Dear Slomon, Biniam & detahaiti
Sometimes I hear words & talks I wondre were people get it from,
but when I talk to my Eritran fellows / friends, I know that some peple
just talk for the sake of westing their time, to pass through then forget
about it, but kept barried in mind, & it's remembered when it's triged by
some discussion,
I wrote the below posting while ago to Mobae, & I hope this will enlight
you about what Islam is & what Islam says about muslims relations with
nonmuslims, I'll try to find a book that talks specificly
(in English ) about this Subject I'll gie you the details when I get it.
the best book will be the one that talks about how Prophet Mohammed ( peace
be upon him) was dealing with the nonmuslims specially the Christians, you
will be amaised Solomon.
please read the following massage:-
dear brother Mobae
Please allow me to help you in understanding Islam in another way , or
guide you to another source about your topic ( Eritrean Muslim / Islam ) ,
some times searching the truth & from the core of the resources for
questions helps to find out the accurate & real information for the
answers,
if you still interested you can get these books / booklets from any Islamic
resource / library in your city in they are very useful
1- The Spirit of Islam by Affif A.Tabbarah
2- Ma'ruf & Munkar by syid Jalaluddin Ansar
** 3- The holly book itself ( the Qur'an) translated in English by Yusuf
Ali
It contains an index in the end of the book, for example if you want
to know about what Islam says about Jesus ( Peace be upon him) , you look
for the word (Jesus) in the index, then you go to the versus that talks
about him, about women in Islam, same thing .
Some times not any one can give you the answers about questions in Islam,
as Islam is a very deep religion that if you don't read or study it
properly it would be hard to know everything,
and studding Islam does not mean to memorise the Qur'an, but to understand
its meaning & to understand its meaning you have to study other subjects,
like for example Seerah, Fiqih &...,
Muslim people would know the main things about Islam (the basics), but to
go deeply and to explain things needs to be with knowledge, therefore we
read other books that talks about different things/subjects/aspects and
explain it and simplify it for the normal people in order to understand
more the rules & commands of Islam( Allah) and the source of all these
books is the Qur'an .
>"'Elal"" cannot be that bad if done with clean heart and a sense of
>responsibility.
That is true Mobae , as I have here my friends (Christian Eritrean) in
Australia that I discuss with them about whether Islam or Christianity with
respect & love in some situations and we benefit each other, and that's how
we raised in Asmara when were kids.
As every body knows, specially those who have a direct contact with Muslim
friends like Eritreans,
Islam is a way of life, & it simply teaches people how to live in peace as
originally the word comes from ( aslim) means to surrend to God & the
command of God (Allah),
but as Kawser mentioned in her posting that Islam has been getting all that
negative western media, with that all now a days people knowing Islam the
religion it self that all the profits & messengers were calling for, and
the positive aspects that has been barried by the western media, as there
are books translated in English & other languages that talks about Islam &
simplifys the meaning of it , From Adam to Mohammed (peace be upon all of
them)
If you need more information please feel free to E-mail me,
as I recommend the above mentioned books for most /all of the questions
asked before
regards,
your brother,
Mahmoud Nour
SHAGOS@LadyBird.Helsinki.FI on 25/09/97 21:39:39
Please respond to SHAGOS@LadyBird.Helsinki.FI
To: Dehai@primenet.com
cc: Hsengal@AOL.COM (bcc: Mahmoud Nour/Melbourne/Com Tech/AU)
Subject: [DEHAI] ......... of the Jihad
SELAMAT:
Hi respected members of Dehaiers, intelectuals, and under
intelecuals.
Allow me to ask a question whether it is true or not, and this is
always most of the time told by many people (Christian/Muslims).
The Muslims believe that
1. Never forget: Christians (Kafr) must be killed/destroyed. All else
is immaterial and you will not SUCCEED to go to janet (paradize).
If the above statement is true, what can we do? I'm really afraid.
Is there anybody out there could explain me why is that so or else
could you give me detail information about this case. Specialy I
need an answere of my quetion from Muslim brothers (AKWAN).
With respect,
SULEMAN HAGOS GHEBRESELASIE