Why Jews Are SO POWERFUL!!!???

There are only 14 million Jews in the world; seven million in the Americas , five million in Asia, two million in Europe and 100,000 in Africa . For every single Jew in the world there are 100 Muslims. Yet, Jews are more than a hundred times more powerful than all the Muslims put together. Ever wondered why?

Jesus of Nazareth was Jewish. Albert Einstein, the most influential scientist of all time and TIME magazine’s ‘Person of the Century’, was a Jew. Sigmund Freud — id, ego, superego — the father of psychoanalysis was a Jew. So were Karl Marx, Paul Samuelson and Milton Friedman.

Here are a few other Jews whose intellectual output has enriched the whole humanity:

Benjamin Rubin gave humanity the vaccinating needle.

Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine.

Albert Sabin developed the improved live polio vaccine.

Gertrude Elion gave us a leukemia fighting drug.

Baruch Blumberg developed the vaccination for Hepatitis B.

Paul Ehrlich discovered a treatment for syphilis (a sexually transmitted disease).

Elie Metchnikoff won a Nobel Prize in infectious diseases.

Bernard Katz won a Nobel Prize in neuromuscular transmission.

Andrew Schally won a Nobel in endocrinology (disorders of the endocrine system; diabetes, hyperthyroidism) .

Aaron Beck founded Cognitive Therapy (psychotherapy to treat mental disorders, depression and phobias).

Gregory Pincus developed the first oral contraceptive pill.

George Wald won a Nobel for furthering our understanding of the human eye.

Stanley Cohen won a Nobel in embryology (study of embryos and their development)

Willem Kolff came up with the kidney dialysis machine.

Over the past 105 years, 14 million Jews have won 15-dozen Nobel Prizes while only three Nobel Prizes have been won by 1.4 billion Muslims (other than Peace Prizes).

Why are Jews so powerful?

Stanley Mezor invented the first micro-processing chip. Leo Szilard developed the first nuclear chain reactor; Peter Schultz, optical fibre cable; Charles Adler, traffic lights; Benno Strauss, Stainless steel; Isador Kisee, sound movies; Emile Berliner, telephone microphone; Charles Ginsburg, videotape recorder.

Famous financiers in the business world who belong to Jewish faith include Ralph Lauren (Polo), Levis Strauss (Levi’s Jeans), Howard Schultz (Starbuck’s) , Sergey Brin (Google), Michael Dell (Dell Computers), Larry Ellison (Oracle), Donna Karan (DKNY), Irv Robbins (Baskins & Robbins) and Bill Rosenberg (Dunkin Donuts).

Richard Levin, President of Yale University , is a Jew. So are Henry Kissinger (American secretary of state), Alan Greenspan (Fed chairman under Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Bush), Joseph Lieberman, Madeleine Albright (American secretary of state), Casper Weinberger (American secretary of defense), Maxim Litvinov (USSR foreign Minister), David Marshal (Singapore ’s first chief minister), Issac Isaacs (governor-general of Australia ), Benjamin Disraeli (British statesman and author), Yevgeny Primakov (Russian PM), Barry Goldwater, Jorge Sampaio (president of Portugal ), John Deutsch (CIA director), Herb Gray (Canadian deputy PM), Pierre Mendes (French PM), Michael Howard (British home secretary), Bruno Kreisky (chancellor of Austria ) and Robert Rubin (American secretary of treasury).

In the media, famous Jews include Wolf Blitzer (CNN), Barbara Walters (ABC News), Eugene Meyer (Washington Post), Henry Grunwald (editor-in-chief Time), Katherine Graham (publisher of The Washington Post), Joseph Lelyyeld (Executive editor, The New York Times), and Max Frankel (New York Times).

Can you name the most beneficent philanthropist in the history of the world? The name is George Soros, a Jew, who has so far donated a colossal $4 billion most of which has gone as aid to scientists and universities around the world. Second to George Soros is Walter Annenberg, another Jew, who has built a hundred libraries by donating an estimated $2 billion.

At the Olympics, Mark Spitz set a record of sorts by wining seven gold medals. Lenny Krayzelburg is a three-time Olympic gold medalist. Spitz, Krayzelburg and Boris Becker are all Jewish.

Did you know that Harrison Ford, George Burns, Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson, Sandra Bullock, Billy Crystal, Woody Allen, Paul Newman, Peter Sellers, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Douglas, Ben Kingsley, Kirk Douglas, Goldie Hawn, Cary Grant, William Shatner, Jerry Lewis and Peter Falk are all Jewish?

As a matter of fact, Hollywood itself was founded by a Jew. Among directors and producers, Steven Spielberg, Mel Brooks, Oliver Stone, Aaron Spelling ( Beverly Hills 90210), Neil Simon (The Odd Couple), Andrew Vaina (Rambo 1/2/3), Michael Man (Starsky and Hutch), Milos Forman (One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest), Douglas Fairbanks (The thief of Baghdad ) and Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) are all Jewish.

To be certain, Washington is the capital that matters and in Washington the lobby that matters is The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC. Washington knows that if PM Ehud Olmert were to discover that the earth is flat, AIPAC will make the 109th Congress pass a resolution congratulating Olmert on his discovery.

William James Sidis, with an IQ of 250-300, is the brightest human who ever existed. Guess what faith did he belong to?

So, why are Jews so powerful? Answer: Education!

Why are Muslims so powerless?

There are an estimated 1,476,233,470 Muslims on the face of the planet: one billion in Asia, 400 million in Africa, 44 million in Europe and six million in the Americas Every fifth human being is a Muslim; for every single Hindu there are two Muslims, for every Buddhist there are two Muslims and for every Jew there are one hundred Muslims. Ever wondered why Muslims are so powerless?

Here is why: There are 57 member-countries of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), and all of them put together have around 500 universities; one university for every three million Muslims. The United States has 5,758 universities and India has 8,407. In 2004, Shanghai Jiao Tong University compiled an ‘Academic Ranking of World Universities’ , and intriguingly, not one university from Muslim-majority states was in the top-500.

As per data collected by the UNDP, literacy in the Christian world stands at nearly 90 per cent and 15 Christian-majority states have a literacy rate of 100 per cent. A Muslim-majority state, as a sharp contrast, has an average literacy rate of around 40 per cent and there is no Muslim-majority state with a literacy rate of 100 per cent. Some 98 per cent of the ‘literates’ in the Christian world had completed primary school, while less than 50 per cent of the ‘literates’ in the Muslim world did the same. Around 40 per cent of the ‘literates’ in the Christian world attended university while no more than two per cent of the ‘literates’ in the Muslim world did the same.

Muslim-majority countries have 230 scientists per one million Muslims. The US has 4,000 scientists per million and Japan has 5,000 per million. In the entire Arab world, the total number of full-time researchers is 35,000 and there are only 50 technicians per one million Arabs (in the Christian world there are up to 1,000 technicians per one million). Furthermore, the Muslim world spends 0.2 per cent of its GDP on research and development, while the Christian world spends around five per cent of its GDP.

Conclusion: The Muslim world lacks the capacity to produce knowledge.

Daily newspapers per 1,000 people and number of book titles per million are two indicators of whether knowledge is being diffused in a society. In Pakistan , there are 23 daily newspapers per 1,000 Pakistanis while the same ratio in Singapore is 360. In the UK , the number of book titles per million stands at 2,000 while the same in Egypt is 20.

Conclusion: The Muslim world is failing to diffuse knowledge.

Exports of high technology products as a percentage of total exports are an important indicator of knowledge application. Pakistan ’s export of high technology products as a percentage of total exports stands at one per cent. The same for Saudi Arabia is 0.3 per cent; Kuwait , Morocco , and Algeria are all at 0.3 per cent while Singapore is at 58 per cent.

Conclusion: The Muslim world is failing to apply knowledge.

Why are Muslims powerless? Because we aren’t producing knowledge.

Why are Muslims powerless? Because we aren’t diffusing knowledge.

Why are Muslims powerless? Because we aren’t applying knowledge.

And, the future belongs to knowledge-based societies.

Interestingly, the combined annual GDP of 57 OIC-countries is under $2 trillion. America , just by herself, produces goods and services worth $12 trillion; China $8 trillion, Japan $3.8 trillion and Germany $2.4 trillion (purchasing power parity basis).

Oil rich Saudi Arabia , UAE, Kuwait and Qatar collectively produce goods and services (mostly oil) worth $500 billion; Spain alone produces goods and services worth over $1 trillion, Catholic Poland $489 billion and Buddhist Thailand $545 billion. (Muslim GDP as a percentage of world GDP is fast declining).

So, why are Muslims so powerless? Answer: Lack of education.

All we do is shout to Allah the whole day and blame everyone else for our multiple failures..

Taubat Before It's Too Late!!!

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim...

Taubat (repentance) is a MUST no matter how old you are, and how big or small your sins are. Seek for Allah's forgiveness and Insya-Allah He will forgive you because Allah is All Forgiving, Most Merciful.

So what are the actual meanings of taubat (repentance)?

• turning back from disobeying Allah to obeying Him.
• is beloved to Allah, as He says: "Verily, Allah loves those who repent and those who purify themselves." [Surah Al-Baqarah: 222]
• Is an obligation on every believer. Allah says: "O you who believe! Turn to Allah in sincere repentance!" [Surah At-Tahreem: 8]
• Is from the means of attaining success. Allah says: "And O believers, all of you, repent to Allah in order that you may be successful." [Surah An-Noor: 31] Success is when someone gets what he is looking for and is saved from what he is running from.

Through sincere repentance:

• Allah forgives sins no matter how big they are and no matter how many they are. Allah says: "Say: O My slaves who have transgressed against themselves (because of sins), do not despair from the mercy of Allah. Verily, Allah forgives all sins. Verily, He is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful." [Surah Az-Zumar: 53]
• O my brother who has fallen into sins, do not despair from the mercy of your Lord, for indeed the door to repentance is open until the sun rises from the west. The Prophet s.a.w said: "Verily, Allah extends His hand out at night in order to accept the repentance of the sinner by day. And He extends His hand out during the day in order to accept the repentance of the sinner by night, until (the day) when the sun will rise from its west." [Reported by Muslim]
• And how many people have repented to Allah from numerous and enormous sins and Allah has accepted their repentance? Allah says: "And those who do not supplicate to another god along with Allah, nor do they kill a person that Allah has made forbidden (to kill) except with just cause, nor do they commit fornication. And whoever does this shall receive the punishment. The torment will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection and he will abide therein in disgrace. Except those who repent and believe and do righteous deeds, for those, Allaah will change their sins into good deeds. And Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful." [Surah Al-Furqaan: 68-70]

Is taubat wajib (compulsory)?

It should be clear that taubat is wajib (compulsory) upon every person because Allah addresses all Muslims in the Verse:

"O Believers! Make taubat unto Allah, a pure taubat."

Since the reality of taubat is to regard sin as a fatal poison and disaster for the life of the Hereafter, and to firmly resolve to shun sin this much of taubat is part of Iman (Faith) it being wajib and necessary are apparent to every Muslims. Hence, Allah says:

"He who makes taubat after his transgression arid reforms, verily Allah turns towards him."

What are the conditions in order to be accepted (repentance) by Allah?

• Sincerity to Allah, the Most High: This is by the person doing it only for the sake of Allaah and seeking His reward and salvation from His punishment.
• Remorse: for the sin that was committed, such that he is sad he did it and wishes he had never done it.
• Ceasing: to commit the sin immediately. If the sin was against Allah, then he should (1) stop doing it if it was an unlawful act, or (2) hasten to do it if it was an obligation that he abandoned doing. And if the sin was against a created being (such as humans), then he should hasten to free himself from it, whether by returning it back to him or seeking his forgiveness and pardon.
• Determination: to not go back to doing that sin again in the future.
• The repentance should not occur before the time when its acceptance is terminated, either by death or by the sun rising from the west. Allah says: "Repentance is of no effect for those who commit sins constantly until when death faces one of them, he says: Verily I repent now." The Prophet s.a.w said: "Whoever repents before the sun rises from its west, Allah will accept his repentance." [Reported by Muslim]

How is Solat Taubat (taubat prayer) performed?

Solat taubat can be perfomed by 2 raka'at. The niyyah of the prayer is: "I intend to perform sunnat taubah in 2 raka'at for Allah Ta'ala". There is no specific recitation of surahs (verses) in this prayer. The most important is the determination to ask for Allah's forgiveness.

Sources and references:

Sifat Salaat-in-Nabee (pages 49-51) by Imaam Muhammad Ibn Saalih Al-'Uthaimeen
URL: http://www.survivorsareus.com/index.cfm/The_Importance_of_Repentance-Taubah/

Sunnah Organization: Taubah
URL: http://www.islaam.org/Tasawwuf/Tasa_41.htm

Muttaqun Online
URL: http://muttaqun.com/taubah.html

Hah!! Campus Election???

Wah!! Wah!!! Campus election is just around the corner..!!!The election is expected to hold on in 15 January 2009....So, all the candidates must be prepared from nowWW!!!!! C U all there.......

Build up neighbourhood binding!!!!

Heh, now the spirit of neighbourhood is becoming diluted...if u don't believe..let's examine yourself..do u know what are the name of your neighbours surround u??
how about their family??? How about their characteristics???
Hmm, dun know to answer right??? Actually, it is bad 4 us we dun know who are our neighbours...it signals that we are not a caring person...
Actually,many benefits we lost if we dun tied up the neighbourhood binding...Firstly, if we are in emergency, who we should tell about??? If our family members do something wrong outside our information,who should advice them???
Now, i dun know what is the best way to build up the strong binding of neighbour hood...maybe everyone should start some efforts,visit your friends,changing foods,do a programme together...and many more...
Imam Al-Ghazali Hujjatul Islam said that Ukhwah is not just a meeting, it is not just a sweet talk to each other but it is remembering your friend's names in your prayer...

Izkir 'ala muslimin fi falestine....

Hmm..when I remembered about some situations in Palestine ,I started to feel weak,embarrassed to myself and many more...I couldn't explain the feelings...
Almost everyday, some Palestinians will die..They had been attacked by Israel Military with no-MeRcy...How palestinians want to fight them????, they just used stones and their body as weapon but the enemies arrogantly use their M-16,Ak-14A1,Ster-Aug and many more to fight palestinians....but, since palestinians love the rewards of syahid and love to meet Allah SWT, they were willing to sacrifice everything,...EverYthing...
Heh, do we are willing to sacrifice everything for Islam??....YoU LiE!!!
You said you want to work with islam, but you just do the work based on your feelings...sometime u do it sometime u leave it.heh, you said you want to die for Islam!!!! but sadly, when somebody ask you to spend some money fisabilillah...heh, u confuse to contribute...u said u greater love Allah and Rasulullah than ever, but your behaviours show you much love materials than ever....
Please..actually we don't have enough time to play...every minutes and seconds will be count..whether the time will help u or will punish u...So,please take care every second of your time...do let them fly with maksiat and some nonsenses.....make sure it is VALUABLE....4 ISLAM

Hayya nadkhulu fil usrah ma'al ikhwana....

1. The Usrah

One of the most important training and educational process in contemporary Islamic movements as well as other developmental and knowledge building programme such as the tamrin – courses, lectures, seminars, workshops, intellectual discourses, symposiums etc.

The usrah is an informal programme although it is a regular, consistent and continous function.

The usrah ought to be dynamic with interactive participation and should not be a one-way communication affair.

2. Its Meaning
Literally, it means a family.
The usrah is a group of Muslim individuals getting together with faith in Islam, working and helping out one another, working together towards a better understanding and practice of Islam.


3. Its Aim
To uphold Allah’s syariah – commandments by mutual cooperation in enjoining good and God conciousness (taqwa) and to have complete trust in God (tawakkal); refraining from sin and enmity; guarding and cherishing one’s relationship with Allah and also one’s relationship with each other (amongst mankind).

i. nurture and develop closeness to Allah (muraqabah)
ii. committing one’s life to be guided by the Qur’an and the Sunnah
iii. be steadfast, have high morals, be God-conscious
iv. be sincere, willingly seeking Allah’s pleasure, hope, fear , having proper and right intentions
v. brotherhood
vi. teamwork and teambuilding
vii. sacrifice and jihad ( striving in the path of God)
viii. gain knowledge, deeds, enjoining good, developing a progressive society, strengthening the economy


4. Contents
i. Knowledge – Al Qur’an; sciences of the Al Qur’an, tafsir – exegesis , meanings, interpretation, context; Al hadith; sciences of the al hadith; aqidah – pillars of faith, al tawheed, akhlak – morals; tasawuf – spiritual purification; seerah – study of the Prophet’s lifetime; Islamic thought; the Islamic movement; current affairs

ii. Brotherhood (ukhwah) – unity of thought, worship, dhikr – remembrance of God; undertaking outings, journeys, picnics; visits – ziarah; mutual assistance, helping out, welfare; dining together

iii. Spiritual – jama’ah prayers, praying together; Qur’an recitations; night prayers, vigilance – qiamulail; supplementary prayers; authentic supplications – doa’ ma’thurat

iv. Organisational and Social – planning, implementation and management of dakwah (spreading the message of Islam); organisational affairs; social work in the community


5. Its Etiquette
i. sincerity of intention
ii. giving salam – warm greetings
iii. commitment to knowledge
iv. respect for the naqib (usrah facilitator)
v. moderate voice
vi. avoiding arguments and contentious debates
vii. moderate in laughter and humour
viii. guarding adab and discipline
ix. punctuality – always be on time
tak. loving each other in brotherhood
xi. be attentive ad respectful to the readings of the Qur’an
xii. enjoining one another to uphold truth and justice, to bear patience and forbearance
xiii. informing of one’s absence
xiv. try to be prepared for the usrah, having the necessary books, references, notes, stationery
xv. try to maintain and not to miss the jama’ah prayers, in dhikr and dining together
xvi. starting the session by reciting the al fatihah and ending by reciting the surah al ‘asr and tasbih kaffarah


6. Pillars of the Usrah
i. ta’aruf – introduction and getting to know one another
ii. tafahum – mutual understanding
iii. takaful – equitabilty, mutual cooperation, assistance, care and concern


7. Duty of the Naqib
To lead and facilitate the usrah; able to read the Qur’an and the hadith, have basic knowledge of Islam, an understanding of Islamic thought and the contemporary Islamic movement; have organisational management abilities and good morals.


8. The Goal of the Usrah
To create high awareness and deep understanding of the Islamic worldview (tasawwur),;spiritually purifying one’s heart and inner self; planning and developing the organisation.

The usrah provides direction towards building self confidence in a process of developing a balanced and well composed Muslim in all aspects – spiritually, mentally and physically.

The usrah develops into core units that will continue the mission of Islamic dakwah.



9. Its Importance and Significance
Groups of usrah are units and chains in the network of strengthening the contemporary Islamic movements and Islamic awareness. Its beginnings in the modern age was pioneered by al syahid Imam Hasan al Banna in the 1920’s and 1930’s at a time when the Muslim world was at its worst period in history and suffering untold backwardness. It was Egypt under British colonial rule and the state of the Muslim ummah throughout was weak and its leadership helplessly dire, lost their will and sense of direction, hopelessly demotivated and their practices straying away from their true religion.

The Ikhwan al Muslimoon ( the Islamic movement of that period) managed to break this inferiority complex and rebuilt the ummah’s self confidence, reforming society until Egypt gained independence and the Islamic movement served the ummah well in the early wars against the establishment of Israel.

Even though the Ikhwan were tragically and cruelly persecuted by subsequent Egyptian and Arab regimes, but they remained influential and still played a role in the development of Muslim societies in Egypt and the rest of the world until this day.

Its significant contribution is the development of a model for reconstruction of Islamic thought and pioneering the movement for Islamic reform and renewal until it spread across the globe, the phenomenon sometimes called “the Islamic resurgence”.

Among their contributions are the introduction of the usrah to the ummah and the continuation of the mission and message of dakwah. The mission and message which is none other than the mission and message brought by the Prophets, culminated by the Final Prophethood of Muhammad s.a.w., continued by the companions, the mujahidin, the salihin. The message inviting all of mankind to worship only Allah, truthfully and sincerely.

The model of the usrah is used and became widespread by the Muslim movements in all parts of the world. It is now a standard and is commonly practised in universities, colleges, educational institutions, schools, departments, offices, musallas and other organisations.

The usrah is the part that complements Islamic consciousness and is the spirit that brings alive and rejuvenates formal Islamic education, its related fields and studies and also makes possible organised Islamic work.

Preparation for exam!!

The most important thing any student can do to prepare for exam is to start early. The days of studying for an exam on the bus going to school are over. Even if you got A's this way, it's not going to work very often with college material. College courses require far more effort.

• Start preparing for the next test the day after you take the prior one. Daily preparation is crucial. At a minimum, review material once every week between exams.

• How much time is needed? The classic question. Some recommend 2-3 hours outside of class for every hour of class time. In some cases homework problems will require this much effort. For a straightforward lecture course try the following:

• Every day before class, preview the material for 15-20 minutes.
• Attend every lecture. Seems simple but it's the biggest misteak students make.
• Take good notes.
  
• Spend another 20-30 minutes after class going over the notes.
• Use this time to get any confusing points cleared up in your head; much better now than later. This will make later exam prep. MUCH easier.
• Once a week, review the material to get a more complete overview of the information.

Happy birthday Tuan Guru!!

Yang Berhormat Dato' Seri Haji Abdul Hadi Awang (Jawi: حاج عبدالبن هادي اوڠ, born on 20 Oktober 1947).He is President Of PAS(Parti Islam Semalaysia) and ex-president ministry of Terengganu....

We hope Allah bless him and help in all aspects of his life.....

The Meaning of Ibadah

Shaikhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah) said: "Ibaadah is obedience to Allaah by carrying out what He has commanded on the tongues of His messengers."

He also said: "Ibaadah is a collective term for everything which Allaah loves and is pleased with from among the sayings and inward and outward actions."

Ibn al-Qayyim said: Ibaadah - (is) Gratefulness to Him, Love of Him and Awe of Him

Ibn Katheer said:"Ibaadah in the language is humbleness (dhillah). It is sometimes said 'a levelled and smoothed road (mu'abbad) and an uneven road (ghair mu'abbad)' meaning (one has been) humbled, lowered, debased. Its usage in the Revelation: an expression of what brings together the perfection of Love, Fear and Hope (in Allaah's worship)."

Al-Qurtubee said: "The basis of Ibaadah: humbling oneself (tadhallull) and submission (khudoo') and the duties of the Sharee'ah are called 'Ibaadaat' (pl. of Ibaadah i.e. acts of worship) because the (worshippers) stick to them and perform them with submissiveness and out of humility to Allaah the Exalted."

From these statements you will realise that Ibaadah has a very wide meaning and is comprised of many matters. It will also become clear to you that many people have an incorrect and fragmented understanding of Ibaadah. Most commonly they limit the meaning of Ibaadah to prostrating, bowing, Fasting, Hajj and other acts of worship. However, this is only one aspect from the many aspects of Ibaadah.

In essence, the word Ibaadah in the language and in the Revelation has three meanings:

[1] Humbleness, Lowliness (Dhillah) and Submissiveness (Khudoo')
[2] Obedience (Taa'ah) and Compliance (Inqiyaad)
[3] Devotion, Sacrifice (Tanassuk) and Worship (Ta'alluh)

Source: The Book of Worship salafi publications

Caiyok For Final EXam!!!

Alhamdulillah...after almost 1 sem we struggled in our study...finally we reached at the end of this sem.... Basically, we will have a last exam before all of us got holidays...and this exam actually will bring more marks for our final results... I hope you all may do as best as u can in this final exam and hopefully all the results will be able to contribute in islam.... Live as mahasiswa is not easy, full of commitments, full of tasks, but behind all those works, there are full of joyful....