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them would do so on ac-

count of his being an enemy to me. Whoever insults

them has insulted me and

whoever insults me has in-

sulted Allah. Whoever in-sults Allah, will soon be

seized by Him.(Tirmidhi)

Imam Malik rahimahullah

said that someone who

finds in himself an ill-feeling or anger with regards to the

Sahab is a disbeliever be-

cause Allah says that He en-

rages the disbelievers with them, i.e. the Sahaba

(Quran 48:29)

"Whoever abuses my Sa-

haba, upon them is the

curse of Allah, the angels a n d a l l t h e p e o -

ple." (Tabaranee)

Be wary of any person who criticises or swears the Sa-

haba.

A Sahabi (pl. Ṣaḥaba) as

defined by ibn Ḥajar, in his book al-Isaba, is a person

who met the Prophet � as a believer and thereafter

passed away as a Muslim. We have been instructed in

numerous verses of the

Quran and narrations of the Prophet � to love and show respect for the Ṣaḥaba as

Allah is pleased with them.

OUR BELIEF

We love the Sahaba and we

don’t disown any one of them. We hate anyone who

hates them or does not

speak well of them and we only speak well of them.

Love for them is religion,

belief and piety whilst ha-tred for them is disbelief,

hypocrisy and transgres-

sion. (Al Aqeedah At

Tahaawiya)

The Quran establishes their

high status:

Allah is well pleased with the

first emigrants and helpers and those who followed them

in good deeds, and they are

well pleased with Him: He

has prepared Gardens graced with flowing streams for

them, there to remain for ev-

er. That is the supreme tri-umph. (Quran, Surah Tawba

100)

BEST PEOPLE

The Prophet � has also praised the Ṣaḥaba and in-

structed us to love them and not show enmity or insult

them. He said: The best of

people is my generation and thereafter those that follow

them. (Bukhari, Muslim)

Fear Allah, fear Allah with

regards to my companions.

Do not make them targets

(of your criticism) after me. Whoever loves them he

would love them on account

of his love for me and who-ever shows enmity towards

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IRAQ - Iraqi military helicopters destroyed a con-

voy of fuel tankers inside Syrian territory. The con-

voy was heading towards the border and was due to

supply Isis fighters in Iraq's Anbar province. The Is-

lamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) fights the govern-

ments in Syria and Iraq. Isis created a safe passage

from Anbar to the north Syrian city of Aleppo. How-

ever, most of Syria's other freedom fighters oppose

Isis. (BBC, 27 April 2014)

SOUTH SUDAN - At least 200 civilians were report-

ed to have been slaughtered in a mosque in Bentiu,

capital of the oil-rich Unity State in South Sudan

amidst rebel fighting in the country. (BBC, 23 April

2014)

EGYPT - A coup court in Egypt sentenced 528 sup-

porters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed

Morsi to death. The group is among some 1,200

Muslim Brotherhood supporters on trial, including

senior members. The army and coup leaders have

cracked down harshly on Islamists since Morsi was

removed by the military in July 2013. Hundreds have

been killed and thousands arrested. The Brother-

hood has been declared a terrorist organisation and

authorities have punished any public show of sup-

port for it. (BBC, 24 March 2014)

NIGERIA - An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has

sentenced a man to death by stoning for raping a

girl of 10 and infecting her with HIV. He admitted

raping the girl. (BBC, 24 April)

AFGHANISTAN - 80 people killed and hundreds left

stranded in devastating flash floods in northern Af-

ghanistan. People were left trapped on the roofs of

their homes and rescue helicopters have been de-

ployed. There are reports of flooding in other prov-

inces in the north and west. In Jowzjan 3,000 homes

have been destroyed. (BBC, 25 April 2014)

ECUADOR - President Correa accused USA of med-

dling in his country's internal affairs. 20 US military

personnel will leave to comply with an order from

the Ecuador government. Relations between Ecua-

dor and USA have been strained ever since Correa

came to office in 2007. In 2009, Ecuador refused to

renew an agreement with the US that allowed its

drug-interdiction flights to be based at an Ecuador-

ean airfield. That same year, Ecuador expelled two

US diplomats, accusing them of meddling in its inter-

nal affairs. In 2012, it provided asylum in its London

embassy to the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange,

whose organisation published leaked US military

documents and diplomatic cables. (BBC, 25 April

2014)

PALESTINE - Fatah and Hamas signed a reconcilia-

tion deal and will try to form a unity government

soon. Following the announcement, Israel said it

would not attend a negotiation session with Fatah

and said Fatah would have to choose between peace

with Israel and peace with Hamas. Hamas has lost a

strong ally in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and the

leadership has also lost a key base in Damascus.

(BBC, 24 April 2014)

CANADA - Reports in two magazines said sexual

assault plagues the country's armed forces with five

assaults per day within the military community. The

magazines interviewed victims of rape or sexual as-

sault. (BBC, 25 April 2014)

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Hollywood has released a movie called Noah,

supposedly depicting Prophet Nuh (Noah) alaihis salaam. There are several reasons why

Muslims have a problem with such a film:

1. Portrayal of a Prophet 1.1. This is not allowed as it detracts from the

respect for the Prophet.

1.2 The actors are not in the position to por-tray such great personalities.

1.3 Viewers start to intertwine the character

played by actors, looks included, into their imagination of the Prophets. When reading

about the Flood of Nuh alaihis salaam, view-

ers will imagine scenes from the movie.

2. False Information

2.1 By and large Hollywood movies never

stick to the truth. In fact the producer of the movie Noah, a self-professed atheist, says he

is proud of the fact that he's taken a story in-

spired by God's word and turned it into some-thing so secular.

2.2 The Bible stories of the Prophets that

form the basis of the movies, are riddled with

lies and depict the Prophets in an unsavory light. An example is Genesis 19:30-36 which

twists the story of Prophet Loot alaihis sa-

laam.

3. Sex and Nudity

3.1 No story, not even that of the Prophets, escapes the Hollywood addition of immoral

scenes. IMDB’s parental guidance on the film

Noah notes scenes where Prophets are depict-

ed in immodest scenes.

Rather read the story of Prophet Nuh alaihis

salaam in authentic books and the Quran.

Some Quranic principles on personal finance:

1. Plan your finances

This is consistent with Islamic principles.

[Yusuf alaihis salaam] said, "You will plant for

seven years consecutively; and what you har-vest leave in its spikes, except a little from

which you will eat.” (Quran 12:47)

2. Live within your means

Differentiate between needs and wants and

maintain simplicity. Prophet Aadam alaihis sa-laam was ordered to resist consumption from a

tree, something ordinarily permissible. (Quran

1:35)

3. Be efficient

Negotiate before buying and consult tax plan-

ners. The Quran regards the giving of wealth to the incompetent as inefficient allocation of

resources. “And do not give the weak-minded

your property, which Allah has made a means of sustenance for you, but provide for them

with it and clothe them and speak to them

words of appropriate kindness.” (Quran 4:5)

4. Consult widely

The Quran classifies consultation with others in

matters that are unclear as a trait of those who are successful. “And those who have re-

sponded to their lord and established prayer

and whose affair is [determined by] consulta-tion among themselves, and from what We

have provided them, they spend.” (Quran

42:38)

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Tips on coping with teens:

Be very careful about their friends

During the teenage years, children often care

more about what their friends say than what

their parents or elders say. According to a hadith, "Man is upon the path of his intimate

friend; so let each look to whom he takes as a

friend." It is essential from an early age that we try to get our children involved with good

children.

Wholesome religious, social and sports

activities

Bored teenagers are more likely to look for ex-

citement in the wrong place. If teenagers' lives are full of good and exciting things to do,

they will not have the time or the desire to get

involved in bad things.

Channel their zeal

Our lives and our society are not perfect, and teenagers may have fresh insight into how to

improve them. It is therefore a foolish parent

who tries to ridicule that young idealism. If it

is consistent with Islam, it should be fervently encouraged.

If a teenager is idealistic and wants to im-prove the world, we should encourage him

and help him. If he if full of zeal but lacks the

proper direction, we should help him to use that zeal constructively.

Admit we can be wrong

Parents make mistakes. If we admit to our children that we are wrong at times, they will

not always feel that they have to rebel against

us and prove that we are wrong.

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Some teachings of the Prophet � on looking after our resources:

1. Conservation

The Prophet � passed one day by Sa’d ibn Abi Waqas � while he was performing wudu. The Prophet � asked him, "Why this wastage?" Sa’d � replied "Is there wastage in wudu al-so?" The Prophet � said, "Yes, even if you are at a flowing river."

2. Planting Trees Plant a tree even if it is your last deed:

1. “If (the day of Resurrection) is about to be

established and one of you was holding a palm shoot, let him take advantage of even

one second before the Hour is established to

plant it.”

3. Clean Environment

"Beware of the three acts that cause you to be cursed: relieving yourselves in shaded places

(that people utilize), in a walkway or in a wa-

tering place."

4. Overconsumption

"The believer is not he who eats his fill while

his neighbor is hungry."

5. Fix to Reuse

Asked about what the Prophet � used to do in his house, his wife, Aishah � said that he used to repair his shoes, sow his clothes and

used to do all such household works done by

an average person.

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QUESTIO

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ANSWERS

Q: In a masjid, we quite

often have carpets that have musallas to demar-

cate an individual’s prayer

space in the carpet design

itself. Can this ‘musalla’ be considered as a sutrah

(barrier) for Salaah or is

it still recommended to place something in front

of one?

A: Placing something as a barrier [sutrah] between one

praying and passersby is rec-

ommended. In Sharh al-

Muhadhdhab 3:199, Imam Nawawi related a consensus

from Shaykh Abu Hamid on

this.

Our fiqh books mention that

in the instance one cannot find a proper sutrah, then

one should layout a prayer

mat or make a line for his

sutrah. In Tuhfat al-Muhtaj 2:157, Ibn Hajar mentioned

this and other works relate it

likewise; Tuhfah‘s text men-tions “musalla”.

In Hashiyat al-Tarmasi 2:377, it is related that the

rugs in the mosque are not

intended by this because

they do not serve the pur-pose of a sutrah for one who

is standing on them perform-

ing the prayer.

And Allah Knows Best

Q: Is it permissible to consume store-bought

vinegar in the United

States? Please mention any relevance to the vari-

ous types of vinegar that

are identified on labels (such as wine, apple ci-

der, rice, etc.)

A: It says in the Reliance of

the Traveler 14:6:

“Wine that becomes vinegar without anything having

been introduced into it is

pure, as are the sides of the

container it touched when it splashed or boiled. But if an-

ything was introduced into

the wine before it became vinegar, then turning to vine-

gar does not purify it.

One would have to check

whether the vinegar that one

is consuming is made by in-

tervention or not, meaning to see whether something was

added to it while it was still

intoxicating and before it turned into vinegar, i.e. such

as a catalyst. The traditional

way of making vinegar is fruit juice --> wine --> vine-

gar. (If something is added

while it is still fruit juice, the

vinegar is halal and pure).

I am uncertain about the

process used in the West. If anything is added into it,

while it was intoxicating, the

ruling in the Shafi school re-mains; that it is not permis-

sible to consume.

It is permissible to follow the Hanafi school which holds

that vinegars made by inter-

vention are pure and permis-sible to consume.

Q: If a person knowingly

breaks their fast in Rama-dhan by eating or drink-

ing, is there kaffaarah for

this person? Some say that Shafis hold that kaf-

faarah is only for sexual

intercourse and others that day that deliberate

breaking of the fast

such as this would neces-

sitate kaffaarah.

A: There are two different

kaffarahs:

1. Kaffarah kubra [major ex-

piation], which is specific to

intercourse during a Rama-dan fast day.

2. Kaffarah sughra [minor expiation]. It is giving a

measure of foodstuff to the

poor.

In the Shafi school there is a

difference of opinion of if one

breaks the fast by something besides intercourse and if

then kaffarah sughra needs

to be given. In Sharh al-Muhadhdhab 6:293 and Raw-

dah 2:267, Imam Nawawi

related this difference and stated that the relied-upon

opinion is that fidyah is NOT

due along with the make-up

fast.

Q: Is a Caesarean section

allowed on a dead woman who has a living child in

her stomach.

A: Abu al-Abbas Ibn Surayj maintained that the child

should be removed from its

deceased mother as the

sanctity of the living is more than that of the deceased.

The detail is also mentioned

that in the instance when the fetus would be able to live

outside the womb, then

such an operation should be

performed. (al-Hawi al-Kabir 3:62)

The reason for performing such an operation is to save

a life. If the baby’s life can

be saved, it is obligatory to do so. (Tuhfat al-Muhtaj

3:225)

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QUESTIONS &

ANSWERS

Q: I'm a final year student

of dentistry and need guidance on the follow-

ing:

1. After graduating can I treat female patients (as

treating them will require

seeing and touching their face);

2. If it's haram for me to treat females then what

type of jobs can I do in

this field? If I work in a

hospital, the hospital would require me to treat

any patient. If I enter the

teaching side I will have to communicate with fe-

male students in lectures;

The only place where I

can refuse to treat fe-

males is if I establish my

own clinical private prac-tice. So is establishing a

clinic the only job I can

have in this field?

3. Even if I establish a

clinic it is important to first get appropriate

training. My professor has

offered me to join his clin-

ic after my final year ex-ams. It's a great oppor-

tunity for me to learn, but

he will be treating female patients in his clinic as

well. Can I join his clinic

to gain experience?

4. Can I do fcps post grad-

uation? Any post gradua-

tion I apply to will require me to treat fe-

males as well.

A: It is permissible for a male dentist to treat an adult

female patient on the condi-

tion that:

1.The areas of her awrah

(parts of the body that need

to be covered) including her hair and neck are concealed.

2. When touching her face, it

is done so with gloves and not with bare hands.

3. He averts his gaze from her as much as possible.

Q: We had an old mosque in our locality and a while

back that was dismantled

and a new mosque was

constructed at another piece of land 120 meters

away. A tin shed has been

constructed on the land where the previous

mosque was. Can we give

this tin shed on rent and the income generated

from it would be used for

maintenance and exten-

sion of the newly con-structed mosque or do we

have to keep it empty?

Otherwise, what type of structure can we con-

struct on that land?

A: At the outset, it was not permissible to dismantle the

old mosque and replace it

with a new mosque on an-

other piece of land. Once a land has been endowed and

classified as a Shar’i masjid,

it will remain as such until the day of Qiyamah. There-

fore, it is not permissible to

use the old land for any oth-

er purpose than of a Masjid. Hence, it is also not permis-

sible to sell it, rent it out or

convert it to anything else albeit it may be to utilise the

revenue thereof to contribute

to the construction or maintenance of the new Mas-

jid. The previous land will re-

main a Masjid in spite of its

structure being dismantled.

It would have been more ap-propriate to have consulted

the Ulema prior to disman-

tling the old mosque and re-

placing it with another upon a different land. The old

land, along with the new

Masjid, should be reused as a Masjid for the purpose of

Salah and the community

should try their utmost to ensure both Masjids are in-

habited.

Q: What is the method of lifting the finger in

tashahhud in Salaah?

Most hanafis either close the 3 fingers and leave

the index one free and

some lift the index and then keep them all free.

A: There are a several valid

methods of raising the index

finger in tashahhud.

According to the Hanafis, the

most correct method of rais-ing the right index finger is

as follows: 1. Close the little

finger and the ring finger. 2. The middle finger and thumb

should touch each other and

make a circle shape. 3. Raise

the index finger when saying “La Ilaha” and drop the index

finger when saying “Illallah”.

One should place his/her in-dex finger on top of the

thumb and the middle finger.

Having the palm laid flat and only raising the index finger

is not a correct method. The

1st method you mentioned is valid. Also, one should start

the gesture of his hands at

the time of Shahaadah. Then one should follow from the

third procedure mentioned

above.

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to stick with things they are familiar with – be it frequenting the same restaurant over and

over again; or eating the same thing all the

time. Most people are not very adventurous when it comes to food and as result miss out

on some amazing tastes.

Be brave. Sacrifice for Islam.

#2. Bad things happen so that we learn

to appreciate good things. We experience bad service, and occasionally we eat in a lousy

restaurant that serves bad food.

Maybe it is okay to have “bad food” once in a

while so that we will learn to appreciate good

food. The same goes for life. If not for the bad times, you wouldn’t be able to fully appreciate

just how wonderful the good times are.

#3. No matter what you do, it is very im-portant to manage expectations. You went

to try a restaurant after reading about it in a

review, and it wasn’t as good as described. Was the food really bad? Or was the chef hav-

ing a bad day? No, the definition of good dif-

fers from people to people. Taste is subjective, so you really need to learn how to manage

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The hadith sets out the increase of killing as a

sign before the approach of Qiyamah (e.g. Tir-midhi, Muslim):

Starvation. Being subjected to deliberate

starvation is happening before our eyes in the Yarmouk region of Damascus that is mainly

inhabited by Palestinian refugees. This is also

happening in other parts of Syria where gov-ernment has denied civilians access to food

and medicine, inflicting death by starvation.

Drowning. Muslims are drowning at sea while

trying to migrate illegally to southern Europe-

an countries. Hundreds of North Africans died

when their boats capsized near Sicily.

Torture. Death by torture is number three on

this grisly list. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of Muslim men, women and children are tortured

or raped to death every year.

Bombs. Being at the receiving end of heavy

artillery, missiles and barrel bombs ordered by

one’s own government, a death that is all the

more criminal because most of the victims are innocent civilians, not armed combatants.

Demonstrations. Death of civilians killed during political demonstrations.

Foreign invasion. Muslim have also died by fire from artillery and other weaponry

launched from foreign states. This is occurring

increasingly these days, with Lebanese, Syri-

ans, Egyptians and Palestinians being killed by fire from neighboring Arab states or Israel, or

by American drones in countries such as Yem-

en, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Several legal institutions in European civil law

were adapted from similar institutions in Is-lamic law during the Middle Ages:

The Islamic Hawala institution influenced the

development of the Avallo in Italian civil law and the Aval in French civil law.

The commenda limited partnership used in European civil law was also adapted from the

Qirad and Mudaraba in Islamic law.

The civil law conception of res judicata and

the transfer of debt, which was not permissi-

ble under Roman law but is practiced in mod-

ern civil law, may also have origins in Islamic law.

The concept of an agency was also an institu-tion unknown to Roman law, where it was not

possible for an individual to conclude a binding

contract on behalf of another as his agent.

Islamic law also introduced two fundamental

principles to the West, on which were to later

stand the future structure of law: equity and good faith, which was a precursor to the con-

cept of pacta sunt servanda in civil law and

international law.

Another influence of Islamic law on the civil

law tradition was the presumption of inno-cence, which was introduced to Europe by

Louis IX of France soon after he returned from

Palestine during the Crusades. Islamic law was

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The Muslim Moors had a noticeable influence

on the works of William Shakespeare. Shake-speare's The Merchant of Venice, Titus An-

dronicus and Othello, which featured a Moor-

ish Othello as its title character. These works

were inspired by several Muslim delegations from Morocco to England around 1600.

Examples of Muslim influence in Shake-speare’s works:

Macbeth: Lady Macbeth, “All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand." This

extraordinary piece of information must have

meant something to the people who saw the

play. So perfumes from Arabia had reached a level of fame that others would know instantly

what he meant without him explaining it.

Merchant of Venice: The Prince of Morocco

has a speaking part, albeit small, but it’s

there. This shows that the culture of Venice must have had Muslims trading there. In act 2

scene one ‘a tawny moor’ all in white speaks.

This is an accurate depiction of Muslim dress.

The Comedy of Errors: “That’s cover’d o’er

with Turkish tapestry.” Reference to a tapestry

made by the Ottomans.

King Henry the Fifth: “Like the Turkish

mute, shall have a tongueless mouth.” Refer-ence to the play Bajazet which is about Otto-

man Sultan Bayezud I 1360-1403.

Othello: “These moors are unchangeable in their wills.” Indication that the Muslims did not

break their treaties.

Aruj Barbarossa (Born 1473, Died 1518) was

an Ottoman naval Privateer and Governor of Algiers. Aruj was one of four brothers who

were born on the island of Lesbos (modern

day Greece) to Yaqub.

They initially worked as sailors, and privateers

in the Mediterranean to counteract the priva-

teering of Christian crusaders. Ilias was killed during a trading expedition, and Aruj was cap-

tured and imprisoned in Rhodes. He escaped

and went to Italy and from there to Egypt. Sultan Qansoh al-Ghurigave him a ship and

Aruj started attacking Mediterranean islands

controlled by Christians.

In 1505 Aruj seized three more ships and

made Djerba island his base, moving his oper-

ations to the Western Mediterranean. His fame increased 1504-1510 when he transported

Muslim refugees from Spain to North Africa.

He was now known as Baba Aruj, (Father Aruj) for his fatherly care of Muslims in need.

He earned the nickname Barbarossa (Red

Beard) from the French and Spanish.

In 1516, Aruj captured Algiers, then Tlemcen

and declared himself ruler. He became known

for attaching sails to cannons for transport through the deserts of North Africa. He relin-

quished his title of Sultan of Algiers to the Ot-

tomans who then appointed him governor of Algiers and Chief Sea Governor of the Western

Mediterranean. In 1518 Aruj was killed in a

battle with the Spaniards.

He died at the age of 55, and his brother

Kheireddin took his place, his name

(Barbarossa), and his mission.

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The earliest presence of Islam in Chad can be

traced back to Uqba ibn Nafi in the 7th centu-ry, whose descendants can be found settled in

the Lake Chad region to this day. By the time

Arab migrants began arriving in the 14th cen-

tury in sizeable numbers, it was already well established.

53% of Chadians are Muslim and are largely concentrated in northern and eastern Chad.

Spreading Islam in Chad was initially very

slow because it is a rocky place.

Islam was brought in the course of the Muslim

conquest of the Sudan region, in the case of

Chad complete in the 11th century with the conversion of the Kanem-Bornu Empire. The

states of Kanem-Bornu, Baguirmi and Ouad-

dai, were Islamic sultanates that gained prom-inence around the 17th century.

The French first penetrated Chad in 1891, es-tablishing their authority through military ex-

peditions primarily against the Muslim king-

doms.

There are several mosques in Chad. Higher

Islamic education in Chad is non existent thus,

serious Islamic students and scholars must go abroad. Popular destinations include Khartoum

and Cairo, where numerous Chadians attend

Al Azhar.

Chad is part of the Organisation of Islamic Co-

operation. The current president is a Muslim

as are many ministers in the government.

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Cyberbullying is when a kid is tormented,

threatened, harassed, humiliated, embar-rassed or otherwise targeted by another kid

using the Internet, interactive and digital tech-

nologies or mobile phones.

Children have killed each other and committed

suicide after having been involved in a cyber-

bullying incident.

Ways in which it can happen:

1. Instant/Text Messaging Harassment. Kids may send hateful/threatening messages.

2. Stealing Passwords

3. Blogs. Kids sometimes use blogs to damage

other kids' reputations. 4. Sending Pictures via E-mail/Cell Phones.

There have been cases of teens sending mass

e-mails that include nude or degrading pic-tures of other teens. Once sent, it is passed

around to hundreds of people within hours.

What to do:

Parents need to be the one trusted place kids

can go when things go wrong. Yet they often

are the one place kids avoid. Why? Parents tend to overreact, and sometimes underreact.

Parents need to be supportive of your child

during this time.

Educating kids about the consequences (losing

their ISP or IM accounts) helps. Teaching them to respect others and to take a stand

against bullying helps too.

Solutions to each type of cyberbullying inci-dent differs and cyberbullying has little in

common with the traditional schoolyard bully. Read More: www.stopcyberbullying.org

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Albayaan Islamic Council Trust was estab-

lished 1996 in Johannesburg by Somali Ulama to cater for the spiritual needs of Somalis

coming to South Africa as refugees. Today it

oversees the religious aspect of life for the ap-

proximately 50,000 Somalis resident in vari-ous towns in South Africa.

Aims and Objectives � To develop and promote Islam.

� To respect the dignity of all.

� To promote humanitarian assistance. � To uplift underprivileged communities.

� To empower people and organizations.

� Building bridges with the local South Afri-

can community.

Some Activities

� Bringing senior Somali Ulama from over-seas annually to refresh the Islamic spirit-

uality of the Somali community.

� Overseeing matters pertaining to mar-riage, divorce, burial etc. in the Somali

community.

� Seeing to welfare issues.

� 7 offices, Musjids and Madresas in South Africa. These cater for 300 students in

Cape Town, 200 in Johannesburg, 100 in

Rustenburg and 60 in Port Elizabeth. � Muslim schools are planned for Johannes-

burg, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth.

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Hot sun. Salty air. Rhythmic waves. A little

boy packs beach sand with into a bucket. Then he upends the bucket and, to the delight of

the little architect, a castle tower is created.

All afternoon he will work. Spooning out the

moat. Packing the walls. Bottle tops will be sentries. Popsicle sticks will be bridges. A

sandcastle will be built.

Big city. Busy streets. Rumbling traffic. A man

is in his office. At his desk he shuffles papers

and delegates assignments. He cradles the phone and punches the keyboard. Numbers

are juggled, contracts are signed and much to

his delight, a profit is made. All his life he will

work. Annuities will be sentries. Capital gains will be bridges. An empire will be built.

Two builders of two castles. They have much in common. They see nothing and make

something. And for both the tide will rise and

the end will come.

That is where the similarities cease. The boy

sees the end while the man ignores it. The

waves come and there is no sorrow. And when his masterpiece is sucked into the sea, he

smiles, picks up his tools, takes his father's

hand, and goes home.

The grownup is not so wise. As the wave of

years collapses on his castle he is terrified. He tries to protect his monument. He blocks the

waves from the walls he has made. He snarls

at the incoming tide.

Go ahead and build, but build with a child's

heart. When the sun sets and the tides take -

be content with Allah’s decree.