ibnu Rashid
09-08-2004, 05:40 AM
Jamia Binoria. SubhanAllah, what a place it was. In the corner of SITE, and industrial city, was this institute at which 3000 students were studying the deen of Islaam. Of those 7 short months i spent there, that was where I was able to be in the company of the 'ulamaa, and the saaliheen, of the sort which I have never seen. That was where by the will of Allah i was able to make a major change in my life. That was the place that was radiant with noor, and a place I long to return to...
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39932000/jpg/_39932272_restaurant203.jpg
And subhanAllah, that was (no in ruins) where me and my roommates used to come to drink chai after 'asr salaah. I would come with my roommate Shaykh Tameem who would always give me the best of advices and encourage me to be steadfast in this deen and not to be overcome by the mischief of those people who believe they were calling to right but were in reality calling to something baatil. May Allah grant him and my other teacher (who was in that particular area 10 minutes before the event) who are both studying there at this time protection and steadfastness.
The story...
Dozens of people were hurt in the blasts outside an Islamic religious school in the west of the city.
The attacks came a day after two people died in a bombing outside a car rental office in the port, but it is not known if they are connected.
Karachi has been hit by several bomb attacks in recent months.
Previous attacks blamed on Islamist militants have often targeted foreigners, Christians or Shia Muslims.
But the latest blasts went off outside a Shia Muslim school, called Jamia Binori.
Motorbike
Senior police officials said it was a highly-planned and co-ordinated attack in which two explosive devices were used to hit as many people as possible.
First there was a small explosion outside the school at about 1910 local time (1410 GMT). Then as most of the people sitting inside the school's roadside restaurant came out, a more powerful blast went off.
The second bomb was fitted in a motorbike parked outside the restaurant, a senior police official said.
Doctors at one of two hospitals treating the injured said 11 people were in a critical condition.
There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack. Officials said it was too early to say whether it was part of the ongoing rivalry between Shia and Sunni extremists.
Drive-by shooting
Police and paramilitary troops set up a cordon around the site of the explosions.
The school has had problems with sectarian violence in the past.
In May, its leader, Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai - a prominent supporter of Afghanistan's former Taleban regime - was killed in a drive-by shooting.
Thousands of his supporters rioted following his death.
Karachi is Pakistan's largest city with 14 million inhabitants.
(corrections: its a sunni school, not shia, and mufti nizamudden (rahimahullaah) was not its leader, rather he was one of the main teachers at Binori Town, a separate institute)
Of those 8 people, I knew one person. Others included a 3 year old child, and a student of daur-e-hadith (meaning he had a few months left to finish). May Allah bless them all with shahaadah.
It brings to mind this poem (translated):
Which of the wounds,
Will penetrate the hearts of the noble ones,
Which of the waves,
From the ocean of disgrace will again crash unnoticed,
Which of the sorrows,
No, but which of the tears in the eyes of the oppressed,
Which of the hardships will wake us up?
...Verily the life we are living is nothing but disgrace,
We are satisfied with even though the ending is approaching.
...Oh people of history, inform us about those people,
About that time wherein the consciences were not dead.
"Thauban reported that the messenger of Allah said: "It is near that the nations will call one another against you just as the eaters call one another to their dishes." Somebody asked: "Is this because we will be few in numbers that day?" He said: "Nay, but that day you shall be numerous, but you will be (in strength) like the bubbles of the sea, and Allah will take the fear of you away from your enemies and will place weakness into your hearts." Somebody asked: "What is this weakness?" He said: "The love of the world and the dislike of death." (Abu Dawud)"
The third attack in karachi on our 'ulamaa within a few months, not much has been done. We (myself especially) are a pathetic bunch i tell you.
I was discussing this with my teacher over here (faarigh from there), and he just said: forget masjids, they're targetting schools. why at a restaurant u know? when students are enjoying tea in the evening.
Allahumma dammir a'adaa ad-deen. Allahummah khudhhum akhdha azeezin muqtadir.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39932000/jpg/_39932272_restaurant203.jpg
And subhanAllah, that was (no in ruins) where me and my roommates used to come to drink chai after 'asr salaah. I would come with my roommate Shaykh Tameem who would always give me the best of advices and encourage me to be steadfast in this deen and not to be overcome by the mischief of those people who believe they were calling to right but were in reality calling to something baatil. May Allah grant him and my other teacher (who was in that particular area 10 minutes before the event) who are both studying there at this time protection and steadfastness.
The story...
Dozens of people were hurt in the blasts outside an Islamic religious school in the west of the city.
The attacks came a day after two people died in a bombing outside a car rental office in the port, but it is not known if they are connected.
Karachi has been hit by several bomb attacks in recent months.
Previous attacks blamed on Islamist militants have often targeted foreigners, Christians or Shia Muslims.
But the latest blasts went off outside a Shia Muslim school, called Jamia Binori.
Motorbike
Senior police officials said it was a highly-planned and co-ordinated attack in which two explosive devices were used to hit as many people as possible.
First there was a small explosion outside the school at about 1910 local time (1410 GMT). Then as most of the people sitting inside the school's roadside restaurant came out, a more powerful blast went off.
The second bomb was fitted in a motorbike parked outside the restaurant, a senior police official said.
Doctors at one of two hospitals treating the injured said 11 people were in a critical condition.
There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack. Officials said it was too early to say whether it was part of the ongoing rivalry between Shia and Sunni extremists.
Drive-by shooting
Police and paramilitary troops set up a cordon around the site of the explosions.
The school has had problems with sectarian violence in the past.
In May, its leader, Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai - a prominent supporter of Afghanistan's former Taleban regime - was killed in a drive-by shooting.
Thousands of his supporters rioted following his death.
Karachi is Pakistan's largest city with 14 million inhabitants.
(corrections: its a sunni school, not shia, and mufti nizamudden (rahimahullaah) was not its leader, rather he was one of the main teachers at Binori Town, a separate institute)
Of those 8 people, I knew one person. Others included a 3 year old child, and a student of daur-e-hadith (meaning he had a few months left to finish). May Allah bless them all with shahaadah.
It brings to mind this poem (translated):
Which of the wounds,
Will penetrate the hearts of the noble ones,
Which of the waves,
From the ocean of disgrace will again crash unnoticed,
Which of the sorrows,
No, but which of the tears in the eyes of the oppressed,
Which of the hardships will wake us up?
...Verily the life we are living is nothing but disgrace,
We are satisfied with even though the ending is approaching.
...Oh people of history, inform us about those people,
About that time wherein the consciences were not dead.
"Thauban reported that the messenger of Allah said: "It is near that the nations will call one another against you just as the eaters call one another to their dishes." Somebody asked: "Is this because we will be few in numbers that day?" He said: "Nay, but that day you shall be numerous, but you will be (in strength) like the bubbles of the sea, and Allah will take the fear of you away from your enemies and will place weakness into your hearts." Somebody asked: "What is this weakness?" He said: "The love of the world and the dislike of death." (Abu Dawud)"
The third attack in karachi on our 'ulamaa within a few months, not much has been done. We (myself especially) are a pathetic bunch i tell you.
I was discussing this with my teacher over here (faarigh from there), and he just said: forget masjids, they're targetting schools. why at a restaurant u know? when students are enjoying tea in the evening.
Allahumma dammir a'adaa ad-deen. Allahummah khudhhum akhdha azeezin muqtadir.