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    Zakat & taxes (USA specific)

    Assalam aliekum I am wondering, if I donated my zakat to a legitimate charity, and they give me a charitable donation form to file with my taxes (thereby reducing my income tax liability) - is this allowable? Or do I have to pay additional zakat in order to make-up the tax discount I am...
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    Earthquake in Haiti

    Assalam aliekum If you have not heard the news, the island of Haiti (already the poorest country in the western hemisphere, and one of the poorest in the world) was devastated by an earthquake and on-going aftershocks today. Nearly all buildings are affected - either destroyed or weakened so...
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    Al-Qaeda-Linked Nigerian Tries To Blow Up US Airliner

    Salam http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/147310/reftab/36/t/Al-Qaeda-linked-Nigerian-tries-to-blow-up-US-airliner/Default.aspx I don't normally post in the news section; it tends to cause too many arguments and conspiracy theories. The reason I posted...
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    Baby left at Mosque

    Salam Unfortunately, this happens about once a month here in Kuwait... http://www.arabtimesonline.com/kuwaitnews/pagesdetails.asp?nid=37040&ccid=22 Baby found near mosque: A worshipper at Mohammad Al-Mutairi Mosque in Sabah Al-Nasser found a new-born baby girl near the mosque during...
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    H1N1 Flu...

    Salam Please keep in your dua's a co-worker of mine; she is a convert married to an Egyptian; she is pregnant and she was just diagnosed with the H1N1 flu (either last night or this morning). The flu is much worse on pregnant women, and since she is not due until the end of December, if...
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    Girgian

    Salam How many of you live in countries that celebrate Girgian on the 13th, 14th, and 15th nights of Ramadan? Kuwait does, and it is so much fun to see the kids come all dressed up to my door!
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    More zakat confusion...

    Salam Ok, so I have calculated out my zakat, and it really popped my eyes out of my head! I am quite a saver, since I am working outside the US, and therefore not contributing to a retirement fund (my retirement fund IS my savings) nor to Social Security. And since my husband pretty much...
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    Zakat Question

    Assalam aliekum My father has "willed" his house to me, although he is still alive, in order to make sure that if he gets ill in his old age that the house does not ever get "taken" if he ends up in a nursing home (those of you familiar with the medical costs-crisis in the US probably know...
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    Teachers

    Assalam aliekum In case you know of any Muslim teachers willing to move to Kuwait, there are quite a few schools here still looking for a quite a few teachers for this upcoming school year! www.abs.edu.kw still has a bunch of openings - see the employment tab
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    Why Ramadan?

    Assalam aliekum I was asked a question today by a non-Muslim lady - why do Muslims fast during Ramadan, as opposed to any of the 11 other months? I honestly didn't know the answer, but since I will be seeing her again on Tuesday, I told her I would find out. So, why do we fast in Ramadan...
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    Leaving on a jet plane....

    Assalam aliekum On another forum that I belong to, someone once pointed out that if a person that we know online suddenly "disappears", none of their online friends would know what happened to them (did they just leave, are they in the hospital, are they dead?!). So, in order that no one...
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    Palau's Muslims anxiously await Gitmo detainees

    Assalam aliekum I found this article about the placement of some of the Gitmo prisoners; it is interesting - I didn't know much about Palau. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KOROR, Palau – At the call to prayer, the men turn one-by-one down a narrow path through the jungle, marked only by a towering coconut...
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    Proof of Palestine

    Assalam aliekum I know that a lot of Israeli supporters say that until Israel was "given back", there was no Palestine - that Palestine was just "made-up" by the Arab/Muslims because they wanted to keep their land. Well, in just random browsing for books for my Kindle ebook reader, I came...
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    Hajj Footwear

    Assalam alikeum Are knitted socks allowable for hajj/ummrah as footwear? They are not sewn.
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    New Mosque

    Assalam aliekum Here are some pictures my mom and brother took of the brand-spankin' new mosque built in my hometown in the heartland of the Mid-West US. It is a small town of about 15,000 people, and 22 Muslim families! They planned the building for the possibility of future...
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    Black Cats

    Assalam aliekum Ok, this may seem like a stupid question but here goes... The other day at work, one of my third graders was writing a sentence about a cat. I said, "I love cats! I have two!" and the kid asked me what they looked like. I said one is small with short black hair, and the...
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    Going 2 divorce u

    Salam I don't know whether to laugh or shake my head at this story! This was reported first in a Saudi paper. RIYADH (Reuters) – A Saudi man has divorced his wife by text message, a newspaper said Thursday. The man was in Iraq when he sent the SMS informing her she was no longer his...
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    To Everyone in Kuwait

    Assalam Aliekum On March 28 (Saturday), the American Bilingual School in Khaitan will be holding a Charity Carnival - proceeds will be given to the Kuwait Orphanage. Also, at the Carnival, 25 of the orphans from the orphanage will be the special guests and have "big brothers and sisters"...
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    If YOU were the decision maker....

    Assalam aliekum With all the conflicts and attempts at peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, I was thinking - what would this look like? So, I am wondering, if YOU were appointed the decision maker, to make both the Israelis and the Palestinians, if not happy, at least satisfied...
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    Islamaphobic or Foreign-aphobic?

    Assalam aliekum I am curious- I hear of people posting here about the discrimination they have faced (specifically because of wearing headscarf) in the US....I have had several friends who "experiment" wearing headscarf (Muslim style) through airports, to work, in public, and none have...
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