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Is Britain to blame for many of the world's problems?
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[TV] My Brother the Islamist
Tree surgeon-turned-filmmaker Robb Leech is an ordinary white middle-class boy from the Dorset seaside town of Weymouth. So too is his stepbrother Rich, but a little over a year ago Rich became a radical Islamist who now goes by the name of Salahuddin. He associates with jihadist fundamentalists and believes the UK should be ruled by Sharia law.
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France hates Islam
France and Islam
Gavin Hewitt - BBC, Monday, 4 April 2011
Even while French planes are bombing Gaddafi's forces in Libya France itself is debating Islam and its place in society.
Tomorrow Jean-Francois Cope, a rising star in the governing UMP party, will hold a debate on secularism and Islam. Its purpose will be to explore how to accommodate Islamic customs with France's secular traditions.
The very idea of the debate has sparked argument. Some Muslims say it will stigmatise them. A former diversity adviser to President Sarkozy has not only stood down but is calling for demonstrations against the debate. He says the UMP party is a "plague on Muslims".
Even within the ruling party there is division. Prime Minister Francois Fillon and Foreign Minister Alain Juppe don't like or want this debate.
Various religious groups have issued a statement saying they fear "the debate could add to the confusion in the troubled period we are traversing."
And yet, according to polls, the French are deeply troubled about how some Muslims behave in France. One poll suggests that 40% of people regard Islam as the enemy within.
Some see the debate as pandering to these fears, while others insist it is a discussion that must be had.
The whole subject is fraught with complexity. A 1905 law that separates Church and State is a central tenet of the French Republic. It underpins important French values.
President Sarkozy believes that if halal food, for instance, is served in a secular school canteen then that crucial separation between Church and State is compromised. Others argue that allowing Muslims to pray on the streets encourages religion to seep from the Mosque into the public space. Others say that parents banning girls from joining in mixed swimming sessions introduces religion into a secular activity.
And so the arguments flow.
Jean-Francois Cope suspects that many activities are less connected with religion and more with political Islam. "There are a certain number of extreme behaviours," he said, "led by fundamentalists who are using the religion for political ends and use extremist techniques."
And this touches on wider questions. It is widely accepted that it is fundamental to democratic society that all are equal under the law. All must obey it. That, in itself, guarantees religious freedom.
And yet in France - and elsewhere in Europe - there are those who say that some Muslim communities are arguing that they are a special case. A few influential figures have even argued there may be a case for allowing some form of Sharia law.
Only this weekend, in an interview with the Times, the ethnic Somali writer and former Islamist Ayaan Hirsi Ali said that "a society needs the rule of law. Islam is incompatible with the rule of law because it says only Allah is the law and not human beings."
There will be many Muslims who would challenge those views, but again behind the argument is a fear that separate, segregated communities will emerge, rather than integrated communities.
So to the question: Should all this be debated or not? If the discussions are not had there are others who will embrace it. That is for sure. Marine Le Pen, who leads the National Front, has made it a key plank of her campaign that religion should be kept out of the public space. Her stand on this partly reflects her current robust standing in
national polls.Then next week the French ban on the burka and the niqab comes into effect. There will be a warning initially, followed by a 150-euro (
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Have I Been Tricked...
After watching the arrivals recently, I have been thinking, "Has Satan tricked me"?
To be honest I think he has. I have been pondering about this satan character, I can't see him, hear him, or touch him. So where the hell is he?????????????
The answer sends a shudder through my body, so where is he, how can he possibly make me evil, if I can't see, hear or touch him??
HE IS IN MY MIND
He controls everything from up there, I watched the arrivals and the mind control tactics of the Zionists and it struck me, if they can do this on a global scale, what can be achieved on an individual basis? If Satan wants me to do anything the only way he can achieve this is by mind control, make me think "I" wanna do it.
I went out with a friend lately, who has been trying to go straight. I see this gorgeous gal and naturally pointed her out thats what guys do, he did'nt look. I was surprised he used to be crazier than me with all these weired sexual ideas and stuff, so I asked him how he did it? howcome he did'nt look, so he replied:
"It's all in the mind mate, don't let him control it, you are in control, he can't make you do anything, control your thoughts and shut him out every time he tells you to do something evil, you will get that much closer to allah."
I was shocked, this guy I knew all my life when the heck did he become so strong willed? It was his desire to get closer to allah and getting well acquainted with the enemy to combat him. I guess it requires a contious effort. I came across this on the web
SATAN
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"My Name is Dan Finelli" or how to prevent terrorism
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M...Is for Madness
I have really been thiking about this whole marriage thingy. If a guy really, really wants to get married then I guess the only solution would be if he uses his full quota of wives very wisely. I think something like this could work, not ideal but atleast he will get the maximum out of them every ten years or so, it would have to be something like this:
At 25 marry someone who is 20 (1st wife)
At 35 marry someone who is 25 (2nd wife)
At 45 marry someone who is 30 (3rd wife)
At 55 marry someone who is 35 (4th wife)
At 65 hopefully you're dead or 1st wife is dead, if she's dead marry someone who is 35....
I highly don't recommend marrying anyone over the age of 35, no matter how old a guy may be. I don't see any other solution, do you??
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Research to improve well-being among Muslims
Dear British Muslims,
I am a PhD student doing research into how we can improve well-being among Muslims living in the UK and I
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Time
Assalamu alaikum,
Quick question, i got into a discussion where we were talking about the proof of the creator. Well we got to the point where we were talking about everything in the world being limited and how the creator must be unlimted.
I asked him is there anything in this world that is limitless and after many attempts they propsed that time was limitless.
I tried to convince that time was limited but they just wouldn't buy it and i just wanted to know if anyone could help me prove that time is limited(in a way most people would understand).
What i asked them was if the universe started with the Big Bang Theory then surely that is when time started. For something to have a beginning it also has an end so therefor it is limited cause it had a beginning.
This didnt work with them and talking about paradox's just confused them so what did i do wrong i need help answering this question.
Jazakallah khair
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