In the Uk we need this…to serve the People, whatever the creed, colour and race….

my cousin came with me to pray juma here a few weeks ago, and was suprised to see how opposite there is a Hindu Temple and on the side a church..all in harmony….

As a community we need to grapple with the negativity gene that tends to blur our vision of things. We cannot disrespect others and expect the opposite, nor can we ignore the call of mercy and expect our call to be heard.

One of the major complaints I here from the homies in the streets is that our community is hypocritical. I applaud the efforts of this community and pray that goodness will come from this. If we are not careful in the West, a small minority from our community; ignorant of our faith, blind to our morality and guided by a sense of intolerance that borders on bigotry, will bring us down. And while the immigrants are able to run back home, it is us, the indigenous population, that will turn around and find our homies pointing their fingers at us saying, “You were from amongst us and you failed to live up to your calling.” Wake up brothers and sisters! Mature and serve your communities.

SDW

We need to re-evaluate the way we think if we our going to continue living in the West. Our lack of charitable acts in the world towards people period is very much lacking so is our dawah efforts. Say what you want but in random acts of kindness others seem to be taking the lead. I mean I have heard a story related by my teacher that Christians funded a Muslim to study at Azhar. Now where are the Muslims in aiding others in truth? Personally it is sickening to hear constantly that the world is crap and everything is haram and we are the best of people while in truth we are not doing much at all to better the world. We ought to engage in self-criticism from time to time to refine our actions and purpose.

I am glad these Muslims did this and if the Christians use the money for missionary activity then we should compete with them in effort and cash in making the world a better place.

Br. Daroon, good point. Wiki is not an authority 🙂 But professors are actually allowing it on sources now! But your point is well-taken. It is very important to be careful. And you may definitely be correct, they may actually be doing some hidden-missionary work where they can.

My original point was simply that they are not a missionary organization, they are a relief organization, and are recognized as such by international orgs and countries all over the world and that no one should be quick to criticize our brothers/sisters for “helping shirk” etc, because thats…kind of a big deal 🙂

From their site: http://www.christianaid.org.uk/faqs.aspx

2. Do you only work with Christians?

No. We help people according to need. Their faith, or lack of it, is of no interest to us. Some of our partners are Christian, some are Muslim or Jewish or Hindu – some are of no religious persuasion at all. As long as they are good at what they do, we don’t discriminate.

The organisation and its work are inspired by Christian values of faith, charity, hope and truth, but we are not missionaries. In fact, to insist on Christianity as a condition of aid would contradict our principles. Put simply, ‘aid’ is what we do, ‘Christian’ is why we do it.

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I agree with your larger point though. We have to be careful, and there may definitely be some missionary work going on somewhere under the table, in a classroom, etc. inshAllah the move served as some good da’wah though. If anything, I guess we should be inspired to ramp up our own Muslim orgs’ relief capabilities inshAllah!

wa salaam
AS

May Allah reward the brothers in the Mosque committee. I am sure they also benefit by giving the money to the church.

I am personally involved with the local church in my locality to establish a small masjid for the Muslim minority. We cooperate with each other on building a harmonious community and Alhamdulillah so far the partnership is going well. Therefore, I do not think helping the church to further community cohesion is bad. Wallahu ‘alam

I know personally the brothers that run this masjid and the work they do and have nothing but admiration for them. DON’T Get me wrong!

However, this statement by Br Abdul Sattar is a bit puzzling “1. Christian Aid Week is NOT an organization or event which supports any kind of Christian worship services. It is a 100% a charity event that does purely humanitarian work all over the world. ”

Further, to back up this argument with WIKi (which is not an authority but a peer group led information portal, with no objectivity) is bemusing.

Christian Aid’s does fund Christian missionaries from monies raised. Have you ever asked any of them?

You only have to go to third world countries to see how money is offered to those that start by attending “educational classes” which do not end with any certificate but a Bible! How can a Muslim help with such activity?