Regarding your request for information about women's rights in Islam - women are treated with respect, with dignity, with honor and with kindness - but, make no mistake about it - there is no such thing as men equal to women in Islam. They are very different from men and that is too obvious even for a child to be able to comprehend. So we don't try to argue something that is ridiculous, we merely say, "Islam came to give everyone their rights and to show all of us the limitations."
The problem with the western mentality is that they are only looking to one side of the problem and not the other. You cannot talk about freedom and rights without mentioning the balance to all of this: LIMITATIONS.
We do have many articles and audios and CDs on this subject. Please refer to our new websystem for Islam:
www.IslamTomorrow.com/articles or www.islamalways.com/en/ or www.islamyesterday.com
As regards dealing with these hate sites against Islam, like ***********.org and those like them:
Best policy we have found in dealing with them? - Don't deal with them. Do not go to them. Do not mention them. Do not forward them and whatever you do - do not argue with them.
Our experience with them on the internet for the last 6 years has taught us they will not listen, they will lie and they will take people away from the true worship of Allah, even if it is only for a while with their nonsense.
There is no need to deal with them. Allah will deal with them in due time. Please do not forward to anyone else and be sure to tell everyone else the same message, inshallah.
I am just now coming back home tonight from California after being gone since Oct. 2. My schedule has been very busy. We traveled all over southern California from Los Angeles to San Diego in about a week and a half. Universities, schools, colleges, masaajid and auditoriums seemed to all blur together as we went from one to the next with a number of groups out there.
We did have a few people make shahadah in different places and many more showed strong interest in the idea of worshipping Allah, alone without any partners. And after all, that is what it is all about, right?
Even the taxi driver who brought me home (Pakistani brother) was excited about our da'wah efforts and had seen our TV programs, listened to our radio shows and had been at one of my lectures here in the Virginia area. I gave him some of our CDs and he was most happy.
Now to another subject: Ramadhan
I hope you and your family are preparing for our visitor who only comes once a year to bring along with him Blessings and Guidance from Allah, not to mention Forgiveness and 30 days of the best food you ever ate in your life.
Of course I am talking about our dear friend, shar Ramadhan.
I ask Allah to accept your sawm, salat, taraweh and that you find lailatul Qadr in this beautiful month in which Allah sent down His Qur'an, ameen.
Please convey our salams to all there and ask them to make dua for us and to keep us strong and on the straight path.
Jazakumallahu khairan was salam alaykum,
Yusuf Estes
The problem with the western mentality is that they are only looking to one side of the problem and not the other. You cannot talk about freedom and rights without mentioning the balance to all of this: LIMITATIONS.
We do have many articles and audios and CDs on this subject. Please refer to our new websystem for Islam:
www.IslamTomorrow.com/articles or www.islamalways.com/en/ or www.islamyesterday.com
As regards dealing with these hate sites against Islam, like ***********.org and those like them:
Best policy we have found in dealing with them? - Don't deal with them. Do not go to them. Do not mention them. Do not forward them and whatever you do - do not argue with them.
Our experience with them on the internet for the last 6 years has taught us they will not listen, they will lie and they will take people away from the true worship of Allah, even if it is only for a while with their nonsense.
There is no need to deal with them. Allah will deal with them in due time. Please do not forward to anyone else and be sure to tell everyone else the same message, inshallah.
I am just now coming back home tonight from California after being gone since Oct. 2. My schedule has been very busy. We traveled all over southern California from Los Angeles to San Diego in about a week and a half. Universities, schools, colleges, masaajid and auditoriums seemed to all blur together as we went from one to the next with a number of groups out there.
We did have a few people make shahadah in different places and many more showed strong interest in the idea of worshipping Allah, alone without any partners. And after all, that is what it is all about, right?
Even the taxi driver who brought me home (Pakistani brother) was excited about our da'wah efforts and had seen our TV programs, listened to our radio shows and had been at one of my lectures here in the Virginia area. I gave him some of our CDs and he was most happy.
Now to another subject: Ramadhan
I hope you and your family are preparing for our visitor who only comes once a year to bring along with him Blessings and Guidance from Allah, not to mention Forgiveness and 30 days of the best food you ever ate in your life.
Of course I am talking about our dear friend, shar Ramadhan.
I ask Allah to accept your sawm, salat, taraweh and that you find lailatul Qadr in this beautiful month in which Allah sent down His Qur'an, ameen.
Please convey our salams to all there and ask them to make dua for us and to keep us strong and on the straight path.
Jazakumallahu khairan was salam alaykum,
Yusuf Estes