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Ok - here are my thoughts (emphasis on the my and thoughts - I've not researched this and may be proven mistaken).. Gold and Silk are forbidden for men. Wedding rings as such aren't forbidden. There is no injunction on rings being forbidden - in fact the Prophet, pbuh, had a signet ring with which h...

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I think I was wrong about the Prophet's ring bearing an impression of an Elephant - but he did wear a silver ring with his name inscribed on it: Men Wearing A Silver Ring — Is It A Sunnah? [Sept. ‘06] Commentary by Adil Salahi — Arab News Some people insist that it is a Sunnah to wear a ring, citing...

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Glad we got to the bottom of that :) Fayz- it's interesting the comment about the ring being 'without hump/stone' when the hadith (in the middle of the explanation I posted) talk of the Prophet wearing a ring with a stone (and that he wore it palm side in, but did not ask others to follow this pract...

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Talk to the hand, 'coz the face ain't listening.

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Congratulations - I hope it's what I think it is (news wise) - we were thinking today that we should be hearing some news.

Cheers,
Shafique

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I guess I am going to have to be unpopular with this post - but this is spin and propaganda, using emotive language (and also misleading language). Firstly, the scenes of slaughter are no different from the slaughter of other animals for food - just as intelligent mammals, such as horses, pigs and m...

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PS - one misleading line (to illustrate why I'm a little incensed) was when the narrator said that the dolphins who had their jugulars slashed were convulsing in pain whilst slowly suffocating. What utter tosh - the dolphins were dying due to blood loss, just as cows etc are slaughtered and weren't ...

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Concord, I'll sign any petition that will campaign against battery chickens which confine egg laying hens in cages which are inhumane. However, I will not be a hypocrite and condemn what is a natural harvest of dolphins for human consumption. The dolphins in question had a good life and weren't farm...

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Concord, Show me real suffering and I'll sign any petition (and more) that you want. If the dolphins are suffering, then so are the many millions more mammals that are slaughtered everyday, and millions more fish that are caught every day. Children in Darfur, Zimbabwe, Gaza, West Bank, Baghdad, Kabu...

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The dolphins may not have been slowly suffocating, but yes, they were convulsing in pain, and slowly dying due to blood loss. So you agree there is at least one misleading fact in the film. IF they are 'slowly dying due to blood loss' then this would be cruel and inhumane. But this is not what the ...

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Shaf, the whole point is that these 'mammals' are not killed humanely. As has been pointed out most 'land dwelling mammals' are killed using bolt guns, which is instant. Dolphins and whales are sea dwelling mammals and once they are taken out of that environment they are totally stressed, their ski...

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Shaf, I see you still choose to ignore the facts about entire families being wiped out etc etc. HP, get lost youy pathetic loser. Go talk about your rubbish in the politics thread. I don't think I have - if it is the case that dolphin stocks are being dangerously depleted, then this is wrong. But j...

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St Luc - I agree with you that the video is showing what the slaughter of animals is like and is no different from the slaughter of other animals for meat. Eating meat or fish means that living creatures lose their lives and we eat their flesh. If one chooses not to be a vegetarian then the question...

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Shaf, I just cant agree to one of your points ,that u make your kids see it so that they can understand it ? If they still eat mean.. its inhumane.., by making them watch it, all you gain is, just make their minds insensitive of such acts. Thats to my understanding. I think it would less humane to ...

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Chocoholic wrote:It's all about the money.

Spot on Chocs - no argument here.

Cheers,
Shafique

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I once asked what is in it for women to go around in a state of undress - it raised some interesting views from the members here. :wink: At the end of the day, men are very happy to see women walking around semi-nude or as the comedian I once quoted said 'wearing the hoe's uniform' :lol: At the end ...

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OK, so why, and this is a serious question, do so many Muslims that I know abstain from drinking alcohol and from eating pork, but they will still have extra-marital love? Please, I am not saying that all followers of Islam do this, but from experience - on what grounds can they or do they condone ...

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Jabba, No probs - I didn't find anything offensive in what you wrote at all. Interestingly, Islam was denounced a few centuries ago as being too liberal and the 'Oriental' was portrayed as being obsessed with s.e.x - a portrayal that continues to this day, overtly and subtly. There are more, per cap...

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point of clarification - Islam is the most liberal of the trio of Abrahamic religions. I think a good arguement could be made for Hinduism to be more liberal than Islam in these affairs.

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Just to be clear - I also am in favour of any animal being dispatched humanely and quickly. The part of the film that was disturbing, was the treatment before the slaughter. It's a shame that the film seemed to focus on the killing 'per se' rather than the treatment before the killing and used emoti...

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Public opinion can surely change things - such as wearing fur - but my issue is with propaganda based on untruths, it cheapens the argument and is counterproductive. I don't believe even in white lies - deception is deception. Well meaning deception is the worst - people who sign up for these just f...

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Hold on... I still don't know the answer. Shafique, you are the xpert. Can a muslim sell alcohol to a non-muslim and remain true to the faith? My understanding is that if you have control (i.e. you own the store) then it is forbidden for you to sell alcohol or pork. There is a general principle tha...

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.how can sombody say that it;s ok to kill these amazing creatures????? :evil: Like this - 'It's ok to kill dolphins for food' Lambs are cute as well, pigs are more intelligent than dolphins and both are killed in their millions for their flesh. [In all cases the animals should be treated humanely -...

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Jabba - I sort of had that in mind, although I think to be fair it isn't really a religious scripture.

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Whereas I +knew+ you both would say that.

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Female circumcision is a social/cultural practice and not a religious one. This is based on the fact that the majority of mulslim women aren't circumcised and that non-muslim women in certain cultures are circumcised - it is a cultural phenomenon that has migrated into muslim communities and does no...

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Looking at this from a religious point of view, in my opinion God is not offended by nudity. Adam and Eve were created naked, they started wearing clothes when sin entered into the world and with it the knowledge of good and evil. God is offended by lust (outside of marriage) which due to our own s...

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Chocoholic wrote:
sauron wrote::shock: I think locals might have better things to do with their time.

Yeah like sit at the bar, get hammeed, then get in their big 4x4's and drive like looneys.

You gotta love those stereotypes

Cheers,
Shafique

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Thanks for posting the link Not_sure. A very interesting read - its amazing how little is known of the history of place names compared to other places around the world. Did anyone else note the tone in which the premise that 'Dubai' may have Persian roots was a little too emphatic? :) Cheers, Shafique

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