what are your opinion on single sex education?

single sex primary school?

single sex secondary?

single sex college?

single sex uni?

i personally LOOOOOOOOOOVE with all my heart single sex school. I went to mix priamry school and did about 2 years of mixed secondary school and those years are cherished and remembered fondly. then i went to girls school for 4 years in secondary and 2 years in college (total of 6) and i just loved it. i love the environment, i love the way its just us, girls, and trust me, we're different enough, we're diversified, we have our own minds and our own interests and hobbies and whatnot. single sex school isnt full of girls dressed the same, talkign the same way and doing all those girly subjects. there were the tomboys the girly girls the flirts the everything, you naem it, it was there.

we didnt need boys to help us develop or help us identify ourselves against. i dont think its a good idea to have an "opposite". and even though boys arent our opposite they're as close as you can get and they end up being put in that position and while growing up i think we (girls) end up getting to know ourselves while using THEM as a backdrop. but with girls school. its OUR world, OUR place. you grow up how YOU want and i think you do a lot more growin up there. there's no backdrop. there's no "i now know where i stand against boys, my self development is completed"; no, you jsut keeeep on discovering yourself. and rediscovering and rediscovering and as you discover the world around you, (there's other things to the world then boyz amazingly, there's religion and cultures and ethnicities and all those other amazing things) you take it in and make it part of yourself. and i think thats amazing.

im not saying that being in mix school you cant do selfdiscovering but because of the presence of another gender and the differences are so flagrant (is that an english words that means "very in your face"? coz its a french word that means "very in your face"...) that some of us might stop when we've figured ourselves out against them. my point is, i feel that in a single sex school you're more likely to self discover further than if you were in mixed secondary. please note that I AM saying that you will also self discover in a mixed secondary school, just not as much.

seems i think self discovery is a major thing. thats something i just discoverd right now actually. but yeah, i believe secondary school is the place to build yourself, learn about yourself, change yourself until you become someone you like. and no, this process doesnt end at the end of year 11 but i think it slows down after college. or maybe it wont. ive no idea, im not there yet. but think back to year 7 (i know, might be painful and cringeworthy but thats coz you did some changing!) then think end of KS3 aka year 9. then think year 10 and 11. those gcse years are just amazing years right? think abt what you wanted to be when you grew up at all those stages, think abt the friends you had and how they changed. friends are your mirror but thats for another discussion

but all that self discovering will only happen if you're single sex school isnt a "girls are like this, you must be like this too" but a school that is open to everything and will offer you ALL opportunities not even considering sex in the process. and i think most state single sex schools are like that. (beign to two)

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i'll just quickly cover the educational side of single sex school coz that seems to be the point of school and i should jsut mention it right? even though its totally boring. in my area the top 3 schools are single sex school. wouhou! the top 2 are religious ones but thats ALSO for another discussion. im just stating some facts here. this article says there isnt much diff and the man, Smithers, seems to have travelled the world to work this out.  http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/jun/25/schools.gender

my personal opinion is that boys and girls are two different little things. not opposite mind. just DIFFERENT. just like two pieces of puzzles arent opposites but different. and they would learn in different ways and instead of giving yourself a headache trying to sovle an unsolvable case of making the perfect teacher lesson plan for a mix school then i think teachers could actually start RE enjoying and REmember why they became teachers if they didnt have to aim for the grail. give them single sex classes. please. let the teachers be happy!

thats all really.

oh actually, one more thing; every single person is different and im sure they are girls who would leanr better using the "boys method" aka more hadn on and shorter focus time but hey, thats not why school were invented. if you want to cater for every single single single little tiny differences in kid (thts beyond holy grail) then i think we need to go back to teaching our kids at home but thats AGAIN for another discussion. so yeah. everybody's different. one of the major differences are caused by sex so if we want to start catering for the smaller differences then we need to start separating and one possible separation is gender separation, i think that'll allow to cater for the smaller differences. (the way i see it and pelase feel free to ignroe it coz its in bracket is: imagine a spectrum of im not sure what and there's boys on one side and girls on the other and there's a bit of mix area, there's only two ends. one on girl side the other on boy side. if we cut the spectrum in half. there'd be 4 ends. 2 for boys, 2 for girls. also. trying to put our arms roudn that just one spectrum is pretty impossible, cut it in half and have ladys putting their arms aroudn the girls side  and men putting their arms around the boys side seems more comforting.)

in this above bracket i mentionned something abt girls teaching girls, boys teaching boys. not sure if THATs for another discussion...

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now. single sex primary. my precious little baby sister started at single sex primary but now transferred to mixed. (also changed her uniform from red to royal blue. i like royal blue) i think its fine to be mixed at that age, reception, year 1, year 2, kids dont even know the diffrences amongst themselves yet. but already as they go up primary they start to divide and play amongst themselves (and i must say, animosity is created also, "boys are digusting" "girls are so boring") so is mix primary all that good? maybe reception, year 1 should be part of a lwoer school that is mixed then year 2 onwards become single sex. coz ive seen it, the division, even though its mixed when you see them lining up boys are ALL together and girls are ALL together. in PE as well. boys and girls end up separated.

so yeah, my concluion, right now, and its still raw (abt a week old) is that after maybe year 1 or 2 then single sex education could work in primary schools.

i have plenty of fonds memory of mixed primary school. and let me tell you. girls are annoying. but i think i could have found just as great friends in girls. i wasnt friends with boys coz they were boyz (even though that sums it up pretty easily, but thats coz of all those stereotypes) we were friends coz of personality and likes, but thats the story of friendship isnt?

this is not a copy pasted original message, i actually WROTE this stuff, yeah, right now. so you can read it (and im sure you feel obliged now)   and can you see its orange, neutral happy orangy colour!   and yeah im showing off my editing skills

Saudi Arabia has announced that it is to allow female citizens to take part in the Olympic Games this summer for the first time in the country's history.

The move comes only months after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) faced calls to ban the country from London 2012 after the Saudi Olympic chief appeared to rule out sending women athletes to the Games.

However, a statement released by the Saudi embassy to the BBC said that the Saudi Olympic committee will "oversee participation of women athletes who can qualify".

From http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/24/2012-olympics-saudi-arabia-women-compete?CMP=twt_gu

 Assalam alaikum,

    In a Hadith narrated by Abu Musa, may Allah be pleased with him, and related by Al-Bukahri, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, some people asked the Messenger of Allah, amy Allah bless him and grant him peace, as to ''WHOSE ISLAM IS THE BEST? ie ( WHO IS A VERY GOOD MUSLIM) ?''. He replied, ''ONE WHO AVOIDS HARMING THE MUSLIMS WITH HIS TONGUE AND HANDS''.

   We should all strive to be Good Muslims, just as indicated in the Light of this Noble Hadith.

   Many Regards.

 Assalam alaikum,

   Contentment with the Decree of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is one of the acts of worship of the Heart. The  Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and garnt him peace, said:--

     '' HE HAS TASTED THE SWEETNESS OF FAITH: HE WHO IS CONTENT WITH ALLAH

       AS HIS LORD, ISLAM AS HIS RELIGION AND MUHAMMAD AS HIS PROPHET''. [ Muslim ]

 We therefore need to know that God has provided for us, (for each one) our provision. As long as we work, we get what is written for us. In this regard, the Messenger of Allah, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, said:--

    ''KNOW THAT EVEN IF THE WHOLE OF COMMUNITY WERE TO GATHER TOGETHER TO

     BENEFIT WITH SOMETHING, THEY WOULD NOT BENEFIT YOU WITH ANYTHING EXCEPT

     THAT WHICH ALLAH HAS ALREADY RECORDED FOR YOU, AND THAT IF THEY GATHER

     TOGETHER TO HARM YOU WITH SOMETHING, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HARM YOU

     WITH ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT WHICH ALLAH HAS ALREADY RECORDED AGAINST YOU''. [ at-Tirmidhi ]

 Simply possessing the knowledge should empower us, because we thereby know that everything that happens is by the permission of God. This should not prevent us from reflecting and trying to figure out how our actions played a role, but learning from an experience is part of Contentment because you trust that God is teaching you a lesson through trial.

the west fear God but disobey him because they think hes so mean. the middle east don't fear God because they obey him. religion is dangerous as it can destroy the fear of God. when you fear getting caught doing a crime you really fear God (or karma). likewise when you feel no fear of getting caught you believe God will forgive you. i dont pray to go to heaven. i pray because i love God.

 Assalam alaikum,

 The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was reported to have said:--

          ''HE IS SUCCESSFUL WHO HAS ACCEPTED ISLAM, WHO HAS BEEN PROVIDED

          WITH SUFFICIENT FOR HIS WANTS AND BEEN MADE CONTENTED BY ALLAH WITH

          WHAT HE HAS GIVEN HIM''. [ Muslim ]

 These days when people say so and so is very successful, what they mean is he is making a lot of money. By this noble Hadith, we understand who qualifies to be called successful. It is not having car x, house in y and a job z but:-- Islam, Needs fulfilled and Possessing a thankful heart. Note this accordingly.

  Regards.

Has anyone seen this video which is supposed to be 'an angel' flying down on top of the ka'aba?!

Anyone seen this?

Looks so real/wierd/amazing...or is it a fake?

how did you get inspired to do what you're doing now?

be it, uni course, or anything else. why are you doing it? what drives you? what started it? how did you end up where you are? feel free to propose other Q;s around this topic. i'll edit the OP and add them.

Jihad (English pronunciation: /dʒɪˈhɑːd/; Arabic: جهاد‎ ǧihād [dʒiˈhæːd]), an Islamic term, is a religious duty of Muslims. In Arabic, the word jihād translates as a noun meaning "struggle". Jihad appears 41 times in the Quran and frequently in the idiomatic expression "striving in the way of God (al-jihad fi sabil Allah)". A person engaged in jihad is called a mujahid; the plural is mujahideen. Jihad is an important religious duty for Muslims. A minority among the Sunni scholars sometimes refer to this duty as the sixth pillar of Islam, though it occupies no such official status. In Twelver Shi'a Islam, however, Jihad is one of the 10 Practices of the Religion. 
 
 There are two types of jihad. Upper jihad and lower jihad. Upper jihad is the daily struggle to live and provide and the lower jihad is the violent jihad which allows a muslim to protect himself and his family only as a response to an injustice. Never a planned attack on a target. And to defend islam? First wearing a uniform makes you no longer civilian. An officer of the law is a civilian on his way home and thereafter until putting on the uniform again and becoming an officer. When overthrowing a ruling corporation it is essential to avoid civilian casualties as thouse are the very people you are trying to free. Bin Laden arranged the killing of thousands of potential muslims. Had they been allowed to receive the right information through the appropriate channels. Take out the uniformed organisation and then manipulate the media. 
 
 According to the authoritative Dictionary of Islam jihad is defined as: "A religious war with those who are unbelievers in the mission of Muhammad ... enjoined especially for the purpose of advancing Islam and repelling evil from Muslims." The prominentBritish-American orientalist Bernard Lewis argues that in the hadiths and the classical manuals of Islamic law jihad has a military meaning in the large majority of cases. In a commentary of the hadith Sahih Muslim, entitled al-Minhaj, the medieval Islamicscholar Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi stated that "one of the collective duties of the community as a whole (fard kifaya) is to lodge a valid protest, to solve problems of religion, to have knowledge of Divine Law, to command what is right and forbid wrong conduct". An accurate interpretation of the concept of Jihad is provided by the BBC about how Muslims describe three different types of struggles: §  A believer's internal struggle to live out the Muslim faith as well as possible §  The struggle to build a good Muslim society §  Holy war: the struggle to defend Islam, with force if necessary  
 
When Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him waved jihad it was a war between men. Not terrorist attacks on civilians including women and children. Jihad stands for justice and it is the last course of action when all else fails.

We, the female population of Revvy (aka TheRevival) would like a female only tribune.

May we have a female only tribune?

below is all the signatures of people who would like a fembune/support the cause.

And no..we can't have a no topic in the sisters section, that's boring.