In terms of architectural design and aesthetics, rate the ex
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John Pilger: "Palestine is Still the Issue"
Twenty-five years ago, I made a film called Palestine Is Still The Issue. It was about a nation of people - the Palestinians - forced off their land and later subjected to a military occupation by Is ...
This is Zionism
A team of Italian journalists investigating Israeli weapons is claiming that an experimental weapon has been used against the Palestinians in recent months.
The weapon is believed to have caused ...
Tony Blair Cash 'thank you' for troops in IRAQ
"Every British service person" in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans is to receive a tax free bonus it was announced today, is this the right thing to do? ...
Non-Muslim students at Islamic school
The Madani High School in Leicester ENGLAND will be required by law to accept A per cent of its 600 pupils from a non-Muslim background.Is this more of the Nice man Tony Blairs work ? ...
ww.brownbag.ae
im loving Dubai by the day, as long as we develop and keep updates with new services like this. I think Dubai is heading in the right direction. ...
Islamophobia/Pope's speech - interesting viewpoint
Can We Afford to maintain Ancient Prejudices Against Islam
- by Karen Armstrong
In the 12th century, Peter the Venerable, Abbot of Cluny, initiated a dialogue with the Islamic world. "I ...
The T’bolis’ Conversion To Islam
When Islam came to the Philippines with traders during the 15th Century from Malaysia, it first took root in the islands of the Sulu archipelago and from there it spread to the main island of the Sou ...
do any of you wish islam never happened?
i came across this topic on the other forum, a guy was asking non-muslims if they hated islamic people and whether or not they wished islam never existed , the poll showed that 89% of the answers wer ...
In N.Y., Sparks Fly Over Israel Criticism
In N.Y., Sparks Fly Over Israel Criticism
Polish Consulate Says Jewish Groups Called To Oppose Historian
By Michael Powell
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, October 9, 2006; A03
NEW YORK ...
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Putin. What do you think about him?
Just curious to know what you guys think about him. ...
Sir Richard Dannatt - get the uk troops out.
boomtown wrote:I believe the technical term is "you broke it, you fix it".
The Iraqis don't want occupation soldiers in their country. If they greeted the occupation as liberators t ...
France to vote on 'genocide' law
The French parliament is due to vote on a law that would make it a crime to deny that Turkey perpetrated a genocide against Armenians in 1915-17. ...
***END of the World****
Hey something nice to remind you off
Acc to nostradamus and after many calculations and readings by scholars.
World Coming to an end on Feb 19, 2019
So do up everythin before th ...
Manhattan - crash into building (helicopter?)
Breaking news - East Manhattan a plane or helicopter has crashed into an appartment building.
Unclear at the moment whether an accident or not. ...
Darn.. Here we go again!!
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Before this gets out of hands again - this was 30 stupid drunk young & ...
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"Networking people and connecting communities" ...
Pat Tillman: Hero or Wasted Life?
An argument against the US corporate media's depiction of American soldiers as "heroes" when they are engaged in an immoral and illegal war for fallacious reasons, especially when the war l ...
tradtional islam- was politics seperate from religion?
in the news above one thing caught my attention -
In his sermons Mr Boroujerdi advocated a traditional interpretation of Islam which separates religion from politics. He is accus ...
South Asia Earthquake, one year later
Photos:
article from BBC
South Asia quake victims honoured
People in South Asia have been marking the first anniversary of a devastating earthquake which killed 75,000 people. Pakistan's Pr ...
Reparations?
Do you think the US government should pay reparations back to African Americans and Native Americans? The only problem I see with it, is how will the US goverment know that the people being repatria ...
RACISM IN DUBAI
Hi all
Not sure if this has been covered before, but i thought i would anyway.
Dubai, like every other major city has blatant racism. Exept in more major cities there are complaints commissions ...
Believe in Ghosts.
Has anyone had any real life experience with Ghosts... Heard stories about After Death Experiences and Near to Death Experiences. Please share.. ...
Nice guy the Pope, isnt he?
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Life after Death according to Islam
I've taken the liberty of pasting an excerpt from a book about Islam which explains the subject better than I can. I've edited it slightly to remove some references.
I think it sheds light on the ...
Article on Dubai
Dubai has sold its soul to globalization like few cities have. A glittering capitalist fantasyland has taken shape at the heart of the Arab world. It's a center of international trade, a holiday para ...
Dubai's ruler accused of slavery-BBC!
Holy crap! bad publicity! ...
Americans protest against UAE's slave labour
Just been chatting to one of my friends online, who's told me that in Washington, people with placards showing the Burj Dubai and the Palm Islands and the workers were prtesting in the street.
He ...
Bin Laden dead?
What do you think? ...
Rocketwoman - Iranian roots
The first woman space tourist is Iranian born and wearing both Iran and US flags on her uniform. She's only 35 and is paying $20m for the flight ! :shock:
The article also says she is contrib ...
Opera boss censors Mozart over stage beheading of Muhammad
THE bloodstained King of Crete stumbles onstage and holds aloft the decapitated heads of Poseidon, Jesus, Buddha and the Prophet Muhammad. “The gods are dead!” he calls out to the audience.
" ...
Is it wrong to be proud of your ethnicity, or "race&quo
Chocoholic wrote:Everyone should be proud of who they are/ where they come from. The problem comes when some think they're better than others, and deliberately put people down because of their natio ...
tattoo?
is it islamically legal to get a tattoo?
no image of a living / mythical creature, but a symbol like a heart or some text or flowers, etc. on a covered part of the body?
is there any hadith or fatw ...
What a voice - wow
Kid reciting Quran
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Ramadan....the paradox?
A friend and I were discussing Ramadan and how people change during the month. I think this is an interesting topic....How come during Ramadan some people completely change their lifestyle only to re ...
"People as Glorified Incubators", Guardian article
The pregnancy police are watching you
In the US, women of child-bearing age are being advised to consider themselves 'pre-pregnant' at all times, by giving up smoking, drinking and drugs. What ar ...
Founders favored gun control
They couldn't imagine life without it, says Cornell. That's the point of his new book, "A Well Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America." In it, Cor ...
Mohammad's Sword
Muhammad's sword
By Uri Avner
09/24/06
Since the days when Roman emperors threw Christians to the lions, the relations between the emperors and the heads of the church have undergone many ch ...
Olmert: "Half of Lebanon is destroyed; is that a loss?&
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Woman who lost 8 relatives on 911 reverts to Islam
Tampa woman who lost eight relatives in the attacks converts to Islam as tensions simmer from the memories and new terror plots. But she presses on.
With all the propoganda negative perception ...
Pope's Speech Angered All Muslims
German Pope Benedict XVI has offended Muslim in a speech this week where he implicitly linked Islam and violence, particularly with reference to jihad or "holy war".
He also quoted a 14 ...
The Evolution of Prophet Jesus
We all know that majority of the sayings of Prophet Jesus ( peace be upon him ) has been lost to humanity for ever. But some of his life's actions have survived even today but not far from controvers ...
Israel held secret talks with Saudi royal family
Israel 'held secret talks with Saudi royal family'
Agencies
Monday September 25, 2006
Guardian Unlimited
The Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, held a secret meeting with a senior member of ...
The Holy Bible and The Quran
[color=darkred]The Koran says:
Sura 112: 2 God is the Eternal! 3 He begets not and is not begotten! [/color]
[color=green]The Bible says:
John 3:16
For God so loved the w ...
The Wahhabiyya...
All praise be to Allaah who completed the religion for us, perfected the blessing on us and chose Islaam as our religion. May the blessings and peace be upon His servant and Apostle, who called upon ...
Soldiers for Christ
Speaking in tongues, weeping for salvation, praying for an end to abortion and worshipping a picture of President Bush — these are some of the activities at Pastor Becky Fischer's Bible camp in North ...
What does that say in arabic?
I would like to know what does that say... thanks. ...
Latest madness in the UK
kanelli wrote:No RVP, you assumed incorrectly and still don't see it. I have stated clearly in other threads that I did not support the invasion of Iraq at all, and implied none of what you said in ...
Iranian Jews
ah sorry....I forgot to write that:
Its from the International Religious Freedom Report of the US state department
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35497.htm ...
Iraq torture 'worse after Saddam'
But what about the responsibilities of the Iraqi people? They are the ones engaging in the sectarian violence. This is the time for them to be united, not split up into religious and political camp ...
Attack on churches in Palestine
I hope this is just a temporary aberation - by and large Christians and Muslims get on fine around the world.
There is no excuse for attacking places of worship and this is forbidden in the Quran ...
Not the stupidest or the smartest but...
Hope "stupidest" and "smartest" are real words.
Anyway, lots of rants and raves by the muslim and jews about this and that. But explain it to me: the United States a country t ...
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The case for boycotting Israel
The Case for Boycotting Israel
Boycott Now!
By VIRGINIA TILLEY
Johannesburg, South Africa. It is finally time. After years of internal arguments, confusion, and dithering, the time has come for ...
Guess who is summoned in US
It has been covered in most of the papers in the UAE.
And I think the whole point should be: 'Where are the children now?!'
Many were supposedly sent home, but never got there, so where did the ...
Christians and Muslims
Oh no, this is not about differences, but about similarity.
Christians and Muslims, what common do we have?
Is it close to impossible to live together in peace? Why?
Don't you feel upcoming ...
Threat to Gulf by Al Qaeda
I see that Al Qaeda are threatening the Gulf.
Can't help but wonder what the consequences of an attack here would be - certainly no shortage of targets. Quite worrying!
Ayman al-Zawahiri ...
This is Zionism
Zionism At Work
"Israel Defense Forces soldiers shot dead a 9-year-old Palestinian girl on Thursday in the Gaza Strip near the border with Israel.."
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Remembering 9/11
Remembering September 11 1973
Were the lives of those killed at the World Trade Centre more valuable than the innocents murdered in Chile's US-backed coup, asks Tito Tricot
Monday September 1 ...
4 more Canadians die!
those morons killed Canucks while they were distributing gifts to children! B@%$%$ :x ...
death threat for making a movie of assainationof bush!
now death threats for making movie to kill a moron! ...
Support the resistance (a rant)
The resistance movements in Iraq and Afghanistan need our unconditional support. Many liberals in America have viewed the resistance in Iraq as uncouth because they are bloody and are supposedly rel ...
Any non-muslim fasting for Ramadan
I will give it a try! ...
9/11 Toxic Dust Whistle blower Raided By SWAT Team
Another man shunned and spanked for speaking put the truth!!!!!!
Ground zero hero Major Mike McCormack says he was deliberately targeted for helping release documents on EPA gove ...
Can someone explain this to me?
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chk whats happening
The United Arab Emirates gave the Bush administration $100 million to help victims of Hurricane Katrina weeks before a state-owned company there sought U.S. approval for its ports deal
The U.S. go ...
Israel: Discrimination against non Jews
Leading Israeli Journalist Asks: Can You Really Not Know?
By Amira Hass
HA'ARETZ (Israeli Newspaper)
AUGUST 30, 2006
www.haaretz. com
Let us leave aside those Israelis whose ideology supports ...
Why doesn't God heal amputees?
:wink:
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Shootings in Montreal
Another misogynist? :? ...
(One more time) Judgement Day/Resurrection/End of World
zam wrote:From the deleted posts last Thursday, the following info came out:
In Quran: the anti-christ is named as Dajan .
As for the more Popularly known in the world intials of the a ...
Kazakhstan. Halyal Food
What do you think about Islamic Banks? How can I get in touch with them?
I had an idea of getting loan without interests to start halyal business, to open shop Halyal where local muslims could fin ...
When will it stop?
DAMASCUS, Syria - Islamic militants attempted to storm the U.S. Embassy in a brazen attack Tuesday using automatic rifles, hand grenades and at least one van rigged with explosives, the government sa ...
Newspapers
Hi Guys, just wondering which newspapers/sites in Dubai people read and why? i.e. Gulf News, Emirates today - I tend to read Gulf News but it's only by default due to the fact it's available in the r ...
Muzlims are moving to the good old U.S.A in droves
"New York Times"
In 2005, more people from Muslim countries became legal permanent U.S. residents — nearly 96,000 — than in any year in the previous two decades.
•More than 40,000 more ...
Taliban - some insights
A few articles from 2001 about the Taliban make interesting reading. These were written after the destruction of the Buddhas, but before 9/11.
First from NY Times - an interview of the Taliban ...
US troops bemoan not being able to kill Iraqi kids
The youth of Iraq is welcoming their saviours with open arms and flowers!
Time for a reality check.
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American people are accountable for the massacres in Lebanon
Dear sir/Madams
Brutal Israel with its hatred and filth, have committed atrocities in Lebanon for ALL to see with total impunity. This was never to be done if it was NOT with the moral, military and ...
International community
Sniper, stop feeding the troll! ...
Afghanistan - another military failure?
Opium production has soared in Afghanistan since the defeat of the Taliban, to the point where this year's harvest can produce more than one year's world-wide demand of heroin.
With soldiers dy ...
Rape of Iraqi Women by US Servicemen
Living in trees - surely you're thinking of white people. Tarzan and Swiss Family Robinson all lived in trees :) :) ...
Iraq had no connection with Al Qaeda - US report
Looks like the US is finally recognising what everyone else knew:
Rather embarrassing for Mr Bush who this week is still insisting that Iraq was linked to AlQaeda!
It said that Ir ...
9/11 and Al Qaeda - your perspective
I try and not stereotype people.
I have a theory that if the government (of any country) actually want to hide something, they create a conspiracy that is partly based on truth but that is so over ...
Zanzibar boycotts Freddie Mercury because he was gay
Zanzibar angry over Mercury bash
Singer Freddie Mercury of the rock group Queen in 1985
Freddie Mercury is Zanzibar's most famous son
A Muslim group in Zanzibar has protested about plans to ...
Iran and nuclear power
What say you?
Should they have it?
Should they have nuclear weapons?
Can they be trusted?
Will the be a threat to anyone else other than the "evil west"?
How do you know? ...
Do you believe in Karma?
For the members......
Do you believe in Karma? i know that some people dont, i do at least ...
9-11 Symposium
Alex Jones, James Fetzer, Webster Trapley, Charlie Sheen, robert Bowman, Steven E. Jones.
It was aired on C-Span...Watch it, learn from it!
+symposium
If this doesn't convince you that it wa ...
Wisdom
Thoughts on Wisdom. Can anyone describe or define it? Does it come with age? Or only when someone is drunk on a Thursday? ;)
Loyal and respected subjects please think aloud. ...
Survivor - Segregation Islands - unbelievable
Er I can't really believe that TV executives thought this would be a good idea.
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Asian Muslims forced off flights
A good write up of the incident on the BBC web site, including quotes from experts echoing my thoughts on the events and also includes comments from readers at the end (which I found interesting too) ...
Taliban - some insights
A few articles from 2001 about the Taliban make interesting reading. These were written after the destruction of the Buddhas, but before 9/11.
First from NY Times - an interview of the Taliban ...
The future was foretold
Grapeshisha has a great article dating from 1947 at:
"As the Arabs see the Jews"
His Majesty King Abdullah,
The American Magazine*
November, 1947
Here is an ex ...
This just in Israeli war for a so called self-defense
The Israeli soldiers were actually captured inside the Lebanese borders! ...
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An Astonising Research
Some very interesting findings of Dr. Tariq Al Swaidan:
Tariq Al Swaidan discovered some verses in the Holy Qur'an that mention one thing is equal to another, i.e. men are equal to women. Altho ...
'US detention will haunt us'
Read this in leading news paper, now the arabs will understand what the other people are going through in Dubai Airport. there was another incident with Kuwaiti national. let all the arabs wh lick wh ...
Immigrant Visa Applicants in India
[color=red] Immigrant Visa Applicants in India required to present Indian Police Certificates and Certificate from Regional Passport Office [/color]
ALL the immigrant visa applicants who are ab ...
Understand Islam
Can anyone guide me where can a non-Muslim lady go to learn more about Islam. ...
Is Dubai/U.A.E ruled
by religious or state laws :?: ...
A Quote - Guess where from
I thought I'd share this quote.
"I am He by Whom the worlds were created and shall be dissolved ... There is nothing higher than Me... The whole world is pervaded by Me, yet My form is not se ...
Prophecy? Propensity to sanity ?
Props to DF members
How many would support this ..????
I cannot tolerate it when it comes to route cause of troubles. Y wouldnt ppl just think free. Unbound of relegions, race, society n all lesse ...