MUSLIM PERSPECTIVE Bulletin of the UNITED ISLAMIC NATION Not Sunni * Not Shi'a * Only Muslim Published Monthly by Masjid Tucson February 1986 JUMADA II 1406 $100,000,000,000.00 IRAN & IRAQ SQUANDER MUSLIM PEOPLES' MONEY GIVE IT AWAY TO JEWS & CHRISTIANS (THE MANUFACTURERS OF WEAPONS): IN ORDER TO KILL EACH OTHER What will Iran gain when they "win the war"? What will Iraq gain when they "win the war"? God gave the Muslim peoples of Iran & Iraq immense wealth, oil : enough wealth to make them the most prosperous people on earth. What did Iran & Iraq do with God's gift? They gave it away to the Jews& Christians in France, They used God's gift to acquire England, & USA. 8 death, devastation, poverty, and misery. 8 Is it any clearer now that the Muslims' eternal happiness, 8 prosperity, and salvation can ONLY be attained by uniting behind Qur'an, the whole Qur' an, and nothing but Qur an? (Continued on Pade 4)
HASID TUSSON Ej b 739 E. 6th Sl., Tucson, AZ 85719 (602) 791-3989 ADRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED NONPROFTT ORG. U. S. POSTAGE PADD TUCSON, ARIZONA PERMIT NO. 20) MAIL TO: Become a subscriber NOW! ONLY $1200 for 12 issues One Dollar a month Kronlerdge and ignorance The pattern and curricula of the existing religious educational ( CONTINLIED FROM PAGE 1 ) inatitutiuns were devised during a phase of decadence in Islamic society and since then there has been little revision. Knowledge in these institutions is frozen and fossilised, and has become entirely irrelevant !o the needs of contemporary sociery. They were made by the men of an lage for the requirements of that age. Their interpretation of the Koran and the Sunnah was their own: it was not Divine. nor eteral. nor unchangeable. And now, although most of the teaching has become obsulete, it is regarded as sacred and immutable and goes under the name of real Islam, and real knowledge. It is this reluctance to learn. io reśurmn, and to undersland Islam in relation to the changing needs of sux jai order and compulsions of histor!, that is the real cause of ignurance in Muslim society today. The maintenance uf the siglus quo, the continuance of the fedal e stem. the theulogical hold on the masses and the superstitious. dogmatic approach to religion, hare all provided very strung support for the advancement and as sertion of ignorance. The preatest calamity is that qualified, competent and sincere scholars art discredited and maligned as eneries of Islam, and every ellort is made to muffle and repress them, depriving them even of the right to Isve. New ideas and new thoughts can come only from such men. but they are louked upun with suspicion and distrust. Hence, Muslinı gociely now suffers frem intellectual stagnation. The greatest appeal in Tucson, Wednesday, February 12, 1986 Ihr Arizona Duilu Star Iran claims sweep across tip of S. Irag NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Iran said yesterday its forces swept across the southern tip of Iraq near the Kuwaiti border on the second day of its new offensive, and both nationsreported killing thousands of enemy soldiers. Kuwait called on all Arab nations lo join in defending Iraq. Although both warring nations are Moslem, Iran's people are Persian and Iraq's are Arabic. Iran's Islamic Republic. News. Agency, monitored in Nicosia, said 5,000 Iraqis were killed or wounded and 1,100 captured since the Iranian offensive began Sunday night. Il said 10 Iraqi planes were shot down yes- terday and told of pushing across south Iraq. For its part, Iraq said more than ‹the Kuran is the intellectual appeal. Cod has aşked inen again and agaın 1,900 Iranians were killed in Iraq's f to think and ponder over His signs lavall. commandments and wisdom. 3rd Army Corps sector of the 730- mile front and that "countless thou- Finally, we should remember tbat Islam is a world religion. Its nessage sands" more died in other areas. as addressed to the whole of mankind. The responsibility of carning this message to other men lies primarily with the present believers. But when these believers are themselves steeped in ignorance how can the! lead whers to knonledge? Islam is knowledge itself. and not ignurance. for Gud says: 'But it is clear revelations in the hearts of those who have been given knowladge. and nonp deny our revelations save wrong- dixrs. (29:49] COURTESY ARK astudy ofthe Koran
D D 0 0*4000: 10000D MUSLIM PERSPECTIVE Bulletin of the UNITED ISLAMIC NATION Not Sunni * Not Shia * Only Muslim Published Monthly by Masjid Tucson JUMADA II 1406 February 1986 •OOC •O•0 $100,000,000,000.00 IRAN & IRAQ SQUANDER MUSLIM PEOPLES' MONEY GIVE IT AWAY TO JEWS & CHRISTIANS (THE MANUFACTURERS OF WEAPONS): IN ORDER TO KILL EACH OTHER What will Iran gain when they "win the war"? What will Iraq gain when they "win the war"? God gave the Muslim peoples of Iran & Iraq immense wealth, oil: enough wealth to make them the most prosperous people on earth. What did Iran & Iraq do with God's gift? They gave it away to the Jews& Christians in France, They used God's gift to acquire England, & USA. death, devastation, poverty, and misery. Is it any clearer now that the Muslims' eternal happiness, 8 8 prosperity, and salvation can ONLY be attained by uniting an, the whole Qur'an, and nothing but Qur'an? behind Qur (Continued on Page 4) 1606000100080400
MASJID TUCSON jLE 739 E. 6lh Sl., Tucson, AZ 85719 (602) 791-3989 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED NONPROFT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAD TUCSON, ARIZONA PERMIT NO. 201 MAIL TO: Become a subscriber NOW! ONLY $12.00 for 12 issues One Dollar a month Knowledge and ignorance C3-2-35-0"5 The pattern and curricula of the existing religious educational institutions were devised during a phase of decadence in Islamic society (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) and since then there has been little revision. Knowledge in these institutions is frozen and fossilised, and has become entirely irrelevant to the needs of contemporary society. They were made by the men of an age for the requirements of that age. Their interpretation of the Koran and the Sunnah was their own: it was not Divine. nor eternal, nor unchangeable. And now, although most of the teaching has become obsolete. it is regarded as sacred and immutable and goes under the Tucson, Wednesday. February 12, 1986 The Arizona Duiln Star Iran claims sweep across tip of S. Iraq NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Iran name of real Islam. and real knowledge. It is this reluctance to learn, to reform, and to understand Islam in relation to the changing needs of social order and compulsions of history, that is the real cause of ignorance in Muslim society today. The maintenance of the status quo. the continuance of the feudal sisier. the theological hold on the masses and the superstitious. said yesterday its forces swept across the southern tip of Iraq near the Kuwaiti border on the second day of its new offensive, and both nations reported killing thousands of enemy soldiers. Kuwait called on all Arab nations to join in defending Iraq. Although dogmatic approach to religion. have all provided very strong suppurt for the advancement and assertion of ignorance. The greatest calamity is that qualified, competent and sincere scholars are discredited and maligned as enemies of Islam. and every effort is made to muffle and repress them, depriving them even of the right to live. New ideas and new thoughts can come only from such men. but they are louked upun with suspicion and distrust. Hence. Muslini society now suffers from intellectual stagnation. The greatest appeal in both warring nations are Moslem, Iran's people are Persian and Iraq's are Arabic. Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency, monitored in Nicosia, said 5,000 Iraqis were killed or wounded and 1,100 captured since the Iranian offensive began Sunday night. It said 10 Iraqi planes were shot down yes- terday and told of pushing across south Iraq. For its part, Iraq said more than the Koran is the intellectual appeal. God has asked inen again and again 10 think and punder over His signs (ayat). commandments and wisdom. Finally: we should remember that Islam is a world religion. Its message 1,900 Iranians were killed in Iraq's 3rd Army Corps sector of the 730- mile front and that "countless thou- sands" more died in other areas. is addressed to the whole of mankind. The responsibility of carrying this primal ice pre aler, Ban the lead uthers to knowledge? Islam is knowledge itself. and not ignurance. for God says: But it is clear revelations in the hearts of those who have been given knowlerge. and none deny our revelations save wrong- duers." |29:49] COURTESY ARK a study of the Koran
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