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Islam In New Zealand

published by SIRAJ-UD-DEEN on 22 January, 2011 - 09:14

Assalaamu Alaikum,

Located in the South Pacific, New Zealand is a country of about 60 million sheep but only 3.7 million people, of who about 20 thousand are Muslims.
The first Muslims arrived here in 1868. They were of Chinese involved in the mining industry. When the industry declined they returned without leaving any Muslim heritage behind. The next Muslims for permanent residence came in 1908 in Auckland. It was, however, from 1950 onwards that sizeable numbers of Muslims began establishing a firm foothold in this country, which is known by the indigenous Maori people as “Aotearoa” – Land of the Long White Cloud.

British man arrested for 'fake kidnap' in Pakistan

published by You on 18 January, 2011 - 18:24

A Briton of Pakistani origin has been arrested for faking his own kidnapping with that of his British wife to get a ransom from his family, say police.

The couple were living in Pakistan and were reported missing on 10 January from Gulberg, Lahore.

Police later found Awais Hadier Shah, 28, and his wife Jamie William, 24, hiding in a hotel room.

Mr Shah is expected to be charged with offences, including fraud. Police say his wife is not involved in the plot.

Read more @ BBC News

Great TV

published by Joie de Vivre on 17 January, 2011 - 23:17

Boardwalk Empire. SKY ATLANTIC WED 6TH FEB 9PM

Lie To Me is awesome. I like Tim Roth. My aunt sent me the first series on DVD and since then I haven't missed an episode. Some people seem to prefer The Mentalist but I don't know why. Roth is compulsive viewing.

And cartoons that I am totally up to date with are all the Seth MacFarlane ones (Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show) even if his humour is often offensive, The Simpsons, whose Christmas episode was shockingly inappropriate, and of course South Park.

Great TV that I don't really watch: Eastenders, Star Trek... help me out here, what are your favourite shows in 2011?

Peoples politics.

published by TPOS on 17 January, 2011 - 21:05

Just wondering.

You know when someone badmouths/has an argument with/etc with their friends and family and they get involved with the argument etc?

Well Islamically what should you do in such cases?

It makes sense to just keep yourself neutral and don't get involved in other peoples' business I think, unless they really need some support and are in the right.

But when it's your family it's just different. Are you still supposed to be pleasant to them if they're pleasant to you? Or is it ok to 'stick up' for people?

(I had no idea what to title this, does it even make sense? Admin if you can think of a more suitable title feel free to change)

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