Noor Al Islam, Nº: 145 - 146, June + July 2011

Noor Al Islam, Nº: 145 - 146, June + July 2011

Nº: 145 - 146 13th year, June + Hully 2011 - Rajab + Shaaban 1432H “Spread Glad Tidings, do not Alienate” Great has been the eagerness of believers who are conscientious about the purity of Islam’s march, shiny image, safety of the Muslim generations whose vulnerability and future are threatened, so they may have a real presence on the media field, for means and scopes of persuasion in our Islamic world and in the greater world. This field was in the past a monopoly of the hostile or indifferent media, the media that is corrupt and is corrupting the beliefs, values and heritage. We must finally praise Allah Almighty and assist those who have good initiatives on this level. The latter have been granted success in the few past years to fill some of the vacuum in this vital field. They have launched a number of satellite television channels, radio stations and Internet web sites that carry as a whole the ideology of Islam and its message, defending its values and the expectations of its generations to find enlightened stable societies and clean environments that are free of the intrusion of incoming deviated concepts and norms of conduct. Appreciating most of these news media, podiums, Islamic educational and guiding sites does not clash with expressing some constructive critical remarks and directions which we may submit here in order to fortify them and develop their presentation and methodology, the way they deal with segments of people, especially towards respecting the views and particularities of those who differ from them. Yet it has never been expected, nor has it ever been anticipated or at all accepted, that any entity should speak on behalf of Muslims by taking advantage of this serious field to turn it into a launching pad for what is supposed to be the dissemination of awareness and true knowledge, the call for love and solidarity among the Muslims, between them and their citizens. There have been such entities that have turned their podiums into tools for spreading the venoms of divisiveness, hatred, slander and attack of “others” only because the latter differ from them with regard to a particular sect, ideology or religious orientation. This provides the atmosphere and grounds for extremist calls to abolish and to undertake horrific physical liquidations that are actually in existence in many Islamic countries. This is what two Arab satellite television stations are now known to be undertaking, both clothing themselves with the Islamic garb. So do many Internet sites... All these channels and sites are motivated by stagnant mentalities of those who espouse contemptible Takfiri orientations. They employ demagogic methods, fabrications and the turning of facts upsidedown. Their goal is to mislead their viewers and recipients, taking them to positions of hostility towards the followers of the creed of Ahl al-Bayt specifically. We do not know what these folks will achieve in the end from their odd and resented behavior other than realizing the hopes of the enemies of Islam and Muslims. We are on the side of all those who are adorned with a true conscience, and these are the majority in all Islamic sects, in our call on these folks to rethink their deviated behavior, to fear Allah Almighty in His religion and servants, to be concerned about the unity and strength of the nation of the Messenger of Allah who has said to the likes of these folks: “Spread glad tidings; do not alienate.” Despite all of this, these folks are too weak to obliterate the shining facts, or to harm the lofty mountains. The outcome of their actions, if Allah Almighty so wills, will be nothing but loss and the realization of the opposite of their goals, as the facts and reactions among people have already proven. They are similar to the axiom expressed by an Arab poet who said. If Allah wants to spread a buried virtue. He will provide it with a jealous tongue anew. So, what would you say if one who has this tongue is wanton and a fabricator?!   Download     Source: http: nooralislam.org