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What I notice is every human will search and look for truth, the question is how much is their persistency on this matter. Searching for truth sometimes can be very disheartening, due to many elements. Anyhow, I believe ALLAH is fair, on our part we must ensure that prejudice and egoistic does not cloud our rational thinking, or else you are exactly like a Iblees( read Arabic Syaiton, read Malay Iblis, read Latin Lucifer)

What if and what about if the Truth is already in front of their eyes, they see it but refused to accept it? Are we going to stop digging further? I will say no because we don’t know who is going to embrace Islam because guidance belongs solely to ALLAH. He choose whomsoever He likes.

I met Habib, a brother from Senegal, he is a nice Muslim. He explained to me the story that I read almost 10 years ago, (this guy read it 20 years ago when he was small) by Chinua Achebe titled “Things Fall Apart”. Kieran F. Johnston a.k.a Abdul Karim was my great mentor at that time; he inspired me on understanding different perspectives that we can get by reading literature and to keep maintaining the omniscient point of views. When we have this skill, we can apply it to our daily life. In my point of view, only those who appreciate literature can appreciate and want to maintain the status of omniscient point of views. This is good because you can understand human and know the reason underlying of their actions.

How about Koran? Is there much Omniscient point of views inside it? Well, I don’t know and I don’t rather dare to comments because of my lacking understanding in this matter and disciplines (read closely I am using matter as subject matter and disciplines). Any response readers? Is there among you having the Disciplined Mind on Quran? What I mean is crossing and interlink and intralink between literature and the understanding on Al Quran or in simpler words are subject matter and disciplines are heavily connected so that you can make sense of our daily life, being able to reflect deeply on everything beneficial from Koran and not to forget how much it is relevant to our time and to the way forward.

Ok, my further explanation on Universal Truth can be well accepted by everybody. I did this to Irina( a Russian lady living in Leningrad), I mention the most beautiful phrases and I read to her since I can see the vibrant of curiosity (and perhaps the ability that she might bring changes one day to the Russia Policy on Chechen and Muslims) and plus, she loves reading literature. First, she said, she is against Islam at all cost, but later she changes her mind. I don’t know is it because of her nature that religion does not seem important at all ( but I put it this way, a young and talented mind, and having lots of male chasing after her does not make her really engaged and interested, further more she is busy preparing herself to go to Chernobyl).

This is the Universal Truth:

“Rabi’a ibn ‘Amir(radiyallahu ‘anhu) went to the leader of the Persians. The leader asked him,

“Why are you coming to our lands? If you are coming for money then we will pay everyone of you a salary so leave us alone.” But Rabi’a said, “That is not why we are here. We are sent to free the creation from being slaves of one another to being slaves of Allah the Creator of the creation and from the oppression of religion to the justice of Islam and we want to deliver people from the narrowness of this world to the vastness of this world and the Afterlife.”

In Braveheart, William Wallace is fighting for freedom, his nation to be free from being opressed by Longshank. He accepted the concept, and he died for the freedom and lived with it but unluckily, he died without iman.

I am waiting for Muslim directors.. anyone?

The Status Of The Muslim under European Rule: The Eviction and Settlement of the Cerkes.

Written by : Kemal H. Karpat

I found none about Cerkes from wikipedia, however when I typed Circassion, the notes strengthen my schemata on this topic, they are basically Caucassian people but live in Diaspora due to the Russian invasion of their homeland.

I am not going to highlight about them much here, what really attracts me is how Ottoman policy towards them is really beautiful due to their attention of Quranic commandments. Among them are:

“They ask thee what they should spend (in charity). Say: Whatever ye spend that is good, is for parents and kindred and orphans and those in want and for wayfarers. And whatever ye do that is good, Allah Knoweth it well.”(2:215)

“Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: they are the ones to attain felicity.”(3:104)

“Let not those among you who are endued with grace and amplitude of means resolve by oath against helping their kinsmen, those in want, and those who have left their homes in Allah’s cause: let them forgive and overlook: do you not wish that Allah should forgive you? For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”(24:22)

High degree of demographic mobility happened during the periods of defeat and weakness, and Cerkes were treated as new arrivals or intruders regardless of their ethnic and linguistic origin and duration of their stay in their homelands, and this happened when Russia expanded southward and the establishment of nation state, they tried to undermine and destroy the Muslim communities regardless of their historical,language and ethnic affiliation. In order for the Cerkes to survive and and to preserve and perpetuate their cultural identity and integrity, they moved to where and which Muslim rule prevailed. In this case, they headed to be under Turk Ottoman Khilafah.

All the migration and settlement in the Ottoman land was under Idare I Umumiye –I Muhacirun Komisyonu( General Commission for the Administration of Immigration), this biro was responsible for settlement of immigrant. Eventhough there were few voices against this notion but later on, Islamic Principle that stress any Muslim who did not want to live under non Muslim rule should be allowed to immigrate and settle on Muslim Lands and be accepted and cared for. Khalifah at that time, ordered that all government offices to save 2% of their yearly budgets to be used for the settlements of the new comers. This is to avoid the fact that if they stay longer in Russia, they will be usurped /conscripted into the army and forced to fight against their Muslim brethren(coreligionists) This commission was functioned fully under the chairmanship of the Sultan and superseded the authority of all other existing bodies.