Assyrian History:The Message of Prophet Mohammed

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To all Muslims and Christians.Please read the message of our prophet and learn from it the virtue of tolerance and benevolence.

700-799 A.D. Assyrian History

The Message of Prophet Mohammed

by History of Time: Old Syrian Nation and Church, Page 228.

Posted: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 at 03:50 PM CT

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The agreement between Mohammed and the Syrian Christians of Nazarai between Islam and Christendom is a manuscript of great scientific value, and it is highly treasured by the Syrian Christians. The original document is currently located in Istanbul, Turkey. It shielded and protected them against the attacks of the Islamites. The document had such a power, that wherever it was shown, the followers of Islam would drop their weapons and obey the command of the prophet - to leave the Syrian Christians unharmed. If a Moslem disobeyed this command he would be guilty of an offense, that would exclude him from the blessings of heaven forever.

References

1. "The Covenant of Omar," which is referred to in:
   a. Samuel Hugh Moffett, "A History of Christianity in Asia," vol. 1, second revised edition. New York: Orbis Books, 1998, page 345. Moffett quotes Tritton, "Caliphs," 12ff., quoting from the "Kitab ul Umm."
2. "The Charter of Protection," written in A.D. 1138, granted by Muktafi II (1136-1160), Caliph of Baghdad, to Patriarch Abdisho III (1138-1147). Photocopy of the Arabic version and the English translation is published in:
   a. Alphose Mangana, ed. "A Charter of Protection Granted to the Nestorian Church in A.D. 1138 by Muktafi II, Caliph of Baghdad." Published in the official magazine of the Assyrian Church of the East "Voice From the East," vol. 1, no. 3 (April 1, 1983) issue, page 2.

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"God has told me in a vision what to do, and I confirm His command by giving my solemn promise to keep this agreement."

"To the followers of the Islam I say: Carry out my command, protect and help the Nazarene nation in this country of ours in their own land. Leave their places of worship in peace; help and assist their chief and their priests when in need of help, be it in the mountains, in the desert, on the sea, or at home. Leave all their possessions alone, be it houses or other property, do not destroy anything of their belongings, the followers of Islam shall not harm or molest any of this nation, because the Nazarenes are my subjects, pay tribute to me and will help the Moslems. No tribute, but what is agreed Upon, shall be collected from them, their church buildings shall be left as they are, they shall not be altered, their priests shall be permitted to teach and worship in their own way-the Nazarenes have full liberty of worship in their churches and homes. None of their churches shall be torn down, or altered into a mosque, except by the consent and free will of the Nazarenes. If any one disobeys this command, the anger of God and his prophet shall be upon him."

"The tribute paid the Nazarenes shall be used to promote the teachings of Islam and shall be deposited at the treasury of Beth Almal. A common man shall pay one denar (piece of money), but the merchants and people who own mines of gold and silver and are rich shall pay twelve denars. Strangers and people who have no houses or other settled property shall not have taxes levied upon them. If a man inherits property he shall pay a settled sum to the Beth-Almal treasury. The Christians are not obliged to make war on the enemies of Islam, but if an enemy attacks the Christians, the Mohammedans shall not deny their help, but give them horses and weapons, if they need them, and protect them from evils from outside and keep the peace with them. The Christians are not obliged to turn Moslems, until God’s will makes them believers."

"The Mohammedans shall not force Christian women to accept Islam, but if they themselves wish to embrace it, the Mohammedans shall be kind to them."

"If a Christian woman is married to a Mohammedan and does not want to embrace Islam, she has liberty to worship at her own church according to her own religious belief, and her husband must not treat her unkindly on account of her religion. If any one disobeys this command, he disobeys God and his prophet and will be guilty of a great offense."

"If the Nazarenes wish to build a church, their Mohammedan neighbors shall help them. This shall be done, because the Christians have obeyed us and have come to us and pleaded for peace and mercy."

"If there be among the Christians a great and learned man the Mohammedans shall honor him and not be envious of his greatness."

"If any one is unjust and unkind to the Christians he will be guilty of disobeying the prophet of God."

"The Christians should not shelter an enemy of Islam or give him horse, weapon or any other help. If a Mohammedan is in need the Christian shall for three days and nights be his host and shelter him from his enemies. The Christians shall, furthermore, protect the Mohammedan women and children and not deliver them up to the enemy or expose them to view. If the Nazarenes fail to fulfil these conditions, they have forfeited their right to protection, and the agreement is null and void."

"This document shall be intrusted to the Christian chief and head of their church for safe keeping."

Here follows the signatures of Mohammed and his foremost men and followers:

"Signatures.

Abubakr Zadik • Omar Ben Chetab • Moavijah Ibn Abi Sofijan • Abu Darda • Abuzar • Abubra • Abdula Ibn Masud • Abdulah Ibn Abas • Hamza Ibn Almulabb • Fazl Ibn Abas • Zaibar Ibn Aqam • Tilha Ibn Abdullah • Saad Ben Maaz • Saad Ibn • Ebadah • Sabeh Ibn Kebis • Jazid Ibn Sabid • Abdullah Ben Jazid • Suhail Ibn Mifah • Othman Ibn Mazum • David Ibn Gijah • Abu Alalijah • Abdullah Ibn Omar Alqazi • Abu Harifah • Ibn Azir • Ibn Rabiah • Ebar Ibn Jaamir • Hashim Ibn Azijah • Hasan Ibn Zabid • Kab Ibn Kab • Kab Ibn Malech • Jafar Ibn Abu Falib."

"The peace of God be over them all! This agreement is written by Moavijah Ben Sofian, according to the dictates of Mohammed, the messenger of God, in the 4th year of the Hegira in the city of Medina."

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The Real 'Mrs Robinson'

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Many of you who are now in the fifties and sixties would have remembered the 1967 film 'The Graduate' starring Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman and Katharine Ross.

The film is about how an older woman Mrs Robinson (Bancroft) seduced a young graduate Benjamin Braddock (Hoffman) and he proceeded to fall in love with her daughter Elaine(Ross)

Now, 43 years later the real and true to life Mrs Robinson made her appearance.Her story is reminiscence of the film but more spicy.

Here's the true 'Mrs Robinson'

Mrs. Robinson's affair with teen rocks NIreland

By DAVID MORGAN, Associated Press Writer David Morgan, Associated Press Writer – Fri Jan 8, 3:29 pm ET

BELFAST, Northern Ireland – A political scandal riveting Northern Ireland has a certain cinematic feel: an affair by 58-year-old woman named Mrs. Robinson with a 19-year-old male lover.

Five separate Facebook groups with hundreds of followers have sprung up, lampooning the affair and comparing it to the 1967 film, "The Graduate."

But there is a serious side to the story of Iris Robinson, who also happens to be a member of Parliament and the wife of Peter Robinson — Northern Ireland's government leader.

The BBC reported that Iris Robinson allegedly solicited 50,000 pounds ($80,000) from businessmen so her young lover could open a restaurant — without disclosing the fact to lawmakers.

Iris Robinson has said she would not seek re-election because she was suffering clinical depression that left her unable to function in public life and revealed that she attempted suicide. She also begged forgiveness from her husband, Peter, and the public.

"Everyone is paying a heavy price for my actions. ... I am so, so sorry," she said.

Peter Robinson, who in 2008 succeeded the Rev. Ian Paisley as head of Northern Ireland's government and its major Protestant political party, vowed Friday to stay on following the revelations about his wife.

"I will be resolutely defending attacks on my character and contesting any allegations of wrongdoing," Peter Robinson said after the BBC investigative team in Belfast exposed the scandal. He stressed that he hadn't known key details of his wife's affair before the program.

On Wednesday, Peter Robinson invited four journalists to his home to give his own agonized account of his family's private turmoil — an unprecedented display from a man renowned for an icy demeanor.

The Robinsons neglected to mention the nub of the BBC report: That Iris Robinson's lover, 39 years her junior, had received third-party cash from her that should have been disclosed to Parliament.

The BBC interviewed the former boyfriend, Kirk McCambley, now 21, who had a relationship with Iris Robinson in 2008 that lasted several months. She had been friends with the boy's father, who died earlier that year.

"She looked out for me to make sure I was OK," McCambley told the BBC.

He said Iris Robinson, now 60, gave him two checks for 25,000 pounds ($40,000) each, but she then asked him for 5,000 pounds ($8,000) back, possibly to donate to the evangelical Protestant church she attends.

The BBC said Peter Robinson was aware of the financial deal — which should have been reported to British parliamentary standards authorities in both Belfast and London. Peter Robinson denies having known about the deal.

Even before the scandal, Iris Robinson had caused her husband political problems when she condemned homosexuals as revolting and called on them to seek help from psychiatrists and Christianity.

"Just as a murderer can be redeemed by the blood of Christ, so can a homosexual," she said.

The Robinsons have been married for 40 years and have three grown children. When Iris joined her husband in Parliament in 2001, they became the United Kingdom's first husband-and-wife lawmakers.

The exposure of Iris Robinson's affair had Protestants and Catholics united in gossip Friday — including at the Lock Keepers Inn, McCambley's thriving cafe on a popular River Lagan walkway.

McCambley himself spent most of the morning standing outside the inn talking on his cell phone. Then he carefully walked across an icy river bridge to a waiting car without speaking to journalists who had also poured into the inn.

"It is just such a surprise, to think with someone so young," said Janice Richards, 33, sipping tea with her baby asleep beside her in a stroller.

Another customer, 43-year-old Carol Blaney, leaned over and agreed furtively: "I know there is the whole political thing. But to me it is the fact he is so young."

Peter Robinson's many political rivals in Northern Ireland have questioned whether he can remain head of a shaky coalition with Irish Catholics _the central achievement of the province's 1998 peace accord. Many within his own Democratic Unionist Party — a movement with a deeply conservative Protestant base — expressed doubts about his political survival as well.

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, the senior Irish Catholic in the coalition, sought an urgent meeting Friday with Robinson but failed to get one. The two have had an increasingly tense relationship in the past year.

The political tensions coincide with ongoing attacks by IRA dissidents against police and British soldiers in Northern Ireland. On Friday, IRA dissidents badly injured a policeman when a booby-trap bomb exploded under his car as he drove to work.

Source:Yahoo

Please Stop Politicising 'Allah'

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I refrained from making any comment on the controversial issue of the usage of the name 'Allah' by Christians.Race and religion are two sensitive issues that should be prodded with extreme care.

As intellectually reprehensible as it can be to certain people the fact remains that religion can inflame the passion of those who ascribed it to their personhood.They get hot under the collar whenever it is questioned,criticised or repudiated. The extremity of such intolerance could end up in social upheaval and violence.

This is one evil that we should give a wide berth.Racial and religious violence can tear a nation to shred.Countless atrocities inflicted on humanity have been in the name of religion.There are no winners,only losers.

I am from Sabah and have many Christian friends many of whom I know use 'Tuhan' or 'God' instead of 'Allah'.Two nights ago while having a drink with a Catholic friend I was surprised with his disagreement of the Catholic church insistence of using 'Allah'.He is English speaking, therefore, the question of using 'Allah' does not arise.I have yet to hear even those Malay speaking Christians using Allah outside the church.

Allah is synonymous to the Abrahamic religions and might have been in use by Christians,Muslims and Jews for as long as the religions have existed.Indonesia must have been the place where the use of Allah took its form in the Christian's Holy Book written in the Malay language. In Peninsula Malaysia 'Allah' is only use by Muslims and is synonymous with Islam.

Since the case is in the hands of the court, Malaysians from both sides of the political divide should refrain from making incendiary statements or politicise the issue to gain political mileage.It's dangerous.

Any street demonstration should be treated in the same manner as those conducted by the oppositions in the past.There should be no fear or favour.Get the water cannons and teargas out if they go on the street.This is the time to prove that 1 Malaysia is not just a slogan.What's good for the goose is good for the gander.Non action could be misinterpreted as government colluding with the wrongdoers.

It's also very disheartening that the government did not take a neutral stand on the issue and let an Islamic organisation take up the case either by mediation or the legal process if such agreement couldn't be reached.

The government should not take lightly the fire-bombing of two churches in the country.The culprits should be brought to book as quickly as possible.

How Not To Unconvinced Malaysians

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Remember PKFZ and the big one that got away.History, at least, in Malaysia, has a knack of repeating itself.

This blog is supposed to be on hiatus but I can't help getting huff and puff on the bemused account of the two missing jet engines. I will not expatiate.This will be over in a minute.

The Attorney-General (AG), in highly confident tone, says Sherlock Holmes has been assigned to sleuth and find the missing engines and bring them back to Malaysia.Whatever it takes the engines must come home.How he is going to do it remains a mystery.

If Sherlock Holmes has self-respect and reputation to keep he would be looking for Raja Petra Kamaruddin (RPK) first before he embarks on a more sinister and difficult mission.

RPK, from his unknown hideout, has tickled the AG's and police's asses to find him by posting photographs of him with two Polish women whom he contemplates as lasses reveling the New Year with him. Take your pick, Red Hat Society ladies or as BBC DJ Chris Moyles (allegedly) says 'Poles make good prostitutes'.

RPK remains a needle in a haystack for the Malaysian authorities.Our Mr Sleuth ain't doing a good job.Looks like our AG wouldn't be getting RPK nor the engines.

Would Britain extradite RPK? He may be a fugitive but certainly not a felon.Lorraine Osman fought extradition for 7 years before he was returned to Hong Kong to serve only two months jail sentence.. A convicted criminal and close associate of Tengku Razaleigh during the BMF scandal he is now living in the lap of luxury in Britain.

First, it was Ali Baba and the 40 thieves (a brigadier-general (BG) and 40 suspects).Lost, in a time warp, the RMAF (Royal Malaysian Air Force) took almost 2 weeks to come out of their burrows to tell the nation that the BG wasn't sacked for stealing the engines but sacked before the loss of the engine for incompetency.

Have you ever heard of anyone in the higher-ups of government being sacked for incompetency no matter what kind of sloth he is?

Even the Chief of RMAF talked about charging those involved with treason.

Now, let see what have we got here.One RMAF sergeant and one company director.Look like they are going to end up with misdemeanor. Charging them with stealing and disposing of stolen property could end up with light sentences.

After over a year of police work all we got were the bilis while the sharks merrily swam away.Even catching anchovies seems a remarkable feat for the Police.It took over a year of police investigation before they caught these two nonentities.Indeed, no cover-up, just a slip-up.

The two must be the most talented thieves in the country.They, not only carted the engines away from the base unbeknown to the authorities but also managed to con the Custom Department to accept their story to export the engine.

Fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm?

Are we Malaysians becoming consumers of fish stories?