EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND THE QUORAN (THE KORAN)

[MUFON] From George Filer

RUSSIA: FLYING SAUCER JEOPARDIZES ARMY NEAR CHECHNYA MAJACHKALÁ -- Last week we reported on a UFO over Russian troops near Daguestan, a Republic bordering Chechnya on November 14, 2000. Apparently Russian aircraft were launched to intercept a low flying UFO near the Caspian Sea. Muslim rebels are fighting against Russian forces north of the Caucasus for over a year and a half. The UFO caused the Russian to sound battle stations. Some garrisons noted the object was flying at low altitude of only a 100 meters and had three fluorescent lights above with two meter spaces between them. The Muslim rebels hailed the UFO phenomenon as a sign from Allah. Muslim leaders in Dagestan claimed "the strange phenomenon was a portent which bore a message from Allah himself. An Islamic spiritual leader stated that, "Without any doubt it was 'a JINN, an angel or another heavenly being, since Allah's Garden of Bliss is filled with these.'" Editors Note: Powerful Islamic forces are rising in the Middle East using UFOs as an influential motivating factors. Islamic forces are fighting in Israel, Iraq, and Russia. To help you understand the significance of these sightings, I have included the following data about JINN'S (popular genie) and UFOs.
THE TRUE NATURE OF THE "UFO ENTITIES" (See also above-Ed) Gordon Creighton of Flying Saucer Review writes: One of the more curious features of the followers of the various religions is that, being so dogmatically certain that in their own particular little faith they already possess the whole truth about all things in Heaven and Earth, it almost never occurs to any of them to look elsewhere and find out what the followers of other religions may know or may have discovered. This is certainly a pity, for study of all the great world religions -- and notably Islam one of the world's great religions -- yields valuable clues as to the true nature of the "UFO Phenomenon" Islam knows, in fact, of the existence of three entirely separate and distinct species of intelligent beings in the Universe, and indeed can furnish surprisingly precise details regarding their natures and roles and activities. Angels, Men, and JINN'S. The first category is that of the Angels or Messengers. The second are Men, with planetary physical bodies assembled from the mineral and chemical elements of our Periodic Table. The third category, is the category of those beings created before man was who are referred to collectively in Arabic as Al-Jinn that means. "to hide or to conceal" indeed a very fitting derivation for the name of these creatures. Whereas the bodies of Angels are of light, the bodies of Al-Jinn consist of "essential fire," or "essential flame," or "smokeless fire," or "smokeless flame." It is specifically stated in the Qur'an (Surah XV, 26 and 27) that they were created before mankind and some scholars speculate these might be the "Pre-Adamic men" whose existence is hinted at here and there in the "Holy Bible." Western occultists have tried to describe them as ether, or as etheric or astral planes. I have also seen it suggested that some sort of plasma is indicated.) The Source of the Jinn's is not very distant from us, yet at the same time somehow very far from us. In other words, on some other dimension, or in some other Space/Time framework, "right here", some other Universe that is here, behind Alice's mirror: "a mirror-universe on the other side of the Space-time Continuum" as it has been neatly put by some investigators. Although, the Qur'an (Koran) is not clear on this, it looks as though some of the Jinn's could be fully physical and what we call extraterrestrials, while other species of them are of an altogether and finer sort of matter, corresponding to what various UFO investigators have tried to indicate by such terms as "ultraterrestrial" or "metaterrestrial." In thinking about these ideas, we might bear in mind the theory of the Russian philosopher P. D. Ouspensky regarding the possible existence of other, more subtle, levels of matter on which the elements of the Periodic Table of our own chemical world are repeated -- and, if I understand him aright, repeated more than once, on more than one level. The early writings of Dr. Meade Layne in the USA about the "Dense Etheric World" from which he maintained that the UFO entities and their craft originated should also be borne in mind. (His book The Coming of the Guardians, was published in 1958, and may prove to have been very important.) Certain of the benevolent Jinn's may well be our "Guardians." That there is some close affinity, or some link of destiny between Jinn's and Mankind seems certain, for although the vast majority of the Jinn's are devils, shaytans, nevertheless we are assured in the Qur'an that some among their many species are "goodies" and are capable of salvation. For it is specifically stated that Muhammad was sent as a Messenger to both Mankind and the Jinn's, so that, in the Final Days, some of the Jinn's will enter into Paradise, while the rest of them will be cast down into Hell. Their revelation to IBLIS, the Top Devil (= "SATAN") is in general somewhat obscure. In the Qur'an Iblis is certainly described as a Jinn, but elsewhere in the Qur'an he is also described as an Angel. (Surely the explanation is that Iblis is that same high being, originally of Angelic status, who rebelled against God and is named in the Christian texts as "Lucifer") Had we the space, much more might be said about the Jinn's and their doings, but only a brief account of their main characteristics can here be given. Their principal features, as listed below, are as I have gathered them from all the Muslim written and traditional sources that I have been able to consult over the past 15 years. The reader can see for himself the parallels with the reported features of UFO entities and can draw his own conclusions. The Chief Characteristics of the Jinn's are: 1. In the normal state they are not visible to ordinary human sight.2. They are, however, capable of materializing and appearing in the physical world. And they can alternately make themselves visible or invisible at will. 3. They can change shape, and appear in any sort of guise, large or small. 4. They are able also to appear in the guise of animals.5. They are inveterate liars and deceivers, and delight in bamboozling and misleading mankind with all manner of nonsense. (See the average Spiritualist séance for examples of their activities, and also the usual "communications" from UFO entities in close-encounter cases.)6. They are addicted to the abduction or kidnapping of humans. (The Scotsman Robert Kirk, who wrote "The Secret Commonwealth" in 1691, evidently "knew more than was good for his health," and was killed by them.) 7. They delight in tempting humans into sexual intercourse and liaisons with them, and Arabic literature abounds with accounts of this kind of contact by mankind with both the "goodies" and the "baddies" among the Jinn's. There are also even a considerable number of accounts of encounters between the "goodies" and famous Muslim saints. In official Islam - and this cannot be overemphasized -- the existence of the Jinn's has always been completely accepted, even legally, and even to this day, in Islamic jurisprudence. The full consequences implied by their existence were worked out long ago. Their legal status, in all respects, was discussed and fixed, and the possible relations between them and mankind -- especially in relation to questions of marriage and property! -- were seriously examined by jurists, as the greatest and most authoritative Western source, the Encyclopedia of Islam, confirms. Stories of sexual commerce between Jinn's and mankind have been of perennial interest to Arab readers, and it is important at this point to mention that in Chinese literature there is also a considerable tradition of this sort which awaits examination by Ufologists. The great Arabic literary catalogue known as the Fihrist, compiled in the year 373 of the Muslim Calendar ( = A.D. 995) by Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Abi Ya'qub al-Nadim al-Warraq al-Baghdadi, lists no less than sixteen works dealing with this theme. (Compare also the European occultists' records of sexual contact between men and female Sylphs, as well as the copious medieval Christian records relating to Incubi and Succabae. Thanks to Gordon Creighton and Flying Saucer Review Vol. 29, No. 5 _____________________________
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Young British Muslims “more religious”

Young British Muslims are much more likely than their parents to follow the rules of the Islamic religion, a think tank survey showed.

Support for Sharia law, Islamic schools and wearing the Hijab is much stronger among younger Muslims, according to the survey by the centre-right Policy Exchange.

The survey of more than 1,000 Muslims from different age groups in the UK, found:

*71% of over-55s compared with 62% of 16 to 24-year-olds believe that they have as much, if not more, in common with non-Muslims in Britain than with Muslims abroad.

*19% of over-55s compared with 37% of 16 to 24-year-olds would prefer to send their children to Islamic state schools.

*17% of over-55s compared with 37% of 16 to 24-year-olds would prefer living under Sharia law than British law.

*28% of over-55s compared with 74% of 16 to 24-year-olds prefer Muslim women to choose to wear the Islamic headscarf.

However, the poll also found that 84% of Muslims believed they had been treated fairly in British society, while 28% thought that British authorities had gone "over the top" in trying not to offend Muslims.

The report’s lead author, Munira Mirza, blamed the policies of the British government for a growing split between Muslims and non-Muslims, urging ministers to engage with Muslims as citizens and stop emphasizing the differences between Muslims and non-Muslims.

"The emergence of a strong Muslim identity in Britain is, in part, a result of multicultural policies implemented since the 1980s, which have emphasized difference at the expense of shared national identity.

"Religiosity amongst younger Muslims is not about following their parents' cultural traditions, but rather, their interest in religion is more politicized.

"Islamist groups have gained influence at local and national level by playing the politics of identity and demanding for Muslims the 'right to be different'."

The Department for Communities and Local Government said the Commission on Integration and Cohesion was examining ways for communities to benefit from diversity and manage any tensions. It’s due to release its report later in the year.

Conservative leader David Cameron said the survey’s results were extremely worrying.

”It shows the extent to which multiculturalism has failed, because what the poll showed is that these young people feel more separated from Britain than their parents did," he told BBC News.

He said huge changes were needed to break down barriers of extremism, uncontrolled migration, poverty and poor education.

British Muslim leaders say the policies of the government after the 7/7 London bombings have "driven a wedge" between Muslims and the wider community rather than curb extremism, despite the authorities’ claims that they are trying to win the heart and minds of the country’s 1.8 million Muslims.

Priest Burns Himself Protesting Islam’s Fast Spread


Protesting the rapid growth of the Muslim population worldwide, and the failure of the Protestant Church’s inability to contain it, Roland Weisselberg a 73-year retired priest committed suicide by setting himself on fire at a German monastery, according to United Press International.

Weisselberg died Wednesday in a hospital after having poured a can of petrol over his entire body at Augustine monastery in the eastern city of Erfurt, where Martin Luther spent six years as a monk at the beginning of the 16th century.

Church officials expressed their shock at the incident, stressing that closer dialogue with Islam was crucial to bridge the gap between Muslims and Christians.

Weisselberg was still holding sermons less than two weeks ago.

Witnesses said the former priest climbed into a building site next to the monastery church, where a Reformation Day service was being held, and began shouting “Jesus and Oskar (apparently referring to Oskar Brüsewitz, a priest who burnt himself in 1976 in protest against the Communist regime in East Germany)” before setting his body on fire.

The Protestant Bishop of Saxony, Axel Noack, said the suicide had shocked the community, adding that the incident shouldn’t affect relations between Christians and the Muslim world.

Statistics show that Islam is the second-largest religion in the world after Christianity. It is also the fastest growing religion on Earth.

Following a period of tension, aroused as a result of a Danish newspaper’s publication of blasphemous cartoons ridiculing prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Pope Benedict remarks linking Islam to violence, positive initiatives by representatives of both communities, Christians and Muslims ensured that such incidents did not affect the good ties between the followers of the two religions.

Recent months witnessed the set up of various organisations and conferences all aimed at fostering good, meaningful relationships between Muslims and Christians, so that issues of concern to both can be tackled within a framework of mutual respect and deep understanding.

Film Celebrates American Ramadan


The documentary shows Muslims in their real world which is not the case in mainstream media or Hollywood. A Muslim-American filmmaker has directed a new and unique film about the American Muslim experience in the holy fasting month of Ramadan in order to counter the negative stereotype in the mainstream media and to meet the growing demand for positive Muslim content.

"Our goal essentially was to show American Muslims in realistic light," Naeem Randhawa, a first time filmmaker, told IslamOnline.net.
"We want to show Muslims in their real world that we don’t often get to see in mainstream media or Hollywood," he added.

"Typically when we look at Muslims represented on the big screen or on the spot screen, we see that they have always been stereotyped. There are always Arabs with long beards, terrorists and women who are fully covered with hijab and who do not speak English. It is very negative and stereotypical."

Islam had been lampooned in movies, writings and TV shows in the United States, including "JAG," "24," and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s "True Lies."
Last year Fox television network decided to remove some stereotypical aspects about American Muslims from its action drama "24" after pressures from minority leaders.

In its annual report, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said discrimination and hate crimes against Muslims in the US have surged by almost 30 percent in 2005. "I think that is fed by two main sources: The Internet, where we are seeing just a flood of hate rhetoric on the Internet, and also on talk radio. You can't turn on a talk radio station nowadays without hearing very negative, bigoted comments about Islam on a daily basis," said Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR national communications director.
In August, a USA Today/Gallup poll showed that 39 percent of Americans said they feel prejudiced toward Muslims.

Though there is no scientific count of Muslims in the US, the six to seven million is the most commonly cited figure.
Building Bridges

Half way into the film, Fatima decided to don the hijab.
Trying to build bridges between all faiths, the film shows the personal stories of five American Muslim families observing their faith in Ramadan with commentary by a Jewish rabbi, Christian doctor and a Muslim scholar.
"We want to show that Muslims are much more than that. We also want to show that Muslims are a very diverse group," said Randhawa, who was born in Pakistan and raised in Canada.

"They are Arabs, African Americans, Pakistanis and they are white, Chinese and black. They are from all over the world."
In his movie, Randhawa tried to show that American Muslims are part of the fabric of America and that they go through the same issues as their fellow Americans."American Muslims have the same hopes, fears and aspirations as any other American has," he said.

"The only difference is that they have a different approach in their faith just like the Jews and Christians have. But essentially all of these faiths and all of these American people are trying to do the same thing at the end of the day."

Asked whether the movie has any indirect political message, Randhawa, who has been living in Dallas for the last eight years of his life, said it cannot be labeled as a political film."We do have a political background there. However, we went really out of our way to make sure that the film will not be labeled as political," he added.

"In the movie we don’t talk about the government or about any establishments. We wanted this to be something like common ground for Christians, Jewish and Muslims so that when people of any faith look at they could find similarities from themselves. In this particular film, we want to focus on what we share in common."

Eye Opener

Randhawa is thinking of focusing on confusing issues that are misrepresented in the mainstream media such as hijab, Jihad or reverts.
Randhawa said that he is addressing his film to a variety of audiences.
"First, it is addressed for Muslims so that they could see themselves on screen and identify with all the characters that we have on the film," he noted.

"When you watch TV or when you watch film, you don’t identify all the time with the characters because they are not Muslims, they are typically so far removed from reality that you can’t really relate to them."
But in his film the case is different.

"So when Muslims see that, the reaction that we have gotten was that a lot of Muslims have been very enthusiastic and very happy to see things that belong to them.

The movie is also addressed to non-Muslims whom Randhawa believes need to see the right picture of Islam apart from the mainstream media.
"For non-Muslims, they get something a little bit different out of it. For them it is really an exploration of what true Muslims are, what true Muslims look like, talk like, live like and the fact that they are not these foreigners who are stereotyped in mainstream media," insists the filmmaker.

"They realize that these people are just like them. They have the same issues and they deal with the same problems. From the feedback we have gotten, the movie was like educational for them."
Randhawa said one American non-Muslim woman told him that her perception of Adhan (call to prayer) has completely changed after watching the film.

"I have one particular lady who after screening came back to me and said, 'You know the Adhan that you played in the movie was so nice. I thought the Adhan is something for terrorists when they go to war.'"
The filmmaker asserted that the lady's perception of the religion has been shaped by mainstream media "which is unfortunately for the most part has been put negatively."

"So, when they see this they come to understand that Muslims are fasting just like these Jewish and Christians are fasting. They see something like common ground between them and Muslims."

Challenges

Randhawa said he faced some difficulties while directing his documentary.
"Giving the fact that this is my first film and I haven’t made any films before, I had lot of technical challenges," he admitted."I just had a lot of learning to do. We want to make sure that we put out something that was as professional as we can make it because we want people to see this and we did not want them to look at this movie and think you know production values couldn’t be better.

"We wanted to make sure since we are talking about Ramadan, which we don’t really talk or hear about here, that we are presenting it in a very positive and professional way."

Besides the technical difficulties, Randhawa has also faced some religious problems while making his movie.

"I had a couple of unique issues that have to deal with Islamic subjects," said the director.

"Fatima, the Palestinian young lady who is married to the African American gentleman decided to wear the hijab on the half way of the movie. I was confused on whether I am allowed to show her without hijab in the first part of the movie. But after she asked a scholar, she decided to show it as a part of her journey."

The musical background was another confusing issue for Randhawa while directing his movie.For some it was absolutely forbidden to deal with music, but he said that he preferred to go with the majority of opinions that allow music.

"The decision that I made is based on my belief and on my conversations with the people that I know. You could not satisfy hundred percent of the people all the time," said Randhawa."My point in all these is that although we had lot of struggles and different issues that we had to deal with, we were committed that we want to make it a very fine quality movie."

Support Media

The filmmaker, who believes that focusing on media should be a priority for Muslims, is encouraging all Muslims, especially those who live in the West, to support Islamic media productions."Media is an essential tool for our community to be successful in America. If we are not involved in media it essentially means that we have no voice in mainstream America and if you don’t have a voice others begin speaking for you and they won’t say what you want."

Randhawa said Muslims need to support Islamic media production "which starts by reading it if it is a book or magazine, watching it if it is a movie. They should also buy these DVDs or CDs."

The world's largest Muslim body, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), on Wednesday, September 13, encouraged Muslim tycoons to buy shares in global media outlets to help clear misconceptions about Islam and stop vilification of Muslims around the globe.

Anti-Muslim media campaigns have been on the rise around the world since the 9/11 attacks, associating Islam and Muslims with violence and terrorism.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has accused Western media of applying double standards when reporting on Muslims, saying they were often ignorant about sensitive issues for Muslims.

Stephen Schwartz, executive director of the US-based Center for Islamic Pluralism, has also criticized the western media for failing to meet the challenge of reporting on Islam after the 9/11 attacks.

Randhawa's documentary will be screened around the nation and will enter into film festivals in the US and abroad. It will be aired on PBS-Dallas, Link TV, KRA and other networks world-wide.

The film has already been awarded official Selection status by ‘Dallas South Asian Film Fest’ and ‘Dallas Video Fest’, the first two fests that it was submitted to.

Future Movies

Randhawa hopes to become a full time filmmaker.
"Basically, I go into transition from IT field into filmmaking because I feel it is a great need for the Muslim community."

After the many supportive and positive reactions he got from both Muslim and non-Muslim Americans, he decided to make another film that could be relevant to Muslims.

"Within about a year, I will have a second production that I am l already thinking about," he told IOL.

"But we are actually just at the brainstorming stage. We are just at the very early stages because we are still focusing on the first film.
"We are trying to think about other subjects that are relevant to Muslims and that would be important to non-Muslims to know, but we hadn’t completely decided yet."

In his future movies, Randhawa is thinking of focusing on confusing issues that are misrepresented in the mainstream media and that people have lot of questions about.

"Maybe issues like hijab, Jihad, or maybe about people who converted to Islam. All these issues that we see in the news and that people have lot of questions on and lot of confusion about."

For more information check Randhawa's www.JustSayGoFilms.com

Islam Releases His First Album in Three Decades

Youssuf Islam, the 59 year old singer who was known as Cat Stevens before he embraces Islam, announced plans to release a pop album, his first in nearly three decades, reported Bloomberg.

"I feel right about making music and singing about life in this fragile world again," Islam, who wrote and performed such 1970s hit songs as ``Moonshadow'' and ``Morning Has Broken,'' said in a statement.

Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, left the music industry two years after he converted to Islam in 1977 after a near-death experience in the Pacific Ocean. He received a copy of the Qur’an, Muslims’ Holy book, and quickly embraced Islam and adopted a new name. He didn’t speak of his recording career for years.

Islam, a native of London, will make his return to the "Wild World" with An Other Cup, a new album set to be released in November via Atlantic.
“It is important for me to be able to help bridge the cultural gaps others are sometimes frightened to cross.”

“He was just beginning rehearsals for this album,'' Atlantic Chief Executive Officer Craig Kallman who flew to London to meet with the musician as soon as he heard news of Islam’s return, said in an interview.
“It was a chilling experience sitting in a very tiny rehearsal room as he was working through all the new material.”

The new album “speaks to the essence of all the great Cat Stevens albums of the past,” Kallman said.

Islam has returned to his music career in recent years, releasing a re-recorded version of his song Peace Train in opposition to the Iraq War.
Atlantic plans for a visit by the Muslim singer to the U.S. around the time of the release of his album.

Islam, placed on the watch list ``for activities potentially related to terrorism,'' as claimed Homeland Security spokesman Garrison Courtney, was denied entry into the U.S. two years ago.
His plane from London was diverted to Maine and he was sent back to the UK.