Global Peace and Unity - AFTERTHOUGHTS

[Danish]

well i thought the event had waaaaaaaaaaaaay tooo much poilitics in it and less islam

my fav speaker was ZAaaaaaaaaaaaaakir naik and george was emotional too

 

[azim]

If a brother was assigned to seat A1, and a sister who is not related to him, to seat A2, surely the organisers are responsbile for this? The people did not have a choice as to wear they could be seated. Akhee said in a post, in the previous thread...

Just so you know brother the seating was not done like that. They had VVIP seating, VIP seating and then normal ticket holder seating. The problem was that since VIP seating (green seats) were for the mainpart empty, some normal ticket holders had felt tempted to sit in the VIP seating and thus the need for the announcement telling people to return to their correct seating area.

I honestly dont believe there was any freemixing with the seating - there were more seats then there were people. The only area where I believe freemixing was a problem was in the exhibition area, it was very packed and often sisters and brothers would be in very close proximity, it was a problem and inshallah next time it will be resolved.

 

[TEH]

If a brother was assigned to seat A1, and a sister who is not related to him, to seat A2, surely the organisers are responsbile for this? The people did not have a choice as to wear they could be seated. Akhee said in a post, in the previous thread

Like Bro Azim said, it was not arranged like that, people could sit where they wanted to, seats were not designated...

The naat was in urdu, and he later translated it into english. The naat singer was Najam Sheraz.

Ahh, do you have the name of that naat bro??

I am sure you are aware of the islamic ruling on praising someone, and ask yourself, is this kind of behaviour appropriate?

For you and me, I guess not, but considering most of the brother and sisters that came to the event, were Muslim by name characters, and it isnt haraam...

The fatwa you provided, actually advised against it....

Yes it did, but it did not call it haraam...

I did not say it was haraam

I know you didnt, but when I said it was not haraam, you said...

Please refer to what the 'ulema have to say about this, and stop making rulings without 'ilm (knowledge)

All I was saying was, that it wasnt haraam, and please remember, not all Muslims have the same amount of Imam...

From the above statement, you are implying that I made this up, I have provided the name of the artist, please read above.

I apologise again...

Once again, I would like to apologise if I have upset anyone with my comments, this is not what I intended.

I would like to apologise if I upset anyone, it is neither what I intended. I just wanted people to understand that even though the problem had its problems, had its negative elements, good also came out of it. Most of the people would have been sitting at home, or even gone out partying, but instead they interacted with many Muslims, for some who were much better Muslims than them, and so Insha Allah I hope they too also became better Muslims...

It is a start...

 

[Isma'el]

Salaam

I ddnt go to the event, but watched it on telly....was very dissapointed,,men +women sitting 2gether,,laughting, shouting,,it was more like a concert to me..

We muslims r suffering every where...the money could have saved thousands of live.

Ulama have explained why we r suffing? we have 4gotten the Sunna and Quran...

Allahu akbar ther are soo many Good & pious alims in uk....and when ther a lecture given by them no1 turns up!...only the regulars

but give them some entertainment and thousands turnup......

Sorry if i heart any one by saying this........but i jst cannot comprehend a gathering like this,,,when in the back of my head i could see women n children dieing in iraq,pakistan etc...

Plz 4give me.

 

[s_r_ahmed]

assalaamulaykum
i went to the global unity event and over alll it was wikid!!!!!!

the security people in the bright yellow were soooooo rudeeeeeeeeee, they were unbelievably racist!!!! got me so angry!!!!!!!!!!

and the organisation was also very poor.... i missed dawud wharsnby,,, im gutted about that but insha allah next year it will be beta, insha allah they will learn from their mistakes!

my cousin had a stall there and went to prepare it on saturda, and i went along and ahmed bukhatir was rehursing so i got to see him from the vvip seats wen there was no one there!!!!!!!!!!! so that kinda makes up for not seeing D.Wharnsby.

the speeches by yvonne ridley, g galloway were strong!!!!! in george gallowway muslim??? he sed stuff like our ummah n stuff....
ws

 

[azim]

Salaam

I ddnt go to the event, but watched it on telly....was very dissapointed,,men +women sitting 2gether,,laughting, shouting,,it was more like a concert to me..

We muslims r suffering every where...the money could have saved thousands of live.

Ulama have explained why we r suffing? we have 4gotten the Sunna and Quran...

Allahu akbar ther are soo many Good & pious alims in uk....and when ther a lecture given by them no1 turns up!...only the regulars

but give them some entertainment and thousands turnup......

Sorry if i heart any one by saying this........but i jst cannot comprehend a gathering like this,,,when in the back of my head i could see women n children dieing in iraq,pakistan etc...

Plz 4give me.

I agree brother that it seemed for the majority it seemed their niyyah for going was entertainment rather than gaining knowledge. It was quite funny to see teenage boys dressed up like 50 cent with huge limps walking into a lecture - but alhamdulillah, inshallah they'll learn something.

 

[afriend2]

Assalamu Alaikum brothers and sisters, i though the event was so nice that i have even written a letter of thanks to mohamad ali. Alhamdolillah people were brought closer to the word of Allah, and inshAllah the title of the event is exactly what happened and what will be a start to the uniting of the muslim Ummah and us fighting in the name of Allah and living to the maximum of ways muslims should live. :brother: :sister:

the only complaint i had was that i had school the next day, so inshAllah next time it will be in a more convenient day when i can have more that a couple of hours sleep as i live far from the place it took place. but all in all it was a magnificent concert but i wished i could hear more of the scholares especially dr. zakir naik as my family and i had been waiting for him to appear all day and his classes were cancelled. but this is only the begininning! :loving: eace: :loving:

 

[Mujahideen]

sup ma beautiful broders and sistas, the Global Unity was really good coz it gave us a chance to see how much we'll be able to acheive if we were strongly united. i know there were some down sides, may allah 4give us, but i know islam channel were a bit stressed out, next year inshallah we as a community should help them make it better.
wassalam, may allah keep us on the straight path

 

[MuslimWays]

Fantastic Event, enjoyed most of it, except the live video broadcasting from Pakistan, wat the hell was that about? I was sittin on the floor that time, waiting for Zakir Naik to come out of the room, lolz

heres some of the pics n videos thats people has submitted:

http://www.muslimways.com/forum/index.php?topic=1242.0

eace:

 

[MetSudaisTwice]

salam
jazakallah for the link bro
wasalam

 

[eyes_of_mine]

Salam Alykum

I know this topic is like a week cold, but felt I had to add to it.

I attended this event, and I am suprised at how many people are complaining , and they were not even there, comaplining about bro's n sisters sittting togeather, did it not occur to you that they were most likely family ?

I found NO PROBLEM what so ever with the seating, there was PLENTY of choice and in no way were you forced to sit next to a member of the opposite sex, this is plainly not true and I testify to that.

Also this clapping after the athaan, well it is alleged after Isha athaan there was clapping, I was sat in the middle of the hall, just past the middle forward to the front and I head not ONE clap, infact I distinctly remember thinking, wow he called the Athaan so well and then he just walked off , and no acknowledgement for his perfect call tp prayer from the people.

Yes it was squashy in the halls, particualry the exhibition hall, the prayer hall was segregated, women were praying BEHIND the men, and there was a 3ft barrier in the middle, now aslong as women are behind the men, to my knowledge this is acceptable.

fantastic speechs by yvonne ridley, george gallowway, Zakir Naik, someone asked what the benefit from all this was, the benefit was 25.000 muslims coming togeather, to stand togeather UNITED. even if it was just for a day.

it was wonderfull to see muslims togeather like that, it gave a glimpse of what life could be like if we all united.

the executive Of Islam channel came on the stage and he apoligised for anything that was not right and explained it was the first time they did such a big event like this, and said how sorry he was if things were not right.
it was an experience for them aswell.

credit where credit is due, well done Islam channel.