Today, the term "Islamic tolerance" causes confusion. So, could you please shed light on the spirit of tolerance in Islam?

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Dear brother in Islam, thanks for the very interesting question you posed and the great confidence you place in us, and we implore Allah Almighty to help us serve His cause and render our work for His Sake.

Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, Chairman Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and a leading Pakistani politician has underlined the need for re-defining the word 'terrorism' to broaden its scope.

He was addressing the participants of a seminar on the theme of "Terrorism and World Peace" held in connection with Solidarity Day organised by the Social Welfare and Human Rights wing of PAT here on Thursday.

While condemning terrorism, Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri suggested the formation of a world body under the UN to re-define its orbit, saying, state terrorism in any part of the world should also be considered an act of terrorism. He harshly criticised India and Israel for killing innocent people in their jurisdictions.

Muslim leaders have condemned the attacks on London and said they fear their communities could now fall prey to vigilante attacks.

Muslim Association of Britain president Ahmed Sheikh said the attacks would make the Muslim community less safe.

He said women in headscarves might be in particular danger and warned all Muslims to be especially vigilant.

Muslim News editor Ahmed Versi noted one of London's biggest Muslim areas, around Aldgate, had been targeted.

Mr Sheikh said the unique good relationship Muslims had with the government and society was threatened.

"The person who did this was targeting along with wider British society the Muslim community, ruining the good relationship we have."

In the light of what is going on nowadays, i.e. the so-called war against terrorism, I think you Ulama need to write something on the true concept of Jihad in Islam, i.e., the way Islam reacts to such issue, for them to see the difference.

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Dear questioner, we appreciate the great confidence you have in us, and we implore Allah to help us serve the cause of Islam and to render this work for His Sake.

I hope you scholars will help me get rid of these confusions I have been having since the Sept 11 incident, especially as regards some Qur’anic verses. These verses totally contradict what Muslims say that their religion calls for peace and denounces violence. Mind you, though not a Muslim, but I don’t hate Muslims.

I just need shedding light on some issues. How would you interpret a verse like this (And slay them wherever ye catch them…)? (Al-Baqarah 2: 191) and (…But if they turn away, seize them and slay them wherever ye find them; and (in any case) take no friends or helpers from their ranks) (An-Nisaa' 4: 89) I will really appreciate your quick reply.

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

Could you please clarify the Islamic stance on violence and aggression? Also, please shed light on the relation between Muslims and non-Muslims.

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

*All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. *

Dear questioner, we would like to thank you for the great confidence you place in us, and we implore Allah Almighty to help us serve His cause and render our work for His Sake. May Allah reward you abundantly for your interest in knowing the teachings of your religion, Islam!

LONDON, England - Thirteen men have been arrested by British police on suspicion of being involved in terrorist activities, and homes are being searched in four locations, Scotland Yard has announced.

The arrests, carried out under provisions of Britain's 2000 Terrorism Act, were part of a "preplanned, ongoing intelligence-led operation," and the men - in their 20s and 30s - were suspected of being involved "in the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism," Scotland Yard said in a written statement

The arrests were made Tuesday afternoon and evening in northwest London, and the districts of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Lancashire.

This is a name you will be hearing about over the next few weeks,months years even....if you have not heard it before.

Who is Ossuma Bin Laden ...... what is his motive?

The following is a 1998 Interview between ABC News and Ossama Bin Laden

Note: THE VIEWS EXPRESSED HERE ARE THOSE OF OSAMA BIN LADEN ALONE AND NOT NECESSARILY OF ALL MUSLIMS AND ISLAMIC ORGANISATIONS. MAJORITY OF MUSLIM ORGANISATIONS HAVE ALWAYS CONDEMNED TERRORISM, THOSE WHO SUPPORT IT, DO SO FOR THEIR OWN POLITICAL AGENDA AS TERRORISM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TEACHINGS OF ISLAM.

ROME, Sept 27 (AFP) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faced a storm of controversy Thursday after some undiplomatic remarks suggesting that Christianity was superior to Islam.

The political opposition and the press laid into the conservative leader for remarks which were, at the very least, ill-judged at a time when the West was trying to rally the Muslim world to join its fight against terrorism.

Even Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel, leading an EU mission to the Middle East, on Thursday denounced Berlusconi's reported remarks as "not acceptable" and "not in line with European decisions and European values."

WHO COULD HAVE BEEN BEHIND THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11TH? WHAT COULD BE THEIR MOTIVES? HERE'S AN INTERESTING EXPLANATION:p

Orient Express (By Israel Shamir) Like the Four Riders of the Apocalypse, the unknown kamikaze rode their giant crafts into the two visible symbols of American world domination, Wall Street and the Pentagon.