Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Eire we Go, Eire we Go, Eire we Go!
Assalaamu Alaykum all,
We've made a decision to save up and make a mini Hijrah to Ireland as soon as we can get the money together, so instead of the big move we are making a little move first.
The reasons for this are...
1. It isn't at war with any Muslim country, therefore the verses of Surah an-Nisa do not apply, though hijrah to the muslim lands is still something we intend on doing later.
2. It is easy to do Dawah there, brothers who go on Dawah trips to Ireland tell me the people are much more open to discussion and debate about religion than the rest of Britain.
3. It is very simular to the UK so the culture shock won't be that great for us.
Now to do a Hijrah comparison profile as I have for other nations, (but not got around to posting yet).
How Easy is it to Practice the Deen and how practicing are the people there?
The Muslims are pretty much the same as the rest of the UK, dunya loving and the rest of the people are Catholic (mostly).
Whether Autopsy is allowed or not?
Autopsy laws pretty similar to the UK, i.e if the doctors order it then it has to take place and you can't stop it. However the practice is different with very few autopsies taking place unlike in the UK where it is so common.
How easy will it be to move to that land and how easy to get Citizenship?
As a British citizen I have full rights to move and reside in Eire, and with an Irish Grandfather could prospects of getting Irish citizenship should I choose to go down that route later on.
Moving there would simply be a matter of hiring a van and moving our things over via the ferry to Dublin and the cheap travel costs mean going over and checking the place out would be extremely easy.
What are the employment prospects like?
Good, pretty much same as rest of Britain and my qualifications are known and excepted there.
What are the medical facilities like for Citizens and Residents?
Good as the UK, full rights to medical care as an EU citizen.
What are the other Benefits like for Citizens and Residents?
Good, better benefits than the UK marginally and full rights to these should I lose my job.
What is the General Culture like there?
The Muslim community is similar to the UK, but Ireland itself is friendly and more open to new ideas than the rest of Britain.
Major issue is the amount people drink! This is a country that brews alcohol themselves from everything, even potatoes!
Environmental Factors?
Little land lost but very little compared to the UK (see pictures of Irelands rocky coast in next post) with global warming.
The land is also UNDER POPULATED, historically, Eire had 8million people in the 1800's and that is pre-oil so although there will be some fitnah when the oil runs out, the 6million people there now can hopefully survive without the need to resort to barbarism and canibalism.
General Stability?
Extremely stable government and society, though the same as anywhere else we don't know what is coming over the horizon in the future.
So that is Ireland / Eire, seems good enough for me to be going soon as I can so everyone make Du'a for us and that we are successful in this and keep reading the posts to find out more on how things are going and news on our intended bigger hijrah to the Muslim lands we intend on doing if we ever can.
Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah
We've made a decision to save up and make a mini Hijrah to Ireland as soon as we can get the money together, so instead of the big move we are making a little move first.
The reasons for this are...
1. It isn't at war with any Muslim country, therefore the verses of Surah an-Nisa do not apply, though hijrah to the muslim lands is still something we intend on doing later.
2. It is easy to do Dawah there, brothers who go on Dawah trips to Ireland tell me the people are much more open to discussion and debate about religion than the rest of Britain.
3. It is very simular to the UK so the culture shock won't be that great for us.
Now to do a Hijrah comparison profile as I have for other nations, (but not got around to posting yet).
How Easy is it to Practice the Deen and how practicing are the people there?
The Muslims are pretty much the same as the rest of the UK, dunya loving and the rest of the people are Catholic (mostly).
Whether Autopsy is allowed or not?
Autopsy laws pretty similar to the UK, i.e if the doctors order it then it has to take place and you can't stop it. However the practice is different with very few autopsies taking place unlike in the UK where it is so common.
How easy will it be to move to that land and how easy to get Citizenship?
As a British citizen I have full rights to move and reside in Eire, and with an Irish Grandfather could prospects of getting Irish citizenship should I choose to go down that route later on.
Moving there would simply be a matter of hiring a van and moving our things over via the ferry to Dublin and the cheap travel costs mean going over and checking the place out would be extremely easy.
What are the employment prospects like?
Good, pretty much same as rest of Britain and my qualifications are known and excepted there.
What are the medical facilities like for Citizens and Residents?
Good as the UK, full rights to medical care as an EU citizen.
What are the other Benefits like for Citizens and Residents?
Good, better benefits than the UK marginally and full rights to these should I lose my job.
What is the General Culture like there?
The Muslim community is similar to the UK, but Ireland itself is friendly and more open to new ideas than the rest of Britain.
Major issue is the amount people drink! This is a country that brews alcohol themselves from everything, even potatoes!
Environmental Factors?
Little land lost but very little compared to the UK (see pictures of Irelands rocky coast in next post) with global warming.
The land is also UNDER POPULATED, historically, Eire had 8million people in the 1800's and that is pre-oil so although there will be some fitnah when the oil runs out, the 6million people there now can hopefully survive without the need to resort to barbarism and canibalism.
General Stability?
Extremely stable government and society, though the same as anywhere else we don't know what is coming over the horizon in the future.
So that is Ireland / Eire, seems good enough for me to be going soon as I can so everyone make Du'a for us and that we are successful in this and keep reading the posts to find out more on how things are going and news on our intended bigger hijrah to the Muslim lands we intend on doing if we ever can.
Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah
Monday, 17 November 2008
Eire Update...
Assalaamu Alaykum,
just a quick update on Eire (Ireland).
I am looking at the info on wiki and it says it is actually under-populated. Historically, with traditional agricultural methods it supported over 8 million people, today it has just over 6 million (if you include N.Ireland as well) which means if the oil did run out and still stuck here at least we got a better chance of our kids not being eaten by the neighbours as enough land for everyone to grow food!
Its rocky coast means it will also suffer less from sea level rises than other parts of the UK, though we still don't know how the weather pattern will change as the global temperature rises.
Finally, land costs are historically lower in Eire than the rest of the UK due to massive migration from the country to the city and the elderly population are all that is left in many villages, meaning land prices have a lot of potential to drop even further.
Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah
just a quick update on Eire (Ireland).
I am looking at the info on wiki and it says it is actually under-populated. Historically, with traditional agricultural methods it supported over 8 million people, today it has just over 6 million (if you include N.Ireland as well) which means if the oil did run out and still stuck here at least we got a better chance of our kids not being eaten by the neighbours as enough land for everyone to grow food!
Its rocky coast means it will also suffer less from sea level rises than other parts of the UK, though we still don't know how the weather pattern will change as the global temperature rises.
Finally, land costs are historically lower in Eire than the rest of the UK due to massive migration from the country to the city and the elderly population are all that is left in many villages, meaning land prices have a lot of potential to drop even further.
Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah
Mini Hijrah to Ireland
Assalaamu Alaykum,
Me and the family were thinking... Yes, as Muslims we should live amongst the believers, in the lands of Islam not the lands of disbelief but right now we are in a bigger pickle, that is living in a land at war with the Muslims.
This means the verses of Surah an-Nisa relating to Hijrah relate directly to us in our situation so we were thinking of going elsewhere in Darul kufr (the land of disbelief) other than Darul Harb (the lands of the people at war with Muslims).
This is actually a lot harder than it seems, most nations in the West are busy oppressing our brothers and sisters elsewhere in the world so we came up with the idea of a little mini hijrah to Ireland.
'Ireland? land of the short guys with little green hats that make nice sugary breakfast cereals?'
YES that Ireland, or Eire as they prefer to call it in Gaelic, their original language.
Eire doesn't seem to be at war with any Muslim nation or people right now, and have an official foreign policy of neutrality, i.e having been crapped on by the British for the past millennium they don't much hold with the idea of going to other people's land and taking their resources and giving them worthless crap and venereal diseases in return.
The other plus side is everyone speaks English, even in some of the far off villages where they still speak Gaelic, they still speak English also so no language barrier.
Also, they have a system of living simular to the rest of the British, so pretty much no big culture shocks (other than their habits of swearing and drinking even more than the British).
Finally... Although the law on autopies is pretty much the same as the rest of Britain, they don't actually carry out very many meaning the chances of being mutilated after death is much less.
Seems too good to be true, but there are already about 40,000 Muslims in Eire, about 1% of the population so we'll save up, go take a visit and let everyone else know what it is like so watch this space if you're interested in Hijrah and want somewhere to go right now whilst you prepare for the big one to the Muslim lands.
Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah
Me and the family were thinking... Yes, as Muslims we should live amongst the believers, in the lands of Islam not the lands of disbelief but right now we are in a bigger pickle, that is living in a land at war with the Muslims.
This means the verses of Surah an-Nisa relating to Hijrah relate directly to us in our situation so we were thinking of going elsewhere in Darul kufr (the land of disbelief) other than Darul Harb (the lands of the people at war with Muslims).
This is actually a lot harder than it seems, most nations in the West are busy oppressing our brothers and sisters elsewhere in the world so we came up with the idea of a little mini hijrah to Ireland.
'Ireland? land of the short guys with little green hats that make nice sugary breakfast cereals?'
YES that Ireland, or Eire as they prefer to call it in Gaelic, their original language.
Eire doesn't seem to be at war with any Muslim nation or people right now, and have an official foreign policy of neutrality, i.e having been crapped on by the British for the past millennium they don't much hold with the idea of going to other people's land and taking their resources and giving them worthless crap and venereal diseases in return.
The other plus side is everyone speaks English, even in some of the far off villages where they still speak Gaelic, they still speak English also so no language barrier.
Also, they have a system of living simular to the rest of the British, so pretty much no big culture shocks (other than their habits of swearing and drinking even more than the British).
Finally... Although the law on autopies is pretty much the same as the rest of Britain, they don't actually carry out very many meaning the chances of being mutilated after death is much less.
Seems too good to be true, but there are already about 40,000 Muslims in Eire, about 1% of the population so we'll save up, go take a visit and let everyone else know what it is like so watch this space if you're interested in Hijrah and want somewhere to go right now whilst you prepare for the big one to the Muslim lands.
Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah
Saturday, 15 November 2008
Anwar al-Awlaki on Hijrah
Assalaamu Alaykum,
Here is a talk available online on the subject of making hijrah by Sheikh Anwar al-Awlaki. He is formally of America but has made Hijrah to Yemen.
http://www.anwar-alawlaki.com/2008/09/22/hijra-for-the-sake-of-allah/
Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah
Here is a talk available online on the subject of making hijrah by Sheikh Anwar al-Awlaki. He is formally of America but has made Hijrah to Yemen.
http://www.anwar-alawlaki.com/2008/09/22/hijra-for-the-sake-of-allah/
Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah
Monday, 10 November 2008
Frustrations!
Assalaamu alaykum,
Today and the past few days I have been getting very frustrated in my search for a place to make Hijrah to, too many obsticles so that at times it seems almost an impossibility.
I know however that Allah swt will give us a way, that he has made it an obligation on us and if it becomes a true impossibility he would forgive us our shortfalls.
But still, some of the even so called islamic countries, those with some asparations of calling themselves Muslim lands, Darul Islam, even if they fall short of that, what do we find there? Nationalistic laws that prevent Muslims from around the world gaining citizenship there and residing there.
Some of these places have many non-Muslims living there, having brought property but they prevent Muslims from living amongst them.
There are many other frustrations, the difficulties in finding work, the difficulties in people trying to rip you off even though they are muslim also! Subhanallah, so instead of finding the Ansar waiting to help us, we have rip off merchants waiting to take what little wealth we have.
Hijrah is not easy, but we have to make sacrifices, and inshallah we will get there or get the reward of the intention anyway if we are true to ourselves and true to Allah.
Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah
Today and the past few days I have been getting very frustrated in my search for a place to make Hijrah to, too many obsticles so that at times it seems almost an impossibility.
I know however that Allah swt will give us a way, that he has made it an obligation on us and if it becomes a true impossibility he would forgive us our shortfalls.
But still, some of the even so called islamic countries, those with some asparations of calling themselves Muslim lands, Darul Islam, even if they fall short of that, what do we find there? Nationalistic laws that prevent Muslims from around the world gaining citizenship there and residing there.
Some of these places have many non-Muslims living there, having brought property but they prevent Muslims from living amongst them.
There are many other frustrations, the difficulties in finding work, the difficulties in people trying to rip you off even though they are muslim also! Subhanallah, so instead of finding the Ansar waiting to help us, we have rip off merchants waiting to take what little wealth we have.
Hijrah is not easy, but we have to make sacrifices, and inshallah we will get there or get the reward of the intention anyway if we are true to ourselves and true to Allah.
Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Two Step (or more) in making Hijrah
Assalaamu Alaykum,
A short post today, but my wife was saying to me last night, that our Hijrah might end up being in two or more steps so let me explain what we mean by that.
It is an obligation to leave the UK now, today if possible, as soon as the means and plans are done then go. But that doesn't mean where you go to is going to be perfect, or that is where you eventually want to end up.
Therefore, although I am applying for positions in the Gulf, in the long run I really don't see my future there. The oil is going, and with it will be the means to support the huge populations that have mushroomed there, and we know those who have no tribal link are likely to be first to be asked to leave.
So, therefore it might be good place to go to get out of the UK and earn some money, fulfilling the obligation of Hijrah away from Darul kufr whilst it is at war with the believers but as a long term destination I would want to live somewhere I can buy farm land and live my life in peace when the oil runs out without having to worry about whether the food is going to run out with the oil.
So my first step in the Hijrah is likely to be the gulf if i can find work there, the 2nd step is most likely to be somewhere poorer but closer to the agricultural base of civilisation, less over-populated, less prone to damage from oil crash.
Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah
A short post today, but my wife was saying to me last night, that our Hijrah might end up being in two or more steps so let me explain what we mean by that.
It is an obligation to leave the UK now, today if possible, as soon as the means and plans are done then go. But that doesn't mean where you go to is going to be perfect, or that is where you eventually want to end up.
Therefore, although I am applying for positions in the Gulf, in the long run I really don't see my future there. The oil is going, and with it will be the means to support the huge populations that have mushroomed there, and we know those who have no tribal link are likely to be first to be asked to leave.
So, therefore it might be good place to go to get out of the UK and earn some money, fulfilling the obligation of Hijrah away from Darul kufr whilst it is at war with the believers but as a long term destination I would want to live somewhere I can buy farm land and live my life in peace when the oil runs out without having to worry about whether the food is going to run out with the oil.
So my first step in the Hijrah is likely to be the gulf if i can find work there, the 2nd step is most likely to be somewhere poorer but closer to the agricultural base of civilisation, less over-populated, less prone to damage from oil crash.
Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah
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