Diam’s – France’s Female rapper TO Islam!
Diam’s – France’s Female Rapper
Adieu to feminism! Diam’s, France’s rebellious rapper, has turned to Allah. The voice of youth from the Parisian suburbs no longer seeks salvation in rebellion, but rather through religion. France’s feminists are not the only ones up in arms over this. Axel Veiel reports from Paris on the details
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From a brat in a Parisian suburb to the celebrated Hip Hop star of Arab immigrant communities to conservative Muslim rap singer – the French Cypriot Diam’s | Diam’s is a vocal acrobat. Her gruff staccato suddenly transforms into a pleasing legato, expressing her rage and sorrow in a unique way. With reference to the title of her ten-minute biographical song “I am somebody” that appears on her new album “SOS,” one could also say “Diam’s is somebody.”
For the last two years, the 1.68 metre tall woman with closely cropped hair and a mischievous smile has been France’s greatest rapper. With her 2007 album, “Dans ma Bulle”, the brat from Paris’s suburbs stormed the masculine domain of rap and sold more disks than any other musician in France. Young people have celebrated her since. This is especially the case for the children of Arab or black African immigrants forced to live on the outskirts of the French metropolis.
Northumbria University Diversity Week 2010
IDc is proud to present Northumbria Univeristy islamic Society’s involvement in Diversity week this year 25th-29th January 2010.
The two events that Northumbria ISOC & IDC will be invovled in this year are:
SUBMISSION: Tuesday 26th January 2010 6-9pm
AR Green Does God Exist?
Hamza Tzortis GOD: Delusion or Truth?
Basement Lecture Theatre EBB0001 Ellison Building Northumbria Univeristy
EXTREMISM: Wednesday 27th January 2010 6-9pm
Andy Sykes Right Wing extremism
Abu Usama Extremism – an Analysis [TBC]
Abu Saifillah Abdul Qadir al-Muhajiroun – the reality
Basement Lecture Theatre EBB0001 Ellison Building Northumbria Univeristy
The evidence is plain and clear; then why don’t we see it?
The evidence is plain and clear; then why don’t we see it?
By Asma bint Shameem
What if I tell you that there is an issue for which there is solid evidence from the Qur’aan and Authentic Sunnah, the agreed opinion of all the four Rightly-guided Khalifas, the consensus of all the Sahaabah, the consensus of all the Tabi’een and their followers as well as the consensus of the four Imaams, Malik, Abu Haneefah, Shaafi’ee and Ahmad, along with the consensus of the great majority of dependable Islamic scholars up to the present time.
Would you doubt the validity of such as issue? Would you think that this issue is ‘controversial’ or that there is a ‘difference of opinion’ about it? I don’t think so.
The matter would stand crystal clear, way above any doubt or uncertainty. Right? Then why is it that we treat the issue of music this way?
Music, dear brothers and sisters, IS the issue I am talking about. There is clear, unmistakable evidence from the Qur’aan and Sunnah, that singing, and listening to music and musical instruments are HARAAM…….plain and simple.
And this was the opinion of all of the Four Rightly-guided Khalifas, all the Sahaabah, all the Tabi’een and all the Four Imaams and other great scholars. There were no confusions, no arguments or debates, no questions, no ifs or buts about it. The matter was as clear as the day and no one had any problems accepting that.
Islam means ‘Peace’?
Islam Means ‘Peace’?
Does Islam mean Peace? One of the things which often amazes me is the frequency with which Islam is defined as meaning ‘peace’.
This is a definition that I cannot find in any of the books of Arabic language, nor in any of the books of Muslim belief. It is a definition which contains a great deal of falsehood, taking the people away from the purpose of Islam, and painting a false picture of the principles of Islam. This is even worse when it is used as a means of da’wah. The correct definition of Islam is that linguistically it means: Submission, obedience, and deference.
There is more than one technical definition of Islam, however, most of them follow something like: Submitting to Allah, by worshipping him alone, yielding to him in obedience, and being free from the association of partners in worship with Allah, as well as being free from those who associate partners with him.
For your information, the Arabic word for peace which comes from the same origin is “salaam” – even that has a meaning that is more comprehensive than peace, meaning to be saved and protected from all kinds of harm, which is the meaning of “as-salaamu ‘alaykum”, or the words “salm”and “salam” as is found in the Qur’aan, in reference to seeking peace at times of war.
An interesting way to illustrate the foolishness of the people who say that Islam means peace would be to imagine a war. Imagine one of the sides came, saying, “we have come for islaam” – the closest meaning of this would be ‘we have come to drive you into submission to us’, or ‘we have come to submit unconditionally to you’. Nobody would understand this as ‘we have come seeking peace’.
Therefore, I advise my brothers & sisters to fear Allah with regard to this innovation of calling Islam ‘peace’.
M. T. Humble
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