This site was founded on behalf of some Muslim
Youth in order to face some of the current problems in BOTH : the
Muslim world & the non-Muslim world which we identified them
basically as :-
The problems in the Muslim world:
Actually there are lot's of problems but to sum-up we think that all
these problems have one root problem which has to be solved...which is
THE IDENTITY PROBLEM...Many of the people living in the Muslim world
right now don't know WHO THEY ARE??? being influenced by different
Models which makes it hard for them to take the decision about choosing
their identity?? & currently the most 2 popular Models for people
to follow (due to mdeia spotlighting them more than others) are either:
The Muslim Extremists OR The west copycats
As for the second it appeared as a result of colonialism of the Muslim
countries in the 19th & 20th century & is still fed through
globalization (which is actually Americanization) & the western
"powerful" media, not to mention the feeling of being culturally
invaded. Although most of the Muslim countries are free from
colonialism now. Many of them used either of the two models for the
countries policy (secularism and religious extremisim), the first model
is a direct repulsion to the second as it's the opposite which made
this model somewhat "popular" in the Muslim world...But the truth is
neither of these too was able to dominate the other when it comes to
the Muslim & Arab Youth as most of the youth are lost between these
too which may cause a lot of problems. And as we sincerely believe that
the youth can change this world, & the model we follow is neither
of those 2 previously mentioned as our model is : The moderate
approach, which means that we take from the west what suits our culture
and traditions and values inspired from our religion; unlike the
western copycats who would imitate like the west in everything without
consideration of the Islamic ethics or embrace and promote ideas and
ideoligies that are against Islam which we entirely reject since they
are a threat to the Muslim identity of the Muslim youth examples of
such rejected ideas are : (Atheism, Secularism, Liberalism,..etc). But
at the same time we also reject the corrupted thoughts and ideas of
Muslim extremists who defame Islam through their promotion of extremist
acts which give Islam a bad reputation, such acts are like (promoting
terror, violence, fanaticism and not accepting difference in
opinions,..etc). We want to say that neither this nor that represent
the Muslim silent majority who follow our religion without compromising
it as prophet Muhammad (pbuh) taught as and also without being
extremists. This Model (which existed previously in the middle ages in
the Muslim world during what is known as Islamic golden age) is
starting to grow among the people in the Muslim world: both Muslims
& Non-Muslims as we believe this is the TRUE ISLAM ,that's why we
will be presenting role models (Prophets of Islam, companions of the
prophets, pious people mentioned in the Quran, great Islamic figures in
history,...etc) from our countries & histories who were -throughout
history- following this ideology & NOT JUST THAT, we will be also
presenting role models from other parts of the world of NON-MUSLIM
people who served all humanity, thus showing the west that we can
accept things from their cultures that does not contradict our culture
. For all those we will be clarifying where they went wrong & their
good deeds too off course. In this way we will be bringing the best of
the 2 worlds & since having a conversation with the other is
necessary...we present Muslim role models to show the west the good
people we've had through history, Moreover there is a separate section
here that clears the misconceptions about Islam in the west.
We started presenting role models by presenting 4 people (we will be
putting more people later) or shall we say 4 heroes who are (in order
of appearance in history): Saladin, Ahmed Urabi, Omar Al-Mukhtar,
Malcolm X.....the first 3 were chosen as they are moderate people who
understand the TRUE MEANING OF "JIHAD" this pure word that was
misunderstood in the west as a holy war while the true meaning of the
word is not like that at all, the 4th was chosen as he is a clear
evidence on how would TRUE ISLAM change a western & also this a
meeting point between both Islam & the West although many try to
disfigure him today. But we will NOT treat those 4 differently than the
other role models we will be presenting their mistakes too. Yes they
are from us but we're non-biased too!!! Also, there will be non-Muslims
whom we see as good role models too
For more details about the critereon to be met in the characters we choose as role models...click here
We will be writing about sports, arts, culture , politics &
everything through our look on how every thing goes on around
us...............
This site is not owned by anyone, it belongs to all Muslims and it is
not a follower of a certain political party, group or any particular
denomination, but we're just a group of young Muslims who seek to
reform our society by spreading moral values and conduct of the
personalities who serve this ideals and this is the only common thing
among people who work voluntary here, and anyone can - whatever,
whatever his/her ideas and beliefs - to participate with us but under
the condition of not trying to promote any ideology which contradicts
with the teachings of Islam (the areas where there are different
opinions and views, Islam's views will be taken as the official view),
this is according to the saying of Imam Muhammad Rashid Rida - May
Allah have mercy on his soul - : "We gather on the things that we agree
upon and excuse each other in the things we disagree upon."
The logo above represents the main idea of the website; that is role
models since the the black stickman represents the role model while the
grey one represents someone trying to follow his example, which is our
aim actually.
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