May God rest his soul

[AMAT-ALLAH]

Prince leads tributes to Badawi, Muslim voice of moderation

Stephen Bates, religious affairs correspondent
Wednesday January 25, 2006
The Guardian


Prince Charles last night led tributes to Zaki Badawi, the Egyptian-born academic who became Britain's best known Islamic spokesman and a forceful voice for moderation and tolerance. Dr Badawi died suddenly yesterday. The 83-year-old principal of the Muslim College had been due to be attend a reception marking the Archbishop of Canterbury's inauguration of the Christian Muslim Forum at Lambeth Palace later in the day.
The prince, who had become a personal friend of Dr Badawi's through his interest in Islam, said in a statement: "The sudden loss of Zaki Badawi is a devastating blow to this country and to me personally. His brand of wisdom, scholarship, far-sightedness and above all humour has ensured that Zaki played an extraordinarily important role in the life of this country and amongst the Muslim community.


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"His presence will be sorely missed but his hard-won legacy will, I hope, provide a fitting tribute to a truly remarkable and warm-hearted man. For me, it was an immense privilege and joy to have known someone so special for whom I had the greatest possible admiration and whose advice and friendship I valued most highly."
Dr Badawi was a regular spokesman on Islamic issues, seeking to build bridges with other faiths and explain his religion to fellow Muslims and the wider community. He was an outspoken critic of fundamentalist violence and a defender of women's rights. He served on several religious organisations and had been due to become an adviser to the new forum. Often used as the voice of British Muslims by the media, he may have been seen by some younger and more radical Muslims as too moderate and too close to the establishment, but he was the nearest the community had to a religious as opposed to a political spokesman.

Ghayasuddin Siddiqui, leader of the Muslim Parliament, said Muslims had lost a "great scholar, teacher and a man of peace and harmony", always opposed to fundamentalism and extremism.

Sir Iqbal Sacranie, secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: "We are deeply shocked and saddened by his sudden demise [which is] a major loss for British Muslims. We pray that God Almighty grants him a place in his paradise with the martyrs, the prophets and the righteous."

Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, said: "People of all faiths, as well as those without faith, will mourn the loss of Dr Badawi, who provided unique leadership in a world gone mad. A younger generation of Muslims must now take on the sheikh's work - the promotion of faith built more on tolerance than judgment."

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Allahu Ya Raxama.......

[muslim-man]

He was to britain what the law26 is to somalinet hence the tributes from the kafirs!

[AMAT-ALLAH]

@LOL muktaar...

muslimman, your really starting to irratate me. He was your muslim brother, he was a good man, and if your only demeaning him purely because he put muslim womens safety first after post-7/7 then thats really sad, and i pity you. Just make duca for him for Gods sakes...

[hamas]

"forceful voice for moderation"

no wonder he is praised by the kafirs.

[muslim-man]

amat-Allah, didn't mean to irritate you in anyway sis. i am sorry if it sounded to you that way.


There is laways something fishy about a bunch of kafir's praising a dead muslim in this day and age.

well said hamas.

[AMAT-ALLAH]

You see feeding of the trivial details and not looking at the bigger context is serisouly dishearting to see from our own muslim brothers. Subhannallah.

[optimist_1]

Ya'll driving Amat nuts.

But whats this Moderation?

[The Law26]

[quote="muslim-man"]He was to britain what the law26 is to somalinet hence the tributes from the kafirs![/quote]

He is a good and honest Muslim, and may he rest in peace.

[GoodNews]

My mother and I had the pleasure of meeting him in 2003. I went to his Islamic College in West London to enrol, but he told me to come back after finishing my degree.

May Allah rest his soul.

[Beenlow]

I don't know this man but I say Allah yarxamahu because I suppose he was a Muslim.

Now generally speaking, 99% of "muslims" who are praised by the kuffaar are staright munaafiqiin/sell-outs. Just look at those b*tches Irshad Manji, Amina Waduud, Asra Nomani etc....uff.

[Foxy22]

Ohh Subxanallah! The poor man is dead leave him alone!

Alla'Yarxama!

[X.Playa]

Wonder why every time some old Islamist donkey die at a rip age of senility Somalis will came up with pathetic threads???

Amata Alla, do u know how many Somali kids died just yesterday?? or u care is only limited old Islamists beardos?

Never seen a people who instead of living with dignity while known god rather ride on Arab ceeb to their way to Janna..as Somali hypocrites

[Grant]

Allahu ha u naxariisto.

[Mowhawk]

I don't know this marxuum, but I read his fatwas and articles on Islam-Online and May Allah SWT have mercy on him. If he ran an Islamic school for Muslims in Britain, then surely his contributions will be missed by his students, colleagues and most of British Muslims.

It is sad that some people are comparing him with Irshad Manji and her crew.

[Aiman]

Muslim-Man, Al Hamas, and Beenlow, I fully agree with you guys.

Anyways may Allah SWT forgive his sins.