The starting point is definitely determined according to the location of the person in whose mind the first gleam of the Da’awah radiates and whom Allah prepares to carry it. Many individuals may experience the same sensations, but the person whom Allah has conferred to carry the Da’awah cannot be known until he becomes manifest, thus the Da’awah starts in the area where he lives and that area would be the starting point.
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Answer to a Question
Question:
What is Kenya’s position in the realm of international politics? Who is behind President Mwai Kibaki? What has the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi E. Frazier brought to the two sides of the conflict in Kenya, Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga, in terms of solutions? Is the conflict related to America’s plans for the Horn of Africa?
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The Political Comment
The Pentagon’s release of the footage showing five Iranian high-speed boats taunting US ships coincided with George Bush’s visit to the region. This visit came several weeks after the Annapolis conference that heralded the resumption of negotiations between the “Israelis” and the Palestinians over the final status issues. It seems that the release was designed to exert pressure on the “Israeli” public opinion and scare the “Israelis” into proceeding with the so-called peace process. After his arrival in “Israel” yesterday, George Bush talked at length about the Iranian threat and America’s unequivocal support for “Israel” against this threat. This compels “Israel” to side with the Bush administration in its endeavour to proceed with the so-called peace process. In reference to the threats issued by the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinajad about wiping out the state of “Israel” off the surface of the earth, George Bush told the “Israeli” Channel 2 last Sunday: “If I were an “Israeli”, I would take the statements of Ahmadinajad seriously.” This was designed to exert further pressure on the “Israeli” side; so was the rapprochement between Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iran, which was described by an “Israeli” official as being “bad news for the Israelis”.
A Muslim does not bear the moral attributes for the sake of morals. This is due to the nature of actions. An action performed by man may be repulsive and yet he may perform it thinking it to be pleasant; also, the characteristic he adheres to for its own sake may be repulsive and yet he may think it is pleasant. This is where the error occurs when man observes morals just for their own sake. Hence, unless Islam defines the good attributes and the bad attributes, and unless the Muslim performs them according to this definition, acquiring these attributes would not be in compliance with the Sharia’h rules. Hence, it is prohibited for the Muslim to be truthful just for the sake of it or to be clement for the sake of clemency or to observe the morals for the sake of morals. He must rather bear these attributes because they are commanded by Allah and because they are based on the Islamic Aqeedah; this is the fundamental issue as far as morals are concerned and this is what ensures their concentration in one’s soul, keeping it free from any blemish and protecting it against any corrupting factors. Hence, the optimum way to protect morals is to confine them to what is stipulated in the text and to the spiritual basis and to build them upon the Islamic Aqeedah.