Recent content by kareem.alandalus

It's not even a holiday even for Christians because the prophet Isa/Jesus never celebrated his birthday or encouraged others to, and nowhere in their bible does it give evidence that he was born on December 25th. The date itself is rooted in a pagan Roman holiday and is not the true date of his...

assalamu 3laykum. just heard about the news of a bomb attack against pakistan soldiers, what an awful act the dictator's government did last year. I didn't know who they were at the time (wasn't yet studying Islam, and relied on the media to call them terrorists), and may not agree with...

19/m/us... born here but mum-spain father-maghribiya (turned to roman catholicism cos of her and then they divorced after having me, subhanAllah lol) InshaAllah I will become a journalist. :SMILY71:

I see none of the pro-military people have bothered to address any flaws they may have seen with the argument in my other post. Unfortunately some people will forever be blinded by nationalism.

:salam2: I have and there's no excuse for them either. I'm a US citizen (refuse to call myself an American; I am Muslim) and have absolutely no sympathy whatsoever for any American soldier. They may not all be "bad people" per se, but they're signing their lives away for a cause so...

:salam2: Yes you are right bro. Certain places, usually metropolitan areas where its diverse there will naturally be less discrimination unlike here in the video. The more rural towns become the more intolerant they become of anything that isn't Anglo-Saxon Christianity. It's a vocal...

Simply, a sister who could teach me more about Islam and more Arabic. :)

Islam is seeing a resurgence ever since the AKP came into power, though they're still under threat by the secularist military. A shame Turkey didn't go all the way coz I think it would have been a very symbolic thing to see an Islamic country run by an Islamic party defeat Europeans in their own...

That is true. It's a big bad evil either way, and no that does not include its people who do not have any say in their government regardless of what president is in office because both major parties don't care about anyone but themselves and their big business cronies lobbying for wars and for...

Thank you all for the helpful replies!:) I have a general idea about what I need to do know thanks to you all, alhamdulilah. I do, the washing before praying, and then the order of prayers themselves, I just don't have them memorized in english so it's undoubtedly near impossible to have it...

Well it's been a few months since joining this forum and I still haven't asked around for a big issue that I have had trouble with for a while... It would be best to give you all some background about me and how I've come to my interest in Islam. My parents are roman catholics and I was...

:salam2: I understand the history of colonialism at the hands of the European powers after WWI, and American neo-colonialism in many Muslim-majority countries. There is also harsh repression in today's supposed Islamic states for opposition to regimes, but where in the world isn't there...

:salam2:, greetings from California... I have yet to say shahadah, learn proper arabic to read koran, or even go to al masjid, etc. but I love Islam already and have learned a good amount for beginners and thought this site could provide more than enough help. :) :jazaak: