Alhamdulillah, Shaikh Asif Hussain Farooqui has been released without charge from the prison cell where he was held over erroneous terrorism charges. May Allah 
reward all of you who signed the petition.
As with all friends of Allah , help and assistance sometimes comes from places we least expect. Something very special happened on the morning of his release, 30 of his murids were keeping vigil outside the police station when they saw flocks of birds circling in the sky. They seemed to be forming into organised words of dhikr. The brothers all locked up and were shocked at what they saw but one quick thinking brother got out his camera phone and took a picture.
“When Allah
Subhanallah, the creation doing dhikr of Allah in honour of His friend.
lillahi
In the interest of further promotion, I have taken the following from the Freedom Bolton website
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AS THIS IS SOMEONE LIKE YOU – WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS AND THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.
This website petition has been setup with deep concern over the wrongful arrest in Bolton (UK) on 16th November 2009, of Asif Farooqui (who is known to the muslim community as Shaykh Asif Hussain Farooqui). The Muslim community in Bolton have expressed its outrage at the detention of a prominent and well respected Muslim figure by the North West Counter Terrorism Unit. Likewise Muslim scholars throughout the UK familiar with the peaceful character of Asif Farooqui are signing this petition as we speak.
It is understandable for the police to follow up lines of enquiry, however the error of a wrongful arrest and false accusation of Terrorism, as in this case, will damage the peaceful community spirit of Bolton which has been built over the years. This doesn’t just affect Muslims but people of all walks of life and respected faiths. This damage is compounded in a case such as this, when the individual arrested is known to diverse communities in the UK for his exceptional work, over many years, in teaching the peaceful message of Islam.
Shaykh Asif Hussain Farooqui is a recognised teacher of outstanding personal integrity, and the core of his teaching is that a Muslim should strive to perfect his or her character in both worldly and spiritual spheres. Due to his influence, generations of law-abiding, tax-paying, hard-working Muslims in the United Kingdom have, and continue to make, a positive contribution both to the communities in which they reside in and beyond.
The Terrorism act 2000, for people who are unaware, gives the police the unconditional right to investigate and detain without proof. Since the inauguration of this act, thousands of the arrests have been made in the UK that have not led to any charges being brought. As with the case of Asif Farooqui, this given power could be seen an exploitation of the public’s fear of terrorism and a stifling of civil liberties.
By continuing to hold an individual of this calibre and standing, the police are severely undermining the important work that honest, good Muslims are doing in combating terrorism in the UK.
We therefore urge the authorities to acknowledge their error and release Shaykh Asif Hussain Farooqui without further delay.
Please sign the petition today and forward to others.
Thank you – Jazakallahu khairan
Phone in Day TODAY : 11th November. Boycott Israeli Goods in Supermarkets
Supermarkets across the UK continue to unethically stock goods from Israel and illegal Israeli settlements despite the human rights abuses that the Israeli state has perpetrated, and continues to perpetrate, against Palestinian civilians.
Although all major Supermarkets stock goods from Israel or Illegal Settlements, Waitrose and Morrisons have so far refused to discuss the issue of products sourced from Illegal Israeli Settlements – Help them reconsider their position.
Call Morrisons (0845 611 6111, Option 1) and Waitrose (0800 188 884), and tell them you would like to make a complaint about certain products on their shelves, because :-
a) They are from settlements in the West Bank which are illegal under International Law
b) By stocking these products, the supermarkets are supporting human rights abuses being committed daily against Palestinians
c) The labelling of these products is misleading and does not comply with labelling regulations
Call them NOW
Click for Eflyer and contact details of other supermarkets (TESCO, SAINSBURYS, ASDA)
From Friends of Al Aqsa
The Goldstone Report which was commissioned by the UN, was recently rejected by the US House of Representatives. The USA is using its power to protect its baby, once more, knowing full well that it has been proven that Israeli soldiers acted like animals in their indiscriminate murder of innocent civilians in Gaza.
The United Kingdom, the nation that acted as the “Midwife” (As sh Imran Hosein put it) for the birth of unholy Israel, wimped out by abstaining from the vote on the report. This was an unusually limp wristed action by Britain considering its long standing and sinister relationship with Israel. Maybe the UK government felt too embarrassed to reject it because the world does know that the contents of the report are a true representation of the carnage Israel administered upon innocents in Gaza.
Please take a look at this interview with Norman Finkelstien on Democracy Now, Mr. Finkelstien explains what the Goldstone Report found and in doing he shows how bad the Israeli offensive in Gaza was and equally, how bad the decision by the House of Representatives was to reject it.
Another very interesting interview with Norman Finkelstein
A lot of recent research shows an increase in the number of people looking for therapeutic advice. This can be on a variety of subjects, ranging from basic medical information to complex mental and physical issues, or simply relationship and childcare advice.
Traditionally much of this advice would have come from older family members, neighbours, and the true community doctor who would be seen around the local area. Today new living conditions and mass movement of people for work and pleasure means that parents brothers and sisters are not available as readily as they once would have been. We are also not as neighbourly as previous generations and even local community doctors have been replaced by impersonal large health centres, where you are just a number on a bleeping screen.
In this environment some people have been helped by professional therapists, however the lack of quality therapists available and the cost of therapy can be prohibitive.
Others have turned to the internet to fill this gap, however, as ever, the internet can be a minefield for the uninitiated. In this area it can be even more of a problem as many of the people looking for advice can be in difficult places in their lives, and easily taken advantage off.
A new website launch about to hit our PC and Mac screens hopes to play its part in offering new and innovative solutions to this problem. Sharingadvice.com aims to provide a private environment where people suffering with similar afflictions, both mental and physical can “share advice” and be advised by vetted site professionals, this would be facilitated by webinars and social networking opportunities. If it delivers all it promises on its pre-launch page then it will surely be the new year’s most talked about website launch. Visit the site and see for yourself…..sharingadvice.com
sharingadvice.com – an innovative solution to a problem of our time
When I heard that a new film about the life of Prophet Muhammad 
is to be made by Barrie Osborne, the producer of the Lord of the Rings and The Matrix, I had mixed emotions. My natural reaction was of excitement because of the real possibility of a greater understanding of Islam. My apprehension, after some thought, stemmed from the logistical nightmare of creating such a film that pleases everyone.
We have assurances that the noble countenance of the blessed and holy Prophet Muhammad will not be shown and his voice will not be heard. The same too of his close companions and I would have thought the same would be true of the Angel Gabriel who visited him on many, many occasions to deliver the Message of the Qur’an.
With this in mind,my thoughts swiftly move to the quality of the film in its portrayal of the greatest story and the greatest man ever in human history. The Message, a film made in the 1970s about the rise of Islam, was a classic film, loved by many (mostly Muslims) but it never had the wider appeal of the non Muslims.
Today’s film buffs are used to visually spectacular epics, like the Lord of the Rings, and I think it will be very hard to match that if the main characters are never seen or heard. I would think that the film would have to be seen through the eyes of a companion rather like Hamza (ra) was central to the story of The Message; I can’t think of another way the film would work – then again, I’m not a director!
The story of our beloved Prophet Muhammad can be told from so many different angles and contains so many events so it will be largely dependent on the producers’ intentions in what he wants to achieve through this.
Will he focus on Prophet Muhammad “the statesman,” or “the commander,” will he focus on his miracles, the great battles he participated in, his relationships with the companions and his wives, his amazing character or will the film be an orientalists’ dream movie based upon weak narrations and the incorrect and unfounded opinion of certain non Muslims?
He told Reuters that it would be “an international epic production aimed at bridging cultures. The film will educate people about the true meaning of Islam”.
With a budget of £93.5 million he will certainly have the resources at his disposal to produce something fantastic, but I wonder who is advising him, we are told that Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi will be overseeing certain areas in order that the film is made in accordance with Islamic law. If that is true, I hope he will also be ensuring that those topics which orientalist and Islamaphobes love to beat the Muslims with are dealt with wisdom, because there is potential to cause real offence.
I really hope that the film works and is a huge success because the story of our beloved Prophet Muhammad needs to be told, I just hope it’s made correctly, accurately and with lots of wisdom
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