Podcasts about some muslims

Nearly two years on from the massacre at two Christchurch mosques, a sharp focus remains on Islamophobia in New Zealand. While Muslims generally experienced widespread love and support in the immediate aftermath of the terror attack, others continued to receive hate. Some Muslims say while their personal experiences of Islamophobia is better since the attack, there is room for improvement. But a prominent academic says as time goes by, anti-Islamic groups are beginning to re-assert themselves. Our reporter Anan Zaki has more.

This Is Islam: Islam vs. the Bad Behaviour of Some Muslims

【逐字稿送你】 第一個單字是 soar、s-o-a-r、soar 急速增加，例句是：

Voluntary 'baby abandonment' soars in South Africa due to COVID-19.

 武漢肺炎肆虐，南非經濟大受打擊，越來越多家庭，因為養不起嬰兒，只好棄養小孩。目前，非洲國家之中，南非的確診案例是最多的。棄嬰的案例急速增加，「急速增加」就是 soar。

 https://www.africanews.com/2020/05/23/covid-19-voluntary-baby-abandonment-soars-in-south-africa/ 
第二個單字是 healthcare workers、h-e-a-l-t-h-c-a-r-e 空格 w-o-r-k-e-r-s，醫護人員，例句是：
Sudan is to establish police force to protect healthcare workers. 
蘇丹決定，要派警力保護醫護人員。

很多國家的醫護人員，因為疫情而被排擠，被罵被打，像是日本、蘇丹等國家都有這個問題。有些人把醫護人員視為瘟神，覺得他們是傳染源，然後霸凌他們，太荒謬！醫護人員就是 healthcare workers。

 https://www.jems.com/2020/05/16/health-professionals-around-the-world-face-hostility-over-virus-stigma/

 第三個單字是 repatriation、r-e-p-a-t-r-i-a-t-i-o-n、repatriation， 遣送回國，例句是：

Palestinians urge for repatriation as they're stranded abroad.

 武漢肺炎全球大肆虐，害得巴勒斯坦人回不了家。 這是因為，巴勒斯坦的邊境，不歸它自己管，歸三個鄰國管。

 比喻一下好了，比較好懂：這就像是，你沒有自己家的大門鑰匙，鑰匙在你三個鄰居手上。所以你回家，還要看鄰居臉色。結果，有兩位鄰居，因為害怕武漢肺炎、足不出戶，怎麼按電鈴，都不幫你開門，這兩個鄰居就是約旦及埃及。而第三位鄰居跟你一直都不合，就拖拖拉拉不幫忙，所以你就回不了家。這個不合的鄰居就是以色列。

巴勒斯坦現在的處境，可以說是以巴衝突害的。以巴衝突簡單來說，就是以色列跟巴勒斯坦，在爭同一塊地啦。想聽更多細節，可以參考我們第 22 集喔～

 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/thousands-palestinians-stranded-urge-repatriation-200522230634022.html 
 第四個單字是 Eid、E-i-d、Eid，開齋節，例句是：The Muslim world has to celebrate Eid under stringent lockdown measures.

 伊斯蘭教徒要慶祝開齋節了！每年的開齋節，都會有大型聚餐跟禱告，慶祝齋戒月結束～不過因為疫情的關係，今年的開齋節，大概只能低調在家裡禱告跟開齋了。

 https://egyptindependent.com/coronavirus-stifles-eid-al-fitr-celebrations/ 
 最後一個單字是 be mentally prepared、m-e-n-t-a-l-l-y 空格 p-r-e-p-a-r-e-d、be mentally prepared，做好心理準備，例句是：

Some Muslims say they're 'mentally prepared for a COVID Eid, but it's still very challenging'.

 美國密西根州的伊斯蘭教徒說，他們做好心理準備了：「就算」政府開放宗教聚會，他們也打算簡單虔誠地慶祝就好，畢竟病毒還是很可怕啊，這個「心裡準備」就是 be mentally prepared。 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/michigan-muslims-find-innovative-ways-celebrate-covid-eid-200521175210080.html 
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Holy Quran Healing (聖クルアーンの癒し) Surah Al-Fatihah The Opening (始まり) For Spiritual Relaxation, Reduce Stress Depression & Improve Mental Health Bilingual Edition In English & Japanese Languange. Al-Fatiha (Arabic: ٱلْفَاتِحَة‎), also spelled Al-Fatihah, is the first chapter (Surah) of The Holy Quran. It is believed by some to be a synthesis of the Quran. The literal meaning of the expression "al-Fatiḥah" is "The Opener," which could refer: a. to this first chapter being "the Opener of the Book" (فَاتِحَة ٱلْكِتَاب‎, Fatiḥat al-Kitab), as sort of a preface. b. to its being the first Surah recited in full in every prayer cycle (rakʿah). c.to how it serves as an opening for many functions (such as weddings and funerals) in everyday Islamic life. It is also called "the Mother of the Book" (Umm Al-Kitab) and "the Mother of the Quran" (Umm Al-Quran); Sab'a al Mathani ("Seven repeated [verses]", an appellation taken from Quran 15:87); Al-Hamd ("praise"), because a hadith narrates Prophet Muhammad SAW having said that Allah SWT (God) says: "The prayer [al-Fatihah] is divided into two halves between Me and My servants. When the servant says, 'All praise is due to God', the Lord of existence, God says, 'My servant has praised Me'."; Al-Shifa' ("the Cure"), because a hadith narrates Prophet Muhammad SAW as having said: "The Opening of the Book is a cure for every poison."; Al-Ruqyah ("remedy" or "spiritual cure"), and al-Asas, "The Foundation", referring to its serving as a foundation for the entire Quran. It is an obligatory part of the Salah (Islamic prayer), recited at least 17 times during the five daily prayers. Its seven Ayahs (verses) are a prayer for the guidance, lordship, and mercy of God. Some Muslims interpret it as a reference to an implied ability of the surah to open a person to faith in God. Al-Fatihah is often believed to be a synthesis of the Quran. It in itself is a prayer at the very beginning of the Quran, which acts as a preface and implies that the book is for a person who is a seeker of truth—a reader who is asking a deity who is the only one worthy of all praise (and is the creator, owner, sustainer of the worlds, etc.) to guide him to a straight path. It can be said to "encapsulate all of the metaphysical and eschatological realities of which human beings must remain conscious. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jannah-firdaus-mediapro/message

Haqq Dawah Media Presents: Qalbin SaleemAsSalaam Alkuim,Todays episode is the English translation of Surah Al Fatiha. The first surah in The Quran.Al-Fātiḥah "The Opening" or "The Opener") is the first chapter (sūrah) of the Quran. Its seven verses (āyāt) are a prayer for the guidance, lordship, and mercy of Allah. This chapter has an essential role in Islamic prayer (salāt). The primary literal meaning of the expression "al-Fātiḥah" is "The Opener," which could refer to this Surah being "the opener of the Book" (Fātiḥat al-kitāb), to its being the first Surah recited in full in every prayer cycle (rakʿah), or to the manner in which it serves as an opening for many functions in everyday Islamic life. Some Muslims interpret it as a reference to an implied ability of the Surah to open a person to faith in Allah.If you enjoy this show please look for our other shows by searching Haqq Dawah Media where you listen and download your favorite podcast,Feel free to follow us in twitter @TheHaqqDawahGrp and on Facebook /the haqqdawahgrpUntil next time,Fe Aman Allah

An autopsy on Jeffrey Epstein's been performed, following his apparent suicide in a Manhattan jail cell, but details've yet to be released. The wealthy financier, who was accused of sexually abusing underage girls, had been denied bail and faced up to 45 years behind bars. France's government wants prosecutors to open a probe into Epstein's links to France. The secretaries of state for women's rights and protecting children say it's "fundamental" to launch an investigation in France so his death "doesn't deprive the victims of the justice they deserve." The Hong Kong airport says it'll restart flights starting at 6 a.m. Tuesday. The airport had completely shut down operations after thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators filled the main terminal on Monday. Some Muslims in Indian-administered Kashmir were allowed to walk to mosques alone or in pairs to pray during a festival. An unprecedented security lockdown has forced most people in the disputed region to stay indoors on an Islamic holy day.

I've been searching for truth since I was a youngster.  I had thoughts and inklings and premonitions about things like love, and God and kindness, but they were typically corrected or overrun by the group-think powers surrounding me.I grew up in an era where black people were not only laughingly referred to by other names, but so were Hispanics, and Asians, and anyone else that was not white.Mine was a time when it was completely natural to refer to a homosexual as a fag, a lesbian as a dyke, and a disabled person as a gimp or retard.What amazes me most is that while I, the individual, was secretly entertaining other thoughts toward these people groups who were different than me – thoughts of kindness and acceptance – the religion my parents had embraced, which promoted itself as “the only true church on the face of the earth” and its male leaders who were in charge of me, encouraged the rhetoric that I was secretly concerned about.In time their promotion of hate took root in my soul and I fully embraced all the elements of being a misogynistic, narcissistic, racist, homophobic fascist jerk – ironically known also as a returned Missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.Looking back, however, I can see the winds and waves of change at work on my soul.  Sometimes they would arrive in one giant swell and never leave – like when Jesus came to my heart in 1997. But at other times truth and my ability to receive it came in waves stretched out over spans of time  . . . without my realizing that each wave was part of the same storm.Having three older siblings I cut my teeth on music – on a wide arraignment of types and styles.  But sometime in the midst of my teens – around 1977  - I had become a fan of a form of music that I could really resonate with - punk.  Along with my best friend and next door neighbor Steve (who is now an LDS Stake President in Los Angeles), we discovered the Sex Pistols and dove headlong into what I felt was a “raw garage-like honesty” as compared to the fabricated sounds of corporate rock, studio bands, disco and of course, the prefabricated ideals and ideas of the only true Church on the face of the earth.What I mean to say is that in very short order I learned to trust the authentic expressions of punk over the ersatz group think messages of all of the former.One week around that time Steve and I learned that the Sex Pistols (our first exposure to punk and the first punk album I ever owned) were going to be on Saturday Night life and, like many of you, we anxiously passed the hours of that week waiting to hear, “Live from New York, Its Saturday Night.”  We could hardly wait to see them live.We were disappointed however when the Pistols were replaced (for some unknown reason) by a guy named Elvis Costello (of whom we knew nothing about).Nevertheless, because we were seeking for more authentic expressions in music we watched on – from our respective family dens.Evil Costello took to the stage that night looking cool enough, and he and his band launched into a song that seemed original and honest enough but then all of a sudden I watched with both shock and delight as Elvis manically jerked himself from the microphone, spastically stopped the music, apologized to the audience, and turning to his band, told them to play something different – a song called, “Radio Radio.”I suppose it was what I was longing to see someone do in my life all along – to step forward in teachers quorum and spastically stop a homophobic joke, or to tell us kids that it was okay to love people who were of the world with all of our heart – and I was mesmerized by the courage of this wirey little bespeckled Brit for doing whatever he was doing.What was this?  I said to myself, fascinated by the spectacle.  What is this guy actually doing?  Why did he stop the first song?  Why sing this second song instead?  I was tempted to call Steve next door on the telephone but remained transfixed as Elvis Costello sang, “Radio, Radio” angrily.  Passionately, as if in defiance of a some Totalitarian power f which I was totally unaware.I didn't know how to react, where to put my hands, and I remember looking around the room to say something to somebody about this . . . but nobody was there.By the time song ended, which I later learned was an indictment against the powers that run the radio waves, I knew a couple of things as much as I knew that the Boom of Mormon was true - I knew I I wanted what Elvis Costello had – that devotion, and passion - THAT willingness to do what he did NOT appear to have the permission to do – and I knew that Elvis Costello, more than my young mens' advisor, more than my Bishop, more than my own parents, could be trusted.This was my Montgomery Pop festival.  My Woodstock.  My Tieniman square.  And it all took place in my heart and head in the glow of an agitated man named Elvis Costello and his band the Attractions.As the next week rolled around, two female friends at school (who were artists and real music aficianatos) told me the inside scoop to the SNL event:Elvis had not only been told to sing the song they opened with by NBC and Lorne Michaels, but he was expressly prohibited to sing “Radio Radio” – which he did anyway – which resulted in a great debacle at the time.  Elvis Costello would pay the price for his disobedience and would not be invited back to SNL for over a decade thereafter but in the least, he gained the trust of one idiot southern California teenager through his act of defiance in the face of artistic authenticity.Several week later I heard a knock at my door and found a new silkscreened tee- shirt of Elvis Costello and the attractions laying on my parents front porch – an unsolicited gift of love from my two female friends at school.That sort of amazed me – that two girls who were not members of the only true Church on the face of the earth had enough love and care for me to gift me with something that they knew I would love.I wore that shirt out as I continued forward in search of unvarnished, authentic truth in art, life, music and ultimately, even spiritual matters.Nearly twenty years later, after a full time mission and marriage in the LA temple and while still outwardly an active Latter day Saint but one totally immersed in years of seeking for unvarnished spiritual authenticity, I was invited to go to Sri Lanka (for a month or so) and to develop a line of clothing from warehouses of fabric owned by the largest cutter and sewer of clothing in South East Asia, Kumar Deapura.I was not a traveler then (or now) and had never been outside the United States with the exception of Tijuana a couple of times and Canada in college so I knew that this was going to be a new experience for me.After all the shots and paperwork I embarked on the 21 hour flight to Sri Lanka where I would actually live with Kumar in his home and work out of his offices to create this line of clothes.Remember now, I had – since returning home from my LDS mission – been seeking “authenticity” in my life.  Ever since the SNL event I had been seeking to be authentic – though I usually failed.For years prior to this long journey to a completely foreign land, I had spent years seeking truth in music and in film, which branched out into literature, thenPhilosophy, then Marxism, and devoled into thrill, pain and pleasure seeking and wound up in using substances and extra marital relations to ease my troubled mind and heart.Nothing was breaking through.Nothing lasted.  Nothing could withstand scrutiny and remain standing in the end – including the proclamations from my leaders in the only true Church on the face of the earth.Sometime around 1AM Sri Lanka time I literally stumbled out of the plane at the Bandaran-EYE-eeka airport (as I had taken a sleeping pill with a shot of champaign on the plane to sleep) and I dreamily ambled toward the exit by just following the crowd.Though early morning, the air was hot and wet and the smell was not pleasant.  And I found my way to the terminal exit and walked outside and was met with a sight that absolutely stunned me back to my full senses as I found myself face to face with several THOUSANDS of people  - of all ages – there at 1 in the morning – crying and reaching out through the bars of this tall wide iron gate for help.Their hands twisted in the air for money, for food, for some kind of help or attention causing the long high fence itself to almost seem alive.It was something Marx never described in his books, nor Victor Hugo, nor was it something I was ever told about in priesthood meeting or Sunday School.We had no such walls in Huntington Beach, California.  Mom and Dad never talked about such a situation, and all of the rancor and hate and animus toward individuals race, and gender, and lifestyle immediately disappeared in the face of it.  The scene was so raw as it presented itself to me as something I had never even CONSIDERED before.  Out of the blue and in complete contradistinction to the scene before me,  my stare was broken by the sound of an oncoming car blasting it's horn.I turned to my left and watched in what seemed like slow motion as a beautifully polished black Jaguar with fully tinted windows pulled toward me on the drive.It stopped where I was standing and the driver, wearing a purple turban and long flowing white robes exited the vehicle bearing a fully automatic machine gun in his left hand.He came around to where I was standing,  opened the back door and motioned for me to get inside as he stood on high alert.  I got into the most luxurious car I had ever been in in my life, and when he shut the door it almost completely silenced the screams and cries of the fence people lined up on the other side of the road.The driver got in and without a word we sped away, leaving the begging masses, then the iron fence, and finally the lighted airport in our dust as we entered into the dark night of the surrounding country.I was met with an overwhelming feeling of shame followed by an immediate sense of entitlement.The surrounding poverty was cut in half by the silent luxury of the British automobile, the utter despair and stench of abject poverty matched by the hope of luxury surrounding me.It was truly a moment of complete opposites, both equally pulling at my heart and head.  Looking back I can see that it was the culminating event as it was backed by more than a decade of my arduously searching and seeking for truth and authenticity.In the midst of this scene the driver, said flatly, “Music?”And he turned the stereo on allowing the voice of someone I learned to actually trust as a teenager fill the car with sounds of Truth.It was Elvis Costello and the heavy almost chaotic beats of Nick Lowes, “What's so funny about peace love and understanding?” began to play.I was back in my den as a teenager as no words, even from a living prophet, rang more true to my head: As I walk throughthis wicked world Searching for light in the darkness of insanity I ask myself is all hope lost Is there only pain and hatred and misery And each time I feel like this inside theres just one thing I want to know What's So Funny bout Peace, Love, and Understanding oh What's So Funny bout Peace, Love, and Understanding  And as I walk on through These troubled times My spirit gets so down hearted sometimes So where are the strong? who are the trusted? And where is the harmony? sweet harmony Cause each time I feel it slippin' away Just makes me want to cry What's So Funny bout Peace, Love, and Understanding oh What's So Funny bout Peace, Love, and Understanding It was a clarion call to my heart, after all the seeking, all the sinning, all the searching, that said this world – my world – my family, and children, and friends, and community – the members of the “only true church on the face of the earth” – needed someone strong, someone that they could trust – who would unabashedly pursue AND deliver the unvarnished truth without a care for the repercussions.The song and the setting was the final surge in a long series of life-changing waves in my life, as it washed over me, created by my own tears – a wave of shame, a wave of determination. It was a wave that would ultimately serve to help me several years later, as a man then void and desperate to see and understand the absolute NEED for a true Savior in my own life. And then to receive and accept His offering into my soul, allowing me to respond Elvis's question once and for all in my own honest authentic heart: What's so funny about peace love and understanding?  Nothing, Elvis.  Nothing at all.  (RUN THE INTRO TO HEART OF THE MATTER REDUX HERE)It would take a couple more years before the seeds sown in my heart that night would germinate and take root but ultimately, one afternoon in 1997 they were made alive by the most authentic of ALL, and I began to understand, over the course of time, that peace and love and empathy were possible in the lives of people not so naturally inclined to possess them.From that day forward I began to try to live from a place of authenticity, and truth, and genuine expressions.It took time for institutional religion to really reveal itself for what it is – conglomerations of like-minded people seeking to dominate and control others.But before I fully understood this (which I do now) I decided to pen a book about my experiences with this otherworldly peace gifted to me from above and called the finished product, Born-Again Mormon.The principle point of this book, written all they way back in 2003, was to openly ask my LDS family and friends and readers if they too have been “born from above” – you know, “to ask if they have been filled with His Peace, love and understanding?”I knew that once they had – once they heard Him speak to their hearts directly and outside any and all religious affectations, that these people – these devout people who went about seeking to please Heavenly Father but through complicity to the directives of those in power – they would receive and become emancipated from the bondage that religious men put upon them!  They would be free to live in peace, free to love, free to understand the living God but until that time they were no different than the thousands of Sri Lankians reaching out through the bars of a long steel fence.I had the freedom . . . and I wanted them to have it too.In time I entered the arena of live television here in Utah and my message was the same to any who would hear:“have you been born from above?  Is Jesus your Lord, Savior and King?”That's all I cared about then.  That's really all I care about now.  I mean, we even went so far as to say:You wanna stay Mormon?  Go ahead.  But who is Jesus to you?  Have you been given new life in and through Him?  Born from above and given the capacity to live with peace, love and understanding for others?But we noticed that our approach, our attitude, our liberality - was not really appreciated by others also trying to reach the LDS people.From the attackers down at temple square, to pastors of the larger churches here in town, to most people involved in ministry to the Mormons – they didn't get the peace love and understanding approach we were so keen on sharing.They wanted “war, anger, and sharp words.”  They wanted “doctrinal fences” to remain in place that would keep people begging UNTIL they accepted their all of their term – and only then would the seeking be supported and allowed to come around and feel peace, and love and acceptance.The by-line of our book titled, “Born-Again Mormon” was and is aimed at capturing the overall impetus of our purpose.  IT is purposeful and I want to ask you all to consider it tonight:The book:BORN-AGAIN MORMON (with the bi-line) Moving toward Christian Authenticity MOVING . . .TOWARD . . .CHRISTIAN . . .AUTHENTICITY I did not write a book called Born Again Mormon: Moving Away from Christian Authenticity It was purposely described as “moving toward it.” What does that really look like – to move toward Christian Authenticity?  Think about that for a minute, will you?   (Beat) As I've taken the time to reflect on the statement I realized something: The people I know in my life who I can honestly say have moved toward Christian Authenticity have done so despite their religious affiliations!  Or at least I can say, that those who are truly authentic Christians are such INSPITE of the denomination or religious expression that they have chosen to align or associate themselves with. Can you say the same thing? I mean, let's first describe what “Christian authenticity,” really looks like. Think about this! What do the MOST authentically Christian people LOOK LIKE?  How do they live and operate in this world!  Don't they EMBODY . . .  Love, and all of its biblical descriptions?  Aren't the MOST authentic Christians the people who are Kind? Humble? Patient? Longsuffering? Selfless? Not of this world? – people who possess the fruit of the Spirit, are self-effacing, without guile, forgiving, peacemaking?  Isn't it remarkable that when we look around in our personal lives that we stumble upon such folks and isn't it remarkable that the folks who appear to STRUGGLE MOST with manifesting authentic Christians traits are the ones who are the most demanding dogmatically regarding doctrine and denominational directives?   Understand here and now, I am in no way condoning or supporting Mormonism, Mormon doctrine, Mormon practice or culture as sound, good or viable. Our remaining shows will be about these failures in the systems called Mormonism. But despite these institutional demands placed on some Mormon people, I still find some of them – like I still find some Catholics, and some Protestants, and some Calvinists, and Some Muslims – authentically Christian . . . as defined by their selfless love. So this is the first point I want to make in this four-part series – Authentic Christians are known as Authentic Christians BY THEIR LOVE and all of their permutations – no matter what denomination they may associate with. IF my observation is true, then isn't it time to step back against the former rhetoric and vitriol against individuals who practice Mormonism? Can we begin the peacemaking process that will enable reason to step in and work among us? I know the mindset of the insane religionists – and there isn't anything we can really do to stop them.  We cannot bind and gag the zealots outside temple square or the magazines and books that use hyperbolic language to assassinate every Mormon on earth. But by God, what's so funny about peace, love and understanding when it comes to dealing with individuals composed of flesh and blood who have needs, and families, and spouses, and are trying to know and follow God?  Can't we at least begin to openly admit that there are authentic Christians who happen to also be Catholics, and Mormons, and Baptists, Methodists, Prebyterians, Calvinists, Arminianists, Modalists, Binitarians, Trinitarians and all the rest? I want to make this perspective clear to you tonight – because it is important to me. Show me a man or a woman who authentically “bears the fruit of the Spirit” in their lives and I will show you a man or a woman who is my brother or sister in the Lord.  This is my message – without any lines drawn in my book about which Jesus, which God, which book of scripture, which temple, which priesthood. This is JUST the starting point in the dialogue – and we need one.  I am NOT suggesting I agree with any of the LDS views on these things, and I openly admit that their stance ON such things only serve to INHIBIT the freedom and liberty of those who are under their influence, but can we all at least begin with the acknowledgement that no matter what, if a person evidences the fruit of the Spirit in their lives that we receive them as brothers and sisters – after all, didn't Jesus say that “by their LOVE we would know His disciples?” So can't we START here? (beat) Can't we admit that just as Joseph Smith was a faulty con that Erasmus had problems too? And that just as Brigham Young said some really wonky things about women and blacks that Martin Luther was guilt of anti-Semetic rhetoric? Can't we admit that the way Jean Calvin describes the plan of Salvation for man is as jacked up as the Mormon view? And can't we admit that where the Mormon machine certainly manipulates its members into conformity and compliance that most religious organizations do the same? Do we HAVE to so biasedly pick on them reaching for the splinter in their eyes when our own approach is overloaded with fails too? I am not trying to suggest that Mormonism and its doctrines are equal to or superior to the pure doctrines that are derived from sound exegetical reasoning from the scripture. This whole program is based on proving how manipulative Mormonism is toward its own people.  But to me those of us who are on the outside and are trying to reach in and help emancipate LDS people from such manipulation have to be fair, and reasonable, and willing to give LDS people every benefit of the doubt IF we are going to have any real success in getting them, or their institution to change. This brings me to two final points before we either take your calls or wrap it up for tonight. In my world-view, there are two types of people – and both are deserving of my utmost love and respect. The first type are those who do NOT operate by the fruit of the Spirit or selfless love for others. Again, my response mandated by my King, is to love them with the kind of love the Word describes. We have had many of them on our show – they are humanists, LGBTQ people, attackers of others, self-promoters, cause-driven souls, people of this world, atheists – whatever. Most of them either feign some sort of attraction to “a god of somesort” or they flat out admit that they don't really care. This is the first group.  And again, as a believer I am convinced that our job is to love them as we love ourselves, that we receive them, and accept them, and hear what they have to say. That is the first group.   The second group are those who embody the fruit of the Spirit, who have a longing and love for God, and whose words and deeds for others reflect the words and ways of the King of Christianity – Christ Himself. What I want to make clear to any and all who hear me tonight is my primary audience are the second group. And while I actually, literally do love all who are in the first group, I speak to, reach to and try to teach and encourage those who are in group two. You are my friends.You are my brothers and sisters.You are His children, Sons and Daughters of God – and EVERYTHING I SAY AND DO, EVERYTHING I TRY TO TEACH AND SUGGEST – is to you. Heart of the Matter is a show for those who seek God in Spirit and Truth and put agape, selfless love for all first in their lives. Finally, the people who make up this second group I maintain come from all walks of religious life.  All of them. 

Terjemahan Surat 01 Al-Fatihah Pembukaan (The Opening) 开幕式 Versi Trilingual Dalam Tiga Bahasa, Yaitu Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris Dan Bahasa Mandarin. Surah Al-Fatihah is the first chapter (surah) of The Holy Quran. Its six or seven verses (ayah) are a prayer for the guidance, lordship, and mercy of Allah SWT (God). This chapter has an essential role in Islamic prayer (salat). The primary literal meaning of the expression "al-Fatiḥah" is "The Opener". Which could refer to this Surah being "the opener of the Book" (Fatiḥat al-kitab), to it's being the first Surah recited in full in every prayer cycle (rakʿah), or to the manner in which it serves as an opening for many functions in everyday Islamic life. Some Muslims interpret it as a reference to an implied ability of the Surah to open a person to faith in God. Surah al-Fatihah (Bahasa Arab: سُّورَةُ الفَاتِحَة‎) - Pembukaan - surah yang diturunkan di Kota Suci Mekah dan diturunkan selepas Surah Al-Muddathir. Surah ini mempunyai 7 ayat dan inilah surah pertama yang diturunkan lengkap keseluruhan ayat bagi sebuah surah dan termasuk dalam golongan surah Makkiyyah. Surah ini dinamakan al-Fatihah (Pembukaan) kerana ia dijadikan sebagai pembuka dan permulaan al-Quran. Surah ini juga dinamakan Ummul Quran (ام القــرآن - Ibu Quran) atau Ummul Kitaab (ام الكتاب - Ibu Kitab) kerana ia merupakan ibu atau induk kepada semua isi al-Quran dan menjadi inti sari dari kandungan al-Quran itu sendiri. Surah ini turut dinamakan As-Sab'ul Matsaani yang bermaksud tujuh yang berulang-ulang kerana ayat ini diulang-ulang bagi setiap solat. Surah Al-Fatihah是“古兰经”的第一章（章节）。 它的六七节（ayah）是对真主（上帝）的指导，主权和怜悯的祈祷。 本章在伊斯兰祈祷（萨拉特）中起着至关重要的作用。 表达“al-Fatiḥah”的主要字面含义是“开启者”。 这可以指的是这个章节是“书的开启者”（Fatiḥatal-kitab），它是第一个在每个祷告周期（rak'ah）中完整叙述的章节，或者它作为开头的方式。 日常伊斯兰生活中的许多功能。 有些穆斯林认为它是对古兰经暗示某人信仰上帝的隐含能力的一种提法。 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jannah-firdaus-mediapro/message

Terjemahan Dan Makna Surat 01 Al-Fatihah (Pembukaan) The Opening Edisi Bilingual Bahasa Indonesia Dan Bahasa Inggris Podcast Edition. Surah Al-Fatihah, ("Pembukaan") adalah surah pertama dalam al-Qur'an. Surah ini diturunkan di Mekah dan terdiri dari 7 ayat. Al-Fatihah merupakan surah yang pertama-tama diturunkan dengan lengkap di antara surah-surah yang ada dalam Al-Qur'an.Surah ini disebut Al-Fatihah (Pembukaan), karena dengan surah inilah dibuka dan dimulainya Al-Quran. Dinamakan Ummul Qur'an (induk al-Quran) atau Ummul Kitab (induk Al-Kitab) karena dia merupakan induk dari semua isi Al-Quran. Dinamakan pula As Sab'ul matsaany (اyang berulang-ulang) karena jumlah ayatnya yang tujuh dan dibaca berulang-ulang dalam salat. Surah al-Fatiḥah is the first chapter (surah) of the Quran. Its seven verses (ayat) are a prayer for the guidance, lordship and mercy of God. This chapter has an essential role in Islamic prayer (salat). The primary literal meaning of the expression "al-Fatihah" is "The Opener," which could refer to this Surah being "the opener of the Book" (Fatihat al-kitab), to its being the first Surah recited in full in every prayer cycle (rakʿah), or to the manner in which it serves as an opening for many functions in everyday Islamic life. Some Muslims interpret it as a reference to an implied ability of the Surah to open a person to faith in God. The name al-Fatiḥah ("the Opener") is due to the subject-matter of the surah. Fatiḥah is that which opens a subject or a book or any other thing. In other words, a sort of preface. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jannah-firdaus-mediapro/message

Baptist preacher Kent Philpott has a heart for sharing the Gospel with his Muslim neighbors. And he is ready to help you share the Good News as well with his second-edition book titled, “If Allah Wills.”Philpott, pastor of evangelical churches for 45 years, former leader in the Jesus People Movement in San Francisco, has been writing about Islam since 2001.Since 1984 he has worked as pastor of Miller Avenue Baptist Church in Mill Valley, California. He was a long-time baseball coach for high schools and San Quentin State Prison. Philpott is the director of Earthen Vessel Publishing and author of numerous books.“If Allah Wills” has 15 chapters, seven appeals (asking Muslim readers to consider and reflect on a point), seven contrasts (asking Muslim readers to compare and contrast point of theology), and one appeal and contrast that essentially is asking Muslim readers to think critically about Islam. Philpott does not condemn Muslims or attack the tenets of Islam or the prophet Muhammad but reaches out with care and concern with an offer of the love and grace of Jesus.I interviewed Philpott in June 2016 at the International Christian Retail Show in Cincinnati.“I’ve always had an interest in Islam since 2001. Like many people I was angry at Muslim people, fearful and wondering what’s going on. For reasons I can’t explain I feel like God gave me a love for Muslim people.”Philpott said his town holds the Muslim Center of Mill Valley. He began to reach out to the center’s congregation after he held an Islamic study class at his church. During that process, God changed his heart. He saw Islam as a dangerous religion, but instead of making him judgmental, he wanted to reach out to Muslims.He invited a Sunni imam from the mosque to speak to his church, then did the same with a Shia imam, an Afghani living in the East Bay.Philpott said he studied what the imams said. He conducted research on Islam using non-Christian materials so his research would not carry a Christian bias.“I was afraid of that,” he said. “I had it in myself.”His research brought him to such topics as Muslims who had become atheists or Sufis , such as reformer Ayaan Hirsi Ali.“My interest was reaching them with the Gospel,” Philpott said. Muslims have a high regard for Jesus, but they consider him a prophet who will return on the day of judgment; Muslims deny the cross.“If Allah Wills” is 116 pages; Philpott said he tried to keep it under 100 to keep the price low to help people buy it. The book is written to help Christians understand Islam and how to approach Muslims with the Gospel. The book invites Muslims to examine what they believe. It does not attack them. The last chapter tells who Jesus is and goes through the seven “I am” statements Jesus made in the chapter of John in the Bible.Philpott said he has a heart for Muslims, whom he said are stuck in their religion. It was only when he visited the mosque that he learned how “absolutely obsessive it becomes. To be a faithful Muslim you have to be an obsessive compulsive individual. I’m a little bit that way myself. I can see how these people are really trapped in it. It’s the ablutions, the washings, that are so consuming.”Before praying in the mosque, Muslims must to go a room that is set aside for washing. They wash their hands up to the elbows and the feet up to the ankles. They wash the nose three times up to the base of the skull and then inhale because, Muslims believe, the jinn (supernatural creatures) come up into them through the nose, so you have to expel them to be pure before praying.“It’s all-consuming. It’s far more than Christianity in what it’s demanding of you.”Some Muslims become Sufis to try to reform the religion. (Sufism is a mystical branch of Islam.) To leave Islam is to lose all your identity, Philpott said.Philpott said he has spoken the last couple of years with a number of ex-Muslims who became Christians after seeing Jesus in visions or dreams. “It takes that for them to convert, and even still they have a difficult time. (Helping guide) Muslims is not easy. Their view of the Bible has been distorted.” They have learned defenses against the Bible since an early age in school.“These are the most spiritual people,” he said. “These people want to know God and serve God.”“If Allah Wills” is available on Amazon and on Philpott’s website, evpbooks.com. He and his wife Katie own Earthen Vessel Publishing. On evpbooks.com, use code friendofEVP to save 20 percent on “If Allah Wills,” normally a $7.95 cover price.

Baptist preacher Kent Philpott has a heart for sharing the Gospel with his Muslim neighbors. And he is ready to help you share the Good News as well with his second-edition book titled, “If Allah Wills.” Philpott, pastor of evangelical churches for 45 years, former leader in the Jesus People Movement in San Francisco, has been writing about Islam since 2001. Since 1984 he has worked as pastor of Miller Avenue Baptist Church in Mill Valley, California. He was a long-time baseball coach for high schools and San Quentin State Prison. Philpott is the director of Earthen Vessel Publishing and author of numerous books. “If Allah Wills” has 15 chapters, seven appeals (asking Muslim readers to consider and reflect on a point), seven contrasts (asking Muslim readers to compare and contrast point of theology), and one appeal and contrast that essentially is asking Muslim readers to think critically about Islam. Philpott does not condemn Muslims or attack the tenets of Islam or the prophet Muhammad but reaches out with care and concern with an offer of the love and grace of Jesus. I interviewed Philpott in June 2016 at the International Christian Retail Show in Cincinnati. “I’ve always had an interest in Islam since 2001. Like many people I was angry at Muslim people, fearful and wondering what’s going on. For reasons I can’t explain I feel like God gave me a love for Muslim people.” Philpott said his town holds the Muslim Center of Mill Valley. He began to reach out to the center’s congregation after he held an Islamic study class at his church. During that process, God changed his heart. He saw Islam as a dangerous religion, but instead of making him judgmental, he wanted to reach out to Muslims. He invited a Sunni imam from the mosque to speak to his church, then did the same with a Shia imam, an Afghani living in the East Bay. Philpott said he studied what the imams said. He conducted research on Islam using non-Christian materials so his research would not carry a Christian bias. “I was afraid of that,” he said. “I had it in myself.” His research brought him to such topics as Muslims who had become atheists or Sufis , such as reformer Ayaan Hirsi Ali. “My interest was reaching them with the Gospel,” Philpott said. Muslims have a high regard for Jesus, but they consider him a prophet who will return on the day of judgment; Muslims deny the cross. “If Allah Wills” is 116 pages; Philpott said he tried to keep it under 100 to keep the price low to help people buy it. The book is written to help Christians understand Islam and how to approach Muslims with the Gospel. The book invites Muslims to examine what they believe. It does not attack them. The last chapter tells who Jesus is and goes through the seven “I am” statements Jesus made in the chapter of John in the Bible. Philpott said he has a heart for Muslims, whom he said are stuck in their religion. It was only when he visited the mosque that he learned how “absolutely obsessive it becomes. To be a faithful Muslim you have to be an obsessive compulsive individual. I’m a little bit that way myself. I can see how these people are really trapped in it. It’s the ablutions, the washings, that are so consuming.” Before praying in the mosque, Muslims must to go a room that is set aside for washing. They wash their hands up to the elbows and the feet up to the ankles. They wash the nose three times up to the base of the skull and then inhale because, Muslims believe, the jinn (supernatural creatures) come up into them through the nose, so you have to expel them to be pure before praying. “It’s all-consuming. It’s far more than Christianity in what it’s demanding of you.” Some Muslims become Sufis to try to reform the religion. (Sufism is a mystical branch of Islam.) To leave Islam is to lose all your identity, Philpott said. Philpott said he has spoken the last couple of years with a number of ex-Muslims who became Christians after seeing Jesus in visions or dreams. “It takes that for them to convert, and even still they have a difficult time. (Helping guide) Muslims is not easy. Their view of the Bible has been distorted.” They have learned defenses against the Bible since an early age in school. “These are the most spiritual people,” he said. “These people want to know God and serve God.” “If Allah Wills” is available on Amazon and on Philpott’s website, evpbooks.com. He and his wife Katie own Earthen Vessel Publishing. On evpbooks.com, use code friendofEVP to save 20 percent on “If Allah Wills,” normally a $7.95 cover price.

Sadiq Khan has today been inaugurated as the first Muslim Mayor of London. Some Muslims are rejoicing, yet others are more critical; Shaykh Babikir offers words of wisdom about the election, and the duty all Muslims have to the citizens of this city.

The UK government’s counter-extremism strategy, Prevent, is coming under heavy criticism. In particular, it has been said, that it inhibits discussion in schools about issues of terrorism and extremism, and that it stifles freedom of speech on university campuses. Some Muslims have said they feel as if they are under surveillance and even that their children are at risk of being taken into care. On 4th May 2016, the independent reviewer of the UK’s anti-terrorism laws, David Anderson QC, came to Cumberland Lodge to introduce some current issues relating to Prevent and explain why he thinks there should be an independent review of the strategy. In this short interview he outlines what the Prevent strategy is, why it is proving to be controversial, what can be done to address the issues the strategy raises

The atrocities of Charlie Hebdo and the ensuing aftermath bring to the surface an ongoing debate over the identity of “French Muslims” or “Muslims in France.” Is their primary identity nationalistic or religious? Are the two mutually exclusive? Some Muslims likely feel there is more going on here than cartoon drawings. Theme Music by Nobara Hayakawa - Trail Sponsor Music by Drunk Pedestrians - Mean