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To be honest, I'm actually a pessimistic Muslim these past years. I have been disillusioned from the statement that 'Islam is peace', 'Terrorism is not from Islam, etc. But still consider myself as practicing Muslim.
I had been exposed to ahadith and historical accounts such as...
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Is this riwayah true, that the beard is the place where houris hang on?
Is it a hadith or something? Is it authenticated?
Shukran kathiran in advance to anyone answering.
To be honest I think this one is...
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If Islamophobia is defined as 'a (irrational) fear, prejudice, hatred against Muslims and Islamic culture', it makes me wonder.
Is there any such a thing as a rational, legitimate fear of Islam?
And is there anything in correct Islamic teachings that can be a threat to...
Beyond hypocrisy
By Mark LeVine
What happens when all sides of a conflict are mired in hypocrisy? [EPA]
Almost two millennia ago, the great Chinese military leader and strategist Zhuge Liang admonished his fellow military men that "when hypocrisy sprouts, even if you have the...
Saudi sheikh in wedding dance row
By Frances Harrison
BBC religious affairs reporter
Saudi Arabian society is subject to strict rules of conduct
A prominent Saudi cleric has publicly criticised religious hardliners after it was suggested he behaved improperly when he danced at...
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Translated from Indonesian to English:
An Aphorism:
Imam Ahmad narrated a hadith from Ibnu Mas’ud, that Rasulullah
Salallahu 3alayhi wa sallam said:
“People who are the most severe in torture in the Day of Resurrection are three: (1)
One who killed a Prophet or is killed by...
Review: Taner Edis "An Illusion of Harmony: Science and Religion in Islam"
This explicitly non-Muslim author examines the attempts contemporary Muslims are making in scientific fields. While these attempts have similarities to Western religious communities' attempts at science, the...
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I was just browsing through the Internet and found this:
My concern is: Do the Saudi authority use the charge of 'witchcraft' arbitrarily? Can someone from KSA enlighten me on this. How could one be convicted of practicing witchcraft?
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What would, in an ideal Islamic state, be the treatment of adherents of beliefs (eg. atheism, agnosticism, etc.) and belief systems (eg. Hinduism, Shinto, etc.) other than Islam, Christianity and Judaism?
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I have a problem with diptotes.
How do you know that a noun is a diptote?
And are:
Is 'shahr' in Al-Baqarah : 185 a diptote?
Is 'fatch' in the word 'Fatchu l-Baari' a diptote?
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Do anyone here actually think that the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is a fraud?
As an addendum, this is from a skeptic's website:
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I found this on the Deutsche-Welle website in Bosnian and I found the Google translation to this sentence:
as this:
Quote:
What I want to ask is:
1. Why 'Optuženim komunistima' not 'Optuženi komunisti',
2. Why 'izrečene su' not 'izrečeni su',
and,
3. Is it 'visoke...
Is Britishness under threat?
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Huda Jawad, 13 December 2006
Subjects:
* democratic society
* religion
A civilised and humanist state must value diversity and try to include its minorities in public life.
In terms of...
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Would anyone care to analyze this article and do critique upon it? I'll try it my self in the second post.
The Golden Age of Islam is a Myth
By Serge Trifkovic
FrontPageMagazine.com | November 15, 2002
Second in a series of excerpts adapted by Robert Locke from Dr. Serge...
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......editing sounds in videos and audio files. Do anyone know where can I easily download for free such program? Cause I've thought of this idea:
If I were to see a video, I would edit the audio to the effect that there would not be any music.(if it contained some music that are...