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    Islam and women

    Assalaam Alaikum all The "rights and status of women" was the subject of our Holy Prophets (peace and blessings be upon Him) Last Sermon http://www.themodernreligion.com/prophet/prophet_lastsermon.htm Please check it. To the translations of Chapter 4 verse 34 add Asads...
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    Islam & extremism

    Insh'Allah,egroen, you will be re united. Thanks for the comment/reply. hamid
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    Islamists Denounce Wold Cup as 'evil.'

    This was the front page headline of the "DAWN" Metropolitan yesterday. It claimed The World Cup was distracting muslims ffrom their duty of Jihad - especially young muslims. Also the World Cup fostered such "Western" vices as prostitution which rose in Germany during the games. I have...
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    Most-liked Christian denomination

    I have voted "other" meaning the Quakers, whose official name I forget. I love their peaceful way of worship.
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    help please what shall i do

    So-called arranged marriages are cultural-very common over here in the sub-continent.
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    Religion and Infant Mortality Rates

    Nice one,bigvindaloo. I agree. The correlation is coincidental not causal. Third world countries suffer tremendous drawbacks and infant mortality is just one of the handicaps to a developing economy. Religion is there to offset the tragic nature of daily existence. What is connected is high...
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    inspirations of the koran

    The last three ayat of Surah Hash' r. Extremely beautiful to read and hear recited.It is Surah 59. "His are the most beautiful names."
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    help please what shall i do

    Hello,urwithme. You must be very young by the way you describe your feelings.I m not sure I understand the "because of my religion" aspect. Allah has placed mutual feelings of love + respect in man and woman. Surah Rum Ayah 21. That Surah was help ful to me when I was going through something...
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    Salam

    Wa alaikum assalaam. Its good to see you,so young, on the forum. May Allah bless and guide you. Fi iman ullah
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    Islam & extremism

    I have a question, or enquiry which has been on my mind for some time. It is claimed that Islam has been "hi-jacked"-as if such a thing were possible! Yet I find myself taken aback by the images of extremism and fanaticism portrayed by the media. Is Islam just going through a phase, just...
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    Why do we need God? (no atheists please)

    That is where we have to begin,I think. That connexion is essential with anOther.Call it "need" or faith or dependence. A dynamic of relationship is necessary. It divides the religious from the non-religious. A dialogue with an Unknown exists.
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    Why do we need God? (no atheists please)

    I think my awareness of God began with the realisation that I am a created being-the result of being created,not something else.It was a devastating realisation. All my knowing of God and myself as "religious" has rested on that.
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    A serious question for the Muslims

    In becoming a muslim,as far as I have understood and experienced, you lose all nationality and individual identity. In a sense you move freely in a new world. Its what Ive felt more and more living here,in Pakistan as a "visitor".
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    Prayer

    In Surah Ahazb (33) we are exhorted to "shower blessings" on the Prophet (peace be upon Him).Being a Quranic injunction its strongly held to. Hence,I assume ,Its in the Salaat. Apart from that , in prayer during the Tashahhud, we say "Allah s peace be upon you,O Prophet" as if we are addressing...
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    Assalaamu alaikum all

    Thanks for the welcome. robtex; I like reading and writing. I try to walk alot too. Very little extra time as I teach full time at school then home tuitions daily in the afternoons evenings. By the way,for convenience, Im known as hamid, for short.
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    Assalaamu alaikum all

    I m ab'dal Hameed a teacher in Karachi, Pakistan.I m originally English and a muslim convert. I ve been looking for a religious site free from narrow confines-an open discussion area as,frankly, I m a little tired of preaching and more faithed in dialogue and discussion. I look forward to...
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