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Non Violent Resistance Wow - well produced and moving;
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An old man lived alone in Palestine..... An old man lived alone in Palestine. He wanted to dig his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, who would have helped him, was in an Israeli prison. The old man wrote a letter to hi ...
FAO: Atheists What Philosophy do you (Atheists) live by? ...
Talk about Double Standards :roll: The UAE should allow all foreign investors to to apply for IPO'S and allow all foreign investors to be able to buy any share listed on the DFM and ADSM. How can they ask India to openn up its ...
Question for shafique This is my first post on DB, I been reading your posts for quite a while and personally think they are excellant and very interesting. You seem to have a very in depth knowledge of Islam, I was wonde ...
Online Betting Company A Muslim friend of mine in London has recently turned down an amazing opportunity in London recently working on IT projects for a leading online betting company, due to his beliefs that it is "H ...
Complete Religion It is claimed that Islam is a "complete" religion, I'm wondering what exactly this means. Is it due to the Islamic law making it a complete way of life? Also with regards to the Islamic law ...
Sex in Islam This is an excerpt from Western Civilization Condemned By Itself by Maryam Jameelah (A Jewish convert to Islam in the 1970s). Let it be known to all that we Muslims are not excessive in being mode ...
The myth of Atheists being bitter/petty..true? mema wrote:I'm sorry but ur recent posts do contradict with what ur saying here..u do sound bitter and u do talk in an air of superiority as ferza says it...i can't see any logic in ur late posts th ...
Traditional Islam (sufistic) Asslamalaikum, I moved here from the states more than 3 months ago and currently reside in Sharaj. Does anyone know of any traditional oriented mosques or study circles. I mean more inclined to sc ...


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Alcohol My question is regarding alcohol and other things that are not allowed by islam, but ARE sold in the UAE. Pork is another that I can think of. Everyone knows that practicing muslims cannot consume ...
Do you have an alter ego? Fair question. Batman and Bruce Wayne. Clarke Kent and Superman. Jekyll and Hyde! What's yours? (if you have one) ...
FGM: A Religious or Social Practice? I had a chitchat with multi-national friends last weekend. FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) was part of the table topic. The author of the book, which I was reading last night wrote in passing about F ...
Wedding Bands and Muslim Men? kind of prompted by this thread, What are your thoughts? Are muslim men 'allowed' to wear wedding rings and why or why not? ...
"The Cool People VS Hezbollah." Thousands of pictures were taken in Lebanon during the conflict between Israel Masters and Hezbollah terrorists in 2006, but it was a surprising picture by Spencer Platt, an American photo journalist ...
Is religion such an important thing? To Shafiq (coincidently my best friends name too :) ) and many others,
This post or question is not to hurt anyone's feelings or shackle anyone's faith, its just some random thoughts raised fro ...
Christianity is an Eastern Religion I came across this passage today in a book that I thought I'd share:

Today the West often views Islam as a civilization very different from and indeed innately hostile to Christianity. ...
Danmark are being naughty again / L'Islam, c'est le Christianisme adapté à la mentalité arabe ou, plus exactement, c'est tout ce que le cerveau d'un Bédouin, pauvre d'ima gination et opiniâtrement fidèle aux habitudes ancestrales, ...
Terrorists Vow to Kidnap or Kill Prince Harry in Iraq ,2933,256562,00.html :lol: ...
What do you people think of minimal government, free market? What do you people think of minimal government, free market based society? I, personally, think it's great. I love business. I think government should encourage competition and discourage monopoli ...
Resume - GEORGE W. BUSH Resume
GEORGE W. BUSH 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington , DC 20520
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
LAW ENFORCEMENT
I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine , in 1976 for driving unde ...
Islamic Punishment for Theft I thought I'd start a new thread to clarify that not all thefts lead to the punishment of amputation.
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According to Islamic law, the maximum penalty for professional th ...
Egyptian Blogger Jailed for Four Years / You can sign an online petition here if you feel the cause is worthy: / ...
Blood money ? Can someone explain to us, what is exactly 'blood money' ? Is it really part of Islamic law, shariah, hadits, etc ? ...
Advanced geometry of Islamic art From BBC news:
A study of medieval Islamic art has shown some of its geometric patterns use principles established centuries later by modern mathematicians.
Researchers in the US have fou ...
Poor Monkeys http://iacs5.ucsd.edu/~pbang/dance_monkeys.htm ...
Apostacy in Islam There is a common misconception that Islam teaches that a person who renounces Islam should be put to death - i.e. the punishment for apostacy is death. This is certainly the view of some scholars ...
Sexualisation 'harms' young girls A news item about a US survey:
Ok - let the comments fly.. ...
IUAD History of Religions - Geographical Evolution Very Interesting link ...
US 'Iran attack plans' revealed US contingency plans for air strikes on Iran extend beyond nuclear sites and include most of the country's military infrastructure, the news has learned. It is understood that any such attack - i ...
Jewish school where half pupils are Muslim! A positive story for a change - thanks to M & J blog for highlighting this:
King David Primary School, (a state school in Birmingham, UK), which is a Jewish institution where half the pupil ...
www.paulocoelhoblog.com Paulo Coelho, always trying to keep in direct touch with his readers, has created a blog about his new novel THE WITCH OF PORTOBELLO.
We invite you to enter now the blog and enjoy one fourth of ...
TELL THE TRUTH NIGGA. ...
Hitler Madman or genius? Let's chat about it here. ...
It's over... Monday, 7AM, official cease fire... Oh man, let's just hope this is the last time Lebanon goes through this... Now's the time to rebuild. Hope I can go spend a few days there now... Wonder whe ...
Iran - What did the Pres. actually say? It's widely quoted that Iranian President Ahmadinejad said in a speech that Israel should be wiped off the face of the earth/map, or something along these lines.
On the BBC News website today, ...
Anyone seen the missing $12bn in notes? I see that the fact the US administration shipped over $12bn in notes (363 tonnes of it) to Iraq and then went on to distribute it without much thought of accounting for it has made the news.
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who is an "Arab" Just being lazy and perhaps I know the answers but I have a question. One reads about the "arab world" and the "arabic" language, etc. However when someone says that a person ...
Attempted martyr sentenced to death. Al Jazeera wrote:Jordan's highest court has rejected an appeal by an Iraqi woman sentenced to death for her role in an al-Qaeda-led triple hotel bombing that killed 60 people, according to court doc ...
Choosing Baby's Gender Way back, selection has been practised after birth since there's no ultrasound available, and when the parents don't like the gender of the infant they will abandoned the unwanted infant and worst di ...
Academic Discussion-Religious tolerance Hi everyone, I would like to know your opinions on the following subject, and this indeed to share and increase my knowledge. These questions may seem basics and repeated but yet i need to know op ...
If and only If - If US will start the war against Iran - Well, that would not be good #1 if that happened..... I have a card (given to us by company) which I would call number and be airflighted out of here asap. I have thought about this several times. ...
Oil prices Do you guys think Saudi is deliberately going to push oil prices down to financially stress Iran ? ...
US military unveils heat-ray gun The US military has given the first public display of what it says is a revolutionary heat-ray weapon to repel enemies or disperse hostile crowds. - but not much good for heating sandwiches at all - ...
President Clinton Mk II? I see Hilary Clinton has thrown her hat in the ring for the Democrat presidential nominee at the next election. Long been mooted and so not really a surprise, will be interesting if she's helped by p ...
Value of Time #1 saalamAlaikum This is an excerpt from The Value of Time by Sheikh Abu Ghuddah, a famous Syrian scholar in the field of hadith and fiqh. There is so much valuable time wasted these days in conversati ...
Space Wars - Hypocrisy of the US In light of the news that the US is objecting to China shooting a defunct satellite out of orbit, it is interesting to note that the accusation of China militarising Space rings hollow when we look a ...
Lefthanded Does anyone know what Islam says about left-handed? Quotes from Holly Qur’an and Hadeeses would be appreciated. Thanks ...
Second thoughts about the Promised Land Israel and the Jews
Second thoughts about the Promised Land
Jan 11th 2007 | JERUSALEM, LONDON AND NEW YORK
From The Economist print edition
Jews all around the world are gradu ...
Israeli former Minister says there is Apartheid in Israel Sorry, a straight cut and paste - but an interesting article by a former education minister of Israel admitting to Apartheid in Israel:
from
January 8, 2007
This Road is for Jews O ...
Al-Zawraá tv nvm. ...
war could spill into Syria and Iran It's disappointing they fear the war spilling into Syria and Iran when it should be welcomed. ...
DAM YOU TO HELL! MUAWAHAHAH / ...
jesus yea, so was this whole jesus thingy a big scam ? :dontknow: ...
US sub collides with Japan ship Concord wrote: shafique wrote:
What exactly does America 'do best'? Whatever it is, I'm sure China will do it better in 2 years.
:)
Cheers,
Shafique
Wanna bet?
Yo ...
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Quote:On February 27, 2006 Black Tuesday, our little girl had a heart attack. She had another that night and a third at 6:00 AM the following morning. She didn't survive th ...
The Sunday Times-The IDF WILL nuke The IDF WILL take their nuke sites out WITH nukes. ISRAEL has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons. Two Israeli air force squadrons ...
God through Reason#1 This is Sheikh Wahiduddin from God Arises. I will continue with more excerpts. God through Reason#1 Today, the understanding of reality is through observation and experiment, but since religio ...
Turkey the holocaust denier Historians have long used the term "genocide" to describe the murderous campaign against the Armenians in Turkey. Nearly the entire population of Armenians was executed, starved or forced i ...
Why was my Saddam thread deleted? Out of curiousity was it? I don't see it anymore and if so why? ...
Robert Fisk: A dictator created then destroyed by America Robert Fisk: A dictator created then destroyed by America Published: 30 December 2006 Saddam to the gallows. It was an easy equation. Who could be more deserving of that last walk to the sc ...
Let us glorify George Bush Because this year He is about to send more Glorious Troops to sort out all the criminals/terrorists once and for Awe :twisted: ...
New CBC show, "Little Mosque on the Prairie" It looks really interesting!
http://www.littlemosque.ca
CBC's Little Mosque to break new ground
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2007/01/03/little-mosque.html
In a show tha ...
Congress' First Elected Muslim To Use The Quran During Oath Congress' First Elected Muslim To Use The Quran During Oath Of Office January 4, 2007 11:03 a.m. EST Ayinde O. Chase - All Headline News Staff Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Congress' first el ...
What Saddam's execution means Convention dictates that we precede any discussion of this execution with the obligatory nod to Saddam's treachery, bloodthirsty rule and tyranny. But enough of the cowardly chatter. This thing is a ...
Slobodan Milosevic Found Dead in His Cell So no justice then?: Slobodan Milosevic Found Dead in His Cell 11 mARCH 2006 Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav leader who orchestrated the Balkan wars of the 1990s and was on trial fo ...
Saddam Execution Conspiracy hmmm you cant trust no one these days :lol: ...
Military Nurse Recalls Softer Saddam Military Nurse Recalls Softer Saddam Monday January 1, 2007 2:46 AM ,,-6314664,00.html AP Photo MOSTP102, MOSTP101 ST. LOUIS (AP) - A military nurse who cared for Saddam Hussein in ...
4th Jan-Realize your Dreams RAJA YOGA CENTER cordially invites you for an enlightening talk on" Inside Out...........Becoming the person of your dreams" by Sister Jayanthi, European Coordinator of Brahma Kumaris World ...
Prejudice of Atheism This is an excerpt from God Arises by Sheikh Wahiduddin. This is one of the answers of how the atheistic mind works. Yes, I realize that this might be long but to understand the society in which we l ...
Infidel - is it offensive? I have a topic I would be interested to here everyones views on.
Does the term infidel help relations with non muslims in anyway?
My take- I find hard not to take offence to being refered ...
Iran hangs more Arabs Quote:Iran hangs Arab separatists
Since the 1979 revolution Iran's army has crushed numerous separatist movements
Iran has hanged three people for carrying out bombings in the oil ri ...
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A Curb saalamAlaikum This is an excerpt from the famous book Islam and The World by Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi, a famous scholar. It talks about the ill effects of materialism that has come over Muslim world. In ...
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Bush has killed more Americans than terrorists did Two more American soldiers were killed in Iraq, officials said Tuesday, pushing the U.S. military death toll to at least 2,974--one more than the number killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The ...
One immigrant a minute arriving in Britain 'One immigrant a minute arriving in Britain' /'One%20immigrant%20a%20minute%20arriving%20in%20Britain'/article.do Foreign immigrants are arriving in Britain at the rate of one every minute, a s ...
What Did Jesus Say About Christmas? What Did Jesus Say About Christmas? The Christmas Experience The perfect Christmas tree is bought. Adorned with ornaments and glittering with tinsel, it stands by the window. The stores are c ...
Iran goes to the UN to ask Israel give up nuclear weapons (Reuters) - Iran, whose president said last week that Israel's days were numbered, called on the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to compel the Jewish state to give up its nuclear weapons. :lol: :lo ...
Troubles of Life saalamAlaikum
This is an e-mail sent to me by a very good brother. This e-mail enlightened me regarding how many times an individual is perplexed with life and its demands. How many times are p ...
Sheikh Ilyas Adress to Scholars saalamAlaikum I heard from a Lankan alim that came to Toronto long time ago. He narrated this story of Sheikh Ilyas who revived the effort of dawah. MORE OR LESS When Sheikh Ilyas came to Makkah, ...
More then one Marriage What you say about this? Is it ok in this times or not? ...
Reply to an Atheist This is an excerpt from The Four Imams by Muhammad Zahra regarding Imam Hanifa's intelligence and skill in debating. CONVERSATION WITH ATHEISTS Abu Hanif ...
My Prophet MUHAMMAD(s.a.w.s.) Salam alekum va rahmatAllah va barakatu!
Who is Muhammad(s.a.w.s.)
How It All Began
Nearly four thousand years ago, in the Sumerian town of Ur in the valley of the river Euphrate ...
Living In Yeah, I am talking about living in one roof like husband and wife but you're not "legally married".
Are there any parameters in this kind of set - up? What are the pros and cons of ...
Who can tell me more in detail about Hi everyone, I am new on your forum , I've been reading it for a while, and decided to try my luck asking a few questions Who can tell me more in detail about the "Politics Philosophy and Reli ...
Sacrifice of Arabs #2 saalamAlaikum This is an excerpt from the book Islam and the World by Sheikh Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi. This is a second passage that pays a glowing tribute to both the Prophet(saw) and his Companions ( ...
Sacrifice of Arabs #1 saalamAlaikum
This is an excerpt from the book Islam and the World by Sheikh Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi. This passage pays a glowing tribute to both the Prophet(saw) and his Companions (rad).
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Sad... For those who don't speak Arabic, each person in front of the Lebanese flag says what's their religion. Which is basically what's been destroying our country for decades. Being Lebanese is meanin ...
Materialism Challenge#1 saalamAlaikum This is an excerpt from Islamic Concept of Prophethood by one of my favourite scholars Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi. It shows how the life of Moses is a challenge to the Materialistic Outlook ...
Jimmy Carter Blames Israel! Carter blames Israel for Mideast conflict. 'Domination' over Palestinians 'atrocious,' ex-prez tells 'Good Morning America.' In some of the harshest and one-sided language he has used to date, former ...
Reminiscing Do you still remember this? I was 11 years old when i sang this song. Ahmad Rashad is also in the video and other icons of the world. Here's the link. Let's see your insights. :D Mods, ...
Dash board mohammed Dash board mohammedwhere can you buy themi Dubai as I would like to buy some for presents for all my Christian friends this Christmas,as they are the inthing to have in the USA :wink: ...
For You and For Me Would you know why this song was composed? The world is so small yet prejudices, wars, invasions, violations of human race are everywhere. This is for all of you and for PPR Forums. W ...
Do you support the coalition troops?, well... do you? kanelli wrote:Shafique, why were the Afghan women holding classes for girls in secret if the Taleban supposedly let women go to school? Are all those women liars?
Sorry, but I believe what th ...
YOU GOTTA WATCH 'EM!! awesome stuff. loved it that Ali guy is great ...
Behalf of the IDF and the Masters &mode=related&search= ...
HizBOllaX Rooting Itself in Southeast Turkey Hizbullah Rooting Itself in Southeast Turkey
On December 12, 2006 Turkish columnist Cuneyt Ulsever, of the mainstream wide circulation Hurriyet, wrote that the Hizbullah movement is rooting it ...
From Israel, with Love .. ...
Saudis Say They Might Back Sunnis if U.S. Leaves Iraq Quote:Saudi Arabia has told the Bush administration that it might provide financial backing to Iraqi Sunnis in any war against Iraq’s Shiites if the United States pulls its troops out of Iraq, accord ...