Where has Maktabah gone

[AkramUKConv]

Everyone was talking about Maktabah (http://www.maktabah.net/) [Maktabah al-Ansar Islamic bookstore] (archived page (http://web.archive.org/web/20070524075743rn_1/maktabah.net/home.asp), more (http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.maktabah.net/)). What happened to it? It seems to have only just gone down this month?

Apparently it was THE place to get Islamic books, dvds, flags, etc. Even Yvonne Ridley praised it.

I know it was raided (BBC article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/661744.stm)) because of the 'kidnap' thing in the news but the people who own it were freed (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6340935.stm)!

When will it be back? Watch the video (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_6340000/newsid_6340900?redirect=6340979.stm&news=1&nbram=1&nbwm=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1) of a worker their speaking out!

Their are some threads on other sites (1 (http://talk.islamicnetwork.com/showthread.php?t=13652), 2 (http://talk.islamicnetwork.com/showthread.php?t=13652), 3 (http://forums.mpadc.com/showthread.php/wheres-maktabah-site-5281.html), 4 (http://forums.mpadc.com/showthread.php/wheres-maktabah-site-5281p2.html)) talking about it but what do you guys know?

In May 2007 (http://web.archive.org/web/20070524075743rn_1/maktabah.net/home.asp) they had a notice saying that " Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are unable to process any online or telephone orders at the present time.
You shall be notified in due course"

On these threads it says that it was hacked by Turkish Nationalists (http://talk.islamicnetwork.com/showthread.php?t=4858) by then might have been changed to http://www.tibyan.net/home.asp . It is also said that store was raided (http://forums.mpadc.com/showpost.php?p=44818&postcount=2), that it was a harddisk seerver crash and will be back up again soon (http://forums.mpadc.com/showpost.php?p=44821&postcount=4) (sounds like an insider?) and it has been said that it is only temporarily closed (http://talk.islamicnetwork.com/showthread.php?t=13652)?

In fact, htere is a news article about the store:

http://holdingontoacinder.blogspot.com/2007/01/maktabah-temporarily-closed.html

http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3588/2741/1600/88886/_42518797_maktabah_203_getty.jpg

Maktabah: Temporarily Closed

Our favourite bookstore has been raided. The plot as complex, intricate and unbelievable as ever. Basically, a plot to kidnap, hold hostage and carry out a recorded beheading of a British Muslim soldier (Her Majesty's army of course) and then .. well there is no more. Thats it! I suppose wait a few dyas to get arrested. This isn't bleedin Iraq. I mean, why bother - let them go over and get a Galloway-esque "one hell of a beating" at the hands of our boys, who are more then capable of it.

Just seems timing is ripe to coincide with Cameron's manifesto of hate.

May Allah protect the Maktabah brothers who for years have been doing a job nobody else had the courage to take on - inciting the believers to jihad fee sabeelillah. Before you run to burn all your books and CDs, ask yourself one question: what did you take from those books, CDs and DVDs? Your actions in these times of fitan will give you your answer.

More stories on it:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/02/europe/web.0202birmingham.php

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=166682007

http://news.aol.co.uk/bigstorynews/nine-held-over-terror-kidnap-plot/article/20070201060509990002

http://www.world-terrorism.org/items/date/2007/01/

The BBC even reported on it:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6318197.stm

Sparkhill Muslims 'live in peace'

Squeezed between a pub and a beauty salon, which have also shut for the day, the Maktabah bookshop has hit the headlines before.

It was founded by Moazzam Begg, who was detained by the US at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on suspicion of terrorism before being released. He was arrested there by British police under anti-terror laws in 2000.

Mr Begg no longer owns the shop and the new owners have denied any links to Osama Bin Laden or al-Qaeda.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6344967.stm

Mr Bakr, who works in the Maktabah bookshop, targeted in the raids, told BBC News the UK was "a police state for Muslims".

Dr Mohammed Naseem, chairman of Birmingham's Central Mosque, said Muslims felt "persecuted unjustly" by the government for political ends.

He said some in the community resented the way the raids were carried out and opposed laws allowing terror suspects to be held for up to 28 days without charge.


Ex-terror plot suspect speaks out (he works at Maktabah): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6340935.stm

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[jzcasejz]

I only found out about Maktabah this month. I thought it was down permanently, but if it comes back, InshaAllaah, then that'll be great.

Thanks for all the news...

[AkramUKConv]

No problem, they translated so many works I hope they come back.

There 'were' their contact details:

Maktabah Al Ansaar
316 Ladypool Road,
Sparkhill,
Birmingham,
B12 6JY,
England.

0121 449 1684
07977 129 175

[AkramUKConv]

No problem, they translated so many works I hope they come back.

These (http://www.geocities.com/johnathanrgalt/maktabah_net.html)'were' their contact details:

Maktabah Al Ansaar
316 Ladypool Road,
Sparkhill,
Birmingham,
B12 6JY,
England.

0121 449 1684
07977 129 175

maktabah@hotmail.com

I have dropped them an email and it hasn't bounced back yet.

The 0121 number is dead.

I called the 07977 mobile number and a guy answered but says he doesn't know about Maktabah and that it is his personal telphone number. So, I was polite to him and said bye.

I hope they start up again.






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[AkramUKConv]

"It's a police state for Muslims. It's not a police state for everybody else because these terror laws are designed specifically for Muslims and that's quite an open fact." – BBC News interview with Abu Bakr (http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=Abu+Bakr&x=0&y=0&scope=all&edition=d&tab=av&recipe=all), Maktabah al-Ansar Islamic bookstore, Birmingham, Feb 8 2007








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[Umm]

All praise is for Allah, good news!

The website is back with a beautifully designed hardback copy of Khalid ibn al-Walid's biography "The Sword of Allah"

http://www.maktabah.net/ViewProduct.asp?ProductID=1071


Khalid Bin Al-Waleed (Sword of Allah)


By A.I. Akram

A Biographical Study of the Greatest Military General in History.

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Extract from the Book:

Chapter 1: The Boy
Khalid and the tall boy glared at each other. Slowly they began to move in a circle, the gaze of each fixed intently upon the other, each looking for an opening for his attack and each wary of the tricks that the other might use. There was no hostility in their eyes - just a keen rivalry and an unshakeable determination to win. And Khalid found it necessary to be cautious, for the tall boy was left-handed and thus enjoyed the advantage that all left-handers have over their opponents in a fight.

Wrestling was a popular pastime among the boys of Arabia, and they frequently fought each other. There was no malice in these fights. It was a sport, and boys were trained in wrestling as one of the requirements of Arab manhood. But these two boys were the strongest of all and the leaders of boys of their age. This match was, so to speak, a fight for the heavy-weight title. The boys were well matched. Of about the same age, they were in their early teens. Both were tall and lean, and newly formed muscles rippled on their shoulders and arms as their sweating bodies glistened in the sun. The tall boy was perhaps an inch taller than Khalid. And their faces were so alike that one was often mistaken for the other.

Khalid threw the tall boy; but this was no ordinary fall. As the tall boy fell there was a distinct crack, and a moment later the grotesquely twisted shape of his leg showed that the bone had broken. The stricken boy lay motionless on the ground, and Khalid stared in horror at the broken leg of his friend and nephew. (The tall boy's mother, Hantamah bint Hisham bin Al Mugheerah, was Khalid's first cousin.)

In course of time the injury healed and the leg of the tall boy became whole and strong again. He would wrestle again and be among the best of wrestlers. And the two boys would remain friends. But while they were both intelligent, strong and forceful by nature, neither had patience or tact. They were to continue to compete with each other in almost everything that they did.

The reader should make a mental note of this tall boy, for he was to play an important role in the life of Khalid. He was the son of Al Khattab, and his name was Umar.



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[AkramUKConv]

New website coming soon!

http://www.maktabah.net

[Slave_of1god]

Has anyone logged on to their site recentley? They've revamped it, looks excellent, and they've got a free online islamic library mashaAllah

www.maktabah.net (http://www.maktabah.net)