Assalamailaikum >I would like to share with you the following article. It has also appeared >in the February's edition of the newsletter named The Muslim Voice >published by the Muslim Student Association of the University of Toronto. I >thank you for your time. >_____________________________________________________________________ >A LOOK AT OUR PLANET >by: Abubakar N. Kasim Toronto, Canada > >It makes one's feelings very pessimistic after observing and analyzing the >situation of our planet. > >The past century has been the worst and bloodies century in the history of >human kind. It has been filled with wars, human starvation, incurable and >fatal diseases, natural disastrous such as earthquakes and hurricanes and >other devastations, which have been terrifying mankind. > >On its editorials and opinion page dated December 30, 1999, the Toronto >Star stated, "more than 120 million people perished in world wars, >political persecution, genocide, or ideologically-engineered famine" > >Wars in Europe and Asia claimed the lives of approximately 10 million from >1914 and 55 million from 1939. Six million Jews were massacred in the Nazi >concentration camps. Lenin and Stalin executed or starved 30 million or >more >including Ukrainians, as the paper also indicates. > >Also, Khmer Rouge of Cambodia massacred 2 million. Mao's China killed 30 >million. Hutu extremists killed 800, 000. Serb extremists claimed 250, 000 >lives in Bosnia. > >And last but not least, Russia is waging a brutal war against a million >Chechens and the war is still boiling. > >As a war ends on one corner of the globe, a new one erupts somewhere else. > >As Milosevic is washing his hands from the blood of innocent Kosovars, >Yelsten and now Putin has started a new bloody war against Chechens and no >one knows how it will end. It doesn't seem that the world will ever say a >word to him especially after he and his predecessor claimed to be crushing >"extremists" and "terrorists". > >The Ozone layer, which protects our planet from the sun's harmful >radiation, is under threat from the excessive use of chemicals. Scientists >have already reported its depletion over Antarctica. If it is destroyed, >then we will have to look for another planet that could sustain us while >there isn't one other than earth. > >The absence of democracy and true leadership in third world countries has >made it impossible for people to live there peacefully without fear of >government's aggression. Ruling parties never leave office unless force is >used to throw them out. Unfortunately, such force devastates the entire >country most of the time. This is exactly what happened in Somalia in early >1991. If anyone utters a word or writes a phrase against the government in >these undemocratic societies, he/ she just disappears without a trace. > >On the other hand, the so-called first world countries are also the >architects of a strange phenomenon. Although there is a great advancement >in technology in these parts of the world, but people have fallen behind in >morality and everything for them is "cool." Almost everyone in these >societies is after material goods as if that was the key to happiness in >life. > >As parents age, they are thrown into senior's residence with flowers sent >to them occasionally and that is only if they are lucky enough to be >remembered. > >People in this region obviously have gone further in their style of living. >There is no limit in what is acceptable as human conduct and behavior. >Everything is deemed acceptable. > >After the Canadian Supreme Court's recognition of same sex marriages on May >20, 1999, one should hopelessly ask what is next? Should marriage between >fathers and their daughters or sons to their mothers or someone who falls >in >love to his dog be legalized then? If same-sex marriage is "cool" why not >all other forms? > >It is a part of reality to have problems in our lives. Expecting a >universe, which is problem-free, is only a dream. It seems obvious, >however, that we have gone way over the limit. We are out of control. > >Allah says "evil (sins and disobedience of Allah) has appeared on land and >see because of what the hands of men have earned (by oppression and evil >deeds) that Allah may make them taste a part of that which they have done >in >order that they may return (by repenting to Allah and begging his pardon) >(The Glorious Quran 30: 41) > >There must be a source for the solution to humanity's problems. This >solution lies in the final book revealed to Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon >him, about fourteen centuries ago. > >Many educators and scientists in the west have come to realize this fact >lately after studying Islam objectively. > >As a result, many people are coming to Islam and it is the fastest growing >religion in the world today. > >Dr. Keith Moore, a retired Professor of Anatomy and Chairman of the Faculty >of Medicine at the University of Toronto made a remarkable conclusion about >the Quran. He expressed his amazement of the scientific accuracy found in >the Qur'an in his article Highlights of Human Embryology in the Koran and >the Hadith published in 1982. > >He concluded that, is completely impossible for any human being to author >the Quran and it must have come from Heaven as a revelation from God. > >Another scientist, Dr. Maurice Bucaille of France, the author of The Bible, >The Quran and Science and What is the Origin of Man. He embraced Islam >after studying it extensively. And many other open minded scholars and >scientists. > >George Bernard Shaw in his The Genuine Islam, Vol. 1, No. 81936 stated: > >I have always held the religion of Muhammad in high estimation because of >its wonderful vitality. > >- It is the only religion, which appears to me to possess that assimilating >capacity to the changing phase of existence, which can make itself appeal >to every age. >- >- I have studied him?the wonderful man and in my opinion, far from being >anti?Christ, he must be called the saviour of humanity. >- >- I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the >modern world, he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would >bring it the much needed peace and happiness; >- >- I have prophesied about the faith of Muhammad that it would be acceptable >to the Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe >of today. > > >Fe'Aman'Ullah > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >The purpose of this mail is to bring awareness and remove misconceptions >regarding ISLAM - The Religion For All Times, in this age of Science, >Technology and Seekers. 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