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A Call For A Sunni - Shi'i Dialogue Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullah I would like to take this opportunity to invite any Shi'i colleague to run a dialogue with me, starting with the issue of Tawhid. At the same time, I would like ...
Slavery and Scripture I was a little surprised to uncover that there are number of verses in the New Testament which refer to slavery and that slaves should be obedient to their masters. Up to a few days ago, I was unawar ...
If God Were One of Us If God were one of us, it would make things much easier, because then I would be able to understand Him, enough at least to see the connection between good works and divine intimacy. I can understand ...
Humility The following extract is what I believe I should be doing - it expounds what Islam teaches us on the subject of Humility - I am sure that there are echoes of what was taught by previous prophets in t ...
Shiah, Druse, Sufism,... Can anybody tell me more about the topic? They lifestyle, principles, habits. What makes them different from others? Thanks! ...
The meaning of Tawheed and its categories Question:
What is the meaning of Tawheed and what are its categories?.
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
Praise be to Allaah and blessings and peace be upon His Messenger and C ...
Does Muhammad, pbuh, meet Biblical test of Prophethood? What about miracles? I am not sure about this, but at least most prophets of the OT and Jesus of course performed miracles. As far as I know Mohammed didn´t. ...
Bill Maher on Sistani.Org What a shame &q=Sistani&total=296&start=10&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=9 ...
Scientific Proof to the Existence of God &feature=related ...
Sinning for survival A Jewish guy explained to me the concept of "pikuach nefesh", saying that a Jew is allowed to sin in order to survive or save somebody else´s life, with the exception of murder and cannabal ...


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Islamic Mortgages What do you think about Islamic mortgages compared to the conventional ones? Are they really Islamic? ...
sausages/bacon cancer risk &in_page_id=1774&in_poll_id=21768 ...
Banking Explained This caught my eye in this week's economist - it sums up the situation very well!
Enjoy.
The Problem:
This is an attempt to state it simply, because if you understand the problem, t ...
Killed over facebook More wahabi madness; &in_page_id=1766&ito=1490 ...
This man certainly has a point &q=This+man+has+a+point&total=3415&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=9 ...
for habib; opinion on this hadith since shafique refuses to research into this matter
and since i gathered you're pretty well versed in these matters from the way you make your statements.
can you confirm the validity of ...
lets lighten things up a bit - Al kazafy's words i dont think i ever laughed as hard at any comedian, as i did at this man..
how is he a president of a country, is beyond me, he actually surpasses good ol georgie in the stupidity department double post xo ...
Sharia marriage! Good day! I and my fiancé would like to get married in Dubai this summer and we would like to know if it is possible. We both live in Denmark, I am Danish and my fiancé is Bosnian. We are both Musli ...

Should I leave Dubai? Soon a Dutch politician will publish a movie critizing Islam. Knowing this guy it will be much much worse than the cartoons. Although I think Dubai is a safe place, I am considering leaving Dubai asa ...
Is consuming alcohol and/or pork offensive for Muslims? shafique wrote:I have a problem with non-alcoholic beer
So do I, most of them taste like crap. I still wish bars here would serve non-alcoholic beer though. ...
Some Jewish objections to Jesus - based on Bible Now, I do believe Jesus to be the Messiah for the Jews. However, it is interesting to note how Jewish scholars use the Bible to reject Jesus. I draw parallels with Christians using the Bible to rejec ...
Treatment of Animals I was looking up a reference in 'Muhammad, A Biography of the Prophet' by Karen Armstrong, when I came across this excerpt which caught my eye.
pg 231
"Over the centuries in the West ...
Prophecies of Muhammad in Bible? Apologies, a cut a paste job - but loads of references for us to discuss - and offers an interpretation of the Bible. For me the most convincing prophecies are those of the paraclete/comforter - ...
Changed my mind on Afghanistan Recently I finished a project for Afghanistan. I always thought NATO was doing some good and they tried to help to rebuild the country. Now I am under the strong impression NATO presence is not appre ...
'Master of the Thread Hijackers' I just noticed that I have joined the order of the Thread Hijackers and am a Master!
I'm honoured.
But is this just a function of number of posts, or is someone sending me a message? :) Compilation of the Bible I had read in many places that the Bible was compiled during the Council of Nicea in 325 when the issue of the divinity of Jesus was finally made the official belief of the Church.
However, loo ...
just watch it ...
Urgent Protest: MF Husain's felicitation in Dubai || Sree || Urgent Protest: MF Husain's felicitation in Dubai The Bhoruka Charitable Trust, Rajasthan, India has arranged a ceremony to felicitate anti-Hindu Indian painter M. F. Husai ...
Bahai faith have you heard about the Bahai faith? I'd like to know what you think about it. ...
Bible Quotations - for ebonics Quote:In other words, in the past war crimes were committed and now God is 'reformed' and would never now condone killings of innocents and livestock by humans.
No thats not what I said at all. ...
Signs of Allah’s Existence As Salaam o Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barkatuh!
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem!
Wa Salaatu wa Salaam
`alaa Rasulullah-
Salallahu `Alayhi wa Sallam
Signs of Allah’s Existen ...
The Quran contains no contradictions - Discuss Yesterday I wrote an e-mail to the people at 'ask a geologist'. Today, one of them quickly responded with the following note:
Quote:It's no imposition on MY time - we are volunteers for this A ...
Celebrating innovated festivals Question:
What is the shar’i ruling on celebrating festivals such as the birthday of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), children’s birthdays, Mother’s Day, Tree Week and n ...
Was moses tripping out? Interesting take; ...
Blind Irish person find his way to Islam (Very Beautiful) Abu Hafsa (Father of Hafsa), Abdul Malik (Servant of God), formerly Jerome is the first 100% blind person who was accepted into professional wrestling. He came to Islam after reading about the beauti ...
Anti-Zionist Jews Zionism is an ideology and a political movement. As such it is open to rational dispute. Jews, like others, might view the Jewish claim to Palestine as irrational, anachronistic, and intrinsically u ...
[ Lovers] shafique wrote:I don't have enough faith to be an atheist.
Enlarge please shafique - how is faith involved in dismissal of something which cannot be proved to exist? How are the odds small?
How to overcome worry [color=blue] How to overcome worry
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Try to enjoy the worry
When worry is inevitable, enjoy it and be wise
Even continued happiness leads to mental worry
Thus h ...
You should not misunderstand the silence of God to your pray [color=blue] You should not misunderstand the silence of God to your prayers in your problems. Why God is careful while granting boons?The treasure of God is infinite and will not exhaust by giving y ...
Why God keeps silent to somebody even after intensive cry? [color=blue] Why God keeps silent to somebody even after intensive cry? [/color]
Ans. A diabetic patient cries before a doctor to get a sweet for eating. The doctor has infinite number of sweet ...
People have no faith in the existence of the very upper worl [color=blue] People have no faith in the existence of the very upper world! [/color]
Shankara told that one should not aspire the fruit either in this world or in the upper world for divine ser ...
Excellent books on Divine knowledge, for all the levels of s Excellent books on Divine knowledge, for all the levels of spiritual aspirants including scientists and atheist
These discourses freely downloadable from the links shown below are the excellent ...
for all the Atheist Dawah to an Atheist By Dr. Zakir Naik ...
Can someone help me out? Anyone, Please! I was wondering about any recent contribution by the brits (forget colonialism - obviously the americans kid their a$$ and more recently they have lost all their "empire" in the last 60 ye ...
I am going to stop bashing Religion now. I considered something today which made me re-think a little on my opinions placed on this here forum. I was on the train this morning reading a news story about the recent trial of a top Khmer Army ...
The biggest robber in the world I just found this link showing biggest robbery in the world
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Wisdom of the Bible I thought I'd share some of the wisdom of the Bible. I'll start with one that is appropriate for Dubai: Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an a ...
Dr.Jeffrey Lang at the DeenShow(Atheism to Islam ) Atheism to Islam - Dr.Jeffrey Lang - Mathematician and Author of two best selling Books at the Deen Show ...
Why the Quran cannot be written by Prophet Muhammad? What makes Muslims believe that the Quran is not written by Prophet Muhammad? Does the Quran claim that it is from God? Could the Prophet have copied some portions of the Bible? Are there scientific ...
Three questions about Islam ebonics wrote:
use this time to research your material to do with the authenticity thoroughly, because i will not tolerate your personal opinion after i do in fact write my post about the qura ...
planet X - doomsday fantasies? Was just reading a bit more - there is thought that this coincides with the next coming messiah predicted in abrahamic faiths, but the key difference being not a prophet returning but ultimate union ...
Sharia Law / Uk ? Would like to know any opinions of the hottest topic in the UK at the moment regarding incorporating Sharia Law into the UK Legal Framework. Personally i think it sucks. Whether or not you support ...
Was Islam spread by the sword? It appears that my reading of history that Islam wasn't spread by the sword is at odds with other people's views. I cite the example of how Islam spread to Indonesia, China etc as an example. Indo ...
Danes publish the cartoons again.. Heard from a friend that its gonna be exciting few weeks.. I would say, its not very wise of them to do it.. considering that there are danes living outside .. and knowing the repercussions. ...
New Site for Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) ...
Archbishop views on Shariah Law in UK
The news story is eliciting strong reactions in the UK.

Dr Williams said the UK had to "face up to the fact" some citizens did not relate to the British legal system. Do Indians eat pork? C0NC0RD wrote: St.Lucifer wrote:Conci.. here's what u asked for.. pork curry..
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Yeah but once you put all the curry spicies etc. you could have snake/rat/pebble curry accompanied by he ...
Extreme Event (what is this) look and discover shiahs observed their holiday Of ashura - day of pominoveniya of the imam of Hussain, killed in Karbala in 680 years. They write that they killed imam severely, with putting of the large number of so ...
"You're so vain..." v 2 The previous posts which contained PMs from freza has been deleted.
benjw wrote:
Shaf,
I don't find you arrogant at all. In fact I should take this opportunity to apologise for som ...
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in Hindu Scriptures Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in Hindu Scriptures
by Dr. Zakir Naik

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Muhammad (pbuh) prophesised in Bhavishya Purana



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Benazir Rare Is this real?
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The Life of Prophet Muhammad (phub) ^ian^ wrote:I really don't recommend anyone download an .exe file and run it from an unqualified source. I downloaded it and virus scanned it, and no virus was found, but that doesn't rule out that ...
Gaza... I know im being stupid here....but can someone explain this situation to me in simple terms. thanks ...
Formation of Israel - 1947 debate, Essential reading This post is primarily for Kanelli - but I would recommend everyone who wants more detail on Israel to read. It is a verbatim record of what was said at the UN in 1947 by the Pakistan delegate.. ( ...
Why do they choose Islam ?
Why do they choose Islam ?



Islam , in spite of the shaky and precarious picture that the blind –hearted media propagates all over the world , is most acceptable ...
Miracle In The Holy Quran by Dr. Tariq Al-Suwaidan Miracle In The Holy Quran
A look at some of the statistical miracles in the Quran. Of which are only a very small fraction of what this holy book contains to the whole mankind. Statistical. Stu ...
The Bible, The Qur'an and Science INTRODUCTION
Dr. Maurice Bucaille is an eminent French surgeon, scientist, scholar and author of "THE BIBLE, THE QUR'AN AND SCIENCE" which contains the result of his research into th ...
The Bible, the Qur'an and Science-Maurice Bucaille Dr. Maurice Bucaille is an eminent French surgeon, scientist, scholar and author of "THE BIBLE, THE QUR'AN AND SCIENCE" which contains the result of his research into the Judeo-Christian Re ...
The Biggest Crime Commited Against Americans. This is an incredible start for the year 2008. Ofcourse u have celebrated it with having Great Fun and now its time to come back to planet earth. Statistics r amazing and have never been seen before ...
Why is the eating of pork forbidden in Islam?
Facts on Pork
Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah. Following text give you reasons why Allah (SWT) has forbidden eating pork. There are many other reasons whi ...
Cheney and bushes new playground? ...
American converts to Islam tell their stories American converts to Islam tell their stories

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Kenya... well.... I'm not one to get into politics,mainly because it dosent interest me one bit!!! but... I have just seen a report on bbc world on Kenya's elections and the violence that surrounds. Hav ...
Charlie Wilson's War - wat a great movie it is isnt it. It shows how easy it is to win a war and how kind americans are towards other nations but they have only one bad habbit that they always " Just Leave" at t ...
Life is short. The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We ha ...
Candle In the Wind - Sir Ron Paul Why is it that what ron paul is saying, Sounds so different and touches heart. why is it that nobody else is speaking what he is saying infact in the recent debate they laughed at him - all of them. ...
The Terrorist and the shop girl This story got me thinking. Generally, I'm all for terrorists being locked up - no ifs or buts, but if you kill innocents intentionally, then you forfeit the right to freedom. I'm not su ...
KALEMAH - New Muslim Centre Assalaaaaam spiritually thirsty souls, The latest great thing has spun into action finally Alhamdulillah. No it's not spidy! KALEMAH is a one stop information centre in Dubai for gaining know ...
1st Muharram Assalamalaikum To All
Tomorrow is the fisrt Day of Islamic Year, congragulate for all the Muslims. Lets compare Islamic and other New Years.....
January teachs only Dancing, Hop and Dri ...
Happy Islamic New Year Assalamalaikum To All
Tomorrow is the fisrt Day of Islamic Year, congragulate for all the Muslims. Lets compare Islamic and other New Years.....
January teachs only Dancing, Hop and Dri ...
Lifes essentials
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Benazir Bhutto I know this should, and probably will, end up in the Politics and Religion Forum, however I thought it might be best started off here. How do DF members feel about the recent assassination of Bena ...
The Inscrutable Occidental The following is from a blog /
I found it thought provoking
The Inscrutable Occidental
On this day, 7 December, in 1941, at dawn in Hawaii, the Japanese military engaged in a surgi ...
can somebody give me contact of vedic astrologer can somebody give me contact of vedic astrologer? in dubai anybody who got information regarding this subject please reply ...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS Hey jesus it's ya birthdey weze gonna party like it's ya birthdey. ...
How does this picture make you feel? How does this picture make you feel? Would you feel more comfortable if was cut down the middle and was two different pictures? Maybe it does not bother you at all.
I think it encapsulates a lo ...
The Scientific Miracles in the Holy Quran #ch1-1 ...
Prohet Mohamed imagery and other imagery in Islam I understand it's against Islam to show imagery portraying the prophet Mohamed, my question is, does this apply to other prophets as well? i.e. Moses, Jesus? ...
Atheistic fundamentalism Your thoughts? ...
Why www.faithfreedom.org is blocked?? One of my Indian friend from UAE mailed me and asked me to visit this site saying some moron is trying to mess up with the religious emotions and I tried to open it because I am neutral and respect a ...
teddy bear = Prophet ? I bought a Sudanese Teddy bear from Hanley`s the other day for £30.00 English pounds and sold it two days latter for £60.00 English pound does this now make me a Prophet ? ...
How can anyone not question evidence like this? Danny Jawenko, a Dutch controlled demolition expert is shown Building 7 collapse without prior knowledge that this happened on sept 11th: Owner of the building says to 'pull it and let it come ...
Sudan....teddy bear issue ... `You know what... Im really pissed off about this. I have just watched the teacher from Liverpool get an early release and GROVEL and PUBLICLY APOLOGISE. WHY THE HELL IS SHE DOING THIS!!!!? REA ...
Zheng He There is a permanent exhibition about Zheng He in the China mall at Ibn Batutta - an exhibit that I passed many times without looking at. Yesterday I was showing some guests around and went and r ...
Rabbi Yisroel the anti-zionist Rabbi Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss is the spokesperson for the Neturei Karta International - Jews against Zionism. He attended the United Nations World Conference Against Racism in Durban (2001) as part of th ...
Bid to stop whipping over teddy bear Any thoughts on this article posted on ?
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday that officials were working to secure the early release of a British teacher who faces being whipped in Sud ...
Saudi Arabia's Top Executioner Saw this sometime ago. He discusses his "trade" and shows off his "tools" for the job. ...
Man’s Ignorance: Sheikh Tariq Jameel SaalamAlaikum
This is a simple translation from the speech that Sheikh Tariq Jameel gave when he was in Canada. This speech was a turning point in my life. I will be continuing it in parts. I h ...
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