The chief of the city’s police has condemned a petrol bomb attack on a mosque as ‘disgraceful and cowardly’.

Local Area Commander Barry Halliday said the incident, which took place at the Granby Mosque in Peverel Drive, would not be allowed to divide Milton Keynes’ diverse community.

A bottle containing flammable liquid was set alight and thrown onto the roof of the Zainabia Islamic Centre, commonly known as Granby Mosque, at 11.30pm yesterday.

It came just a day after a British soldier was murdered by two men, who said the attack was retaliation for the deaths of Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Members of Granby Mosque were standing outside at the time of the petrol bombing and quickly extinguished the fire.

There was no significant damage caused to the mosque.

The KSI Muslim Community of Milton Keynes, which is based at the mosque, yesterday called the Woolwich attack ‘savage, mindless and barbaric’.

President of the Islamic Centre, Shabir Sabur, said such acts can never divide the nation.

Talking about the petrol bombing, investigating officer, Detective Inspector Nick Glister said: “We are currently in the infancy of the investigation and details are limited at this time.

http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/local/petrol-bomb-attack-on-granby-m…

DISGRACEFUL? COWARDLY?

I don't see no mention of the word TERRORISM

And there's hardly any coverage of it.

Yesterday I read 6 mosques had been attacked, I saw the graffitti on one "evil" and "terrorists inside" etc written on it and the cars outside it! 

Is this the kinda stuff we have to be worried about for the next few days/weeks? 

Do you live in a place where you fear these kinda things are more likely?

As-salsabeel magazine - now available online
 

Assalamu’alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakatuhuh,

Welcome to the first issue of as-Salsabeel – Having High Aspirations عُلوالهِمَّةٌ

In the true spirit of Islam, we welcome you with greetings of peace.

As-Salsabeel is the combined effort of a group of Muslims united with the goal of producing a newsletter as a source of glad tidings for the Muslims for the sake of Allah.

We are united with the vision to encourage good, inspire hope and enjoin trust and unity amongst the Muslims. Given todays troubled and volatile climate, if not this then at the very least we hope this initiative can serve as a much needed reminder for us all.

Its contents have been written in the hope that it inspires, provokes thought, and galvanises irrevocable belief in the keys to our success as Muslims in this life and the next.

This issue focuses on Lofty Aspirations, a much needed but unfortunately depleted element in the character of the Ummah at large.

This newsletter has no affiliation to any particular country, culture, group or sect, rather our loyalties are first and foremost to Islam and the Muslims.

We hope you enjoy the first issue.

http://assalsabeel.com

The Newsletter Team – salsabeel.newsletter@gmail.com

PS. We are pleased to announce the magazine is also mobile and tablet friendly – please do try it out. Alternatively, there is also a download link and a scribd viewing link on the page.

So, if you are a total beginner with nature exploring and have grown up in the urban jungle how would you go about discovering the beauty of the rest of the world? starting with the UK, Britain, the South East (for me)

where do we start? where do we go? how do we get there? what do we need to bring along? and any other relevant info.

so, was just looking at a map of britain online and saw those patches of green which seem to be national parks. that sounds pretty awesome. how does one prepare to go to a National Park? and what should one expect there?

What regular activity do you take part in, purely out of pleasure in your leisure time?

so why do you watch TV? have you ever thought abt it? the first reason you might come up with is "for entertainment" but i'd like you to think abt it more deeply and if that;s still your answer then please define entertainment.

and i'll define TV: not jsut the plasma screen, im including anything you watch ever.

do feel free to categorise your watching and talk abt them individually. documentaries, non fiction, fiction.

i realise i watch fiction as a mean to escape reality. pretty sad. wonder what that says abt me. then i get annoyed at myself, "why were you watching someone else's life, actually SOMEONE THAT DOESNT EVEN EXIST's fake life" that really annoys me. that those people arent even real. as in, the characters. urgh.

i would recommend anyone and everyone to watch bang goes the theory though (NOT the big bang theory...)

Yep, you've heard it right. This is a thread dedicated for members and non-members alike, to share their happy news with us all.

''The social influence a peer group exerts on its individual members, as each member attempts to conform to the expectations of the group''

Examples; type of clothes you wear, how you dress, what you say/do, places to go.

Good or bad? Does it make or break an individual? Have you ever been in a similar situation, and how would you respond? 

A video which appears to show a Syrian rebel taking a bite from the heart of a dead soldier has been widely condemned.

US-based Human Rights Watch identified the rebel as Abu Sakkar, a well-known insurgent from the city of Homs, and said his actions were a war crime.

The main Syrian opposition coalition said he would be put on trial.

Read More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22519770

What do you make of this?

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