World Mustazafan Day
– International Conference of the Liberation Movements of the World
Tehran, 15th Shaban, 1982
Chief Justice of Iran
Iranian Experience:-
1. If the uprising is not people oriented – it can not proceed successfully
2. Decisiveness and Uncompromisingness has a great value in success
3. No idol can be everlasting. Only “Iman”(Faith) is everlasting.
4. We have all same bases as Deprived People – we may have different circumstances and situation yet we understand each other’s language for our being from same base.
5. Our problem is same. If world imperialism is not defeated, we can’t overcome our problems. So be aware and active against this common enemy.
6. We have to take every opportunity to unite ourselves and live together.
7. In Iran revolutionary committees are devoted to values – to be aware against the allegiance towards either of the imperialists (USA & USSR)
Factors for the Success of Islamic Revolution in Iran:-
1. Faith – “Iman Billah” i.e. Faith in Allah
2. Unity – Unity of people from all walks of life
3. Leadership - wise and popular leadership
10-6-1982
Making revolution dependent on any of the so-called “superpowers” for finance or gun will fail to bring emancipation – because that will ultimately implement imperialist values.
1. Iranian Islamic Revolution was not dependent on military or on material power borrowed from others.
2. We depended on our “Hezbollah” masses.
3. Our revolution is Divine in nature and based on cultural ideological values. It is not appreciable in military/material/financial terms.
4. If you make the revolution with the help of Soviet to get rid of America or with the help of America to get rid of Soviet, then the inevitable disgrace is ahead of you.
5. Depend upon your masses, pursue the goals of Islam – not only in slogans, but in reality as we did in Iran and have been doing. Thus Insha-Allah you will reach you Divine Goal of emancipation and liberation.
6. Through this Conference we want to get united, discuss each others problems and try to find out solutions and face the equations created by the superpowers to dominate over us.
7. The Islamic Revolution will not allow the superpowers to be in coalition against the deprived and the deprived to remain unaware of the situation. We shall make our brothers aware; we shall break through the equations Insha-Allah.
8. We shall distinguish between who are really fighting against the arrogant and who are hypocrites
9. Those who are committed to Islam to Divine Cause are real fighters – others who we see are fighting will ultimately compromise with the interests of the arrogant. The later will ultimately turn into counter-revolutionary forces.
10. Unity means the Muslim nation has eliminated the obstacles which disunited the Muslims who were originally united. The imperialists brought differences in the name of nationalism. Who are the people who divided the Muslims as Shiiaites and Sunnits. One of the Objectives of this conference is to remove the obstacles on the way of our returning to unity.
11. We should practice the Holy Quran. The deprived receives favor from Allah and from nobody else. When they practice Quran, their victory is inevitable.
12. May Allah save us from egoism and enable us to fight against our enemies according to the Divine instructions.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Nur-e-Huq -by Hazrat Maulana Jan Sharif Shah (R.A.) নূরে হক -হযরত মওলানা জান শরীফ শাহ (র:)
সেই সে নূরের খেলা জগৎ রৌশন, এক নূর হইতে একই ঘোষণ।
সকলেরই বীজ নূর ভেবে দেখ সার, কাফের মোমেন এতে নহে সুবিচার।
যদি শিষ্য নূরে হক জাগা দিতে পারে, এক দমে শত পাপ চারিপাশে ঝরে।
যাহার কলবে নূর হয়েছে রৌশন, কোরাণ জেকের জান তাহার কারণ।
নামাজের শর্তআদি করিলে আদায়, বেগর মানসে বল নামাজ কোথায়।
নূরে হকে হক আছে হক চিন আগে, এবাদত কর যদি পার শেষ ভাগে।
না চিনিয়া এবাদত করিবে কাহার, ভুতের বন্দেগী হবে, হবেনা খোদার।
‘ফাওয়ায়লুল’ বলে সাঁই কোরাণেতে কয়, বে-নূর মুছুল্লী যাবে নরকে নিশ্চয়।
আমাকে স্মরণ যেই করে নিরন্তর, না জানিলে জিজ্ঞাসিবে তাঁহার গোচর।‘ফাওয়ায়লুল’ বলে সাঁই কোরাণেতে কয়, বে-নূর মুছুল্লী যাবে নরকে নিশ্চয়।
এই সে হুজুরী বিদ্যা মিরাস নবীর, কোথায় কাগজে আছে তাহার তাছির।
গুরুজন পৃথিবীতে না রহিলে আর, কি হবে কাগজ তব রহিলে হাজার।
চক্ষু কর্ণ নাসা দরজা সকল, বন্ধ করে একান্তই হুজুরী আমল।
ওস্তাদে শিখায় বিদ্যা নিরখিয়া দেখ, মোর্শেদে কহেন বাপু চক্ষু মুদে থেক।
চির দিন নছিহত অন্যকে করিনু, নিজ নছিহত আমি কভু না শিখিনু।
কহিছি অন্যের পাপ গলা দিয়া টানা, দেখিতে নিজের পাপ হই বুঝি কানা।
নূরে হক যেই জন করিল সাধন, এসব অলিক পথে নাহি যাবে মন।
তেই সে কহিল প্রভূ সার্থক বচন, ওবতাগু ঢোড় সবে উছিলা আপন।
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
A Letter to the President of Israel and followup Selected Correspondence
16 April 2007 from CIRB-Hezbollah to H.E. Chief Rabbi David Rosen
From: CIRB Hezbollah [mailto:cirb.hezbollah@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 3:05 PM
To: H.E.Rabbi David Rosen
Cc: khelafat@dhaka.net
Subject: Archive: Letter to Israel
To : American Jewish Committee (AJC)
Attn: H.E. Rabbi David Rosen,
International Director of Inter-religious Affairs, AJC.
Excellency,
Assalamu Alaikum.
I am forwarding to you copy of a letter which we wrote to the Head of the State of Israel on 2nd September 2001.
I am committed to do my best to bring together the doer of good deeds and faithful monotheistic believers, irrespective of communities, to fulfill Divine Will.
I seek your understanding and cooperation.
May Allah forgive us.
Best wishes and best regards.
Kazi Azizul Huq
Ibn Abdul Huq Ibn Izzatullah Ibn Abdul Hamid
Designations:
Founder Convener of RRCCMC&J and CIRB(Hezbollah)
International Affairs Secretary, Bangladesh Khelafat Andolon.
Enclosure : Letter to H.E. President Moshe Katsav, Israel.
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IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL.
Original Date: 2nd September 2001 A.D. Re-sent on: 16th April 2007 A.D.
To : His Excellency Mr. Moshe Katsav, Honorable President of the State of Israel.
Cc:
H.E. Chief Rabbi David Rosen KCSG, President of the International Jewish
Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC); International Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committee (AJC).
Excellency President, dear brother in Abrahamic Faith,
I call you my brother, because we believe in the Prophethood of Hazrat Moses Alaihissalam which is testified by the Last Prophet of Allah i.e. Hazrat Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Sallallaho Alaihissalam.
We are the closest and the most compassionate kin of Bani Israel. We have learnt form the Last Revealed Scripture of Allah i.e. The Holy Quran, about the inhuman sufferings inflicted on Bani Israel by Pharaoh. We are definitely partisan of Prophet Hazrat Moses Alsihissalam and his pious & obedient followers amongst Bani Israel. We are completely against Pharaoh and the oppressors like Pharaoh whom we treat to be enemies of Allah and of His Prophets.
Allah Says us in the Holy Quran :
" The apostle believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, and (so do) the believers ; they all believe in Allah and His angels and His books and His apostles ; We make no difference between any of His apostles: and they say : We hear and obey, our Lord ! Thy forgiveness (do we crave) , and to Thee is the end of all journeys."- (The Holy Quran 2 : 285, Sura Baqarah, Verse No.285).
Allah says in the Holy Quran :
"O people ! be careful of (your duty to) your Lord, Who created you from a single being (Adam) and created his mate (Eve) of the same (kind) and spread from these two many men and women ; and be careful of (your duty to ) Allah, by whom you demand one of the another (your rights) , and (to) the ties of relationship ; surely Allah ever watches over you." (The Quran 4:1 Sura Nisa, Verse No.1)
Therefore, all pious Muslims believe in One Allah, His angels, His books, His apostles ; pious Muslims do not make difference between apostles of Allah ; pious Muslims are modest and they beg forgiveness of Allah ; pious Muslims believe that Allah created mankind from a single pair of parents, i.e. Hazrat Adam Aslaihissalam and his wife Hazrat Eve Alaihissalam - thus the mankind is the progeny of Adam and Eve and are related to each other by blood. Pious Muslims do not believe in the atheistic hypothesis of evolution regarding origin of man which propagates the basis of discrimination i.e. man was originated in different races.
Pious Muslims are inherently non-arrogant, modest and compassionate. It is for the sake of Allah only that they sometime become hard. In fact All apostles of Allah and believers including Hazrat Moses Alaihissalam and his pious followers are Muslims. Islam means surrendering to Allah. Muslim means who has surrendered to Allah. Muslims are neither any race nor any tribe nor any ethnic community. Last apostle of Allah i.e. Prophet Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Sallallaho Alaihissalam was brotherly and compassionate to the Jewish people. But unfortunately some of his neighboring Jews turned to be the enemies of Allah. He was required by Allah to be hard to the enemies of Allah.
Divine Revelation in Sura Maidah (V) of the Holy Quran :-
" Verse - 20. And when Musa said to his people : O my people ! remember the favor of Allah upon you when He raised prophets among you and made you kings and gave you what He had not given to any other among the nations. "
" Verse - 21. O my people ! enter the holy land which Allah has prescribed for you and turn not on your backs for then you will turn back losers."
" Verse - 24. They said : O Musa ! we shall never enter it so long as they are in it; go therefore you and your Lord, then fight you both, surely we will here sit down."
" Verse - 25. He (Musa) said : My Lord ! surely I have no control (upon any) but my own self and my brother ; therefore make a separation between us and the nation of transgressors. " (The Holy Quran, Sura Maidah, Sura No.5 )
Kindly verify above facts from your own sources and Rabbi. The way the State of Israel was created by wiping out indigenous population of Palestine, is not justifiable even in accordance with the principles of the prevailing Western Civilization and its institutions - while the western civilization and its institutions owes largely its existence and promotion to our Jewish brethren. It is a contradiction. It is highly irrational.
Nevertheless, realities on the ground have been accepted by the Palestinians as well as by the neighboring states. Then by what Commandment of the Ten Commandments you are denying the inalienable rights of your Muslim and Christian fellows to have a separate Palestinian homeland ?
Let there be light. Let there be peace. Let again the exalted place of Jerusalem be upheld.
Sincerely your brother in Abrahamic Faith,
Kazi Azizul Huque (Ibn Abdul Huq Ibn Izzatullah Ibn Abdul Hamid),
Convener
Revolutionary Reconciliatory Command Council for Muslims, Christians & Jews (RRCCMC&J)
-a spiritual organ sponsored by
Council of Islamic Revolutionaries of Bangladesh (CIRB-HEZBOLLAH)
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17 April 2007 from H.E. Chief Rabbi David Rosen to CIRB-Hezbollah
from David Rosen hide details Apr 17
reply-to rosend@ajc.org.il
to cirb.hezbollah@gmail.com
cc khelafat@dhaka.net
date Apr 17, 2007 7:32 PM
subject FW: Letter to Israel
mailed-by ajc.org.il
Alaikum El Salam,
Your Excellency may not be aware of the following:-
-Twenty per cent of the State of Israel are Arabs – ninety per cent of them being Muslims – who are full citizens of the State of Israel.
- Israel's Declaration of Independence 1. affirms equality of rights for non-Jews – a position energetically defended by the Israeli courts and 2. calls on the Arab states to live in peace with her .
- Israeli leaders called on the Arab population not to leave their homes in the build up and during the fighting of 1948.
-In 1967 Israel sent a letter via the US to King Hussein urging him not to join Egypt and Syria in trying to exterminate Israel. Hussein ignored this warning and lost control of East Jerusalem and the West Bank as a result. Israel did not force Arab residents to flee – this was their (misguided) choice (substantially fueled by anti-Jewish propaganda.).
- Israel's first president Chaim Weizman signed a concordat of cooperation with the Emir Feisal as leader of the Arab world in 1919. Most Arab nations ignored this and launched hostilities and then war against Israel which led to the tragedy of Palestinian displaced persons.
These points make it clear that Israel has never sought to wipe out any population in the Holy Land/mandatory Palestine, but has sought and seeks to live in peace with them and guaranteeing that in its own society, all are equal before the law and equality of franchise, regardless of religion or race.
As far as a Palestinian state is concerned, the goal of establishing such ( a two states solution) is the official policy of the State of Israel, for which it withdrew at the time from the territories in the West Bank under the Oslo accords. Unfortunately, Palestinian violence forced Israel to reoccupy much of these. If the Palestinians will recognize Israel and cease violent acts against its citizens, they will gain their legitimate aspiration for a state (which is actually in the interests of the State of Israel as well.)
Blessings from Al Kuds Al Sharifa in the prayer that all who hold Jerusalem dear will be able to enjoy her sanctity and beauty in safety and dignity.
Allah makom,
David Rosen
Chief Rabbi David Rosen, KCSG
International Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committee (AJC)
President, the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC),
tel:+972-2-6255281 fax:+972-2-6256527
mailto:rosend@ajc.org http://www:rabbidavidrosen.net
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In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
Dhaka, 7 May 2007
To:
1. H.E. King Abdulllah Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2. H.E. Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Leader, Islamic Republic of Iran
Cc:
1. H.E. President Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinezad, Hon. President IR Iran
2. H.E. Prince Saud Al Faisal, Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of KSA
3. H.E. Chief Rabbi David Rosen, KCSG, President of the International Jewish
Committee for Interreligious Consultations
Muhtaram,
Assalamu Alaikum.
H.E. Chief Rabbi David Rosen, KCSG, International Director of Inter-religious Affairs, American Jewish Committee and President of the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations, sent us a reply presenting Israeli position in response to our call for agreeing the inalienable rights of the Palestinians to have a separate viable homeland and to uphold the exalted place of Jerusalem.
Earlier we had a series of correspondence and consultation with Dr. Richard L. Benkin (Special Advisor to Intelligence Summit on Bangladesh Affairs) of American Jewish Committee (AJC). We had 3 rounds of meeting with him when he visited Dhaka last January. He sought our support for removal of ban on travel to Israel and subsequently for Bangladesh-Israel diplomatic relation. We told him, if Israel retreats to 1948 borders and agrees to joint administration of Jerusalem by friendly Muslims-Christians-Jewish clerics, we agree to recognize the State of Israel. Unless we know the territory and boundary of Israel and unless the status and administration of Jerusalem is agreed, it is difficult for Islamic parties and activists to recognize Israel.
Moreover, the sort of God-less secular democracy practiced in Israel that defends the Gays & Homosexuals to parade on the streets of the Holy City of Jerusalem is not acceptable to us. Rather if Israel enacts the laws of the Torah as the law of the state, Israel will be more acceptable to us than many other secular Muslim states.
We agreed to write to our government for removal of travel ban on Israel (we have already written to our Government). For our support for recognition of Israel and diplomatic relation, we suggested him to pursue Saudi Government. After the Saudi Government recognizes the State of Israel and establishes diplomatic relation, it will be possible for Bangladesh Government to recognize the State of Israel and establish diplomatic relation.
Meanwhile, we requested them to recognize HAMAS and the Unity Government in Palestine achieved through Saudi mediation. But they seem to be more prejudiced than the Muslims and the Palestinians. However, things are in progress and we think it is time to understand that the Jews, Israel & USA are not the prime enemy of the Muslims. British Government has been the prime enemy of the Muslims and of the believers. The British Government is the prime mover of God-less culture and values. They are trying to De-Faith the Muslim societies. They are trying to undermine marriage, promote fornication, and introduce Live-together and Gay culture in our societies. They have been promoting the fight between the Jews and Muslims to rule the world. We think, it is time for the Muslims and the Jews and the oppressed peoples of the world to unite to foil all British conspiracies to keep their God-less evil political/cultural domination over the world.
We request your excellency to kindly study their reply and provide us with materials to continue this consultation. We are hopeful, it will deliver.
May Allah forgive us all.
Maassalam.
Kazi Azizul Huq (ibn Abdul Huq ibn Izzatullah ibn Abdul Hamid)
Ph:+880-2-9881436, Cell:+880-(0)-1819-407963
E-mails: kahuq@dhaka.net, khelafat@dhaka.net, cirb.hezbollah@gmail.com
Designations: Founder Convener of CIRB-Hezbollah
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In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Friday, 11th May 2007
To: His Excellency Chief Rabbi David Rosen, KCSG
Cc: H.E. King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, HRH King of Saudi Arabia
H.E. Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
H.E. Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, CA, Government of Bangladesh
H.E. Secretary-General, Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), Jeddah
Excellency,
Assalamu Alaikum.
We sent copy of your letter to the leaders and policy makers of the Governments of Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, IR Iran and OIC. We have been discussing your points among our Islamic Clergies, intellectuals and activists.
We draw your kind attention to following points:
1. The Government of the State of Israel is a privileged state authority, and therefore has greater responsibility than the Palestinians who are the underprivileged.
2. We do not support any policy to wipeout the State of Israel.
3.
We insist that the State of Israel should
(a) abandon belligerency ,
(b) leave all occupied lands,
(c) retreat to her 1948 borders and
(d) implement mutually agreed joint administration of the Holy City of Jerusalem by friendly clergies of Jews, Christians and Muslims who will agree access of followers of all Abrahamic Religions to respective Holy sites.
In exchange
(i) The Palestinians and their patrons have to abandon all belligerency against the State of Israel and make real commitment to coexist peacefully as brotherly states and good neighbors.
(ii) Citizenship Laws of the State of Palestine should be fair and accept Jewish population in their territory as legitimate citizens of the State of Palestine.
We hope that Your Excellency will kindly discuss above among you and find out ways to get out of the impasse in mutual interest.
We remain committed to do our best to reach a solution that can be practically implemented.
May Allah forgive us all and help us all to be brotherly to each other and get rid of prejudices and mutual suspicion & hatred.
With best wishes and best regards.
Maassalam.
Kazi Azizul Huq
Founder Convener of CIRB-Hezbollah
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8 June 2007 from Kazi Azizul Huq to Chief Rabbi David Rosen
From: "Bangladesh Khelafat Andolon"
To: "Chief Rabbi David Rosen"
Cc: cirb.hezbollah@gmail.com
Subject: Your mail of 17 April 2007
Date: 08/06/07 16:18
Dhaka, Friday June 08, 2007.
To: H.E. Chief Rabbi Rosen David KCSG
International Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committee (AJC)
President, the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC).
Excellency,
Assalamu Alaikum.
Reference the points raised in your excellency’s e-mail of 17 April 2007, Palestinian Authority yesterday informed us a few points to be communicated to you as follows:-
QUOTE
Equality of Citizenship in Israel:
It is not true that all citizens irrespective of Jews or Arab Muslims enjoy equal status and opportunities in Israel. Even all Jews are not equal in Israel.
There are 3 classes of Jews in Israel:
(a) Western Jews (European/American) – the privileged Class
(b) Eastern Jews (Middle Eastern) – the under-privileged Class
(c) Black Jews (African) – like the slave Class
Western Jews (from Europe/USA/Canada) enjoy higher status and opportunities in Israel. Eastern Jews and African Jews suffer discrimination.
Arabs generally suffer more severe discrimination and frequent persecution, intimidation and suffocation. Even those Arabs who are in good book of the Jews and have been made Knesset members are not spared from frivolous allegations and charges based on communal suspicion.
Territory and Border of Israel :
On the entrance of Israeli Knesset (Parliament) and on one side of Israeli currency the territory of Israel is shown from the Nile to the Euphrates.
It indicates Israel’s belligerent provocative nature.
Right of Return:
The Jews from anywhere in the world are considered to have the Right of Return to Israel – though those Jews or their parents or their grandparents were not inhabitant of that land.
Palestinians who themselves or their parents or their grandparents were inhabitant of that land are denied of the Right of Return.
UNQUOTE
Kindly check and confirm us the facts and inform us of your opinion and suggestions about the possible solutions (may be more than one options).
We are pursuing our government to lift ban on travel to Israel. We also think that ban on communication, shipping, transports, business transactions etc., should also be removed. In our opinion these ban are rather harming the Muslims and the Palestinians. If all the Muslim state parties and communities remove these barriers and let their people sit face to face and transact with the Jews and Israel - it will create a better environment for solving our mutual problems and differences.
We like to continue this communication and dialogue. We are also considering to invite your excellency to any suitable event in Dhaka.
We shall be waiting for your kind reply and continuation of the Dialogue.
May Allah Bless us with His Forgiveness and His Generosity to overcome our current impasse and move forward as brotherly and friendly communities committed to the path of virtue indicated in the Divine Revelations, Prophetic Missions and human experience.
Massalam.
Kazi Azizul Huq (ibn Abdulhuq ibn Izzatullah ibn Abdulhamid)
Founder Convener of CIRB-Hezbollah
Intenational Affais Secretary of Bangladesh Khelafat Andolon
Team Leader of Human Rights Forum (HRF)
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8 June 2007 From Chief Rabbi David Rosen to Kazi Azizul Huq
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:05:17 +0300
From: Sharon Rosen
Subject: FW: Your mail of June 8 2007
To: khelafat@dhaka.net, cirb.hezbollah@gmail.com
Cc: 'David Rosen'
W'aleikom elSalaam to your Excellency.
Forgive me from replying from home (on my wife's computer) as I am shortly about to leave on travels for the next ten days and did not want to delay replying to Your Honour.
Allow me to express my appreciation for the spirit in which you have initiated and continue this discussion – in keeping with the injunctions of the Prophet PBUH, to engage others – especially the Peoples of the Book – in respectful discourse; and in keeping with his revelation of the Divine injunction "to know one another".
I am also grateful for the opportunity you offer me to dispel distortions, falsehoods and myths, that have become widespread as a result of the poison of politics and propaganda which "blind the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the just ".
I refer to your points in the order you have numbered them.
1. This allegation reveals great ignorance regarding Israeli politics and society. Not only is there complete equality of franchise for Arabs and Jews whether Sephardic (from the ME, Asia and Africa – essentially Muslim lands) or Ashkenazic ( essentially from European lands), but the current President of Israel, the Minister of Defense, the Attorney General, the Chief of Staff (and I could go on) are all Sephardic Jews and the Sephardic religious party, Shas, is currently being "courted" by the candidates for the next presidency, revealing the degree to which it exerts control in Israeli political life.
Moreover my own son-in-law's parents come from Morocco and I certainly do not consider him not our grandchildren to be second class citizens in any way.
I can only conclude that the strange and spurious reference to Black African Jews concerns Jews from Ethiopia (there are of course many black Jews from Yemen and Jews from southern Africa residing in Israel.) It is true that Ethiopian Jews face many difficulties due to the fact that before their return to the Jewish homeland they have lived in a very different and disadvantaged cultural context without the same educational opportunities. However not only is there no institutional discrimination against them, but the State actually allocates additional resources for social and educational services as a means of affirmative action.
The complete falsehood of this allegation about different classes of Jews, should lead you to conclude that the allegations concerning Israel's Arab citizens are similarly as false.
2. There is no emblem of Israel's currency at the Knesset. However there is a pattern on the ten agorot coin (approximately one penny sterling – hardly a significant coinage !) that could be seen as a map of the Middle East and may be seen as an allusion to the journeys of our Father Abraham. There is no basis to any claim that the motive behind this outline on the ten agorot coin is belligerent (and as I say, if there would have been any significant motive, it would have made sense to use a more prestigious coin or note! ) However let us for argument's sake allow that the reference intended by this pattern is to indicate that the Divine promise to Abraham Isaac and Jacob as written in the Torah was to inherit the land from the Nile to the Euphrates. Does this imply belligerence ? Judaism like Islam forbids any act of violence against innocents and prohibits theft and robbery of any person. No Divine promise can permit the transgression of God's Law and His moral prohibitions. There are certainly Jews who dream that one day God's promises will be fulfilled, but no decent Jew thinks for one minute that that allows him to wage war against others – especially believers in the One God – nor God forbid to steal others' property.
The parallel would be if a Muslim country had an outline of a map of the extent of the Caliphate when Muslim rule was at its zenith. Surely that would be a legitimate memorial of the past and even a hope for the future – as long as it is not achieved in a manner that shows any disrespect for the life and dignity of another.
3. This is the only point that contains a legitimate criticism. Allow me to explain how Jews see Israel's Law of Return.
Even though we were expelled from our land both by the Babylonians (in 586 BCE) and then by the Romans (70 CE) not only have there always been Jews living in the Holy land, but wherever we have been, we have maintained our fidelity to our relationship with it. It is the only "Qibla" for Jewish prayer. In our daily prayers three times a day and in grace after every meal, we prayed and still pray for our return to the land and its restoration. Our festivals are not only historical festivals but seasonal ones as well (therefore our lunar calendar is synchronized with the solar calendar) in keeping with the seasons in the Holy Land (Jews who live in Argentina for example celebrate the Spring festival in the autumn and pray for rain when it is not appropriate for Argentina, because our liturgy is conditioned by the land.) At the end of a Jewish wedding a glass is broken in remembrance of the destruction of Jerusalem and hope for the return. At the end of the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, the Day of Atonement, and at the end of the Passover meal we declare "next year in Jerusalem."
Accordingly we have always seen ourselves as citizens in potential and the establishment of the State of Israel has enabled us to exercise this "citizenship".
I lament that Palestinians from the Holy Land are not able to enjoy this right as well and the only reason for that is the ongoing conflict and the concomitant security concerns. I pray that these will be resolved, peace will prevail, a Palestinians state will be established; and Palestinians will be able to enjoy the same rights in their state as Jews enjoy in theirs – insh'Allah.
I concur with the sentiments of his Excellency and applaud your initiatives. I think that it would also be important for us to come together and bring religious leaders from the Muslim and Jewish worlds to discuss these matters and work on a common plan for justice security and peace for all in the Holy Land.
Ma Salame,
David Rosen
Chief Rabbi David Rosen, KCSG
International Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committee (AJC)
President, the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC),
tel:+972-2-6255281 fax:+972-2-6256527
mailto:rosend@ajc.org http://www:rabbidavidrosen.net
From: CIRB Hezbollah [mailto:cirb.hezbollah@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 3:05 PM
To: H.E.Rabbi David Rosen
Cc: khelafat@dhaka.net
Subject: Archive: Letter to Israel
To : American Jewish Committee (AJC)
Attn: H.E. Rabbi David Rosen,
International Director of Inter-religious Affairs, AJC.
Excellency,
Assalamu Alaikum.
I am forwarding to you copy of a letter which we wrote to the Head of the State of Israel on 2nd September 2001.
I am committed to do my best to bring together the doer of good deeds and faithful monotheistic believers, irrespective of communities, to fulfill Divine Will.
I seek your understanding and cooperation.
May Allah forgive us.
Best wishes and best regards.
Kazi Azizul Huq
Ibn Abdul Huq Ibn Izzatullah Ibn Abdul Hamid
Designations:
Founder Convener of RRCCMC&J and CIRB(Hezbollah)
International Affairs Secretary, Bangladesh Khelafat Andolon.
Enclosure : Letter to H.E. President Moshe Katsav, Israel.
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IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL.
Original Date: 2nd September 2001 A.D. Re-sent on: 16th April 2007 A.D.
To : His Excellency Mr. Moshe Katsav, Honorable President of the State of Israel.
Cc:
H.E. Chief Rabbi David Rosen KCSG, President of the International Jewish
Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC); International Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committee (AJC).
Excellency President, dear brother in Abrahamic Faith,
I call you my brother, because we believe in the Prophethood of Hazrat Moses Alaihissalam which is testified by the Last Prophet of Allah i.e. Hazrat Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Sallallaho Alaihissalam.
We are the closest and the most compassionate kin of Bani Israel. We have learnt form the Last Revealed Scripture of Allah i.e. The Holy Quran, about the inhuman sufferings inflicted on Bani Israel by Pharaoh. We are definitely partisan of Prophet Hazrat Moses Alsihissalam and his pious & obedient followers amongst Bani Israel. We are completely against Pharaoh and the oppressors like Pharaoh whom we treat to be enemies of Allah and of His Prophets.
Allah Says us in the Holy Quran :
" The apostle believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, and (so do) the believers ; they all believe in Allah and His angels and His books and His apostles ; We make no difference between any of His apostles: and they say : We hear and obey, our Lord ! Thy forgiveness (do we crave) , and to Thee is the end of all journeys."- (The Holy Quran 2 : 285, Sura Baqarah, Verse No.285).
Allah says in the Holy Quran :
"O people ! be careful of (your duty to) your Lord, Who created you from a single being (Adam) and created his mate (Eve) of the same (kind) and spread from these two many men and women ; and be careful of (your duty to ) Allah, by whom you demand one of the another (your rights) , and (to) the ties of relationship ; surely Allah ever watches over you." (The Quran 4:1 Sura Nisa, Verse No.1)
Therefore, all pious Muslims believe in One Allah, His angels, His books, His apostles ; pious Muslims do not make difference between apostles of Allah ; pious Muslims are modest and they beg forgiveness of Allah ; pious Muslims believe that Allah created mankind from a single pair of parents, i.e. Hazrat Adam Aslaihissalam and his wife Hazrat Eve Alaihissalam - thus the mankind is the progeny of Adam and Eve and are related to each other by blood. Pious Muslims do not believe in the atheistic hypothesis of evolution regarding origin of man which propagates the basis of discrimination i.e. man was originated in different races.
Pious Muslims are inherently non-arrogant, modest and compassionate. It is for the sake of Allah only that they sometime become hard. In fact All apostles of Allah and believers including Hazrat Moses Alaihissalam and his pious followers are Muslims. Islam means surrendering to Allah. Muslim means who has surrendered to Allah. Muslims are neither any race nor any tribe nor any ethnic community. Last apostle of Allah i.e. Prophet Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Sallallaho Alaihissalam was brotherly and compassionate to the Jewish people. But unfortunately some of his neighboring Jews turned to be the enemies of Allah. He was required by Allah to be hard to the enemies of Allah.
Divine Revelation in Sura Maidah (V) of the Holy Quran :-
" Verse - 20. And when Musa said to his people : O my people ! remember the favor of Allah upon you when He raised prophets among you and made you kings and gave you what He had not given to any other among the nations. "
" Verse - 21. O my people ! enter the holy land which Allah has prescribed for you and turn not on your backs for then you will turn back losers."
" Verse - 24. They said : O Musa ! we shall never enter it so long as they are in it; go therefore you and your Lord, then fight you both, surely we will here sit down."
" Verse - 25. He (Musa) said : My Lord ! surely I have no control (upon any) but my own self and my brother ; therefore make a separation between us and the nation of transgressors. " (The Holy Quran, Sura Maidah, Sura No.5 )
Kindly verify above facts from your own sources and Rabbi. The way the State of Israel was created by wiping out indigenous population of Palestine, is not justifiable even in accordance with the principles of the prevailing Western Civilization and its institutions - while the western civilization and its institutions owes largely its existence and promotion to our Jewish brethren. It is a contradiction. It is highly irrational.
Nevertheless, realities on the ground have been accepted by the Palestinians as well as by the neighboring states. Then by what Commandment of the Ten Commandments you are denying the inalienable rights of your Muslim and Christian fellows to have a separate Palestinian homeland ?
Let there be light. Let there be peace. Let again the exalted place of Jerusalem be upheld.
Sincerely your brother in Abrahamic Faith,
Kazi Azizul Huque (Ibn Abdul Huq Ibn Izzatullah Ibn Abdul Hamid),
Convener
Revolutionary Reconciliatory Command Council for Muslims, Christians & Jews (RRCCMC&J)
-a spiritual organ sponsored by
Council of Islamic Revolutionaries of Bangladesh (CIRB-HEZBOLLAH)
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17 April 2007 from H.E. Chief Rabbi David Rosen to CIRB-Hezbollah
from David Rosen hide details Apr 17
reply-to rosend@ajc.org.il
to cirb.hezbollah@gmail.com
cc khelafat@dhaka.net
date Apr 17, 2007 7:32 PM
subject FW: Letter to Israel
mailed-by ajc.org.il
Alaikum El Salam,
Your Excellency may not be aware of the following:-
-Twenty per cent of the State of Israel are Arabs – ninety per cent of them being Muslims – who are full citizens of the State of Israel.
- Israel's Declaration of Independence 1. affirms equality of rights for non-Jews – a position energetically defended by the Israeli courts and 2. calls on the Arab states to live in peace with her .
- Israeli leaders called on the Arab population not to leave their homes in the build up and during the fighting of 1948.
-In 1967 Israel sent a letter via the US to King Hussein urging him not to join Egypt and Syria in trying to exterminate Israel. Hussein ignored this warning and lost control of East Jerusalem and the West Bank as a result. Israel did not force Arab residents to flee – this was their (misguided) choice (substantially fueled by anti-Jewish propaganda.).
- Israel's first president Chaim Weizman signed a concordat of cooperation with the Emir Feisal as leader of the Arab world in 1919. Most Arab nations ignored this and launched hostilities and then war against Israel which led to the tragedy of Palestinian displaced persons.
These points make it clear that Israel has never sought to wipe out any population in the Holy Land/mandatory Palestine, but has sought and seeks to live in peace with them and guaranteeing that in its own society, all are equal before the law and equality of franchise, regardless of religion or race.
As far as a Palestinian state is concerned, the goal of establishing such ( a two states solution) is the official policy of the State of Israel, for which it withdrew at the time from the territories in the West Bank under the Oslo accords. Unfortunately, Palestinian violence forced Israel to reoccupy much of these. If the Palestinians will recognize Israel and cease violent acts against its citizens, they will gain their legitimate aspiration for a state (which is actually in the interests of the State of Israel as well.)
Blessings from Al Kuds Al Sharifa in the prayer that all who hold Jerusalem dear will be able to enjoy her sanctity and beauty in safety and dignity.
Allah makom,
David Rosen
Chief Rabbi David Rosen, KCSG
International Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committee (AJC)
President, the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC),
tel:+972-2-6255281 fax:+972-2-6256527
mailto:rosend@ajc.org http://www:rabbidavidrosen.net
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In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
Dhaka, 7 May 2007
To:
1. H.E. King Abdulllah Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2. H.E. Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Leader, Islamic Republic of Iran
Cc:
1. H.E. President Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinezad, Hon. President IR Iran
2. H.E. Prince Saud Al Faisal, Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of KSA
3. H.E. Chief Rabbi David Rosen, KCSG, President of the International Jewish
Committee for Interreligious Consultations
Muhtaram,
Assalamu Alaikum.
H.E. Chief Rabbi David Rosen, KCSG, International Director of Inter-religious Affairs, American Jewish Committee and President of the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations, sent us a reply presenting Israeli position in response to our call for agreeing the inalienable rights of the Palestinians to have a separate viable homeland and to uphold the exalted place of Jerusalem.
Earlier we had a series of correspondence and consultation with Dr. Richard L. Benkin (Special Advisor to Intelligence Summit on Bangladesh Affairs) of American Jewish Committee (AJC). We had 3 rounds of meeting with him when he visited Dhaka last January. He sought our support for removal of ban on travel to Israel and subsequently for Bangladesh-Israel diplomatic relation. We told him, if Israel retreats to 1948 borders and agrees to joint administration of Jerusalem by friendly Muslims-Christians-Jewish clerics, we agree to recognize the State of Israel. Unless we know the territory and boundary of Israel and unless the status and administration of Jerusalem is agreed, it is difficult for Islamic parties and activists to recognize Israel.
Moreover, the sort of God-less secular democracy practiced in Israel that defends the Gays & Homosexuals to parade on the streets of the Holy City of Jerusalem is not acceptable to us. Rather if Israel enacts the laws of the Torah as the law of the state, Israel will be more acceptable to us than many other secular Muslim states.
We agreed to write to our government for removal of travel ban on Israel (we have already written to our Government). For our support for recognition of Israel and diplomatic relation, we suggested him to pursue Saudi Government. After the Saudi Government recognizes the State of Israel and establishes diplomatic relation, it will be possible for Bangladesh Government to recognize the State of Israel and establish diplomatic relation.
Meanwhile, we requested them to recognize HAMAS and the Unity Government in Palestine achieved through Saudi mediation. But they seem to be more prejudiced than the Muslims and the Palestinians. However, things are in progress and we think it is time to understand that the Jews, Israel & USA are not the prime enemy of the Muslims. British Government has been the prime enemy of the Muslims and of the believers. The British Government is the prime mover of God-less culture and values. They are trying to De-Faith the Muslim societies. They are trying to undermine marriage, promote fornication, and introduce Live-together and Gay culture in our societies. They have been promoting the fight between the Jews and Muslims to rule the world. We think, it is time for the Muslims and the Jews and the oppressed peoples of the world to unite to foil all British conspiracies to keep their God-less evil political/cultural domination over the world.
We request your excellency to kindly study their reply and provide us with materials to continue this consultation. We are hopeful, it will deliver.
May Allah forgive us all.
Maassalam.
Kazi Azizul Huq (ibn Abdul Huq ibn Izzatullah ibn Abdul Hamid)
Ph:+880-2-9881436, Cell:+880-(0)-1819-407963
E-mails: kahuq@dhaka.net, khelafat@dhaka.net, cirb.hezbollah@gmail.com
Designations: Founder Convener of CIRB-Hezbollah
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In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Friday, 11th May 2007
To: His Excellency Chief Rabbi David Rosen, KCSG
Cc: H.E. King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, HRH King of Saudi Arabia
H.E. Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
H.E. Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, CA, Government of Bangladesh
H.E. Secretary-General, Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), Jeddah
Excellency,
Assalamu Alaikum.
We sent copy of your letter to the leaders and policy makers of the Governments of Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, IR Iran and OIC. We have been discussing your points among our Islamic Clergies, intellectuals and activists.
We draw your kind attention to following points:
1. The Government of the State of Israel is a privileged state authority, and therefore has greater responsibility than the Palestinians who are the underprivileged.
2. We do not support any policy to wipeout the State of Israel.
3.
We insist that the State of Israel should
(a) abandon belligerency ,
(b) leave all occupied lands,
(c) retreat to her 1948 borders and
(d) implement mutually agreed joint administration of the Holy City of Jerusalem by friendly clergies of Jews, Christians and Muslims who will agree access of followers of all Abrahamic Religions to respective Holy sites.
In exchange
(i) The Palestinians and their patrons have to abandon all belligerency against the State of Israel and make real commitment to coexist peacefully as brotherly states and good neighbors.
(ii) Citizenship Laws of the State of Palestine should be fair and accept Jewish population in their territory as legitimate citizens of the State of Palestine.
We hope that Your Excellency will kindly discuss above among you and find out ways to get out of the impasse in mutual interest.
We remain committed to do our best to reach a solution that can be practically implemented.
May Allah forgive us all and help us all to be brotherly to each other and get rid of prejudices and mutual suspicion & hatred.
With best wishes and best regards.
Maassalam.
Kazi Azizul Huq
Founder Convener of CIRB-Hezbollah
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8 June 2007 from Kazi Azizul Huq to Chief Rabbi David Rosen
From: "Bangladesh Khelafat Andolon"
To: "Chief Rabbi David Rosen"
Cc: cirb.hezbollah@gmail.com
Subject: Your mail of 17 April 2007
Date: 08/06/07 16:18
Dhaka, Friday June 08, 2007.
To: H.E. Chief Rabbi Rosen David KCSG
International Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committee (AJC)
President, the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC).
Excellency,
Assalamu Alaikum.
Reference the points raised in your excellency’s e-mail of 17 April 2007, Palestinian Authority yesterday informed us a few points to be communicated to you as follows:-
QUOTE
Equality of Citizenship in Israel:
It is not true that all citizens irrespective of Jews or Arab Muslims enjoy equal status and opportunities in Israel. Even all Jews are not equal in Israel.
There are 3 classes of Jews in Israel:
(a) Western Jews (European/American) – the privileged Class
(b) Eastern Jews (Middle Eastern) – the under-privileged Class
(c) Black Jews (African) – like the slave Class
Western Jews (from Europe/USA/Canada) enjoy higher status and opportunities in Israel. Eastern Jews and African Jews suffer discrimination.
Arabs generally suffer more severe discrimination and frequent persecution, intimidation and suffocation. Even those Arabs who are in good book of the Jews and have been made Knesset members are not spared from frivolous allegations and charges based on communal suspicion.
Territory and Border of Israel :
On the entrance of Israeli Knesset (Parliament) and on one side of Israeli currency the territory of Israel is shown from the Nile to the Euphrates.
It indicates Israel’s belligerent provocative nature.
Right of Return:
The Jews from anywhere in the world are considered to have the Right of Return to Israel – though those Jews or their parents or their grandparents were not inhabitant of that land.
Palestinians who themselves or their parents or their grandparents were inhabitant of that land are denied of the Right of Return.
UNQUOTE
Kindly check and confirm us the facts and inform us of your opinion and suggestions about the possible solutions (may be more than one options).
We are pursuing our government to lift ban on travel to Israel. We also think that ban on communication, shipping, transports, business transactions etc., should also be removed. In our opinion these ban are rather harming the Muslims and the Palestinians. If all the Muslim state parties and communities remove these barriers and let their people sit face to face and transact with the Jews and Israel - it will create a better environment for solving our mutual problems and differences.
We like to continue this communication and dialogue. We are also considering to invite your excellency to any suitable event in Dhaka.
We shall be waiting for your kind reply and continuation of the Dialogue.
May Allah Bless us with His Forgiveness and His Generosity to overcome our current impasse and move forward as brotherly and friendly communities committed to the path of virtue indicated in the Divine Revelations, Prophetic Missions and human experience.
Massalam.
Kazi Azizul Huq (ibn Abdulhuq ibn Izzatullah ibn Abdulhamid)
Founder Convener of CIRB-Hezbollah
Intenational Affais Secretary of Bangladesh Khelafat Andolon
Team Leader of Human Rights Forum (HRF)
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8 June 2007 From Chief Rabbi David Rosen to Kazi Azizul Huq
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:05:17 +0300
From: Sharon Rosen
Subject: FW: Your mail of June 8 2007
To: khelafat@dhaka.net, cirb.hezbollah@gmail.com
Cc: 'David Rosen'
W'aleikom elSalaam to your Excellency.
Forgive me from replying from home (on my wife's computer) as I am shortly about to leave on travels for the next ten days and did not want to delay replying to Your Honour.
Allow me to express my appreciation for the spirit in which you have initiated and continue this discussion – in keeping with the injunctions of the Prophet PBUH, to engage others – especially the Peoples of the Book – in respectful discourse; and in keeping with his revelation of the Divine injunction "to know one another".
I am also grateful for the opportunity you offer me to dispel distortions, falsehoods and myths, that have become widespread as a result of the poison of politics and propaganda which "blind the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the just ".
I refer to your points in the order you have numbered them.
1. This allegation reveals great ignorance regarding Israeli politics and society. Not only is there complete equality of franchise for Arabs and Jews whether Sephardic (from the ME, Asia and Africa – essentially Muslim lands) or Ashkenazic ( essentially from European lands), but the current President of Israel, the Minister of Defense, the Attorney General, the Chief of Staff (and I could go on) are all Sephardic Jews and the Sephardic religious party, Shas, is currently being "courted" by the candidates for the next presidency, revealing the degree to which it exerts control in Israeli political life.
Moreover my own son-in-law's parents come from Morocco and I certainly do not consider him not our grandchildren to be second class citizens in any way.
I can only conclude that the strange and spurious reference to Black African Jews concerns Jews from Ethiopia (there are of course many black Jews from Yemen and Jews from southern Africa residing in Israel.) It is true that Ethiopian Jews face many difficulties due to the fact that before their return to the Jewish homeland they have lived in a very different and disadvantaged cultural context without the same educational opportunities. However not only is there no institutional discrimination against them, but the State actually allocates additional resources for social and educational services as a means of affirmative action.
The complete falsehood of this allegation about different classes of Jews, should lead you to conclude that the allegations concerning Israel's Arab citizens are similarly as false.
2. There is no emblem of Israel's currency at the Knesset. However there is a pattern on the ten agorot coin (approximately one penny sterling – hardly a significant coinage !) that could be seen as a map of the Middle East and may be seen as an allusion to the journeys of our Father Abraham. There is no basis to any claim that the motive behind this outline on the ten agorot coin is belligerent (and as I say, if there would have been any significant motive, it would have made sense to use a more prestigious coin or note! ) However let us for argument's sake allow that the reference intended by this pattern is to indicate that the Divine promise to Abraham Isaac and Jacob as written in the Torah was to inherit the land from the Nile to the Euphrates. Does this imply belligerence ? Judaism like Islam forbids any act of violence against innocents and prohibits theft and robbery of any person. No Divine promise can permit the transgression of God's Law and His moral prohibitions. There are certainly Jews who dream that one day God's promises will be fulfilled, but no decent Jew thinks for one minute that that allows him to wage war against others – especially believers in the One God – nor God forbid to steal others' property.
The parallel would be if a Muslim country had an outline of a map of the extent of the Caliphate when Muslim rule was at its zenith. Surely that would be a legitimate memorial of the past and even a hope for the future – as long as it is not achieved in a manner that shows any disrespect for the life and dignity of another.
3. This is the only point that contains a legitimate criticism. Allow me to explain how Jews see Israel's Law of Return.
Even though we were expelled from our land both by the Babylonians (in 586 BCE) and then by the Romans (70 CE) not only have there always been Jews living in the Holy land, but wherever we have been, we have maintained our fidelity to our relationship with it. It is the only "Qibla" for Jewish prayer. In our daily prayers three times a day and in grace after every meal, we prayed and still pray for our return to the land and its restoration. Our festivals are not only historical festivals but seasonal ones as well (therefore our lunar calendar is synchronized with the solar calendar) in keeping with the seasons in the Holy Land (Jews who live in Argentina for example celebrate the Spring festival in the autumn and pray for rain when it is not appropriate for Argentina, because our liturgy is conditioned by the land.) At the end of a Jewish wedding a glass is broken in remembrance of the destruction of Jerusalem and hope for the return. At the end of the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, the Day of Atonement, and at the end of the Passover meal we declare "next year in Jerusalem."
Accordingly we have always seen ourselves as citizens in potential and the establishment of the State of Israel has enabled us to exercise this "citizenship".
I lament that Palestinians from the Holy Land are not able to enjoy this right as well and the only reason for that is the ongoing conflict and the concomitant security concerns. I pray that these will be resolved, peace will prevail, a Palestinians state will be established; and Palestinians will be able to enjoy the same rights in their state as Jews enjoy in theirs – insh'Allah.
I concur with the sentiments of his Excellency and applaud your initiatives. I think that it would also be important for us to come together and bring religious leaders from the Muslim and Jewish worlds to discuss these matters and work on a common plan for justice security and peace for all in the Holy Land.
Ma Salame,
David Rosen
Chief Rabbi David Rosen, KCSG
International Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committee (AJC)
President, the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC),
tel:+972-2-6255281 fax:+972-2-6256527
mailto:rosend@ajc.org http://www:rabbidavidrosen.net
Thursday, October 29, 2009
CIRB-Hezbollah Endorses Comments of Honorable Pope Benedict XVI about the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source : VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
Subject: VISnews 091029
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:08:22 +0100
Organization: VIS - Sala Stampa della Santa Sede
NINETEENTH YEAR - N. 188 ENGLISH THURSDAY, 29 OCTOBER 2009
IRAN: SERVE THE CAUSE OF PEACE, DEFEND UNIVERSAL RIGHTS
VATICAN CITY, 29 OCT 2009 (VIS)
This morning the Holy Father received the credential letters of the new ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran,Ali Akbar Naseri.
Speaking of Iran, the Pope affirmed that "it is a great nation that possesses eminent spiritual traditions and its people have a profound religious sensibility. This can be reason to hope for a greater openness and confident collaboration with the international community. For its part, the Holy See is always willing to work in harmony with those who serve the cause of peace and promote the dignity that the Creator endowed to all human beings".
"Today," he continued, "we must hope for and sustain a new phase of
international cooperation, more concretely rooted in humanitarian principles
and in the effective assistance of those who suffer, one less dependent on
the cold calculation of exchange and technological or economic benefits".
Benedict XVI emphasized that "faith in the one God should draw all
believers closer and urge them to work together to defend and promote the
fundamental human values". In this context he recalled that "among
universal rights, religious freedom and the freedom of conscience occupy a
fundamental place because they are the origin of all other freedoms. The
defence of other rights that arise from the dignity of persons and peoples,
particularly the protection of life, justice, and solidarity, should also be
the object of true collaboration".
"As I have already had repeated occasion to emphasize, the establishment
of cordial relations between believers of different religions is an urgent
need in our day, in order to build a world that is more human and that
conforms more to God's plan of creation".
The Pope stressed that "Catholics have been present in Iran from the first
centuries of Christianity and have always been an integral part of the
nation's life and culture".
"The Holy See", he added, "trusts the Iranian authorities to strengthen
and guarantee Christians the freedom of professing their faith and of
assuring the Catholic community conditions essential to its existence,
especially the possibility of counting on sufficient religious personnel and
their ability to move within the country to ensure religious service to the
faithful".
The Holy Father emphasized that "the Holy See, by its nature and its
mission, is directly interested in the life of the local churches and wishes
to make all the necessary efforts to help the Catholic community in Iran
keep alive the signs of Christian presence in a spirit of benevolent
understanding with all".
Finally, addressing the Catholics who live in Iran, the Pope assured them
that he is "near to them and prays that they persevere in maintaining their
own identity and remaining rooted to their land, generously working with all
their compatriots in the development of the nation".
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Sunday, October 18, 2009
Divine guidilines for Dialogue among the People of the Book : The Holy Quran Sura-5 Verses 40-87
Note: Ahl-al-Kitab means the People of the Book - which includes Jews, Christians, Muslims and all those communities to which Allah sent Prophets and Divine Scriptures. In the Holy Quran when Allah addresses the Ahl-al-Kitab (if not specifically meant for any particular People of the Book) it applies to all Peoples of the Books including ethnic Muslim community in which today there are people who are called “Muslim” but do not believe in Allah, in the Holy Prophets, in the Angels, in the Divine Scriptures, in the Day of Judgment and in the Life Hereafter. ISLAM is the Arabic word meaning surrendering to Allah and remaining obedient to Him. True Muslim is one who surrenders to Allah and remains obedient to Him. All Holy Prophets of God since Holy Prophet Adam (Peace & Blessings of God be upon all Prophets of God) propagated the same religion of surrendering to God and remaining obedient to Him – though the practices and rituals may differ from Prophet to Prophet, from community to community.
The Holy Quran (Koran)
Sura No.3 al-Imraan (The Family of Imraan)
Verse: 64
[3:64] Say: "O People of the Book! come to common terms as between us and you: That we worship none but Allah; that we associate no partners with him; that we erect not, from among ourselves, Lords and patrons other than Allah." If then they turn back, say ye: "Bear witness that we (at least) are Muslims (bowing to Allah's Will).
The Holy Quran (Koran)
Sura No.6 al-Anaam (The Cattle)
Verse: 108
[6:108] Revile not ye those whom they call upon besides Allah, lest they out of spite revile Allah in their ignorance. Thus have We made alluring to each people its own doings. In the end will they return to their Lord, and We shall then tell them the truth of all that they did.
The Holy Quran (Koran)
Sura No.5 al-Maaida (The Table)
Verses: 40 to 87
[5:40] Do you not know that Allah - His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He chastises whom He pleases; and forgives whom He pleases and Allah has power over all things.
[5:41] O Messenger! let not those grieve you who strive together in hastening to unbelief from among those who say with their mouths: We believe, and their hearts do not believe, and from among those who are Jews; they are listeners for the sake of a lie, listeners for another people who have not come to you; they alter the words from their places, saying: If you are given this, take it, and if you are not given this, be cautious; and as for him whose temptation Allah desires, you cannot control anything for him with Allah. Those are they for whom Allah does not desire that He should purify their hearts; they shall have disgrace in this world, and they shall have a grievous chastisement in the hereafter.
[5:42] (They are) listeners of a lie, devourers of what is forbidden; therefore if they come to you, judge between them or turn aside from them, and if you turn aside from them, they shall not harm you in any way; and if you judge, judge between them with equity; surely Allah loves those who judge equitably.
[5:43] And how do they make you a judge and they have the Taurat wherein is Allah's judgment? Yet they turn back after that, and these are not the believers.
[5:44] Surely We revealed the Taurat in which was guidance and light; with it the prophets who submitted themselves (to Allah) judged (matters) for those who were Jews, and the masters of Divine knowledge and the doctors, because they were required to guard of the Book of Allah, and they were witnesses thereof; therefore fear not the people and fear Me, and do not take a small price for My communications; and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are the unbelievers.
[5:45] And We prescribed to them in it that life is for life, and eye for eye, and nose for nose, and ear for ear, and tooth for tooth, and (that there is) reprisal in wounds; but he who foregoes it, it shall be an expiation for him; and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are the unjust.
[5:46] And We sent after them in their footsteps Isa, son of Marium, verifying what was before him of the Taurat and We gave him the Injeel in which was guidance and light, and verifying what was before it of Taurat and a guidance and an admonition for those who guard (against evil).
[ 5:47] And the followers of the Injeel should have judged by what Allah revealed in it; and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are the transgressors.
[5:48] And We have revealed to you the Book with the truth, verifying what is before it of the Book and a guardian over it, therefore judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and do not follow their low desires (to turn away) from the truth that has come to you; for every one of you did We appoint a law and a way, and if Allah had pleased He would have made you (all) a single people, but that He might try you in what He gave you, therefore strive with one another to hasten to virtuous deeds; to Allah is your return, of all (of you), so He will let you know that in which you differed;
[5:49] And that you should judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and do not follow their low desires, and be cautious of them, lest they seduce you from part of what Allah has revealed to you; but if they turn back, then know that Allah desires to afflict them on account of some of their faults; and most surely many of the people are transgressors.
[5:50] Is it then the judgment of (the times of) ignorance that they desire? And who is better than Allah to judge for a people who are sure?
[5:51] O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians as wali (guardian/teacher); they are wali (guardian/teacher) of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a wali (guardian/teacher), then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.
[5:52] But you will see those in whose hearts is a disease hastening towards them, saying: We fear lest a calamity should befall us; but it may be that Allah will bring the victory or a punishment from Himself, so that they shall be regretting on account of what they hid in their souls.
[5:53] And those who believe will say: Are these they who swore by Allah with the most forcible of their oaths that they were most surely with you? Their deeds shall go for nothing, so they shall become losers.
[5:54] O you who believe! whoever from among you turns back from his religion, then Allah will bring a people, He shall love them and they shall love Him, lowly before the believers, mighty against the unbelievers, they shall strive hard in Allah's way and shall not fear the censure of any censurer; this is Allah's Face, He gives it to whom He pleases, and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.
[5:55] Only Allah is your Wali (Guardian) and His Messenger and those who believe, those who keep up prayers and pay the poor-rate while they bow.
[5:56] And whoever takes Allah and His messenger and those who believe for a guardian, then surely Hezbollah (the party of Allah) are they that shall be triumphant.
[5:57] O you who believe! do not take for guardians those who take your religion for a mockery and a joke, from among those who were given the Book before you and the unbelievers; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah if you are believers.
[5:58] And when you call to prayer they make it a mockery and a joke; this is because they are a people who do not understand.
[5:59] Say: O Ahl-al-Kitab (people of the Book)! do you find fault with us (for aught) except that we believe in Allah and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed before, and that most of you are transgressors?
[5:60] Say: Shall I inform you of (him who is) worse than this in retribution from Allah? (Worse is he) whom Allah has cursed and brought His wrath upon, and of whom He made apes and swine, and he who served the Shaitan; these are worse in place and more erring from the straight path.
[5:61] And when they come to you, they say: We believe; and indeed they come in with unbelief and indeed they go forth with it; and Allah knows best what they concealed.
[5:62] And you will see many of them striving with one another to hasten in sin and exceeding the limits, and their eating of what is unlawfully acquired; certainly evil is that which they do.
[5:63] Why do not the learned men and the doctors of law prohibit them from their speaking of what is sinful and their eating of what is unlawfully acquired? Certainly evil is that which they work.
[5:64] And the Jews say: The hand of Allah is tied up! Their hands shall be shackled and they shall be cursed for what they say. Nay, both His hands are spread out, He expends as He pleases; and what has been revealed to you from your Lord will certainly make many of them increase in inordinacy and unbelief; and We have put enmity and hatred among them till the day of resurrection; whenever they kindle a fire for war Allah puts it out, and they strive to make mischief in the land; and Allah does not love the mischief-makers.
[5:65] And if the Ahl-al-Kitab (people of the Book) had believed and guarded (against evil) We would certainly have covered their evil deeds and We would certainly have made them enter gardens of bliss
[5:66] And if they had kept up the Taurat and the Injeel and that which was revealed to them from their Lord, they would certainly have eaten from above them and from beneath their feet there is a party of them keeping to the moderate course, and (as for) most of them, evil is that which they do.
[5:67] O Messenger! deliver what bas been revealed to you from your Lord; and if you do it not, then you have not delivered His message, and Allah will protect you from the people; surely Allah will not guide the unbelieving people.
[5:68] Say: O Ahl-al-Kitab (people of the Book)! you follow no good till you keep up the Taurat and the Injeel and that which is revealed to you from your Lord; and surely that which has been revealed to you from your Lord shall make many of them increase in inordinacy and unbelief; grieve not therefore for the unbelieving people.
[5:69] Surely those who believe and those who are Jews and the Sabians and the Christians whoever believes in Allah and the last day and does good-- they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve.
[5:70] Certainly We made a covenant with the children of Israel and We sent to them messengers; whenever there came to them an messenger with what that their souls did not desire, some (of them) did they call liars and some they slew.
[5:71] And they thought that there would be no affliction, so they became blind and deaf; then Allah turned to them mercifully, but many of them became blind and deaf; and Allah is well seeing what they do.
[5:72] Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah, He is the Messiah, son of Marium; and the Messiah said: O Children of Israel! serve Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Surely whoever associates (others) with Allah, then Allah has forbidden to him the garden, and his abode is the fire; and there shall be no helpers for the unjust.
[5:73] Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah is the third (person) of the three; and there is no god but the one Allah, and if they desist not from what they say, a painful chastisement shall befall those among them who disbelieve.
[5:74] Will they not then turn to Allah and ask His forgiveness? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[5:75] The Messiah, son of Marium is but a messenger; messengers before him have indeed passed away; and his mother was a truthful woman; they both used to eat food. See how We make the communications clear to them, then behold, how they are turned away.
[5:76] Say: Do you serve besides Allah that which does not control for you any harm, or any profit? And Allah-- He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
[5:77] Say: O Ahl-al-Kitab (people of the Book)! be not unduly immoderate in your religion, and do not follow the low desires of people who went astray before and led many astray and went astray from the right path.
[5:78] Those who disbelieved from among the children of Israel were cursed by the tongue of Dawood and Isa, son of Marium; this was because they disobeyed and used to exceed the limit.
[5:79] They used not to forbid each other the hateful things (which) they did; certainly evil was that which they did.
[5:80] You will see many of them befriending those who disbelieve; certainly evil is that which their souls have sent before for them, that Allah became displeased with them and in chastisement shall they abide.
[5:81] And had they believed in Allah and the prophet and what was revealed to him, they would not have taken them for friends but! most of them are transgressors.
[5:82] Certainly you will find the most violent of people in enmity for those who believe (to be) the Jews and those who are polytheists, and you will certainly find the nearest in friendship to those who believe (to be) those who say: “we are Christians”; this is because there are priests and monks among them and because they do not behave proudly.
[5:83] And when they hear what has been revealed to the messenger you will see their eyes overflowing with tears on account of the truth that they recognize; they say: “Our Lord! we believe, so write us down with the witnesses (of truth).
[5:84] And what (reason) have we that we should not believe in Allah and in the truth that has come to us, while we earnestly desire that our Lord should cause us to enter with the good people?”
[5:85] Therefore Allah rewarded them on account of what they said, with gardens in which rivers flow to abide in them; and this is the reward of those who do good (to others).
[5:86] And (as for) those who disbelieve and reject Our communications, these are the companions of the flame.
[5:87] O you who believe! do not forbid (yourselves) the good things which Allah has made lawful for you and do not exceed the limits; surely Allah does not love those who exceed the limits.
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The Holy Quran (Koran)
Sura No.3 al-Imraan (The Family of Imraan)
Verse: 64
[3:64] Say: "O People of the Book! come to common terms as between us and you: That we worship none but Allah; that we associate no partners with him; that we erect not, from among ourselves, Lords and patrons other than Allah." If then they turn back, say ye: "Bear witness that we (at least) are Muslims (bowing to Allah's Will).
The Holy Quran (Koran)
Sura No.6 al-Anaam (The Cattle)
Verse: 108
[6:108] Revile not ye those whom they call upon besides Allah, lest they out of spite revile Allah in their ignorance. Thus have We made alluring to each people its own doings. In the end will they return to their Lord, and We shall then tell them the truth of all that they did.
The Holy Quran (Koran)
Sura No.5 al-Maaida (The Table)
Verses: 40 to 87
[5:40] Do you not know that Allah - His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He chastises whom He pleases; and forgives whom He pleases and Allah has power over all things.
[5:41] O Messenger! let not those grieve you who strive together in hastening to unbelief from among those who say with their mouths: We believe, and their hearts do not believe, and from among those who are Jews; they are listeners for the sake of a lie, listeners for another people who have not come to you; they alter the words from their places, saying: If you are given this, take it, and if you are not given this, be cautious; and as for him whose temptation Allah desires, you cannot control anything for him with Allah. Those are they for whom Allah does not desire that He should purify their hearts; they shall have disgrace in this world, and they shall have a grievous chastisement in the hereafter.
[5:42] (They are) listeners of a lie, devourers of what is forbidden; therefore if they come to you, judge between them or turn aside from them, and if you turn aside from them, they shall not harm you in any way; and if you judge, judge between them with equity; surely Allah loves those who judge equitably.
[5:43] And how do they make you a judge and they have the Taurat wherein is Allah's judgment? Yet they turn back after that, and these are not the believers.
[5:44] Surely We revealed the Taurat in which was guidance and light; with it the prophets who submitted themselves (to Allah) judged (matters) for those who were Jews, and the masters of Divine knowledge and the doctors, because they were required to guard of the Book of Allah, and they were witnesses thereof; therefore fear not the people and fear Me, and do not take a small price for My communications; and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are the unbelievers.
[5:45] And We prescribed to them in it that life is for life, and eye for eye, and nose for nose, and ear for ear, and tooth for tooth, and (that there is) reprisal in wounds; but he who foregoes it, it shall be an expiation for him; and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are the unjust.
[5:46] And We sent after them in their footsteps Isa, son of Marium, verifying what was before him of the Taurat and We gave him the Injeel in which was guidance and light, and verifying what was before it of Taurat and a guidance and an admonition for those who guard (against evil).
[ 5:47] And the followers of the Injeel should have judged by what Allah revealed in it; and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are the transgressors.
[5:48] And We have revealed to you the Book with the truth, verifying what is before it of the Book and a guardian over it, therefore judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and do not follow their low desires (to turn away) from the truth that has come to you; for every one of you did We appoint a law and a way, and if Allah had pleased He would have made you (all) a single people, but that He might try you in what He gave you, therefore strive with one another to hasten to virtuous deeds; to Allah is your return, of all (of you), so He will let you know that in which you differed;
[5:49] And that you should judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and do not follow their low desires, and be cautious of them, lest they seduce you from part of what Allah has revealed to you; but if they turn back, then know that Allah desires to afflict them on account of some of their faults; and most surely many of the people are transgressors.
[5:50] Is it then the judgment of (the times of) ignorance that they desire? And who is better than Allah to judge for a people who are sure?
[5:51] O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians as wali (guardian/teacher); they are wali (guardian/teacher) of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a wali (guardian/teacher), then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.
[5:52] But you will see those in whose hearts is a disease hastening towards them, saying: We fear lest a calamity should befall us; but it may be that Allah will bring the victory or a punishment from Himself, so that they shall be regretting on account of what they hid in their souls.
[5:53] And those who believe will say: Are these they who swore by Allah with the most forcible of their oaths that they were most surely with you? Their deeds shall go for nothing, so they shall become losers.
[5:54] O you who believe! whoever from among you turns back from his religion, then Allah will bring a people, He shall love them and they shall love Him, lowly before the believers, mighty against the unbelievers, they shall strive hard in Allah's way and shall not fear the censure of any censurer; this is Allah's Face, He gives it to whom He pleases, and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.
[5:55] Only Allah is your Wali (Guardian) and His Messenger and those who believe, those who keep up prayers and pay the poor-rate while they bow.
[5:56] And whoever takes Allah and His messenger and those who believe for a guardian, then surely Hezbollah (the party of Allah) are they that shall be triumphant.
[5:57] O you who believe! do not take for guardians those who take your religion for a mockery and a joke, from among those who were given the Book before you and the unbelievers; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah if you are believers.
[5:58] And when you call to prayer they make it a mockery and a joke; this is because they are a people who do not understand.
[5:59] Say: O Ahl-al-Kitab (people of the Book)! do you find fault with us (for aught) except that we believe in Allah and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed before, and that most of you are transgressors?
[5:60] Say: Shall I inform you of (him who is) worse than this in retribution from Allah? (Worse is he) whom Allah has cursed and brought His wrath upon, and of whom He made apes and swine, and he who served the Shaitan; these are worse in place and more erring from the straight path.
[5:61] And when they come to you, they say: We believe; and indeed they come in with unbelief and indeed they go forth with it; and Allah knows best what they concealed.
[5:62] And you will see many of them striving with one another to hasten in sin and exceeding the limits, and their eating of what is unlawfully acquired; certainly evil is that which they do.
[5:63] Why do not the learned men and the doctors of law prohibit them from their speaking of what is sinful and their eating of what is unlawfully acquired? Certainly evil is that which they work.
[5:64] And the Jews say: The hand of Allah is tied up! Their hands shall be shackled and they shall be cursed for what they say. Nay, both His hands are spread out, He expends as He pleases; and what has been revealed to you from your Lord will certainly make many of them increase in inordinacy and unbelief; and We have put enmity and hatred among them till the day of resurrection; whenever they kindle a fire for war Allah puts it out, and they strive to make mischief in the land; and Allah does not love the mischief-makers.
[5:65] And if the Ahl-al-Kitab (people of the Book) had believed and guarded (against evil) We would certainly have covered their evil deeds and We would certainly have made them enter gardens of bliss
[5:66] And if they had kept up the Taurat and the Injeel and that which was revealed to them from their Lord, they would certainly have eaten from above them and from beneath their feet there is a party of them keeping to the moderate course, and (as for) most of them, evil is that which they do.
[5:67] O Messenger! deliver what bas been revealed to you from your Lord; and if you do it not, then you have not delivered His message, and Allah will protect you from the people; surely Allah will not guide the unbelieving people.
[5:68] Say: O Ahl-al-Kitab (people of the Book)! you follow no good till you keep up the Taurat and the Injeel and that which is revealed to you from your Lord; and surely that which has been revealed to you from your Lord shall make many of them increase in inordinacy and unbelief; grieve not therefore for the unbelieving people.
[5:69] Surely those who believe and those who are Jews and the Sabians and the Christians whoever believes in Allah and the last day and does good-- they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve.
[5:70] Certainly We made a covenant with the children of Israel and We sent to them messengers; whenever there came to them an messenger with what that their souls did not desire, some (of them) did they call liars and some they slew.
[5:71] And they thought that there would be no affliction, so they became blind and deaf; then Allah turned to them mercifully, but many of them became blind and deaf; and Allah is well seeing what they do.
[5:72] Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah, He is the Messiah, son of Marium; and the Messiah said: O Children of Israel! serve Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Surely whoever associates (others) with Allah, then Allah has forbidden to him the garden, and his abode is the fire; and there shall be no helpers for the unjust.
[5:73] Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah is the third (person) of the three; and there is no god but the one Allah, and if they desist not from what they say, a painful chastisement shall befall those among them who disbelieve.
[5:74] Will they not then turn to Allah and ask His forgiveness? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[5:75] The Messiah, son of Marium is but a messenger; messengers before him have indeed passed away; and his mother was a truthful woman; they both used to eat food. See how We make the communications clear to them, then behold, how they are turned away.
[5:76] Say: Do you serve besides Allah that which does not control for you any harm, or any profit? And Allah-- He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
[5:77] Say: O Ahl-al-Kitab (people of the Book)! be not unduly immoderate in your religion, and do not follow the low desires of people who went astray before and led many astray and went astray from the right path.
[5:78] Those who disbelieved from among the children of Israel were cursed by the tongue of Dawood and Isa, son of Marium; this was because they disobeyed and used to exceed the limit.
[5:79] They used not to forbid each other the hateful things (which) they did; certainly evil was that which they did.
[5:80] You will see many of them befriending those who disbelieve; certainly evil is that which their souls have sent before for them, that Allah became displeased with them and in chastisement shall they abide.
[5:81] And had they believed in Allah and the prophet and what was revealed to him, they would not have taken them for friends but! most of them are transgressors.
[5:82] Certainly you will find the most violent of people in enmity for those who believe (to be) the Jews and those who are polytheists, and you will certainly find the nearest in friendship to those who believe (to be) those who say: “we are Christians”; this is because there are priests and monks among them and because they do not behave proudly.
[5:83] And when they hear what has been revealed to the messenger you will see their eyes overflowing with tears on account of the truth that they recognize; they say: “Our Lord! we believe, so write us down with the witnesses (of truth).
[5:84] And what (reason) have we that we should not believe in Allah and in the truth that has come to us, while we earnestly desire that our Lord should cause us to enter with the good people?”
[5:85] Therefore Allah rewarded them on account of what they said, with gardens in which rivers flow to abide in them; and this is the reward of those who do good (to others).
[5:86] And (as for) those who disbelieve and reject Our communications, these are the companions of the flame.
[5:87] O you who believe! do not forbid (yourselves) the good things which Allah has made lawful for you and do not exceed the limits; surely Allah does not love those who exceed the limits.
Main Source of English Translation: Multilingual Quran
http://www.al-islam.org/quran/
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