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Ajay Kamalakaran
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Saudi Arabian Government's decision to demolish the Prophet's home
September 4, 2005 - 02:05 AM
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My Dear Muslim Friends,
I want to know what you think of the Saudi Arabian Government's decision to demolish the Prophet's home and build a parking lot and some high value appartment buildings.
According to a Toronto Star article, written by Tarek Fatah, a founding member of the Muslim Canadian Council, the house is being destroyed to make way for “a parking lot, two 50-storey hotel towers and seven 35-storey apartment blocks” as part of the Jabal Omar Scheme, just around the corner from the Grand Mosque.
There were riots and even killings in Muslim countries when the Koran was allegedly desecrated by American soldiers in Guantanomo Bay.
Why is the Islamic World silent on this? Saudi Arabia claims to be the guardian of the holy places of Islam and profits hugely from the centuries-old traffic of believers to Makkah and Madina. Isn't there any anger when they choose to perform an act as shameful as this?
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Re: Saudi Arabian Government's decision to demolish the Prophet's home
September 4, 2005 - 02:19 AM
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As mr. farook has mentioned, the Saudi clerics perceive Muhammad's house as some rocks, not more...they have their own rationale...which I oppose, since the demolition of the house is not for the sake of the expansion of the mosque of Medina...
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Re: Saudi Arabian Government's decision to demolish the Prophet's home
September 4, 2005 - 04:28 AM
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Could you please provide us with the source of this information?
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Re: Saudi Arabian Government's decision to demolish the Prophet's home
September 4, 2005 - 04:43 AM
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I agree with you Ayman!!
Luke this issue is already was in our media since awhile as i posted the Arabic links before up there!!
They didn't hide it from us and if there is some members didn't know about that;it means that they just don't read/watch this kind of news in the media!!
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Re: Saudi Arabian Government's decision to demolish the Prophet's home
September 4, 2005 - 04:52 AM
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It surprises me that the Egyptian media has ignored this. Here are some links
The original article appeared here and now it's only available to subscribers.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article304029.ece
This link is an article by Khalid Hasan, an excellent journalist
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_11-8-2005_pg7_50
This is an editorial from the Daily Times Pakistan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_19-8-2005_pg3_1
This is an opinion piece from the Dawn
http://www.dawn.com/weekly/mazdak/mazdak.htm
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That's not fair!
September 4, 2005 - 06:30 AM
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That's sad!
If the same was done by any foreign govt. say Israel, they would declare Jihad and crash planes into that country.
To quote Irfan Hussain:
"Alas, these double standards are what now define the ummah. We have become completely neutered when it comes to criticizing other Muslims. I have often received e-mails from readers, accusing me of washing our dirty linen in public when I have written of the many problems afflicting the Islamic world. But these things need to be said out loud and often."
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Re: Saudi Arabian Government's decision to demolish the Prophet's home
September 4, 2005 - 06:47 AM
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well ,actually we didn't hear anything about this ajay that's why no one proteseted or did anything , anyway i'll make sure of some things first then i'll give you my real opinion about this , common man as i said no one knows about this thing
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Re: Saudi Arabian Government's decision to demolish the Prophet's home
September 4, 2005 - 06:54 AM
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Asslamou Alaikoum
thanx Ajay very much
I read the arabic articles and found that prince Sultan said that he and government refuse the acts of local responcible people in Medthat
and all of us also can not immagine it could be happen
and ask Allah it will not
anyway in any place you can find people sel themselves for mony for others benifit but no one in KSA as in the articles agree nor princes or common or
please wake up and be carful from fitnah which is the new wepon againist muslims and islam
by the way for indian muslims be carful from fitnah as the britich council agree on differentiation between muslims , sikh and others
salam
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Re: Saudi Arabian Government's decision to demolish the Prophet's home
September 4, 2005 - 08:06 AM
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here u are some sources in Arabic,
http://www.alarabiya.net/Articles/2005/08/25/16218.htm
http://www.alarabiya.net/Articles/2005/09/04/16454.htm
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September 4, 2005 - 09:53 AM
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Dear All,
Basiclly this information about our prophet home in KSA..was half damaged before...it was alibrary...mmm about now the hotels,and projects..its ok
I will tell you whts up>in KSA they have some issues which will let him to do this at our prophet home from the friends of our prophet OMAR BIN ALKHATAB one time he cut the tree of ALAQABA deal...so they said omar did this before..its ok...but there is too many stories completed as we have the living house for prophet mohammad in almadina..where he live most the time.
Now in my opinion at manner we must reserve our prophet home and all things..coz it is related to our prophet mohammad...in KSA they saw it as rocks no more.
Just am ready to answer for any question
TThx alot
Peace
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Re: Saudi Arabian Government's decision to demolish the Prophet's home
September 4, 2005 - 10:21 AM
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Alligator,
Why are there such double standards in the Muslim world? Imagine if the American Government was doing this, or Israel?
Doesn't the lack of public protests alarm you?
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Re: Saudi Arabian Government's decision to demolish the Prophet's home
September 4, 2005 - 10:54 AM
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i didnt hear any thing about it and thays what makes me angry coz i have relatives living there. its crossed the limits .
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Re: Saudi Arabian Government's decision to demolish the Prophet's home
September 4, 2005 - 11:14 AM
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Ajay...Simply as u saw u will find some people disagree with this and the other not simply coz some of them might think that the house of Mohamded (SAW) it just rocks, just a historical sence, part of the KSA Islam Mouments and the gov. of KSA didn't offically said that they will even touch this place, all of this happen cause they renovate the roades as they make a new road networks so they demolish some old monemts like a train bridge and maybe thats why pople thought they gonna demolish Mohammed's (SAW) home. Anyhow this place not a thing we worship and if anybody went to KSA never see this place as its not in the list for the pilgrimage..we don't worship this place but its just a moument like the rest of any mouments in KSA.Ofcourse if they demolish it "wich will not happen" we will lose somthing of the memory of our beloved Mohammed (SAW) but we will not lose a single thing from our rituals!!
What about American Government or Israel ???!!! "nothing have to do with those 2 countries with this current issue" why they would do such a thing? and what will make them even enter Mecca or el madina, we are not having a religouse war ..are we?! so i can't imagine such a thing! and this part of ur question not realed to this particular issue the news was about KSA and the gov. and the locals and how they deal with the monments of KSA like how Egypt deal with its monments!!
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Re: Saudi Arabian Government's decision to demolish the Prophet's home
September 4, 2005 - 11:22 AM
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I am just saying that if Israel or any other non-Muslim country decided to demolish a house where the Holy Prophet lived, then there would be mass protests and even riots in the Islamic world.
In 1992, a disused mosque was demolished in India and the entire Islamic world condemned India. No one prayed in that mosque for over 100 years and it lay in utter ruin, but still there were riots in many Muslim countries and India was condemned.
Isn't this clearly a case of double standards?
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Re: Saudi Arabian Government's decision to demolish the Prophet's home
September 4, 2005 - 12:34 PM
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Wow, that is something.
People in Saudi Arabia at least must know what is happening - why are there no protests.
Is the media in the Middle Eastt hat tightly controlled that news is not even getting out?
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