Cameron's Ramadan Greetings

ASIAN TRIBUNE: I have heard and read so many Ramadan greetings from so many leaders all my life but the message from the British Prime-minister, David Cameron really touched my heart.

When I listened to his message twice over, in a video, one of my friends asked me whether I am memorizing it.

I listened to it a third time also; luckily he wasn’t there to cast another remark!

Cameron said ‘Very best wishes to everyone observing the holy month of Ramadan in the UK and around the globe.’

He continued that ‘This is an incredibly special time of year for Muslims at home and abroad; a time for charity, for contemplation and community.’

He acknowledged that British Muslims are the top charity givers in the country ahead of all other faiths.

‘Charity is one of the things that Islam is all about. Here in Britain, Muslims are our biggest donors – they give more to charity than any other faith group’ Cameron stressed. » | S.H.Moulana, Riyadh | Monday, June 30, 2014

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ISIS Leader Calls On Muslims in Ramadan Message to Build 'Islamic State'

ISIS militants near the central Iraqi city of Tikrit.

HAARETZ: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi demands that all Muslims around the world pledge allegiance to him in audiotape.

AP - The leader of the extremist group that has swept over much of northern Syria and Iraq called on Muslims Tuesday to immigrate to the territory his group has seized to help build an Islamic state.

The 19-minute audiotape from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi comes two days after his organization, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria unilaterally declared the establishment of an Islamic state, or caliphate, in the land it controls. It also proclaimed al-Baghdadi the caliph, and demanded that all Muslims around the world pledge allegiance to him.

In his first remarks since that bold declaration, al-Baghdadi urged Muslims to come build their caliphate. He made a special appeal to those with practical skills — scholars, judges, doctors, engineers and people with military and administrative expertise — to come "answer the dire need of the Muslims for them."

He also called on jihadi fighters to escalate fighting in the holy month of Ramadan, which began on Sunday. "In this virtuous month or in any other month, there is no deed better than jihad in the path of Allah, so take advantage of this opportunity and walk the path of you righteous predecessors," he said. "So to arms, to arms, soldiers of the Islamic, fight, fight." » | Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Sinan Salaheddin | Tuesday, July 01, 2014

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Vatican Message to Islam: Work Together to Strengthen Family Life
CATHOLIC CULTURE: Each year the Vatican releases a message to Muslims at the beginning of Ramadan. This year's message -- signed by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran and Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata, the president and secretary, respectively, of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue -- notes that "Christians and Muslims can and must work together to safeguard the dignity of the family."

"Given the high esteem in which both Muslims and Christians hold the family, we have already had many occasions, from the local to the international level, to work together in this field," the statement notes. The Holy See has frequently joined with Islamic countries to promote pro-family policies in international organizations. [Source: Catholic Culture] | September 19, 2008

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