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- Islamic Information & News Network
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- Asim Mughal (mughal@caltech.edu)
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- Contents:
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- 1) About bit.listserv.muslims (IINN).
- 2) Introduction to Islamic Information & News Network (IINN).
- 3) Files on Listserv - How to access.
- 4) Anonymous FTP sites & how to access + listing of files.
- 5) Gopher Access to FTP files.
- 6) History/Data on IINN
- 7) Services Offered thru LISTSERV.
- 8) Where to Send Contributions?
- 9) IINN Staff & how to contact them?
- 10) Introductory Material on Islam.
- 11) Islamic (Hijri) Calendar
- 12) Format of IINN Newsletters/Digests
- 13) This FAQ- Archive Info, History & Credits.
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- Subject: 1) About bit.listserv.muslims (IINN).
-
- The newsgroup 'bit.listserv.muslims' is distribution of
- BITnet LISTs "MUSLIMS@ASUACAD" & "MUSLIMS@PSUVM" called
- "The Islamic Information & News Network."
-
- The gateway established at American Univ. is bi-directioal.
- This allows digest/newsletter posted by the editors on LISTSERV
- to appear on USENET 'bit.listserv.muslims.'
-
- Any submission sent to 'bit.listserv.muslims' is routed to the editors
- of IINN automatically.
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- Subject: 2) Introduction to Islamic Information & News Network (IINN).
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- I N F O R M A T I O N & N E W S N E T W O R K
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- a subsidiary of Pakistan News Service.
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- Founded on: 27 Ramazan 1412 Hijri, Tuesday, March 31 1992
- ________________________________________________________________________________
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-
- The Pakistan News Service is pleased to announce the
- inauguration of an autonomous subsidiary, Islamic Information &
- News Network, (initially named Muslim News Network).
-
- Islamic Information & News Network is a forum dedicated to
- educate the network community on issues relating to Islam and
- Muslims in an academic & non-political environment. The topics
- are expected to include the following:
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- 1. News relating to Islam and Muslims.
- 2. Announcements on Islamic conferences.
- 3. Proceedings of the above conferences.
- 4. Events scheduled & held by Muslims Students
- Associations and Unions.
- 5. Community Messages (ISNA etc)
- 6. Discussions on: Books written and/or published by
- Muslim authors History of Muslims Contributions of
- Muslims to the academic & scientific fields.
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-
-
- The goals and directions of this forum will be discussed &
- streamlined by a group of individuals, IINN Committee members.
-
- Islamic Information & News Network is a moderated forum.
- Submissions will be compiled in the form of a newsletter and
- mailed to the subscribers. The subscription is open to everyone.
- The list of subscribers will remain confidential.
-
- Guidelines for submissions are as follows:
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- 1. Submissions must be related to Islam or Muslims.
- 2. Submissions should be submitted in a true Islamic
- spirit and manner, without offending any other
- religion, group or a country.
- 3. Political submissions must also meet Islamic spirit
- and must pertain to Islam and Muslim. Strict
- adherence by (2) is also a must.
-
-
- To subscribe:
-
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- 1. Send an email message to: Listserv @ Asuacad.bitnet
- 2. Text of the message: SUB MUSLIMS First_name Last_name
- 3. Wait for a confirmation message.
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- Please send your contributions to: MUSLIMS @ ASUACAD.BITnet
-
- Regards,
-
- Asim Mughal
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- Spokesman, Pakistan News Service
- Spokesman, Islamic Information & News Network
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- Subject: 3) Files on Listserv - How to access.
-
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- A- MUSLIMS FILELIST for LISTSERV@ASUACAD.
-
- Filename Filetype Date File description
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- MUSLIMS MNN-INTR 92/08/06 Muslims News Net work Introduction
- MUSLIMS MEAT-HAL 92/08/06 Discussions on Halal Meatoduction
- MUSLIMS PRAYER-F 92/08/06 Prayer Time Table Calculation in Fortran
- MUSLIMS PRAYER-C 92/08/06 Prayer Time Table Calculation in C
- MUSLIMS ISLAM-RC 92/08/06 12:37:26 Islamic Computer Software Resource Guide
- MUSLIMS FINALITY 94/04/16 12:10:58 Finality of Prophethood by
- S. Adul A'la Maududi
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- B- How to Access?
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- Step-1: Send an email message to 'listserv@asuacad.bitnet'
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- Step-2: Include the following as text of your message:
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- GET MUSLIMS filetype
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- e.g GET MUSLIMS ISLAM-RC
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- Subject: 4) Anonymous FTP sites & how to access + listing of files.
-
- -- README.calmsa (FTP Site-1-)
-
-
- ######### File: README.calmsa
- #########
- ######### Last Updated February 12, 1995
- ######### By: Br.Asim Mughal
- #########
- ######### Caltech MSA / IINN FTP Site -1-
- ######### ftp.cco.caltech.edu
- ######### dir: /pub/calmsa
- #########
- ######### Caltech MSA: calmsa@piccolo.cco.caltech.edu
- ######### IINN (Islamic Information & News Network) Muslims@Asuacad.bitnet
-
- Asalamulaikum,
-
- The Caltech MSA, in collaboration with Islamic Information & News Network
- maintains two FTP sites open to everyone. Both sites are 'anonymous FTP'
- sites, that is, signon with userid "anonymous" (no password required).
-
- The FTP sites are:
-
- FTP Site-1: ftp.cco.caltech.edu
- dir: /pub/calmsa
-
- This site carries articles & resources on Islam.
-
- FTP Site-2: ftp.ugcs.caltech.edu
- dir: /pub/cms
-
- This site hosts translations of Holy Quran, Hadith
- and Islamic Prayer Software.
-
-
- The following is the information on files available:
-
- DIRECTORIES:
-
-
- /Quran
- Quran-Picthall.Z
- Quran-Shakir.tar.Z
-
- /Hadith
- Bukhari.Z hadith.2.Z hadith.qudsi.2.Z
- hadith.1.Z hadith.Z hadith.qudsi.Z
- Hadith.2.cr.Z
-
- DESCRIPTION ON FILES:
-
- ITimer21.README Islamic Timer 2.1 Introduction File
- ITimer21.exe Islamic Timer 2.1 for DOS machines
- ITimer21.shar Islamic Timer 2.1 for UNIX machines
- praytime.zip Prayer Timer for DOS machines
-
- 33windows.creator Thirty Three Windows Making Known the Creator (RNC)
- IslamicTimer-2.0.shar Islamic Timer 2.0 for Prayer Timings
- Muhammed.prophet Article 'Muhammed The Prophet'
- Quran/ Directory for Holy Quran
- README.calmsa README This File
- README.cms README file for Site -2- ftp.ugcs.caltech.edu
- README.instruct README Instructions on how to download & decode files
- arafat.day The Essence of Arafat Day
- belief.unbelief The light of Iman(belief) in Allah vs Darkness of kufur
- booksellers.list List of Islamic Booksellers
- bosnia.aid.info Info on relief efforts & agencies for Bosnia
- cfv.albanian Call for Votes: soc.culture.albanian (January 1995)
- cfv.bosnia Call for Votes: misc.news.bosnia (August 1994)
- cfv.scm Call for Votes: soc.culture.muslim (March 1994)
- cfv.tri Call for Votes: talk.religion.islam (June 1994)
- christ.islam Christ In Islam by Ahmed Deedat
- consequences Anatomy of a Free Lunch & Its Consequences
- cybermuslims.v2.0 CyberMuslim Guide Version 2.0
- educators International Association of Muslim Educators Annc
- emaan Talk on Emaan(faith)
- environment Environment: An Islamic Perspective
- faq.ari FAQ: USENET alt.religion.islam
- faq.bit.muslims FAQ: USENET bit.listserv.muslims (IINN)
- faq.bos FAQ: USENET misc.news.bosnia
- faq.iinn FAQ: Islamic Information & News Network
- faq.sri FAQ: USENET soc.religion.islam
- finality.1 Finality of Prophethood Part-I (IINN)
- finality.2 Finality of Prophethood Part-2 (IINN)
- finality.3 Finality of Prophethood Part-3 (IINN)
- finality.4 Finality of Prophethood Part-4 (IINN)
- fundamentals Fundamentals of Islamic Religion
- hijab.protect Hijab:How it protects & Benefits Women & Society
- humanrights Human Rights in Islam
- iinn.hajj-sp-1 IINN Special Issue on Hajj (Diary & preparation)
- iinn.hajj-sp-2 IINN Special Issue on Hajj (Diary & logistic info)
- iinn.survey94 IINN No. 8-SP-SURVEY1-94 April 20, 1994
- ijtihad Treatise on Ijtihad
- index.quran Index of Topics in Holy Quran
- index.surah Index of Holy Quran sorted by Surahs
- info.amana Amana Corporation pubishes & sells Holy Quran
- introtoislam Introduction & Meaning of Islam
- islam-rc.92 Islamic Computing Resource Guide V 2.0 by Basil Hashem
- islam-rc.old Islamic Computing Resource Guide V 1.1 by Basil Hashem
- islam.focus Excerpts from "Islam in Focus"
- islam.glance Islam at a Glance
- islam.is.future The Future is Islam's, Islam's Alone (RNC)
- islam.west Islam, West and the Risale-i Nur
- islamic.centers Islamic Centers - A Summary Listing
- istiqamat Article on 'istiqamat'
- kashmir.pns94 PNS Special Issue on Kashmir (Jan '94)
- knowledge Article on importance of 'knowledge'
- last.sermon The last sermon of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh)
- mercy.ayat Ayats on Mercy
- miracles Treatise on Miracles of Muhammad (pbuh)
- mosque.why Article: 'Why you are not in a mosque?
- muhammed.bible Bible on Muhammed (pbuh)
- perseverance.job The perseverance of Prophet Ayyub As. (JOB)
- political.order The Islamic Concept of a Political Order
- prayer.f Software to calculate Prayer timings using Fortran
- ramadan.meaning The Meaning of Ramadan from the Risale-i Nur Collection
- resurrection Resurrection or Resuscitation? By Ahmed Deedat
- revelation Article: The light of Revelation (RNC)
- ritual.prayers You & Islam: Rithal Prayers
- sahaba Article: The Sahaba by Risale-i Nur (RNC)
- status.women Status of Women in Islam from 'Islam In Focus'
- tawhid The Economics of Tawhid and Brotherhod
- treatise.nature Treatise on Nature from Risale-i Nur Collection
- treatise.quran Treatise on Holy Quran from Risale-i Nur Collection
- way.to.quran Article: Way to Holy Quran
- wedding.in.islam Article 'wedding in Islam by Mir Assadullah
- worldy.gain Discussion on the topic with reference to Holy Quran
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- /islam-faq Directory of Multi-part FAQ on Islam.
- /v3.0 10 part FAQ on 'soc.religion.islam'
- /v3.1 15 part FAQ on 'soc.religion.islam'
- Files: islam.part1.. part15 Combined FAQ for Islamic Forums on USENET
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- /iiie Directory for Dawa brochures published by III&E.
- README.iiie Introduction of /iiie directory
- iiie.intro What is III&E?
- 01.introducting.islam Introducing Islam
- 02.concept.God Concept of God in Islam
- 03.prophethood Prophethood in Islam
- 04.life.death Life After Death
- 05.concept.worship Concept of Worship
- 06.moral.system Moral System
- 07.human.rights Human Rights in Islam
- 08.jesus Is Jesus Really God?
- 09.islam.other Islam as Other
- 10.choosing.islam Choosing Islam
- 11.say.islam What They Say About Islam
- 12.say.muhammad What They Say About Muhammad (pbuh)
- 13.polygamy Who Practices Polygamy?
- 14.say.quran What They Say About the Qur'an
- 15.sword.islam The Sword of Islam
- 16.know.man You Should Know This Man
- 17.yusuf.islam Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)
- 18.jihad Jihad Explained
- 19.islam.farrakhanism Islam or Farrakhanism
- 20.malcom.x Malcolm X
- 21.women.lib Women's Liberation Through Islam
- 22.trinity Who Invented Trinity?
-
-
- /quotron
- quotron.intro List info on Quotron Series
- quotron.1 Imagining Islam and Muslims
-
- /bosnia
- /documents Various official documents on Bosnia
- /data Data on warring factions in Bosnia
- /images GIF pictures from Bosnia
-
- Please note: All files are archives of Islamic Information &
- News Network (Muslims@Asuacad.bitnet) unless
- otherwise noted.
-
- LEGEND:
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- IINN - Islamic Information & News Network
- IIIE - Institute of Islamic Information & Education
- RNC - Rishal-e Nur Collection
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-
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- - README.cms (Site-2-)
-
-
- ######### File: README.cms
-
- ######### Last Updated July 17, 1994 By: Br.Asim Mughal
- #########
- ######### Caltech MSA / IINN FTP Site -2-
- ######### ftp.ugcs.caltech.edu
- ######### dir: /pub/cms
- #########
- ######### Caltech MSA: calmsa@piccolo.cco.caltech.edu
- ######### IINN (Islamic Information & News Network) Muslims@Asuacad.bitnet
-
- Asalamulaikum,
-
- The Caltech MSA, in collaboration with Islamic Information & News Network
- maintains two FTP sites open to everyone. Both sites are 'anonymous FTP'
- sites, that is, signon with userid "anonymous" (no password required).
-
- The FTP sites are:
-
- FTP Site-1: ftp.caltech.edu
- dir: /pub/calmsa
-
- This site carries articles & resources on Islam.
-
- FTP Site-2: ftp.ugcs.caltech.edu
- dir: /pub/cms
-
- This site hosts translations of Holy Quran, Hadith
- and Islamic Prayer Software.
-
-
- The following is the information on files available:
-
- DIRECTORIES:
-
- /Quran
- Quran-Picthall.Z System-7.01-&-Arabic.sea.#1.hqx
- Quran-Shakir.tar.Z System-7.01-&-Arabic.sea.#2.hqx
- Quran-and-trans.sea.#1.hqx pickthal.txt.sea.hqx
- Quran-and-trans.sea.#2.hqx yusufali.txt.sea.hqx
- Quran.sea.hqx
-
- /Hadith
- Bukhari.Z hadith.2.Z hadith.qudsi.2.Z
- hadith.1.Z hadith.Z hadith.qudsi.Z
-
- /Shakir-suras
-
- [Individual suras of Holy Quran- Shakir Translation]
-
-
-
- LIST OF FILES AVAILABLE:
-
- CMS.README bonsia.Z forums.Z
- CMS.README.OLD books.Z ijtihad.Z
- Hadith/ books.list.2.Z islam-rc.1.1.Z
- Islam.introduction.Z bosnia.Z islam-rc.1.1a.Z
- IslamicTimer-2.0.shar.Z bosnia.video.Z marriage.Z
- Quran/ cms.readme.Z prayer.f.Z
- README.FILES educators.Z think.Z
- Shakir-suras/ emaan.Z treatise.Z
-
- DESCRIPTION ON FILES:
-
- Islam.introducation.Z Introduction on Islam
- IslamicTimer-2.0.shar.Z Calculates Prayer timings
- emaan.Z Article on Islamic faith (Emaan) by IINN
- books.Z Islamic Books from ICNA: SRI
- books.list.2 MSA Library Book Suggestions
- forums.Z List of Muslim Forums by IINN
- prayer.f.Z Fortran program to calculate prayer timings
- treatise.Z Interpretation of Quran, MSA UW Madison
- biblio-full.Z Bibliography on Religious Studies
- ijtihad.Z Treatise on Ijtihad, MSA UW Madison
- islam-rc.1.1a.Z Computer Resource Guide June 24 '92 V1.1a
- think.Z Article: People who think by MSA Univ. of Wisconsin
- bosnia.Z Information on Bosnia, gathered by IINN
- bosnia.video.Z Writeup on "Sarajevo Ground Zero"
- prayer.c.Z C program to calculate prayer timings: Waqar Malik
- hadith.Z Hadiths on Forgiveness for New Muslims & Slavery :IINN
- marriage.Z Wedding in Islam: Article by Mir Mohammad :IINN
- educators.Z Int'l Association of Muslim Educators - Announcement
- _____________________________________________________________________________
-
- -- README.instruct --
-
- Asalamulaikum,
-
- There has been some interest in accessing Caltech's ftp site, but
- some of you have found it hard to do. This is a short primer on the
- site and how to access it.
-
- C A L T E C H M U S L I M S S T U D E N T S
- =================================================
-
- Dated: January 30, 1994
-
- Caltech Muslim Students Group offers number of files on its
- ftp server. These files have been extracted from different
- forums and are in compressed (in UNIX) format.
-
- Asim Mughal (mughal@alumni.Caltech.Edu)
- Asif Khalak (asif@romeo.caltech.edu)
- ____________________________________________________________________________
-
- Primer on getting documents from the Caltech MSA ftp site.
-
- 1. To access the site, you should log into a UNIX account. If you
- don't have one, get one. The reason that UNIX is preferred is that it
- is currently the operating system of choice in academic spheres which
- are capable of using ftp. The other reason that UNIX is used is that
- efficient data compression routines are standardly packaged with UNIX,
- and we can thus pack more information into the limited space that we
- are allocated for the site.
-
- 2. The next step is to run ftp (stands for File Transfer
- Protocol). The information is stored at punisher.caltech.edu (this is
- called the location of the site). To do this type the following at
- the command prompt:
-
- % ftp punisher.caltech.edu
-
- Alternatively, you can start up ftp and go to punisher within it, like
- this:
-
- % ftp
- ftp> open punisher.caltech.edu
-
- Note that the "ftp>" is a prompt provided by the ftp program.
-
- 3. At this point ftp will ask for a name. The information is public,
- so you'll want to use anonymous ftp. That is, at the name prompt,
- type anonymous.
-
- Name: anonymous
-
- 4. Then ftp will say it's okay, but you need to send identification as
- the password. This means that when it asks you for a password, you
- type in your e-mail address.
-
- Password: <your address> (for example: mughal@caltech.edu)
-
- 5. Now you are in the Caltech system. The next step is to get to the
- Muslim Student's association directory. The full name of the
- directory is /home/ftp/pub/calmsa. However, you are placed into the
- /home/ftp directory when you get in. To get to the msa directory,
- then, type:
-
- ftp> cd pub/calmsa
-
- Note, the on-line Quran translation is located in a subdirectory of
- the calmsa directory named Quran. To get into it, use "cd Quran".
- Also, you can use the command "ls", as in UNIX, to list the files in
- the directory that you are currently in.
-
- 6. At this point you can retrieve files. Things go more quickly if
- you are in binary mode. Thus, you tell ftp,
-
- ftp> mode bin
-
- 7. To get a file, you simply use the command get. For example,
-
- ftp> get thefileIwant.Z
-
- A list of files with brief descriptions is located in the file README.
- It is NOT compressed, so you can simply read it.
-
- 8. Notice that the file from get has a .Z extension. This is because
- it is compressed. To uncompress it, you need to get out of ftp. The
- command is "bye". At the command line, the command to uncompress,
- surprisingly enough, is "uncompress"
-
- ftp> bye
- % uncompress thefileIwant
-
- 9. Now you can print the file, more it, whatever...
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- LIST OF FILES AVAILABLE: (Partial List)
-
- /Quran Quran directory: English Translations of Holy Quran
- emaan.Z Article on Islamic faith (Emaan) by IINN
- books.Z Islamic Books from ICNA: SRI
- computer.Z <deleted>
- forums.Z List of Muslim Forums by IINN
- prayer.f Fortran program to calculate prayer timings
- treatise.Z Interpretation of Quran, MSA UW Madison
- biblio-full.Z Bibliography on Religious Studies
- ijtihad.Z Treatise on Ijtihad, MSA UW Madison
- islam-rc.Z Islamic Computer Resource Guide June 24 '92 V1.1a
- think.Z Article: People who think by MSA Univ. of Wisconsin
- bosnia.Z Information on Bosnia, gathered by IINN
- prayer.c C program to calculate prayer timings: Waqar Malik
- hadith.Z Hadiths on Forgiveness for New Muslims & Slavery :IINN
- marriage.Z Wedding in Islam: Article by Mir Mohammad :IINN
- educators.Z Int'l Association of Muslim Educators - Announcement
- finality.1 Finality of Prophet Muhammad I - IINN Publication
- finality.2 Finality of Prophet Muhammad II - IINN Publication
- finality.3 Finality of Prophet Muhammad III - IINN Publication
- faq.sri.2.3 Frequently Asked Questions: Soc.Religion.Islam [V 2.3]
- kashmir.pns94 U.N. Resolutions/Amnesty Int'l report + History -PNS
- _____________________________________________________________________________
-
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- Subject: 5) Gopher Access to FTP files.
-
- GOPHER.CALTECH.EDU 70
- =====================
-
- The ftp site maintained by Caltech MSA carrying files archived
- by Islamic Information & News Network (muslims@asuacad.bitnet)
- is now accessible thru gopher.
-
- The gopher server is: gopher.caltech.edu
-
- \Computing Information
- \CCO anonymous FTP site
- \pub
- \calmsa
-
- For Quick Access: % gopher gopher.caltech.edu 70
-
- gopher.caltech.edu is linked to world-wide network of gophers.
-
- Contact Name: (Asim Mughal) calmsa@piccolo.caltech.edu [MSA Acct]
- mughal@alumni.caltech.edu
-
-
- Courtesy: Caltech MSA
-
-
-
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- Subject: 6) History/Data on IINN
-
-
- IINN DATA : Statistics & Info as of 6/15/94
-
- Name : Islamic Information & News Network
-
- Founded: Shawal 01 1412, April 4, 1992
-
- Founders: Asim Mughal & Nauman Kassim Mysorewala
-
- Membership: 838 direct subscribers as of 6/15/94 3.4 % increase
-
- USENET Readership:
-
- USENET Statistics (April '94)
- Estimated Readership: 14,000
- Ranking: 2673 out of 3190
-
-
- Editors: Imran Mehdi, Arif Irfanullah, Muhammad I. Zahid
- Mir Assadullah on leave since Feb '93
-
- Addresses: MUSLIMS @ ASUACAD.BITnet / @asuvm.inre.asu.edu
- MUSLIMS @ PSUVM.BITnet / @psuvm.psu.edu
- -USENET: bit.listserv.muslims
-
- Subscription fee: FREE
-
- Number of Newsletter published to date:
-
- Vol.1 No.1 - 12 Vol.2 No.1 - 41 Vol.3 No.1 - 22
- Vol.4 No.1 - 47 Vol.5 No.1 - 20 Vol.6 No.1 - [current]
-
-
- Total = 143 in 116 weeks.
- Ave = A little more than One / week
-
- Volume numbers change every: Shawal 01 & Muharram 01
-
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- Subject: 6) Services offered thru LISTSERV
-
- There are number of services are handled automagically by the LISTSERV.
-
- a. These services include:
-
- SUB MUSLIMS name - Subscribe to IINN
- SIGNOFF MUSLIMS - Cancel Subscription to IINN
- SET MUSLIMS NOMAIL - Put subscription on hold
- SET MUSLIMS MAIL - Re-activate subscription
- INDEX MUSLIMS - Get listing of files available thorough IINN
- GET MUSLIMS filename - Get a copy of available file named 'filename'
-
- b. To use the LISTSERV services:
-
- Step 1: Send email to: LISTSERV@ASUACAD.BITnet
- Step 2: 'Subject' field is optional (can be left blank)
- Step 3: List the appropriate service (listed in 'c') as text of
- your email.
-
- c. Example: To subscribe from a unix machine my screen should look as
- follows:
-
- __________________________________________________________________
-
- % mail listserv@asuacad.bitnet
- Subject: subscription to IINN
-
- SUB MUSLIMS firstname lastname
-
- <CTRL-D>
- %
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- d. Accessing Islamic Information & News Network thru USENET.
-
- As of Oct 1, '93. IINN forum are available thru usenet as:
-
- bit.listserv.muslims
-
- To access: On Unix machines: type: 'rn' or 'trn'
- go <name>
-
- On VAX/VMS : type: 'VNEWS'
-
- e. If USENET is not available on your site or your site doesn't get IINN
- forums, please contact your system administrator and request for IINN
- forums to be available.
-
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- Subject: 8) Where to Send Contributions?
-
-
- Please send your contributions to any of the following addresses:
-
- A- MUSLIMS @ PSUVM.BITNET
- MUSLIMS @ PSUVM.PSU.EDU
-
- B- MUSLIMS @ ASUACAD.BITNET
- MUSLIMS @ ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU
-
- C- bit-listserv-muslims@uunet.uu.net
-
- D- USENET: % Pnews bit.listserv.muslims
-
- E- USENET: Simply followup.
-
-
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- Subject: 9) IINN Staff & how to contact them?
-
-
- IINN STAFF:
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
- | |
- | Islamic Information & News Network - Executive Committee |
- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
- | Nauman Kassim Mysorewala - Listserv Owner/Coordinator |
- | Asim Mughal - Listserv Owner/P.R. /Spokesman |
- | |
- | Mir Muhammad Assadullah - Editor |
- | Arif Irfanullah - Editor |
- | Imran Mehdi - Editor |
- | Muhammed Ishaq Zahid - Editor |
- |_________________________________________________________________|
-
-
-
- DISCLAIMER:
- ___________________________________________________________________
- | |
- | I M P O R T A N T |
- | |
- | Newsletter contents may be copyright protected. The |
- | person contributing the news is the only one responsible |
- | for copyright violations,if any. No legal responsibility |
- | accepted by List-Owners, Editors, founders and Sponsors. |
- | Please,avoid reproduction on a public forum without prior |
- | permission from the List Owners/Editors. Editors reserve |
- | the right to exclude articles submitted to I.I.N.N. |
- | |
- |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-
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- Subject: 10) Introductory Material on Islam
-
- Introductory Book on Islam:
-
- ISLAM IN FOCUS by Hammudah Adbalati
- Available from:
-
- Islamic Center of Southern California
- 434 S. Vermont Ave.
- Los Angeles, CA 90020
- (213) 384-5783
-
- English Translation of Holy Quran:
-
- By Yusuf Ali, also available from Islamic Center (above).
-
-
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- Subject: 11) Islamic (Hijri) Calendar
-
- The following calendar is reproduced from the December issue of
- The Message magazine. The IINN does not have any resident expert
- on astronomy to verify the correctness of this calendar.
- Apparently the Observation Committee is a unit of the Islamic
- Circle of North America.
-
-
-
- ISLAMIC (HIJRI) CALENDAR 1994/1414-15
- FOR NORTH AMERICA
-
- Month New moon First Visibility N. America
- ----- -------- ---------------- ----------
- Shaban 1/11/1994 1/12 1/13
- Ramadan 2/10 2/11 2/12
- Shawwal 3/12 3/13 3/14
- D. Qada 4/11 4/11 4/12 or 13
- D. Hijja 5/10 5/11 5/12
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
- Muharram
- (1415) 6/9 6/10 6/11
-
- Safar 7/8 7/10 7/11
- Rabi I 8/7 8/8 8/9
- Rabi II 9/5 9/6 or 9/7 9/8
- Jumada I 10/5 10/6 10/7
- Jumada II 11/3 11/4 11/5
- Rajab 12/2 12/3 12/4
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
-
- DATES TO REMEMBER
- -----------------
-
- Ramadan: February 12, 1994 (Saturday evening)
- Feb. 13 in New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia to Pakistan,
- China, most of Russia, S. Africa, S. America
-
- Eidul-Fitr: March 14, 1994 (Monday)
- except from New Zealand to Indonesia and S. Africa, etc.
- where it will be on Tuesday, Mar. 15.
-
- Eidul-Adha: May 21, 1994 (Saturday)
- For the rest of the world it will be on May 22 (Sunday).
- Saudi date for Hajj is May 19, though the crescent can not
- be seen there on May 11, 1994.
-
- For More information, call
- The Committee for Crescent Observation: (607) 277-6706
-
-
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- Subject: 12) Format of IINN Newsletters/Digests
-
-
- Assalamo Alaykum: (Greetings)
-
- Due to our increased contributor resources and automated generation of
- Newsletter, you are experiencing increased volume in our Newsletters.
- Under these circumstances, you might wish to read portions of our
- Newsletters. This communique is to help you in doing so.
-
- First of all, let me explain the order in which the Newsletter will
- always be prepared. Following the header, there might be a short special
- Greetings. This will be followed by the `Contents' section. This section
- contains all the items that are to appear after it. They appear in order
- as following:
-
-
- 1. Quran
- 2. Hadith
- 3. Editorial
- 4. News
- 5. Articles
- 6. Announcements
- 7. Letters to the Editor
-
-
- All of them might not neccessarily appear in every issue. However, these
- sections will be marked by the above title and followed by dots `.' .
-
- All the items that appear in the `Contents' section will be preceded by
- exactly a line as appeared in the `Contents' section. This gives a very
- important edge to the reader. The reader may chose the entire line as it
- appears in the `Contents' section or even a part of it, as a pattern to
- search in the rest of the message. Since the item is preceeded by an
- exactly same line, the pattern search should find it. This will provide
- the reader with selective reading ability.
-
- Examples on different platforms are provided below:
-
-
- Unix:
- ____
-
- Once you are in the Unix mail facility, the default pager is
- more (1). You can define other pagers like less (1) using the
- PAGER variable while in mail utility or in ~/.mailrc file.
- Please see the following for more information:
-
- more (1), less (1), mail (1)
-
- However, once you have started reading the Newsletter, you can
- page down to the `Contents' section. Select the article that you
- like. Now search for it by using the slash `/' command in `more'
- or `less' followed by the string that you want to search for. It
- will, of course be more convenient if you have a mouse to this
- for you.
-
-
- Sunview:
- _______
-
- Using the mailtool Sun utility makes it very easy for this
- purpose. Select a line by quickly clicking with the left button
- three times. You can also click the line with clicking with left
- button at the beginning of the line and middle button at the end
- of the line. Now press the right button anywhere in the window
- Newsletter is displayed. This will display a menu. Move the
- pointer to the Fourth sub-menu: `Find' and keep moving it to the
- arrow at right. This will give you another menu.The second entry
- in this new menu is `Find Selection'. Take the pointer to this
- entry and release the right mouse button. It will take you to
- that particular article.
-
-
-
- You are welcome to add another platform to this list. This might help
- other Muslimeen and Muslimaat.
-
- The formatting software, Nebula, was written by IINN staff.
-
- Jazakumullaho Khairan Katheeran!
-
-
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- Subject: 13) This FAQ- Archive Info, History & Credits.
-
- ARCHIVE: This FAQ is archived & availble thru anonymous FTP, gopher &
- world-wide web.
-
- Anonymous FTP:
-
- 1. SITE: rtfm.mit.edu
- Directory: /pub/usenet/news.answers/bit-muslims-faq.Z
-
- 2. SITE: ftp.uu.net
- Directory: /pub/usenet/news.answers/bit-muslims-faq.Z
-
- 3. SITE: ftp.caltech.edu
- Directory: /pub/calmsa/faq.iinn or faq.bit.muslims
-
-
- Gopher:
- ------
-
- 1.SITE: gopher.caltech.edu 70
- Path: Computing Information/
- CCO anonymous ftp archive/
- pub/
- calmsa/
- faq.iinn or faq.bit.muslims
-
- 2.SITE latif.com 70
- Path: Resources relating to Islam/
- The Islamic Information & News Network
-
- Word-Wide Web:
- -------------
-
- URL for USENET FAQs:
-
- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/top.html
-
- URL for this FAQ:
-
- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/bit-muslims-faq/faq.html
-
-
- HISTORY:
-
- Version 1.0 Released May 11, '94 Total 10 items
- Version 1.2 Released June 08, '94 New Items #10 & #11, Addition to # 12
- Version 1.3 Released June 15, '94 New Item #12
- Version 1.4 Released Augt 14, '94 Item # 4 expanded!
- Version 1.5 Released Sept 11, '94 Item # 4 expanded!
- Version 1.6 Released Feb 12, '95 Item # 4 expanded!
-
-
- CREDITS: IINN Staff
-
- End of Bit.Listserv.Muslims FAQ Digest
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