A 73-year-old Austrian man has confessed to imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children, police have said. Police said “Josef F” also confessed to burning the body of a baby that died after birth at the house in Amstetten, in the province of Lower Austria. Authorities are caring for the woman, now 42, and her six surviving children.

These types of stories are now becoming more and more regular within the western world. Are these criminal acts perpetrated by minds which are deranged and unlike most people in these societies or are these actions symbolic of the values being propagated by western societies?

Since the west aspires to uphold ideals that it espouses for the whole of mankind and sees itself as living in the modern 21st century far removed from its barbaric past. Anyone who lives in thee societies or is aware will begin to question: Why the difference? Are these things an anomoly? Or are they generic and symbolic of the values and ideals which we are being called to?

Speaker: Nadeem Burhani

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: Small Heath Community Centre, Muntz Street, Small Heath, Birmingham

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The meeting came ahead of President Bush’s planned trip to Israel and several Arab countries next month.

The US Government is again trying to make headway in Palestine. Bush wants to achieve a peace settlement before he leaves office in January, a goal that was set a conference in Annapolis five months ago.

US President George W Bush has met Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas as he tries to boost efforts for peace in the Middle East. The meeting came ahead of President Bush’s planned trip to Israel and several Arab countries next month.

This talk will inshaAllah discuss the current issues being faced by the Muslims of Palestine and also the issues surrounding the Middle East Peace Process as proposed by the US.

Speaker: Dr. Ajmal Hussain

Venue: Small Heath Community Centre, Muntz Street, Small Heath. Birmingham.

Friday 25th April 2008 at 7.30pm

Wilders has called for a ban on the Quran in the name of the defence of “freedom”. It is this “freedom” that he and others use to uphold the release of this film, which like the disgusting Danish cartoons, was designed to offend, provoke and incite hatred towards Islam and Muslims. This is the same “freedom” they wish every Muslim country to adopt as their values system though it is far away from the noble Islamic values.

In their hypocrisy they contradict this “freedom” by calling for a ban on the hijab, the niqaab, political parties who speak out against western imperialism and now the Noble Quran itself.

Western politicians and media sustain this attack without fear of any repercussions politically, economically or even militarily. Whilst the newspapers publish these evil cartoons, western politicians either remain silent about this hate filled propaganda or actually join in the attack. Yet, no Muslim country has severed its diplomatic ties with such countries. Their embassies in the Muslim world are accorded full respect and not one of their ambassadors has been reprimanded. Oil from the Muslim lands continues to provide energy the machines that print this filth. No regime in the Muslim world has withdrawn their money from their banks to shake the economies of these countries.

Given this, why would the West have anything to fear when defaming Islam, the Prophet of Islam (saw) and the Qur’an? Could they ever fear the spineless rulers of the Muslims lands who have abandoned Islam and surrendered their lands and resources?

Only the return of the Khilafah will stop the relentless slander of Islam- In the past the colonialist states were fearful of the Khilafah’s stern response and rarely dared to speak ill of Islam.

George Bernard Shaw wrote in his diaries in 1913, at the time when the Khilafah was at its weakest, that he was prevented by Lord Chamberlain from writing anything derogatory about RasulAllah (saw) because he was scared of the reaction of the Ambassador of the Uthmani Khilafah in London!

Whoever truly loves RasulAllah (saw) and the Quran al-Kareem should stand up and work sincerely to re-establish the Khilafah. Whoever feels pain from the calls to ban the Quran al-Kareem and the evil cartoons defaming RasulAllah (saw) should strive to re-establish the Khilafah. Whoever reveres the Quran as the Word of Allah must work to re-establish the Khilafah because Allah (swt) says in this same Quran:

“So judge between them by that which Allah has revealed and follow not their desires away from the truth that has come to you.” [Translated meaning Quran Surah Maidah 5:48]

Here in Europe the work for re-establishing the Khilafah involves building strong Islamic communities calling for an Islamic leadership in the Muslim world that will stand up for Islam. It also involves engaging with the wider non-Muslim society in dispelling the myths and propaganda against Islam and showing them how Islam is the solution to the chaos and disorder that prevails in the world today.

Speaker: Abdul Hafeez

Venue: Small Heath Community Centre, Muntz St, Small Heath, Birmingham

Time 7.30pm

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In 2006 there was the cartoons that showed the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, as a terrorist (audhu’billa hibinas-sayton nira-jim). There was outrage over the Muslim world over this. Then, as time passed the Muslims settled down and did not cry out–even though their brothers and sisters die every day in the hundreds and thousands all over the world at the hands of the kuffar.

Then this year, it begins with the announcement that the cartoons are to be re-published; and this coincides with the movie by Geert Wilder’s movie ‘Fitna’. Which is available to view over the internet.

As Muslims living in the western world we should be thinking about how we need to address the issue of the video and other constant propaganda against Islam. This circle will seek to inform Muslims about this whole issue.

Date: Friday 4th April 2008 at 7.30pm

Venue: Small Heath Community Centre, Muntz Street, Birmingham

Speaker: Abid Razaq

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