http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/heavenandearth/programme.shtml

EDIT: I have split this topic from the original one, as that was about finding the Palestinian people, and this is a separate issue.

There is already a relevant topic called Chaos in Palestine (or a similar title), but I cannot merge topics, so call this part 2.

ORIGINAL POST:

[quote][size=18]Palestinians killed on Gaza beach[/size]

Seven people, including three children, have been killed by Israeli shells which hit a beach in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials say.

At least 30 people were wounded in the shelling, they say.

The Israeli military says it has halted

Salaam

Today in the school I was teaching I had to teach a class of 7year olds the differences between girls and boys.

My teaching was being assessed so I had to make sure that the children “thoroughly understood the concept” then in the end I had to answer their questions…

I had the utmost respect for the parents who had written into the school and requested that their child does not sit in this lesson…but I quickly realised that their parents efforts were in vain because as soon as the children returned to the classes, their peers quickly filled them in with what they missed….and obviously their version of the lesson was incredibly exaggerated and totally incorrect…

[quote][size=18]Seen through a Syrian lens, 'unknown Americans' are provoking civil war in Iraq[/size]

By Robert Fisk

04/29/06 "The Independent" -- - In Syria, the world appears through a glass, darkly.

MOSCOW, March 3 (Reuters) - Chechnya's rebels slammed Hamas on Friday, saying leaders of the Palestinian group had given their blessing to the "murder of the Chechen people" by meeting top Russian officials.

The Islamist militant group, which swept to victory in Palestinian elections in January, visited Moscow in a bid to win support from a major foreign power since it is shunned as a terrorist group by Israel and Washington.

Chechen separatist leaders said the group had sold out its principles, and showed itself as hungry for power as corrupt officials who governed the Palestinians befo

so whos excited, whos supporting what team??
lets get the ball rolling...

EDIT BY ADMIN

Please do not keep making this topic a sticky.

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The World Cup Isn't over[/b]

EDIT BY ADMIN

Anyone sticky this again, and I swear I will delete the topic!

IT IS NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO BE A STICKY. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN STICKY IN THE FIRST PLACE!

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Assalaamu Alaykum brothers and sisters

May you be reading this in the best of health and imaan.

Just thought I'd let all the users here know about the first live online 24/7 islamic radio station. It's a really good station, they play Quran, nasheeds, islamic talks but it's also live, so they have discussion shows with many presenters and take listener calls and comments too.

Very entertaining and interesting mashaAllah.

Check it out, go to www.noorradio.com ..or just type noorradio into google to get all the rellevant links.

http://myfootprint.org/

Do the quiz. I know its a little late. Well past 'earth day', but that does not mean we do not want to know.

Quote:

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.7 PLANETS.

Probably quite high as it asked a car question and I do not drive. I just put in I always have someone else in the car. (well if I am in it, we do need a driver!)

[color=darkblue][b]Militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been killed, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has announced.[/b]

"We have eliminated Zarqawi," Mr Maliki said at a news conference in Baghdad, sparking sustained applause.Zarqawi was considered the figurehead of the Sunni insurgency. He was leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, blamed for killing thousands of Shias and US forces.The US said he was killed in an air strike "approximately 8km (five miles) north of Baquba". The head of US-led forces in Iraq, General George Casey, said the strike against an "isolated safe house" took place at 1815 (1415 GMT) on Wednesday."Iraqi police were first on the scene after the air strike," he said, followed shortly afterwards by coalition forces.

I gotta say wow.

Probably should be in offbeat news, but I think this needs its own attention.

[quote][size=18]German feud inspires boots town[/size]

The German town of Herzogenaurach has been split in half, thanks to a 60-year-old family feud.

Each side has its own bakers, butchers, bars and even schools.

What is equally remarkable in this small, southern German town is that the feud also led to the creation of two famous companies - Puma and Adidas - and, as a result, the birth of the modern sportswear industry.

"It's quite a crazy story because in this little town, Herzoge