From: khan@twg.com (Sharaz Khan)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Q/A MONITOR postions available (NEWSGROUP MONITOR)
Date: 22 Nov 92 01:55:55 GMT
Followup-To: khan@twg.com


                        Bismillah Hir Rahman ur Rahim
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        IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MOST MERCIFUL, MOST COMPASSIONATE
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Assalam Alaikum Brothers and Sisters,

I sincerely hope that this message reaches all of you in the best of health
by the Grace of Allah (SWT).

The MONITOR effort is a combined group effort in which Muslims and Non-Muslims
alike can participate in order to defend the truth in Islam.  The reason
why this effort was initiated was because of the overwhelming misconception
that lurks on this media (and many others) about Islam.  The MONITOR EFFORT
gives us the opportunity to portray the truth from a truly Islamic perspective;
it also allows the truth to be evident from participating Non-muslims who have
an unbiased insight in to Islam.

The structure in which the MONITORING EFFORT is shaping to be is as follows:

MONITOR COORDINATOR:    Sharaaz Khan

FAQ MONITOR        :    Rached Zantout

Q/A MONITOR        :    Postions opened

MONITOR            :    Postions opened (Wait for POSTING about these positions)

                        Nicholas Jodar                  Active: ON HOLD
                        Irfan Hyder                     Active: ON HOLD
                        Rached Zantout                  Active: YES
                        A Alam                          Active: NO
                        Sharaaz Khan                    Active: YES
                        Nabil Jamaleddin                Active: NO
                        Ahmed Bouzid (from Algeria)     Active: NO
                        Ghiath Housieni                 Active: ON HOLD
                        Rukhsana Merchant               ACTIVE: ON HOLD
                        Asim M Mughal                   ACTIVE: YES
                        Shabbir R Hassanali             ACTIVE: NO
                        Katharine (Katie) E. Barker     ACTIVE: ON HOLD
                        Beverly Beasley                 ACTIVE: ON HOLD
                        Sajidah Kutty                   ACTIVE: NO
                        Amer N. Syed                    ACTIVE: NO
                        Rosmadi Mustafa                 ACTIVE: ON HOLD
                        Syed Zafar Kazmi                ACTIVE: ON HOLD
                        (Dr.) Habib Siddiqui            ACTIVE: YES

This posting is for the opening of new postions in the MONITORING EFFORT for
Q/A MONITORS.  Below, I will explain the purpose of the Q/A MONITOR.

So far this effort has been quite successfull except for a few problems 
here and there.  The effort can be divided into three parts:

Part 1
  The Part where postings are recognized (by participating monitors),   
  extracted from that newsgroup and posted to SRI (soc.religion.islam).
  
Part 2
  The part where these articles are kept under observation for statistics;
  where an FAQ is created by the FAQ MONITOR (Rached Zantout).     

Part 3
  The part where these articles are to be responded to by the readers of 
  this group (This will now be the position of Q/A MONITOR).

Part 1 has been successfull to a certain point only, as evident from the list
of MONITORs above.  It therefore becomes necessary to appoint new volunteers to 
the group who will participate in Part 1 energetically.  For that purpose,
I will repost the original article for the MONITOR postions. 

Part 2, with the volunteer efforts of FAQ MONITOR (Br. Rached Zantout), has 
been quite successfull. Rached has been doing a great job, considering
the fact that he is a MONITOR as well.  

Part 3, however, has been the neglected  part of the MONITOR EFFORT.
In the beginning, It were our intension that the readers of
SOC.RELIGION.ISLAM would lend a hand in this part of the effort; unfortunately
that has not been the case.  It, therefore, becomes necessary to appoint 
a separate committee, associated to the MONITORING EFFORT, that will carry 
out this noble duty.  Currently the positions for the Q/A MONITORS are 
strictly voluntary.  Positions can be administered either by the posters of 
SOC.RELIGION.ISLAM, or by the current MONITORs who would be willing to 
volunteer their time.  I, personally think that it would be best
that this committee comprise of members who are currently not MONITORing 
newsgroups.  The reason for this rationale is that the MONITORs already 
have the burdensome task of reading and posting monitored articles.

In order for Part 3 of the MONITOR EFFORT to be successfull, I am calling for 
volunteers who would perform the following responsibilties and abide to the
following requirements:

POSTIONS       : For the Quran, Fiqh, and Hadith Committee of the MONITOR EFFORT
TITLE          : Q/A (Question/Answer) MONITOR
REQUIREMENTS   :
              - Performs Prayer along with other pillars of Islam (where 
                applicable)
              - A responsible and tolerant Muslim         
              - Fair knowledge of Quran and/or Fiqh and/or Hadith or have 
                easy access to the above disciplines
              - A regular reader or willing to read SOC.RELIGION.ISLAM
                on a regular basis (3 to 4 days a week).
              - Willing to spend time on answering incoming questions that
                may not get answered.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
              - Articles that have been monitored (Part 1) will be posted to
                SOC.RELIGION.ISLAM.
              - Readers of SOC.RELIGION.ISLAM will be expected to answer the 
                simple and basic questions.  If these questions do not get
                any response, Rached Zantout (FAQ Monitor) will send the 
                article to you or other Q/A Monitors for answers (Part 2).
              - Once you receive the article from the FAQ Monitor, you will
                post your answer to the the newsgroup that the original article
                was posted.  You will also send a copy of your response to 
                the FAQ Monitor (Rached Zantout) for statistical purposes 
                (Part 3).  You will also receive FAQ lists occasionally. 
              - If you are running out of time and can not answer  
                the posting, you will reroute the question to the other 
                Q/A MONITORs with whom you will work closely.
              - You will need to inform myself (khan@twg.com) if there are
                any changes in your ability to Q/A the postings.

The above position is currently voluntary. If no one responds to this posting,
we would have no choice but to take on this responsibilty on ourselves.  This
beats the purpose of being a Brotherhood that serves each other in Islam and
serves Allah(SWT) first and foremost.

Please respond to the position gallantly, for when the call of Jihad is issued,
we all have to respond.  Although this is not the proper setting, but it is 
a practice of what is to come and a test of our faith and loyalty to Allah (SWT)

May Allah guide us aright - Ameen!

Sharaaz Khan