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continued Lost and Weak A man carries a broken child though a shattered street. A woman cries inconsolably over loved features grown cold and the world stands stunned not knowing where to look feeling uncomfortable and weak. We cannot mend the broken child Nor save his little...

One of my roles is a poet for peace...reminded that i had not posted for a while I thought I would share a few of these poems one of which was read at a MAP fundraising event in London (UK)...one or two of these might need an explanation but the basic thing is that I lost my step daughter in the...

A very remarkable film that packs a great deal of knowledge and wisdom into a short space...Personally I loved it.

Satan knows the scriptures sometimes better than we do...which is why we have to tread carefully when someone appears with lots of quotes...there are tests in both the Muslim and Christian faiths. I am sure some of you can enlighten us about the Muslim ones.

"In the late 3rd century AD, Diocletian established the practice of dividing authority between two emperors, one in the western part of the empire and one in the east, in order to better administer the vast territory. For the next century this practice continued, with occasional periods in which...

Shortly after the London Bombings when my step daughter was killed at Kings Cross I was greatly saddened by the ignorant way in which the red top newpapers incited a mass campaign of hatred against the Islamic community. It got so bad in the north of England that i went to the local press to get...

You probably know my background and why I came to study the Holy Qur'an and benefit so much from the insights therein. So what is stopping me taking that final step. Well many things that are not part of this thread. If you have read my posts you will see that I apply literary critism to the...

Sandra, thank you for your long and thoughtful dissitation on Psalm 91. I have always loved the Psalms representing as they do the more mystical thoughts on one branch of the ancient Hebrews. Psalm 91 was probably penned many centuries before the life of Jesus (PBUH) and refers to the kind of...

Just a small point to add here from a Christian perspective. Both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apsotles were in fact written by Luke who was a scribe and were written to Theophilus...as attested to in the opening pre-amble of each book. The earliest gospel written was by Mark. Two...

There is always a problem when we try to apply present day morality to other cultures of a different age. At the time of the events you describe life expectancy for women was normally very short...many sadly dying in childbirth or due to complications shortly thereafter. The age of puberty for...

Sandra, the other thing that occurs to me is that in your two examples Matthew 1:18, Luke 1:26-27 two different events are being described so the Holy Spirit is not Gabriel. In the Matthew passage it is the conception that is being described whereas in the luke passage it is the explanation or...

Maybe I can help to clear up some of the confussions here as I am a Christian with the very greatest respect for Islam and the message of the Prophet (PBUH). The Holy Ghost is the old name for the Holy Spirit which appears in the oldest translations of the Bible (e.g. The King James or...

Ameen to that Bawar. It is always the innoncent that suffer. What are NATO troops doing dropping bombs on Afghanistan in the first place. Bombs do not feed people. Bombs do not educate people. Bombs do not give people jobs or restore respect. As you and I know bombs have only one use...to...

As one who has suffered the loss of my step daughter to terrorism in the London Bombings exactly three years ago today I feel qualified to add to this thread. I have never blamed Islam for the death of Helen. Nor will I ever. I know that Islam means peace. I know that true believers seek peace...

Help for Farid Halali Sadly farid was extradited to Spain last friday 8th February where he faces unknown problems. We are worried that he will be mistreated over there or even rendered to Morocco where he was tortured in the past. Farid is a lovely man who should not have been treated the...

the link http://www.Cageprisoners.com

Some information plus a link 30/01/2008 Action Alert: Protest Farid Hilali's Extradition Farid Hilali is a Moroccan national who has lived in Britain at various times for over 15 years. He was detained in the United Arab Emirates in 1999 where he was asked to be an informant by the...

I hestitate to bring this to you but the need is urgent and the case seems so unfair. I am moved by the fact that there seems an unwritten law in this country which views the fact of someone's faith as a crime. One such man is Farid Hilali who it seems has committed no crime (he has never been...

We stand together While I know that for many of my fellow bereaved people from the 7/7 atrocities the events of the last few days may have brought us an uncomfortable reminder of the awful time two years ago it will also serve to show that Muslims in this country reject the path of violence...