[size=18]Hundreds killed in Kashmir quake [/size]

Pakistan says more than 1,000 people may have died in a powerful quake that also hit north India and Afghanistan.

The quake in Kashmir had a magnitude of at least 7.6. The epicentre was 80km (50 miles) north-east of Islamabad.

Pakistan's interior ministry said several villages had been wiped out. Sixty people are so far confirmed dead in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Rescuers are trying to reach dozens of residents feared trapped in collapsed buildings in Islamabad.

Assalaamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuhu
to all my muslim brothers and sisters

Salam, hows ramdan goin for everyone?

Neway thought i would share somethin with you all...

Shaykh-ul-Islam Prof. Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri will be on Prime TV every weekends (Saturday and Sunday) at 4pm Inshallah (as long as the schedule goes to plan).

Also Shaykh-ul-Islam’s elder son, Brother Hasan Mohiuddin Qadri does the Irfan-ul-Quran Translation (regarding ayaths on Aqaid) every day at 4am-5am also on Prime TV (for those lazy ppl like me :oops: , if that's to early set your video to record at that time). Its excellent and definitely recommended

Wa-salam

Bible group spreads word by SMS

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) -- "In da Bginnin God cre8d da heavens & da earth," according to a new version of the Bible translated into the text message language of cell phone users.

The Bible Society in Australia launched on Thursday its translation of all 31,173 verses of the Bible in the modern, abbreviated language of text messages, or SMS.

The verses can be accessed over the Internet for free so that the word of God can be spread by cell phone to family and friends, said society spokesman Michael Chant.

"The old days when the Bible was only availab

im new here lol...as u all might have guessed...i dunno if u suppose 2 introduce yoself lol...o well...im Husna and im 16 years of age and datz all u need 2 noe 4 naw...

btw ive juss read a magazine by the revival iss wiked!!

walakumaslaam warhmatualhi wabarakthu

p.s me is loving the stroy of ali wanab n jamal hehe

Can anyone suggest a good name for a boy?

[quote][size=18]George Bush: 'God told me to end the tyranny in Iraq'[/size]

President told Palestinians God also talked to him about Middle East peace.

George Bush has claimed he was on a mission from God when he launched the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, according to a senior Palestinian politician in an interview to be broadcast by the BBC later this month.

Mr Bush revealed the extent of his religious fervour when he met a Palestinian delegation during the Israeli-Palestinian summit at the Egpytian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, four months after the US-led invasion of Iraq in 200

[quote][size=18]Muslim phone calls faithful to prayer[/size]

Dutch Muslims are the first in Europe to benefit from a mobile phone which offers five daily prayer-time reminders, points the faithful in the direction of Mecca and has a copy of the Koran in both English and Arabic.

The Ilkone (universe) is already on sale in Asia and the Middle East, and will shortly hit the prayer mats of France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Belgium and Bosnia.

It sounds useful, but as one Dutch Muslim, 15-year-old Mohammed Bouyeri, explained to AP: "I wouldn't buy one.

Salaam

A member sent me this article by PM. I am not good at taking hints, but I see parts that apply to me. I thought it best to post it here.

[quote][size=18]The Etiquette of Disagreement[/size]

[b]Dr Abdulhakim Jackson[/b]
Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, The University of Michigan

A lecture presented on Friday 24 November 2000 at the Islamic Council of New South Wales Hall in Sydney, organised by the Federation of Australian Muslim Students and Youth.

In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful.

Salaam.

Following the Syria thread:

Quote:

[size=18]Iran 'behind attacks on British'[/size]

Britain has accused Iran of responsibility for explosions which have caused the deaths of all eight UK soldiers killed in Iraq this year.

A senior British official, briefing correspondents in London, blamed Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

He said they provided the technology to a Shia group in southern Iraq. The Iranians had denied this, he added.

While UK officials have hinted at an Iranian link before, this is the first specific allegation to be made.