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Riots report: Public lacked faith in police response

A lack of confidence in the police response to the initial riots in London in August led to further disturbances across England, a report has concluded.

The Riots, Communities and Victims Panel found it had "encouraged people to test reactions in other areas"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15913881

Norway: Muslim colleagues pressured to drink

The experience of Muslim employees is that Norwegians don't accept abstaining from alcohol for religious reasons.

Counselors at the Advisory Center for issues related to alcohol, drugs and addictive gambling in the workplace (AKAN) spoke with employees who said that there are basically only two acceptable reasons for abstaining from alcohol when meeting with colleagues: being pregnant or driving.

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Religiously motivated temperance often raises eyebrows and questions. A Pakistani-Norwegian: "I often have to explain myself when I cant' drink alcohol. Norwegians are very engaged by it."

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Saudi women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them

Saudi women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them up, the news website Bikya Masr reported, in a move that could mark the latest repressive measure taken against women by the Islamic state.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/11/17/saudi-women-may-have-to-cover-up...

The Appearance of Imam Mahdi

I normally stay away from topics such as this, but recently someone told me to watch a clip in which Sheikh Nazim talks about how Imam Mahdi is here on earth and how he has met him... to my understanding.

Sheikh Nazim is a really respected scholar and slowly, but surely the Qiya'ma is coming- that's a fact everyone's got to accept.. But just in case I've misunderstood the clip, and got it completely wrong, can anyone just sum up what Sheikh's saying and make it easier to understand?

Does this also mean that the Qiya'mah is now really really close?

http://www.sufilive.com/The_Appearance_of_Imam_Mahdi_as_and_the_Spiritua...

16 Kids with 14 mums: Staggering numbers exposed feckless dad

THE most shameless dad in the land is today expecting the birth of his 16th child ­– with 14 different mums.

Jobless Jamie Cumming, 34, was called a “predator” by his own ­mother over his latest fling.

She said: “He likes them young ­because they are gullible.”

The teenager, who we cannot name for legal reasons, was in labour last night. Cumming was exposed by The People this summer after his 13th young lover ­became pregnant with his baby number 15. But unknown to us, another ­teenager – lover number 14 – was also ­carrying his child

'Disabled' wedding dance man jailed for benefit fraud

A film of him dancing was found at his purpose-built home
A benefits fraudster who claimed he was bed-ridden yet was filmed dancing at a wedding has been jailed.

Mohammed Bouzalim, 37, cheated the authorities out of nearly £400,000, Isleworth Crown Court heard.

He will serve nearly seven years for 11 counts of deception, fraud and assisting illegal entry into the UK.

The court heard he had also falsely claimed asylum saying he was an Afghan who had been tortured by the Taliban when in fact he was from Morocco.

And it's not from the daily mail
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15887286

Meet the burglars who burgled you

Victims of burglary and other crimes are increasingly being offered the opportunity to meet the criminals who offended against them, in a controversial scheme aimed at empowering victims and potentially cut levels of re-offending among former prisoners

www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/panorama/2011/11/meet_the_burlgars.html

Effect

A teenage burglar wrote a letter to his victim, blaming the householder for the crime and saying he felt no remorse, police say.

West Yorkshire Police did not pass on the letter but released it to warn people about the dangers of leaving their properties vulnerable to intruders.

The badly-spelt letter says: "To be honest I'm not bothered or sorry about the fact I burgled your house. Basicly, it was your fault anyways."

Making life changes for the New Islamic Year

[U][B]Making life changes for the New Islamic Year[/B][/U]

[COLOR=red]Bismillahirahmaaniraheem[/COLOR]

In the name of Allah most gracious most merciful

[B][U]Reflecting over the past year[/U][/B]

There are no prescribed celebrations for the new year in Islam, however, it’s always good to take such occasions as opportunities to reflect on how well (or badly) we have performed over the past year, in terms of dunya (wordly life) and akhira (the hereafter), as well as what we want to achieve over the coming year.

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