By Staff Writer

The Christian Action Network (CAN), a racist faction of hate mongers, has selected the Holy Shrine in the Village of Holy Islamville, York, South Carolina, one of the holiest places in America and the world, as a target for their campaign of hate and religious prejudice.  This obsessed group of anti social mis-fits greatly maligns Jesus, son of the chaste Mary, by calling themselves Christian.  Their sinister terrorist type tactics range from throwing bundles of hate pamphlets out of low flying planes over Muslim villages, to obstructing traffic in and out of the same, and agitating and harassing Muslim women and children.  Their literature and posters are crammed with rambling hateful venom and their public address system spews out inflammatory anti-Islam propaganda.  It is obvious that their underlying intent is to incite a clash between the followers of these two great religions.                                                             

        The serene Muslim village of Holy Islamville is not a place where a few children reside and happened to look up at the sky and saw a few clouds move and take shape. Actually, hundreds, if not thousands, of people, of different faiths, have visited the Holy Shrine from around the world and have beheld the miraculous manifestations and some have been cured of a number of different ailments as well. Local newspaper reporters have visited the Holy Shrine and witnessed and reported on what they beheld there.  Photographs and video recordings that support the miraculous manifestations are available for public viewing.

            It was on the 13th of Shabaan 1416, of the Hijri calendar, the 5th of January 1996, at the Banaa tun Noor, Ladies Retreat, held in Holy Islamville, York, South Carolina., USA, that those present were informed that a special dua, to be recited on the 15th of Shabaan-Shab-e-Bara’at, (the mid of the month that precedes the fasting month of Ramadan) was being faxed. Joyous cries of “Allahu Akbar” (God is Great) were heard when the fax machine came to life.  The sheet with the dua (prayer) on it appeared to have become jammed as it emerged but when it was retrieved, the message was completely intact.

            While the ladies began reading the fax, Afifa Begum looked up at the ceiling and noted a special sight.  “I looked and yelled, ‘Look! There’s a rainbow on the ceiling.”  Adeelah Ahmed went to the sink to see if the light reflecting off the water was causing the rainbow and found that the rainbow was not caused by any reflection.  However, she did find something else-- she found the name of Hazrat Muhammad (saw), appearing on the wall in vivid, shimmering and brilliant colors of green, yellow, blue and streaks of red. For a good 25 minutes the name of the Holy Last Messenger (saw) appeared on the right and on the left, a vivid rainbow appeared on the wall.  Each time someone tried to take a picture with a camera, both would disappear. When the camera was put down, both reappeared.  When some of the ladies tried to block the miraculous manifestations with their hands the name still appeared on the wall. 

           Amira Najah remarked, “Each letter was clear and easy to see and easy to trace. It was written as though it were a staircase and the meem was the highest step and the dal was the first step.”  Ladies kept coming in and out and the joy, ecstasy, and excitement were beyond compare. 

        The dua was faxed to the ladies by His Eminence, El Sheikh Syed Mubarik Ali Shah Gilani, El Hashmi, Al Hassani wal Hussaini, the Vice Chancellor of the Intl Quranic Open University with permission to recite it, along with the correct method of recitation. The dua was to be recited on the Nifs of Shabaan (middle night of Shabaan) and was written by El Sheikh Gilani’s direct ancestor, Ghausul Azam, Muhiyyuddin, Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani of Baghdad.                       

       There were at least 125 ladies on that blessed night, the 15th of Shaban, the Night of Predestination, at the Holy Shrine where much worship, dhikr and recitation took place and  it was then that the prayer was recited in Arabic.  The English version of the prayer follows: 

            Ya Allah, Thou favoreth all and needs the favor of no one.  O most Exalted and Supreme and Bestower of Rewards, there is no Deity save Thee,  O the “backbone” of those who seek Thy help and Thou art the Refuge of those who seek Thy protection and Thou art the Abode of Peace for those who are stricken with terror. 

            O, my Allah, if Thou hast written my name in Thy Book (Loh-e-Mahfooz) as unlucky, miserable or destitute or deprived of Rizq (provisions) in abundance, then Ya Allah delete that. 

            O, my Allah, for the sake of Thy Fadl (Favor) may my misery, my depravity, my destituteness and shortness of rizq (provisions ) be changed in Thy Book (of destiny) and be written as lucky, bestowed with rizq in abundance and may I be the one granted competency to do virtuous deeds because (Ya Allah) Thou hast spoken and Thou speakest the HAQQ (the truth) in Thy Revealed Book (Holy Quran) and Thy Messenger hast also spoken that,  “Allah deletes whatever He willeth and preserves whatever He willeth and with Him is the Book of Destiny (Holy Quran)”. 

            Ya Allah, for the sake of Thy greatest Tajjaly (Divine manifestation of His Noor (Light), Names or Words) during the mid-half night of Shaaban in which Almighty, All Wise gives judgment on every issue (to befall until next Shaaban) and fulfills it as well, we beseech and implore Thee (Ya Allah) to save us from all adversities, miseries, trials about which we know and don’t know but indeed Thou art the Best Knower, the most Exalted and Supreme One. Blessings be upon our Lord the Last Messenger Muhammad and upon his descendents, companions and walees (friends).  

                       Mrs. June, a Christian lady, began a conversation with a couple of Muslim ladies that reside in Holy Islamville, at a local shopping mall.  She disclosed that her husband’s health was failing and was encouraged by the Muslim ladies to visit the Holy Shrine where others had been cured of numerous ailments.   Shortly thereafter, Ms June and her husband, Muhammad Najjar, who was diagnosed with cancer, by doctors at Piedmont Medical Center, made a  visit to the Holy Shrine to pray for a cure. The personal name of Allah appeared before her on the walls of the room she was in but Ms. June could not read Arabic and did not realize what it was that she saw.  It wasn’t until Ms. June embroidered a tapestry to commemorate her visit that she was told and shown what she had seen. On her tapestry was embroidered the very name of Allah in Arabic script.  When her husband returned to Piedmont for further examination and treatment his doctors were amazed that the cancer was gone! No doubt this was done by the permission of the One Almighty Creator.   

Solidarity and Unity: American Muslims and Christians Celebrate the Birth of the Holy Last Messenger Muhammad (Peace be upon him)

 In a show of solidarity, Muslims and Christians joined hands to send a strong message by celebrating together the blessed birth of the Holy Last Messenger (peace be upon him) at the 1st Annual Milad Un Nabi Parade and Festival hosted by the International Quranic Open University and held in scenic upstate New York, Binghamton.

College Professor: ‘I Am A Better Christian From Witnessing The Devoted Practice Of Islam

In a celebration of the birth of the Holy Last Messenger (peace be upon him) held in Upstate New York, Binghamton-. Broome Community College Professor Diane O’Heron stated, “I thank you for asking me to participate on this most blessed of days. My name is Diane O’Heron, and I am a professor of English at Broome Community College. Every day I have the opportunity to witness people taking action to transform their lives for the better and to assist them in these attempts by helping them to write more effectively and to guide them through their college careers. Over the past few years, I have been the teacher of and advisor to some of your children,  sisters and brothers, mothers and fathers, and friends. I have read many essays and discussed many class choices for upcoming semesters; I have given much feedback and advice. But I have been given much in return. As a person of faith, I benefit everyday from my interactions with my Muslim students and friends at BCC. I am a better Catholic and Christian today because I have been a witness to their devoted practice of Islam.

In a college setting, it is easy for a person to hide his/her faith, and fear of social rejection actually encourages us to deny what we believe. The presence of Muslim students at BCC encourages me to remember that though I live in this world, my faith teaches me I am not “of this world,” and I should live my life according to spiritual values. Through the practice of their faith in the least and most obvious ways, the Muslims in my academic community remind me every day of how I can deepen my  commitment to the worship of my God and to the service of my neighbors.

Today I would like to tell you two stories about Muslim students whose practice of their faith strengthened my own as Christian. First, an example of how the Muslim practice of showing kindness to another produced immeasurable good. This fall, a Muslim student came to BCC for the first time. She had never been in a mixed faith classroom. There would be many challenges for her, and these certainly pre-occupied her on her first day of school. But that day, she met another student whose emotional and cognitive problems were immediately apparent to her. While her fears were real, she knew that Allah had graced her with a sound mind and a clear heart; she knew that she was called that day was to make this other student welcome and comfortable in a new place.