Blood is Thicker Than Hummus

In the wake of 9/11, many Muslim Americans were subjected to suspicion, even harassment from people who associated their Islamic faith with that of the terrorists whose attacks claimed more than 3,000 victims.

In an effort to honor the victims of the attacks, and demonstrate that their faith is not one of violence, members of the Lehigh Valley's Ahmadiyya Muslim Community held a blood drive Sunday outside the Bethlehem Community Center.

The drive was part of the second annual national "Muslims for Life" campaign conducted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of the United States of America aimed at donating at least 11,000 pints of blood to honor 9/11 victims.
 

Fantastic!!!  Nice job!!!  To often it is difficult to find the "moderate" Muslims sharing in the outrage of 9/11 and attempting to emigrate into the country's fabric as a whole.  Nice.

Wait...what?  Hold on, someone's on the other line.

 In a potentially controversial edict or law, Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has said that donation and contribution of blood and body parts was against the beliefs of Islam, but noticed that giving blood to save the life of a near and dear one or relative was allowed and acceptable.

Hmmm...there seems to be a contradiction here.   Anyone else?

wa 'alaikum us-salaamu wa-rahmat ullaahi wa-barakaatuh

al-hamdu lillah

It is permissible to receive blood from the Blood Bank even if the donor was a kaafir. Likewise, it is also permissible to donate blood to non-Muslims as long as they are not fighters of Islam. A fighter of Islam would be defined as one who fights Muslims with weapons or finances such fighting with his wealth, or helps such fighting. If one is not able to know for sure, then it suffices to act according to ghalabat ul-zann (one's best estimate or what is most likely and probable).

ahabbak allaah ul-ladhi ahbabtani fih.

(May Allaah love you as you have loved me for His sake.)
 

 Uh...hmmm...if you pay US taxes, you are financing someone who fights against Muslims.  Lucky we have so many freeloaders in this country (47% non-taxpayers at last count).  So, technically there will be quite a few...kaafirs elligible.

How about we just put this one to rest by adhering to the European Sharia Council Ruling.

Second, it is lawful to transfer an organ from the body of one person to the body of another, if such an organ is replaced spontaneously, such as blood and skin, on condition that the donor is completely legally qualified and all legal points are met.
 

 Well, that seems to sum it up rather nicely.  Muslims, can indeed, donate blood even if it does  end up in the unworthy and heathen body of a kaafir.  Now, can someone tell me why there is a European Sharia Law Council if in fact Europe doesn't recognize Sharia Law?

Amish on the Slippery Slope

CLEVELAND — The sheriff in a county with one of the nation’s biggest Amish settlements testified Wednesday that residents were upset and screaming after a community leader had his beard and hair cut by fellow Amish in a nighttime home invasion.
 

No big deal, right?  A more stringent sect of Amish decided to do a little barbering on the Amish bishops (didn't even know they had such things) because the "flock had lost their way." 

On the surface, it seems like a minor case in which there were some internal disagreements as to where the religion and lifestyle were headed.  It happens.  Opinions vary.  However, there is a very big significance to this case, and it has nothing to do with the Amish.

 Attorneys for the defendants have not denied that the hair cuttings took place and said in the opening statements that members of the breakaway group took action out of compassion and concern that some Amish were straying from their beliefs. Defense attorneys also contended that the Amish are bound by different rules guided by their religion and that the government shouldn’t get involved in what amounted to a family or church dispute.
 

Ah...there's the rub.  Amish are bound by different rules guided by their religion.  Hmmmm...where have I heard that before?  And, why does it make my stomach churn?   Oh, right.

A Pennsylvania judge has dismissed charges against a Muslim man who physically attacked an atheist dressed as “Zombie Muhammad” during the Mechanicsburg, Pa. Halloween parade.

Talaag Elbayomy, a 46-year-old Muslim man, allegedly attacked Ernest Perce V, who was dressed as “Zombie Muhammad” and walking with a man dressed as “Zombie Pope” during the October parade. Both men were members of the Parading Atheists of Central Pennsylvania.
 

Are you getting it now?  A judge in Pennsylvania decided to apply Sharia Law (Islamic Law) to a case in PA and let the defendant skate because he had beeen blasphemized or some such nonsense. 

Judge Mark Martin threw out a grainy video of the attack and explained that there wasn’t enough evidence to convict Elbayomy of the harassment charge.

Martin further dressed down Perce for his insensitive behavior, going so far as to call him a doofus and telling him that in Muslim societies he could have been put to death for mocking Muhammad.
 

You can bet the US Clerics of the Muslim faith are watching this Cleveland Amish case.  Because if the defense is ruled valid by the Court...well, let's just hope that doesn't happen.