
photo by Ralph Bijker
A new section Creative Corner is now available on the blog. I hope it becomes one of the venues for local Las Vegas Muslims to display their creative works. Share your art, poetry, photography, performances, writings, recitations, a software code you have created and other interesting and creative works with the whole community. Just send an email to CC@lvmuslim.com with any necessary attachments and your work will be displayed in the "Creative Corner" blog section of LVMuslim.com. Make sure to include your full name and the length of time you have lived in Las Vegas.
I would encourage the local youth to start contributing to this section on a regular basis. I know many of you have your works displayed on your own blogs and photo sites, I would encourage you to start sharing them on this blog as well.
Usman
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photo by Ingvi Lar
by Fateen Seifullah
Allah says in the Quran in sura 3:191
Those who remember Allah standing, sitting, lying down on their sides and think deeply about the creation of the heavens and the earth (saying) Our Lord! You have not created all this without purpose, glory to you! Give us salvation from the torment of the fire.
Dear Muslim, I am well aware that no one wants to read a khutbah, maybe it is the rain, the weather has that kind of affect on me. It causes me to reflect deeply. And that is what we should do more often. It is reported that Abu Darda and Ibn Abbas both said that reflection (fikr) for one hour is better than salah all night. When it comes to the creation of Allah, there is so much to reflect on, because it all belongs to Allah. But do we reflect? And if so, what do we reflect on?
by Dr. Aslam Abdullah
Regardless of what sect, linguistic group or ethnicity we belong, most of us pray to Allah almighty for even the minutest things in our life. Sometimes, they are answered and the other time they are delayed and some other time, they are not responded. What does the Quran tell us about the right methodology of dua, and when does it get answered?
During these difficult times we all need duas and additionally a positive response to our duas. In one of the passages of the Quran, Allah records the dua of the Muslims of Makkah who after the establishment of a Muslim state in Medina were left stranded and were facing sever persecution. They were subject to all kinds of harassment and torture. They prayed to Allah, Almighty saying, 'Our Lord, take us out of this city whose inhabitants are wrongdoers! Give us a protector from You! Give us a helper from You!'? (Surat an-Nisa': 75)
