Nearly four thousand years ago, in the Sumerian town of Ur in the valley of the river Euphrates, lived a young man named Abraham.
The people of Ur had once worshipped Allah but as time passed they forgot the true religion and started praying to idols, statues made of wood or clay and sometimes even of precious stones.
Even as a small child Abraham could not understand how his people, and especially his father, could make these images with their own hands, call them gods, and then worship them. He had always refused to join his people when they paid respect to these statues. Instead he would leave the town and sit alone, thinking about the heavens and the world about him. He was sure his people were doing wrong and so alone he searched for the right way. One clear night as he sat staring at the sky he saw a beautiful shining star, so beautiful that he cried out: ‘This must be Allah!' He looked at it in awe for some time, until suddenly it began to fade and then it disappeared. He turned away in disappointment saying: I love not things that set. (Koran vi.77)
On another night Abraham was again looking at the sky and he saw the rising moon, so big and bright that he felt he could almost touch it. He thought to himself: This is my Lord. (Koran vi.78) But it was not long before the moon set as well. Then he said, Unless my Lord guide me, I surely shall become one of the folk who are astray. (Koran vi.78) Abraham then saw the
beauty and splendor of the sunrise and decided that the sun must be the biggest and most powerful thing in the universe.
But for the third time he was wrong, for the sun set at the end of the day. It was then that he realized that Allah is the Most Powerful, the Creator of the stars, the moon, the sun, the earth and of all living things. Suddenly he felt himself totally at peace, because he knew that he had found the Truth.
Questo è MUHAMMAD _Italian
Abramo, Agar e Ismaele La nostra storia comincia molto lontano nel tempo, nel giorno in cui Allah (gloria a Lui l’Altissimo), ordinò al Suo profeta Abramo (pace su di lui) di prendere la moglie Agar e il figlioletto Ismaele e condurli in una landa desolata della penisola arabica, un territorio chiamato Hijaz, che dista poche decine di chilometri da Jeddah dove, secondo la tradizione fu sepolta nostra madre Eva. Giunto nel luogo che Allah gli aveva indicato, Abramo lasciò ad Agar un otre pieno d’acqua e le poche provviste che poteva e si allontanò con il cuore gonfio di dispiacere ma confidando nella misericordia dell’Altissimo, al quale elevò un’invocazione: "O Signor nostro, ho stabilito una parte della mia progenie in una valle sterile, nei pressi della Tua Sacra Casa , affinché, o Signor nostro, assolvano all’orazione. Fai che i cuori di una parte dell’umanità tendano a loro; concedi loro [ogni specie] di frutti". (Corano XIV,37) Agar seguì le sue tracce e lo raggiunse e gli chiese a chi affidasse lei e Ismaele. "Ad Allah, rispose Abramo, Colui che ha il potere su ogni cosa È .
"Con Allah sono al sicuro" disse Agar, e ritornò presso suo figlio. Finché durò l’acqua Agar rimase in fiduciosa attesa in quel sito desolato; poi quando essa si esaurì, temette per la sua vita e per quella del figlioletto il cui pianto riempiva d’angoscia il suo cuore di madre. Il luogo in cui si trovavano era un avvallamento tra montagne brulle e polverose, lontano da ogni centro abitato; la salvezza sarebbe potuta venire solo da qualche carovana di passaggio e allora, spinta dall’ansia che opprimeva il suo petto, per scrutare l’orizzonte si inerpicò su di una roccia (Saf-) che si trovava in quei paraggi. Non vide nulla e allora corse fino alla sommità di un piccolo colle (Marwa) distante dalla roccia qualche centinaio di metri. Con il cuore in tumulto per il pianto di Ismaele e per la fatica ripetè sette volte il percorso, senza poter avvistare nulla.
Tornò esausta presso il bambino e vide dell’acqua affiorare sotto i suoi piedini, scavò e fece un bacino per trattenerla, poi dissetò Ismaele, se stessa, riempì l’otre e ringraziò l’Altissimo. Allah aveva fatto sgorgare la fonte di Zamzam.
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A Christian is asking about the reason for the prohibition on pork
Why does Islam forbid pork, when the pig is one of the creations of God?.
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Here is the development of many common questions about Islam and Muslims and their beliefs, customs and morals, and a lot of things different
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http://www.scribd.com/group/74942-islam-question-and-answer-q-a
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Nearly four thousand years ago, in the Sumerian town of Ur in the valley of the river Euphrates, lived a young man named Abraham.
The people of Ur had once worshipped Allah but as time passed they forgot the true religion and started praying to idols, statues made of wood or clay and sometimes even of precious stones.
Even as a small child Abraham could not understand how his people, and especially his father, could make these images with their own hands, call them gods, and then worship them. He had always refused to join his people when they paid respect to these statues. Instead he would leave the town and sit alone, thinking about the heavens and the world about him. He was sure his people were doing wrong and so alone he searched for the right way. One clear night as he sat staring at the sky he saw a beautiful shining star, so beautiful that he cried out: ‘This must be Allah!' He looked at it in awe for some time, until suddenly it began to fade and then it disappeared. He turned away in disappointment saying: I love not things that set. (Koran vi.77)
On another night Abraham was again looking at the sky and he saw the rising moon, so big and bright that he felt he could almost touch it. He thought to himself: This is my Lord. (Koran vi.78) But it was not long before the moon set as well. Then he said, Unless my Lord guide me, I surely shall become one of the folk who are astray. (Koran vi.78) Abraham then saw the
beauty and splendor of the sunrise and decided that the sun must be the biggest and most powerful thing in the universe.
But for the third time he was wrong, for the sun set at the end of the day. It was then that he realized that Allah is the Most Powerful, the Creator of the stars, the moon, the sun, the earth and of all living things. Suddenly he felt himself totally at peace, because he knew that he had found the Truth.
Questo è MUHAMMAD _Italian
Abramo, Agar e Ismaele La nostra storia comincia molto lontano nel tempo, nel giorno in cui Allah (gloria a Lui l’Altissimo), ordinò al Suo profeta Abramo (pace su di lui) di prendere la moglie Agar e il figlioletto Ismaele e condurli in una landa desolata della penisola arabica, un territorio chiamato Hijaz, che dista poche decine di chilometri da Jeddah dove, secondo la tradizione fu sepolta nostra madre Eva. Giunto nel luogo che Allah gli aveva indicato, Abramo lasciò ad Agar un otre pieno d’acqua e le poche provviste che poteva e si allontanò con il cuore gonfio di dispiacere ma confidando nella misericordia dell’Altissimo, al quale elevò un’invocazione: "O Signor nostro, ho stabilito una parte della mia progenie in una valle sterile, nei pressi della Tua Sacra Casa , affinché, o Signor nostro, assolvano all’orazione. Fai che i cuori di una parte dell’umanità tendano a loro; concedi loro [ogni specie] di frutti". (Corano XIV,37) Agar seguì le sue tracce e lo raggiunse e gli chiese a chi affidasse lei e Ismaele. "Ad Allah, rispose Abramo, Colui che ha il potere su ogni cosa È .
"Con Allah sono al sicuro" disse Agar, e ritornò presso suo figlio. Finché durò l’acqua Agar rimase in fiduciosa attesa in quel sito desolato; poi quando essa si esaurì, temette per la sua vita e per quella del figlioletto il cui pianto riempiva d’angoscia il suo cuore di madre. Il luogo in cui si trovavano era un avvallamento tra montagne brulle e polverose, lontano da ogni centro abitato; la salvezza sarebbe potuta venire solo da qualche carovana di passaggio e allora, spinta dall’ansia che opprimeva il suo petto, per scrutare l’orizzonte si inerpicò su di una roccia (Saf-) che si trovava in quei paraggi. Non vide nulla e allora corse fino alla sommità di un piccolo colle (Marwa) distante dalla roccia qualche centinaio di metri. Con il cuore in tumulto per il pianto di Ismaele e per la fatica ripetè sette volte il percorso, senza poter avvistare nulla.
Tornò esausta presso il bambino e vide dell’acqua affiorare sotto i suoi piedini, scavò e fece un bacino per trattenerla, poi dissetò Ismaele, se stessa, riempì l’otre e ringraziò l’Altissimo. Allah aveva fatto sgorgare la fonte di Zamzam.
Merle Norman sells beauty. We just help our partners sell beautifully with the most durable cost effective fleet graphic product on the road, bar none.
A Christian is asking about the reason for the prohibition on pork
Why does Islam forbid pork, when the pig is one of the creations of God?.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here is the development of many common questions about Islam and Muslims and their beliefs, customs and morals, and a lot of things different
Join this group to find many answers to your questions .
http://www.scribd.com/group/74942-islam-question-and-answer-q-a
Do not forget I am here for you ...
Abdullah Baspren
Over 2016, residents, businesses and leaders seek to transform public spaces in Kilimani under the #KilimaniRising pilot project. Hosted by the Kilimani Project Foundation, you can follow more on Twitter: @kilimanispeaks FaceBook: KilimaniSpeak
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1. Reflecting on a decade of joint policy
advocacy with multi-agency
coalitions: some breakdown and
breakthroughs
By Irũngũ Houghton
Oxfam Pan Africa Director
2. Major changes First phase: 2003-2005
2003 – 2012 • Advocacy on Africa: G8 & WTO Summitry, Make
Trade Fair joint advocacy, joint statements, papers,
A Decade broken down
mini-grants, MPs and CSOs, SEATINI
NBI=NBI/ADD/DAK Second phase: 2005-2009
• Advocacy on and in Africa: G8, UN & AU
Single=multi- Summitry, drop debt, increase dev finance and
affiliate Women’s Protocol, joint advocacy, joint statements,
papers, mini-grants, online media petitions,
women’s orgs and national CSO coalitions,
1=15 people formation of GCAP and SOAWR
Third phase: 2010-2012
100k = 2.2m GBP • Advocacy in and less on Africa: AU Summitry,
ratification and implementation of AU standards,
multi-country programming, large third party funding
2,000 contacts on women’s protocol, joint advocacy, joint
statements, papers, large grants, www.soawr.org,
www.sotu-africa.org, FB presence, direct self re-
Internal and presentation
external
recognition
3. • Combining digital/social media with mass media has
most power
• Co-constructing the campaign purpose and ways of
working around what matters to partners prior to
Learning from Breakdowns
fundraising externally
• Be willing to walk away when you have exhausted all
avenues to build capacity with partners
• Be willing to hold back the Oxfam machine when it
does not work for the partners we are supporting
4. • Knowledge (context, contacts) critical but insufficient
without imagination and leadership
• Building public awareness through digital campaigning
without policy or practice change objectives is
Learning from Breakthroughs
escapism
• Where absent, norms building important but real
challenge is changing behaviour of states
• Constructing multi-country campaigns around multi-
layered objectives within a broad campaign purpose
enables agency at all levels
6. Lessons from a decade of campaigning & advocacy
Our campaigns will have power, impact and sustainability if they;
Campaigning insights
1. Enable citizens voice and agency: (we can transform this!)
2. Deploy tools, tactics and spaces that create mass constituency
and impact
3. Shift power, resources and investment and priorities of states
and multi-lateral institutions
4. Situate the state as primary duty-bearer for guaranteeing rights
and freedoms
5. Seek to interrupt the almost predictable future of misery, neglect
and inaction by states, public, you and me
6. Remain agile and exercise a constant capability to reinvent
itself as the context shifts