A Muslim Message of Thanks and of Christmas and New Year Greetings, December 2007

A Muslim Message of Thanks and of Christmas and New Year Greetings, December 2007

Posted in Islam | 15-Dec-07

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

May God bless Muhammad and his kin and bless Abraham and his kin

Al-Salaamu Aleikum; Peace be upon you; Pax Vobiscum

Peace be upon Jesus Christ who says: Peace is upon me the day I was born, the day I die, and the day I am resurrected (Chapter of Mary; the Holy Qur'an; 19:34).

During these joyful holidays we write to you, our Christian neighbors all over the world, to express our thanks for the beautiful and gracious responses that we Muslims have been receiving from the very first day we issued our invitation to come together to 'A Common Word' based on 'Love of God and Love of Neighbor' (see www.acommonword.com for the document and the responses).

We thank you and wish you all a joyous and peaceful Christmas Holiday Season commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, may peace be upon him.

We Muslims bear witness that: There is no god but God, without associate, and that Muhammad is His Servant and Messenger, and that Jesus is His Servant, His Messenger, His Word cast to Mary, and a Spirit from Him .... (Sahih Bukhari, Kitab Ahadith al-Anbiya').

We pray, during these blessed days, which have coincided with the Muslim feast of the Hajj or Pilgrimage, which commemorates the faith of the Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him), that the New Year may bring healing and peace to our suffering world. God's refusal to let Abraham (peace be upon him) sacrifice his son—granting him instead a ram—is to this day a Divine warrant and a most powerful social lesson for all the followers of the Abrahamic faiths, to ever do their utmost to save, uphold and treasure every single human life and especially the life of every single child. Indeed, it is worthy of note that this year Muslim scholars issued a historic declaration affirming the sanctity of human life—of every human life—as an essential and foundational teaching in Islam upon which all Muslim scholars are in unanimous agreement (see details at www.duaatalislam.com).

May the coming year be one in which the sanctity and dignity of human life is upheld by all. May it be a year of humble repentance before God, and mutual forgiveness within and between communities.

Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

SIGNATORIES

1.

Prof. Dr.

'Abla Mohammed Kahlawi

Dean of Islamic & Arabic Studies, Al-Azhar University (Women's College)

Egypt

2.

Dr.

Abd Al-Aziz 'Uthman Al-Tweijri

Director-General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (ISESCO)

Morocco

3.

Dr. Allamah

Abd Allah bin Mahfudh Bin Bayyah

Professor, King Abd Al-Aziz University, Former Vice President; Minister of Justice; Minister of Education and Minister of Religious Affairs

Mauritania

4.

Shaykh

Dr.

Abdal Hakim Murad

Shaykh Zayed Lecturer in Islamic Studies, Divinity School, University of Cambridge, Director of the Muslim Academic Trust, U.K.

U.K.

5.

Shaykh

Abdul Wahed Pedersen

Islamic Preacher and Imam in Denmark

Denmark

6.

Dr.

Abdul-Aziz Al-Hafadhi

Researcher Professor at Muhammad I University, Wajda

Morocco

7.

Dr.

Abdul-Fattah Al-Bizm

Mufti of Damascus; Director of Al-Fath Islamic Institute

Syria

8.

Dr.

Abdul-Hakim Ikaiwi

Professor at Avenzoar University in Aghadir

Morocco

9.

Sayyed

Abdullah ibn Mohammad Fad'aq

Caller to the Faith, Mecca

Saudi Arabia

10.

Dr.

Abdul-Mu'ti Bayyoumi

Member of the Islamic Body for Research, Azhar University

Egypt

11.

Dr.

Abdul-Nasser Jabri

Dean, Islamic Call College, Beirut

Lebanon

12.

Dr.

Abdul-Rafi'e Al-Ilj

Professor at 'Wali Ismael' University in Meknes

Morocco

13.

Dr.

Abdul-Razzaq Hirmas

Professor at Avenzoar University in Aghadir

Morocco

14.

Prof. Dr.

Abdul-Salam Al-Abbadi

President of Aal Al-Bayt University; Former Minister of Religious Affairs

Jordan

15.

Shaykh

Abu Bakr Ahmad Al-Milibari

Secretary-General of the Ahl Al-Sunna Association, India

India

16.

Shaykh

Adham Samcic

Mufti of Banja Luka

Bosnia

17.

Dr.

Ahmad Abdul Aziz Al-Haddad

Mufti of Dubai

U.A.E.

18.

Dr.

Ahmad Badr Al-Din Hassoun

Grand Mufti of the Republic of Syria

Syria

19.

Dr.

Ahmad Fakir

Professor at Avenzoar University, Agadir

Morocco

20.

Prof. Dr.

Ahmad Hlayyel

Chief Islamic Justice of Jordan; Imam of the Hashemite Court

Jordan

21.

Shaykh Dr.

Ahmad Kubaisi

Founder of the 'Ulema Organization, Iraq

Iraq

22.

Dr.

Ahmad Mihrizi Al-Alawi

Professor at Qadi Iyadh University, Marrakesh

Morocco

23.

Dr.

Ahmad Omar Hashim

Former President, Azhar University; Head of Religious Committee, Egyptian People's Council

Egypt

24.

Dr.

Aisha Y. Al-Manna'ie

Dean, Shariah and Islamic Studies College

Qatar

25.

Shaykh

Ajoob Dawtovic

Mufti of Zenica

Bosnia

26.

Prof. Dr.

Akbar Ahmad

Professor of Ibn Khaldun for Islamic Studies, American University, Washington

U.S.A.

27.

Prof. Dr.

Alan Godlas

Co-Chair, Islamic Studies, University of Georgia, USA; Editor-in-chief, Sufi News and Sufism World Report; Director, Sufis Without Borders

USA

28.

Dr.

Al-Arabi Al-Buhali

Professor at Qadi Iyadh University, Marrakesh

Morocco

29.

Dr.

Al-Arabi Busilham

Professor at Mohammad V University in Rabat

Morocco

30.

Dr.

Al-Batul Binali

Professor & Researcher, Faculty of Arts, Rabat

Morocco

31.

Dr.

Ali Binbraik

Professor at Avenzoar University in Aghadir

Morocco

32.

Shaykh Prof. Dr

Ali Jum'a

Grand Mufti of the Republic of Egypt

Egypt

33.

Shaykh Al-Habib

Ali Mashhour bin Muhammad bin Hafeeth

Imam of the Tarim Mosque and Head of Fatwa Council, Tarim

Yemen

34.

Al-Habib

Ali Zain Al-'Abideen Al-Jifri

Founder and Director, Taba Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Yemen

35.

Dr.

Al-Jilani Al-Murini

Professor at Sidi Mohammad ibn Abdullah , Fes

Morocco

36.

Mr.

Amr Khaled

Islamic Preacher & Broadcaster, Founder and Chairman, Right Start Foundation International

Egypt

37.

Prof. Dr.

Aref Ali Nayed

Former Professor at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (Rome); Former Professor at International Institute for Islamic Thought & Civilization (ISTAC, Malaysia); Senior Advisor to the Cambridge Interfaith Program at Cambridge Faculty of Divinity

Libya

38.

Dr.

Asmat Mojaddedi

Chairman of the Muslim council of Denmark (MFR)

Denmark

39.

Shaykh

Asmat Sebahic

Deputy Head of 'Ulama of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia

40.

Prof. Dr.

Basit Koshul

Lahore University of Management Sciences

Pakistan

41.

Dr.

Bassem H. Itani

Director, Dar Iqra for Islmaic Sciences; Member of the Admin Body of Guidance and Reform Trust, Beirut

Lebanon

42.

Judge Prince

Bola Ajibola

Former International High Court Judge; Former Minister of Justice of Nigeria; Former Attorney-General of Nigeria; Founder of the Crescent University and Founder of the Islamic Movement of Africa

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