http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0101rt8/The_Big_Questions_Series_…

Catherine Heseltine from MPAC appeared on this show and was good at counter arguing the convert's views-the Muslim convert had really really extreme views and im glad she was on it,otherwise people would think Muslims are extremists..

oh wait..

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Enjoy guys

Good debate but tooooo slanted in favour of human evolution

Assalmualykum!
Okay i know this is totally random, but..errm how should i say this....why is there a shortage of smiles? In my experience it seems that as people get older, frowns are always stamped on their faces... I think in today’s day and age everyone needs to smile a little bit - like to the old women hobbling up your street or to the passer byes on the bus or tube.... The prophet Muhammad (p.bu.h) has said that "Smiling is a charity" so shouldn't we stick to the sunnah and try to spread the magic of Islam around...?
BTW... Just to clarify.. I'm not saying that everyone is miserable and moody.. Im Just saying BIG SMILES EVERYONE! 🙂 and help spread the Sunnah 😃

Anyone seen it?

I've only watched part of one episode here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5141412287847298775&hl=en&emb=1# Seems interesting and I believe it was made by a Muslim?

Leprosy has officially been eliminated in India, yet 130,000 new cases are diagnosed every year. Richard Cookson and Seyi Rhodes report on the plight of the patients shunned by society

Narsappa was just 10 years old when he was told he had leprosy, but the news changed the course of his life forever. People in his Indian village immediately began to shun him and told his parents that he had to leave. He says his mother started grieving for him "as if I was already dead". Shortly afterwards, his father took him to a hospital two hours away from home and left him there. No one ever came to visit him and Narsappa never went home again.

Now 42, he now lives in a leprosy colony on the outskirts of Hyderabad and campaigns on behalf of people affected by the disease. "I lie awake at night thinking about how I was treated and how I can stop others from going through the same thing," he says.

Read more @ The Guardian

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Magnificent Century divides Turkish TV viewers over the life of Suleiman

Smash-hit soap opera based on Ottoman empire's most revered leader, Suleiman the Magnificent, provokes 70,000 complaints

For the show's producers, it is nothing less than a magnificent controversy. Muhtesem Yuzyil, or Magnificent Century, a lavish primetime soap opera about Suleiman the Magnificent and Hurrem, the slave who became his powerful wife, is as admired in Istanbul as it is reviled.

Suleiman ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566 at the height of its glory and is still revered as Kanuni, or Lawgiver. This has led to the series attracting a wave of protests from irate viewers and even government officials. Critics said it was disrespectful to the sultan because it showed him drinking alcohol

what are they?
Are they real?

and anything else you wanna talk about (subliminal messages related-ish)

Let the Discussion be-be-be-begins!

Salaam everyone!

I'm a master student in London and I'm writing my dissertation about young British Muslim women's experience in their spiritual and personal development. Because of the nature of my uni and my social circle, I'm having difficulty looking for sisters who are doing sciences and sisters who are not in uni to talk to.

Anyway I just wonder if there are any sisters here who may have a little time to share with me their experience? It will be anonymous and confidential and can be done over the internet - some form of instant messaging or, less ideally, through pm or email. Women that I have talked to for my project so far have found it quite fun and enjoyable.

Please feel free to ask if you have any questions/doubts and please message me if you may be interested! Massive thanks!!

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Mention here any beneficial dhikr you come across and wanna share.
Little things to fill our days when we're waiting for the bus, cleaning round the house, sitting on the bus during rush hour (you're going to be late anyway), tyding up your room, walking to the next bus because you missed four buses.
Something to make this seemingly pointless and wasted minutes of our life a source of reward, our faith and help us in our Islam, give us added reward, protection and everything else we can gain from those dhikr.

please, when posting a dhikr try and mention:
*the source
*the reward
*and any beneficial info so that we can get the most out of the dhikr. (translation etc..)

this is NOT a topic to debate the HOW of dhikr. its the WHAT of dhkir we're doing here. (loudly, group etc..) Try and stick to ahadiths and other sources that arent controversial.

PS: you can also mention any ayahs of the Quran you find relating to dhikr. or if they have a personal meaning for you, then post it here!