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Sadly this just goes once again to destroying the concept that Islam is a peaceful religion, when the only way some people know how to react is with violence, it's pathetic. And all they're doing is proving the quote the Pope read to be correct. Do they not realise this fact? The question I would i...

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How do these places work - do people go there to break their fast, or after the Maghrib prayers for 'dinner'?

I've been breaking the fast at home, praying with the family and then eating.

Cheers,
Shafique

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Concord - my name is Shafique and I'm a DF addict.

shafique

I have decided to limit my postings here during Ramadan as part of the spirit of Ramadan of being more spiritual and less mundane. What one is enjoined in keeping away from though is arguments, silly talks etc. I do still look at the forums though – as Muslims are still required to go about their da...

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Count me in for Nov 17, and possibly for Nov10 (I might still be in chilly Glasgow on a trip)

Cheer,
Shafique

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Well, every religion seems to state that only their followers will go to heaven and everyone else goes to hell. Hopefully a short post from me - as I'm trying to avoid contentious posts and arguing. Islam does not state that only Muslims will go to heaven. With only some minor exceptions, no one is...

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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 question posed in another thread about life after death, at least from an Islamic perspective. LIFE AFTE...

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No that is the answer I received as well concerning the 'contradiction'. What he also said, however, was that anyone who does believe in the things that I had mentioned earlier is considered a Mulsim according to Allah. To be honest, this is what is confusing me now. If you haven't taken the tashah...

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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 approach you not with arms, but with words," he wrote to the Muslims whom he imagined reading his book, ...

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Breaking news - East Manhattan a plane or helicopter has crashed into an appartment building.

Unclear at the moment whether an accident or not.

shafique

Eid Mubarak to everyone - may you all enjoy the holidays.

shafique

I used to think that getting rid of the Taliban after 9/11 was a good thing. Slowly I've had to re-visit the underlying 'facts' that led me to that belief, and now after reading into the subject, I have to recognise that the picture I had of the overthrow of the Taliban was not complete and was bias...

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An extract from Chomsky's book: Afghanistan was to force the Taliban to hand over people that the US suspected of involvement in the crimes of 9-11; the US refused, however, to provide any evidence. At the time when Taliban reluctance to comply was the lead story of the day, arousing much fury, Hait...

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The question is under what conditions regime change is allowed. If the rules used by the US were applied to the USA, they are just as guilty. Afghanistan wasn't bombed because it was oppressing it's people - if this was the criteria, then Zimbabwe, Burma etc should have been bombed ages ago. On the ...

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I like Sascha. I preferred his Ali G character and found Borat unfunny initially - however, he has grown on me and I look forward to his film. Ali G started off as a small segment on a comedy show - the Eleven O'Clock show (if I remember the name correctly) - basically doing interviews with people a...

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Concord - thanks, good to be back posting. I'm hoping to shed more light and less heat in my posts now :) You ask for references for Chomsky's extract - as kanelli rightly points out, there are extensive notes/references in the book. He does not give a reference for the first line - about the motive...

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I don't see how this is surprising... the majority of my countrymen and women want our troops out of Iraq. A significant proportion also objected to going to war - and marched against it, as well as other protests. The tragedy is that what we were all saying would be the consequences of not continui...

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Let's not kid ourselves that the US did this for the Afghan people. Let's also remember that the path is now clear (at least for now) for US control of any oil/gas pipelines through Afghanistan. Call me crazy but I thought what happened in Afghanistan might have had something to do with the events ...

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You make some very good points RVP. This is not a black and white issue - there are shades of Grey. I still condemn the interpretation of Islam that the media said the Taliban had imposed on Afghanistan - the banning of females working and going to school, banning of music, television and kite flyin...

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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 the Afghan women say they were subjected to - not what the men have to say about it. rvp_legend has definitely made some goo...

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I read that he has been suspended - and rightly too, he went too far to suggest it is the woman's fault for s.e.x.ual crimes. Islam does ask believers, men and women, to dress modestly. Women have more to cover up than men, due to biology - and in any case believers are told to 'guard their eyes' i....

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Agree with you Kanelli - well said. The only minor quibble will be the last paragraph about covering one's calf and hair. According to Islam men too should cover to below the knee, but you are right muslim men aren't asked to cover their calves or hair out of modesty. The Prophet, pbuh, said that a ...

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Kanelli - your last sentence also begs an answer. Islam only differentiates between men and women where their is a biological or social requirement. Islam recognises the reality of the differences - in some regards men and women are not alike. You would never say: "Should I not believe in sport...

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Kanelli - why do nuns cover their hair but male priests do not?

The answer to that question answers your query.

Cheers,
Shafique

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Yes.

Uk.

No (results were foregone conclusions)

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The same applies to them - there is a blatant double standard. At least monks and priests wear robes that cover their bodies as modestly as the nuns are expected to dress. That is something you don't always see on the part of men in other cases. Umm - do you think 'dishdashs', kandooras, Shalwar Ka...

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Ok - I'll comment kanelli (I didn't really want to comment initially, because anything I have to say is against the Catholic Church). On the point of abortions, birth control and the sinfulness of marital relations (that it is something distasteful and not to be enjoyed).. Islam has the opposite vie...

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Clarifications to previous post: 1. kandooras etc are what many Muslim men wear - they are as concealing as any hijab etc, with the exception of the hair. 2. Orthodox Christian women, Orthodox Jewish Women, Catholic nuns (with exceptions now) all cover their hair out of modesty, but do not require m...

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I just did a quick Google on incidences of rape in Finland and came up with this article: http://www.independent.org/publications/working_papers/article.asp?id=1300 The US has the highest rate (per 100,000), and Japan the lowest. Turkey is near the bottom, whilst Norway, Sweden are near the top. COU...

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Chocs - the guy is Egyptian born and can't speak English fluently (I finally found out in a BBC news item). From the reports - wasn't he telling muslim women to wear the hijab, not wear makeup and 'sway' etc? I don't agree with what he said - it was too extreme - but if the intention was to explain ...

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