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shafique

Oh - and I haven't seen a good argument or statistics yet that the majority of supporters/members of Al Qaeda/Insurgents etc are engaged in terrorism rather than armed resistance to an occupation.

Maybe I'm just being pedantic about the use of words?

shafique

Hi, I'm looking to buy a modded wii - does anyone know where and how much they are going for? The NTSC wii is going for 1220Dhs at Micro in Mall of the Emirates - but I have read that you can buy modded wiis in Deira (with wiikey mod). I'd prefer to buy an already modded Wii rather do a DIY job. (an...

shafique

None of the above should have been an option - I would have selected that. Saudi is far from my view of a exemplary Islamic state in many regards. I agree with their abhorence of anything approaching idol worship - amongst Muslims and others, but I think they have gone too far and in some respects a...

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Agree with Daniyaal that not allowing women to drive is tribal in essence. However, the fact is that Islam came and corrected the tribal practices of arabs of the time - which included the abhorent practice of burying female babies because they did not value women. Arab women had no rights under pre...

shafique

On the question of Churches in Saudi - you seem to say it's ok because it is not something most Muslims in Saudi want - whilst this may be the case, it is not what Islam or the Prophet, pbuh, preached. Muslims got on well with Christians - they were given shelter in Ethiopia and the country was neve...

shafique

Arnie - mercenaries/contractors quip was sarcastic, but the rest of the message was serious. I do have a sense of humour.... incidentally one of my frustrations is that I haven't found a site which has downloads of each episode (whereas all the US shows are uploaded within hours of broadcast!) :wink:

shafique

Dear Shafique, Is it only the driving reason that you have concluded saudi arabia are going back to pre islamic period or there are others. If there are other reasons then are those problems not also exist in other islamic/arab countries? Let me clarify - many Saudis are pious and well meaning Musl...

shafique

Basically I disagree with the practices of Wahabism that go against the Sunnah and Quran. I agree with the teachings of Abdul Wahab that we should stay away from all forms of idol worship (shirk) and agree with this philosophy (I am a Sunni muslim, so agree with him in this regard as well). As for t...

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:) That's what you get with young children running around and moving and deleting text as you type! :) I was/am looking for 'Have I got news for you' - can't get regular downloads of it... the only saving grace is that they've started showing the highlights on the BBC web site. Cheers, Shafique

shafique

Arnie - good point, I don't know the official reason for not allowing women to drive in Saudi, daniyaal can you look this up for us?

shafique

Go on England!

There are a number of French guys at work... should be interesting conversation tomorrow

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique

Thank your friend for me Arnie - I have registered with the site and will be downloading the programme!

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique

I don't believe in the conspiracy theories about the twin towers - but the videos about the other events on Sept 11 do look fishy to me. Firstly the pentagon - was it a plane crashing in or a missile? Why is there no evidence of the engines hitting the building, but only a round hole? Also Flight 93...

shafique

Good posts RVP

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique

Arnie, Strangely, the photos I have seen of the pentagon building do not show much debris and certainly no body parts. Have they really found DNA of the passengers who were on the plane? If the engines of the plane didn't survive, I'd be surprised that DNA evidence survived. Cheers, Shafique

shafique

Wow - only 5 votes! RVP - well said my man, I agree with your points. Daniyaal - on your last point, that Imam Mehdi (the guided leader) will be an Arab, can you dig out the reference for me. My understanding is that he will actually be of Persian descent - based on the Hadith about Salman Farsi, th...

shafique

Update - I picked up one on Sunday from Al Fahidi street, near the Astoria hotel (is this what they call the electronics souk?) I paid 1400 for a Japanese modded wii, extra nunchuck, gun, and Wii-play which comes with another remote (so I have 2 remotes and nunchucks). The Jap model doesn't come wit...

shafique

:) I have 3 daughters at home driving their mum up the wall! This was their collective Eid present from their Dad (mum bought them clothes, jewellry and other stuff I don't understand :) ) The two sets of controllers are to limit (not eliminate) the fights.. :) I should be exchanging the unit tonigh...

shafique

I decided to start a new thread for Daniyaal. The hadith I was referring to was from Bukhari and Muslim, and relate to comments made when Surat al-Jumma was revealed: A hadith given by al-Bukhari and Muslim states that Abu Hurairah (ra) narrated Allah's Messenger (saw) as saying:"If the Religio...

shafique

I agree with you Arnie - points well made. Daniyaal - I've started a new thread on the identity of the Imam Mahdi. I'm also very interested in hearing the response to the issue of women driving in Saudi - Arnie's references make good reading and point to what I was saying that it has nothing to do w...

shafique

Daniyaal, You are right, the Mahdi as a title is not named in the Hadith, but the description of a man who will bring faith back to earth after it has (metaphorically) gone up to heaven is the exact description of what the Mahdi will do and what the state of the earth will be when he comes. In this ...

shafique

I do think a lot of people share your conclusion benwj - that the term 'Islamic Terrorist' is accurate. My only hope is that they are using the term 'Islamic' to mean 'Muslim' (as I have said above, I have no issue with the label 'Muslim Terrorist'), but I fear that in actuality the label is symptom...

shafique

benwj,

I lived through the PIRA bombings of main-land Britain - and during that time (generally speaking) the British did not view all Irish as terrorists and conversely the Americans were the main source of funding for the PIRA - who viewed them as freedom fighters!

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique

As has been covered before though, Irish terrorism did not have its roots in religion, having thousands (millions?) of 16 year olds declaring Jihad when they clearly don't understand all the influences is a very different situation. Many will argue that the roots of 'Muslim Terrorism' is not religi...

shafique

As has been covered before though, Irish terrorism did not have its roots in religion, having thousands (millions?) of 16 year olds declaring Jihad when they clearly don't understand all the influences is a very different situation. Many will argue that the roots of 'Muslim Terrorism' is not religi...

shafique

Sorry, which government does Hizbullah represent? None? Ah, then it's not an army is it? I don't see why resistance to an occupying army, or a regime that is holding your nationals, needs only to be carried out by government sanctioned fighters to be legitimate. Were French resistance fighters not ...

shafique

Hmm, as a Brit - I'm not sure how to respond.

shafique

Whats the Snooker show he used to do on Saturday nights with whatshisface???????...its on the tip of my tongue....grrrrrrrr He should do a Dubai version....hehehehehe I think you mean 'Big Break' - I have to say I did watch this, and I also remember Jim 'nick nick' Davidson from the 80's and enjoye...

shafique

I found this extract interesting.. From The Economist - November 3 2007: A RELIGIOUS fanatic feels persecuted, goes overseas to fight for his God and then returns home to attempt a bloody act of terrorism. Next week as Britons celebrate the capture of Guy Fawkes, a Catholic jihadist, under the House...

shafique

Jabba - yes I have seen the movie. It was interesting and passed the time, but not quite my cup of tea. I felt it tried a bit too hard - but I hear it was faithful to the comics/graphic novel it was based on. I have a copy of Sin City, for example, but haven't watched past the first 5 mins so far - ...

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