Eid al-fitr brings rejoicing and happiness to Muslims all over the world, irrespective of their worldly circumstances. The rejoicing is not, however, at the departure of the month of Ramadaan; it is the happiness which a Mu’min, a believer,  feels after successfully completing an important task imposed upon him by an almighty King.

The apostate's punishment is not due to his belief, but to the military and political danger that this belief may cause. In other words, the Islamic jurists do not judge belief or unbelief. The individual Muslim's belief or unbelief is left for Allah to judge. 

The reality is that dramatic political change now sweeping the Arab world would eventually facilitate the execution of Israel’s war agenda against the Arabs, as well as against Pakistan and Iran. There is certainly more to the uprisings than meet the eye and Islamic scholarship must tread very carefully when responding to urgent and insistent Muslim requests for an explanatory response to the current Arab uprisings.

For nearly 500 years, Muslims have been part of Australia and its history, beginning with their trade and peaceful relations with the Aboriginals of the Top End. These interactions were peaceful and cooperative, with traces of trade outposts lasting to this day. Unlike later Europeans, Muslims did not come to settle, conquer and exploit, but to trade and spread their faith.