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Assalam-u-Alaikum,
Though it is a good policy of refraining from commenting on contemporary organizations, but as you know there are so many organizations working in the name of Islam. Therefore, I think you should atleast guide the people about some basic criteria of assessing an organization.

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I am afraid I cannot forward you any criterion to judge whether an organization , you intend to seek information from, is trustworthy or not. It simply is not possible being  a human being. However, Allah has blessed you with some of His blessings which can be very helpful in this regard though they too are not error free. You have common sense and a basic idea regarding what is good and what is evil; Allah has also blessed you with a reasoning faculty. You can easily judge what is being presented to you as right or wrong. You must place credence to only that thing  which appeals to your sense and reason and discard everything else. Using these two items, reasoning faculty and sense of morality, you will be able to judge what has been presented before you though you cannot humanly judge the person(s) presenting it.

What needs to be appreciated is the fact that Islam has certain established facts that are so pronounced that there is virtually no difference regarding them among the Muslims. For instances, God is one, the Last Day of Judgment is soon to come, there are five obligatory prayers, we are supposed to fast during the month of Ramadan et cetera. Obviously, no individual can change our point of view regarding these facts. However there are certain areas where prudence needs to be exercised. It is where I will ask you to use your reasoning faculty and sense of morality to judge whatever is being offered to you on the net.

Edited by - jhangeer hanif on July 24 2003  10:09:12[/quote]

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